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THE JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. C, 1884.
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TP0JLLY. . '
Dear woman 1 Strange it is that ska.
Such opposites involves: :
And very deep a man must bo
Who that eniffma solves.
Just view her as she, smiling', stands;
A paradox is there;
Look at her soft and dimpled hands
Yet how she bangs her hair!
How woman studies to units
Economy with taste :
But spite of that, you'll find I'm right.
She loves a little waist.
In such soft arms there seems tob
Just strength to wield a fan;
But 6till you'll find how thoroughly
She shakes a poor young man.
Her unassuming modesty
The mind with wonder fills;
But then Just see how easily
She puts on lots of frills.
But woman's Tieart is kind and warm
Her faults are trivial, small:
Her beauty lends to all a charm
Her love atones for all.
ITm. J. C. Taylor, in N. T. Mun.
BILL SMILEY'S SCARE.
Bill Smiley was a light-fingered, en-I
lerpnsing young man, wuu uupuicu
his leisure 03- appropriating other peo
ple's property whenever he .cjot the
chance. He was a jobbing carpenter by
trade, but his chief occupation was that
of a railway theif. The method le
adopted was" to travel short distances
on the different suburban lines,- with
the object of picking up stray umbrel
las, hand-bags and other portable r
ticles which were insufficiently guarded;
by their owners. He had an innocent
way of rushing from a railway carriage
just as the tram was moving off, -seizing,
in his hurry and confusion; some
bod else's nat-box.or umbrellafrom
the rack. On the comparatively rare
occasions when his mistake was dis
covered before it was too late to rectify
it, his profuse apologies were generally
accepted with more or less credulity.
But, as a rule, he managed to get clear
away with his spoil, and, so skillfully
and cautiously aid lie conduct his oper
ations, that ho has never yet been con
victed, though he was .painfully con
scious that the police had their eye
upon him.
One evening, feeling inclined for a
little excitement, he took a third-class
ticket at the Charing-Cross station on
the District Bail way, London, and
strolled down on the platform. Keep
ing a sharp lookout as he lounged about
waiting for a train to the West End, his
attention was attracted by the suspi
cious demeanor of a tall Yankee-looking
man. who seemed anxious to-avoid
observation, and made his way to the
far end of the station. He carried
carpet-bag, which he carefully placed on
the ground, while he walked up and
down in front of it. Bill remarked
that, when any one chanced to ap
proach, the man mounted guard over
the carpet-bag in a very resolute man
ner. He tried the experiment himself,
and felt convinced that the contents of
the bag must bo valuable. As the re
sult of deliberate observation, he came
to the conclusion that the mysterious
stranger was not easy in his mind about
having the bag iii his possession, from
which it was not difficult to surmise
that he had not come by it lawfully.
While these reflections were crossing
Bill's mind, a train came into the
station, and, in the midst of the confu
sion which ensued, he saw the stranger
take a step forward and accost a pass
ing guard. A few words were ex
changed between them, during which
Bill yielded to a sudden impulse which
prompted him to seize hold of the
stranger's bag and make off with it.
Before there was a chance of his de
linquency being dicovered. Bill had
leaped into the train, which was already
beginning to nioce. He felt a little bit
dismayed at what he had done, for he
was accustomed to act with much more
circumspection. The chances were that
the stranger would immediately com
municate his loss to the railway offi
cial, who would at once telegraph
down the line. This uncomfortable
prospect caused Bill to break into a
cold perspiration, for familiarity with
the danger of being apprehended fsr
robbcrj' had not bred contempt for the
ordeal. But by degrees he began to
breathe more freely as he recollected
the stranger's evident reticence. If,
as Bill suspected, the man had reasons
for desiring to conceal his identity, he
might prefer to put up with his loss
rather than create a disturbance.
But still Bill did not feel at all com
fortable, and he hastened to stow the
bag under the seat, so that it might not
attract the attention of the guard in
case he was warned to look out for it.
While he was thus occupied the passen
ger who was .sealed opposite to him ob
served facetiously:
"That ain't dynamite, is it, mate?"
"No," replied Bill, with a grin,
though he was secretly vexed at his
movements having been noticed. "It's
the coat I'm agoin' to wear to-night
when I have supper with the Prince of
Wales and the rest of the royal fami
ly." But, strange to say, the facetious re
mark of his fellow-passenger made an
uncomfortable impression upon Bill
Smiley by suggesting to his mind a
very disquieting suspicion. He had
hitherto assumed that the bag con
tained valuables of some kind or other;
but on that point, of course, he had no
actual knowledge. Now he came to
think of it, it was possible that the con
tents of the bag might be very differ
ent from what ne bad bargained for.
This view of the question assumed an
ominous significance when he recollect
ed the demeanor of the strauger and
his outlandish appearance. Bill was
familiar, like every one else, with the
recent Fenian outrages. Supposing the
stranger belouged to the dastardly gang
who went about causing death and des
olation by means of infernal machines!
