FVf .X '"Sfqp rw -3TWT j -.'!UW.jJH-gatJi!B r : - sessed these letters and lie to tDproached br publishers in New Tort and elsewhere, ofiering hira large suras of money Tor them. Davis, however, althonjh a poor man, de clined ail such offers. Be determined to re turn at mnnv ot the letters as possible. He asked Mr. Weed to take a bundle of her own letters to a lady, who, althengh then advanced in years, was occupying a high social position in New Xork. Mr. Weed shrank from so delicate a task, and Mr. Davis himself handed them to the lady, when she confessed to him that a secret sorrow anddread of years had been lifted by the return of them. . 1 o l.rave Them to Bis Daughter. Mr. Davis took another package of letters to a lady in New Haven, and he sent by General Scott a package to a lady in Rich mond. Some other packages were returned, and one evening Mr. Davis kindled a great fire in a wood stove, and in Mr. Weed's presence burned the rest of the letters. In speaking of this evidence of a depraved heart afterward, Mr. Weed said that it was surpassed by Burr himself on the eve of his duel with Hamilton, for he wrote a letter that night in which he committed those letters to his own daughter, Theodosia, in ease he fell, b'dding her to do with them xrhat she chose. Burr died in 1S3G, and there are probably not a dozen persons in, Kew York city to-day who know where he Is buried. The two Clintons were entirely nnaflected by their defeat as Presidental candidates. Of course the career ofHenry Clay after his unsuccessful first canvass for the Presidency is one of the few political careers which ibave become almost household words. Mr. Blaine has said that the most striking sug gestion to a political student in Clay's career is that he was a candidate three times when he was doomed to defeat, and that he Jailed to secure the nomination twice when he might have been elected. William H. Crawford was verr near the Presidency, and betrayed not the" slightest disappointment, but professed a desire to retire from public life. Therefore he re signed from the Senate, returned to Georgia, and in order to support himself secured an election as Judge of Probate, and the man who was so nearly President became -within a year a petty justice, dying in that office. cbeter's Speech to Calhoun. John C. Calhoun was never a Presidental candidate in the sense that around him were centered his party's hopes. He was, of course, always a Presidental candidate so far as the hope of receiving the nomination Of his party nas concerned, and it was sup posed that he would succeed Andrew Jack son. In tact, the understanding when Jack son was elected in 1828 was that he should serve one term and then Vice President Cal houn should be promoted as his successor. Tet within less than two years Daniel Web ster, in the Senate, had predicted that ar rangement wonld fail. Tt was a memorable scene. It was during his famous reply to Hayne. Calhoun sat in the Vice President's chair, and Webster, turning of a sudden and fixing his great eyes upon the"Vice Presi dent, quoted the lines from "Macbeth," saying that his dream ot power would prove "a barren scepter in hi grasp, thence to be wrenched bv an uulineal band, no son of his succeeding." Senator Clayton, whoh-eports the scene, says that Calhoun turned ashy pale, and every Senator revealed that dra matic interest "which is best exemplified by earnest gaze and periect quiet. Mr. Web ster had reference to the machinations of Martin Van Buren, and Calhoun knew well to what he then referred. William Wirt, Hugh Ij. White, Willie P. Mangum, who were Presidental candi dates in opposition to Jackson and Van Buren, looked upon their defeat as the climax ot their political careers, accepted in proper soirit fiuch indication, retired to private life and each of them died shortly after. Martin Van Buren, defeated in 1840, retired to his beautiful place, Lindenwald on the Hudson. Mr. Van Bnren was the richest of Presidents, in fact no President has ever been elected who had anywhere near so large a fortune as Van Buren. Hp was a very thrifty man, had no expensive family to maintain, being a wido'wer and his son self-supportirg, and when he entered the Presidency he msde as estimate of his wealth, putting the figures at 5250, O00, which was great wealth for that da v. lie did not toucli his until he retired lrom drew the ?100,000 due J: .... -JievfcCMtlon or Lewi Cass. Tom Corwin was once chatting with Eos coe Conkling about some of the great men of the past, and he asked Conkling what he thought was the best indication et the abil ity and character of Lewis Cass. Conkling replied that it seemed to him that Cass was a stolid, heavy, but rather profound sort Of Intel eei, with no brilliancy and with no Imposing personal characteristic. "Ah, but," said Corwin, "you misunder stand him. He revealed his greatness in his resignation. He received the news of his defeat as candidate for President with perfect composure, without the slightest particle of resentment, and he "was able more completely than any public man I ever knew to sink his own identity and to lcok upon Lewis Cass merely as the repre sentative of his party. It was the party which as defeated, and not Cass the man", In his opinion, and the simple dignity with which he retired from public iile to his borne in Michigan was, in my opinion, a bcautifnl indication of the man's true great ness." General Scott, though he coveted the Presidency, and was somewhat disappointed at his failure to secure the nomination in 1818, was perfectly calm, seemingly almost Indifferent, hen he received the news of his delcat in 1852. Said Jie: "Frank Pierce was a good soldier with me in Mexico and he oujrht to make a good President," and then the General went on with his business ' as officer in command ot the armies. The General grew so heavy that it was a burden for him to move about, and when the war broke out in 1861 he was physically Incapacitated, and he grieved and fretted over that far more than he did over the loss et the Presidency. The Mory of Hangman Foote. N. P. Sargent tells a very