Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 26, 1886, Page 12, Image 13
12 'CHE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 2C , 1880.-TWELYE PAGES. A LETTER FROJI SCOTLAND , A Scotch Country Scat Glasgow and the Olyder- English and American Sailors. LOW WAGES IN GREAT BRITAIN. Scotch People , Their Dress , Utc. The Hunting SOHHOM In the ! , Sept. , 1SSO. [ Special Cor respondence of the Cleveland Loador.l Tin- Scotch nro the most hospitable people 1 have ever met. I have now spent a. week in Hciitlund. and huvo received nothing lull .smiles antl kindness every where. People walk out of their way to hho\v strangers the places they inquire for , ami all scorn ready to give informa tion. There is little of the gruil'noss and boorishm-ss of the English nbout the Scotch. 'J'lioy are a people who seem to have as much brotherly love for their friends as the Germans. I met friends near Glasgow mid spent some days with tliem in their residence on oiuof tlieso oUl Scottish estates. The house was a. line , rambling stone structure , with largo rooms , wide hall- * , and great windows looking out upon aeres ot velvety lawn filleil with old oaks , the branches of which hang low and spread out widely. The fmnituro was of old oak , beautifully carved , and turned by time to a rich , dark line , and everything about the place seemed saturated with an air of homo comfort. The estate numbered hundreds of acres of wood and park. It had romantic walks through the forest along little streams lilled with IHi , ami past hero nml there a waterfall. It had a line winding drive from the porter's lodge to the hon.se , and its garden and green houses were n wonder to American eyes. The garden , comprising about one aero of ground , was surrounded by a high stone wall , ami in It were all Kinds of vegetables and llowers. Pens , such as 1 have never seen at home , had been planted at dilleront periods so as to fur nish green , new , fresh peas for months , and the same was the case with the vari ous other vegetables. The strawberry vines were loaded with rich , luscious berries much larger than the best ot our American product , and gooseberries the si/.o of plums hung from the bushes. On the walls were currants trained to climb like a vine , and over all the fruit nets were stretched to keep away tlio birds. Mv friend was u largo manufacturer of Paisley , and rents this place for his sum mer residence , lie can rent the furn ished mansion and the whole estate , ser vants and all , and it is only twelve miles by rail to his business. Such an estate outside of Now York or Washington would bring at least ! ? 2,000 a month , ami I doubt not this owner could name his own price. The landlords of Scotland have been havin-r hard times of late years , and these old estates have greatly depreciated in value. Many of them are now being sold , ami commercial men and manufacturers are buying them. The Clyde forms Glasgow's entrance to the sea , and Glasgow has made it one of the line harbor views of the world. Originally it was a sluggish and unnavi- gable stream , biitbytheitredgingof forty years it now admits the largest ocean vessels , and at the wharves of Glasgow you will find ships from all parts of the world. The harbor of Glasgow is two and one-half miles long , ami below it Ship-building yards line the Clyde for many miles on its way to the sea. Glas gow is the ship-building center for the world , and she builds ships for every na tion of note. Great Britain has 55 per icoiit'of ' the carrying trade of the world , nml her steam vessels have increased in tonnage over 200 percent within the past ten years. She pays her seamen less than half the wages of the sailors of the , United States , and gets more out of them. The average wages of English sailors are $11)5 ) per annum ; those of American sailors § 175 per annum. So that the American sailor sets § 200 more a year than his Hrltish brother. I find wages low nil over Ireland and Scotland , nml I have visited many fac tories Mil } talked with bojh managers and laborers. The hours are longer , and work , in many cases , very hard , and the Wages very low. Rents nro high in com parison with the accommodations , and the only thing I find cheaper than with us is clothes. Good food costs the same , nnd meats are fully as high. The labor ing classes live on a cheaper kind of food than our workingmen do , and they have less of it. Whole families often live ii : ono or two rooms , nhd t'.ieso cost all the way from $213 to $ .10 par year. They live in the cities in Hats , and their conven iences are very few. The wages of me chanics and skilled labor run from $1 a day to $2 a day , and it is n very good man , indeed , who gets the latter. A newspaper proprietor in Dublin told mo that ho could get good reporters for from $5 to $7 per week , and they would bo short-hand men , and well educated. The managing editor of the largest paper in Ireland , in Dublin nity , a place as largo us Cincinnati , gets only $2,000 a yoarund His salary is considered a lariro ono. 1 saw men working on the road in Ire- Ihiid breaking stone at twenty-live cents u day , ami many of the women in the fac tories of Kel fast get no more , and work from Oa. in. to 0 p , m. Hero laborers get from fl.fiO to $5 per Week and board themselves. Car penters , printers , coopers and masons earn about $7.00 per week , and shoe - makers the same Tlio plumbers rcccivo only * 7,50 per week in Glasgow , and tailors only ? 7.2fi , Many boys and little girls are employed in the factories , ami the whole Inmily works to keen the wolf from the door. Still , under all of these disadvantages , the Scotch blood makes fortunes , ami there are numerous in stances of poor boys becoming wealthy right here amid such surroundings. These Scotch people are very line lookIng - Ing , and their faces huvo great strength of feature and at the same time much re finement. Tim Scotch girls are excep tionally line looking , and oven among the lower classes you see very many refined - fined faces. In the stores there are lady clerks who would pass muster as well- bred girls anywhere , and many of the bar-maids in the whisky simps are beau ties. The women of Scotland do u great dual of work. A whlto-eappcd , middle- aged , rosy-oheoknd lady usually presides over encli of Urn largest hotels , and nearly all of the railway restaurants uro managed by women. Hoth f-c.ves in Scot land have , as a rule , good healthy physiques. There are more tall men and women than In America. Thoyhavo better complexions , more active walk , and are , as u rule , strongerjuijdjiealthier. Spooking of .Scotch girl ? , I saw great numbers of them In the trip I took down the Clyde to Uotim y , which is the great fiimuiu'r watering place of Scotland. They , us a rule , dress very well , though 1 don't think they show tlie style of our American girls , Tholr head pear is especially queer , unil sometimes In bad taste , The /ashionnblo thing hero scorns to bo to wear man's caps and to choose the ugliest shapes and styles you can lnd. ! A fnyorilo one Is a Hat skull cap \vlth n \v\K \ \ rim behind and In front. It hides the eyes nnd It not at all pretty. Another ttylo is a onp , used a grctvt dual , \Vlicn on tlio right girl it is not bad , nnd the ftuuc mny to said of the Scotch Urban. This lurbnu Is used both by men nnd women , Still another style has. long rib- buna hunjfim ; dawn the bnok. ami U Is of thu isiuo style used by the soldieri of sonic ol tun Highland rcumieuls. 