THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, ' 1890. 'S Effusions From Cranks of All Sorts That Find Their Way to Our Executive's Office. ONE HAN DEMANDS BLOOD. An Eccentric Lady Bays She Lcres Gen eral BeaTer hot Cannot Consent to Become His Bride. PLENTY OF DEBTS TO BE COLLECTED. Bene Want 'Judges and Jartrs Jailed and Others Ira Poetically Inclined. tSrECIJU. TKLXOILUC TO THE DISrATCH.1 Haekisbubo, September 6. There are lome phases of a Governor's life, which no private citizen would be inclined to enjoy. The price paid for Gubernatorial honors ia high after all. Despite the boasted intelli gence of the great Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, there is a superbnndance of super stition;and ignorance. There are as many cranks to the rquareinch in this State as in any other; many of these cranks are almost destitute of education, some of them man age to get up illy-spelled, illy-punctuated and illy-capitalized letters and these they send to the Governor. They hold the State's Chief.Eiecutive solely responsible for all the calamities to which flesh is heir. The dense ignorance of ordinary affairs which is revealed in some of these letters sent to Governor Beaver is simply appail ing. There are men who cill him sternly to account lor every conceivable disaster from the burning of the baby's finger to an earthquake. The number of cranks seems on the whole to be increasing. This is not a sunny outlook for aspiring candidates to Gubernatorial and Presidenta! honors. BEAVEE DOESN'T SEE ALL. Fortunately, however, Governor Beaver is not forced to read all of the letters sent him. Private Secretary George Pearson and Ex ecutive Clerk Major John Lockhart relieve him of this onerous duty and answer the let ters in his name. Of course, all important epistles are handed to the Governor that they may receive his personal attention and investigation, but the begging letters and others of the same caliber never meet his eye. It is a fact, however, though not gen erally Known, that every letter sent the Gov ernor, albeit it is a begging effusion, re ceives a prompt and courteous answer. A large number of these letters are from inmates of insane asylums or from persons whose proper abode is in such institutions. Often the inmates ask the Governor to remedy their fancied wrongs, and to dis miss certain of the attendants who have chanced to incur their displeasure. To pacity the patients the physicians allow thee letters to be sent, although in many cases they themselves are denounced in the most uncompromising language. The letters only excite pity for the unfortunate senders. XumerouB phys'cisns have been speculat ing as to the probable occupation oi Gover nor Beaver alter the expiration of his term of office None ot them, however, have been as kind as one of these unhappy corre spondents who invites him to speed several years in her asylum as herguest. The Gov ernor's reply indicated that he had other plans on hand which would Drobably oc cupy the greater portion of his lime and make acceptance impossible. WA1CTS LAtVS ABOLISHED. Another person writes asking that certain laws of the State be abolished, and begging the Governor to see that the next Legisla ture carries out the request. The writer kindly concludes by saying: "This ispnrely for the sake of many poor that I write this. I will not sign my name, for if it does not meet vour approval you will not Jail under anv obligation to notice this plea." Most of the letters from women have not one but several postscripts, which is, of course, natural enough, but there is no ex plaining the occurrence of 13 postscripts in one letter written by a man. Here is a blood curdling epistle: Beaver, April 21, 1S9Q. I want to tell you that I am a bitter enemy nt jours. Right after the decision of the Somerset court on the Nicely case, you should have appointed their dy at once. How does it conic that you set the day for tnanj others that committi J crimes lone since the "Xlcehs. and they have been executed weeks ago? Ohjies, tile Nicelys have money to pay their way turougb. and some oilier criminals had no nionej. or enoucn at anv rate. All right. Is it right. I ak is it just? Ask yourself the ques ton! Ak Almishtj God the question anil see what He willsaj! 1 thought ou were a man tnat would deal justice to all men, but jou are lint. I am a friend of justice. I am notagalnst the JCiceljs more thin any other criminals. I never siwtlie Nicely lirothcis. but I wauttosee our cnuntry rid of all injurious rersons, criminals, eti. My Me is in dangeras well as yours and others when we allow such men to go free. liutl will not say any more now than this: It ou cet another chance to set the day for execution and don't do it at once, then 1 want 3 ou to get j our coffin ready at once. And if theXieeljs go free and yon are assassinated, jour friends can sav the most reason for it was tlw Niceljs case. Don't forget Garfield and Gurteau. CITES HIM THE 3IITTE3r. In striking contrast to this bloody effusion copies one written in red ink (typical of love) and in a woman's unmistakable chir ozrnphy. Here it is: Honored Sir Although the declaration of your affection has, 1 must contess, not been disagreeable to me. I am forced by circum stances, oi which jou are aware, to decline the 1 aipmes which I hate no doubt would result ironi suib a union, lieinc the onlv support of an aced and sutferme father and sister. I con sider it inv holic-t duty to abide by their sides a longasihej live. Judge for jourself and I am sure ou will not blame me. Under other c rrumstances I should willingly have walked with jou through life a faithful helpmate. I ctem jou and therefore the sacrifice I make Is not an easy one. But my affection for my friends and liberty will not allow me to act differently and the consciousness of having perfnrmtd a sacred duty will indemnify me. 1 remain with the highest respect, G . 