Bill could not help shifting uneasily
in his seat when he thought of the bag
reposing snugly underneath him. U
was very easy to scoff at the notion' of
its being the instrument of a diabolical
outrage. For some reason or other he
found it impossible to dismiss the sus
picion from his mind. His fellow-passenger's
aimless remark seemed to have
acted upon him like a revelation, and,
in spite of himself, his suspicions began
to grow into a sort, of dreadful forebod
ing. He now recollected that when he
lifted the bag he heard a strange rat
tle inside it, and the sound was repeated
when he was putting it under the seat.
Trifling as this circumstance was, it
helped to increase his uneasiness.
Whether his adventure had flurried' his
nerves, or his state of health rendered
him liable to morbid fears, it is certain
that he soon became firmly convinced
that the prize for which he had risked
his liberty was an infernal machine
which might blow him to atoms at any
moment.
The facetious fellow-passenger, re
marking Bill's perturbation, which
plainly showed itself in his pale face;
good-naturedly asked if he was ill, and
offered to put the window down. This
friendly interference caused -Bill to col
lect his scattered wits 'and to refect
seriously what he had better do. His
impulse'was to seize the bag and hurlit
into the darkness. But he was re
strained from doing this, partly frem
fear of the consequences and partly
from a lingering hope that his booty
might be really valuable after all. It
an explosion resulted from the bag-bev
lag dropped into the tunael, he would
b immediately apprehended as the au
IkWr at tHe outra. & tfe lr
hand, some fiendish .machinery- might
be at work inside the bag at that -very
moment, which rendered his hesita
tion almost suicidal.
This last reflection brought on a sort
of frenzied desperation which impelled
him to take immediate action. He felt
he could not sit still another moment
and risk being blown up, even on the
chance of his booty proving valuable.
He resolved to get out at the next" sta
tion,.and leave the bag to its -fate.
After all, he whispered, to himself.-it
was more than probable thateven if
the contents of the bag turned out to be
innocuous, they would not compensate
him-for ifie risk the. possession jof Jtbye
bag would involve. " . . , '
"Bill did 'riot stop to "reflect that his
last argument was rather, of v the. 'soar
grapes order, nor did it occur to him
that he was, perhaps, imperiling tlie
lives of his fellow-passengers by leaving
the bag behind him. " His only anxiety
waste get away from it, and, conse
quently, on reaching the next station,
which was Victoria, he suddenly jumped
up arid got' out of the. train; but, before
he had time to make good. iLs.escape,
he was hailed from behind by several
voices, including the uard, who camel
and touched him on the shoulder.
Hi! You've left your baggage,"
said the official, curtly.
Bill turned round involuntarily, and
beheld his facetious fellow-passenger
standing in the doorway of the carriage
heihad just left, holding the fatal bag
in one hand and gesticulating violently
with the other. It was a trying mo
ment, for, while Bill shrank from lay-
in.w a linger on
the hair, he uul -not
knpw how to avoid doing so. lofre-
pqdiate all
knowlcugo of it would at
once arouse st-sptrions
which would
.lead to unpleasant disclosures, liias
nuoh as several persons ha I seen it in
"his possession. A wild idea of eeking
safety in Uight 'crosseo ins nnnu lor an
instant, but on looking round, he per
ceived that sovcral of the' passengers in
the train and nearly all the people on
the platform,, including the porters and
guards, were htHrinjr at. him. Tins
publicity was too much for CillSmilcy's
modesty, and he hastened to put an
end to tho scene by claiming his nrop
erty. He Walk'e I tip . to the railway
carriage and received" the bag from his
late fellow-passenger,- who remarked:-
"Young man, if it hadn't been for
me you would have had to dine at
Marlborough House in your second best
suit, which would have been a pity!" ,
Bill thought this was the most ghastly
joke he had ever heard in his life; but
he did not say so. In fact, he was too
agitated to speak at all, 'for directly
the bag was put into his, hands he again
heard.the ominous' rattle inside it. He
thought he should, have dropped it, so
frightened was he by- the sound. But
all the while he Was conscious that a
good manypeople were looking' at him,
which was a new source" of danger,
for, as we" know, he had the strongest
reason for not obtruding himself too
much. upon the public gaze.
He therefore made his way as quick
ly as possible through the crowd and
nn the stairna.se. Once in the street, he
imagined he would have' no "difficulty
in disposing of the bag". Meanwhile,
however, every time he moved the rat
tling sound inside it sent- -a thrill
through his nerves, anil he almo-t gave
himself up for lost. So cruel was his
suspense that an explosion would have
been almost a relief, if it had left him
ia a condition to realize his sensations.
At length he reached -the street, but
under the first lamp-post stood a po
liceman, who eyed him very suspicious
ly as he approached. Perhaps be knew
Bill by sight, or guessed from some
subtle -indication that the bag was not
in
its- nropcr ownership. Bill would
have handed over the bag with his mo3t
fervent blessing, if that would have sat
isfied the '.ofhcial; but. of .course, it
would have been sheer foil' to do so.