interesting story of John P. Hale. In a speech which Mr. Hale made in the Senate he said some things which made some ot the Southern Senators indignant, and Governor Foote, of Mississippi, replied. In the reply the Governor said that ifHale came to Missis sippi and made such a speech he would be banged to the nearest tree and that he (Foote) would cheerfully assist his execu tioner. It was a most unlortnnate speech for Foote, and he himself confessed it. Within a month he was known all over the North as Hangman Foote, a sobriquet by which be is remembered to this dav. It was not known throughout the North that personally Foote and Hale were on the most iutimateterms. They dined together, they were fond of swapping stories, and they were very fond ot each other and the speech gave Hale no offense, for on that very day he took lunch with Foote and laughed' with him over It. No man ever took defeat so philosophi cally as John C Fremont. His impulsive and samruine temperment enabled him to forget the past and look into the future with enthusiasm and hope. He spent some time after his defeat in 1856 in New York Oity.and he seems to hae had the ambition to develop great plans and to secure an enormous fortune, not because he was par ticularly fond of money but because he de lighted in the excitement of projecting and executing great enterprises. Both John C Breckinridge and Stephen A. Douglas, who were added to the list of the great defeated iu I860, revealed after defeat something of the strength of charac ter which enabled them to obtain conspicu ous political honor. McCIellan'a Only Political Office. After his defeat for the Presidency Gen-c-al McCiellan retired, as he supposed, per manently to private life. He spent some years in Europe and then took a country place iu Orange. N. J., living in the winter months in this citr. His life would have been a happy one had he not nursed the dis appointment which the failure of his polit ical career entailed. In -1877 the Nov Jer sey Democrats met in State Convention to nominate a candidate for Governor. The contest centered around three men, and the fight was a hot one. While the eenventlon was in session somebody in the gallery scKJirru iiir iiiirn rnrrri inT- - .iriia ucn -- called for three cheers tor "Little , 1 and in an Instant the convention was at the white beat of enthusiasm. It was a verita ble stampede. There was no resisting this tremendous demonstration, and when at last it had quieted down "it was" found thai McCiellan had been uuanimously nomi nated for Governor of New Jersey. This was the only political office .McCiellan ever held. : , Some ten days after Mr. Greeley, in half humorous announcement, made on the morning after the election of 1872, said that he had resumed the editorial control of the Tntnme. there appeared fn the New York papers a report which startle! the commun ity. It stated that Horace Greeley had gone insane and was dying. The report was trne, his mind had given Way, there had been a sortorapiralysis of, tho broin, and he ex pired less than a month after his defeat. Disappointment Did Not Kill Greeley. His death was not due to disappointment He knew six weeks before the election that the tide had set stronglj afainst him, and rib looked forward with Joy which he could scarcely restrain froiw showing to the day when he should take up his pen as editor of the Tribune. Even before election he made arrangements to resume his post on the morning after election dav, and did so, hut it was made manifest speedily that his hand had lost Its conning and his intellect was not within conttol. Greeley's death was due to the exhaustion of the campaign, followed as It was by the tender, nurslng.or his wife, who roll 111 and died a few weeks belore election day. Ntsb.tu.rter night Greeley sat bv her bedside, getting no sleep, while he spent the day in vigorous campalzn work. The strain was too great. Insomnia seized him With all Its terrors, and it seemed to those who know him as if he, realizing that he had dancerously strained his mental and physical powers, gave up at once without making a struggle for life Two days after the election pf 1876, when It became evident that there would be a dls- Sute over the result, Mr. Tilden entered the atlonal Committee room betraying not a sign of trepidation or anxiety, but, with an expression on his face which was1 as near a smile as He ever permitted himself to In dulge In. he said: "Thls'looks like pull up. don't It?" and that Is the only comment of a personal nature which he ever-made respect ing his defeat. After that he alwnys spoke of it as an affair of the Democratic party and not of Samuel J. Tilden, and he dis eased it with his friends exactly as'lr Tilden was a third party. If he had per sonal dl. ippolntment. he did not reveal them: if he nourished any resentments, no one knew it. Grat Versatility of Tilden. Nor was his mind so distracted that he was unable to pay heed to other things, for while the country was struggling with the problem or the electoral commission and hot headed men were talking or sending a peaceful army of 100,000 men to Washington, Tilden was engaged in one of the most colossal speculative deals -which had oc curred up to that time on Wall street. With his then friend. Cyrus W. .Field, and some others, ho had got control of immense quan tities or Now York Elevated Bailroad secur ities, mid by hrewd manipulation of the market, the price Was carried 'many points above par. Tilden and Field .together con trolled the stock, und field has always claimed that there was an understanding between them that neitner should sell with out the consent of the other. While Field wag in Europe Tilden unload ed, making bv the operation something like $3,000,000. and then he sailed for Europe, while Field returned to give vent to the moss violent language oi aennnciauon an what he called Tilden's treachery. When Mr. Tilden returned he said that be simply forestalled Field, w ho,' ho -was as sured, expected to unload without Tilden's knowledge. This operation was regarded by businessmen as one of the "best