1 . S. Send one or two doctors to see me. What reply was sent to this letter I can not say, but as each epistle must, according to Governor Beaver's dictum, receiye some kind of an answer, it is probable that the private secretary intimated that the Chief Executive of this State would humbly bow to the wisdom ot the decision made by the fair writer. Here is a brief excerpt from an 11-paged letter very closely written: Mr Governor, that wasan awfnl time, but in 16Gb I sold my coal land to Mr. v, and boarded him, bis wife and two children, and be has not Faid me to this day; not for the land, for which have an eject entered in the docket: not for goods sold, work done: not for the boarding except that last year. He hired lawyer, which paid me $400 on the board bill and on a store goods mil which he owed me. No, Mr. Governor. I request you, as the father of the citizens or the btate, as a fnend lu politics etc, and as 1 support you I want yon to nut refuse me that favor to tell Mr. 8. to settle with me and pay me all be ones me honest. I know, Mr. Governor, you have more influence by Mr. S. than any other man In the btate. A DIVOECED "WIFE'S PLEA. A letter from a woman contains a frantic appeal for aid, stating that her husband se cured a divorce without her knowledge or consent, and calling upon Governor Beaver to annul it. Of begging letters there is no end. One man, who, during the last two administrations has become a familiar char acter to the habitues o. the capitol, has for the past eight vears sent a letterto the Gov ernor about once in every ten days. Pol lowing is a verbatim copvot one of'his epis tles: To the Governor of FennsrlvanU: Dsab fcin I want my money and Wealth, Hundredth of Hundredths of Hundredths of Hundredths of Hundredths of Hundredths of Hundredths of Hundredths of Hundredths of Hundredths or Hundredths of Hundredths of ticillions of Dollars and dollars wortb. I con tider the Wealth of the whole Earth, the ft GOVERNOR MAI Wealth or all Nations Would belong to me If I had Justice. I would like very much to receive it. Nothing more at present. A large number of notes are from peti tioners who claim that certain judges and juries had been bribed to decide their cases adversely. The writers ask the Governor to imprison the judges and jnrors and to re verse their decision in Order "that justice may be done to suffering humanity." Fol lowing is a letter in this line: 'To the Governor of Pennsylvania: "Sib I have the queerest case on hand that has ever been known. I have been trying to get it fixitd a long time. They have been fight ing about for it years. They could not get along with it. I tried the Judges ot the Supreme Court. It appears it cannot be settled in court. They have a Constitution of the United States. The Constitution states that such cases can be nxed by appropriate legislation, which I think ought to be fixed in Washington. If this State is willing to have this case settled in Washington I think it ought to help to get it fixed right away. I have been a bntting post for them in this county. They ware breaking tho Constitution all the time. They tried to put people against me and 6t9p me from earn ing a living. They have got up a lot of reports and tried to make me live up to them. They have been at that game for the last ten years. I want you to get my case settled. IREEPEESSIBLE POETS. The amount of noetry poured in on the Gubernatorial office is simply appalling. One man, signing himself "King of Tramps," sends in periodic effusions some thing alter this fashion: Dkar Governor Do the best yon can with the enclosed. If Don but would In the late campaign. He now as President could Write out his name. Nothinc dared ! nothing wont A motto he ought to study; lssc nnos uamcron. Through expenence more ready. P. S. Timidity is beautiful in woman, bnt ont of place in politics. Some of he letters are so fearfully and wonderfully made that Secretary Pearson has to spend hours over them to get the slightest meaning out of them. It took him half a day to ascertain that one letter was from a boot and shoe maker, and that he wanted the Governor's order for a pair of shoes. The private secretary has need to be a thorough cosmopolitan, for he is called upon to read all languages, Dutch, Ice landic, .Norwegian, Danish and even Rus sian. Every letter that has been received at the Governor'j office during the present admin istration is carefully perserved, and when Governor Beaver retires to the placid en joyment of private citizenship, he will doubtless take with him his accumulated correspondence, and in his leisure moments he can find abundant opportunity for pleas ure in perusing these nniqne documents. MABEL CEONISE JOKES. TALKING IH VOLAPDK. How Colonel Spmgne's Addrrn la the Nw Lnngnnce Sounded. Springfield Republican. The Yolapuk Convention opened with an address in the new language by the Presi dent of the association, Colonel Charles E. Spragne, of New York. His listeners doubtless understood part of his remarks, for he was applauded two or three times, but to the majority of the people it was evi dent that understanding came only with difficulty. Now, how did the new invention sound? Well, there was a great predomi nance of the European a and i(or ee)and of the long o. In every sentence each one of these vowels seemed to outnumber all the others put together. Consonants were obscure as Colonel Spragne spoke them, and it was noticeable that the sibillant s was very fre quent. The letter 1 also seemed to be a hard-worked member of the Volapuk al phabet. The pronunciation follows the French In having no accent That is, Colonel Sprague talked with just about the same stress on each syllable, and I paid close attention' to this feature of the flow of sound after notic ing it. Lacking accent, volapuk lacks the force which is so strong a characteristic of English, and it also shows sadly the need of the virile consonants, which are the life of German. Perhaps nothing better could be expected of an invented tongue, for the English and German are the result of genius andstruggle, of wars and disputes, of orations and poems, of business sharpness and philosopical con templation. Tbey are alive. Volapuk is wooden and dead. That is the impression made upon me byhearing Colonel Sprague's address in his vernacular no, not his nor anybody's. It was a convention of English speaking people using neither their own vernacular nor that of any other people nnder heaven. It was just hashed-up Choctaw. Colonel Spragne talked seriously, bnt his word-making h.id its humorous aspect. He was wonderfully proficient, and is to be praised highly lor his ability to talk in that which has no dialect and no every-day vocabulary, and so is above the usual perils to translators. A delegate from the floor said something in volapuk in a labored wav aud soon struck into English. It was as if he had been stumbling across lots in a bog meadow and had come out into the traveled road again. He certainly seemed much re lieved and got along much easier in En glish. THE WHISKX CAVE. One of the Popular Method of Moonshiners tn Avoid Detection. Philadelphia Presi. Perhaps the cleverest method ol the moonshiner in avoiding detection is the cave system. In this the house of the moon shiner is placed on a hill not far from a precipitous a'nd gloomy ravine or gully half way down the side of the ravine nearest the house, and if