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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY ATOIT , 3. 18S7.-TWELVE PAGES , GREAT CAS GENERATIONS. i Scientific Talk on the Illuminating Wells of Pennsylvania ml Ohio. PALAEZOIC AGE PRODUCTIONS. Dnkota'N Love for the Fiftieth Con gress A CotiHtltiietit of the "Tnll Sycamore" Sunday Bntoons nt the Capital. WAMHNOTOV , March 31. ( Correspond ence of the IlKi..J A few days ago 1 had a most Interesting'and Instinctive talk with Dr. A. Phlnney , n well known geologist at .Miinclc , Ind. , about the great natural gas fields of tliat section of country. Ttiu doctor has made a study of this subject , and what ho said will attract the attention of scientists In all planes. Few people outside Ohio and Indiana have any Idea of the extent of the natural gas llnds theio and the excitement they have raised and the developments and Improvements they are making. There Is only one thing to question In all , and that Is whether the .supply will be exhausted In years of consumption. 1 asked Dr. Phlnncy what ho thought about It , and he said : "It Is reasonable to suppose that the supply will some time be exhausted. To believe otherwise would be to shut one's eyes to all past experience ! ) , l.eavlne out of view the origin of the mis , and admitting that the BCD- eratlon of nas is still going on , it would not be likely that the production of gas in na ture's great laboiatory Is cak In IT place with nuythliur like the rapidity with' which it is now escaping from the thousands of openIngs - Ings nmdu Into the many reservoirs. It is obvious then that so soon as the supply winch has been .stored awuy in the tot matrons shall have become exhausted that the supply will tall. Where only a few wells give exit to the gas from a large reservoir the supply will probably pio\o practically Inexhaustible ; but where humlieds and even thousands of wells are airnrdlng means of escape we may expect the falluio in the supply to come the 'sooner. The Venango wild Hradlord oil districts are now practically exhausted , or soon will be , and It Is the common experience that the sup ply of oil is limited. It cannot bo otherwise with the gas. The most notrd gas Held ol Ohio has hung out its danger slg- nni and Is weakening. The rock pressuio In Ihe lirst wells bored at Flndlay was 450 pounds per sqtiaio Inch. Now none exceed 400 pounds per square inch. The loss ot Illty pounds rock pressure indicates that just so much of tht ! supply has been let out of the reservoir. The rock pressure In the pas Held ntMuncle. Indiana , keeps up lull. There are no Indications ot a lessening of the ( low and I do not believe that theio is any danger ot exhaustion for many years. " I asked the doctor ll ho thought the gen eration of gas was still going on. "To answer that , " said ho , "i would have to review all the theories icgaullng its pro duction. However , as it is pretty generally conceded by those who have had most experi ence In the study ot the oil and gas helds that these products of nature are derived trotn organic matter , either vegetable or ani mal , wo may salely conclude that the process is In a gieat measure completed , for many millions of years must have clnpscd since It was stored away in the stiata that were then forming. The sea weeds of f ucolds are cellular in .structure , possessing no woody libre , and it Is to thlsclasjof our ancient vegetntlonliicli was abundant during the I'alae/olc age , that we must look for the source ot a very largo portion of the gas and oil that wo are burning to-day. Another - . other portion ot the limestone gas and oil was undoubtedly lormed trom the soft parts of the animals that lived in the seas ot the early ages. The amount of animal matter In some of our limestones is almost beyond comprehension. In tact , the limestone strata arc nothing but cliarnrl-liouses , as they arc almost entirely built up from the remains of what was once animated witii life. The heat and light that we derive to-day fiom gas and oil and coal is but the sunshine of past ages stored away in an al most Invisible lluld a repulsive liquid , a black and sooty casket , to await the coining and servo the purposes of man. " Scientists in some parts of the countrv con tend that natural gas Is an evaporation of oil , and that it Is carried underground from the oil fields by means ot porous rock , and that therefore it can onlv bo found where this porous transmitter exists. Of this theory Dr. Phlnney bays : "This could hardly be the case where the reservoirs are In a dlllen'tit geological t'oim- atlons or widely-separated localities. No doubt where the rock Is very porous over an extensive area , that many wells may derive their supply from a common reservoir , Inde pendent of anv joints or cracks in the strata. The gas Is probably derived trom either the rock in which wo lind It , or from some of the underlying strata. " # # "Have you any fear that the supply will run out'/ " "Tho citizens of Muncie believe that they have in tlieir live wells found sulliclent na tural gas to heat the homes and supply fuel tor a city of litty or sixty thousand people , and there Is abundance for manufactories. 