Indica tions of Tilden's intellectual power, bis sub tletv and his self-mastery. It -was going on while the country was hot over the dis puted election, and was consummated only a few weeks after Mr. Haj cs took" the Presi dental chair. Tilden then practically re tired from professional life. ' Blaine as a Defeated. Candidate, Hr.Blatne took the news of his defeat with perfect composure, althoush some display of irritation would not have beensurprlsing in view of the fact that he was informed ty men whom he could trust that he had lostNew lork State by accident and not by fair and pquare test. Ills self-mastery was indicated by the ease with which betook up the pen of the historian. He had lnld it down when he was nominated for the Presidency. The first vol u mo of his hUtoryhad been com pleted and published, but the second was yet to appear, lie contracted with his pub lishers to finish it before March 4 of the nuc cocdlng year, whether he was elected Presi dent or defeated. Within a week Of his de feat he via, at won: in his library, appa rently as fascinated in this historical en deavor as If there had been no interruption and no canvass which had brought him within 1,000 votes of the Presidency. When the work was completed Mr. Blaino began to turn over ih his mind a project for n. new historical work, for It did not then seem likely to hlmlbat he wouid-ever again return to public life. He had long desired to spend a year in travel in Europe with his family, and the profits on Ills history were so grreat that be found himself not only with sufficient means to take the trip in luxury, but also tor the first time In his life a capi talistnot a great one, but still .with large sums of money to invest. It was his Inten tion on his return to fesumo literary work, but, being summoned to the -Cabinet of President Harrison, heput the project aside. In publishing circles iu New York it is un derstood that when he returns to Washing ton next railfor he will Continue to live there in the winter he will Dein to make research with a view to writing political history. G rover Cleveland In Defeat. Within a month after his defeat in 1888 President Cleveland had received proposi tions from ono of the greater law firms of New York to enter into partnership with it. His relation to the fipn was to b'e that of counsel, and he was not long in making up his mind to accept the proposition. As u practicing lawer at the New Tork bar the ex-l'resident has cut no figure what ever. He appeared in one case before the Supreme (Jouit of the United States, and some of his briefs have been submitted to the higher courts of New Yore Of course, the amount of service he was engaged in ns counsel for this firm does not appear, but his time was not so greatly occupied as to make it impossible to accept appointments nsrefeiee, and it is tho opinion of the bnr here that his most 'prontableemploymeat has been while serving iu ?ucn capacity. He did have some idea, it is thought, that his experience mljiht be something like that !! Rosaoe Conkling, who came to the New York City bar witnqtit a retainer, so poor that he was obliged to borrow a friend's library, and who within six years bad made nearly $700,000 by his practice. Mr. Cleveland, when he came to vhe New Y'ork bar, Was Just the ge of Mr. Conkling when ha opened an Inconspicuous office on Nassau sti eet. He had tueprcstlge of the Presidency and Conkling tbo prestige of an other sort, handicapped with the humilia tion which he experienced in resigning from the senate and in his failure to secure a re-election. The 'difference between the two men, however, lay in one tact: Conk llngbuiied all political ambition ana sought with mighty earnestness for professional success, While Cleveland has permitted his professional asplrationsto be distracted by political inclination and the , desire for re nomination. E. J. Edwards. 16 SUITS FOR i -85. Appraisers' SaleatBalleVtt Ton can 'select any $10, 112, $li.tlS or $16 suit In the establishment, light or dark color, sack or cutaway, for 7 85 to-morrow (lion day) only. Ballib, . Corner Smithfield and Diamond street. OEAJvGUUKN'a 1'ICNIO At Bolton, Allegheny Valley Ballroad, ; Tuesday, July IS, Trains leave Union station at 820, 9-09, 10:13, 11.30 A. x., 12:03, 1:30, 20, 3 IS, SAO, S.JO T.U. Excursion to Atlantic City On Thursdsy next, July 14, via R 4 O. E. E. Kate, $10 the round trip and tickets good 12 days. TralnsIeaveFXttsuurgat8A. x. and 920 F. M. . THE FIRST 10 MONTHS' RECORD Shows A GAIN OF 31.400 advertisements, or an average lnofease.of.mgra than 100 every day of those ten month! ' The figures are as follows . lOMotKndlnc; Jane 30.03 73,019 Same rertod Jane 30, '01. .i.,....,.. .41,619 Increase.. .....1.. ".,... 31, 400 Advertisers receive the most gratifying returns from the use of "theClassified. Col umns of THE DISPATCH.' ' , THE K THE POLICE OF PARIS. An Organization Almost Perfect Down to the Minutest Details. A COMPARATIVELY SMALL F0BGI. IT Matter What Happen a Guardian Will Co Only What 'He's Ordered. CAST HELP A WOMAN IP BHB PALLS CeoaatsroKszxoz or tux msrATcrr.l Paris, June SO. TJRIOTJS things hap pens here. One day not long ago a pro fessor 6f English in the great University of Paris entered a barber shop and saw an 'Englishman of 60 or more gesticulating despairingly to the proprietor. He wanted to be shaved and he conld not talk French, The French professor offered his services. The English man grasped his hand. "Do yon talk English?" The professor had addressed the old gen tleman 1b the tongue but he politely ignored the irrelevancy of the question and answered, "I do, sir." "Then," replied the delighted man, "yon can do me a greater service than to explain to this numskull of a barber what I want done to my beard. I am lost. I have been lost for two days. I can't speak a word of French. J! have forgotten the name oi my hotel. You are the first person I have found who speaks English. Help me to find myself and 111 bless yon all my life." The professor smiled. "That is simple enough. Go to the police. They will 'find rif1&r.ta THX CONCrEEQERIE, THE