If s'OSSamimrTmSl -ywrjew v-Tfi w- 1G the prrrsBimG dispat, sunday, September ia. , i89u' "Does all that happen before I Bpeak at all?" "Yes. The whole piece is business. Most modern pieces are. What's your line?" "Can it be no yes I am not mistaken. Ah it is. Mr. Corderoy," read Daisy, adding with tears: 'That's such a hard speech. I worked over and over and over it, and you see I don't know it at all. All those dread ful little words." "Nonsense. Just remember the name3Ir. Cordcrov. The last under study who played said Mr." Pants, and Kildare didn't like it. For the rest of the speech, jnst say anything that you would say on seeing a person un expectedly whom Von are glad to see. Only sav the name last for it's the cue." ''Oh, how much easier, but what do I do?" "Just hold your place a little 'left center,' and extend your hand, or do any thing natural He "strides over to you lite this. "What cue do you get?" "How different ' ' "Yes the line is something llk you see me again, but alas! how different how dif ferent a lot of 'how different!,' Speak Vhen tou think he's got through. "What's your line?" "Mr. Corderoy!" "That's an exclamation. He will proba blv talk right through it. Meanwhile he leads you to a bench 'left' talking all the while," and seats you on it talking all the while. He tell" "you nearly the whole plot of the play. All" you have to do is to look Interested or surppved or horror-struck or whatever the lines seem to call for. That's the amount of most leading parts with a star. "What's your cue?" 'Bevond help farewell. Then I say 'no and he says 'for Australia,' and I say 'no, and he says 'alas never,' and I say yc, and so on for two pages just 'no's' and 'yes's' and cues that mean nothing. I could" not get them into my head and I know I never can " "Nonsense. You have three 'no's, then two ves's,' then another 'no,' and then an other 'ves.' Don't bother about cues after the first cue. He says 'beyond hope fare well.' That brings your first 'no.' Then just check off two more 'no's,' two 'yes's' a "no ana a -yes. apeac wnen you get a pause." "Oh, Freda, if you had only told me all that last night!" "My dear, you knew best last night. At the last 'yes you will find him down 'right.'" "Where am I?" "You t,tick to the bench right through your three no's, two yes's a no and a yes. On the last yes he is down R. "What's the cue? "Sacrifice herself?" "He wants to know if he can be expected to be lucky enough to find a woman big fool enough to'love him and cast her fortune with" his, or words to that effect, ending 'sacrifice herself You did have a big ab negation speech there, but it's been cut to the last word, 'Here.' It used to get a round and that won't do. You rise. Be sure you put your parasol down." "You know I haven't got a parasol, Freda." "Will you leave clothes alone till we get the lines'? Be sure you put your parasol down, lteach out your arms and say: 'Be hold, here' emotionally, for all you are worth. He jumps on the speech pretty quick, but you may get a hand anyhow. As you say it, 'behold, here!' the pair of you meet on a rush to the C and embrace. Be sure your dress is free from the bench when Tourise. There is a lot of darling biz and he has a lot of talk over the top of your head you must not wear a high crowned hat, remember. You see it's all easy. Now we will do that much. Give me the book." "Oil, Freda. I don't know the lines." "Lines? You haven't any lines. It's all business. Go ahead." Freda began, say ing, to 11 out about the length of the speech, "te duin dum dum te rumpta end of my rope." Daisy, to her own surprise, progressed successfully to the "darling busi ness. " "Now," said Freda, "the Nabob he plays papa comes on and says: 'What do I see?' " ""What does he see?" "You and the Mier embracing. Directly you hear his vo'ce, no matter what he says the Nabob is aiways queer on lines thongh he is solid on his o n cues and has to get them or he won't speak you two break auay. You get out of the way up L, and hover around your friend, the bench, while Kildare talks "back to papa. You must keep up the scene, of course, by looking inter ested. Sort of work it up with sympathy and anxiety business, up around the set tree; at the end "of a lot of fireworks for Kildare he shouts: 'You are too late. She is alrcady mine." 'What, married?" papa says. 'Yes, married," Kildare shouts. Be sure you wait for Jvildare to auswer papa's 'What, mar ried"' You speak on the second 'married.'" "No, I don't. ' "So you don't; but you start forward on the second 'married, as if to protest. Kil dare lays his fingers on his lips, and docs teep still' business. You look rattled a minute and get in a 'Hea en's, what does this mean, ait, but very quickly Then, as if you suddenly understand and agree, you rush into his arms and cry, 'Yes, ni.rried'' It has to be very quick, snip, snap. Kildare, 'She is already mine." Papa, 'What, mar ried." Kildare, 'Yes, married;' you, 'Yes, married;' all on top of each other. You go into his arms saying, 'yes married," trium phantly to papa, and put your head down on KilHare's chest, so your hat won't inter fere with his making a picture for the cur tain. You see it's all easy. Just snap and business. "Is she reallv married?" said Daisy. "Don't you frc ov ri the plot of a farce comedv, iut swallow vour business." "Oh" Freda, is this art?" "If j ou are going to bothc- about art, give up playing to-night. This is quick study," said J reda. "Now, for your next scene. The real next seen; was pretty French, so it was cut out; funny though. You aren't married, yon know, and papa thinks you are, and he makes the best of it. But itsall cut to the scene with the Nabob. He is in au arm chair, down R; sertan, an nounces you; Nabob says, 'Admis her'; ser vant exits L upper, am!, when he is well oil, you enter the same place ball dress and "all that run down to the nabob, fall on your knees and say what do you say?" " 'Oh father do not make me go "to this ball!' " "Keep it up, you know, "with some extra Oh's and Eumtahs to help your entrance. He tells you a lot of fairy story about the Count, who has sought your hand, and ""Where is my other husband?" "The Miser?" That all conies out in a couple of scenes when you aren't on. You and the miser, driven to desperation by the -inbarrass:nents of the scene, I told you of which was cut, manage to get a marriage on the quiet. Meanwhile, papa funis out you weren't married when he thought you were, and has the miser abducted, not" knowing you really are married. You don't tell him because lor some reason or other; and the nabob wants you to marry the count. Being married, ol course, it's awkward for you. Some mix up like that leads up to this scene. The nabob tells you the count story, ending with, "What objection?" That's easy, being a question. You get up and Julie de Jlaimrat in the calcium at least Bird used to ha e a calcium. Here comes your long speech. Head it over, Daize. Get the idea, and saj it in your own words. Re member to come to cue straight. The idea ot the speech is, first, how can your father be so cruel, with frills; then, will no power interfere to save you, with more frills." "What do you mean by frills?" "Oh, work it! Am I to be abandoned (tra la)? Will no one help or save (te dum)? Then some invective, with lots of frills and defiance talk, tra la, and so on. If you perpetrate this outrage (te dum te