THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 7 , 1886 , .TWELVE PAGES.
HOBBIES OF GOTHAM GIRLS ,
Clara Belle's Review of the Freaks of the
Ultra-Fashionable.
POWDER , PAINT AND PRIDE.
Some Awfully Nice Girls In Trousers
Jin 11 Milliners or tlio Metropolis
A Modern Tournament ,
Nr.w Yoitrc , Nov. 4. [ Correspondence
of the Hr.B. ] The beaux and belles of
this city have been mounted on hobby
liursos nil this wcukfor lior.se lias Indeed
been their hobby. Whut with tlio old
combination of rnce homes and an after
noon ball at Juromo park on election
day , the steeplechase horses at the hunt
club meetings , the horse show at the
Madison Square garden , and the usual
amount of equestrianism In Central park
we luivo had n great equine time alto-
gothcr. Horseback exorcise Is ultrafashionable -
fashionable this season , anyhow , and
under the extra stimulus it has become a
manln. The matinee dance nt Jerome
park was a curious all'iilr , and 1 couldn't
muka it seem to mo that daylight -
light festivity of that sort was
nmirablo , Of course , tlm girls
iliiln't wear evening dre.ss , with
bared necks and arms , and their attire
wax such its they would have worn on an
afternoon round on callsbut. . In some
respects they were uon-plussed in mak
ing up their toilets. For Instance their
cars. HotvV 1 will tell you. A new
trick , learned from actresses , is to tint
the ears for evcnine occasions. The fem
inine m'ind has taken the notion that , so
long as men speak admiringly of pink
oars , an auricular deep blush may as
well be jmt on to stay while desired.
Therefore , when adorning themselves for
ball , opera , or other place of personal
display , they rouge ( heir cars inside and
out. As the adjacent portions of their
necks and heads are white , either natur
ally or from powdering , the contrasting
is rather startling. Well , some of the
girls at Jerome park
HAD I'AINTKl ) I'.AItS
on their frivolous heads. Leonard
Jerome , a boss commiltceman , ga/.ed for
u moment at one of them , and then
caught her in his armsheld her tight and
kissed her. She was a distant relative ,
and , he a veteran , but she got nngrv just
the same , and asked him how he durcd.
"Ai > old custom of the husking bees , "
he said ; "when you sec a red ear , you can
kiss thn girl who shows it. "
The riding academics favored by Fifth
avenue damsels are clustered close to
the southern entrances of Central park ,
and three are right alongside of the
corner groggory which John L. Sullivan
runs. It is considered perfectly proper
for a belle to walk in her saddle costume
to the stable whore her horsu is kept , and
the sight of a shapely , graceful creature
thus costumed is familiar in that neigh
borhood . Have you ever thought of the
micccssion of heroines whom IMOU Hoitei-
cault has puton the stage in equestrian
dress ? He realizes how distmgulshcdly
striking they are as dramatic figures ,
and so he repeats them in nearly all his
plays. Somebody told me , last evening ,
as we satin a theater looking at the two
whom ho introduces in his current piece ,
that he complained at a rehearsal of tlio
gait , and mien of a certain actress.
"This is a dress rehearsal , " he said ,
"anil yet von appear without the trous
ers that , quite as much as the skirts , be-
lonu to a ruling habit. "
'J he actress started nervously , and
looked down losee that the heavy cloth
of her outer garment reached the tloor.
' 'Oh , I know that tlio trousers are not
on you , " continued the old actor ; "if they
were , you would have a certain pride of
carriage that you now Hck.
A WOMAN IN THOIJSKIIS
invariably assumes a cammanding atti
tude that she cannot possibly counterfoil
in their absence. "
"Is that surely so ? " the actress asked.
"Never a doubt. " he retorted.
"Mr. Houcieault , " and she pursed up
her mouth qui/y.ically , "havu you over
Been Dr. Mary Walker ? "
lint I began to write that the dainty
belles of the saddle had to pas.s under the
close gaze of tlio pugilists ami loafers in
going to tlio equestrian establishments
ami they do tell of
AN AWKUM.Y NICK ( HIM.
Who , after n ten-mile gallop , in that
one-sided , lop-footed position winch the
/air sex has to assume on horseback , was
BO cramped and rudderless , that she
veered sideways grotesquely when she
walked oil' . She looked exactly as though
one foot was bound to step thirty inches
every time the other did twenty. Tlio
irregularity of the "rait was comical. Hut
a. slugger , seeing her from Sullivan's
doorway , construed her dilllculty as
alcoholic , and , going quickly to her , ho
aid i "Hraco up , Miss take along
breath , pull yourself together , you'll
fuel all right in a minute. " Hut in a
much shorter space of time she convinced
him , by an angry exclamation and a
scornful look , that his sympathy was
misplaced.
A MAI.K 1MIKS3MAKKK.
In the way of men displeasing ly situ
ated , 1 have to-day visited a male dress
maker. It was out of business hoursand
1 found tlmt in unprofessional moments
ho was not a Miss Nanoy , Let us call
him Itlanc. He was in ugly carpet slip
pers , his hair disordered , his faeo un
shaven , yawning , glum , sliding and slip
ping slowly along in order not to wako
the niannikins , those spynxos of fashion.
"Good day ; hope you're well ; what can
,1 , do for you ? "
"Winter approaches , and I conio to
Icain what will be the now fashions , "
"Very well , I am at your service , but
let me extinguish my pipe. "
All ! my line lady , could you but see
that Illtliy burnt brown plpo that had
lately been in the lips of Mr. Blanc , him
1 whoso exquisite'taste you love so much ,
whoso slender , pink lingers touch your
shoulders when he drapes them In soft
tillcsl Ah , my line lady , what disen
chantment !