'luoso sol dicrs are bare-'ejj rod follows with short plaid drrsscs , nu they lorm aqurcr sight ns they strut along , working for glory , at twenty-live ei-nt.sn dar. These soldiers of Great Hritain you meet every where , and very pompous fel lows they are. The Highlanders are less so than tlm others , who como from the low lands , some of whom dros in red coats and white pantaloons , and others who have short red waists and little caps stuck on the sides of their heads. This is the great shooting season for Great Itritain , and the highlands are full of gentlemen hunting. I have seen hundreds of men on thnlr way to their estates for this purpose , and the boats and cars are full of men dressed for the moors. There is more individuality of dress in England nnd Scotland than In America. Every man has his suit cut to please him c-lf , and n favorite costume i ? n short sack coat , pantaloons rather full above the knee nnd fastened tight around the leg just above the calf. Then a pair of long thick woolen stockings eonio up to where the knee breeehes end. and the feet are clad in strong shoes. This makes a very stylish costume , if the wearer is tall and has good legs. It Is worn every where , ami even gentlemen going about with ladies on the street are so clad. Add to this a helmet cap era a Derby , and you have a pretty fair idea of one class ol Scotcli or Knglish dress. Alnny of the swells about the watering places wear clothes of colors as bright as those of Dolly Vardcn's , and I have seen some young men clad in wide red and blue stripes of soft llannel , others In suits as wliito as snow , and others In jack ets of plush nnd velvet. There scorns tube bo a much larger gentleman of leisure class hero than with us , and in tlio Tros- sachs and about Loch Lomond , where I went to sail through the region made faiiiou by Sir \Valtor ScoLt , 1 rode for miles ami miles without hearing the word business once. This ride goes across the moors and through part of the hunting regions of Scotland. We took it by a great four- horse stage , and had a good chance to see the country. Scotch hunting is a gentleman's occupation. The poor dare not shoot the game which runs all about them , and the rabbits are as tame as kittens. Great estates are kept here for nothing else but shooting. They are not farmed , and are often of thousands of acres. Sometimes these estates are let by the year or season to gentlemen who wish to shoot , and it lias boon estimated that the average cost of hunting deer in this way was-foOO per stagkifled. It is the great grouse season , ami the region of Trossaelis are full of thorn. They are found iiiiou the moors and hunted with dogs. These Scottisli moors I had al ways supposed to be something like the American swamp or imisrh , 1 was sur prised to find that they are mountainous lands covered with grass , and the low bushes known as bother. These bushes look like little sprigs of pine sot into the ground , and they have little blue bios- sums on them. Highlands peculiarly beautiful , and I can compare it to noth ing but jrrcat hills crowned with beautiful dark green plants , with hero and there a notch of rich , dark olive brown. There is a velvety tint to the grass here , which we don't get in America , and the great moisture of the air keeps the grass green hero the year round. In Ireland and England there is some pasturage all winter , and there are no places built for the shelter of stock and sheep. The Scotish highlands are largely used tor shoo ) ) raising. The variety is a good , fat , black-faced one , and the pasturage excellent. Ilav is left out in the open nil winter , both fiero and in Ire land. It is put into small stacks and tied around with ropes. In England many gf the hay and straw stacks are thatched , and they are , as a rule , ridgo- shaucd instead of round. The Scottish Highlander , with his bare legs , is n continuous subject of interest tome mo , and I look at every ono I sec , taking especial note of his knees. At some places you may sco ono fantastically dressed dancing , and this is one of the sights of the country fairs. Tlio Highland soldiers arc everywhere , and I note that an anti- court paper called Society says that Prin cess lionlrice , Queen Victoria's favorite daughter , never blushed while her pretty eyes traveled over a whole regiment of bare legs durlntr her visit at L'arkhiirst tie | other day. I quote : "Tlio Princess Beatrice srraciously offi ciated as judge of the dancing , and also examined the men in the compotion for the best dressed Highlander. In this lat ter task the princess took a good deal of pleasurable interest , scrutinizing every portion of clothed anatomy , and accu rately measuring with her eye the inches of bare legs displayed. Nor did her Koyal Highness blush the while , but tlio laddies did , furiously , and wore evidently relieved when iho eagle gaze of the young married lady was removed from their gallant persons. " FUANK Gr.oitoi : CAIU'UXTKU AN AWAKENING. "Will yon como down to our place next Monday , Charlie , lor u couple of days' shooting ? " "Monday ? Yes. Delighted , old chap. " Then the friends proceeded to settle de tails. They would mot at the station and go by the 5:00 : train , which would land thorn in comfortable time for dinner. Now , if Charlie West had a weakness it was that he was prone to bo a liltlo oblivions about lime , and was in the habit of running his engagements rather line. The Monday afternoon , to beguile the time between luncheon and the train , ho called on n'protty woman of his