de). your gray liairs will surely rumtah! Sorrow like mine to the tra la la grave. Then break and get in some pleading: Oh, spare ni" think! My heart is in ' That's the cue. He interrupts: The lunatic asylum, and exits " ''What does he mean?" "Oh, the miser is supposed to have gone crazy, and he means to remind yon that you are idiotic to lot e a fellow in a mad houe." "Freda, I can never do that speech!" said Daisy, with decision of despair. "les you can. It's easy. Just remem ber the different heads and frill them out. Father's cruelty, will no one intervene; in vective and defiance: pleading, 'oh, spare me, and die; 'My heart is in .' Its easy. "We exit. You have a sort of prayer speech by yourself. Say anything suitable that comes into your head. Only use 'heaven instead of 'God.' Audiences don't like too much God. "When you can't think of anything to say cry and Eay 'alas.' But work up a change of mood for the curtain line. Anything is better than this misery; I will marry the Count!' Back up into the calcium on that nnd hold the picture. You may get a call. It's the only scene you've got, so you must work it up." "I thought you said the piece was a farce comedy. I don't think this is funny." "It will be if you don't do it right. Now for the rest." "Freda, I can't do any more now. My head is going round and round." "Don't get rattled, dear. The rest is nothing. It's the ball scene. You just come on and off, and bow around and are intro duced to folks. "We are all easy in the piece and we can pnll you through. Act as you would in a real drawing room, ana keep one eye on your train. The stage is crowded, and most supers are all feet. Your entrance cues the stage manager will 'tend to. I will stick close enough to you on the stage to shove you off when you should go. The last entrance is the only important one. You come from R. upper. Papa leads you by your upstage hand. He brings you down It center, and sayS: 'Count de Mallaroy, my daughter. "You have bean looking down all this time. He passes you over to center. AVhen 3-ou get there you lift your e es slowly to look at the Count. You start back. Be sure you give yourself a chance, for a good look first You start back don': walk on your train, though shriek and fall. Try to fall comfortably, becaus you lie there through the rest of the scene. Don't get vour head behind the curtain. Did you ever tail?" "No." "It's like this. Sway a little, then let yourself go. As you come down, let your arm go out so that vour hand breaks the fall, and vour head lies on your arm, face down. That's the easiest "fall. See, this way " Freda swayed, her eyes halt closed, a moan crossed herlips, and she fell lightly ana limp on the floor, lace down on ner arm. "You see, it's easy," she went on, sitting up. "You can do it all day and not hurt yourself." '"Won't my feet show?" "Your tra"in ought to take care of itself and cover them if you don't get tangled in it when vou step back." "Oh dear !" 'Don't fret You see yon haven't a single line in that act That's the way when you support a star. In the 'great' scene you show up with a gorgeous ball dress, do a gymnastic faint and leave the rest to the star. The last act you have just one line, "My husband !' You go up to the altar and a lot of business. I can tell it to you just before you go on, if I don't get a chance earlier." They went all over it a couple of times. Then Freda said cheerfully: "There ! that's swallowed. "Sow for dresses !" "Oh, Freda ! Dresses ! It's after 1, and I haven't a stitch !" 'After 1? So it is. "We will have lunch, mr dear." ""But the dresses?" "Oh, dresses are nothing. "We must live !" It was after luncheon that Freda said: "Now we will take a walk and talk dresses." "I'm so tired, Freda." "That's why you want to take a walk. Besides, the dresses area good deal of a question, and there is very little time. Out doors is the best place to face worries. The sunshine and air nelps one." "You have spoken as if the dresses were nothing! Oh, what shall I do?" "My dear, there was no good facing two worries at once. You can't wear Bird's things. You are si much bigger. First is a summer dress ought to be swell with lace hat and parasol and all that. Got any thing?" "No." ""We must fake them. I have a green velvet Zouave jacket and a pair of long gloves," mused Freda. "Oh, I can't go in that!" "Have you a nice white skirt?" "Yes lots ot them." "All right. "We will buy some deep flouncing, white lace. It we are in luck we should get some pretty decent for about 75 cents a jyrd. It may be $1 25. "There's no time to make a dress." "Dear child, we won't make it "We'll pin it" "On what?" "The band of your skirt." "But the skirt is short, like any petti coat" "We will wear another white petticoat under, and we will pin the upper one as low down on the under one as is necessary, and we will pin the lace wherever it should come." "But there is no waist. A Zouave jacket won't cover me!" "Oh, well! You don't want to be too much covered. Wear a nice corset cover for foundation. We will pin in a full vest of lace. I have a white sash. That can go around your waist and tie big at the back. Oh, that's all right." "But won't it all cost a lot all that lace?" "It will cost something, but lace is a good thing to have on hand, Daisy. You see how it would help you if you had some on hand now." "It does not seem fair for me to be put to expense for a part that isn't mini" "That's the way in this busings. Clothes are supposed to grow on us to suit any part we are given. Yet they talk about the mone actresses make! We have to turn the biggest part of ourpay rightback into the managci'. speculation. We are partners in his risks and failures, but we get no 'rise' over his successes. It's a great business." "Sleeves, Freda." "Oh, yes; I didn't think of sleeves. We must find time to make them. Sew in a full ruffle, you know, to your corset cover sleeves of the lace, draw "in the edge of the ruffle around your arm by a string, push the sleeve well up, and make the 'long gloves meet it makes a pretty sleeve, too. Any hat w"U do. My ingenue 'Stormed Down' one will do. The pink roses will be pretty with the green Zouave. You can use Bird's parasol." "Where are we going, Freda?" "To buy the lace. Now, the next dress the ball dress!" "Oh.how can I manage it! Ihave nothing!" "Pshaw! evening dresses are easy; same lace skirt we have rigged. Bird's 'Stormed Down' second act white dress has a loose train. ' "Loose train?" "Yes; just shirred onto the waist, and free at the sides. I'll get Marie to take it off for you. On it goes to the lace skirt we have, and you are all right." "But have I a right to borrow?" "My dear, you hive got to borrow." "But a waist?" ' "Got any?" "No." "Low-neck corset cover then." "Oh, Freda!" "Keep still. We will get some thin cream silk, as near as I can remember the shade of Bird's train, and I will make a drapery waist." "What's that?" "Easy. Take a long scarf piece of the silk. It's a mere trick Jo tuck it into the neck of a low neck corset cover and then draw the width down and wind the ends around and pin firmly. It makes a very pretty evening waist Dressmakers do the same thing only they sew it and charge a lot" "Sleeves?" "You have to be careful to draw it loose over tho shoulders. So you can get a short sleeve effect by just ginning the slack under each arm. Besides, we will-use the first act corset