THE EC3A2TTOK TMBUmS-SATTTRDT UOWTSa. AUGUST IT. 1895.
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Rights and
Delightful Asfouiry.
Breezy Letter
Where White
Asbury (Par. Au. l.-Asbury Park
Is a pocket edition of Paradise.. Not
that It la bo small hut somehow, most
of ui Imagine the garden of Eden to
have been an Immensely big place In
which Grandfather Adam and his wife
were trllle lonesome, else they would
scarcely have thought of tuklng a
boarder whose cultivated tastea In fruit
were destined to get them into trouble.
It Is not mentioned that the historic
Eden contained a board walk, a tobog
gan slide, a crystal muxe, an electrical
Casino, or a merry-go-round. In these
respects as In several others. Asbury
Park has the advantage. There is no
place under the sun Just like It. Differ
ing from Spring Lake. It is neither too
exclusive nor too slow. It Is unlike
Atlantic Oity In not being too rapid nor
mobbed by cheap excursions, neither
can It be classed with Ocean Grove as
pious and poky. It Is not so swell as
Bar Harbor, but you have a better time.
In fact It Is like the girl In the Ta-ra-ra
song "right as right can be." No
where els Is there such a line, well
kept board walk of such generous di
mensions offering such alluring delights
to morning and evening strollers. No
where else along the coast Is such a
bicycle speedway for the exclusive use
of wheelmen and women. Nowhere else
can such bijr turtles be seen on exhi
bition. No one, but Founder Bradley
gives prizes for big turtles and then
turns the same Interesting creatures
loose, offering other prixes for their re
capture. Nowhere else can you take
your baby and win a prize for the same,
and also for .carriage, robe and decora
tions. iNowehere else along the coast
except at IX-ean Grove It is "dry"
not only on Sundays but all the -time,
and yet throngs of people come here
who are constitutionally like Chlmmie
Fadden's Sir. Paul as regards a big
"tirst." , ,
To sum It all up Asbury Park Is
complete In its order. Its sanitary regu
lations and Its general provisions for
the comfort of dwellers within Its
gutes. Senator Bradley's restrictions
are not irksome, and the captious ones
who llnd them so have the privilege of
remaining away from the resort.
One of his recent edicts Illustrates his
promptness of action when in his Judg
ment a decisive stand Is necessary. At
the recent great bicycle meet a certain
clubvcontalnlng many young women
wer in the parade wearing striking
cos mes of white tights, white Jackets
am . caps and mounted on wheels the
frames of which were enameled In
white. The whole effect was somewhat
startling. It started Senator Bradley
at least, and the celerity with which
that white club vanished from the pa
rade, reappearing In more sober habili
ments, was astonishing. There were
some growls heard from riders and
spectators, but these did not alter the
edict; the tights had to come oft.
What Urndlcy lld Not Seo.
But the senator Isn't ubiquitous;
neither are his officials. Occasionally
a few antics escape his eagle eye. It
isn't as unusual as In Wilkes-Barre to
see a girl In giddy bloomers. There
was one down by the Columbia this
morning. They were pale gray, the
bloomers I mean, and however lovely
they might appear on the wheel they
were certainly not a Joy forever, as she
stood by Its side with her feet rather
wide apart and her hand In her pocket.
I really believe the fact that bloomers
have pockets is the real temptation
they offer to women for wearing them.
CVio nn,A a anrt nf rnflt thAt Came half
way to her knees, and her appearance
was a kind of cross between Dr. Mary
Walker and an English Jockey, whose
style of cap she affected. Altogether, I
think If Senator Bradley had happened
along Just then, the spectators would
have enjoyed a lively scrap, for the
girl looked as If she would defend her
self. He missed another opportunity this
week In falling to catch a girl bathing
In an entirely white costume until she
had been at It for some time. She did
not obey the mandate of the stern-eyed
policeman with the alacrity that was
expected when he urged her to come out
and get on some other things. She was
plump and pretty and the mohair suit
glistened silvery In the sun whenever
she bobbed up on top of a wave. She
could swim and the spectacle of white
stockinged shapely legs, defiantly wav
ing In the surf as she emerged from an
airing expedition, made the officer
frown, and he stamped wildly up and
down the sands. Insisting that he would
be obeyed. She came out when It
pleased her to do so and was followed
by the admiring glances of a big throng
that had gathered to see what would
happen. But she hasn't bathed since
In a white suit.
For a man who has the perpendicular
conscience and the blameless character
alleged to be possessed by Senator
Bradley, he has the most pronounced
prejudice agnlruit white apparel. One
would fancy him as desiring to have all
Ills subjects arrayed In spotless snowy
srarments. 'but he really seems to favor
blue flannel for women and linen dust
ers for men when the latter come out
Of the water.
Girl with the Yellow Belt.
IniJeed. there are frequent sights that
the autocrat of Asbury does not always
behold, else he- would probably be in a
aertea of fits a goodly portion of his
time. Today there was a girl In a
yellow handkerchief and a "black suit
trimmed .wK.h yellow bra HI who was
scarcely visible on account of the all
pervading presence of a high umbrella.