acquaint ance , and she was so amusing tiiat ho stopped until tlio last moment and then jumped into a hansom , tolling his John to drive like the devil. Unfortunately his own watcli had stopped ( ho forgot to wind It iii ) the previous night ) , and how could ho know that his hosiers' clock was n quarter of an hour slow ? When ho arrived on the plnlform ho was met by his servant , who , with u countonaiico Inexpressive of emotion , ploasureablo or otherwise , informed him that the train had departed , bearing Capt , Leslie with it. The Captain hail left word that ho hoped Air. West would como by the next train , which was not until 8&0 , nnd reached D at 10:15. : Ho would drive the dogcart over to moot him it was six miles from the station. Charlie swore exhaustively. Ho was not ill-tempered , but surely , if a man might bo justified ( which I by no menus admit ) in indulging in bau language , here was a case in point. To flail yourself - self in the east end of London , with two hours and llfly minutes on hand ; to huvo foregone a pleasant dinner and evening ; to have put your host to great iticonven- k'uoo , and probably to have given a bud impression to his family before your ar rival-all thcso things are extremely vex- iuir. iuir.lint lint , having n tolerably hnppy disposi tion. Charlie , nftor his first outburst of wrath nnd disgust , took it very well. Ho got Into another hansom , returned to his club at the West End , road the papers , dlnod lightly , and took excellent care to bo in time for ( ho 8:80. : It"wns n slow train ; U stopped at nearly every station , nnd arrived at last thirty- live minutes Into. Ills friend , who had had timn to recover Ida first fooling of re sentment at Charlio'u confounded I neon- sidoratenoss , mot him very cordially. The dogcart was capacious , nnd they manngud to cram in the servant and lug gage , and went oQ'nt a spanking paoo to the court , The moon suono brightly ; the roads ware excellent. "Jovoi' uttered. Charlie , drawing a long breath , "Ho\y \ goo.d overjUojng smells , nnd what a blessing It is to get out , of Londonl" They drove through a long nvcnno of trees , and came to a big , old-fashioned rod house with a great more shining like a mirror in front of it. "I expect. " snid George Leslie , "that wo shall find everybody gone to bed ; all my people are tremendously early. " And so it proved. The friends refreshed themselves in the dining-room tcto-a- tote , then returned to the smoking-room , nnd tlio hour of 1 had given tongue from the stabln clock before they thought of turning in. Leslie showed Charlie his room , spacious ami tapestry hung , and Iho young gentleman , having drawn back the curtains widen the housemaid , after the manner of her kind , hail her metically closed , nnd thrown one win dow wide open , retired to bed , to sleep the sleep of the just. He awoke en sursaut by hearing his name , "Charlio ! Charlie ! do wake up ! " It was a pretty ieminino voice ; ami Charlie was not in the habit of being called in ( Ids fashion. Ho started and looked up. What ho saw was a slim young liuly , with a very pretty liguro , in a blue cotton gown , and Iho back of a charming head with golden plaits. The fair ono was looking out of the window and apostrophizing him at the same time. "It is such a irlonous morning ; aren't you ashamed of yourself , yon great idle creature , to bo lying there missing all this lovely sunshine ? Do get up and como out with mo bcforo breakfast. " Charlie Is not shy , but rfVory decided feeling of embarrassment creeps over him. Of course , it is a mistake. He has known some rapid young ladies in his time but never one who would have come into his room to call him before she had been introduced to him. Hut how on earth was ho to intimate to her that she was in error about his identity ? She had called him Clinriio. tool Leslie's name was George , and ho had no brothers. In any case it was rather a strong order for a girl to come into any man's room who was not her brother. Charlie buried his henil under the clothes , and awaited the denouement. It was not long in comimr. "Charlie , " said the fair one again , and this time her voice indicated that her face was turned in his direction , "if yon don't wake up this instant I will throw a wet sponge at you ! You are a la/.y pig ! " Then ho heard her proceed to the washing-stand and dip a sponge in water , and partly wring it. Next moment , with unusually good aim for a girl , it bounced on his head , which was protected by the bedclothes. Charlie smothered a laugh ; it was be coming too ridiculous. "Very well , then.said the voice , tip- preachingshall ; come and drag the clothes oil1you. . " Now ho must net with promptitude. Ho raised himself n little , and put the clothes just far enough back for his as sailant to see his laughing blue eyes. The damsel stopped midway in her career ; an expression of stony horror Hashed into her face ; her cheeks dyed with crim son , and , uttcrniir an agonixilig httl'3 groan , she turned and Hod. Charlie laughed all the time ho was gelti.ig up. He could not help wonder ing how she would moot him at break fast. Hy Jove , what a pretty creature she was ! Would slip tell any ono or would she ignore the incident ? Ho would take his cue from her. The family were all assembled in the breakfast-room when ho came down , and he was pro- sintcd to his host and hostess ; to three nice , fresh-looking girls , Leslie's sisters , and a fair young fellow about his own bight and coloring as "my 09115111 Kane. " Hut whom was the fourth , his charming visitant ? There was no other place laid at the table , and breakfast came and wont mid she did not appear. Ho hoard the other girls address the cousin as Charlie , ami comprehended that this was tlio young gentleman for whom he had been mistaken. Still ho did not quite ap prove of n girl , such : i pretty girl , too , making so free with a cousin. "A brother ; is all very well , " etc. It was evident Unit no ono know a syllabic about the event of the morning. Every time the door opened Charlie looked toward it ; his eyes wandered , over the lawn into the pardon. He was almost distrait. "llavo you any moro sisters ? " ho asked of Leslie , as they walked together to the shooting , a little apart from the father and cousin. "No , only those three , " replied Leslie ; "and quite enough , too. " _ Charlie was completely mystified. Ho did not shoot as straight as usual ; his thoughts were distracted by the pretty golden-haired creature who had roused him from