possible, adjacent to several large rocks. A cave 10 by 12 feet is exca vated, provided a natural underground apartment does not exist The dirt from this excavation is carried to a considerable distance, and is either thrown on a plowed field or otherwise carefully disposed ol. The path is obliterated by towing grass seed or scattering branches of trees across it here and there. In going to and from this sub terraneous apartment, whose entrance is very small and hidden by rocks or shrub bery, different routes are chosen each day, so that no worn path from the house to the cave will be presented to the stranger or the curious. There is no chimney or visible means of escape for the smoke from this subterra neous apartment This is the most import ant part of the whole matter. Running lruiu me cave to me nouse a instance per haps of 200 yards is an underground chim ney, made of stone for 25 feet or "so from the cave, and composed of wood for the remainder. This is buried in a trench that rises, constantly to the house, where the smoke finds exit through the regular chim ney of the dwelling. It is necessary to keep fire burning in the house during the time that the fire is alight in the underground distillery. . A PHASE OF AHGL0MAHIA. Paris Tooths Are feeudinff Their Linen to London to be Washed. Boston Herald. Some of the golden youth of Paris, who are as smitten with Anglomania as some of us this side of the Atlantic are even send ing their linen to be washed in London I That is more than New York swells have done as yet, but perhaps, when they learn it is considered chic to do so in Paris, wash baskets will be among the precious freight shipped on the ocean greyhounds. A A fTrctlon Painted Her. New Tork Weekly. 3 Miss Mugg I don't see how it is your sister failed to find me at the station. You said you would describe me to her. In'atuated lover (who sees a good deal more in Miss Mugg than other folks can) jles. x wia ner hi ioos. ior a oeantllul girl, with the face of a Madonna and the form of ,a sylph. It'i queer she missed you. THE HAND-ME-DOWNS Origin and Development of Beady-Hade Clothing Trade. the SAILORS' SUITS TBK FIRST MADE. How a Big Strike Drove ,the "Industry From Boston Into Maine. THE BTILES IN TOQUE SINCE- 1840 1CORXXSFOXDXXCX Or TOT DISrATCK.1 Bbidoiok, Me., September 0. HE origin and develop ment of the ready-made clothing business, which, starting in Boston in 1840 with a yearly show ing of only a few hun dred dollars, has now reached a grand total of many millions, make a remarkable story. Bos ton's pioneer and veteran clothing men have the best information on the subject. Among them is the veteran Joseph D. Leland, 70 years of age, the head of the great wholesale house of Leland, Bice & Co. "The start in the ready-made clothing business, said Mr. Leland, "was about 1810, here in Boston. John Simmons and An drew Carneigh, custom tailors and dealers in dry goods at the North End, conceived the idea of making up and keeping on hand, leady for use at a minute's notice, sailor's outfits. "What prompted them to do this was the mutual inconvenience of would-be purchaser and dealer olten occasioned by a, T If- -HANSON'S PIONEEB CLOTHING SHOP, BUXTON, ME. the sudden shipping and departure of sail ors before the garments they wanted could be made. They manufactured different sites of jackets, etc, such as sea men required, of which they kept a fnll supply constantly on hand. It was a happy idea, for the innovation proved a decided hit, and was productive of one of the greatest industries of the country. GBEEN BAIZB JACKETS. "Other Boston firms were not slow to fol low the example, and presently the new business developed to large proportions. From sailors' suits, the next step was the manufacture of citizens' garments, and we clothing men went to making green baize jackets, low-priced pants, as well as nice dress suits. Those green baize jackets were a famous thing in their day The progress and development of the clothing business form a romance in real life. "When fairly started and under way, the total amount o"f this business in Boston was about 51,000,000; now it must be upward of $25,000,000. The exact figures I cannot, of course, know; but put it as an approximate estimate. Your own State of Maine is a most important adjunct in the manufacture of Boston's clothing. "As you well know, the manufacture of men's, boys and youths garments embraces within Its scope everv varietv of clothing worn at the present day, from the cheapest to the most prnpnctvp Tda (.1... Ans horseback,' if he dismount and dispose of his horse for $12 or $14. may with the money array himseli in a complete suit fit to wear to church, or any other public gathering. The millionaire may in ten minutes pur chase and don a suit which in richness of material and elegance of make would render him presentable at the court of a king. In lact, all the leading firms emplov the best of skilled labor, and strive to clothe the masses with goods as nearly as possible equal in quality and style to the custom made, and Eamtut Sanson, Clothing Pioneer, at a much less figure. Home industries, so far as possible, are utilized, although there are certain lines of materials which of necessity are imported. Boston's clothing goes all over the country, as well as ontside of Uncle Sam's domain; and with the men and women engaged in the various depart ments and processes of manufacture, to gether with those employed in the strictly mercantile branches, why, bless your stars, the armv would in point of numbers throw that of Xerxes far into the shade. FAIRLY ON ITS PEET. "In 184S, which date I place as the time when the salework business was fairly on its legs, the Wholesale clothiers of Boston em braced in their operations not only New England, but the Middle and Western States. Betailers from all portions of the country visited the city twice a year in the spring and fall for the purpose of laying in their stock for each ensuing season, fill ing the hotels and making things generally verv active, not onlv in this line of roods. but in every branch of business, money be ing spent freely and adding much to the general benefit of the Commonwealth. There were then only three railroads center ing in Boston and these had a very small mileage, so that the means of travel were limited, and some idea, can therefore be formed of how little, comparatively, a traveling man could accomplish. To listen to the experience of the old travelers, who were on the road as far back as the forties, when the Great West beyond the Alleghe nies was little known, has all the interest of romance. "By the way," remarked Mr. Leland, "I