1 believe three million cubic feet per day is a talr estimate of the actual How from our live wells. One well was tested and the open pressure In a two-lncn pipe was ono pound. This snowed that the current of escaping gas had a velocity of 445 feet per second , and a flow of 845TM cubic feet in twenty-tour hours. The largest well at Muncie would jpiobably give about 1.J50,000 cubic feet per tast week I visited the center of attrac tion In the great natural gas belt of Indiana. 1 arrived at Muncle on a night train , and was Impressed with the excitement prevail ing before I had fairly gotten within the city limits. Miles away from the city the passen gers began to look ahead at the Immense Illumination a great halo ot lleht which looked like a metropolis ablaze. As the train came nearer the llaines trom the burning gas could be distinctly seen , although miles In the distance. Immense stand pines , from i which llamcs of gas vycre shooting fifty feet In tltealr.couldboseen in almost every direction. The tops were removed from the posts throughout the city where artlticlal gas has bwu burned , the tips taken out and natural gas burning In roaring Names wore every where seen. The sight was panoramic and thrilling. An excitement kindred to that which ex ists In mining camps on the frontier was lound at Muncie. Last summer the city's population was scarcely 0,000. Now 7'JOO Is churned , and scores of families are dally turned away unable to lind tenement houses. The conssQuenee Is a building boom , an im petus to manufacturing interests , and won derful real estate speculations. This city was blessed with cheap artlticlal gas Sl.fcO per 1,000 cubic feet but the city buildings and residences , churches , manufactories , etc. , are actually supplied free- gratis at this time , owing to the rivalry of gas companies. The nominal price fixed , but not collected , Is about S'JO a year for all a family can use for heating and Illuminating purposes. The Batural gas has also made the production of electric light so cheap that they are furnished for 91 a month for each incandescent Hcht , la operation continuously If desired. The ordinary stoves , furnaces , grates , etc. , are Hsed for heating with the natural gas. Fac tories which employed two firemen and burned tons of coal or many cords of wood dally have discharged the firemen and burn UM natural gas at flvo per cent former cost Sand and lime ot the proper grade have been found for glass manufacturing , and hundreds of thousands of acres of land are being leased for oil wells. A board of trade , bulldlnu'as sociations , new banks and such enterprises re following the excitement , and the hotels re full of prospectors. * * Governor-elect A. C. Mellette , of the "State" of Dakota , has been In the city a few days , looking after legal business for people of ins country. He was asued If he thought South Dakota would become a state by act of the present congress , and said : "No , I have no hopes for anything for our country at the hands of the Fiftieth con gress. Nor do I txilieve wo will et state hood during the prevalence of a democratic administration , and II will tell vou why. The territorial legislature appropriated 1,600,000 the last winter for the support of the institutions. Much money will also go . to.the courts. Allot these are under the con trol of the governor and president. It Is not to be presumed that the administration will cut oft this supply of patronage. The court t officers are appointed from the states , and are personal friends of the president. Those far the terrltotial Institutions are the friends of the governor , and some come from the Rtktes. Don't you see what a superstructure M\ \ builds up for the administration'/ ( wieldsan Influence for It In every state In ' ' fee union , in fact 1 do not recall many states ! uvric | so much fcder.il patronage , di rectly or Indirectly , in Dakota. With t/ifo / stariiiLus In the face we cannot hope for re lief. nlthoiiK'h It Is our dally prayer. " "How about that 'revolution' ' in your terri tory , thnt threat to li ht your way Into state hood if congress docs not Invite you InV" "That Is ail fol-do-rol" replied tne Rovcrnor , with einphnsls. "That report was started uy an editor up In the northern part of the terri tory , where nearly all of the few enemies to .statehood ore located. It was sent out by tlio regular st.itn reports , and then the editor took It all back , said It was false , but did uot make the correction In the press dispatches. It was n ureatwronp to tl'O peaceablecltlrens , such as nlne-teiitlis of our inhabitants aro. No one thinks of tifchtlng that I know of. We nro simply resigned to our fate : but there will bo n day of rectitude , for we nro sure to come Into statehood sooner or later. " "Didn't the lieu e last winter oiler to take the whole territory in as n state1 "It only talked of It. \\ehddrathcr remain as wo come In as n whole .state. Our country Is too larije. even for two states , or a state nnd a territory. To make it all line state , when tliero Is little In the t.vo sections