cover with the "lace sleeves in, and the same long gloves. "h, you are all right. Since the dress is white, a tulle veil you can use Bird's will turn it into your last act wedding dress." Poor Daisy worked hard, in spite ff Freda's easy running through the play. She conned each speech till by mere force of reiteration the words were bedded in her memory. Her head ached and throbbed, and she wished herself dead, but, for all that, a bit of ambition trembled in her heart Said Freda: "Don't yon try to 'act' to night If you do, you ara likely to go up. Just keep your head about you, and try to do nothing" but get through. " Yet the tale would recnr to Daisy's mind of how great hits were made .by under studies, who at short notice took parts and ""electrified" the audience. What if CHAPTER XIV. TS THE SICK BOOM. Meanwhile, Bird had lain sleepless In bed. She seemed dazed-and was very weak. The physician commanded absolute rest, mental and physical. "What is the trouble, doctor," asked Kil dare, the tears shining in his eyes. "A tender-hearted gentleman," thought the doctor. "I am, of course, not tamiliar with the constitution of the patient, but she seems to be suffering from complete nervous collapse. Absolute rest Ibr months would probably restore to her system the needed vigor. The need of a short period of rest is in a verv serious way. "You'fear?" "The patient has consumptive tendency. .Her maid tells me hemorrhages are not en. tirelyunknown. Exertion, mental or phy sical, might result most seriously, most seri ously!" "She shall have every care," said Kildare evidently deeply moved very evidently. "A tender-hearted gentleman," thought the doctor. Bird understood nothing. She lay qujet, her eyes sleepless, yet heavy, as one too weary to see. If Kildare spoko to her she smiled a little wan smile, but took no, further note of his presence. She seemed? utterly tired out. About 6, Monday even ing, her eyelids began tq droop. "Let her alone," said the doctor. "Sleep will do her much good. Watch her care fully. I will call about 10, unless sum moned before. The maid settledherself behind thescreen to read-by the shaded lamp. "Guess that rig can stay where it is," she thought, glancing at the white satin that lay on the chair where Freda had placed it "She won't be into it unless it's for her coffin." About 8 o'clock a tap came on the door. The maid turned the latch softly. "Mollie says you're offen the te'ater," spoke a husky voice. "Yes." "Coom aup to the housekeeper's. She's to her stepfather's funeral the night, and Mollie's in charge. We're havin' a spread and a bit o' stuff hot Coom aup." "I'm left watching my lady," returned the maid dubiously. "Whose wid you?" "I'm alone." "Oh shaw! Then ye can coom. Is she quiet?" "Asleep like a baby." "Ye'll be but a minute." The maid crept to the lamp, turned It low and coming back, said: "If it's no more than ten minutes yon per suade me, I'll come." Bird's eyes opened. She noted the shad, ows thrown on the wall by the fringe of the lamp shade. As her mind .cleared an unrest seized her. "Marie !" she called, and began to gasp. She wondered at this and at the weakness of her voice. The room was dark it must be late. Yes and Sunday evening for No; not Sunday. The dress rehearsal had been Sunday. The dress rehearsal she had fallen. Her dress was wrong she must do it again then darknes s I All began to come to her. She closed her white lips firmly and lifted herself in bed. The play was goin on and without her ! "Mane !"' she called again. Then she gathered her strength and slipped from the bed. She took her watch from the bureau and carried it to the lamp. Nine o'clock. Nine o'clock ! Nine ! Everyone had gone, the play was nearly half over. Things grew confused. She started about helplessly. A gleam- of pearl and satin shone through shadows of the room. Her ball dressl Freda had put it there. Ah, good Freda, dear Freda! Freda had brought her home in it. The ballroom scene would hardly come on till half-past 9. She began to sob nervously. Listen! Listen! Keep still! If she could get there in time! Not for the first never mind the first ! Just to do that fall right Bob would be pleased and forgive her for all, and let her have the part again. She got into the dress somehow, and combed out the tangles of her soft short hair; then from her jewel case took a neck lace and a band of brilliants for her fore head. This last took some time to find. She opened several boxes among others the one in w hich lay the piece of half-written, half-printed paper. At sight of this sud den tears started, and she forgot everything else. Then she thrust the paper in her bosom, and clasped the band about her hair. As she stepped across the room she noted that her feet were bare. Freda had said something about putting the slippers Ah, yes! She thrust her feet into the high- heeled satin things, Then she rang the hell. "A carriage at once, please, for Miss Ellaine, and come and tell me when it is at the door." The man stared. But there was no ac counting for the queer things these actor folks do. When he returned Bird started unsteadily for the door. Her bare shoulders gleamed in the dim light. "Your wrap" said the man. ' "Yes, my wrap," returned Bird, afraid within herself because she hardly under stood and because she feared the man would notice .it. Then she added slowly: "Be good enough to open the closet, you will find a wrap there." The man handed her a Ions cloak. She drew it about her and stood looking piti fully at him. "The carriage is ready," he said. "Yes," she answered and hurried into the hall. It was no uTTair of his, thought the man. But she looked so white and queer! He followed her to the elevator and helped her into the carriage. Giving to the cabman the order she spoke: "The Elite Theater." lb be Concluded next Sunday. J THE EYE WILL DECEIVE. ' Conditions tinder 'Which Tou Cannot See Things That Are Tory Plain. St. Louis roDlspatch. The eye is a very unruly member and does not always bring true reports of the out side world. Here are some experiments which show its unreliable character: Close the right eye and look with the left at the right spot, holding the paper 8 or 12 inches distant The center spot will disappear, and if you 6 look at the center one the left will disap pear. Now close the left eye and look at the left and middle spots. Toe middle and right will respectively disappear. In the second figure look at the right spot with the right eye. The five spots become invisible, and if the paper- be brought gradu- ally nearer they reappear, the left one being first seen, or if at a greater distance the right is first seen. Keverse the position o f the figures and a similar resuy follows. Marriotte, who discovered this odd phe nomenon, amused King Charles 'IL by showing him and his courtiers how they would look with their heads cut ofE " In the Cafe. .New York Herald. "How hard that electrical wheel whizzes." " -j "Yes; it is the latest invention of the whizzard of Menlo Park." ROSE ABOVE PARTY. Samuel J. ndall Was' a Near Ap proach to the Ideal Statesman. i HOW HE STOOD FOE PROTECTION. Blaine's Friendship Contributed to Hake Dim His Party's Leader. ONE OP THE FOUB BOYS OF CONGRESS pranix fob Tins dispatch. There was no man, during the time of which I write, who grew more steadily into political prominence than Samuel J. Ran dall. He was one of "the four boys" of whom I have previously made mention, as coming to Congress at the time I took service there in December, 1863. He had previously served for.xa term in the Penn sylvania Legislature, and also for a time as a private in the military service. He was, at the time of his -entrance to Congress, a comparatively young man; was regarded as a good fellow, but with nothing about him that gave promise of future promi nence. He possessed no striking character istics and presented- no salient points; he iiau no personal inagueu&iu xia.o jiaiuc. TT xX. . 