his slumbers. Ho could not have dreamed it no , there was the wet sponge on the bed when ho got up. The shooting was over ; he and Leslie wore strolling homeward along the road , when a smart little village cart with si trotting pony , and freighted with two ladies , ciime toward them. "This is our parson's wife , " said Leslie. "Such a good sort I must introduce yon to her. " And us ho made a sign to tlio charioteer , she pulled up. and Charlie aw her companion was his fair friend of the morning. "How are you , Mrs. Grey ? " cried Leslie - lie , cheerily. "Lot mo introduce my friend West to you. Mr. Grey , Air. West , Lil , Mr. West. " Lil made the slightest motion of her head , -without meeting Charlio's eyes. Leslie indulged in some gay badinage with Mrs. Grey and Charlie , though ho felt slightly embarrassed , tried to make conversation with Miss Lil. She answered - sworod "yes" or "no" as occasion re quired , nml never once raised her eyes to his face. "Do come iip'and dine tonight , Mrs. Groy , " entreated Lcsllo ; "my mother would bo so awfully pleased. I'll go homo and got a note from her if yon think it necessary. " Mrs. Groy appeared to waver ; then Charlie distinctly saw Miss Lil pinch her Iriond in a moaning manner. " Many thanks ; I nm so sorry , but I cannot pos sibly manage it tonight , " Mrs. Groy an swered. " Wo have &o much to do'still for the baiiaar. " "Lil , you young puss ! " cried -Leslie , ' what do you mean by deserting us in this way ? It is very poor compliment to West , horo. " " Wo are so busy settling about the bazaar , " replied the young lady. " Well , 1 suppose 3-011 are coming homo some time tonight. Shall I walk down and fetch you ? " i ' "Do ! " said Mrs. Grey , but again West saw the surreptitious pinch , and Aliss Lil replied hastily : "No , please don't. Mr. Groy will see me homo. 1 do not know when I shall bo ready. " The pony was getting Impatient , "Wo must bo oft' , " said Mrs. Grey. " is in . " And Tommy n hurry. away they Hew. " What do yon think of our parson's wifo1 asked Lesho , " Not much the cut of a parson's wile , " replied Charlio. "Hy Jovol what nligure , and what a lit her jacket was ! " " She's the right sort , " said Leslie. "It would bo a deuced good job if there were moro like her. Bring a lot more sinners to rcpenttinco ! " and no laughed merrily. "Who is the young lady with her ? " asked Charlio. trying to speak indill'er- otitly. " 0 , that Is Lilian Fane , my cousin. Cliariio's e'.ster. " A weight seemed taken from Ids friend's breast. " Ol" ho said , with a gasp of relief. "Tiresome , capricious monkcyl" exclaimed - claimed Leslie. " She must tnko it Into liar bead all of a suddon. tins morning to fly ofl bflforo breakfast down to Mrs. Groy. It is all rubbish about the bazaar ; it is not to bo for uuother month. Just because I wanted you to meet her. bho is capital company nml slugs divinely. Jnat like a woman. Last uigUt asked , a dozen questions nnd was quite interested about you , and this morning Hies off without stopping to set eyes on you. " A smile curlca Charlie's lip. "Sho is lovely , " ho said. "It is vorv unkind of her.1' "Nasty little vl.xcnl" retorted Leslie. In his heart Charlie was secretly pro voked. Leslie's sisters were nice , cheery , frosh-looking girls , but they could not hold a candle to Lilian. Ho was dying to sco her again. Ho had never felt such an interest in n girl before. She did not make her appearance that evening , and the following morning nt breakfast she was still absent. IIo was piqued. It wad simply ridiculous for her to go on shun ning him on account of a stupid little contretemps that'iuight ' have happened to any one. " I m nfrald , " ho remarked with a touch of pique , as they were standing in thohall'waitimr lo start on their shooting expedition ; " I m afraid that it is 1 who nm driving Miss I'ano out of the houso. " " Humbug ! " returned dipt. Leslie. "Why should you1' ! Then , as a sudden thought struck him , ho turned on his heel and went into the morning room. "Mother , " ho said , "ask Mrs. Groy to dine tonight and make Lilian como back , whether or no. ' As Mr. West was a gentleman of inde pendent fortune , and she had three daughters , Mrs. Lcsllo was not altogether displeased at the pretty cousin having ab sented herself. " Of course I will ask them , my dear , " she replied ; " but they are so busy with their bazaar that I am not at all sure I shall persuade them to como. " " If don't " Leslie you , observed point edly , "West will fancy you are keeping Lil out of the way on { purpose. 1 am pretty sure ho tliuiksso now. " ' 'Georgol" exclaimed his mother Indig- natly , " how can you say anything so absurd ? " " Well ; take my advlco , and have her back tonight ! " nnd Cant , Leslie departed without giving his mother any time to make any rejoinder. He had , however , said qmto enough. Mrs. Leslie forthwith put on her bonnet antl went down to tlio rectory. She found Mrs. Grey and Lilian sitting under a tree together making a languid pretense of needlework. Mrs. Leslie greeted both ulloolionately. "We particularly want you to como up and dine with us to night , " she said to the rectoross. "and this naughty truant must not remain away any longer , " smiling sweetly at Lilian. "O , Aunty , wo are so , so busy ! " cried the young lady plying her needle vigor ously. "You must not quite lorgct , my Jove , that you are my guest , " said her aunt with a certain amount of dignity and a tone that implied reproof. Lilian understood it and colored deep- J "I shall bo delighted to dine , " inter posed Mrs. Grey hastily. "And you must blame me for monopolizing so much of Lilian's time. " "I do not blame anyone , " returned Mrs. Leslie suavely. "Hut I hope to sco 3011 both at dinner tonight. " So. us Miss Lilian had do desire to of- lend her aunt , she overcame her repug nance to meeting Mr. West , and to that gentleman's great delight , he had the pleasure of taking her in to dinner that same evening. Two or three neighbors had been invited. Hut although Charlie had nn immense fund of small talk and was reputed excellent company , ho failed altogether in inspiring any interest in his fair neighbor. She appeared , as she was , thoroughly uncomfortable , and only responded to his sallies witli mono syllables. It was a glorious moonlight nightand after dinner some of the young people went out into the gardens. Charlie watched his opportunity and pounced on Lilian , keeping horongagcd in conversa tion until they were separated some little - tlo distance