Neither was her companion, who, for
convenience sake and with a view to
unob trust veness had bis leg buried
in the sand, while his head was repos
ing In the pretty girl's lap, one arm
about her slim yellow belted waist and
hfe other hand industriously, holding
her brown ipalm. Her feet were stick
ing straight out in front of tier on the
sands; one pink toe had struggled
through tier stocking and was agKres
sively and pertly In evidence, but she
svaa not at all embarrassed. She Is a
nice girl, too, and 'like Queen Isabella
In 1442 is a model of propriety on ordi
nary occasions. She is a Pennsylvania
girl from a town not a thousand miles
front WUkes-Barre, and would no more
hlnk of dhtporting herself in a short
pet'tlooaW in her stocking feet, with an
expansive hole In the toe of one foot,
or of altting on her father's veranda
with a young man's arm about her than
she would ithJnk of turning somersaults
on the front lawn before the gaze of
an admiring public. But the seaside
Changes all that, and tan' It queer when
jrou come to think of it? Now a night
gown is a nice, modest piece of ap
parel. It clothe a maiden from neck
to heels in pure folds displaying, per
haps, the soft curve of the throat and a
rounded arm with a dear dimple In
the elbow, but that ts all. But wouldn't
a be bave varalysl if a young man
wnmna nwppen to chouu a animpse qi
tier in tbie attire? She would run like
a (white streak and suffer agonies of
embarrassment whenever she aaet that
unfortunate young . man for months
thereafter. But at the shore the same
Ctrl will wear ta frock that scarcely
reaches to her knees; will trip una
bashed before the eyes of all sorts and
conditions of men, who idly comment
Upon her figure as ehe passes; wHl
suffer some strange young man whom
tor we oral suae sue- met u aay Be
fore to hold, her cloaely In Ma arms
' amtt the breakers; will be rescued by
fclra from positions varying from stand
ing on her head, to clutching him about
. ns neca wnen n( wave comes aiong,
and ad Mtk ttoejttaroa obliviousness
. i what at other times, would be called
;i .' v,., -t j,, j . . ..
from the Seaside Resort
Tights Are Not Allowed.
the propriettea. She will He at full
length on the sands wHh her limbs out,
stretched in aittltudes not considered
"Udy-llke" at home, and will wander
unchaiMrroned at hours and in lonely
places In a manner that would be con
sidered crandulous under other olrcura
atances. Joys of Deal Lake.
Deal Lake is a Joy to the summer girl.
With Its rreat rowing distance, its ex-luisiteturroumlinir-l
Ms wooded shorea,
naming with w ild hollyhocks and llll-s.
its ehUded, silent iioofca whore a boat
can lie motionless and ulmist unob
served by tin- merry parties 'that scurry
past, a untr man is really at h-r
mercy. The forest 'tree lean lovingly
agulns-t Ita titleless surface. llre and
there like a blase of Kry gliums the
scarltit foliage f the iron wood, Its
death beauty tailing thus early. The
notes of a boat song drifts to the ear
and the miigic Uf It he environment
leaps into the Imagination like wine to
the brain. A bulf hour atro as the sun
set deepened 1 uw a bout a short dist
ance away, lying moored in a bower of
Khade. AtUhe bow salt a young woman,
and In the dimming liRlit as she leaned
forward she mtide a fair picture, and 1
exclaimed: "There Is onit one' with a
baby! See her pretty arm encircling Its
head a It llos on her lap with the
bright hued rug flung across." But as
we drew nearer I saw my .mistake and
was much laughed at accordingly. It
waaunother case of lovers. Th "buby"
was a bin man. who lay at full length
whh hria head on the pretty girl' arm.
It was a bald head, hence my absurd
bluudtr. The ocoupants of the boat
were in no manner embarassed ail our
somewhat close scrutiny, and we rowed
on toward another muk, where two
sets of lover were Dpooiiing In a double
oured boat. They were so utterly ab
sorbed that as they drifted out under
one of the numerous low bridges across
the lake they forgot to duck tlielr heads,
and the result was a severe bump on
one curly pate and two resounding
bowls from other members of the party.
Asbury Park seems to be notable for
something else besides lovers, and that
is fat women. A thin chaperone Is an
unknown quantity, and the many hops
at the various hotels are bordered as
to the dancing rooms, with women of
ample proportions; so ample. Indeed,
that a few of them go a great way.
At Spring iLake the contrary Is to be
observed.
A Inxling Chapcrono.
One of the cWaperones at a certain
Asbury hotel had her greaitnesa thrust
upon her to the suppressed amusement
of some of the astute youngsters.
While tingle, she could yet not be
termed young, save by the 'boys who
appeared to be flatteringly dazzled by
her attentions. One of tlhem was so
much attracted that a young girl who
had keen eyes and a candid tongue re
marked Impatiently: "Oh, Jack makes
me tired. He thinks Miss S. I thirty
when ehe Is forty-live if she's a day.
Look at her gray hair and her double
chin!"
The girls at the- hotel, .with perhaps
a sensie o retributive Justice. Invited
her to chaperone a crabbing party the
other day much to her probable, though
carefully concealed fury. The young
men with admirable stupidity hastened
to add their voices In encouragement
of the project, and although she had
contemplated going ciaibblng in a less
Important capacity, she as-sented blush
Ingily with the explanatory remark: "I
never' was asked to be chaperone be
fore." "Well, anyway," said the can
did glrf aside ' to her mam.mli that
evening, "I owed her one for fooling
Jack as she has. He seemed to get
an Idea or tiwo Into his crazy head
this afternoon, for I caught him look
ing, at her rather curiously once or
twice. Guess making real love to a
chaperone sort of staggered him."
Among the best large hotels here are
the West End. the Brunswick, the Col
umbia, the Coleman and the Victoria.
It Is said that this season the Columbia
stands tirst, although the Brunwwlck
has been considered the "fiwellest."
There .Is a hop at one of them about
every evening, and Saturday night they
all thus entertain. I heard a girl say
this week that she attended five hops
last Saturday night and was so sorry
to have missed one at the Coleman.
Altogether, with the crabbing, sail
ing and Ashing on the Emma B., which,
by the way, 1s endowed with a cross
captain; with the lovely walks, .mag
nificent drives and unparalleled bath
ing, Asbury is a good plae to visit In
this hot weather, even f it Is "dry."
MENTAL TRAITS IX WOMEN.
Tbejr Learn languages Mors Quickly
Than Men Do.