1& w AlhAw Iiaa tv nn4 Willi" wus, J. luuugut, rinuci icVJ uia uuu mentally; had no quickness in repartee and no fluency of speech, and yet managed to maintain himself creditably in debate on all occasions. He was a man of but few words, as might be expected from his previous training, which was that of a mer chant, but possessed the faculty, so common with business men, of talking directly to the point without any of the tedious cir cumlocution which often characterizes the more skilled dehateV. QUALITIES THAT MADE HIM GEEAT. Lacking some of the qualities that greatly contributed to the success of Colfax and Blaine as speakers he yet pos sessed other qualities of value in such a position. He( had an ex cellent physique, a pleading countenance rather grave than otherwise; a well-shaped head and the heavy jaw that unmistakeably Samuel J. Randall. indicates firmness of character, while his long period of service gave him an acquaint ance with parliamentary practice of" great value. Added to these qualities were a well-balanced intellect, great common sense, patient industry, and close attention to pub lic duties, qualities which oftener bring success than what is denominated brilliant genius. The fable of the fox and the tor toise forever aptly illustrates the difference between the man of labor and the man of genius. The latter, like the fox, make some startling jumps, hut too often goes to sleep by the way, leaving plodding industry to win the race and gain the crown. Perhaps the capacity for patient labor is as much entitled to the appellation of genius as the more brilliant qualities to which the term is generally applied. HE WAS FBEE FROM SCANDAL. Another secret of Randall's success was undoubtedly his recognized personal integ rity. No breath of suspicion was ever blown upon his character. During a period when corruption "ruled the mart" to an un precedented extent, both in Congress and the Executive departments, Randall's hand was free from the taint of base bribes, and he would have been a bold man, I think, who would have dared approach him cor ruptly. To. his credit be it said he was con tent to live and die poor, and brave enough to live within his means during the period of his Congressional service in an unpre tentious house in an unfashionable quarter of Washington rather than seek social no toriety by questionable nieans; an instance of moral heroism that is rarely met with in public men, and which, if it had been fol lowed by some others, would have saved them from wrecking a good name and fall ing into irretri vabl? public disgrace. Although a man of very positive quali ties and a decided partisan he always com manded the respect of his political oppo nents, as well as the confidenceof his politi cal friends. BETTER WATCHDOG THAN HOLMAV. He devoted bjs energies in great measure to resisting all unlawful raids upon the public treasury or questionable appropria ting of the public moneys, with as much persistency as Holman, but with more dis crimination, as lie simply objected to every thing, while Randall never opposed a proper and legitimate expenditure of the public moneys. And yet, with all the natural abilities which he possessed, his political success under the circumstances was almost phe nomenal. The circumstances were peculiar and perhaps anomalous. He was not only in a minority party during the greater part of his Congressional career, but he was in a minoritv of his own party, and in direct antagonism with the majority, as also with President Cleveland on the only real issue between the two great political parfie's, to wit, the tariff policy. On this he was far more in accordance with the Republican party than with his own. He could hardly be otherwise as the representative of a Phila delphia manufacturing constituency. That he would attain the leadership of his own party under such circumstances indicates a marvelous amount of political tact. REPUBLICANS LOOKED OUT FOB HIM. His position in this great industrial ques tion gained for him the moral support of his political opponents, however, and the-r toleration to an extent which would hardly have been accorded to anyone differently circumstanced, and this undoubtedly con tributed to his political success. The rela tion was one of reciprocal advantage. If the Republican party helped Randall in his political aspirations, he helped it in its pro tective policy. "The Randall Contingent," as it was called, could always be relied on to make good the defection of some of the Republicans who were possessed of free trade tendencies. It was undoubtedly the recognition of his value to the" Republican party that that party, while in control of the Pennsylvania Legislature, was careful never to disturb Randall's district in any Congressional apportionment His peculiar relation to the political par ties was aptly shown' in the language of his acceptance of the renomination in 1884 when he congratulated his constituency and himself that "he had been able, with the aid of others' in the previous Congress, in preventing a ruinous blow at Pennsylva nia's interests," referring in this to the at tempted tariff legislation of his own party. This was certainly a unique position for any politician and would have sent almost any other man speedily to the rear instead of to the head of the column. WAS A MAN OF PBINCIPLE. I must not be understood as intimating that Randall was governed in his political course only by the motives of political ex pediency. He was a man of decided con victions and thoroughly honest-minded, and, though an intense partisan, there was f Y. in him no blind subserviency to mere party I behests, and no party fealty or party disci- J rtlina rn-itilrl fnma niTn intn inin nifl Ann. "1UI VUU1U .IVIAWW bV gAllg W mw- port to any measure that his judgment and conscience did not fully approve. No one nas ever better voiced my estimate ot we man than did his colleague on the Appro priation Committee, Mr. Forney, of Ala bama, who had exceptionally good opportu nities of knowing him, and who said in his funeral eulogium: "Mr. Randall has been called a born leader of men; and why? He possessed all those great qualities which go to make up a leader. He had an iron wilL He had nerve and courage. He hated intrigues and despised shams. -He was open, frank, manly and honest to his opponents. He" wore no mask. 