from the others. Then he said suddenly and not without a slight llnttor at his heart : "Why will you not speak to mo ? Surely it is not my fault that such a stupid little accident should have occurred. Why need vou bear malice because I was put in the room your brother had been occu pying ? " In the moonlight he could see the swift crimson racing through her fair skin. " 1 I shall never , never get over it , " she said , putting UP her hands to cover the llamos that were burning her face. What can you have thought of mo. If if any ono were to know it , I should novcr'hold up my head again. " "I hope you tfiink I am a gentleman , " cried Charley indignantly. "I suppose you don't imagine that ono word would over pass my Tips on the subject ? " "Will you swear it ? " said the discom- fitted maiden. And ho swore by all his goods. After that she became friendly. Ho had the pleasure of listening to her divine voice , as her cousin had called it , and when ho loft the court ho was madly in love with her. her.Ho had up to this time entertained n rooted aversion to matrimony even now ho could not qiiito make up his mind to propose to Lilian , but thought ho would wait mid sco how ho folt. lie was de lighted to find that she lived in London , nnd struck up a tremendous friendship with her brother , whom ho bade to din ner and many other entertainments. Every - ry day nftor lie was parted from Lilian ho foft worse and worse ; ho began even to think that it was the best thing in the world for a young follow to settle down , and that the constant presence ot n do mestic angel must make heaven of oartn. So when Lilian returned to London , Charlie , aided and abetted by his name sake , contrived to see a great deal of her. Ho was invited to dine at her mother's house , and ono evening , when he had inveigled her into the Charming conservatory that led out ot tlio drawing room , he , in the midst of pretending to ndnnro a ( lower , turned suddenly to her , nml , in a voice that was a little unsteady exclaimed : "O , Lilian , can't you see how awfully in level nm with you ? " Lilian looked down. She made no re sponse to his words or to the pressure of the hand which soi/.ed hers. "Don't ' little for darling you care a mo , ling ? " ho asked. Lilian turned away her head. "Yon have quite forgiven mo for what happened nt the court , haven't you ? " ho pleaded malndroltly. She dragged her hand from his and turned a pair of ( lashing eyes upom him , "If you dare remind mo " she began. " . I ' 1 ' " ho "No. won't , won't , Interrupted her. "JJiit don't you see , darling , " ami iusl the least twiiiklo of mischiovoiiauess came into his blue eyes "if you feel so dreadfully bad nbout it , it would all bo put quite straight by you marrying mo. Then you may throw any number ot wet sponges at.mo without having any qualms of conscience afterwards. This was too much. Lilian tore her self from linn and rushed into tlio draw ing room. IIo followed her. Mercifully for him no ono else was thero. ' Forgive mo , darling , and say that you do care n little for mo. " ho pleaded taking her hand for the third timo. "i I will think about it , " aho niurmer- cd. cd."Think now , " ho said , kissing her whether eho would or no. And ultimately she decided to inuko him happy. A Massachusetts rascal who hath no musio in his soul has for several weeks bothered the Congrcgationalists of South Hramtreo by each week disabling many pipes of lliolr church organ so that on Sundays It gave forth uncurtain Founds , A watchman discovered the vandal the other night after lie had removed forty or fifty pipes , but in his haste to capture him put out the light ho curried and the fellow escaped in the darkucsj. THE PRINCES OF PERSIA , Some Interesting Stories About the Sons of the Shah. THE AMBITIONS OF A DESPOT. Getting Kill of n lllvnl A. Queer Idea of Jllstory Tlio Itowiml of Duty. Wolf von Sehicrbrand In the San Fran cisco Chronicle : Nothing , to my mind , gives as quickly and accurately an in sight into the manners and habits of a foreiirn nation as anecdotes picked up from their everyday lifo. 1 have in the text ol my former letters to the Chroni cle given you quite a number of these. The present etl'itsion , however , 1 mean to make nothing but a string of these stories. The of Shall Nusr-ed-Doon youth - - was surely sad enough , and ho himself had to sillier so much from the Injustice of Ids father that one would naturally think ho would not bo guilty of the same of fense. Yet so It is that ho behaved ex actly as his sire , Mehmcd Shah , did. The present ruler of I'errfia has live sons living ( the do/-.oii or so of daughters are of no account cither in history or in so cial life there ) . These sons are Massond Miiv.a , the eldest , about ! ! 7 years old , whoso title is ( i'll-es-Sultan shadow of tlie king. The second son is Moux.tiU'er- ed-lei'ii , about 85 , called Valiant ! , ot heir apparent. The third is Kaninin Mir/.a , called olllclnlly Oalb-es-Sultancli , or vica-regent of the kingdom. The re maining two arc babies between the ago of 7 anil ! , anil are ot no account as yet. TUB KMIKST SON. The oldest son is tlio . .best ami resem bles his father tl'e ' most in features and characteristics. He has the bow legs of the Kadiars nml his father's dark and watchful eyes , thosamo curious hesitation in speaking , tlio same striuenl voice anil peculiar inllection. lie oven speaks his Persian with the same strange accent as his father. Hut this son was born of n slave or rather a seeghay , u temporary wife , anil is therefore not entitled to bo heir. He is very low of stature , but very strong and of a cat-like springiness The liar , Mtm/.ntlcr-cd-Dccn , is in all respects the inferior of his senior brother. His intellect is weak and incessant de bauches of the vilest and most unspeaka ble kind have played havoc with n consti tution once vigorous. Ho keeps three sorts of harems and is rejkonod to bo of depraved morals even with a people of such low morals and uimatur.il tastes tig the Persians. Ho is completely under the dominion of the priesthood , who play with him as with a puppet. Ho is a great drinker and hasheesh smoker , and his vices are condoned and made light of by the mullahs in consideration of his doing exactly in other respects as they wisli him to. THE HANDSOMEST 1SOY. The third son , the Naib , is the hand somest and most good natured of tlio three , and has of late years become his father's favorite. IIo , too , is very de voted to the manifold duties of his ex tensive harem , and it is said that he has good taste in the matter of female be-iuty and has certainly moro attractive women in his anderoun than his father , ( a thing not very dillicult , as the current opinion of all those who have seen the Shah's women is to the ell'eet that there is not a single pretty one among them. ) The Naib don't amount to much intellectu ally , though , and has no great qualities , either for good or evil. He lias his fath er's stinginess , and besides a. love for all kinds of potty meanness. Ho cheats and swindles generally on a small scale. T1IK 1'AVOHITE. Now , then , there used to bo a fourth prince , who played quite a role while ho lasted. This was Kissim Khan , the son of a slave mother , a low , coarse woman , whoso vocation that of dancer is hold to bo the most desperate for women to pursue. She was not handsome , judged by our standard , yet she swayed a power over the prince winch none before nor after her has. She possessed a dogged kind of persistence and made her royal lover do what she wanted. Her son , it must bo confessed , \yas a beautiful boy , gifted and high spirited , and in nccom- plishment.1 ho boat his other brothers. Tliis boy tiio Shah became inordinately fond of , to that extent that he seriously planned making him his heir , supplant ing MoiizaHbr-cil-Deon , whom ho never cared for. Now , whljo the Shah is an Irresponsible despot in all other things , in tlio matter of succession ho is bound by the treaty of Tiireoinanchai , conclu ded with Russia is 1828 , at the close of the war which gave to tlio northern colonies nies ono third ot Persia , including Haku. AN OIISTACI.K OVKKCOMi : . In ono of the provisions of tlio treaty the matter of succession to the Persian throne is regulated so that the Shah no longer has the right to exercise his dis cretion or go by preference , but tying him down so that the first legitimate son ( that is , son by a free born woman of royal blood ) must become the heir. The Shah , however , tried to overcome the ob stacle , working tootli and nail ( or years to obtain the consent of all the 1'Juropcnn diplomates to have Kassini Khau de clared the heir. Ho did finally obtain this consent , and this joyful occasion was celebrated , consummated and ratified by a general dinner given by the Shall to nil the foreign ministers , That was nbout twenty years ago. There never has boon such a dinner since or before in Persia. The cooks , the pastry and the phito were imported from Paris , the game came from all over 1'orsia and the Caucasus , and the fruit trom the far down south. The Shall himself drank to the health of his heir , and the diplomates responded to it standing. The Shah , for the first and only time in his lifo , was drunk. Two weeks later the young prince , for whom all this hullabaloo had been madedied in convulsions under circnniblances which scorned to point to poison. The Shah smca then has given up all scheming. Ho lets thing take their course. AN AM11ITIOUS TVHANT. The oldest son. Massoud Mirza lias bcoirgovornor of the whole south of Persia for twenty years or moro , nml has amassed a fortune by wholesale killing , torturing and extorting estimated at 10,000,000 tomans (121,000,000) ( ) , wields really moro power than his father , anil has n smaller but much moro elliciont army than the ono of his father. Ho has often avowed his intention of lighting his way to the throne when the old man dies. Ho is also popularly credited with having boon instrumental in the death of his rival brother , Kassim Khan. The heir 1 have sullieiomly painted. His is gover nor of Azerbaijan , and resides at labnn , the woalthost and largest town in Persia. Ho will not bo able to fight his brother Massoud successfully , because ho lacks troops and purpose. The Nnlb Is com- of the it is true mandor-in-chiof army , , and holds some of the most lucrative dfiicos , with his residence at Telioriui , but ho is too vacillating , and is ncapiiblo of forming errcat projects , still moro of executing them. When the Shah dies , there may bo a triangular war between these brothers If Itussia and Lnghmd do not stop In and settle the thing by an nexationarbitration or Iho force of arms. THE OUAMHON MKAIf MAN. How moan n follow the Nalb-es-Sul- tanoh is a few stones will show. The soldiers hero biro out to the government , not for a term of .years , but for life. Their pay , nominally , is iiwilo Jariro for a cheap country like Persia. They have , besides , so little to do uud the dliciplino is so lax that they can keep tholr families with them , can trade and become artis ans , shopkeepers , eto. The bulk of. them , though , profess to pursue the honorable and ancient calling of usurer. A soldier with 10 tomans ( $15) ) may lend out this sum in small fractions to poor people , taking from their clients generally IS to V'O per cent a month , and in this way the small capital above mentioned ( .fl sulllccs In Itself , with the few needs o the lower Persian , to keep a soldier' family from starving. Their superiors , the ollicers , know this and prolit by it. rrom the Naib down to Iho lowest lieu tenant they all "eat" ( tho.Torsian techni cally calls this form of stealing "Khor- dan' to eat ) the pay of the common soldier. The colonel , again , "eats'1 i part of the euptain'sand lieutenant's pay. and the general and comniamier-iu-i'liief "eat" a part of the pay of nil of these , uheii the soldier tloos get his pay , often nine-tenths or more has lu-on "ea'ten" by the ravenous superiors before it gels to him. A Rixni.i ; r.xrr.i'noN' . Tlio only exception to this form the soldiers in the Qll-e.s-Sultan's pay. They get their money to a shah for reasons quite plain. This last winter ono of the regiments was transferred from Kerman- shah to Teheran. They staved at the latter city six months , and during that whole time got only six krans (1)0 ( ) cents ) The other T''O kraus were "eaten" up by the Nail ) . The generals under him , and the colonel , major , captains ami lieuten ants , not tilone that , however , but Iho soldiers , were lent a part of this money first stolen from them to lend U out on their part at usiirioti * interest , which they diddividing their interest with their superiors. It is said that the Naib cleared in these * ijx months from that one regi ment alone in "catt'ii" money and usurious interest derived from U the modest sum of (1,000 ( tomans ( $1),000) ) ) and the way ho did things with this ono regi ment he has done and is doing , moro or less , with till. No wonder tiio number of