bear that Sam Hanson, the pioneer in the Maiue branch of the Boston business, is dead." "He is," I replied. "Died a little over a year ago, at his hour in Buxton, his native town. We Maine folks have a lively inter est in the romance of Hanson's bnsinesi life. How he came down from Baston, with his valise and n bundle or cut clothing so light that he could carry it with one hand; how he started the business in a room of his father's house and solicited the assistance of female seamstresses In the country round about; how the business soon grew to aston ishing proportions, women for many miles aronna tating the garments to make, and bringing them to Hanson's headquarters, which soon required a larger building and getting their pay. TWO THOUSAND SEAMSTBESSES. "Why, I am told by one of Hanson's old pressmen, Mr. E. M. Berry, now one of Bridgton 8 leading citizens, that at the time he pressed for him, in the filties, there was not less than 2,000 women and girls doing work for him. Hanson's father was a tailor before him. Sam got' rich in the bus iness, and died respected by all. He was life-long a bachelor; a sister Hiss Alice Hanson, and a brother, Charles, survive him, the latter, with a partner, continuing the clothing business in the same shop." "Well, speaking of Sam Hanson, brings up at this point a peculiar chapter in our clothing history," observed Mr. Leland. "John Simmons was the first clothing job ber in Boston. He began in a small way on the site of the present Oak Hall, his wife tending the shop when he was out Up to '48 the cutting and sewing was done entirely in Boston by journeymen tailors and families. But that year, 1848, was destined to mark a new era in the business, occasioned'by a general strike of the tailors. The strike was long arid determined, reach ing such a pitch that sentinels were posted in front of the several stores. "We clothing, men were paying for work at the beginning of that strike higher prices than we. have ever since paid. For instance, we were then paying $2 50 for coats of the same grade as those 'which we afterward got made for $1 25. The strike lasted three months, and caused much destitution among the tailors and their families. Mind yon, all garments were made ' by hand in those days. The strikers, however, would not yield; neither would we, for we felt we were paying all the work was worth. But at the end of three months, lot a new deal, destined to import ant results. BESTJLT OP THE STRIKE. "In John Simmons' back shop was a tailor from Buxton, Me., named Samuel Hanson, the historic character of whom you and I have spoken. Simmons asked Sam to go down into Maine, open a clothing shop and offer inducements to families thereabout to sew the garments. Sam, like Barkis, 'was willin,' and at once started down East. The venture proved a success. James "W. Emery, another custom journeyman tailor employed in this city, soon followed Hanson to Maine, and became a prominent clothing maker, taking work from Hanson. Other Boston clothing firms quickly followed Simmons' example. Mv firmsent John A. Peters to Augusta, Me., aud opened a shon there. Other concerns located men in Gorham, Winterport, Bath and other Maine towns and cities, and the journeymen strikers found themselves hoisted by their own petard. "From that time to this the good old State of Maine has been a powerful factor, indeed, an indispensible ally to the vast clothing interests of Boston." "I presume that the various styles in clothing which have been in vogue since you began to manuiacture, if depicted, would make a unique, not to say amusing, art gallery ?" I remarked. PASHIONS OP THE PAST. "I shonld sav so." smilintrlv replied Mr. Leland, as he seemed to be looking down the long vista of the past. "I recollect that, about the year '48, the style run to swallow-tail coats, fancy vests and pants of fancy cassimcre. That fashion had a big run. Since then every description of style that could be imagined has, in turn, come and gone. In '45 there was a big trade in cheap clothing sent to the South." I bade the interesting, kind-hearted old gentleman good day, repaired to the estab lishment ot another of Boston's veteran clothing men, Isaac Fenno, of Isaac Fenno & Co. Mr. Fenno, the head of the firm, is a native of Canton. Me., and has been in.the clothingimsiness nearly 40 years. Besides his great business responsibilities, he is a Park Commissioner, appointed by Mayor Hart Although 66, he is as active and sprightly as an ordinary man of 0. Mr. Fenno smiled when I remarked that I had expected to find him an octogenarian, hob bling about with his cane. "It is a popular fallacv," said Mr. Fenno, "that the fashion-plates such as are pub lished by John G. Mitchell & Co., and other noted New York gents' fashion firms are the creations of experts incustom-made tailoring establishments. The fact is, how ever, that the men who get up these styles are connected with big wholesale clothing houses. The reason is plain: No custom tailor pays his head cutter such large sal aries as do the leading clothing concerns. I mean no disparagement to the fine talents and skill of the 'custom' cutters, but don't you see that ot necessity a concern which does a yearly business of hundreds of thousands of dollars must have the very best that money can bring. It is a position of grave responsibility. We pay the fore man of our cutting department a large salary treble at least that paid by any custom tailor in Boston. One of the nob biest tailors in Boston, George Bandige, does all the cutting himself." IT EEQUIEES SKIM. "In the large establishments not only is good cutting a sine qui non, but delicate tints and fine fabrics have to be continually matched or contrasted. In the processes of manuiacture the goods are first carefully se lected and matched, then sponged and steamed, to prevent subsequent shrinking, then passed to the cutting department after which they are ready to be given out to be made up. Employment is given in this to thousands of women and girls in Boston and within a radius of 200, miles, while the amount of work done in Maine is almost in calculable. One man In Springvale, Me., makes for Boston parties upward of 200,000 garments a year. "There is a constant tendency toward hav ing more work done in shops, and corre spondingly less in families, by reason of the lessening demand lor the very lowest-priced grades of goods. Every leading house in this city, before placing its wares in stock, sees to it that each garment is carefully ex amined as to pockets, buttonholes, etc., as one of the most annoying features in cloth ing supplied by some.houses is their unre liability in these