What woman loses In profundity she
gains in quickness. She excels in tact,
and extricates herself from a difficulty
with astonishing adroitness. In lan
guage she is more apt than man. Girls
learn to speak earlier than boys, and
old women are more tuflkatlve than old
men. Among the uneducated the wife
can express herself more Intelligently
than the husband. Experience In coed
ucational institutions shows that wo
men are more faithful and punctilious
than men, and at least equally fl.pt. In
colleges where a record of standing Is
kept the women gain probably a some
what higher average. In the years Im
mediately following graduation the
men make much greater Intellectual
progress. Women reach their mental
maturity at an earlier age, end .de
velop relatlvefly less after maturity. In
many kinds of routine work, especially
that requiring patience, women are su
perior, but they ere less able to en
dure protracted overwork, says Pro
fessor Patrick.
We have seen that' woman Is less
modified physically: -than man and
varies less from the average. The same
Is true mentally. Women are more
alike than men, and more normal, as it
were. The geniuses 'have been men for
the most part, so have the cranks. Wo
man's thought pursues old rather than
new lines. Her tendency Is toward re
production, while man's Is toward pro
duotlon. Woman loves the old, the
tried and the customary. She Is con
servative and acts as society's balance
wheel. Man represents variation. He
reforms, explores, thinks out a new
way.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS..
Ilow Auctions Are Conduotcd Over in
''-.,' Fradcoi v
The French mode" of conducting auc
tions Is rather curious. In sales of Im
portance the sale Is placid in the hands
of a notary, who, for the time being, be
comes an auctioneer. The auctioneer Is
provided with a number, of small vwax
tapers, each capable- of burning about
five minutes.. As soon as a bid Is made
one of these tapers Is placed in full view
of alt Interested parties and lighted. '
If, before It expires, another bid Is
offered. It Is Immediately extinguished
and a fresh taper placed In Its stead,
and so on until one flickers and dies
out Of Itself, when the last bid becomes
Irrevocable. ,.,..-.
This simple plan prevents' all conten
tion among rival bidders, and affords a
reasonable time for reflection before
making a higher, bid than the one pre
ceding. By this means, too, the auc
tioneer Is - prevented from- exercising
undue 'Influence upon the bidders,' or
hastily accepting the bid ot a favorite.
FlrsOMSVs Hslalsts Filled with Coin.
A large Villa at Croydon, the home ot
a miser, was destroyed, by tire. The
firemen found a large quantity of coin
hidden on the premises. The ' money
was In stockings, coal scuttles and Jars,
and was placed In the firemen's hel
mets." The owner was the picture Of ab
ject despair,' but his Joy on seeing the
money was Inconceivable. The money
discovered filled the helmets of ten lire
men. Londtn Tld yu.v ,7 -;-? -
Tiger Shooting I'p to nats.
A story comes from India about a
"sHrtsman" who hunta tigers by the
electric light at night. He sits on a
raised platform In the Jungle and sus
pends a five-candle power Incandescent
lamp over the bait, which is placed
about thirty feet away. Batteries sup
ply current for the light, and a switch
on the hunter's rifle enables him to
throw on the light when be is ready to
shoot. The light tends to temporarily
blind the tiger, and a good shot can be
had before his eyes become acctfcituined
to it. t
t'.ffcct of Music on Pogs.
That music hath charms to soothe the
savage bi'ast we must believe if only
because It ts a quaint and vulgarized
assertion; but the assertion of a Bus
sian professor Is likely to shake the
credulity of many neople: this learned
man says that by experience he has
proved music helps to drive out car
bonic acid In dogs and Increases their
consumption of oxygen; it also makes
them perspire. As regards the nature
of the music which produces these ac
tive' results, the Husslan professor
does not enlighten us
JEFF DAVIS CAPTURE.
Interesting Narrative of the Event by the
t'nion Soldier Who first Recognized the
fleeing Confederate Chieftain.
"Jefferson Davis, the head of the con
federate government, was captured by
me personally at 2 o'clock In the morn
ing. i.Iay 10. at Irwlnsvllle, Ga. I was
a soldier In B company. Fourth Michi
gan cavalry, at the time. Irwlnsvllle
is a 'little, town on the Ocmulgee river,
about forty miles south ot -Macon."
it was Captain William Penn Wted
man who said this. He addressed A. H.
Lewis, Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Times-Herald. The cap
tain and Lewis had met casually In
Secretary Morton's offlce-at the agricul
tural department, where Captain Sted
man has long been employed. They
were Introduced to each other by Sec
retary .Morton. Lewis asked Captain
Stcdinan to tell him the story of Davis
capture, and this was the result:
"May 7, 1S65. the Fourth Michigan
cavalry, with Colonel Prltchard In com
mand, was at iMcaon, Ga. Our particu
lar mission on earth Just then was to
capture Jeff Davis. We knew he was
not far ahead of us, on his flight to the
south. Of course, our Information as
to the exact whereabouts of Davis was
slight and vague. We knew he was
flying southward, but over what trail
or Just how far he had gotten we didn't
know.
"The First Wisconsin had struck off
south-east from (Macon to a town called
Dublin. There was no sense In our
taking the same trail, so Colonel
Prltchard decided to keep straight
down the Ocmulgee to the town of
Abbeyville. We got to Abbeyvllle Just
In time to meet the First Wisconsin,
which, not getting tidings of Davis at
Dublin, broke back to the southwest
for the river.
Got Trace of Davis.