'His panoply was the justice of his cause. He had convictions, and he was always loyal to his convictions. One of the highest evidences of his loyalty to his convictions was that he never yielded one jot or tittle of his convictions upon the great tariff question, when he knew with reasonable certaipty that, by his yielding and falling into line with his party upon that question, he could have reached the highest position in the gift of the American people. BLAINE'S FBIENDSHIP FOB RANDAIL. With all his natural ability as a leader he might never have become such simply for want of the fitting opportunity which' by no means comes to all men. Opportunity amounts to nothing in the man who has not the ability to seize the opportunity; to take the tide at the flood which leads to fortune, as did Grant and many others. It is the fate of many "to die with all their music in them" for the want of opportunity to give expression to it. The opportunity for Randall came through the friendship of Blaine, aiiother one of "the four hoys," and which began on their simultaneous entry to Congress, and con tinued until Randall's death. The Speaker of the House has the political fortuneof its members in his own control by the arbitrary and autocratic power to recognize whom he pleases as entitled to the floor. This right was liberally exercised by Blaine, after he became Speaker, in favor of Randall. It was generally "the gentleman from Penn sylvania" who was recognized, and hence it soon became manifest that if the Democrats wanted to accomplish anything in the House it was important to secure Randall's influ ence. This made him inevitably'the leader ot his party. His abilities in this direction were conspicuous on many occasions; never more signally than in his opposition to the so-callei force bill in the Porty'-third Con gress, in which, however, he was greatly aided by Speaker Biaine, who was in full sympathy with him in his opposition to the bill. IN THE CRISIS OF '76. No more remarkable instance of his conrage, manliness'and independence was ever seen than in his course as Speaker dur ing the excitement incident to the vexed question of the Presidental election of 1876. The magnitude Of that crisis has probably never been fullv realized by the general public, nor the imminence ot the revolution which threatened us', and which the calm judgment and stern determination of Samuel J. Randall, who was great enough to rise above party, did much to avert He curbed and calmed the fiery turbulence of some of the members of his own party by a quiet exercise of moral power such as has been seldom witnessed, and perhaps prevented General Watterson from carrying out his threat to march on Washington at the head of 100,000 men equipped with the distinct ively Kentucky ammunition. If he had performed no other public serv ice this alone would entitle him to the ever lasting gratitude of his fellow countrymen. Clinton Lloyd. Copyright ly the author. WON HIS LAST STAKE. nil Mother's Itlnc Brought I-uck and Death to the Young Gambler. Philadelphia Press. "Some years ago," said the gambler as he lay back puffing his cigar, "I was in California, and while there I frequented a very fashionable place. There came to that place every night a young man. We all liked him, because, he seemed rather inno cent, and many of us gave him the advice to stay away, but he only smiled and said he would some day. "One night he came, looking rather pale, for lately he had lost very heavily. He sat down and commenced to play in an ex cited manner; but game after game he lost Brought Luck and Death. He took out his pocketbook and placed all the contents on the table and lost. Then I saw him tnrn pale and take a package from his pocket and stake that it belonged to his firm and he lost it. "After that he passed in his watch and re ceived the cash, staked that and lost. Two of lys rimrs followed and were lost. We all felt sorry "for him and heartily wished he would win, At last all he had left wasi thin, gold ring, not worth mucfi. He looked at it, and the expression that came over his face is one that I shall never forget. "He passed in the ring, and although it was worth about 1, the cashier advanced S50. He placed and the boys put up all his money, the firm's moncv, his watch and rings, against his 550, and he won. Then, when success came, he laid his head on his arm. We waited five minutes for him to get up, butjie did not, and then we lifted his h ead up and saw that he was dead. "We found out afterward that the ring which changed his luck was his dead mother's ring. I often tried to think what agonies he must have suffered; what recol lections must have passed before his mind." USES OF THE BAMBOO. It Sorves More Farposes Than Any Other Plant That Is Cnltivated. It is hoped by the Department of Agri culture that the bamboo may yet be culti vated in this-country as it is in China, where it supplies a large part of the wants of the people, being applied to more than 500 different purposes. In the Flowery Kingdom it takes the place both of iron and steel. The farmer builds his house and fences out of it, his farming utensils as well as his household furniture are.manufactured from it, while the tender shoots furnish him with a most delicious vegetable for his table. The roots are carved into fantastic im ages, shaped into divining blocks to guess the will of the gods, or cut into lantern handles and canes. The tapering culms are used for the props of houses, the framework of awnings, the ribs of sails and shafts of rakes; for fences and every sort of frames, coopand cages; and the handles and ribs of umbrellas and fans. The leaves are sewed into raincoats and thatches. The shavings and curled threads furnish materials for stuffing pillows, while parts Bupply the bed for sleeping, the chopsticks for eating, the pipe for smoking, the broom fo sweep ing, the mattress to lie upon, .the chair to sit upon, the table to eat -on,, the, food to eat and the fuel to cook" it with, etc., etc In fact, its uses are almost without number. EAST TO GET EICH. The Young Fortune Seeker Should Hie Himself Away to Mexico. AN AMERICAN DENTISFS LUCK. It Costs & Great Seal to lire, but People Expect High Charges. FIFTT .DOLLARS FOE FILLING A TOOTH rCORRZSrONDEJCE 0 THB DISPATCH. Mexico City, Sept, 10. "What does it cost to live in Mexico?" I asked this question of a young Ameri can dentist who was practicing his profes sion in the City of San Luis Potosi. This is a city of about 100,000 people. It lies in the north central part of Mexico and is in a rich farming country. The young dentist lives very nicely. Like all of his kind in Mexico, he is making money, and he is say ing enough to make him rich within the next 10 or 15 years. Said he: "I keep a close account of my expenses, and, as I figure it, it costs me just about 117 a month. My living costs me for table expenses $2 a day, or f 60 a month. I pay ?25 a month for my house, and I have thf ee servants, who average 4 a month apiece. I might get along with less servants, but not very well. Here every respectable fellow has to have a cook, a man, and a chamber maid. The cook won't go outside the kitchen, and you have some trouble making the chambermaid wait upon the table. My boy tends to the front door, waters the street in front of my house and runs my errands. He sleeps in front of the door at night, and does the most of my marketing. PERQUISITES OF THE SERVANTS. "In addition to the wages of the servants I have to give them so much a day for food. Each of them expects 6 cents every morning for tortillas or the. corn cakes, which con stitutes the bread of the common people. They claim that they don't li& my food, but I have a sneaking idea that they steal it all the same. Then every week I have to give 6 cents extra to them for soap. This is the custom and they want the money and not th.e soap. I once bought 25 pounds of soap and tried to dole it out to them, but they wouldn't take it. Then in addition to this, I have my washing atid ironhig. This is never done in the house in Mexico. There are public washer-women, who pound and rub the clothes to pieces after wetting them with cold water, which they get from publio tanks, or ditches. They wear out the clothes in one-third the time that they would be destroyed by the Chinese laundry, and I pay them ?5 a month for doing H. My butter costs 75 cents a pound, my milk 17 cents a day, and I pay about 6 cents a day on the average for charcoal. All the cook ing in Mexico is done with charcoal and there is not a cooking stove in a Mexican family the country over. Mexican houses have no chimneys and our cooking utensils are all made of clay." SOME OF THE RULING PRICES. "How about incidental expenses?" I asked. 