you' in two hours." He sent the bewil dered old man with a nete to the prefecture of the poller, and sure enough within two hours the oldgentleman "found himself." TMs Perfection of Foliee Org-anisat4sn. To place a foreigner who has lost himself two days after his arrival in a city of 2,423,- 000 people is a nice piece of work, but the I French police can do it, and a great many other remarkable things. The service which accomplishes so much which is sur prising, is like everything else in France organized, one might even say, artistically. So complete is this great police structure that one can diagram it as the grammars do the sentences or tabulate it as the geologies the earth's strata, I have before me an out line of the French police service which I have prepared for my own amusement from the printed reports. It locates ever man in the service, his place of work, his hours, his duties, his salary. It is interesting simply as an example of the 'perfection to whieh municipal organisations are carried in Paris. The Parisian police iorce is divided into two parts, the sedentary and the active. The first is the office force; that which plans, orders, reports, prosecutes. The other ic the street fores. This latter is divided into classes, which might be named popularly the uniformed and the ununifornied. The first divisision of this active force corres ponds exactly to our policemen. Gardtens of the peace the French call them, and they are ordinarily the only visible power for compelling order and tracking down the offender to be seen in Paris. They are easily recognized by their dark blue uni forms, their silver buttons, the city coat of arms on their caps, the sheathed sword at their sides, and, on Sundays and fete days, their white cotton gloves. But they are such a quiet, unostentatious (inactive the scofiers say) folk that I have known people to live in Paris sometime before discovering what a policeman looks like. One Officer for S00 People. There are at present in the city 6,400 policemen.. This is a small guard for nearly 2,500,000 people. The loro has not been increased in proportion to the growth of the population. Thus, in 1871, there were 1,800,000 inhabitants and a police service of 0,100 men. The question of enlarging the force has been agitated many times: It is probable that something will be done this year. If it i, Paris can thank the Anarchists. The scare which they caused last spring has put an astonishing 'amount of vigor into the col ice service. During the excitement which preceded the 1st ot May the ineffi ciency of the police was shown again and again. It was due to no lack ot bravery, skill or care, simply to lack nt numbers. Much of the disturbance and of the de struction might have been avoided had the administration been more generously equipped. The plans for reconstructing the service, which the Prefect of the police has recently published, call for 1,100 men more. This is not so extravagant a demand as it sounds, for a Paris policeman is not an expensive luxury. A new-comer into-the service re ceives hut f280 a year salary, with an an nual indemnity of 24 for clothes and $37 for lodgings. -The uniform is furnished them with the understanding that they are not to wear out more than $2.50 worth in a month, and that if they can be proved to have been careless with their garments they pay for the damage. There is a chance fo'r advancement. At the end of the first three or four years a man, if worthy, is advanced to the third class, with (60 more salary. There are four classes to pass through. At the end of a dozen years he may be made an under-ofScer, with a salary ef f3G0 and the above-mentioned indemnities. Among the reforms at present planned is the increase of salaries. Men at $280 will be given $320; those at $340, $400; the nnder-officers, now on $360, will receive $420, The indemnities remain the same. The Position Considered Des'rable. In spite of the small pay there are hosts of men seeking the places. Ordinarily the candidates chosen have served as under officers in the army. To cet positions they must be between 21 and 30 years of age, and must have a statnre ot at least 5 leet 7 inches (good height for a Frenchman). The policemen are, as a rule, the biggest men in Paris, but they would, be obliged to stretch their hecks to look into the faces of an American squad. They must know how' to read and to write and must have a certifi cate of good character. These qualifications are strictly insisted upon, but it is claimed VU" '"" "'.Yf.V"" '"",'"""!. -Sw as tne "P " Tj0u"y "f"; XT. u a ;viu kiwuuwjmumvu uhv uMbdu vi rcs ye" 7 Ml TJJj rTTTfRL 1 PITTSBTJEQ DISPATCH, vour mnooenoe," but it amounts to. the same thing ana woks in tne same way to the detriment of the service and the disgust of the upright. A policeman'! work is thoroughly out lined for him. He has his beat, hit hours, his' particular duties, and his time is di vided according to a set schedule. The night service is made with a companion who is supposed to stay on the opposite side of the street but who generally does not. It is forbjJden a policeman to smoke, drink, or talk with worsen during his hours of service, and it is not wise to disobey too openly, since there is a branch of the uniformed service which sDies on the guardians and reports even such peccadillos as a sly chat with a pretty laundress. Do Only Their bet Duties. 