The' very nature of the contents of the
bag might get him into serious diffi
culties. There was nothing for it but
to assume an 'air of bravado, and swag
ger past as.though be .had a perfectly,
easy, conscience. This ho. succeeded in
doing to his own satisfactipn, but un
fortunately the constable still seemed
to have his doubts about him. -When
Bill glanced over his shoulder he per
ceived that the officer was strolling
leisurely after him, apparently for the
purpose of keeping him in view. This
vigilance was especially embarrassing,
for it compelled him to avoid any ap-,
pearance of haste, and prevented him
from carrying out his design of depos
iting his burden on the first convenient
doorstep.
Half dead with sheer fright, and in a
fever, of suppressed excitement. Bill
made his way in -the direction of .Vic
toria Street, holding tho bag .with the
utmost tenderness, yet longing to drop
it and take to his heels. On turning
shortly, .however, he perceived, that the
policeman was still steadily following
in his wake. Probably the truth was
that the officer was. only pursuing his
beat, and had forgotten Bill .long ago.
But unfortunately, this soothing reflec
tion did cot occur, to Bill at the moment,
and, in his desperation, he availed him
self of an expedient which suddenlv
E resented itself. The street door of a
ouse happened to open just as he was
passing, and a maid sen-ant came out
on the doorstep and looked up and
down the street. Before she had per
ceived him. Bill had coolly placed the
bag in her hands, and was preparing to
hurrv away.
"Hi!" exclaimed the girl. "What is
this?"
"For your master," answered Bill,
over his shoulder.
"I ain't got no master. -Hi! stop!"
cried the girl, raising her voice as he
vanished.
"I say, mate, somebody's a calling of
vou!" said an officious errand boy, as
Bill plunged across the road.
"Hi! Stop there! You're wanted!"
cried another passer-by, in stentorian
tones.
There seemed to his excited imagin
ation a general disposition on the part
of the by-standers to impede his flight,
and he hastily concluded that it would.
Be wiser to .yield to the hue "and cry..
He would stjck to his story that lie had
been iold to leave the baj at that par
ticular house, aud. he probably would
succeed "in making the girl believe him.
With this object he retraced his steps;
gathering assurance as he walked, but,
as ill-luck would have it, who should
stroll up at the same moment but his
vigilant enemy, the constable.
"Hi! You've made a mistake.. This
doesn't belonjr here." There is no name
on it." said, the girl, as he .approached. -.
"What is the matter?" inmiired the I
What i the matter?" inquired the
constable, in a casual way. .
."Q! nothinjr. I've made a mistake.
r .suppose, as the young lady says so,"
answered Bill, hastily.
He mechanically held out his hand
for tb bag as he spoke, but failed to
grasp tne Aandle, and it fell through
his fingers on to the-ground. Bill
started back in consternation, fearing
his last moment had come, and simul
taneously he felt himself collared by the
consume. t
uHnllo! young fellow. - What does
this inean? exclaimed the officer.
Rill wiuvhui in.i-i.: -. i
agony-of ajsprehension, ventured to there is far mora.apt to arise pe"fsonal
open them again,- and perceived that "mus. ,Giris don't take a beating so
the .shock of the fall bad burst open the quietly as boys. Their moral constitu
bag,the contents of which were scat- tn.' while in some ways stronger than
tered upon the doorstep. To his amaze--that of $f especially at that age, suf
ment, tney consisted of a miscellaneous m S.f disturbmsr cris.
ollection of -silver plate and jewelry. The,wholething takes greater liold of
which Madequite animpesiag display. them-gJdore real.-S. Clouston, M.
The articles "had evidently been bun- -0-. tn&putar Science Monthly.
died uneeremoniouslyiBto' the bag, and. .'.. .:;y - ,'
were, no doubt, the proceeds ofsome Yu will observe this, tne devil
recent robbery. v .never offers to-go into partnership with
-The constable- aatnrsdlv- nnanlaBUd abizzvman. but yu will often see him
that it was bis duty t cort 1111 to the !
mutm posse statu tomafce-tbic-J
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ssary explanations. Daring .the jour
ney; Bill's reflections inclined to bitter
ness as he realized how foolishly he had
abandoned a rich prize. The metallic
rattle which had startled -him had been
due to careless packing, and, altogether,
he perceived that he had fallen a vic
tim to a senseless scare. Needless to
say, his ingenious story of having re
ceived the bag .from a nameless
stranger was not considered satisfac
tory, and as -the .valuables were identi
fied by a pawnbroker in the Strand,
whose premises had been burglariously'
entered during the evening. Bill re-
ceived the full credit pLthe transaction
i and was rewarded accordingly..
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Speculators in Oil.