his beauties , of his slaves and eunuchs , of his horses and his palaces , jewels ana gardens , is steadily Increasing. His summer seat of Kamrcnich near Tehe ran , bnjlt after the plan of Sohonbrunii near Vienna , with fountains , statues ami orange grovcs.boats anything of the kind his father owns. A KHMAUICAItU : IIISTOUIAN. The shall , like till other Oriental rulers of old , keeps a historian in his piy : , who has to maiiutacturo history of the past and present. The historian is n great donkey and gigantic ignoramus. Ho knows only Persia and Arabia.and never road anything in his lifo approaching accurate history. He has been lying so much for his living during the past thirty " years that ho now"bolieves himself what he writes and says. I made his acquaint ance , and ho straightway began to toll mo yarns , the like of which 1 never ex pect to hear again yarns against which Kli Perkins' and : i Chicago drummer's nro feeble attempts. In speaking ofj the present shah's resources , for instance , ho told me gravely that his revenues yielded him so iimny pieces of gold that nobody could count them , but they had to be shoveled into tlio strong room for fifteen days and nights by six men , can-fully watched. His armies , ho said , were as innumerable as the grains of sand on the seashore. And such rot as this he writes in downright earnest into his books of history , and the shah swallows it. Well , the shall , like many another man , has some ideal rulers whom ho in his modest way emulates. These are the c/ar , Peter tlie Great , King Frederick the Great and Emperor Nicholas , lie can't hear enough stones about them , and has largo num bers of portraits , busts and med-.illioiis of them in his possession. A MODKKN HAUOL'N AI.-KASCII1D. One fine evening , however , this histo rian of his had told him some remarka ble stories of the Caliph Haroun-al-Uas- chid , and about his nightly visits in dis guise about the streets and avenues of Bagdad. This tickled the Shah's fancy and without communicating his plans to any one , lie wont out the next night , dressed up like a common Persian mule driver. Now the complex a'A making up the Shah's castle , and amle- roun , etc. , at Tehcron , is styled "Tlio " Ark , "and it compasses a q"uadrangle , the entrance to which is guarded by sen tinels. When ho passed these sentinels at midnight they were asleep , and next morning lie had them punished. Again nml again ho made excursions by night , and generally the sentinels were found dozing and inattentive. At last one night ho struck a Tartar. The man would not let him pass. In vain the Shah showed him his costly underclothes nnd a seal ring with his cypher. Tlio man \yas , as I saiil , a Tartar , and deaf to Per sian ( which he did not understand ) , as well as to the Persian mode of persua sion. Ho kept the Shah all night in his little sentry box , and it was not till this faithful sentry was released at 0 o'clock that the monarch was released. Mean while , of course , the absence of the Shah had boon discovered and had occasioned much apprehension in the anderoun among the ladies and eunuchs. They all were delighted when the Shah , in a sorry plight , feeling "all bunged UP" and shame-faced , came back. Till : ItKWAUD OF IUTV. If Iho Shah had boon a sensible man ho would have rewarded that guardsman , the only watchful , energetic soldier ho had met"with so far. Hut instead he had Iho nun bastinadoed ( "Follak khordan" they call it , moaning "to eat the slick ) , a process at which the feet of the delin quent arc lifted up from the ground and strapped to a horizontal bar and then the slick applied to the bare solos. In dependence of mind and prompt action is what the Shah hates under all circum stances , even when these qualities aroused used for his benefit. During ono of the campaigns ngainsl the Turcomans in the northeastern" provinces a sergeant saved the whole camp by his prompt action and presence of mind from being mur dered In their sleep. As a reward the sergeant had afterward his no. < o and ears cm oil' , it being considered that ho vrnt altogether too fresh. Another common soldier in Meshed during the siege of that town by the Turcomans savfd the garrison during a panic uhon all his superiors had lost their heads by putting himself at the head of the troops and de feating the enemy. Tiio soldier was privately assassinated as being too am bitious. Biimlay In Ijoiulon. Sunday is a dull day in this teeming world of London. At this time of the year iho biibinoss portion known it * Iho city -is almost deserted on the Sabbath , but tlio railroad Millions are crowded morning and evening by the excursion * ints rushing out of town for fresh uir , and reluming weary and liucry to pre pare for the morrow's toil , It is esti mated that there are two million of people ple in London who never go lo church. Kully ono hundred thousand Ir-avoon tint cheap trains for the suburban pleasure resorts between 8 and U a. m. l-'ifly thousand more crowd the ( steamboats plying on the Thames between Kcw and Uruvcsund. The angling clubs , numbering several thousand members , march with full par- nphornuliu to the various depots or sta tions us they are called here attracted families with Ilium , ' and the wife , carry in" the lunch basket , is a constant com panion of tlio man carrying the fishing polo and "blacking-box , " which bx-rvcs Iho double purpose of a scat and a lyeep- taclo for tackle and bait. A full million of Londoners spend the day In eating , drinking and gossip with their friends , ; in tholr dingy , ill-lighted homos. [ London Correspondence Baltimore American. " ' If you find "ITiTicTlious'of malariaIn your system , tnKo nt oni'.o Dr. J. 11. M'- Loan's Liver and Kldnoy Pille' " , tlu-y will agiwably and oflectiiulif < > i < . ' the poison from jour sy.ituui. > ' > a' A CAPITAL SUMMER RESORT , * . Whoo Embryo Butterflies ami Political Boroa Fattens on Potomno Breezes , BESIDES IT HELPS THE PURSE. The Quiet Contentment of Summer lille In Wnshliiijtoti The Vntnrlcs ol' Vacation SCIMU-S Atiout the City. WASHINGTON , Sept. 20. [ Correspond- nee of the llr.i : . ] Those who think Washington n dull , stupid place in sum mer , when congress is not in session nnd the president , his family , the cabinet nnd other olllemls of note are out of town are mistaken. Wo can hvo without those thing' ? and thrive. Of course we miss the street-walkers and lobbyists , and the streets are quiet at night , our policemen have a chance to take longer naps , but In spite of these