homogenous ono with the other would sim ply be cumpomidlnir our misery. No , 1 pre sume \\o will bo Kept out , on purely political Brounds , till the other party Ket-t In power. " e > "Is that same spirit of immigration Into nnd enterpilsc throughout tlio territory pre vailing wfiicti existed a tow years auo ? ' "Yes. and in an incieased form. More miles or railroad will he built tliero this sum mer than lia\e been built In any year In tlio past. Towns ro sprlnglnc Into existence , cities are giowlm ; up from villages nnd towns , like maRlc. We expect nil enormous crop of wheat this voar , find It Is bclnic put into the Kroiindnt this time like mad. Our spring is open , ( iround has been under tlio plow for weeks , and the crass is growing In some sections. Wearejjoinir to prosper despite spite tlio refusal of oonuiess to make n state torus. It seems that the prejudice against Dakota In the lower house of congress on ac count of our request for statehood l.s so strong that any and all kinds of legislation l.s refused the territory. Measures of n purely non-political character , of great in- tciest to us locally , aio refused , 1 presume because wo want to have n state. " * # April 3 will ho a very quiet day In Washington. The authorities have deter mined to enforce thu Sunday law. nnd two weeks ago begun with a very good evidence of their Intention to execute their work. Last Sunday was a biinday Indeed. There was an absence of the crowds around the restaur ants , cafes and hotels , not to say saloons , and people who went to church were not at tracted by congregations of dudes and stieot hawkers. Washington Is not a city of drunkenness , but of genteel tippling and dram-drliikini : . At no place in tlio whole country do people act'so nearly as they wish. It Is "respect able , " as the term goes , to do almost any thing one wishes in lull view. Men nnd women go into and nut of public drinking places on Sunday that l , they have been doing so nnd no ono linn stopped to call their attention to the im propriety of It , whether on a taunday or other Uay. Last Sunday n number of the most popular restaurants took the blinds and screens away from their front doors and windows , so as to give a clear view into their establishments , and demonstrate thnt no business was beinjr transacted. Special trouble was made to make everything look nil straight , while nt the same time their cafes , on the upper lloors were open for the servlui : of meals. There , however , liquid refreshments were some times to be had. The Woinans Christian Temperance union began this last work of having the Sunday laws enforced , and It looks as though they will come as near succeeding as It is possible. The same organization has also began n war fare on the rank pictures displayed by cigar ette , tobacco and eigar dealers , nnd are hav ing them tnken down bv police order wher ever found. All pictures showing figures are being ordered out of the stores. * * Occasionally senators and reprcsentntlves mo very much bored by the verdancy of the men who come hero to seek olllce , and who command their attention by virtue of being constituents. The statesmen nro compelled to go about through the departments and to the white house , Introducing their verdant constituents who want ollice , and their re marks and acts frequently bring tlio blush of shame to their faces. Senator Voorhees was recently a victim. A very old fashioned and verdant man trom one of the southern counties of Indiana came to Washington for an olllce. Ho pieferred n consulate , and soon had Ids heart fixed upon a snug little position In England. The sen ator ono morning went with the verdant constituent to the department of state to see Assistant Secretary Porter , who has chnrre of the consulates. When the pair got Into the elevator the old gentleman drew out his purse and asked the elevator boy how much the fare was. "Not n cent , " replied the youth. "Oh , don't say that , " remarked the ofllce seeker , In a moment of generosity , "simply because you have n senator aboard. Now , I don't propose to let Mr. Voorhees have to shoulder this fare , " and he Insisted upon the payment till the Indiana senator Impressed him with the fact that no faro was charged upon elevators for the public convenience. After the lloosler had been formally pre sented to Assistant Secretary I'orter he per sistently blew his own horn and cried his own virtues to the exclusion of the senator , who was there to do that same thing mod estly. Finally Governor I'orter sized up his applicant and frankly said that no moro con sulates could go to the state or Indiana. "The last two which were given to that state , " said he , "were simply crowded In. " For full half a minute the dazed lloosler ollico-seeker stood as it transfixed and looked hard into the face of the assistant sec retary. Then , as If awakening from a rev erie , he turned to Senator Voorhees , and said : "Well , what next ? " So frightful was the utterance that both the senator nnd assistant secretary burst Into lauehter , which the former brushed aside by telling a story. "That reminds " said Senator me , Voor- hees , "of an Incident which came under my personal notice in connection with the law practice of Abraham Lincoln. 