The petroleum business during twelve,
months past has been almost entirely,
revolutionized, particularly the specu
lative markets. A year ago a most
-disastrous panic in the petroleum mar
kets 'swept away fortunes large and
small. . The. millionaire lost thousands
and ttie -merchant, in a small way,
hundreds of 'dollars. A 'phenomenal
advance in prices, based -on the rapid
decline of the famous Cherry Grove re
gion, had induced rich and poor alike
to" invest in oil for a better future, and
all .alike spread their money on in thin
margins, when an unscrupulous clique
of oil gamblers, with the aid of the
Standard Oil Company, the most nefa
rious of monopolies, conspired to bring
about a panic. The local money market
was wrought upon and made so string
ent that borrowers on oil collateral
were'" uo'mpelled to pay for money to
carry their oil at . the rate of over
seventy tier cent, per annum. While
the holders of certificates were stagger
ing under this onerous carryiug-rato
the clique brought in a well ou the
Cooper tract, in comparatively new
territory. Which had been nursed for
more than a "-month for this purposj.
The well starte'd at upwards of 500 bar-,
rels a day, but to' add to the consterna
tion which folIowcdit opening the first
reports greatly over-estimated the pro
duction. As the market broke the nar
row margins gave out and brokers be
came wild to sell out customers and
.save themselves. A few days latter,
the tales of ruin and desolation began
to come in from every quarter. Banks
suspended payment, oil producers tied
in disgrace from their debts and numer-
a.i9 '-li na ...at, miinml linanoinllv
o us 'others were ruined financially
..The. widespread disaster produced by
that panic showed that oil speculation
had extended wonderfully Jduring the
few weeks preceding, when" the market
was advancing .rapidly and the memor
able panic marKea me. peginning oi a
new era in oil speculation. Before that
time" a few persons put -prices up or
down at will and those who know what
the will of the Standard monopoly was
knew what the course of the market
would be. The first notable instance of
contradiction to that sovereign will was
the blind pool which came into the
market last" May with a capital suffi
cient to control about one-half the oil
stocks, or $15,000,000. For a time the
Standard made an unsuccessful eflbrt
tor stenrthe rising tide, but finally the
bears of "the trade turned against the
syndicate and. compelled it . .to retire
without a profit and it is confidently
asserted by many that it sold out at a
loss on its investment. Since then the
forces wording in th'e market have hein
powerful ones. Heavy New York capi
tal estranged 'from stocks has been
turned -into .oil as a more profitable
channel, and the boom started on the
9th of November by the Standard
proved to be a comparatively small af
fair, owing to- the resistance of this
capital,- which, -when the boom was
-started,- carried a large amount of long
oil, the selling of which broke the
market again aud again as it was forced
upuntil the boom had to be abandoned,
temporarily at least.
To get the best possible view of the
situation at present 1 have questioned
several of the most prominent dealers
and producers.- One broker said: "It
is hot now as. formerly that one man
or a few. parties canT. manipulate the
market. . While-one. clique or faction
are plotting-to break the market and
force it down, another-equally as strong
may be .ettiug up the pins for a bull
movement, in which case the balance
of power may be held by a comparatively-
unimportant party. The capital
engaged in the,buiness is so la"ge that
any movement is necessarily slow com-
?ared with those of a few years ago.
'he time was, "and it was not long ago
either. When the' Standard could pick
up. nearly all -the- certificates by bear
manipulation, and-then easing up send
the market on a booai while it unloaded
again. Now there are many investors
who buy on- a low market, and no
matter what tactics are brought to bear
thev hold on to their oiluntil they can
realize a good profit. This element
keeps a large share of the certificates
out of the Standard's hands. The
Cleveland monopoly is still thegrcatest
factor in the market, but has not that
absolute power which it had." Oil City
Cor. Philadelphia Times.
Dangers ef Competition in Girls' Schools.
One of the practices most energetic
ally relied ou in the higher class of
girls' schools is that of the competition
of one scholar with another. In some
of them this competition is terrific. It
extends to every subject; it becomes so
keen as to put each girl who is in the
foremost rank in a fever-heat of emula
tion before the examinations. In somo
cases it overmasters every other feeling
for the time being. No doubt, from tho
schoolmaster's point of view, it is the
vcrvlhing he wants. In his professional
enthusiasm he aims at the highest
mental result. He is not professionally
interested in the health or the special
nervous constitution of his girls; he
does not regard them as each one a
medico-psychological entity and prob
lem. I don't say this by way of re
E roach. All good men try to attain the
ighest result in their special depart
ments. The educator has no means of
knowing the constitution and hereditary
weakness of his. girls that the mother
of one died ot consumption, that the
father of another was insane, that
neuralgia
ly of a
nervous;
is hereditary in the tami
third, that one has been
another bad convulsions
baby, another has been
when a
threatened
with- - water in the
head.- etc.
His own education and
training' have not- taught him to
notice or know the meaning of narrow
chests, or great thmuess, or stooping
shoulders, or very big heads, or quick,
WW mnr(mp.nt.-. or dilated nuoils. or
jerky movements, or dilated pupils, or
want of appetite, or headaches, or irri
tability, or back-aches, or disinclina
tion to bodily exertion. But all these
things existin abundance in every big
school, and the girls handicapped in
that way are set into competition .with
those' who are strong and free from
risks. It is the most nervous, excitable
and "highly strung girls who throw
themselves into the school competition
most keenly. And they, of course, are
just tne most uame to oe mjureu uy iu
All good observers say the intensity of
feeling displayed in girls' competitions
! ensflater than amonir lads, and that
just the most liable io be injured by it.