respects." " A considerable number of Boston clothing houses were burned out in the great fire of '72. Most of them, however, rose from their ashes to assume even' grander architectural and mercantile proportions. Chables O. Sticknet. WILTED CUCUMBERS, Latest Fad of the Epicures of the Hob of the Universe. From the Beston Courier. Wilted cucumbers are one of the "latest whims of the epicure. Peel a number oi cucumbers, cut them in long thin strips lengthwise, throw them in a pan of cold water in which a handful of salt 'has been cast, and let them remain for at least an honr. Take them out and lay them in a dry, coarse towel and wring them thoroughly in the towel so as to extract all moisture. When taken from the- towel they will be fonnd limp and wilted. Serve them at once on the table. They are eaten like celery with a little salt and are said to be less in jurious served in this way than In any other. They aro certainly yery delicious. A FAMOUS BLACK MAN Meg's Running Description of a Call Upon Mr. Fred. Douglass. m SHAM HOSPITALITY THERE. Good Words for Pittsburg and a Pleasant Time Generally. Tery BACK TO HAITI IH THIETI DAIS rconnEsrONDBNCx or Tax DisrATCB.1 Washington, September 6. If you have never met onr present Minister to Hayti, the Hon. Frederick Douglass, there is a greater pleasure in the iutnre for you than you can ever be made to believe; that is if you meet with the same reception ac corded a gentleman from Pittsbnrg's neigh boring crematory town, Little Washington, and the writer when we presented our selves a few davs ago at the door of "Cedar Hill" cottage, where dwells this gcand black man of whom-it may truthfully be said he is both a scholar and a gentleman. While we were parleying who should deliver the "opening address," Mr. Douglass himself answered our ring, wearing his most for bidding countenance, put on probably to in timidate a reporter, as if such a thing could be done. This unexpected answering of the bell himself completely routed our cut and dried introdnctory words, and we might have been left standing until this time had we failed to stammer the random announcement that we were admirers from Pittsburg. Magio thonghtl Our open sesame! For the screen door flew back, the "broad Atlantic of his countenance" glowed a welcome and colored with sincerity the invitation to step in, and the assurance that Pittsburg friends were particularly welcome. "A great city that and filled with great people. Forty-seven years since I made my first speech out there," whereupon we sug gested 47 years was a long 'time ago, and that speech making must have set in early, to which he replied: "Ah, my dear, I was an old speech maker at that time," and then added humorously, "and 7 am still an old speech maker." A baubling talk. After discussing Pittsburg, her commer cial interests, industries, "large hearted, broad minded people," and expressing a de sire to again visit ont there and "more in telligently," the conversation turned to Little Washington with her gas, oil, the in stitution which has graduated so many nota ble men, and of course the crematory. Speaking of Dr. LeMoyne, with whom he had a personal acquaintance, he said: "He was a grand man a friend to the living and a friend to the dead." Then followed the natural querv in regard to our impressions of this capitol city, and in giving our own we secured his, which were to the effect that, after having traveled pretty nearly all over the world, making a study of its principal cities, he decided Washington might fitly be called the Queen City of the universe; that it afforded the most and best opportunities of whatever kind desired; that, while it had by no means the most magnificent residences, it had the most home-like houses. Here we interposed that a house did not always make a home. The hidden meaning was instantly grasped by his alert mind, aud he made answer: "Oh, the skeleton I Everywhere the skele ton; and if not the peace-disturbing rattle of dry bones, then the ," here a pause, when the skeleton's shadow was suggested as the probable idea,when he replied: "Yes, the shadow, the ghost, the something, that always exists to prevent perfect happiness." Here my friend thought it apropos to re late a fragment of conversation held while en route to Cedar Hill, when I had re marked I was rarely ever disspirited, out of sorts with myself and the world. Bnt when such paroxysms of discontent occurred I said I always held a mental committee meeting, called myself to order, reviewed my list of acquaintances and tried to de cide with whom I wanted to exchange places, after which I was always glad I was myself and no one else and took on a new lease of contentment LIVELY AS A YOUNGSTEB. This childishly egotistical idea seemed to amuse Mr. Douglass, and I wish you could have seen the almost youthful alacrity with which he sprang from his chair and crossed the floor to my side, saying as he came: "Well, well; I have been searching for you these many years, and now I must have a better look at you Turn your face to the light, so," then doubtfully, "res, your face is a happv one;" but to my, "don't you be lieve in me?" he replied: "Yes, as much as one Christian can believe in another, but Mrs. Douglass must see you." Were ever mortals in such luck as were we then. Stepping to the door jut in time to arrest his wife's flight through the hall. "Helen, just come here, I want to introduce yon to a contented woman and she is from Pitts burg. You.remember Pittsburg, Helen 1" "Yes, Mr. Douglass, I remember Pitts burg and I shall remember this lady. Glad you have found her. You have been look ing for her a lone while." This corroboration of his statement seemed to delight Mr. Douglass and be laughed heartily a laugh no more comparable to the guffah so natural to the uncultivated of bis race . than the strains upon an ssolean harp to the sounds produced by a horsefiddle. You who have heard him speak cannot have 'forgotten his well modulated voice, now he seems to talk all over his throat, playing upon well tuned vocal cords with as much skill as does a' practical musician upon the strings of an instrument Nor can you have forgotten his expressive face with its halo of white, bushy hair; nor the large figure, tall, broad and erect; nor the courtly carriage; nor yet the manners that would do credit to a Chesterfield. THE LADY OP THE HOUSE. Bnt this deferential white woman by his side, fewer of you have seen, and until you have been so privileged, you will probablr hold to your own opinion in regard to her union with a colored man. In appearance she is among the last woman one could ac cuse of seeking notoriety. Ot the