"We got Information from a negro
that Davis was farther south, heading
for the town of Irwlnsvllle. For a won
der, the colored man's Information was
thoroughly accurate. Colonel Prltchard
made a point of thoroughly Interview
ing the colored man who had furnished
the Irwlnsvllle Information touching
Davis. He learned that the trail over
which Colonel Herndon and the First
Wisconsin were traveling swept In a
broad circle to the west of the river,
and was told by the negro that If the
Fourth Michigan took what was prac
tically a private road, close to the river,
to a place called Wilcox's Mill, and then
followed an old abandoned government
road from Wilcox's AMI to Irwlnsvllle,
It would probably be able to head off
and cut In ahead of Colonel Herndon
and the First Wisconsin.
"Our object from now was twofold.
We not only wanted to capture Davis,
but In order to do It we must beat the
First Wisconsin to Irwlnsvllle. It was
our understanding that Davis had an
escort of about 100 men. In order to
expedite matters, get ahead of Hern
don and our Wisconsin rivals-, Colonel
Prltchard told off 128 men of Ihe Fourth
'Michigan, who were mounted on the
very best horses. With these and I
was one of them we galloped off Into
the darkness down the Ocmulgee, over
the blind mill road, which the negro
pointed out. In fact, we took the col
ored gentleman along under tremen
dous protest on his part, so as to be
sure and not lose our way.
"We got to Irwlnsvllle a little after
mldnlgtht on' the morning of May 10. It
was then for the first time that we got
news of Jeff Davis and his party. Our
informant in this Instance was also a
negro who didn't know Jeff Davis from
George Washington, wide as the differ
ence was. But he described to us a
party camped about a mile and a half
north of Irwlnsvllle, which we took to
be Davis and his people. We had not
only got Into Irwlnsvllle ahead of the
First Wisconsin, but ahead of Jeff iDa
vls also.
The Fugitives Surrounded.
"Colonel Prltchard organized to sur
round Davis. He dismounted 118 men
of his 1(!S, leaving twelve men mounted.
I was one of the twelve. He broke the
116 Itvto two parties, giving Lieutenant
Purrlngton thirty men with Instruc
tions to scout quietly around Davis to
the north. The balance of the 116 were
put under command of Adjutant Dlck
erson, with orders to march directly up
the road to Davis' camp, first giving
Purrlngton ample time to go around the
party and get Into position beyond.
This would bring IDavis between Pur
rlngton and 'Dickerson and all chance
for escape would be cut off.
"Purrlngton and his thirty people
seemed to take their positions with no
more noise than so many cats. The
twelve mounted men, one of whom I
was, accompanied Dickerson, After
we were certain Purrlngton was estab
lished In the road beyond we marched
without noise or word directly up to
Davis' camp. There were wagons
standing about, and two wall tents and
a fly tent were pitched by the side of
the road. We could see the dim forms
of men rolled up In blankets and asleep
under the trees and around the wagons.
It wao moonlight, but not clear enough
to make anything like a count or form
much of an estimate of the strength of
Davis' party. As we approached we
were expecting every moment to be en
gaged by his escort. As It was, we
didn't even run upon a aentry, and, in
fact, Davis had no sentries posted. We
didn't know It then, but Davis had
parted With his escort the day before,
and was continuing his flight with no
body but his own personal party.
"When, we were established In posi
tion Colonel Prltchard ordered the
twelve mounted men, and I was No. 1
of the twelve, to advance. We came
In among the tents and wagons at a
trot, expecting resistance. Nobody
stirred; nobody even seemed to wake
up. We halted m front of the two wall
tents, and then Captain Hudson, ot
Company E, who had Immediate charge
of the mounted detail of twelve, gave
what struck me at the time as a very
unusual military, order.. I suppose he
was a trifle excited.
" Go fur 'em, boys, said Captain
Hudson, '
"The boys went for. "am, that Is,
they aroused the sleepers under the
trees and wagons and disarmed them.
Nobody offered any resistance, and
there was no trouble.
Disguised ss n Negress,
' "I was sitting on my horse n front of
one of the wall tents. AH Captain Hud
son's order to 'go for 'em', was very
wide and liberal I concluded to carry It
out by remaining right whars I was
and make careful note of who came out
of the tent. I was confident that if
Davis was there he was in one of those
wall tents. I was at one of the rear
corners of the tent when- a woman
put her head cut at the front and said
to a soldier by the name ot Munges of
Company C: - '
ki" -Soldier there is nobody but ladles
in this tent so don't coma in here. They
are dressing.'
"Of course Munger obeyed. Not long
afterward, perhajm half a minute,, the
some woman looked out and said:
" 'Will you Jet our colored servant
go for some water?" .
"Bdwarde, of L company, had come
up to the tent by that time. No one
objected to the servant making an ex
cursion fur water. A moment later two
figures, both of them apparently wo
men, puahed out. through the flap of
the tent and started toward the river.
They had eadh other arm In arm and
each carried a water pall. One .was
clearly an old fat jiegresa, and the
other, who was dressed in a sort of wo
man's storm tire as with a hood drawn
over her head, one couldn't tell whether
she .was a negress or not.
"They came right by close to me as
I eat on my horse. It struck me once
that the thin, bent old waterwoman
was no other tlism Jeff Jav"ls himself.
But I knew he couldn't get away, and
I didnt at that moment halt him. The
way he was 'headed I knew he would
run Into Dickerson and his dismounted
men.
"Jut ot this moment, however,
sharp firing broke out to the north
where Purrtngton had gone. We nat
urally llgured that he'd got Into
trouble with Davis' escort. Dickerson
at once started over with tils detail to
reinforce Purrlngton. As a matter of
fact the First Wisconsin had gotten to
the scene and Purrlngton and his peo
ple had opened tire on them. 'Each took
the other in the darkness for Davis'
escort. It didn't take Dickerson a min
ute to Joint Purrlngton, and they for
twnety minutes made a rattling fight
of it. There were about twenty men
wounded and six or seven killed In this
lfttle brush between the First Wiseon-
sln and the Fourth Michigan. I don't
know how fliey tmally found out who
the other fellow was, but it dawned on
them after a while and tihey quit shoot
ing. Auntie's Tall -Tale Mustache.