"You know , " said our friend , "nothing
it > Dually decided at this tune ; wo are
groping about ; , the battle of toilets is
making ready , but the troops are not-yot
in lino. Our aristocrats have not yet re
turned from the country. This is the
vtiitn of tilings to-day Wo sugtrcst now
forms ; our customers drop in ami exam
ine them ami wo make note of their coin-
men Is , Then wo present to the world
these forms that make the greatest hit. It
tluib that fashions are decreed. Our
toilets are elected by a universal suf
frage. Hero , however , are the slutl's that
will housed. "
And Mr. Hlauo led mo through u
Jong hall crossed by an immense counter ;
samples , labeled and numbered , were
arranged thorOon In high piles , Little
ailK will bo worn this winter. Fashion
is returning to woolens , and woolens will
predominate everywhere during the
coming season , Hlaue. showed me cloth
made Irom the wool of the llama , Pales
tine drugget , thick packing cloth. Her-
galine woolens , poplins , Poking with and
without stripes , and a stun" from tlio hair
of the wild boar. The shades already
chosen are plum , sea blue , garnet , tobacs
co brown ; anil sapphire and eabbasre-
XITOII will bo all the rago.
Ulidcr Hlano's nimble fingers dross
after dross sprung from its ease and
folded itself about a munnikin , and ax it
came into its proper pjaco it seemed
little by Jitllo Jo Imconio endued with lift )
ns It took shape. The colors blended , re
flected , twinkle before my eyes , and al
though the mclancholly rain still beat
upon the window panes , felt cMItlishlv
gay. It was liko. setting foot for the first
time in a strange laud where spring was
just blooming. We looked at cloaks ,
furs , always the same from season to sea
son , bonnets higher than those of last
year , and caps made of otter or astra-
chan singly , never utilized together.
At last my man taking warning from
the wide and more wide opening of my
enraptured eyes , closed the wardrobes ,
and having escorted me back , exclaimed
gleefully :
"Listen lo good new * : the bustle will
diminish. I whom you see before you ,
have used my he-it endeavors to this end.
1 hope to make It disappear entirely. "
A MODKII.N TOrilNAMENT.
In days of old , when knights were bold ,
etc. . it was the fashion among gentlemen
to charge on each other on horseback ,
get holes poked through themselves with
lances , bang one another over the head
with big iron clubs and carve eats , noses
and arms oft" with swords. They did all
that for fun , or to settle their claims to
fair ladies' hands. They dressed in boiler-
iron overcoats and tin trousers , and
looked very picturesque. It is not on
record that a job ever was put up at the
Hound Table to gull the public by a
hippodroming tourney , or that Sir
Lancelot and Sir Galahad ever had
a bogus bout in the ring , or went in
cahoots on gate money. In these points
modern tcvivals of chivalry dill'er from
thn original article enterprising showmen
arc trying to get New York interested in
the medieval amusement of mounted
combats and one exhibition of the kind
has been given this week. Society was
largely represented in Cosmopolitan
rink , for the beaux am ! belles saw a
promise of a now diversion , in which
they might themselves take p.irt in the
future.
THi : (1AI.LANT ( KNIttllTS
worn Xuvior Orlowski , purporting to bo
one of Kaiser Wilhclm's Black llussais ,
and Captain Grant , ostensibly of the
British army. Grant wore a tin corselet
thatlookcd.pretty , and Orlowski encased
himself in a vast padded like a ball catch
er's bib. They took long poles with
knobs on the ends , anil , at a
signal trotted their horses to the
center of the ring , where they
frebly looked at each other.
Grant devoted himself to getting out of
Orlowski's way , and the gallant knight
from Prussia jabbed him gentlv in the
back. Every prod was a point. To vary
the monotony , the referee gave points to
the champion of British ehlvalrv when
"
ho didn't touch the Ulack Hussar" Then
the spectators jeered.
The lance combat proving tame , and
nobody getting hurt , the knights dis
carded their poles for cavalry s.uiros , and
the spectator began to cherish hopes of
at least seeing a linger chopped oil'
There was no chance of lopping an ear
or slitting a nose , because the horsemen
wore masks that perfectly protected
their heads. Grant's charger had got into
the habit of turning tail , and adhered
to that. plan. The result was that Orlow-
ski thumped the captain on the back
with his trusty blade every time , and
marred the glittering splendor of his tin
cuirass with unsightly dent * . In the lifth
attack , after clashing the swords together
in the style of stage fonepr.sGrunt turned
as usual and beiit over his steed's neck to
avoid the customary whack , exposing
a new and more vulnerable part to the
enemy. Hut the chivalrous Hussar
scorned to wound a gentleman in his
scat of honor , and waited for him to turn
and get 0110 creditable scar on the front of
his armor.
Then they changed horses , but that
didn't change the fortunes of the fight.
The Hussars bay was disgusted with Ins
new rider , andafter one effectual charge
to the center , he deliberately turned and
marched out of the arena in spite of bit
and spur. It required the efforts of two
hostlers to induce the beast to involve
himself again in thomcdlvial tomfoolery.
Oriowski'a made some moro dents in the
tin armor , and then the horse broke up
the whole show by walking determined ly
to Ids stall , with the champion of England
on his back and absolutely refusing to
lower his equine dignity by having any
thing more to do with such nonsL'nse. An
appeal was made to Horsctrainer
Gleason to take the animal in hand , but
ho said he guessed that horse didn't need
any educating ; it seemed to bo a very in
telligent and sensible animal. The rof-
creo announced that , as Captain Grant's
horse was unmanageable , the Captain
conceded the victory to Orlowski , where
at the spectators hissed derisively. Then
Orlowski , gallant reviver of chivalrv and
noble games of totiruey.boldlycliallenged
any one of the hissers to come forth and
meet him on the gory Held and break a
sword or lance with him. The rennais-
anco of medieval glory expired in one
long derisive hiss and society will not
take up the lance. CLAIJA BF.I.MO.
A Nebraska Farmer In a Chicago
Hotel.
Chicago Herald : The annunciator of a
Randolph street hotel jingled excitedly
about 10 o'clock last Wcdesday night.
The alarm came from a room on the fifth
floor , which was occupied by a Nebraska
farmer. When one of the sleepy bell
boys rapped at the door a few minutes
later he found the rural guest crouching
in one corner of the room with his eyes
fixed on a blue bottle which was sus
pended from a nail near the front win
dow.
"Gimme 'nuther room , " yelled the
granger when he beheld the boy at the
door.
"What's the matter with the room
you've got ? " inquired tlio drowsy lad.
"Gosh durn it ! 'Do you fellers think
I'm going tor sleep in a room with one of
those dyncrmlto bombshells in it ? "
"Where's the bomb ? " asked the boy ,
taking a step backward.