1 was pres ent when the judge Instructed the jury In a ease In which Mr. Lincoln appeared , and it so happened that the court was compelled to In struct for a finding , based upon the law , against Mr. Lincoln's side. The instruction of tlie jury was so explicit that It had noth ing to do but return a verdict against Mr. Lincoln's client without leaving the jury- box. When the verdict was delivered U dazed the client , and as soon as he could get his breath he turned to Mr. Lincoln and In quired : "Well , what next ? " Promptly Mr. Lincoln replied : "Wo will KO down to the tavern and curse the Judge. " "It occurs to me thnt there Is nothing left for us to do but go down to the hotel nnd kick ourselves and try our luck at denounc ing the judire. " PERIIV S. HEATH. A Mew York Hcnmlnl. NKW YOUK , April 2. | Special Telegram to the BKE.J After three years sensational litigation , the supreme court has granted Kdlth Deslkler Allen an absolute divorce from Col , Vanderbilt Allen on the ground that he 1ms been guilty of marital infidelity. The custody of their little daughter , Edith Bladys Allen Is Riven to her and sulliclent alllmony added to her Income of 81,400 n year to support herself and daughter In a manner of life to which she has been accus tomed. Colonel Allen Is tlio irrandson of Commodore Vnnrterbilt , n banker nt a NOJV street and : i nieiidifi ot thu Union and some other clu'H 11 < isnti-uit toity-livc vears old , n iri.vlnnt" < t \\v t Po | t In isvj. Ho seivi-d until p. , , , n < i Shcrl- Ulau's stall , en u a > . 't.iukot brevet major sM'i ; i. ! en. r MI-HI him for conspicuous g-tllanti . i in com pany with ( Jen. Stem1 end . -crvice ol the bhedlvo who nmtt-rr < i > m the order of Medjidle. llo m i 0 A Cliiiiuplo ! ! Vac'h , t. Nr.w YniiK. Alii I ! ' Tt'I& gram to the ! : : j 1 -lativoly stated at the NVw Yuin M that a nyudic.ite ot Its miMnbt r- . I. . . , . - , , loimcd tc bulUl n yacht to i.ompcle with the Boston boats for tlio honor of silling against tht X cote 11 cutter Thistle In Ocloiior next In de fense of the America's vnp. She Is to bode signed by a New York man nnd Is to be luillt in tills city or Its lmuu > < i ate neighbor hood. Cniin < > i ' hickcit. NEW YoitK , Amil - ' , - , . < | iccl l Iflegran to the Biil : It is chaiged by the Utic ; press that.the business of slauglj from one hour to three days old Is exten sively carried on In Uerkuner county. The ) tire then ( hipped to this city and put up as cauntd chlckeui. VOCALISTIC VANDERBILTS , High-toned Trills in Public-The Asters , Progressive Euohro Style. SARAH'S SKELETON STOCKINGS. The IScrnlinrdt'H JMnkc-iip Female Poncing Mew UouRli Wanted Worshipping Actors Clnra Hello's Spicy Letter. Nnw YOIIK , March 31. [ Correspond ence of the Hii : > 1 There was a progres sive cucliro party nt the luxurious resi dence of the Waldorf ! Asters this week , nnd if differed from ordinary occasions of the sort only as one stone differs from another in effulgence. That is to say. everything was in a very high degree of good taste and unstrained luxury. The tiling worth mentioning especially was the introduction of a new method of registering the won games. It is an awful fact to be sot down against the moral souse of fashionable women , that they have small conception of hon est gambling , oven though thu stakes be trophies of victory moro beautiful than valuablu , and thu place be the politest hmiiMginublo narlor. They will usually cheat whenever and however they get a chance. The pleasures of pro gressive euchre , as you doubtless have experienced , are too otten marred by bra/.cn dishonesty. The women will beg ribbons or tags or whatever serves to mark the number of games won , and the susceptible men will accede ; and so it often happens that the ablest whoedler comes out a first-prize winner against better and luckier players. Well , ul the Astor party a simple preventive of cheating was provided in aset of punches. Ono of these cut a round hole in a card for ordinary games won ; another re corded a victory at the head table witli a cruscotil , while a third made square clips for the booby table. The punching was done by the hostess and so each con testant's card was an unalterable regis try. A VANliitllII.T VOCAUd T. While much ado is being made about the nothings of Mrs. James Brown Pot ter's stage debut , thu appearance of Airs. Fred Vanderbilt as a public vocalist has been overlooked. Ijut it was not oston tntioitsly done , and it was not meant as the beginning of a foot-light career. The ladies of the family are thoroughly in terested in charities. Bishop Pottur tolls mo that , collectively , they do not dis burse less than half a million a your , not taking into account the several heavy endowments of institutions that the Vandcrbilts have made. It will be ofuo use for any reader of this fact to forward begging letters to them , because they give only to such causes as they person ally know all about , and pay no attention to solicitations from strangers. Airs. * red Vamlorbilt's pet