drawbacks to peace ami comfort we manage to exist and bo happy. Indeed , wo who have been In town all summer have haJ a delightful time of it. There Is an independence about staying at homo in summer time which too high a value cannot be placed upon. First place your bank account a heavier , you can wear your thin old clothes , and for that matter go around lu j' shirt-sleeves and Mother Hubbards without - out fear of being arrested. Wo should like to compare our dianos with those kept by people who have boon crowded into small bug holes at Saratoga , Long liraneh , Newport nnd other like abodes of heated misery called "summer re sorts. " Strange how willing people are to pay $ -1 , jimt the trimmings extra , per day for abject misery , just to bo in IN Tin : WOIII.H OK FASHION. Our summer his been dolieioiisly cool , with plenty of rain to lay the dust for moonlluht driving and keep trees ami plants fresh and green us spring timo. To bo sure we have had a few hot davs and n good many caterpillars , but our inactive colored people and dreaming scientists ( lot.s of them in Washington ) wouldn't thrive without these blessings in disguise , hut what's n Washington caterpillar compared to n Saratoga boroV Harmless. The caterpillar cuts up leaves mid green things and causes sen timental young ladies to scream , while tlio Saratoga bore consumes your time , lulls your ear , eals up your patience , liver , very soul , sets men to damning ami the attractive 3oung widow faints on the spot. Tlio time is not for distant when Unshinglon will bo n suMMiit : IISOIIT : : Tin : VUAK Auorxn. As it is people from the far south como here to spend their summers , believing our beautiful city affords more rest , and quiet enjoyment than any other place un der the sun of the same longitude and latitude , ( plenty of latitude for those who require it ) . While wo haven't a sea-girt shore to be surfeited with , nml no salt-sea brec/.o to take tlin crimps out ot our hair , wo have the war-rcnount-d Potomac Hats , ( besides those that will be sent to con gress ) and wo manage to get up breezes that can bo taken with a grain of salt , with much benefit to life and health , and f as for mineral water , well , we have the largest supply of any summer , resort in tlio country. Shaw ; Saratoga's mineral water and the Hot Sulphur springs water can't hold a candle to the Potomac water and mineral water drank and sold lit every saloon in Was/ilntto / # "ir/iy / , some of our good people > . ' . " IIAVi : IT IN TIIKIH OUIfoAIIS by the barrelfnll , and there is Jots of it stored over in the capital for winter use , good all seasons of the year in this cli mate and helps digestion wonderfully when taken before breaktast. Many of our tired-out statesmen have it in their committee rooms there is a contingent fund to buy it with. O , my I what a heap of things that "contingent fund" docs buy , besides traveling funerals and sum mer jaunts. Who wouldn't run a break neck race to como to congress and live in Washington ? THOHi : WHO HAVB LONGEST VACATIONS are hotel clerks , barbers and those who wore low-nocKod 'Ostler .Too costumes last winter. They ueeil long vacations. We miss tlie artistic smile and glittering diamond over llio bar as wo call for n a room on the liist lloor and our mint julep , and the heads of sonic of some of the departments look rather unkempt , and the dudes and newspaper reporters nro out of : i job with the " 'Ostler .Joo" figures out of town , but barring those little sacrifices wo are perfectly willing the above named should tnKo as long a , vacation as they please , and right well can wo spare the manufacturers of news fellows , You renders of "specials from Washington" will miss these womloni of enterprise and untnithfulness moro than wo do for ihcy usually send their news out of town to bo sold to Iho highest bidder and the bidder often liml hinislf sold the highest. There is something awful to contemplate in ono of those wholesale news manu facturers. Ono never knows in what direction their untiring ener-'y nnd fertile - . tile brains will lead thorn. To take up a 4 Now \ orl ; or Omaha paper anil read ( hat yon nro dead , or have resigned from olfieo , which is about the bnmo lliing In Washington , or that you have "gone to Kuropo on a pleasure trip for rest from brain work'1 when you haven't money enough to take a pleasure trip to your land lady for n receipted board bill , and what your brain needs is healthy work , Is most astonishing to hay tlio lonM. Yen : wo are glad to have these manufacturer. ! ) of news take a lung vacuUmi. They never will bo niKsnod In Washington. ron M.MMIII : AMIMMI..STH. ; wo have had light , very light opera , bright , airy nnd onioyablo at Albongh'rt grand opera house , with Jc-mnlu \ \ ins * ton for the Mar of the evening. Sim is light of weight as a musician ; as an actn-ss and uhiirnior heavy , and Jm helped lo drive dull earo invay Irom the troubled liran. ! of ( ho olllco scokcr and ollico holder. Jcnnnlo has made many an old bald head lv up his sninmnr vacation and forgot his miseries In lly timo. Alns : how liltlo it lal.c-s to make homo folks happy. And there are the Marino band conecrls nt the whllo houxo uroumls just at thai time o'da.v whim Iho Min gets the must intent on scorching Jop. : ! ! m. , and boKldus a must incon venient hour for people who are hungry for dinner. We dine heroin Washington * nil the way from 110 : ! (111 ( 7. Tlio ullni- ill fashionables nine at 7 , the doparlmont * ] clorkB from till 5 , ttio soiLsibloi'luJSL-s. .j who tuko life ciii.y , dine from fi till ( I anil tli'Tcabont.biiMnois : ; men and tramp.i dne ! wlion they can have n good uhnncn , Hut people , black and white , and miill : : boys' will run after a brass band , film erne no sun , at the risk of letting a dinner , Those Marino band concerts are well at tended and uiijoyc'l. ' It is a good rUoo tos-e pretty.girls , and TIIKKB AIM ; MOKK. I'ltirm OIIII.H from Iho ages of fourteen to twenty to bo noun in Washington than any oth''i1 city in ( ho world , i challenge competition , Tlio best season of the year to loiivo Washington for ln-alth' iaki i ill otlur coi-.Kidcrr.iions is in Nnyi-mlicr , when all nature is sere and yellow and the lei > v s begin to turn , and i-vcryihing and cv r.\ body Is being whiiewaJiodand shiiic-l up / far congress This getting ready for t-fir , . % f're .s ! > woi > 'o tlr.iu a Mny day \ \ ' \ .rg time in Vi vv V > , k'ty. . KM- body * ot'ii ' 4 to by ou the niovior .om < -.i.u < t ; r uli-rv CON.