'SChey are very high," was the reply. "Monevlips away here faster than you would think, and I would like to give you some of the items. An ordinary hand-me-down suit costs from 520 to ?30. "Under clothing is very expensive. Calico costs 18 cents a yard. A very ordinary silk necktie sells for ?2. Linen cuffs are oil cents a pair, and collars are three for L Coal oil costs 87 cents a gallon, good tea costs ?2 50 a pound, and canned meats are expensive. Take one of these 15-cent cans of lobster, or salmon, which you can buy any place in America, and it will cost 37 cents here, and a cake of good soap will cost you 75 cents. Canned fruits are from 75 cents up, coffee costs 28 cents in the bean unground, and chocalate is 40 cents a pound. Bread costs 12 cents a loaf. You can buy the same at home for 5 cents. Table salt costs 6 cents a pound. Flour is a shilling a pound, and the better classes of imported articles are very high. My claret costs me fl 50 a bottle, and I pay 10 cents a quart for potatoes. My wife's dresses count up I can tell you, and a man has to make a good lot of money in Mexico in order to live as well as he does at home." HOW ONE DENTIST GOT RICH. "I suppose you make it," said I. Tes, I do," was the reply, "and any American dentist who will come nere ana stay can ao i;vwisff T mnde ?5.000 the first vear. and I have done considerably better right along since that time. I can charge 'bigger prices. I get from 5100 to 5150 for a full set of teeth on rubber. The same thing in the States costs vou 515. Whenever I administer gas I charge 510 for the pulling of a tooth, and when a number are pulled I charge 10 for the first and 5 for all succeeding ones. For jerking out a tooth without gas I charge 52, and in the United States you would only get 50 cents for this work. As o fillings, they range from 5 upward, and gold fillings cost from 15 up into the hundreds, accord ing to the size of the cavity and to the size of the bank account of the man who has his teeth filled. I always get 5500 for making a set of teeth on gold, and all other busi ness is done at proportionate rates. "I know of many dentists who are mak ing more than I, and I know of a number who charge more than I do. I often make 1,000 a month, but dentists in Mexico City make more, and I know a man there who gets 50 a tooth for any kind of a filling, and who came to Mexico from South America, where he made 540,000 a single year. He is a good dentist, but his charges are terrible. In the meantime I am investing all I save in Mexico,and I expect to make a fortune." AMERICANS IN MEXICO CITT. i There are about 700 Americans living in Mexico City. Some of these are very wealthy. A few own houses and quite a number have rented establisnments.' -juie Hon. Thomas Brauniff, who was, I under stand, born on Staten Island, is said to be a number of times a millionaire, and his in come must be considerably over 5100,000 a year. He is president of the Mexican rail way which runs to Vera Cruz, and he has a big plantation, cotton factories, and is one of the leading owners of the Bank of Lon don and Mexico, which is the biggest bank in the country. He is building a house which will cost 100,000 on the Paseo, which is a fashionable drive of Mexico City, and he is the richest American in Mexico. General John B. Frisbie is another rich American. He owns some gold mines near Toluca, and he has o.ne of the most comfort abla homes in the Capital. He tells me that living is high in Mexico, and that his exMnses are about as bie as they would be in Washington. The same is the verdict of the other Americans whom I have met here. Rents are high-and luxuries are very expensive. Everything that is imported is hiab, and a great chance for money making is for the American to go to Mexico, study the needs of the people, and to start factories in Mexico for making the articles that are now so highly protected by the tarifE A CnANCE FOR A If AIIVMAKER. Take the matter of nails, for instance. These cost from 16 to 23 cents a pound, and they arJ so expensive that a great part of the building of Mexico is done with ropes instead of nails. Here in Mexico City, within a stone's throw of the Iturbide Hotel, an immense building is being ergcted. The scaffolding about this building is tied together with ropes, the rafters being spliced in this way. Many of the huts of the southern part of the country have roofs of thatch tied to rafters with ropes and some of these 'huts have not a nail in them. In another part of Mexico the huts and houses are roofed with boards, but the boards are tied on and are held down with Btones or rocks placed upon them. Few wooden buildings are known in Mexico. The average house has neither cellar nor garret, and the fastenings which we make with nails are ingeniously con structed with brick and mortar.. I have seen fences where the boards and poles were tied to the posts, and a crate that I got the other day to carry pottery in was made o rods tied together with strings. All classef oi Dmidmg material are costly here, xou haveto pay from 35 to 10 a thousand for flooring, ,and glass is very high. A great many of the cheaper houses have no win dows, in the glass sense of the word. The openings are oovered with iron bars and are fastened at night with close wooden shut ters. Irorf has during past years been largely imported from Belgium, and there is a good chance for American iron. The new railroad which is being built south toward the Isthmus of Panama is opening up a coal and iron rcgion,,and the American capitalist who gets into' this field soon is bound to make a big fortune. CHANCES FOB MONEY-MAKING rN MEXICO. Mexico, in fact, offers better chances for the same amount of money, brains and health of the investor, business man and fortune maker, than any other place in the world to-day. Durine my stay of two months in Mexico I have traveled over a large part of the country, and I have met hundreds of Americans, some of whom were delighted with the people and their sur roundings, and others of whom were thoroughly disgusted! with them. Among them all, however, I did not find one man who did not think that the chances for money-making were greater here than any where else in the world, ana hundreds of Americans are taking advantage of the situ ation and making fortunes. As to climate, there is no better climate in the world than that of the Mexico plateau. We rush for the White Mount ains in the summer, and we consider our selves happy if we can live during July and August on "the top of