"See it hangin' agin' the window over
there , " ( 'Mattered the farmer , pointing to
the green bottle.
"Why , that's a fire grenade , " chuckled
the boy.
"A what ? " asked the granger , coming
out of the corner.
"A lire grenade , " repeated the boy.
"All you've got to do is to throw it
and "
"Yes , and get blowcd to kingdom
conic , " broke in the guest with a wild
slant. " 1 know whut them durn things
arc. Now , take it out of the room , "
"Can't do that , " replied the boy "it
would bo atrainst the rules of the house. "
"Well , then , gimmo 'nuther room. "
"Can't do that either ; the house is
full. "
"Well I'll ' be durnod If I'll go to bed
with that thing hangin' in the room , and
you can toll the keeper of this 'ore tavern
that 1 said so , "
The boy was hero summoned to a room
on the next floor , and when ho returned ,
twenty minutes later , a horse snore from
the darkened room in which the bomb
hung , told him that the granger was
asleep ,
When the chambermaid entered the
Nebraska man's room lido the next mornIng -
Ing she found the grenodo resting on the
corroded bottom of thu pitcher with about
nine inches of water looking down upon
it. Attached to ( ho handle of the pitcher
was this card ;
; SIHAS CILKOHD ,
'
OAKU.U.I ,
; I.ct tip r be , it ranger ,
; elio's loaded
At tlio Dedication oCtlie Slntiio.
Chicago Rambler : "My "oodncssl
what a crowd ! Can you .see President
Cleveland ? "
"I am trying to distinguish Inro. "
"You may as well give il up. Ho has-
boon trying for .somo time .to distinguish
himself withoiit suvccsi. "
prHTrri T nint titir * II TTIMI
GENERAL BADEAb S LEITfciu
Some Interesting Gossip About Pritcs ami
Players.
THE FAMOUS JERSEY UtY.
American Aristocrats "I tint a I'rln-
ness in my Own Country * "
[ COl'YIIIOIIT , 1931 ]
Nn\v YonK.Novcmbcr 4 [ Correspond
ence of the Heo. ] Who shall say th.it
the world docs not move ? The republic
has wrested from royalty two of Us great
est and latest favorites. Within tlio same
week 1 have seen Laugtry and heard
Oudin in the American theater the
woman whom the prince of Wains de
lighted to honor , and the gentleman
whose pongs only lastsumuier Iho princess
of Wales constantly accompanied in her
own drawing-room. To-day any demo
crat who chooses , for a dollar and a half ,
may share thu delights of prince * , and of
princesses too , which arc apt to be moro
inaccessible.
The first time I saw Mrs. Langtry she
was on the arm of General Grant. Lord
Houghlon. had given the general a din
ner , and afterward , according to English
fashion , there was a reception , "to meet
tho-e.\prcsidcnl. " At least half of the
important and fashionable people who
call themselves " world"
"the were pres
ent. 1 remember the duke of Argyll ,
Lord Granvillc , Henry Hoove , the editor
of the Edinburgh Review , Pierreponihe (
American minister , Thomas Hughes , tlio
dtiko of Sutherland , and lesser "robillty
and gentry , " as the tradesmen say in
their circulars , without number. Lord
Houghton wanted to pay General Grant
every honor , and there was no Lady
Houghton , and Airs. Langtr.y was then
in all the freshness of Uo- beauty and her
fashion , he asked the ox-president to take
her to supper ; and the two went in at thu
head of the company. That was nine
years ago last Juno , and the
"JK. bBV 1.II.V. "
as she was called , had not been the rage
very long. The daughter of a dean on
the little island in the channel , she had
como up to town under rather peculiar
auspices. She was a relative of Lord
Haiiolage , who never was married , but
had a whole bevy of daughters about in
society , and Mrs. Langtry was introduced
at the same time with some of these.
She was to act as a cliapcrono to her ille
gitimate cousins , so that her initiation
was Hardly in her favor. Hut this beauty
was not born to blush unseen , and as
soon as she was discovered she took the
town by storm. It was by no moans only
because the prince admired her that she
became famous. Lcighton wanted to
paint her , and duchesses petted her be
fore she was presented at court.
Hut when once the royal seal was set ,
of course everything else followed. I was
told again and again that nothing like
ncr success had been known In London
since the days of the Gunnings' , tlioso
marvellous sisters , of whom one became
countess of Coventry , and the other in
succession duchess of Hamilton and
duchess of Argyll. It is strange how
oven social history repeats itself. I remember -
member as a boy reading Horace Wai-
polo's account of the English nobility
mounting on chairs and tables to look at
the Gunnings ; and a hundred years after
Walpole I saw them do the sumo thing to
got a glimpse of Mrs. Langtry. She could
easily have been a duchess had she been
unmarried. Lady Dudley , her only rival
in my time , wag the daughter of a Scotch
baronet ; Lady Dudley's sister was the
duchess of Atholc , another was the un
happy Lady Mordnnnt , and a fourth be
came Lady Forbes , of Nowo. They were
all married for their beauty , but not one
of the four was equal to Sirs. Langtry
when her charms wore in their early per
fection.
THK MKN OF FASHION
of the highest rank raved about her , and
oven in America her intimacies with roy
alty were known , llerc they were exag
gerated into relations not creditable , but
when a newspaper said such things in
England , Mr. Langtry prosecuted the
editor , who expiated his oH'enFO by eigh
teen months in jail.
Moro harmless stories did not bring so
condign a punishment. It was said that
the beauty became so spoiled as once to
drop a piece of ice within the collar of the
royal coat , and a temporary coolness was
the not unnatural result.
ANonir.it BIT OK c.ossii'
also shows that fascinated princes never
quite lorget tlio awful distance between
themselves and the beautiful , but com
mon clay they condescend to admire. At
a pardon party the pctUul lily playfully
said to her future sovereign. "How's your
wife1' and the heir to England's throne
put on all his thunderbolts.
"Her royal highness , the princess of
Wales , is well , " ho haughtily replied ;
and for nearly a week the world was
wondering why he did not join the beauty
in the row , or dance with her at any ball.