. ... . .L. 1 .! ..:!. All
.offer to jine
tketcapital'l
uns-iwtv, Miu.iuiuuu mtm
bMteM.JkMitlif
The Man in the Bottle.
The gilded neck of a contrivance
fashioned in the similitude of a cham
pagne bottle towered above the heads of
tho throng in Sixth avenue. A pair of
legs protnided from the bottom. Half
way up, on the side which faced in the
direction of its progress, was a small
opening, with a grating across it. Step
ping alongside, the reporter rapped near
the grating:
- "Who!s there?" came a challenge in
hollow tones from within; .
.The response, "A friend," suggested
itself, and .was spoken.. .
. i;What;doyou want?", sai.d the.yoice.
"Want .to ask how. you like this
'thing." . ,m
The bottle became, communicative,
and as it toddled along. up the avenue
the voice said: "It all depends on the
weather. A man as understands the
business will accommodate himself to
the seasons. He will tote a banner, or
maybe carry a lettered umbrella or wear
a painted linen duster during the heated
term, take to boards when the season of
raw northeast winds comes on, and go
into a bottle for the winter. Boards is
better than banners in cold weather.
The wind always blows up or down the
street, so a feller is pretty well protected
most of the time. When he comes to a
crossing, if he finds the wind whistling
across pretty sharp, he can walk edge
ways, and protect himself. But in right
down cold weather a bottle is as much
better- than boards as a double-breasted
beaver overcoat is better than a liver
pad. "Then, again, in hot weather, no man
as knows himself will go into a bottle,
without lie happens to be a chap as has
seen a good deal better days, and don't
want to be recognized by his friends.
Take a ward politician in reduced cir
cumstances, f'rinstance he don't want
to.be seen carrying a banner or between
boards; so he is glad enough to go into
the. bottle for tne heated term. Then
there is once in a while a chap as haa
reasons for sort o' keeping ont of view,
you know, and he is ready for the bottle
any time in the year, I ain't telling no
names, but I knew a party what kept
away from the police for a month or
more, till they got off his track, by doing
the bottle act. He used to toddle along
the avenue, right by the side of the de
tectives who was looking for him. He
wasn't any of your poverty-stricken
sort, but lived like a lighting cock
carried a bottle of the best old stufiin
his coat pocket, lunched 'on boned sar
dines when he was loafing along, and
smoked real Havanas. The smoke?
Oh, that was all right. He blew it out
of the lookout, and, if anybody saw it,
they thought it just curled up from the
cigar of somebody else who was pass
ing. "We ain't all so tony as this chap
was," the voice went on; "but we man
age to have a good many comforts. My
cupboard ain't -very replete with luxu
ries, but I can offer you a hunk of ginger
bread, half a sandwich and a clay pipe
of tobacco, Generally speaking, it ain't
safe to light a pipe till dusk, and then
you have to be careful when you light
up, and to hold your hand over the bowl
when you smoke. But the neck of the
bottle holds the smoke in, and you can
snuff it up half a dozen times before it
gets out.
"Heavy?" the voice said, in response
to an inquiry. "Not very. You see,
this thing is made of a sort of oil-cloth
over a skeleton like a hoop skirt. The
whole business don't weigh much more
than an ulster. For a rainy day there
ain't nothing like it. No matter how
hard it pours you're dry as a husk. An
other advantage of being in a bottle
when the weather is suitable is that you
can go against the wind about as good
as with it presents a smooth and
rounding surface, and you don't get
blown all over the sidewalk, as you do
with big flat boards.
"Oh, a bottle is good enough for mo till
next May," said the voice at parting.
"Come around and call again during the
winter. If I don't recognize your
knock, just sing out, and I shall know
your voice." N. . Sun.
In Japanese Hotels.
The front of the house is entirely open
to the street in the daytime. What
serves for the office is in the front room.
The kitchen is also in front. One will
nearly always see a list of prices for
lodging hung in the neighborhood of
DO O O
the kitchen.
As you ride by a hotel on a hot day it
looks very inviting. If the house be a
large one, you will see room after room
stretching backward. In the center of
the house is an open court, in which is
a Japanese garden, such as no one else
can make. Rockeries of old and
curiously shaped rocks, plants and
flowers artistically arranged, and some
times a little pond with goldfish. The
parlor is the back room of the house.
There is really very little difference in
rooms, as none of them have one solitary
piece of furniture. The wood-work
of a parlor is sometimes verv pretty,
and there are pictures, with sometimes
a poem written in large characters on
silk, hanging on the walls. These
rooms are generally scrupulously clean.
The floors of all Japanese houses are
covered with thick straw mats. On
entering a hotel (or any house), your
hoes must come off. A Japanese never
wears anything heavier than a stocking
while in the house. Whereyer there
is any wood-work in the floor, it is kept
highly polished, as are also the ve
randas, which are an indispensable ac
companiment to a hotel, as it is by
them that the various rooms are reached.