Mt. Washington. Still all this Mexican plateau which makes up I should say more than three.fourths of Mexico is higher up in the air than Deer Park or Cresson, and much of it is higher than Mt. Washington. Here you have perpetual summer the year around. The air is al ways pure and is one long June day summer and winter, spring and autumn. Vegetables of all kinds are in the market all the time, and strawberries in parts of the country are always ripe. For people troubled with dis eases of the lungs or the digestion the cli mate is a cure all, and I have met a score of healthy looking Americans who told me they had been sent to Mexico to die. I am no heavy weight myself, and my average is about 100 pounds. Still I have never felt better than during the weeks I have been in Mexico, and the air braces one up as overcharged with champagne. ITS UNKNOWN RESOURCES. No good geologieal survey has ever been made of Mexico. Its agricultural resources have never been estimated and its mining territory has never been fully prospected. There are now more than 2,000 lines Of new railroad being built in the country. These roads go into States which heretofore have been penetrated only on mule back or by stage lines, and they open up what is said to be a richer part of Mexico than that now known. Take fo instance the field of man ufactures. At Monterey some Philadelphia capitalists, and not very large capitalists either, started a knitting factory about a year ago. They got a commission from the Governor of the State providing that they should be the only knitting factory in it for 25 years, and they are now turning out 200 dozen pairs of stockings.per day. The duty on stockings is so great that they can sell at a high profit They use Mexican girls to work their machines and they are making lots of monty. (There are two big American smelters in Monterey, which are both making money, and I understand that Seagur, Guernsey & Co. have established a plow 'foundry near Pueblo and are doing welt There is a fur niture factory at Monterey run by Amer icans which is doing well, and the furniture field is one that can be worked with profit all over Mexico. You have here the finest wood in the world. Still, all furniture is" imported. Where ebony, mahogony and all kinds of hard wood are found in the forest there is no reason why Mexico should not export furniture instead of import it The cost of any kind of furniture is enor mous. BIG MONET IN PAPER MAKING. There is a big field here for the making of paper. All kinds ot stationery are im ported and the prices are exorbitant. The only kinds made here are the coarser varie ties of printing paper, and with its great number of fine fibers there is no reason why Mexico should not make as beautiful paper as they turn out in Japan. There are now 84 cotton factories in the country and a dozen odd woolen mills. There is no doubt but that it is the greatest mining country in the world, and the preeious metals of "the next 20 yeara will come largely from here. In the State of Vera Crnz, near Tempico, there are vast beds of asphalt and asphalt fountains, which have been bought by two young Americans, and the product of which will soon come into competition with the Trinidad asphalt This asphalt does not need to be dug.' It bubbles up out of the ground and can be turned into barrels, and by the time this letter is published the agents of the company will be offering it for sale to some of the big American cities. Frank G. Carpenter. THE WAIT 07 "W0TJJJDKD KHEB. An Indian Girl Baby That TTm Picked Up on the Battlefield. Den-rer Republican. 1 A party of editors from Iowa were the guests of Denver recently and with them was a lo-montns-old Indian baby, which was found upon the battle field of Wounded Knee after the de Teat of the Sioux by United States troops. It has been adopted by jMrs. Colby and was christened Zmtke Lanuni, which means in the Sioux tongue the waif of the ZinOce Lanimi. field of Wounded Knee. It was on the fourth day after the battle that the child was found beside its dead mother. Its feet and one side of its face were frozen. It wa given in care of an Indian woman to nurse and soon showed no trace of its exposure and suffer ing. Mrs. Colby obtained permission to adopt the child, but she was hidden by the Indians and it was only by dint of bribery that its whereabouts was discovered. The Indians were given orders on the post trader and while they were making pur cnases she was smuggled out of camp and driven to the nearest railway station, and thence taken to Beatrice, Neb. Mrs. Colby has legally adopted the child and proposes to educate her and train her to a useful life. She is a bright child, very observing and quite mischievous. Her es pecial delight is a pony or horse, and she will coo away in her baby fashion at sight of one, and seems not to show the least fear, but will clinch her fingers in a horse's mane and langh with delight She was the pet of the editorial party. Roasting or Coffee. A largo proportion of the coffee drunk In this country Is comparatively flavorIess,and one of the reasons for this is that'the Derry Is improperly roasted. A no w form of roaster has been Invented by a Belgian engineer, by which the berries can be roasted evenly and with great expedition. Experiments have shown chat 100 cubic meters or berries, weighing about 33 tons, can be roasted by the new machine in a few hours. An engine of 12 horsepower is useU in driving. Another roaster has been put on tho market, which utilizes the dischargee! steam of the engine. The aroma or the coffee is thus- entirely pro served, and It becomes possible for tho dweller in cities to enjoy in his morning cup something of the flavor which those only know who have drunk coffee in the lanUs where it Is grown, where the coffee roaster is a frying pan into which the cured berries are thrown a few minutes before th serving of a meal, ana where the roasted berry is rushed, while stiirhot, through the mill, and thence direct to the coffee pot. Coffee, when made nnder such conditions, is one of the most delicious beverages on earth. Wat & ArT Mil Ulim FOLLY. Some Facts "Which Make the Texas Efforts Appear Ridiculous. GETTING THE GOOD OF COFFEE. Teaching Deaf Mutes From Photograph! How to Bead From Dps. 0PITJH AS A CUBE 0E TDBEECUL0SIS rwalTTXX TOR THE DISPATCH.! B. E. Fernow, Chief of Division of Tot estry, has Just made public a nnmber of data bearing on tho artificial production of rain which will go far toward correcting the erroneous impressions which the reports of tho recent so-called rain-making in Texas have created In tho minds of many. Mr. Fernow questions General Dyrenforth's ability to make rain. "rt hat is the use," he asks, "of exploding a few hundred weight of dynamite, when It Is a well-known fact that 100 tons of powder exploded at the Dapont works within eigh seconds without producing one raindropt" He quotes Araga to show that In France they Are off batteries to dispel rain, and he proves fhat the popular idea about rain fol lowing great battles is all a mistake. After dismissing the theory of artificial rain through the use or explosives, Mr. Fernow proceeds to discuss the theory of rain and the simulation of natural causes by hnman agency. As air rise3 it expands, as it expands it cools, as It cools it condenses contained moisture. Hence to produce upward or downward currents of air, or to produce