'Inactive" is an adjective that many peo ple apply to the French policeman. There is reason for it. Sometimes they utterly lack interest in you. They do the one thing they are ordered to do and nothing else. For example, men are stationed on certain crowded places in the streets on what arc called refuges (a capital institu tion which American people ought to adopt,) to prevent an overcrowding of car riages and to look alter foot passengers. An American policeman in such a place would make it his business to look especially af ter ladies, and if they were loaded 'with bundles, carried a child, or were especially attractive, would take them through the crowd himself. A Parisian policeman does not recognize the most helpless or heavily laden woman. Eveu if she falls he often does not aid her. One slippery day I saw a woman with her arms full slip from the curb and tumble almost at the feet of a guardian.' He looked down at her without moving a muscle. A man from across the street ran to her assist ance. "Why did you net help her?" he de manded angrily ef the policeman. "It was not my business," he replied. '1 look after the carriages." The reply is typical of their attitude. Nothing which is not strictly according to the letter of their directions stirs them. There are two reasons for their apathy. Host of these men have been trained as soldiers. Accustomed to act under orders and only under orders they utterly lack ini tiative. They will stop a runaway horse it it costs them an arm. Pnt them in a body GREATEST PRISON IN FAKIS. under a leader at a riot and they are brave to their death. It is their duty. But ask them to do the least thing out of their literal orders and they are passive. ' ' Treated Just as In America. They have a bad reputation for not seeing things. Every polloiman is obliged to carry a little book in which he reports from hour to hour all that occurs which is unusual in his beat The caricaturists usually repre sent him coming, arpund the corner alter the fight, the robbery, the runaway, or the fire and writing in hit book that such a thing was said to have occurred, but that he did not get there until the crowd was dis persing. J A second reason and a very good one for their inertia is that the publio new stands bv them. The Parisian crowd is almost in variably "agin" a policeman. They will A Policeman at a Rcfug. "hold up the hands,' so to speak, of the worst offender against morals and order rather than support k wearer of a municipal uniform. Le Zlcmpsftells a story which il lustrates this: 1 A commistionaire, wearlne the medal whloh cave him tho right tjo ply his trade, drank too heavily and maae a disturbanco in a crowded squat e jTha guardian of the square, once n soldi&r and decorated with a military medal, attempted to remove the offender. He lcsisDed and appealed to tho crowd. He wants to arrest me because he weirs a medal. So do I arid my medal Is as eood as UK" ; This was too much for the soldier, who In turn solicited public lavor. "You hear him, (sir. He pretends his medal is as good as mine. That shows he is drunk." But the crowd cried: "He's rlirht. His medal is as Rood a4 jours. Let him alone. What harm is lo doIncT What If he is drunk? . It is a man's p-ivllege." And the poor (ruaidlan was obliged to call assistance bbfbie the crowd allowed him to touch tho drawling fellow. This stale of feVling is probablv a relic of the just indignation which the people of Paris learned to fetl for the imperial police. In time it will purely chance for the service is efficient in "spite of its apathy, else the streets of Paris would not he what they are, among the, safest in the world. ! Ida M. Tabbeli A Tremendons Mom's, Clothing Sale for To Morrow (Mondafe) ih Our Wall-IJghted Basement. Bead what we offe)r you. Clotbinjr dealers are not excluded lram this sale. Everybody is welcome, and can! take advantage of this liberal offer. Here 4re the bargains: 350 men's ceanlns black cheviot suits. ..$5 M They come in round cut sacks or square cut sucks, made with pajtch pockets. 275 men's black bltdtseye worsted suits. These suits are fcrell known to the trade, and "we'll sfcll them to-morrow for .! $(j 85 300 men's dark bro-wn pin check catsi- meres, lishtitnd nijedlum n eights, ut..(5 65 260 men's sm.nl, nfeat check cheviot suits, sack style, at, $5 go This we befiee Is the most liberafoffer ever made to the pv Jblio for good, reliable clothing. Beav in niind, the prices wo offer thee goods for bare: y pays for the raw ma terial. Remember, :tiU sale starts to-morrow (Monday) at 8 o' clock. We are piepared to wait upoiijonqulbkly. ilail oiders for these goods must be accompanied by cash or money orders to recebye prompt attention. P,. C. C. C., Clothiers, Corner Grant And Diamond streets. S5 00 Uilca Chautauqjaa and Return S5 OO Via Allegheny Valley Railway Bach Tuesday, Friday tand Saturday During July and Augns'. ' 1 Fare for round trip $5 00. tickets eood 15 days. Trains leave Ur M. and 8.50 p. M. liollm on day trains nnd 1'ul oars on night trains. Lion station at 6-20 A. In buffet parlor cars Imau palace sleeping BifAnln size. Breat lri results, n -Witt' Uttle KarlyKlsers. Best pill for oonattnatlon oesv lor lies anuHUB auia soar stomaoik tUL SUNDAY, JULT 10. SCENES IN PENZANCE. Wakeman Describe! Some of the Mjsteriej of Pilcher Curing. CURIOUS CORNISH SUSPICIONS. Wiping the Shoe, and Hot It Ii Bone and looked Upon. AEOUND BT. HIGHAHB BAT ANB MOUNT tCOKEIRPOSDETCX OT TBS DISPATCH. Pekzance, ComnvAiA, 'July 2, Be fore leaving the ancient Cornish seaport of St Ives my friendship with the fish erf oik of the town led to the gaining of much in teresting information regarding the famous pilcher fishery.of the bay. , Brief reference is made in my preceding article tb the coming of the shoals, the char acter of the fish, which is very similar to the diminutive Eastport, Me , herring! packed as sardines and given French labels in that enterprising Yankee' port, and the genuine sardine of Biscayan waters, while mention was made of the'ourious operations of the "huers" or watehers and the univer sal excitement in St. Ivei when a shoal is sighted. Seines from 1,000 to 2,000 feet long are used for impounding the shoals. They are carried in a large boat called the seineboat, worked by from eight to ten men with oars. No sails are used. The seineboat is at tended by two smaller boats called, "tow boats," which 'carry smaller nets called thwart or stop nets, while these tow boats' are followed by still another tender, rowed by strong lads, and used for carrying men between the larger boats or to and from the shore, as circumstances may reanire. , Shootlnc at Once on Order. When the watchers upon the heights sig nal the order to shoot, both the seineboat and the thwartboat start from the same point. From the former