"But to return to Jeff Davis in the
woman's storm dress going after
water: When Dickerson; and his men
started off to help Purrlngton, I nat
urally had to go after Davis myself. I
spurred off to the right and galloped
round in front olj Davis and the negress
and halted them. Davis still held his
head down and was stooped over, tie
left the negress to do the talking. As I
halted them, a ray of moonlight shone
through the trees, and I saw the gray
end of Davis' mustache sticking out
from under the hood. That was the
first time I felt sure that he was the
man I was after.
" That's a pretty good mustache
you've got, Auntie,' I said. Davis made
no reply, and 1 ordered him back to the
tent.
"As- we a.pproached the tent a Swede
by the name of Andrew Bee, who was
a private in L company, and detailed as
Colonel Pritehard's cook, came up. I
told him the old bent woman was no
other than Jeff Davis. At this Informa
tion Andrew Bee seemed to get vastly
excited. He rushed wildly up to Davis,
tore his storm dress from him, saying:
" Come out of there, you old devil!'
''Davis straightened up like a piece of
steel. I don't know what shape his
Indignation at Bee's rough handling
would have taken, but Colonel
Prltchard rode up and ordered Bee, the
Impulsive, to fall back. Davis tore the
hood from his head and threw it on
thq ground. He shook himself free from
the storm dress which Bee had only
half torn off. die was fully dressed In
his own proper clothes after he got
rid of the storm dress, only he had no
ha i.
'"Who is this?' demanded Colonel
Prltchard of me as he came up.
" 'I think it's Jeff Davis,' said I.
" 'Are you sure?' asked Colonel
Prltchard. Then he turned to Davis.
" 'What may I call you?' asked Col
onel Prltchard of Davis.
" 'You may call me anything you
please,' answered Davis, and his tone
was hard and bitter.
"iMeanwhlle Purrlngton and Dicker
son were kicking up a great racket
about a furlong over to the north with
tha First Wisconsin, and the bullets
were buzzing like bees. Colonel Pritch
ard, like the rest of us, supposed It
was Davis' escort making a last fight
for their chief. He sent six of our men
over to help Purrlngton and Dickerson.
and went along himself. The rest of
us, wun captain Hudson, were left to
guard Davis and his party.
Mrs. Dsvls' Bravery.
"There were twenty-seven people, all
told, with Davis. 'Besides Jeff Davis
there was Mrs. Davis, their two chil
dren, Winnie and Jeff, Jr.; Colonel Lub
bock, who was anex-governor of Texas;
Colonel Johnson, the son of Oeneral
Albert Sidney Johnson, who was killed
at iShlloh; Lieutenant Howclls, of the
confederate navy, and who was also the
brother to Mrs. Davis; Oeneral Keagan,
afterward senator from Texas, then
Davis' postmaster general, and Burton
N. Harrison, private secretary to Da
vis. The rest were servants, with a
few soldiers of the confederacy.
"There was one circumstance which
I forgot to mention, and which illus
trated the cool bravery of Mrs. Davis.
When Andrew iBee, of L company, so
rudely tore tie dress from Davis the
latter quickly reached for his hip, as If
to pull a pistol. I cocked my carbine
and threw It on him, ready to shoot If
he produced a gun. Mrs. Davis was
looking out of the wall tent not far
away. As I pointed the carbine at Da
vis she sprang In between us like a
flar.lmnd pushed the muzzle of the gun
aside.
" 'Don't shoot, soldier,' she said, 'Mr.
Dnvls Isn't armed.'
"I had no intention to shoot unless
he first produced a weapon, but In veri
fication of IMrs. Davis' statement I
might add that Davis was not armed."
TllE BOSTON VrHSION.
Everybody nowadays has heard the
chorus:
I don't want to play In your yard,
I don't like you any more;
You'll be sorry when you see me
Sliding down our cellar door;
You can't holler down our rai barrel;
You can't climb our apple tree;
I don't want to play In your yard.
If you won't be good to me.
The Boston version of this la as follows:
I do not care to Indulge In any sportive
recreation on (the land roundabout
your uweimng.
My affection for you has undergone the
process of obNteration.
You wlU regret your course when you ob
serve me in the act of precipitating
myself along the cover ot the en
trance to the excavation under the
house In which I have my residence.
You can Indulge In no vocal exercises
t whatever, directed into the receptacle
xor rainwater established ty my par
enfs.
You shall not clamber amidst the foliage
os ine tree upon wnich grows the sue
oulent apple peculiar to our estate.
As I have before remarked. In effect, I
do not desire to gambol on the ground
surrounding- your habitation, In the lib-
senoe of a sufficient guarantee that
you will treat me with due respect,
courtesy and kindness.
The Art of Pouring Tea.
Few hostesses understand the art of
pouring tea ana conee, simple as it ap
pears. As a rule the guest of honor is of
fered the first cup, which Is the weakest,
and the children, if served at all, are gtlven
the last and strongest. When H is desir
able to have all the cups of uniform
strength one should pour a HtHe Into each
and then berin over again; reversing the
order. In Bngiand rbla is so well under
stood that a pourer of tea or coffee does
not begin to replenish the oups till all are
beforaher.
- , i,.' ""..";, '""- '-
Some . Figiures
To : Immigration.
They Teach Very Conclusively That There
Should Be a Much More Rigid Restriction.
The Immigration Restriction league,
which advocates "the further Judicious
restriction or stricter regulation ot Im
migration,", but not "the exclusion of
laborers or' other immigrants of such
character and standards as fit them to
become cltisena," Is, through its secre
tary, Charles Warren, Exchange
building, Boston, sending out literature
designed to stir public sentiment In
behalf of a more effective filtration of
our foreign-born cltisenshlp. Some
facts adduced from these publications
are reproduced below.