Hut at lust inchoate majesty became an-
pcased , and the lily lured her nrincely
admirer to her side again. Ho was not
so amiable as George III. , who only
laughed when Maria Gunning told his
majesty she had scon every sight in Lon
don but a coronation !
Hut , 1 repeat , it was not only royalty
that the Langtry charmed. Again and
again , as at Lord Houghton's , the daugh
ter of the country dean was taken in before -
fore duchesses. Even tlio common people -
plo caught thu contagion. Late in the
London season it is high fashion to walk
in the park on Sunday afternoon while
the rabble starcu ; and many a time have
I seen the crowds open to let her pass ,
and follow her with their eyes , gay.iug
across the ring , as if film had been a royal
personage. Happy then the carl or duke ,
or sometimes higher potentate who was
permitted to walk on the opposite side
from her husband. For
Mil. LANUT1IY
was at this time always her escort ; ho
was always welcomed at Marlborough
house with tlio wife to whom ho owed his
invitations. They kept only a quiet lit
tle house ami an unpretending brougham ,
at tlio siirht of which scandal was silent :
foi their poverty was the best proof how
cold or inaccessible the beauty had re
mained. Hut at last they got into
trouble. Their modest income could not
hold out with tlio ducal revenues and
hereditary magnificence of their lofty
friends. What was a couple of thousand
a year by the side of the heirlooms of
those who came in with tlio conqueror !
Langtry was in distress , A friend who
know it went to him one day and offered
him a thousand pounds if hu would get
the endorsement of
THK I'lllNCK OP WAMH
to 4QiiiQ business enterprise. Langtry
considemcl , and as his needs wore great ,
consented to : > k. Ho did not beat ahout
the bush , nor make pretences , but went
frankly to the heir aoparont and sad ! :
"Sir , I am oll'urcd a thousand pounds
if 1 got your fignaturo to this paper. "
His openness won the prince who merely
said :
"Show it to mo , " and at once put down
his name. Laugtry got tlio money , but
it did not last him long. The beauty
must have moro gowns , for beauty un
adorned is out of place in royal houses ;
and finally beauty went on the stage ,
whore now the wears liner clothes by far
than in the days when she wont to court.
Hut she could have got the gowns had she
been so minded , without gohi on the
stago.
Ills better tor you and mo. democrats ,
that she chose the btago. 1 had not seen
her bincoi left Kpiiiiid ! in J8$0 , till the
oil. r night whn I wi.-nl to "Tho L : ly
if Lyons. " I fo'.ii ! ft r awK nol all the
radiant freshness.and . oxquisiti1 doilciry
that once eni'lianU'd urniccs , but quite
enough rxploJn hothistory. . 1 found
the same di 'tiuc on of hearing , the same
grace of dpmi'iiitprvtliosaiiu ! wuin iiigursi
of look and gt'Jturft I once had rcco -
nix.cd , added still to charms of fuop ami
form stu'li us uroi rarely seen except in
ideal stiUunry. Tha 'dress of the empire
and the codfuri ? of the time heightened
.tlio effect and revealed the outlines that
princesses have envied. The features
v/cro a little sharpened by hard work and
some anxiety , and 'ten years will leave
their trace on the monfortunatuof tisal ? :
but tht'ro is now atiharmof c\pri > s < lei :
'
which once tho'pcttcd favorite lacked. 1
always thought
unit m.ANOivo , root ,
In othnr days , but Uhe actress throw ? an
'
ardor into'tlio ej'cs that then ga/.i-d
calmly on dukes and democrats , while
the mouth that smiled so languidly and
frigidly now bestows blandishments on
Claude and on tho'audianco such as sov
ereigns have waited for in vain.
Evidently for others too the charm is
not yet faded. 1 have not seen
TUB LILY OFF TltK STAOK
In America , but two days ago 1 was pass
ing a hotisu on Twenty-third street , and
noticed a score or two of well-dressed
people on the pavement. It was at the
entrance to a station of the Elevated rail
way , and the stopstwcro lined with pas
sengers , willing to.'loso . a train. I asked
what was the attraction , and was told
they worn waiting to see Mrs. Langtry
come out to her carriage. As she passed
thev craned their neck to get a irlimpse ,
and 1 among them. All 1 could distin
guish was that lithe llcuro which Hcati-
'hcaiit admired ; 'nit L heard the women
especially exclaim : "That's her back.
Isn't she Jovely ? "
AMKItlOAN AIIISTOrUATS.
The Jersey Lily who hail royalty and
aristocracy 'at her feet is tlio best possi
ble proof that tlio aristocracy of nature
I'clipsos that of birth and rank oven in
the most pretentious and exclusive
spheres. No duchess while 1 was in
England enjoyed ' : v triumph to bo com
pared with that of Mrs. Langtry , who
may now beseon iuMior glory , trownsand
all , without a presentation at court. And
yet American women , at least the fash
ionable ones , are always hankering after
aristocratic advantages. If they only
knew it , they surpass those whorr. they
envy. American women have a natural
charm , often an innate distinction of
manner , that has made them sought at
every court in Europe. Not long ago I
was talking with a .country woman who
know as much about foreign society as
any other American , or indeed as many
Europeans of the most favored class' ,
and wo amused ourselves by counting
tiie compatriots we had personally
known who had become countesses , am
bassadresses , duchesses , wrince scs , not
to say queens ( for Elise licnslor satvory
"
near" throne ) ; and there were a hun
dred and twenty-four.
Some of those women had been clerks
in the war and treasury department in
Washington , and soveraj were not at all
of the society that calls itself "good , " no
matter how bad its members may bo. I
remember how thu Washington belles
shuddered when a , little Georgetown girl
they did not visit boroVoff a baron in tri
umph before thcmalltiiut ahc demeaned
herself as bravely as.any of her now sis
ters , I have been told.aind has held her
own at moro tliaii , one European court.