The wood is so smooth that it will show
a scratch, or the mark made by a nail
in a shoe, as easily as a polished table
would do so.
On arriving at a hotel you are shown
to a room, and a girl waiter immediately
brings tea and cake. The Japanese
custom is to give a little present of
money at this time; a greater or less
sum, according to the amount of atten
tion you may demand.
The prices of lodging are generally
fixed at stated sums for first, second and
third class lodgers. This price includes
supper, breakfast and lodging. Guests
do not remain in a hotel during the day,
excepting at the summer or health re
sorts. By eight o'clock in the morning
the hotel is empty. Meals are invaria
bly served in the different rooms. This
requires a large number of waiting
girls. Food is served on small low tables,
just raised from the floor. The price of
first-class lodging (with meals) is about
thirty-five cents. That is to Japanese.
Foreigners are charged for room rent
and for all the food served. Last July
I put up at a hotel over night. My
Japanese teacher was with me. He had
one parlor and I had another. Our
food, rooms, bedding were precisely
alike. He was charged fortysfive sen
for lodging and room; I was charged
fifty sen for room only, and.Un addition
for every separate item of food. I re
fused to pay my bill, but finally was
obliged to pay it, or I should have made
myself a great deal of trouble. Most
hotels prefer not to take foreigners at
any price. Of course, where we are
served with chairs, table and a bed, we
are willing to pay extra for them. But
you seldom find these articles except on
the main roads of travel. One must be
tired in order to sleep on the floor,
lying on one thick blanket, with another
similar one for a cover.
There is no possible way to fasten the
room at night. There are no doors like
our doors. The division between rooms,
as1 well as between the room and the
outer veranda, is nothing but paper;
paper-sliding doors, which can be lifted
ont of' their grooves with the greatest of
ease, converting the' house into one
large -room. I have slept (?) for a
number of nights in a room, all four
sides of which could be taken away in
Jive minutes time, and which, of course,
could bo opened by any one. Strange
as it mav seem, there is very seldom
anything'like robbery. Things must be
left about the room" as one cannot put
all his pov.isdons under the pillow.
Boston Transcript.
Social Shams.
"Society is a sl::m."' says lhet sager
and the truth of trie remark is daily be
ing proven. The. devices adopted by
society belles to outshine each other are
many and numerous, the latest thathas
come to light being ihe hiring of costly
jewels for some swell'party or reception.
While most of the ladies who have an
entree to the high spcial circlo in this
city are very wealthy, there are some
who are comparatively poor, but owing
to family connections belong to 'the up
per tendom, and are to be seen at most
of the high-toned parties and receptions,
dressed elegantly and wearing jewels
that cost fabulous prices. A Chronicle
reporter noted this circumstance and
long sought a solution of it without suc
cess, until a few days ago, when the
mystery was solved accidently. The re
porter was talking to the proprietor of
one of tiie largest jewelry establishments
in this city, when ayoung lady, who was
recognized as a society belle without a
dowry, entered and asked if ber dia
monds were ready. "Yes," replied the
proprietor, a he produced a case con
taining a necklace and a pair of ear
rings, composed of large solitaires, and
handed them to the young lady, who,
after examining them for a moment de
parted with the jewels.
"Has your customer married some
rich old man, who supplies her with
such costly jewels?" queried the re
porter. "No," replied tiie jeweler, "she is
still single. Those diamonds belong to
me, and she has only hired them to
wear at Mrs. Blank's reception this
evening. You look astonished," con
tinuedthe jeweler, and in answer to
other questions he said: "The hiring of
costly jewels for an evening is not by
any means a new thing in this city, and
I do quite an extensive business in that
line. You would be surprised if I
named some of my customers who hire
jewelry. The set "that young lady just
took away from here is the most ex
pensive 1 have in the store. I charge
her ten dollars for the use of the dia
monds for this evening, and she will
excite the envy and the jealousy of her
friends. It's singular thatyou newspaper
men have never heard of it before,"
continued the jeweler. "It's as com
mon almost as the hiring of dress suits
by gentlemen Wc change the settings
of tne jewels frequently so as to enable
different people to wear the same set
without exciting suspicion. Occasion
ally I have rented .sets for a season to
ladies who summer at Santa Cruz, Mon
terey, or other resorts. In the case pf
strangers, I, of course, require a deposit
of the full value of the jewels, but the
most of my patrons are well known and
never fail to return the jewelry on time
If they were ever tempted to retain
them the fear of exposure and social
disgrace would deter them.
"Then in addition to hiring out jewels
there is another branch of my business
which is aNo novel, it being nothing
more or les than the renting of silver
services. Antique designs are most in
favor, and many a resident has exhib
ited my services to his guests as highly
treasured heirlooms. This branch oi
business is handsomely paid for. Then
again, we are frequently called on to
supply bric-a-brac for weddings and to
rent line silver services, jewels, etc., to
swell the list of bridal presents and
make a fine display." San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Ilonie-Dav.