the seine is cast around the fish on the ontside, forming a large segment of a circle. From the thwart boat this stop net is thrown, forming a sort of continuation of the circle, but the fol lower remains at the point of departure to prevent the fish from passing through the opening between the ends of the two nets. As soon as the seini is shot the work of the "blowsers" begins. Twenty to 40 of these take the warp or line at its shore end, attach it to a huge capstan and begin draw ing it inshore. At the same time another line called the towrope is carried from the opposite extremity, and with this the men in the seineboat warp the net inward. The nets with the fish inclosed or penned in are now brought near enough to land to be out of tide's way and are safely moored. Gathering in or taking up the fish is called "tucking." When the tide is low the seineboat is utilized within the moored sein?, and has on board what is called a "tucknet." With this the fish are scooped from the wriggling shoal and brought so near the surface that they may be dipped out of the sea in a basket Boatload after boatload is thus taken, until enough are secured to be handled in the curing process between -one low tide and another, and when the shoals are large a week of night and day work is often required. An Interesting and Brilliant Seen. 'Tucking" at night is always an. Interest ing and often a brilliant scene in St Ives' Bay; the boats hastening to and fro, the t'oars sparkling with phosphorescence at everr sturdy stroKe; tne suDtiuea yet eager activity of the fishermen as they plunge their baskets into the water to raise at each dip a stream of quivering silver; the bustle and excitement along the pier and the bnsy streets where the labor never ceases so long as the shoal holds out; and then old St Ives, hanging like ragged mistletoe from the heights above, with the terrace lights like a flashing tiara, are all worth storing away among the pleasant pictures of the memory. From the boats the pilchards are taken to the cellars and storehouse in "gurries," These are square vessels like open boxes. with handles at each end. The fish are salted in bulk, that is, they are built into huge piles, in alternate layers ot fish and salt All this work is done by women and girls who are quite as powerful in all nec essary handling and carrying as the men, and far more dexterous. The fish are allowed to remain in bnlk for 30 or 40 days. During this time a vast amount of "pickle" and oil drains away, finding its way into receptacles from which the oil is skimmed. Then the fish are washed perfectly clean in huge trocghs, when they are put with creat nicety and In regular lavers into .casks, locally called "bogheads," of hi gallons each. They are then subjected to strong pressure for a week, causing another large flow of oil, after which they are .headed up and are ready for ex portation to Mediterranean ports. Bongbest of Larki and Play. These St Ives curers are the wives, daughters and sweethearts of the St Ives fishermen, brawny of arm, stout of frame, among the cleanest of women at home, not given to the unrepeatable Billingsgate of the Thames-side fishwives; and they get more pleasure nut of their neighborly "teas" and their Wesleyan prayer meetings than is secured out of any manner of diver sion by any other lowly women I know. But despite the prayer meetings they enjoy their roueh larks and plav, which are usu ally the source of discomfiture to some man of their own kind who has been caught at some unforgivable pecadilloj or some "oopstart" stranger whom they dearly love to "hustle" for awhile and then treat to a bath in the harbor or within some convenient vat of "pickle" and oiL Indeed, throughout all Cornwall all women who work at man's labor in gangs together, like these St Ives fisher wives and the "bal girls," or mining pit brow lasses, seem to have a penchant for treating any man who has secured their dis like in so rough a way that it often merges upon brutality. Among ineir immemorial customs none is more rigidly adhered to or more likely to make trouble to a supercilious stranger than the one among the St. Ires fishwives ot "wiping the shoe." If you by chance step into one of these huge fish curing cel lars, where from 50 to 100 St Ives fish women are at work, their shrill click and clatter of voices are instantly husbed. Some substantially built middle-aged woman ad vances to you and without a word gives the toe of one of your shoes a quick wipe with a bit of old rag filled with oil. faying One's Beckoning. That is all there is to "wiping the shoe," if you immediately respond with half crown, or even a shilling. This is counted as "paying your reckoning" for satisfying your curiosity, and the proceeds go into a common fund. If you fail to at once fur nish the gratuity, yon are suddenly sur rounded and roughly "hustled," in the meantime coming in contact with rough knuckles and hard elbows, which these fish wives know how to savagely handle, and yon are certain to at last land in the bay or the more disagreeable "pickle" and oil vat It is not more than eight miles across from St Ives Bay on the north to Mount's Bay on the south of the Cornish peninsula. On the latter stands Penzance, and setting forth in that ditection I found that just be yond St Earth the highways diverged. Being in doubt as "to the right All e, I ap proached a group of miners' cottages for inquiry and secured another illustration, among hundreds that have come to my notice in Cornwall, of the ineradicable sus picion which possesses the Cornish intel lect regarding all things which seem to savor ot inconsistency, as well as unhesi tating hospitality and generosity, even when the object "of the same seems to the Cornlshman to be wholly an unworthy one. The traveler will learn that the pleasure in visiting Penzance is to be foiind in the extraordinary objects of interest and the glorious coast scenery accessible from the town, rather than in the place itself. It is barren of antiquities and historic charm. There were once some smugglers hare. Sir 1892 Humphrey Davy was a