For
THE | ItKACfAinSTOCHACY
know nothing of. ' the distinctions that
Americans sot up among themselves. A
lady who had a liuedOn struggle than any
other who can bo naiiicd to win her pres
ent position , who absolutely had to tight
her way into society , -wont to Homo be
fore she had accomplished her aim , and
was received by the highest nobility. One
day a princess , a Torloniu or a Colonna ,
gave a ball , and came -to the American to
know which of hcMcot'mtry people I'o
invite. Tlio Italiatil'IM'tho names , of tlw
Van Henssolacrsrand'SfcliuVlb'rs 'and'Liv-
mgstous on her list. "Ohl" said the
American , " 1 don'tyisit any of those
people ; " which wasvcry true. And none
of tliem wore asked. ,
About the same time an American of
largo fortune and "good" position was
in Homo and at a ball.
A I'KINCKSS WAS ANNOUNCE ! )
and everybody was expected to rise ; but
this old lady told ino that she refused. "I
am a princess in my own country , " she
said. This mav have been carrying it too
far , but it was bettor than the other ex
treme of supposing that everybody who
has a title is better than any body who
has not.
When Burlingamo was a minister
abroad and the question of precedence
came up , ho told me that the ambassadors
declared they represented the persons of
sovereign ! ' ; "Hut I am one of the sovereigns
eigns themselves , " replied Burlingamo.
A very few years ago an English noble
man of no particular distinction or for
tune at home paid a visit to this country ,
and brought letters to the Astors. lie
had no idea of the position of those
whoso company he sought , and wont to
an acquaintance of mine to inquire.
"Who are these Asters ? " ho said : "Poj-
plo in fur. are they not ? " And that's
'what the English aristocracy think of
ours.
Is it not time that wo should set up for
ourselves ? ADAM HAIUJAU.
VurlioHlly.
Xcio Yurk lltralil ,
The attack on legal verbosity made by
Mr. David Dudley Field in his Hulfalo
address on law and lawyers is as timely
as it is forcible. Ho shows , for instance ,
that moro than nine hundred words arc
used in a deed which can bo drawn in
less than two hundred. The words "and
his heirs , executors and administrators"
arc put in a contract which without them
would bind each party's estate For
"work , " the lawyer writes "work , labor ,
service. " Ho is not content with "money
paid , " it must bo "money paid , laid out
and expended. " "Money had'1 is not.
siillieient , it must bo "money had and
received. "
The multiplication of words and repe
titions of phases .so coinmon in le al doc
uments ant not only useless anil HCII&O-
less , but mischevious , as Mr. Field thus
points out :
They lit'Ket and confirm our dreadful
habits of verbosity ; tli | > V make they youim
lawyers think that tlieno ! iwonls and phases
mean something , and .ilius .tench falsehood ;
they lend the minds oKulu and yoiuiK to run
In grooves ; they ( HiciiUJtHJr , and because they
encumber , they hlniliT. olncureaml confine :
they innko It necessary , Jo write , ic.id mid
rmird In the course oFn iar millions upon
millions of useless word ) ) , nil which rosta
real deal of time aiid'rirrfst ' deal ( if money.
liumls , tor Instance , are jfojiicd or described
in uiortira eh ; the lindrj a es must be rec
orded , ami when a fumilpsiire takes place
tlm contracts aie net fprtiy | in tlio pleadlnc * .
All lead to fees , and thu .fees are burdens
laid upon the shoulders of the borrowers.
' 1 no patience ivith ylllf IL iho people pny for
these things and mo furthermore hindered
by them IB phenomenal. ,
Endless verbosity oxijits In tlio legal
forms of to-dav bimply boctuico it existed
in those of the last centuryIt is an abuse
that has never boon reformed. Jt is high
time to reform it.
Only Ono Inducement.
Wall Street Wows : One of Pinkerton's
men , who had followed a Chicago de
faulter to Montreal , and was anxious to
get him to return to thu states , hold out
many promises in vain , and finally said :
" 1 not only think the case can bo com
promised , but you will be looked upon as
an hone-it man. "
"My dear sir , I was ligurelngfor twelve
long years to got hold of this boodle , "
was the ronly , "and the only Inducement
3011 could hold out to mo would bo to
promise to help mo steal tlio portion 1
overlooked iii my hurry to get away. "
SCANDINAVIAN POLITICS ,
A Noiwcgian Deputy on llic Situation in
Denmark nntl Iceland.
THE PEASANTRY OF DENMARK.
Tliolr Social Condition Oppressive
5lo.iRiircs Tlic I'reiiMit Onnlsli
Constitution A fl'a I rn In
luolnnd.
, Oct. II ) . fCorresdondonco
cf tlio HKI : . ! While 1 was crossing re
cently on olio ot the steamers that ply
between Norwiy mid Denmark , I fell
into conversation with si rich Danish real
estate owner , who saiil to mo : "Our con-
! -ervative party Is superior to yours in
Norway ; it dooMi't capitulate , but keeps
rijht ; on its old course. " Although I be
long to the liberal party , 1 may oven say
that 1 am a radical and took an active
part in the constitutional struggle
between Norway ami Sweden , which
ended two years ago with thn complete
capitulation of the reactionary ministry ,
and Its replacement by a liberal govern
ment with .Julian Svordritp nt its head , 1
could not lielp protesting against this
opinion of our conservative party. I
therefore replied to my Danish friend a
follows : "I consider our Norwegian
conservatives to bo as far above yours , as
ourGaldhotind [ A Norwegian mountain
some 8,000 feet high. ] is above your Him-
mi'lbjurg. I A Danish .sand-hill four or live
hundred feet high. ] Our
NOItWKClAN rONSiHVATlVKS :
would never have followed their leader
to such lengths as your Danish conserva
tives have Estrup : and it is characteristic
of the political prudence and patriotism
of the Norwegian people in general , and
of the Norwegian conservatives in par
ticular. that the latter , after the supreme
court had , in 1SSI , pronounced against
the policy of their ministry , recogiu/.ed
at last that it was their duly to hand over
the government to the liberals. No frac
tion of the Norwegian people would for
an instant submit , as you do , to the spec
ial measure concerning the finances , the
press , and the carrying of firearms , which
violate the fundamental law of the land ,
but which the king and his ministry have
forced you to accept.
roi.rnrAi.LV
Norway and Denmark diller very widely ,
although both peoples a < ro of kindred
origin , sneak almost the same language ,
and had. during many years , the same
king. Wo Norwegians often overlook
tills important fact when we study Danish
politics , and are astonished that a system
of government is continued , year after
year , in Denmark , that we Norwegians
would not sutler to last a single day. ac
customed as _ wo are to a strict observance
ot constitutional rights and totho usages
and duties of civil liberty. Many of us
Norwegians share the foi lowing opinion ,
expressed by one of your udviucod poli
ticians : "The Danes have had an oppor
tunity to make a revolution ; they would
have been justified in doing so , it was
oven their duty to do so. " Ho laid stress
on the word duty. Why is it that the
Danes do not revolt ? Why is it that they
do not sei/.o one of the numerous occa
sions given thorn to put an end to their
present intolerable position ? The reason
is that the Danish people are not yet ripe
for the evolution they ought to perform.