Thanksgiving was not made. It
grew out of the devout cravings of our
forefathers for a festal day. They
banished Christmas and the other
festivals of tho mother land. But the
religious and social wants of the people
demanded a day whereon they might by
feasting and rejoicing, thank the Lord
for the blessings of the year.
The meeting-house, the school-house,
the home and the farm made Thanks
giving tho Feast of Ingathering, the
Harvest Home, and most beneficent of
all, the day of the Home Flitting. The
characteristics stamped upon the day at
its origin still retain their sharp lines.
It has migrated from the home of its
birth, and become by reason of its
sweet scasonableness a National festival.
But wherever it has gone, it remains
the Feast of Ingathering.
Thoughtful men ami women, as they
sit at eventide by the wood-lire, in the
"best room" of the old homestead, will
talk over the blessed influence of this rev
erent Ingathering. One will refer to the
educatingeffects of the political sermons,
which, in obedience to a time-honored
custom, have been preached on this day.
Another will mention as a significant
fact, that even money-making takes a J
holiday on Thanksgiving, and charity
walks abroad with a well-filled basket.
Some devout soul will speak of the
stimulating spectacle presented by a
Nation pausing in its industry to re
cognize that its harvests are grown,
and its factories run, by one Supreme
Mind. But the most thoughtful of the
group will, perhaps, speak : of . the
tendencies of the people and the Nation,
and will suggest that the chief blessing
of the day is the emphasis it lays upon
the home and its life.
Jewish homes and festivals made the
Jews so intensely patriotic that they
were blamed for being clannish. Our
homes should be the nurseries of a
purer patriotism, that will acknowledge
the brotherhood of man, and make
knowledge subservient to conscience,
and the conscience trne to God. The
associations of Thanksgiving with such
homes will make it one of the most
beneficent of the Republic's festivals.
True men and noble women will be
strengthened in heart and life by a re
turn to that atmosphere "where joy is
duty and love is law."
Blessed is that country whose homes
make it indeed the Fatherland, wherein
good is crowned and evil repressed.
YoitUi's Companion.
An Honest Umbrella Thief.
To steal an umbrella is, unfortunately,
no uncommon thing; and we have heard
of persons who justified the act on the
ground that every one did it, that they
had themselves been robbed of umbrel
las, and so on. There are men, indeed,
of rare conscientiousness who buy a
guinea umbrella on the first of January,
and, after being deprived of it, take sys
tematically throughout the year the first
umbrella that comes to hand; making,
when New Year's Day again comes
round, another contribution of a guinea
to the general umbrella fund. A domes
tic servant, however, who has been ac
cused at the Dublin Police Court of steal
ing an umbrella, and who by her own
unsought confession charges herself
with having pawned it, seeks to excuse
herself on quite new grounds. She
had gone to see a lady who ought, she
thinks, to have engaged her as a cook,
but who omitted to do so, and at the
same time neglected to pay her travel
ing expenses. To reimburse herself, she
seized an umbrella in the hall, pawned it
for three shillings, the sum she had laid
out in locomotion, and enclosed the
pawn-ticket to the lady who had failed
to secure her services. In asserting her
right to be engaged, the young woman
laid great stress on a written character
for honesty which she had duly pre
sented. St. James1 Gazette.
m
Charley Ross is a reporter in the
British Parliament, and has been there4
for years.
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
Ex-Govornor Boutwell, of Massa
chusetts, participated in oleven Presiden
tial contests, and expects to take the
stump again next year, Boston Jour
nal. Jennie Cramer's mother has been
turned out of her house for lack of
money to pay rent. Her husband died
soon after the acquittal of the Malley
boys. N. Y. News.
Isaac. Gornell, of Elmira, N. Y.,
.aged one hundred and three years, bar
' been awarded' forty thousand dollars,
whichwas" bequeathed-to him forty years
ago. The-case was on -trial in England.
Elpjrn Advertiser.
A gentleman, on being introduced
marked: "What!-are you a brother oi
Oliver -Wendell Holmes?" "No." re
plied Mr. Holmes, who inherits the
family skill at repartee, "he is a brother
of mine."
A lady "in Cynthiana. Ky., has a
Eicture of Abraham Lincoln woven in
lack and white silk, which was -made
.in Lyons, France, at a cost of eight
hundred dollars. The making is said
to have required the work of one man
and three women for four months.
Mrs. Salter, a lady probably seventy-five
or eighty years of age, and who
lives about two miles from town, walks
to church here every Sunday and fre
quently at nights. She says that she
never took a dose of medicine but once
in her life, and that was a dose of epsom
salts fifty years ago. ffawkinsville
da.) Sun.
Among the notable weddings which
took place in New York recently were
those of Miss Jessie Talraage, daughter
of Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, to Mr.
Warren G. Smith; Assistant United
States District Attorney Charles F.
-James, son of ex-Postmaster General
James, to Miss Susan Anna CustL
Parramore, of Virginia, and great-granddaughter
of Martha Washington.