As showing recent changes In the na
tionalities of Immigrants, the following
figures are presented: .
Immigrants
from L uited
Immlgratti from Kiundoiu.
Austria Hun- Krauctf, Urr
gary. Italy. Poland manv and
Year and Kiifwla. 6vS0dlnavia.
1M 3.515 26i.ON3
180 SAtilS SMia
lt Tl.Jt 24.77U
17 1W.7SI SS2.TM
IKStf 1M.S73 .,iia,749
Ikui ;.iwo nu.ura
1SM5 2o.!i7 S12.601
1W8 1SS.14S 2I2.1
12:'.S.'I4 137.1!12
Cholera year. Panic year.
Or, stated by percentages, the fore
going table may be expressed thus:
1869
18X0
1XM
1SH1
lh!
1KU3
lfetli
09
8.5
Silt
m
44.8
12.7
42.
738
64.5
67.7
02.1
W)
4S.2
47.
Thus It appears that In 1SG9 the im
migrants from Austrlu-Hungary, Italy,
liussla, and Poland were about 1-1U0
of the number from the United King
dom, France, Gvrmany, and Scanda
navla; in 1880, about 1-10; In 1S94, nearly
equal to It. In 1NNH-94 the former class
amounted to 1. U57. '.S3, or SS.8 per cent,
of the total Immigration.
From the report of the superintendent
of immigration for the year ended June
30, l!92, the Immigration by decades
from 1820 to 18U0 appears as follows;
1820-1830 128,393
18.1O-1K40 B30.3H1
1840-1850 1.423,8:17
1800-180 iOM.423
istio-1870 i.wi.wi The War period.
1870-1880 2.8.'I4,H0
1880-1890 5,24U,UI3
It will be seen that the yearly aver
age, 1880-1S90, was f.-'t.Gfil, while the Im
migration for 1S80-18K0 was 33.1 per
cent, of the 'entire arrivals In th
United States from 1820 to 1890. From
1S85 the Immigration by years has been
as follows:
1885 395.348
1886 !M4.203
188? tUO.lutt
1888 640,881
18S9 444.427
1H 4.r..'UO
1891 6WU.319
J 892 679. litiS
1893 440,793 The Cholera Year.
1891 288,020 The Panic Year.
Even .the figures for 1894 give an av
erage arrival ot 789 immigrants per
day.
With regard to the conditions of Im
migration the following statistics are
given:
1893. 1S94.
Of the total number of immi
grants the per cent, of thou
. unable to read their own hut
guage wos. 14 - 14
The per cent, of those unable
to write' their own language
was 17 19
The per cent, of those who had
no occupation, and farmers,
laborers, and servants, was.. 81 77
In 1893, among Immigrants coming
from Scotland, there was 1 skilled In 4;
from JCngland and Wales, 1 In 6; Bel
glum, 1 In 7; France, 1 In 9; Germany
and Norway, 1 In 10; Italy, 1 In 14; Rus
sia, 1 In IS; Poland. 1 In 23; Austria
Hungary, 1 In 29. By the latest figures
July 1 Dec. 31, 1S94, It is shown that
the number of persons who could not
read or could not write or could not
read and write their own tanguuge in
each 100 Immigrants, was from those
coming from Sweden, 1 In each 100;
from Norway, Scotland, Germany, and
France, 2; from England, 3; from Ire
land, 7; from Wales, 9; from Hungary,
25; from Russia, 26; from Poland, 28;
from Italy, 3tl.
In I860, out of a total population of
31.443,321 the United States had 4,138.697
Inhabitants of foreign birth, or 13.10
per cent.; In 1870, S. 567.229 out of a total
population Of 38,558,371, or 14.44
per cent.; and In 1S80, ,679,
943 out of tM.ri5.783, or 13.32 per
cent.; and in 1890, 9,249,547 out of 62,622,
250, or 14.77 per cen t. In 1870 there were
in this country 10,892,015 persons of for
eign birth or foreign parentage, or 28.Q
per cent, of the total population; in
1880, 14,955,996, or 29.8 per cent., and In
1800, 20,753,222 or 33.1 per cent. If only
the white population of the United
States Is reckoned then in 1890 17 per
cent, of the total white were foreign
born and 3S per cent, were either for
eign born or of foreign parentage. In
1890, the voters of foreign birth and of
foreign parentage were 35 per cent, of
the total white vote. By the census of
1890 It Is shown that out of the total for
eign born males over 21 years of age,
32.8 per cent, were not naturalized.
Out of the total male population of the
United States over 21 years of age, 7 per
cent, are aliens. Of the 1,189,452 aliens
In the United States, S2.6 per cent, do
not speak English.
But the most Impressive showing of
all Is made In the statistics relating to
prisoners, paupers and dependents. On
page 169 of Part II of the census of 1890
appears this statement: "Taking into
account only the 105,885 parents whose
nationality is known,. 43.19 per cent, of
crime committed by white persons In
the United States Is chargeable to na
tive white, and 56.81 per cent, to the
foreign element." On page 182 the num
ber of native born white convicts In
penitentiaries Is given as 12,842, and
the number of foreign born or with for
eign parentage, 15,598, or 54 per cent, of
the total. Thus a foreign born and for
eign parent population which Is 38 per
cent, of the total white population,
furnishes over one-half of the white
convicts of the United States. iNot in
cluding the feeble-minded and Idiots,
the total Insane In the United States
was 91,997 In 1880 and 106,254 in 1890; of
which, In 1880. 26,316, or ?8. per cent.,
were foreign born, nnd in 1890, 35,300, or
33.2 per cent. So that a foreign born
population which Is only 14.77 per cent,
of the total population furnishes one
third of nil the Insane In the United
States. With respect to paupers, the
census of 1890, Part II, page 174, says:
"Taking Into account only 108,802 par
ents whose nationality ts known, 41.S6
per cent, of white Inmates in the alms
houses of the United States are native
white and 58.44 per cent, are of the for
eign element."