THE I'KASANTItr OK DKNMA1IK
have not always been free , like the peas
antry of Norway. It is less than u cen
tury since Kolbjornsen , a Norwe
gian by descent' , succeeded in putting an
end to serfdom m Denmark..Tho English .
say that It takes throe generations to
make a jjentimitn ) * "It requires jii
a time to convert a slave into n free man.
Trials like those the Danish peasants arc
now undergoing , are necessary to make
men of them and nerve tiionitothe point
of withstanding the tyranny of the royal
power and its abettors. Nor is
THE SOCIAL CONDITION
of the Danish peasant the same as that
of his Norwegian brother. The farmers
of Norway find no class above them. In
my country there is no titled nobility and
no powerful body of landlords. In no
other part of Europe is there so great so
cial and economic equality as in Norway.
And what a source of strength this is ,
and how it elevates the character of a
people. In Denmark , on the contrary ,
the.ro exists a nuiueiTiis class of opulent
and noble property holders , bound to
gether by tradition , wealth , titles and
social customs , and looking to the royal
court as the center of public life. When
the simple Danish peasant compares him
self with these princely personages , hois
struck by the inferiority of his position.
This is particularly true of the farmer
who has been sent up to the rigsdag , or
parliament , by universal sullrago. Ho
feels lost there. Then again natural
causes tend to render the Danish moro
subservient than the . .Norwegian peasant.
The former lives on a comparatively rich
low-land , and loads an easy humdrum
existence , whilst ( lie latter , accustomed
to sea and mountain , early learns to be
active , intrepid and persevering. And
the Danish soil tospeak figuratively this
time has shown itself peculiarly well
fitted for the nourishment of socialistic
ideas , while in Norway , on the other
hand , socialism has made little or no pro
gress even in the larger cities.
Hut if a nation is over to bo educated
into freedom it must be that the Danish
peopio will obtain this blcsmng through
thu
Ol'l'IMXSIVK MKAKUiKS
thataro now weighing upon them.Vo
in Norway worn astonished to see the
rigsdag submit so humbly when recently
the king by his own authority decreed
certain laws concerning taxdion.thoreby :
taking out of the hands of the people's
ropresontatitives the tax-loving power ;
and again when the judges of the su-
iiremo co'urt , who are appointed by the
king , condemned tlio highlv respected
and beloved president of the folkothing.
or lower house , Mr. Her r , to six months
imprisonment for doing what ho had a
perfect right to doopposing an impu
dent attempt on tlio part of a royal police
olllccr to prevent a meeting of liberal
electors. And many of the friends of
Denmark in Norway began to lose heart
as they saw that public opinion remained
unmoved when the royal police invaded
the very folkething during a .sitting in
order to arrest the president. Hut wo
have learned not to expect the Danish to
act an wo should under similar circum
stances. Rome was noj built in a day.
There are men and wofiTen too , in Den
mark in whom wo put great trust and wo
feel sure that a butter day will dawn on
their country. The Danes made
< OWAT : MISTAKI :
when they for/iivd / their present constitu
tion in 1H1 ! > , in not bctiift' inlltu'iiccd by
our Norwegian form ot government ,
which hail then been on trial for many
years , and which was based on what
there was best in the constitution of the
United States and the French constitution
of 1701. The overhus , or upper chamber ,
which legislative toaturo is quiio un
known in Norway , has proved fatal to
Danish liberties , Composed almost ex
clusively of members appointed by the
king , of powerful landholders and high
state otlicials , tlio over in ho been thu
cau.se of the legislative deadlock , and of
the folkothing losing its authority in
financial measures. Hut how abolish or
modify this branch of the legislature ?
Few Danes havugot as far as this , They
content themselves with the hope of
being able to not ageing again the old-
fashioned irachiiiery of tt-.tc : under a
liew and better ministry. Hut there is no
doubt in my mi ml Unit a revision of tlm
coiiMdi\tlon 'Is iieee--ii'Vy In order I. )
avoid a repetition of oalamd.Us . . that
nowWeich upon the nation. Apd along
with this constitutional revision mi.clU
comn n'ol jtily the suppression of the
overhus , but .u < o the abolition of royalty
and the foundation of a Scandinavian re
public. To-day this may seem a Utopia.
Hill history lias often suown us thn * . what
i the daydream of onn generation be
comes the living reality of the ne.\l. And
now , a few doting words about a much-
regretted brother-nation ,
ini.M : > .
where K-dvup's uugres-ive government
has al o produced it evil fruit. There ,
too. the revision of the constitution is
now a burning qiu'sliou. The pael foreed
upon I lie Icelanders in 1873 has shown
itself , like the Danish constitution , to lie
a bundle of theories th.U are impractic
able for real government. The Icelanders
wish for a constitution in conformity with
our Norwegian o'le In the end , Den
mark may find that Iceland wants more
than a mere modification of its constitu
tion. These sturdy islanders are Nor
mans by race , ami will ever remain M > .
Hut it is not probable th.it the Eslrups of
Copenhagen will pursue sueh a suicidal
policy as to drive Iceland to ehoo.-o be
tween the paper lie that binds her to
Denmark and the bond of kinship that-
makes her nnn with Norway.
A MF.Mnr.ii or TIIK SioiuniNO.