native of the place. A eomio opera has ' been written about it That Is nearly all, beside numberless inns and lodging houses, whieh yon can find to interest yon here. The Features for Tourists. It is, however, the metropolis ot the Land's End district of Cornwall and is al ways running over with tourists for whom the famous logan or 'rocking stone, the sublime headlands, the hoary parish churches roundabout, the grand old ec clesiastic antique, St Michael's Mount (which most not be confounded with Mont St Michael on the coast of Normandy), and Land's End itself, the southwestern most point in England, have an endless fascination. One feature of Penzance itself is indicative of the genuine enjoyment of English people in summer in their trips by coach or in humbler trapswr vans. In the one, long, narrow street of the city yon can on auy summer's day count from 100 to to 200 of these vehicles, whose occupants. as there is no railway or town of any im portance beyond Penzance, are tarrying here for refreshment and rest But Mount's Bay itself, at the edge of which rests Penzance, on almost level gronnd behind her huge iraterbreak, and from which St MichaeI's,Mount rises to a very great height with, sheer escarpments of granite on three sides, and the dim old crag, crowned by mass upon mass of me dieval towers, is one of the most charming marirTe bits for observation and study in Europe. Month of the Horseshoe Bay. The bay is horseiboe shaped, its month opening directly to the south npon the En glish Channel, which is at all times covered with sailing craft and steamers. On the right or western side is Penzance, backed by far-reaching hills, and straggling off to the southwest toward the headlands of Monsehole and St Clements. On the north of tbe bay, asleep in the shimmer of the summer sun, is Marazidti, a market for Cor nish tin controlled by Hebrews from 1.50Q to 2,000 years ago. Around this old place clus ter some ot the most curious legends of Cornwall's remote past The western boundary, of the bay is formed by one of the strangest roadways in the world. From the mainland near Mar azion winds a submarine thoroughfare, cer tainly submarine at high tide, to the far grim mount within the sea. At low tide it is high and dry and a splendid means of communication between the island and the land. No one has ever been able to solve the mystery of this singular road, and whether a natural phenomenon or made by the hand of man you can only coniecture as you tfend your way upon it with the gray old height'looming vaster and more mys terious as you approach. The Theme or Many Poets. Poets have made it their theme; artists have been delighted with the picturesque grandeur and. beauty of its overhanging rocks, and kings have fought furiously for its possession and mastery. The legend is that St Michael, the archangel, appeared here in 495, and in consequence of this it was visited by St Kenna, who founded a religious establishment to commemorate the event It is known, however, that a priory of Benedictine monks was placed here by Edward the Confessor, and the mount was exclusively devoted to religion until the time of Btcbard L Since that time it has been the scenes of eonntless de fenses and captures, captivities and immure ment, valor and treachery. In 1660 it came into the possession of the St Aubyns, of Cornwall, who bave continned to beautify this one of the most extraordinary spots in the world. At the northern base are extensive fortifi cations and a village. At the top of the mount there is a more striking collection 'of buildings, formed for the purpose of re ligious uses and tho stoutest defense in medieval times to be found elsewhere in Great Britain. The guardroom with its ancient armor is alone worthy of a month's study. Warwick Castle cannot boast grander parts. The chapel, which is fitted up with stalls in the manner of a cathedral, and chapel tower deserve to rank among the most venerable and stately cariosities in Europe. The Chevy Chase room, which the old refectory is now called, from the maze of hunting scenes upon its frieze, is a marvel ous study in aneient oak carving. The present owner of this surpassing medieval relie is Sir John St Anbyn, ol Cornwall, and the royal family are his guests here nearly every year. . Edoab L. Wakemax. A PIECE OT PAPBB Seemingly Worthless Turned out to be of great value. Do yon re member the Dlece of yellow naper we cave yon last fall or winter when vou bought that overcoat from usT Well, look It up; its tbe guarantee that will repair -that coat for you free of charge. .Now tiro time na come our tailors you to bring Jt in. We'll put it in shape for you so that it will keep well, and when you are readv to nut it on yon'll not be aharned to wear it. July and August are themonths to do that kind of work in; if yon don't attend to it it's not bnr fanlt. Jacksohs, 951 and 956 Liberty street, Star Corner. Volksbran Purelager beer, made from hops and malt, without a particle 01 adulteration. Just the drink for hot weather. Bottled or on tap, tlanufactuiedby Eberhardt & Ober. ram TRY SKIN FOOD Fnr your wrinkles and become youthful, fresh andlovely. It feeds the shrunken or Im poverished skin as cream and beef feed and renew the impoverished stomach nnd body. It feeds the fatty membrane end the active tissues which are indispensable to a good skin. The flabby flesh becomes firm: the ravages of age, sickness and worry disap pear; lines and wrinkles becomes smooth; the skin is again soft and refined and beautiful! Skin Food is fragrant, delicate, soothing and refreshing. By its use WRINKLES VANISH I! PRICE $3 PER JAR. 80LD AT ALL DRUGGISTS. MADAME M. YALE COMPANY, 37 West Fourteenth St., New York, 146 State Street, Chicago. A complete list of Madame Yale's toilet requisites can be found in her "Beauty and Complexion Hook." Free at all druggists. Sent by mail on receipt of ic postage. A full line of lime. Tale's preparations can bo had in Pltbhui-g at W.T.ESPY'S CHYSTALPHAHMAGV, Corner Market and Liberty streets. And at Joseph Fleming & Son', Drug gists, 413 Market stieet. Christy's drugstore, corner