Census Cenaus
' ' 'of 1880. of TK90.
Total Paupers In U. fl 7.U7 73.045
Total White Paupers 61.316 . 66,578
Total Native White W.349 W.64
Total Foreign Born 22.1161 27.6W
In other words, 4n 1880, 1T.4 per cent,
of the total white naupers were foreign
born. In 1890, 41.8 per cent, were for
eign born. Thus a foreign population
which la IT per cent, of the total white
population, furnishes nearly one-half
of the white paupers In the United
States. These are soma of tha reasons
why the Immigration Oteatrlotlon
league wants congress to enact mors
careful laws regarding the ant ratios
as.
Into this country of persons born In
other lands.
AND THE DOG CAME BACK.
Out Its Fair Owner Old Not Seesa Over
pleased at Its Ketara Uosao.
From the Chicago Tribune.
He was a particularly unattractive
specimen of the canine race; his coat
was a dingy yellow, his forelegs de
scrlbed a .wide curve, and his tail was
extremely abbreviated. When they saw
him tirst it was on North Clara street
and he was describing eccentric circles
with his nose to the ground, evidently
trjijng to follow some one.
"Hello." said the xy with one sus
pender, "that's Mis' Sweeting's dug sure
es guns; I aeen her couxln' him along
down-town this morning. Wonder how
she lost Mm?"
"Dunno," said the boy whose hair
protruded from a thole In his hat. "Tell
ye what, less take Mm home an' strike
Vr fer a quarter."
The idea appeared to be a. good one
and a dingy assortment of bits of
sittings were produced and knotted into
a continuous rope, which was attached
to the animal's collar, in spite of the
fact that he ifolknved his captors wil
lingly enough.
"She'll think we've had more trouble
if Mhe sees' this string," said the boy
with one suspender, "less don't hurry,
either; she'll come down heavier If she's
had time to think he's gone for good
tills time."
So they stopped to throw stones at
the rp arrows and listen to a little Ger
man band.
"What'll we do with th money?"
said the 'boy whose hair protruded from
a hole in his hat.
"Hunk, Fourth o' July's moe, here,
n I've got a little cannon."
"Hooray," he turned a handspring,
then added, "Gosh, that dog's got er
tail to tie crackers to!"
Then they fell Into such fits of merri
ment that the dog gamboled about
them, barking, until he was so securely
wound up tn his leading string that he
could not move.
It whs growing dusk when two dis
heveled boys and a very muddy but
Jovial dog turned Into a quiet residence
street.
"She's 'ad time to telephone to the
cops 'n' offer a reward by now," re
marked the boy with one suspender, in
a hopeful tone.
"Betelier life. Say. maybe her hus
band'll be home W If she's cried
enough he'll give us a half 'stead o' a
quarter. Don't let'm loose now, or he'll
go In by himself."
Thy led the dog, now harking wildly,
up the front steps and rang the bell.
"Here's rh' lady's dog." said the boy
whose h'allr protruded from a hole In
his hat, ae the maid answered the bell.
"We've been chasln' him moa' all after
noon to get him home."
Just then from the parlor came a glee
ful feminine voice. "Yes, I've succeeded
In losing him this time for sure, though
Dick won't believe It. I took him away
down on Clark street, and while he
wis chasing a ca't I escaped on a cable
car. What's that, Mary? O, Dick, she
says two horrid little wretches have
brought that abominable beast back
again; whatever shall I do?"
DIMENSIONS OF THE UNIVERSE
Takes a Thoussnd Years For Light of
Borne aiars to Heaen ts.
While It is interesting to know the
distance of some of the stairs in miles,
when stated In that way the numbers
are so larire that thev frnnunntlv nnn-
vey very Indistinct conceptions to the
t, it... . . . .
uiiiiu. r Kn una rtawn 11 is customary
to estimate atnr iltatnnnaa in iih
years." A light yenr Is the distance
that light, moving at the rate of 166,
300 miles per second, travels in one
year. This amounts in round numbeca
to 5.880.000.000.10 milaa rhA Hi.nnnA
of Alpha Centaurl Is 4.35 light years;
Liiiti tn 'oinus, me uog JStar, Is almost
exactly twice as great, or 8.6 light years.
In other words lleht refill I TP ft ft vnars.
to come to us from Slriun. And these
stars. Some, whose parallaxes hava
been rather estimated than measured,
appear to be situated at a dlstanca
wmcn ngni count not traverse in leia
inun one or twm centuries.
The ereat fttnr iAntiima
..w.wuo, . , in
stance, has, according to Dr. Elkln, a
i uuiy eignieeu one-tnous
andiths dt a servinrl ! rtiata .,,
In that case, be 181 right years, or more
than a thousand million million miles.
Anu lr us distance Is so great then,
filneo 1 tell t varies Invaraolv k.
suuare of the distance from its source,
Itican be shown that tArcturus must ac
tually give forth R.flOO r A (WW) .Mmx.
tV'tch nKht as the sun yields. Yet
mi iui ua in rvKienuy murn nearer than
the vast malorltv ttf ih mtnm
Not one In a million Is known to have
a parafiax large enough even to be in
telllgently guessed at. There may fe
sters WhOSe lllTht TOmill-oO IhmwinJ
Instead of hundreds of years to cross
wie space separating tnem from us.
We thus see that nnlv a. fuur r.vtM
the nearer chores of the starry universe
nninni reon ot our measurements;
here a.nd there ft lutttnir Uaa.MmA ..kn.
....., jiik-
behind stetches the vast expanse over
which the hundreds of millions of stars
Known io exist are scattered. O.