average height, a slender youthful figure, very white skin, clear gray eyes, hair as black as the proverbial raven's wing, in which the silver threads have only recently began a contest for supremacy, and arranged in a bangles way as smoothly as natural waves will per mit; in appearance not over 40. Seeing mem togeiner me marriage seemed less in congruous than we had imagined. Color lines were lost and I at least found it hard to realize this was the same couple I had thought should be obliged to spend their honeymoon at the end of a hemp string. Mr. Douglass is an excellent story-teller and we Were regaled with several. The wheel of conversation had turned back to the lourties and to the year it was prophi sied the world would come to an end; and we were told how some one had tried to startle Philosopher Emmerson into at least a symptom of surprise by announcing the prediction; and how Emmerson with perfect unconcern replUd: "Well, I don't know, but it is as well that it shall happen at that time." Theodore Parker being told the same thing made answer: "And what has that to do with me, I am from Boston!" Up to this point Mr. Douglass had been, with characteristio deliberation, ' picking knots out of a string, and now holding it toward Mrs. Douglass, he said: -'Now, Helen, to come back, to every-day life, where are my trousers?" Mrs. Douglass laughingly inquired which pair? When he specified: "The last pair that did not fit;" and the string was to tie them up for the return trip to the tailors. X BHOWEB OP COMPLIMENTS. I signified my willingness to make a search for the missing articles, when he jo cosely said: "Oh. I don't annnose von wonld Lknow what they were iryou found them." I think I proved my intelligence on this sub ject by making flattering comment upon the fashionable pair of the shepherd's plaid va riety he was wearing, as well as attending to the becoming gray frock coat and the suc cessful tie ot the gauzy butterfly bow at the collar, for which compliments I received measure for measure, and the revelation that in his susceptibility to female blandish ments a man's a man for a' that and a' that, black or white. And. now we are invited to go through the lower floor of this comfortable home, built after the Southern idea ot large rooms and w,ide halls. Dining room and drawing room are on one side of this first hall, in which hangs a life-sized portrait of President Lincoln. On the other side is a reception room and here we were introduced to Mrs. Pitts, mother of Mrs. Douglass. In the cen ter of this room stands a large, round table, beautifully inlaid, which we were told was once the property of "my friend Charles Sumner." Back of this is the coziest study imaginable containing " a goodly array of books; leather, covered furniture and a desk, whereon 1 supposed lectures and speeches grow. But I was told that I missed my gness and as an earnest of the pleasure this call had afforded them he would take us to where the "lectures grew;' but first would we please write our uames in their "Guest Book," wherein the morbidly curious caller was never invited subscribe himself. I con fess to being painfully aware at this mo ment that my conscience was still alive and vigorous enough to make its presence felt And now wonld we please gn throngh the orchard to the brow of the hill and where we could have the finest view of Washing ton that could be had any where, and this proved literally true. IN THE THINK-SHOP. Now for the climax, or rather for the think-shop a one-time smoke house now sealed with oak, carpeted, furnished with an easy chair and a tall desk, at which Mr. Douglass informed us he stood to do his writing, sitting once in awhile in the easy chair to rest and mnse. There was, too, a qnaint open fireplace with wood laid ready for the match should it be necessary. Mr. Douglass and I entered this retreat slightly in advance of Mrs. Douglass and my friend, who were humorously bantered bv him upon the persistency with which the'v kent us in sight and their haste to enter after us, to which raillery his wife made ready rep artee. While expressing our admiration of their home and its surroundings we remarked they must dread the leave-taking, which we had been previously informed by Mr. Douglass must occur within 30 days, to which he replied for both that they did regret it; that they enjoyed the quiet here and that they were a little tired of the world they had so unintentionally and it seemed unpardonably offended a few years ago this with a grimace and an aside at his wife which lett no doubt as to the time referred to. At the allusion to that time Mrs. Donglass remarked it was more than six years since Bhe came. "Yes," said Mr. Douglass, "in the flesh, but in the spirit she was here many years before. She always believed in Fred Douglass" this with con siderable emphasis on the word "believed." We now began to make our adieus, bnt were escorted to the lawn limits by. our new friends -and followed with many kindly words of parting; and if we were not alto gether sincere in our first expressions of ad miration and friendship, we were in our last, and there is at least one more who be lieves in Fred Douglass. Meg. LIFE OK STABS. One Conld Jump Ten Feet Hlrfi There and Wonld Lose Half His Weljrot Fhlladelphl a Times. Discussion as to the possibility of life on Mars has been carried on among astronomers with much interest. If they could be snre that water exists there one of of the prime conditions wonld be fulfilled, bnt even then the organism of the inhabi tants would have to be very different from our town. Mars is so much smaller than the earth that the gravitation would be much less. Suppose, for example, that von were sud denly transported to Mars. You would feel at first a buoyancy quite different from that you are accustomed to on the earth. You could climb stairs there if tbey have such things with one-half the exertion required here. If you can jump five feet high on the earth, on Mars you could jump ten feet high. If you weigh 110 pounds here, you would weigh 55 pounds there. But you could hardly stand this great change in gravitation, for the circulation of the blood and the other movements that constitute life would no doubt be fatally de ranged. Therefore, if Mars be an inhabited world like ours it is by a very different order ot beings. A LADY TO BUILD IT. Mlis Parker Is the Designer of the Qaesn Isabella Pavilion. The only woman architect practicing In Philadelphia has achieved the distinction of being selected as designer of the Queen Isabella Pavilion in connection with the World's Fair at Chicago. Miss Minerva Parker is the fortunate young