Postmaster-General Gresham's of
fice is on the third floor of the Pot-office
Building. His desk is so placed that
the big pior-glav, between two windows,
is directly behind his chair. He sits in
a common cane-seated chair, and gives
a visitor a seat at his side in a leather
covered, Turkish-cushioned chair, and
all other furniture iu the room is walnut,
leather-covered. The floor is covered
with plain matting. Washington Star,
A friend of Mrs. Howgate says that
from a once proud position in Washing
ton society she and her attractive daugh
ter have been reduced to the necessity
of seeking employment wherever it may
be found in order to gain a livelihood.
Miss Howgate earns a small salary
copying for some legal firms. When
Howgate fled from the officer he took
with him some twenty-two thousand
dollars in bonds, which" his daughter
owned in her own right, and turned
over to her erring father at home to aid
him in making good his escape from the
clutches of the law. N. Y. Times.
"A LITTLE NONSENSE."
A cutaway jacket is the proper cos
tume for an elopement. Boston Bul
letin. "Yes, my wife is a good poker
player," says a Long Island farmer;
and then he adds, "She is also just as
handy with the tongs." N. Y. Com
mercial Advertiser.
"Yes," said the high-school girl,
"I removed the letter surreptitiously."
"No, you didn't replied her brother
Jim; "you sneaked up to the parlor
table and jabbed it in your gripsack."
Oil City Derrick.
Whipple, the essayist, defines poetry
as "the protest of genius against the
reality of life."' When a poet gets kicked
out of the editor's sanctum it is the pro
test of the reality of life against genius.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Oh Boston, city of my soul! Regi
nald (to his .sister, as they walk up Bea
con street): "Oh, dear, there comes
that man I was introduced to at the
club. He's descended from the earl of
Coventry on his father's side, but I can't
find out who his mother's great-grandfather
was, so I guess we had better
cross over and not see him." Chicago
Times.
"Whv is Abbey like the great
Raphael?' asked a musical gentleman
of an artist up near Union Square, tho
other evening. "I oan't see anv like
ness," was the reply. "Well, I'll tell
you." said the musician; "he is a great
-fellow to bring out prima donnas, isn't
he?" "Yes. "And so was Raphael a
great hand at bringing out prime
Madonnas!" The artist fled, raving mad.
A". Y. Advertiser.
The other day old Dave received a
telegram from a man down in the coun.
try, who wanted him to come down and
clean out his well. After some one had
read the dispatch to the old man, he
said: "De Lawd hab mussy on sich a
man as I is. Gettin' more 'portant
ebery day. Got a letter yestiday, an'
nowl'se dun got a 'spatch. Uh huh!
When "da kain't reach me wid a Post
office da stretches airter me wid de
tillygraph wires." Arkansaw Traveler.
"Pa. dear," said Miss Fitzjoy as she
looked lovingly and entreatingly to the
elder Fitzjoy, "I am going to buy some
sheet brass and a set of tools." "Oh,
going to do something useful at last?"
"Oh, no, you dear old soul. I'm going
in for repousse work, the very latest
aesthetic idea in household art " "Then
vou are going to hammer and pound
and make a small tin shop of the house,
are you? And what shall we have to
show for it?" "Beautiful alto relievo
work, you know." "Well, just as you
say. i ou nave painted pond lilies on
every door panel in the house, stood a
stork on one leg on all the curtains,
and weighted down the mantels with
macreme lace, and you might as well
put a little ornamentation on the brass
kettles. You've never troubled them
much otherwise." Hartford Post.
The Ferum.
Ever- school-boy knows something of
the Roman Forum, almost as much as
though he had actually seeu it, as it has
been pictured thousands of times anil
described thousands more. It is an open
space six hundred and seventy-live feet
long and two hundred feet wide, com
pletely surrounded with buildings de
votednow, as in olden times, to all sorts'
of uses. It was originally a market,
but later on it became a place of meet
ing, the center of the politics and relig
ion of Rome.
The Forum has not beeu visible till
within a very short time. The washiugs
of the high country around it, the de
posits of the floods of the Tibet going on
for ages corered it to the depth of thirty
feet, only the tops of the columns and
arches with which it was studded being
left visible above the accumulation. Ex
cavations were commenced some years
ago, and continued with more or less
vigor till the old Forum is almost entire
ly unearthed, and though all in ruin,
some idea may be gathered as to what
it was.
There is no place in the world around
which so much interest clusters as this
open space in the heart of Rome. Back
in Pagan days, inthe earliest dawn of
history, it was the spot on which the
mightiest enterprises were conceived
ana announced. Caesar trod its pave
ments, to the Forum was his body borne
after his tragic death, from the Rostra
Mark Anthony made the wondrous
speech that moved the Roman people te
frenzy.
And it has its romantic recollections.
It was in the Forum that Tirginius slew
his daughter Virginia to save her from
the licentious Emperor, and in fact'It is
paved with tragedy, comedy and his
tory. D. B. Lock, in TUdBla0$.
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