Sorvlss In the Ohautauquan.
EASILY DECEIVED.
Prof. Zanker, the famous Orientalist,
one day received the copy of an inscrip
tion which a friend and ad'.nlrer of his de
clared he had found In a. n,.,i!vi
The lender asked him to decipher the
mysierious extract, promising to forward
the valuabla.old MS. as soon as he got it
from Its owner, a relative of his. The In
scription ran ss roios:
"uor era woh roHsi.fnrn mn
For three days the professor pussled his
urauia wnnoui mnKing any sense out of It.
Then hlS little Son. & (mirlh.fnnn tuu
came Into his father's study and spied the
strange wrltimr on the ii..uw irt Link
ing at it for a while he asked his father
since wnen ne nod taken to writing back-
wurun.
"What do you mean?" asked the as
tonished profesior.
"Why," replied the lad. "If you read this
from right to left It runs thus, 'Oood
morning, professor, how ;are your "
Deutsche Warte.
SWEETHEART. OOOU PY.
The dew Is on the summer rose.
The summer moonlight sadly glows.
And softly, too, the night wind Clows,
And echoes slgli for sigh.
Ofttlmes good night with smile and bow
I've said, while laughtsr lit thy brow;
But comes a sadder parting now,
Sweetheart, good-bye,
flood-bye! If we should never meet
Thy smile hath made the past so sweat
Fair memory's lamp shall light my feet
Where'er my pathway lie,
But now, when fortune bids me stray
From all that makes the present gay. -Alasl
how hard It Is to say, .
Sweetheart, good-bye.
Qoad-bve. sweetheart. With -.--
Whose glance cap shame tha morning dew
aiiu iercn me var to anine more true.
For thee I'd gladly die.
You are my dream asleep or wake.
For thee my heart would rather break
Than Hve In bliss for other's sake;
Sweetheart, good-bye.
Htorouet lllntura Pack.
ES,
Wen. did yon bear tha latest? We ara
selling Shoas for half their actual valaa Sock
remarkably low prtoM bave never been heard
ot before 4a the oity. Oar lias of 11,00 La
dies' 8 boos are worth 11.10, aod our Una of
Ladiei' ll.W Hboas are worth fi-M. Oar ft 9
Ladies' Bhoee are of tha beat of makes and are
warranted equal to any $4.00 Shoe in the city.
Oar II 50 Men' Shoes are worth 12.00, and our
12.00 Man's Shoes ara good anooch for tns
boat. Oar $2.26 Hand Sawed Shoes are worth
seeing, and you east duplicate fame for loss
than 3.0 elsewhere. .
ONLT BY A
PERSONAL VISIT
la It ponibla for yon to get a fair Idea of
the character and murnitudo of tbiaaale.
Therefore we say visit the aale, Inapect the
gooda, note the prleaa. We want you to
see with your own and know from
your own experience that this aale la the
bast opportunity tht hat aver occurred ia
the tshoe trade. The power of cash was
neror bafore so forcibly Illustrated.
rmfinniwc shoe
uhviuuw o
STORE,
140 Penn Avenus.
THE
TRADERS
Kattonal Bank ot Santos. -
ORGANIZED 1890k
CAPITAL 250,000
SURPLUS, $40,001!
AMTJETj ITTNE3, President
VrTW. WATSON. VIoa-PlllhlSBSji
R'WILLUMB, '
casus.
DIRECTORS.
Ramoel Rises, James M. Bvarhart, tart
tag A. Finch, Pierce B. FlnTey, Joeepbi JB
Jermm. M. 8. Kemerer, Charles P. MaM
thaws, John T. Porter. W. W. Watson,
si, Mic. awm
aid LIBERAL
?febj tank Invites tns patroaags
san anaa and flras gsaaralr.
Atlantic Refining Co
Maaafactnrars sad Dialers ts
OlbS
Unseed Oil. Napthas and Os
' lines of all grades. Axle Oreasaj
Pinion Grease and Colliery Com
pound; also a large line ot Fas
affine Wax Candles.
We also handle the Famous CROWN
ACME OIL, the only family safety
burning oil In the market
Win. Mason, Manager.
Offles: Coal Exchagne, Wyoming Avfe
Works at Fins Brook.
DU FONT'S
imiHG, BLASTING HID SPORTIIG
POWDER
Maanfsctarad at the Wapwallopen MHla Ls
sense oooaty, Pa., and ai Wtt
mlagton, Delaware,
HENRY BE LIN, Jr.
Oeneral agent for the Wyoming Distriet.
118 WYOMING AVt, 8ofanton, Pt
Third national Bank Building.
AOSKCISS :
TH08. TOED. HtUton, Pa
JOHN B hmiTB Sbov, Plymouth,!
L W. MULLIGAN, Wilkaa B.rre, Pa
AOSaOTBS !
TWOS. TOE
K. W. MULLIGAN. WilkesBarre.
agents tor ua urpaana vsanuoai
fmty Big h Kaploalvaa
Stocks, Bonds,
and Grain,
Bought and sold on New YorV
Exchange and Chicago Board
of Trade, elthor for cash or ei
margin.
Q. duB. DIMniCK,
41a Spruce Street.
LDCAL STOCKS I SPECIkLTH
Telephone S002. '
HORSE - SHOEING
REMOVED.
DR. JOHN HAMLIN,
The Acknowledged Expert la
Horseshoeing and Dentistry.
Ik Now Permanently Located
on West Lackawanna Ave..
Near the Bridge.
JOHN L-HANGI, ENGRAVER,
OFFICE AND 8H0P
l 1 Lack. At. ana stowarfsart Mere.
Photo Eftjrtvlif Or Clroultn, bob, Citi
lofan, Kawiptptm
Halt-Twee and Una Wer