artist She is about 22 years of age, and was born in Chicago. She went to Philadelphia in 1876. She made a special study of industrial art modeling, and she has been in active practice two years. The voung specialist comes from good old New England stock. Her grandfather, Seth A. Doaue, was a well-known ship designer and architect in Boston, and in 1834 he went West and purchased property on the shore of Lake Michigan, where Chicago now stands. Her father was a lawyer, and was killed at the head of his regiment while fighting bravely in the Civil War. . Miss Parker lives with her mother and brothers, at Philadelphia, and although young in her profession she has attained considerable success. Home and domestio architecture is her specialty. The designs for Chicago which Miss Parker has been commissioned to draft are for an inter national club house, with a congress hall in connection with the proposed social bead quarters for women in the fair grounds. Mrs. John A. Logan is one of the managers. It is to be called the Qneen Isabella Pavilion, in honor of the consort of King Ferdinand, of Spain. History states that this Queen pawned her jewels to raise fnnds for Colum bus' journey to discover America. Miss Parker has only one lady rival in her profession, and she js Mrs. Louisa Bethuhe, of Bochester, N. Y., who was highly commended for a set of .school plans exhibited at the last Paris Exposition. He Hnved the milk. Boekhud (Me.) Courier-Gazette. There is always something to be thanlcful for, even when misfortune comes. An Aroostook" man. had a valuable eow killed by lightning the other day, and, according to the local paper, which eonveys the in formation, "not ten minutes before the light ning sirucK ner sue nad been milked by an elderly gentleman." He saved the milk, nut it wm st uieso can. 1 V ! Miss Minerva J'arker. APPLYING A MAXIE Penny Wise, Pound Foolish in Pro fession. Trade and Home. THOROUGHNESS IN AN EDUCATION,, Incompetents Sawing Bones and Striplings In the Pnlpit, S0PPLIE3 FOR THE FAMILT TABLE 1WBITTEW TOB THI DISPATCH. Public schools, seminaries, academiesand edncational institntions in general are open ing their doors, letting in the sunlight and removing the accumnlated cobwebs from the ceilings and walls. Yacation days are over, and with" renewed energies and an ac cumulation of gray matter in the brain and vitality in the nerve cells, the youth of the nation is tnrning to books and slates, verbs and adverbs. This is well. But are there not thousands of young men and women, well able to reach into the, to them, un known realms of higher education, who have decided to stop and take a short cut into some profession or business with only a superficial knowledge of the classics, a lit tle daub of culture here, and a little shade of knowledge there ? Why is this thus? It is the result of a false ambition to be getting along in life. Jt is a mistake. A man was trying to cnt wood by the road side. He made poor prog ress. A pedestrian said: "Why don't yon sharpen your ax, neighbor? Your work would be easier and you could do it quicker." "Oh," was the reply,' "I have no time to fool away grinding the ax. I want to get this cord of wood cut" That's just the way it is with the super ficial scholar. A few more years, or possi ble months of study in school, wonld save him years of irksome labor, and a vast amount of humiliation in after life. A smattering of mathematics does not make a man a mathematician. A cursory knowl edge of medicine does not qualify a man as a physician. A glimmering ot theology does not create a theologian. A rapid read ing of Aristotle, Macaulay, Seneca and Herbert Spencer never germinated a phil osopher. And so on ad libitum. The Impatient Yonnsf Doctor. In many of our ordinary towns may be found a number of young physicians strug gling for practice. They have listened to scores of lectures, have uostrung wire jointed skeletons without number, and pos sibly have made themselves faint and sick over some stolen cadaver, bnt an over anxious desire to practice medicine and gain a paying business has brought disas ter, if not to themselves, at least to some of their unfortunate patients. Never until the judgment day (and possibly not then), will it be known how many untimely graves have been filled by malpractice or lack of knowl edge on the part of new-fledged doctors. Medical colleges are, some of them, too liberal with their degree of "M. D." A man may read medicine, and delve into anatomy and physiology until his eyesight is prematurely impaired, but he knows lit tle abont actual practice and correct diagno sis until he has had experience. A year or two in some well conducted hospital shonld be demanded of all men who presume to enter that profession, which, next to the gos pel ministry, is the most sublime calling on earth. A really competent physician never or seldom waits long for recog nition, but he who pushes himself into practice on the strength of his theoretic knowledge is "penny wise and pound fool ish." He will possibly kill a good many people in learning to enre a few and bring a shadow of doubt and contempt upon the noble calling he has chosen. This would not matter so much if subjects could be se lected for him to practice upon. There are men, and possibly a few women, who could be spared without much loss to the State and Nation, bnt they are not easily availa ble for such a purpose. Incompetency In the Pnlpit. The self same rnle holds in regard to preaching. The insane cry for "young min isters" is responsible for a large number of inefficient students being launched into the arena of theological thought Onr Catholic brethren beat the Protestants here. They send no illiterate nincompoops into the pul pits oi their church. There are unique men who can grasp Knowledge and retain it without wading through the labyrinths ot a long curriculum, bnt where there is one such there are a thousand whose skulls are so thick that learning has to be pounded in with the sledge hammer of labored en deavor. A young man must feel silly when the older members of the church he shep herds can give him pointers on Scripture truths. It is true of the ministry as of other professions, that a man never ceases to learn un less he is a fool, but a large degree of pro ficiency should be attained before he pre sumes to teach. An extra year preparing for work may draw deeply on a limited ex chequer, but it is better to bprrow a few hundred dollars to finish an education than to lannch upon'the uncertain seas of clerical life without a pretty thorough knowledge ot the compass tnat is to guide the mind through the many mazes of ministerial labor. Congregations