True
At a banquet given , lulyI at Fort
Ticonderoga , N.Y. , bylho old soldiers ,
Andrew Hcvins , the well-known lawyer
of this city , made IHO of the following
beautiful language in response to the
toast , "The Soldiers of Ticonderoga. "
# w * * *
Wo stand to-day amid the scenes whieli
witnessed the birth throes of American
liberty. Two centuries ago thu fortress
ol Ticonderoga lay like a veritable lion
across the only pathway between the
Canadas ol the. north and the British
provinces of thu south , and he who held
the key to its frowning portals could ef
fectually resist the advance of till whoso
passage ho desired to oppose. And so it ,
was that , here in the early days ot colon
ial history the chivalrous I'rench , thu
sturdy Hrittous and the murderous sav
ages of the forest contended for the mas
tery ; and in later years the .soldiers of the
revolution , children of the embryo re
public , battled against tlio hireling Hes
sians for the possession of this important
stronghold. And it is cluelly in remem
brance of those who here imperiled their
lives during the trying scenes of tlio
war of the revolution that wo
sneak of the heroes of . Ticonderoga.
'lo them wo accord , with unstinted
measure the most heartfelt praise , and
say , "All honor to their memory. " They
were actuated by the purest motives in
their great battle for freedom. No hope
of power or of conquest actuated or sus
tained them in that terrible conflict.
They fought tliut the eternal principles of
humanity and justice might bo main
tained , and that human liberty might , bo
.something more than the unsubstantial
shadow of a poet's dream. They fought
to uphold the standard of Christ , ami to
establish a government under which all
people mi jlit follow His teachings aecoui-
in to the dictates of their own eon-
science.
Hut. of all the hosts who hero main
tained their sacred rights and bequeathed
to their descendants a legacy of treedom ,
not one remains. Some died amid the
fury of the conflict. Some gave up their
lives in hospitals of iiain. Some passed
away in after years in homes of peace ,
surrounded by loving kindred and the
many blessings their valor had aided
to obtain.
Hut the memory of their heroic deeds
still lives , and the glory of
their achievements grows brighter and
brighter with each recurring cycle of
time , and future gonoratibns will gather
here upon each anniversary of this glori
ous day ami do honor to the memory of
the noble dead , and those old ruins , which
arc their fittest monument , will then , as
now , do silent homage to the departed
heroes whoso memory is forever inscribed
upon the hearts of the American people.
Hut it is not they alone who established
the union of our fathers that are entitled
to praise , for those who have maintained
it inviolate through all the dangers to
which it has been" since exposed , wo owe
an equal debt of gratitude. And during
all the hours of darkness ami danger ,
during all the times when our Hag was
menaced , no truer patriots , no braver
soldiers , have rallied beneath the stars
and stripes than the sons of "Old Ti. " I. sec
before mo many a bronzed and bearded
faeo that I remember to have. seen in days
gone by , when the shadows of disunion
liiiug like a pall over the land , lighted by
the fires of patriotism and lovcof country
as its owner marched forth to do. and to
die if need be , for the honor of the dear
old Hog.
Hut they are not all here. With fancy's
eye 1 look beyond the. circle of living
forms and see the well remembered
faces of many , who in lliuheydisyof their
manhood , went forth , bravo comrades of
those who are with us here to-day , but
who , alas ! have never returned.
Hut living or dead they each and all
are heroes , and had 1 a sculptor's gift 1
here would rear a granite shaft as ever
lasting as the eternal hills. It should be
surrounded by the goddess of love , ex
tending a luural wreath , and upon Its
sides should be inscribed these words :
"To the soldiers ot' Ticoudoroga who
fought on land and sea to preserve the
union , this monument is erected by thuir
grateful countrymen. "
Otinatly MvpcrlnientN.
A ghastly pantomime , recalling to
mind Pou's narrative of the galvaiii/.ing
of a mummy , was enacted on .Monday at
the Practical School of Surgorv , Paris ,
where the bodies of Frey and H'ivietc , as
already stated , were placed at the ins-
posal of the surgeons to experiment on.
A number of experiments wore made ,
among them the following : To reestablish
lish the circulation In thu .severed heads ,
the veins were injected with blood taken
from a living animal. The skin of the
face , previously livid , bccamo charged
with color , the lips recovered their
nntual red , the cheeks filled out ; irregu
lar movements agitated the skin , and the
face resumed the appearance of life.
Electric currents wore passed through
facial nerves , and the contractions of the
faeo were noted.
There were , however , no results in the
slightest degree indleitivoof any restora
tion to life or consciousness. The nerves
shortly ceased to betray unv sensibility ,
and it was evident that all perception
and sensation was at an end.
nn A no I Ion ,
Humbler : Auctioneer Next , ladies and
gentlemen , I oiler to von thin beautiful
oil painting with frame. No extra
charge is made for the frame , A com
plete work of art worth $ oO $ < W 100 ,
according to thu taste and liberality of
the purchaser. The poor artist and his
family are starving I am o lie red only
* l..rX ) , Going' ' ( To sympathetic stranger : )
Will you look on and see this poor artist
starve ? Oulyl.,0 !
Sympathetic btrangor : Only seventy-
live.
Triumphant Auctioneer : Gone ! It'ii
yours , sir.
PiMi'i.ES , blotches , scaly skin , ugly
spots , sores and ulcers , ab.se.sses and
tumorti , unhealthy discharges , such as
catarrh , cc/ema ringworms , and other
forms of skin diseases are .symptoms of
blood impurity , taku Dr. J. H. Mel. can's
Mver and Kiduoy Halm to purify the
blood , and for external applications
use Dr. .1. 11. McLean's Volcanic- Oil
Liniment.
Disastrous Dncouutcr of Five Indians With
. a Oirons Ginfct.
PETE NIXON ON HIS MUSCLE ,
A Thrlllliii ; Tnlo ot Frontier Idfo III
.Minnesota in IHOU-Tlie "Can
non Hall Man" Successfully
Dcl'cnds Illvi Home.