Smithfield street and Fourth n venue. E. C. Stlefel A Co., successors to J. Elmmel. A Co.. Penn avenue ami Xtnth street. W. P. Martsolf Drag Company, corner Penn ae nue nnd Sixth street S.'S. Holland, Drug gist, corner Smithfield and Liberty streets. IN ALLEGHEirr CITY At JB. Holden i. Co.'s, Druggists, 63 Federal street. G. Elsonbeis, 113 Federal street, and Kaercher's, 02 Federal street.. JylO-wan, WlOE N TE Handsomest Lots on the Market Nice Sites for Pleasant Homes in a Good Neighborhood. Lots in Subdivision of the Nimick Place, Wood street, Brushton, are now being sold. , Only ten minutes' walk from Pennsylvania Railroad stations at Brushton or Wilkinsburg. Easily reached by Penn avenue, Fifth avenue or Duquesne street car lines. During the summer two street car lines from the center of the city will be completed along Wood street Salesmen will be on the ground July 11, xa, 13, 14, 15, 16 from 2 to 5 r. u. ' " Call at 133 FOURTH AVE. for Plan of Lota. C. K. CHAMBERLIN, Agent PUBLICSALE BUILDING LOTS MONDAY, July 1 1, on J. & S. McNaugher's new plan, Linden avenue, Tenth ward, Allegheny, within 3 squares of Perrysville , avenue and East street electric cars, and 15 minutes' walk of Alle gheny Market House. Prices from 350 up. Terms, small cash payment down; balance in small monthly installments. Title per fect. No taxes for 1892. Electric light, city gas and water. Don't miss this sale it you want to double your money. Bring your family and spend the day. Free dinner and free concert by the Great Western Band. For-tickets, plans and full particulars call on JOHN K. EWING & CO., Exclusive Agents, 107 FEDERAL STREET. ALLEGHENY. MAYFIELD Lots, Perrysville avenue, at private sale. JOHN K. EWING tit CO., Agents, 107 Federal street, and on the grounds. v(fi , C77I MllmmilmUUii a 'J.C&- , ..iuw UUKMUI.IUij -&. ss a- f sb .nvia - J J MMMMf Ws&7 MMMMMM WSM J s9Sft'r f .' &fir LOW PRICES skth spenveTSAVE MOHEY MANUFACTURING RETAILERS. WE ARETHE LEADERS. GRAND CLEARING SALE THIS .WEEK! BLAZER AND RUSSIAN BLOUSE SUITS, $15, GIVEN AWAY AT HALF PRICE, TO 1,000 WORTH CLOSE, ONLY THE PARISIAN CLOAKS ARE THE BESTI THE PARISIAN SUITS ARE THE BESTI THE PARISIAN SILK WAISTS ARE THE BESTI THE PARISIAN STYLES ARE THE BESTI THE PARISIAN PRICES ARE THE LOWESTI . THE PARISIAN GARMENTS HAVE NO EQUAL. VISIT THE PARISIAN. HARRIS' THEATER. Mrs. F. Harris, B. L. Britton, T. T. Dean, Proprietors and llanazers. Popular Prices Always Prevail Harris' Theater at 10, 15 and 25 Cents! WEEK C0MMEICIJI6 MONDAY, JOLT 11. Second week of tne popular Cnarae- ter Actor, HORACE LEWIS, Appearing In Tom Taylor's Success ful Drama, &s3frxxis: SUPPORTED BT A Company of Talented People. SPECIAL NOTICE All children nndar 13 yenr of nee, (ircninpantei by their parents, rents, esday will bo ADMITTED FBE to the Tn aud Friday jnatinees. Week Crlsto." July 18 Horace Lewis In "Monte JylfrCT Oil. TTBX1. SDrrLlES. OIL WELL SUPPLY CO,, 91 and 92 Water Street, PITTSBURG, PA. aoS-st-RnoM TicM-oi-Iffl Man. AJTEJtTISKWTntTa. MICK RRACE. II YDURMDTTD $7.50. Iy3 uuiiiiuuiuiniiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiuiiimiiiianmuiiniUKh, 1 LOVELY FACES, I WHITE HANDS.! Nothing wm 9 WHITEN and CLEAH a the akin so quickly as s Derma-Wei The new discoTeryfordis- H "olilne And reracmng ducolomtioni from tbe en- a tide, anu Dieacnlnganu ungniening 1119 complex ion. In eiserimentinit in the lanndrr with i Enow bleach for fine fabrics it was dicovered that S all epote, freckles, tan and other dincoloratiom K were anicklr remored frcm the hands and arms without tbe (lightest injury to the skin. Tbe dU- 3 coTerr was mbmltted to experienced Pennatolo- a E cists and Physicians who prepared for us tbe 3 E formula of tbe irarrelont Derma-ltorale. mrsxs MTzn was A-firm-so lixr it. It is perfectly s s harmless nnd so simple a child can nse it. Apply c 5 at night the ImproTement apparent after a single 5 application will surprise and delight you. ItE b quickly dlssnlrcs and removes tbo worst form of: g moth-patches, brown or lirer spots, freckles, J s blackheads, blotches, allownees, redness, tan: 3 and every discoloration of the cuticle. One bottle : 2 completely removes and cures the most argravated : s case and thoroughly clears, whitens and beautifies ; the complexion. It has never failed it cat i ot r : raiuk It is highly recommended by Fbysicians : and itssuro results warrant us la offering z : ?nfi REWARD.-Toassnre tbe public ef Its : : D9UU """" mit, we agree to forfeit s : Five Hundred Dollars cash, for any case of moth- J : patches, brown spots, Uverspots, blackheorts. ugly E z or muddy 6kiu, unnatural redneM, freckles, tan : or any other cutaneous dlseolorations. (excepting !j s birth-marks, scars, and those of a scrofulous or: : kindred natnre) that D-rma-Koyale will note quickly remove and enre. We also agree to forfeit : Five Hundred Dollars to any person whose skin : : can be injured in tbe slightest possible manner, : 5 or to anyone whose complexion (no matter how: bad It may be), will not be cleared, whitened. Im- i : proved and beautified by the use of Derma-Boyale. : 5 Pat p la elcfiat tjls la Urf IjkUorr Ultlo. t 1 PrlCC. SI. BVEBT BOTTLE QUAKANTEZD. g Derma-Royalesenttoanyaddress.safelypacked g and securely sealed from observation, safedeliveryj b guaranteed, on receipt of pnee. S1.00 per bot- ; tie. Send money by registered letter or money : E order with your full post-office address written 5 plainly; be sure to give your County, and mention : Bihls paper. Correspondence sacredly private.: I'ostage stamps received tne same as cam S MS If 1 Simmd far Tm c IPTimB t!f AHTPfl8"'1 S liiail IN I' Mil I emus oa signs IV u SIM s I a E 4Alrtj The, DERM A-ROYALE COMPANY. n arar. v .a ira m tu l r. i . r. . R CrraerEdtrawtTlaeSts. CTNCIjrjiATI. OHIO. vmmi!iiMnimrjiiiuijiiilllluillliiiiiiintHiiimt' ABTIST AND FHOTOGBAPHEB, 16SIX1HSTBEET. Cabinets, S3 to S4 per dozen! natttes, SI perdewa. Telephone 17B1. apa-ft-KWrsa PATENTS. I). O.LEVIS fneis Leader 131 Fifth T.. Plttsburz. Pa. SO years solicitor. WfemL l "iitei LtfilWrt
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