are not what they were years ago. In any ordinary audience, even in the country, there will be found a few men of superior culture. To play the ignoramus before eveu this little minority is very humiliating. It is possible that a few members of the congregation may have deeper learning on many lines than the pas tor, bnt along his own specific lineheshould certainly be the peer of all who listen to him. Don't be in a hurry, boys. Let the flimsy down of the upper lip thicken a little. A few slight wrinkles in the brow will not hurt A Little Strip of Earth. , Bnt there are other ways of being "penny wise and pound foolish." I knew a case in New York State where two deacons in a church owned contiguous property. A dis pute arose as to the dividing line. It was finally settled, all but two inches, and neither one of the men would give an inch. The land was practically valueless. The town was thinly settled, and each one had all the gronnd he needed tor all purposes. These two men fought like cat and dog over this little strip of dirt The pastor was called into conncil, and be cause be could not agree with either, both of them squeezed the poor little fellow al most to death. He had to resign. Church trial after church trial was held. The courts were appealed to, and public senti ment was divided between the two. Ill-feeling brooded over the village, and friend be came estranged from friend. All this for a few inches of mother earth. Church life soured, pastor resigned, and the deuce to pay generally. Was not this "penny wise and pound foolish?" Two neighbors lived together for miny years in peace and harmony. Between them swung an unlatched gate with reversible hinges. The children played together, and there was a strong current of mutual esteem running through all their lives. The moth ers spent many a pleasant hour gossiping in each other's houses. The fathers, being of the same mind politically, smoked their pipes together and picked flaws in the oppo site party. Metaphorically speaking, when one itched the other scratched. The chil dren began "sweet-hearting" as soon as the teens were reached. If the tomatoes were ripe In one patch first they were shared by the other. It one made an angel cake the other had a taste or it If one had soup for dinner the other mnst sample it And so it went Tear in and Tear ont Edward Bellamy's iaeti WM Jaort elmiti CHti J There was a very close community of inter ests. Bnt one dark day a shadow settled on this earthly elysinm. The Browns de cided to keep chickens. They bad read about "money in chickens," and concluded to speculate. Fresh eegs were always ac ceptable, and a good iat hen was a luxury. No sooner said than done. The cackle of the hens aud the crowing of the roosters awoke bath families early in the morn ing. For a time all went well. Bnt after a while the chicks began to trespass. The hens flew over the fence, and one fins morning the choicest plants in Jones' gar den were scratched up, and the insides eaten out of the ripest tomatoes. That swinging gate was nailed tight A cool ness sprang np. Not to prolong the agony, suffice it to say that a fend of large porpor tions grew up between -these two families, and they came to hate each other just as bitterly as ever did the houses of Montague and Capnlet What an altar on which to sacrifice the friendship ot a lifetime? "Penny wise and ponnd foolish." The Maxim la Finances. I once heard tell of a father who was so penurious that he bribed his children to go to bed supperiess by giving them each a penny. When they were asleep he silently stole Into their bedrooms and robbed them of the money. Failing in this, he would say in the morning- "Who will give their penny to buy a red herring for breakfast? Hunger does not parley long, and so the youngsters unanimously invested in herring. It doesn't matter very much whether this is a literal fact or not, but he who pinches and tries to economize along this line is worse than "penny wise and round fool ish." He is villainous. Hundreds of fathers, whose homes are overrun with hungry children, spend more money upon themselves in feeding their carnal appetites than would supply a sufficiency of suitable food for those dependent upon them. There is a mighty howl through the land about eight hours a day being sufficient for a man to work, but is it not a fact that many a woman with a family hardlv knows what rest is? Man's work is from sun to sun. But woman's work is never done. The beer bill of some workingmen at the end of the week is more than the bread and meat bill of the whole family. Bestriding the appetites of boys and girls, and doling out to them insufficient provender sajis a thousands springs, and mars the sweet har mony of natnre. In this fair land, flowing with milk and honey, how sad it is that children mnst go hnngry to bed. This when poverty makes it imperative. Bnt when affluence or competence pinches the child either on the ground ot economy or the false notions of dietary which some vegetarian or cereal cranks af fect, it is "penny wise and pound foolish." Albumen is the most essential thing to build up brain, brawn and muscle. You do not find very much of it in rice pudding and corn mush. Let the youngsters have eggs, meat and milk, and don't skimp their poor little stomachs because some old granny of a doctor preaches the rigid and cold phi losophy of dietetics as being thatnpon which the youth of the nation should be raised. And may God bless you all. The Countbt Pabson. The 1'onibfnl Sage. Washington Critic "Johnny, yon may give me the name of some wild flower," said the teacher ia botany. Johnny thought awhile, and then saldt "Well, I reckon Injun meal comes abont as near being wild flour as anything I know of." MADAME A. RUPPERT Complexion Speciallii. Mme. A. Ruppert's world-renowned faes) bleach Is the only face tonic in the world whlcTs Eosltiveiy removes freckles, moth patohts, lackbeads, pimples, birthmarks, eczema and all blemishes of the skin, and when applied cannot be observed by anyone. Thousands of ladies and gentlemen are using it daily in Pitts burg, aud in all parts of the world, with pleas ing results. Call at mv office and see testi monials from ladies of Pittsburg and vicinity who do not wish their- names published. The face bleach can only be had at my branch office. No. 93 Fifth avenue. Hamilton building, rooms 203 and 204, Pittsburg, or sent to any address on receipt of price. Sold at 3 per bottle, or three bottles, usually required to clear the complex ion. So. Send4 cents postage for fnll particulars, jyl8-101-su JIME. A. RUPPERT. "Wen. 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