changes of temperature, is one chief mode of making rain indicated by nature. But the scientist, who knows that the barometer must fall, say, a half inch over hundreds of thousands of square miles before a storm can be produced, laughs to scorn man's puny efforts to produce such stupendous effects to order. It nas found that in 11 large fires, and two serious explo sions, in Anstraiia during 21 yeara, there was not one instance of rain as a consequence of that cause. In other such cases, as the Lon don and Chicago fires, when rain has fol lowed, analysis of the atmospheric condi tions traces the rain chiefly to them and not to the Are. The Ihllacy of a great deal of what is being said on this subject is further shown by the fact which was satisfactorily demonstrated by the Government astronomer of Setr South Wales, that to produce rain artificial ly it wonia be necessary to burn 9,000,000 tons or coal daily, thus raising a column of air over a surface of ten miles to the heigh ofl,S00feet. An Automatic Pitcher. " An automatic machine has been designed In England for the use of cricketers, which it is proposed to utilize with some modifica tions for practice in baseball batting. The new automaton Is specially intended to meet the wants of small cricket clubs whose finances will not admit of their employing a professional "coach." In this invention they find a bowler who never get3 tired, is never off his play, never grows impatient with tho young ideas, who will deliver balls exactly at the speea and pitch desired, and with the assistance of one small boy will bowl from morning until night. The machine Is of simple construction. A cogged disc contains what maybe called the "prime mover," in the shape of a powerful spring, and a slender steel rod carrying the ball is fixed thereto; a few turns of a handle wind up the spring in readiness, and a slight pres sure on a shorter handle releases it and de livers the ball. By an ingenious arrange ment tho speed may be regnlated and main tained with thegreatestnicety.and thepltch of the ball can be determined beforehand, and sustained with wonderful exactitude. The pace may be Increased orjednced with out altering the pitch, and the pitch may be adjusted nearer to or farther from the bats man without changing the pace. The diso Is engraved with a register, and cirrles a suitable pointer, to enable the manipulator to obtain tho delivery desired, and alter It when necessary. The ball rests upon a rigid steel loop, and is held in place by a leather cap, the steel ring on which is retained in place by an automatic catch, and the prin ciple of the machine consists in releasing the ball from the delivery arm at a definite and predetermined point in Its revolution. The direction is regulated by a large cross handed screw in the base of the standard on which the device is fixed, and sights on the delivery rod enable the operator to lay the ball dead on any required spot, tho machine remaining so trained until intentionally altered. Reir TJso of tho ChronophotqgTmph. The method of analyzing motion by the chronophotograph which has been applied in the case of moving animal?, snch as horses running or birds and insects in flight, has recently been employed by a FrenoU physiological professor to examine the movements of the lips in speaking. The re snlt3 obiined show that tho form of the mouth is quite definite for the different ar ticulate sonnds. With the photographs made combined In a zoetrope the move ments of the lips by synthesis can be pro duced. An ordinary person finds It difficult to read the words by the animated pictures, but a deaf mute, who has been accustomed to read from the lips pi a speaker, finds it easy to do so from the photographs. This was actually proved by .experiment. A young pupil of the Xational Institute of Deaf Mutes could read the vowels and diph thongs as well as the labials. It was to be expected that the first results of these ex periments should be somewhat incomplete, but they were so encouraging that M. Dem eny, who was the first to call attention to the possibilities in thib direction, expresses the hope that in continuing his researches he will be able to develop a newmethod of edu-i eating deaf mntes by sight by mere photo graphic images. Another most valuable adaptation of this most wonderful invention Is its use in connection with the magio lan tern, an'd by thismeans it is easy to see that! a lecture might be delivered to an audienee of deaf mnte3. Opium In Tuberculosis. Dr. J. G. Dill, who has spent some years la studying diseases in China, having ascer tained that in certain districts of the coun try where tuberculosis was extremely prev alent, the opium-smoking population were almost exempt from the malady, was led to try the effect of a mixture of opium and to bacco upon some of his patients. The re sults of his experiments wonld seem to Indi cate that a palliative or great value has been added to the ordinary methods of treating the disease. The mixture was found to have its most efficient strength when one ounce of tobacco was saturated with three fluid drachms of the liquid. The patient was ad vised not to smoke jnst before eating. The most marked effects of opium smoking la this way are that it easej the cough and as sists in the expectoration. Hardening Plaster. A process for hardening plaster, so that tt may be used for flooring, as wood and tiles are at present, is being oxtensively em ployed in France. About six parts of good, quality plaster are intimately mixed with one part of freshly-slaked white lime finely sifted. The mixtuieis then laid down as quickly as possible, care being taken that the trowel is not used on it lor a long time. The floor should then bo allowed to become very dry, and afterward be thoroughly saturated with sulphate of iron or zinc the iron giving the strongest surface. With sulpl.ate ot zinc the floor remains white, but when iron is used it becomes the color of rust. I r linseed oil boiled with litharge be applied to the surtace, it becomes a mah02 any tint. Art In Photography. A well-known photographer, in endeavor ing to answer the question: "What makes the difference between the gooriand the bad. photographer?" says that photographers havo got to learn about art both inside and outside their studios, rnotographers, as a rule, oven those who are known as artistic operators, are apt to study art through the one eye or their cameras, instead of study-In-' it through the two eyes in their heads. They get so used to the photographic ren dering of certain effects of color, light and shade! that they forget to look at them with the eyes or an outsider, and come to regara the photographic rendering as right because the lens and camera produce it so. . t Making the Hair Grow. The Medical Record describes anew treat ment for promoting the growth of the hair, which Is said to have been tried with almost uniform success In France. A nnmber of patients were subjected to intradermlo In jections of corrosive sublimate in strength of two to live hundred, and the growth of hair over tbe baldspots was'more rapid than altor other modes of treatment A variety of vehicles were experimented with, and it was found that an aqueous solntion was the Best. Several injections of not more than five or ix drops were made around each paten. i -"-t i.dajtmmm t
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