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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Oil. TTBX1. SDrrLlES.
OIL WELL SUPPLY CO,,
91 and 92 Water Street,
PITTSBURG, PA.
aoS-st-RnoM
TicM-oi-Iffl Man.
AJTEJtTISKWTntTa.
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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
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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.
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