I have before me an old circus bill ot
which my uncle , Peter Nixon , is repre
sented as "Signor Giatiiti" and pictured
as tossing cannon b-ills in the airasa buy
would lling up apples. The bill says of
him : "Wo will pay reward of t.OOO to
anvonc who ean match him in foals of
strength. " For live or six years ho trav
elled with 0110 show and another as "Tho
Original Canon Hall Man" ami it U a
solemn fact that ho performed everything
put down for him on thu bills. Hu was a
veritable ( ioliah in strength , fairly skilled
In boxing and wrestling , and many a
local celebrity who took hold of Uncle
Peter to lay him In the dust wont away
sadder and wiser. In 1MKI ho became.
disgusted with travel , married a widow
in St. Paul , and , after the lionovmoon ,
the pair settled down on a piece of wild
land a few miles from Now Ulm , As
Peter had been imablc to save any money
on the road ho figured that ho could not
do worse as a pioneer. Ho was , more
over , rather taken with thu idea of pioneer
neer life and when he found himself bur
led In the woods , four or live miles from
the neatest t-ettlor and deprived of every
thing m the way of luxury , he was not a
bit discouraged.
I > I-TIUMINII : : : ) TO snnc.
When the Indian troubles of 1803 first
began to crop up Undo Peter and his
wife were urged to seek the protection of
some fort or settlement. Ity this lime he
had a clearing of twenty acres or more
around his house , had planted corn ami
potatoes and was the owner of a yoke of
oxen , u cow and several head of youhg
stock. To leave Ids farm would bo to
leave everything to go to ruin , and he de
termined to stick. When this decision
was made known to his wife she declared
that she would also remain , although ho
was anxious to have her seek urotcclioa
in the nearest settlement. Uncle Peter
had hail time to learn something of In
dian character , there being. scarcely a day
but. that ho encountered some ot them ,
and while many called him "brother"
and expressed the greatest admiration
for him , lie felt that his scalp would bo
no safer than any other man's in ca.su tlio
redskins went on the warpath. His de
cision to remain had no sooner been
taken than he began preparations to de
fend his own. Ho strengthened the sin
gle tloor to his cabin , made loop-holes at
difiercnt points , and built , heavy shutters
for 1 ho windows. The next inovu was to
make the roof lire-proof. Hy filling tlio
spaces between the binders , which ran
lengthwise with the roof , with earth , lie
very nearly accomplished the object
sought for.WAITlNfi
WAITlNfi KOU ATTACK.
The cabin stood on a knoli about two-
hundred feet from the crock. Peter had
only one barrel which ho could till with
water. Thu log barn stood about two-
hundred and fitly feet from the house ,
and that structure , of course , he had no-
idea of defending. If attacked by Indiana
they would probably shoot the stock and
sot lire to the barn at onee . .llsj | > repirii- ; .
tions for a siege had nol gojio unnoticed. ,
by the Indians , who chilled at lhercab'irt' < f $
usual and who scorned t have anything ;
but murder in their hearts. They asked
why ho was going to all that trouble , aud
he answered that some bad white uiou
had sworn to have his lifo , and 'ho "
wanted to bo ready for them. It is doubt
ful whether the redskins believed his
story , whiloon the other hand he dropped
no hint that ho anticipated any trouble.
When the various tribes were all ready
the war opened and they turned them
selves loose to kill and scalp. For tluco
days not an Indian appeared at Uncle
Peter's cabin , nor did he see one in ( ho
neighborhood. This ho took as a him ;
that their plans were about ripe and ho
kept his weather eye open. On the after
noon of the day before the war-whoop
sounded ho decided to turn all the slock
loose to run their chances , and it may
bo said hero that he after
ward recovered the oxen and
horses. As the sun went down hu
barred the door , put the shutters Up to
the windows and turned his faithful dog
outdoors that ho might give the alarm in
case the Indians came under Iho cover of
darkness to set lire to the barn , ' 'The
arms in the house consisted of a rlllo ,
double-barrelled shotgun and a revolver.
Mrs. Nixon had practised .shootlng-with a
revolver , and though not a good .marks
man , she had considerable skill. Tlo
niirlit passed without I he slightest alarm
and thu morning brought such a bcaiiti
fill day and
JJKIMII : : > HO
that between 0 ami 10 o'clock Unelo
Peter determined to venture out. One of
the calves had returned lo the barn and
when ho left the cabin it was for tiu ! pur
pose of driving il oil'again. . Tin ) calf
moved around tlio corner ot the barn as
Nixon approached , and just an hu wari
turning tlm corner after it five Jinliami m
war-pirj.nt appeared before him. Each of
his arms w'S ; ( -ei/.ed by ti warrior , and -ui
he stood there ion da/.cdand diinifoundcd
for a moment to speak or act , the loader
of tin' Indians chuckled' li.lfi satisfaction
and said : " ( Jood. Little CioV , ' want you'
Count long. "
His words scorned to arouse Undo
Peter from Ins trance , With a yell
which could have been hoard above any
war-whoon he Hung the two warriors to
right and left and sci/.ed the leader. In
a jill'y ho had shaken him loose from his
weapons and slammed Him against the
barn with awful force. It was a Illtlo
surpiise party for the Indians , you ten ,
and before they could rally the sifiior
doubled one up with a kick in the Mom-
uoli , smashed iimithcr'n faeo with a blow
of his list , and utter swinging the leader
in the Jilr and hurling him to tlm ground ,
the cannon-ball man made a run for Iho
cabin and reached it without being fired
at , Alter the uprising hud been subdued
and peace restored , ho was told that the
plan was to capture him alive for torlnni.
In his tusslf with them he broke one In'
dian's arm and severely bruised two
others.
A 1'i.rcKV cori'i.i : .
When I'nelo Peter dashed into Iho
cabin he made his wife aeiiiiainted ivilh
the situation in a word , ami they picked
up the guns and went to thu loop helen
to watch the enemy. Tint Indians ru-
tired and did nol appear again until
night had fully settled down. Then leu
or twelve of them , who carried the trunk
of a sni'ill tree for a haltering ram ,
boldly approached the door. Uncle
Peter and his wifj opened liro. Tlio
reports of the lire-arms wore followed
by screams and yell and groans , and
the log was dropped and the rcdifcius
How to cover. One or two crawled away
on hands and knees , proving that thev
were wounded , while one lay btrclchod
in death.
After a sleepless night Unelo Peter and
his wife were L'ladtlencd to find that the
redskins had disappeared , and without
delay limy joined the forced of Colonel
Sjbley , and my linelo guvo a receipt in
full for all the redskin * owed him by kill
ing threw more.