benevolence is a sowing school for poor girls. Over in Stanton street , which runs through the thickest tenement district of town , she maintains a house wherein girls are wel come to the services of competent needle women , and where they can lit them selves for domestic sewing or work shop. It was hero that she sang. She gave a musical entertainment tor the pupils , their mothers and a score of invited friends. The assemblage was ex clusively feminine , even to the per formers. Songs were sung , different in struments were played , nniTrefreshments were afterwards served. Mrs. Vander bilt sang "Coming Through the Hyo" and "Annie Laurie" very sweetly in deed , and to tumultuous applause. Exquisite audiences are apt to be moro critical of its own members , sometimes , than of the persons at the other side of the footlights. This was at an amateur concert : "This is insufferable , " whispered a woman to another. "O , I thought the singing was rather clever , " was the reply. ' I didn't refer to the performance , " the first explained , "but to the obnoxious people around us. There's a girl with dreadfully inharmonious green and purple in her hat. Over this way is a horror of a misfit in bodices. And yon der , see that delicate pink satin just killed by the red of the hair that hangs down it. " Who shall say that taste is not exacting nt amateur entertainments. FENCING KKMAI.KS. Our very modest girls , of the set which gives itself up considerably to physical sports , has really gone into fencing spiritedly. Although no longer of value for its original purpose , fencing will ever remain unequalled among manly sports as an exercise developing quick move ment , erect carriage , graceful posture and complete accord of eye hand nnd foot. It can never again bo uopular with the select few and espe cially by those who thinking themselves bettor than their fellows , wish to be pecu liar in their sports as in everything else. Failure to appreciate the fact has led several swordsmen to waste time , labor and money in futile attempts to enlist popular sympathy mid obtain support from the general public but these misguided professors have ono after another been starved out and relocated to other methods of gaining a livelihood and our existing fencing masters adopt moro sensible methods do not try to thrust their game down the throats of people who do not understand or appreciate it , but rather cater only to the chosen few , avoid pub licity aim make their school exclusive and expensive ; managed in this way tliny can live and do live. In addition to its public or scmi-publio academies Now York city has a fencing club whose mem bership will include the name of many fashionable women , which has its own building , its own professor , and occa sionally give private entertainments open only to invited guests. The ladies who accepted these invitations and enjoyed the sport wore quick to see that this was above all and the came it exorcised most suited to women a tome for both body and mind n panacea for all sorts ot complaints a sport whoso practice was not only enioyablo , but ex tremely fascinating , and whose result gave roses to the cheek , fire to the eye. suppleness to the joints , strength am littleness to the limbs , dignity to the car ringe , gracefulness to every movement in fact , almost everything which is luck ing in the physical development of the average American woman. Ami these ladies ono by one found some fencing school , procured clothing which , while both neat and modest , allowed full play to all the muscles , and are to-day tlio most attentive and most enthusiastic pupils in all our schools. TUXKDO BLACK HALLS. Tuxedo is a question with our richest and most fashionable folks. Shall they all'ect it during the coming season ? It is a contradiction. While it is "exclusive , " in that sense of the abused word which implies a rigid consideration of the social quality of applicants for admission , it is nlso a ulaco for blazing publicity , where the visitors pose for exhibition to all the world. The Asters have sanctioned it to the extent of building a house there a curious structure , grotesquely pictur esquo , in which they will lodge awhile when the season opens. On the otho hand , several families of loss familiarity to fame , but who arc far more carefully adverse to the gaze of the multitudes Iiuve'changed their uuuds about resort , OWING TO AN UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN THE SALES OF * WALL PAPER Especially of the lOc , 12 l:2c : and 15c Pattern , we have deemed it necessary to send dri < plicate orders to the factories in order to keep up a well assorted stock. We advise everybody to select at once , and appoint a day for papering , as we will have an immense rush , You can buy your . * . Room Moulclins Right here , Over 75 patterns to select from : from * 3c per foot upwards , Next week we invite the ladies to see our display of LINCRUSTA WALTONS , of which more will be said hereafter. HENRY LEHMAN , Douglas- & 16th- SPRING BULLETIN _ _ _ _ . For this week we offer the following : A splendidly gotten up Spring overcoat , silk faced , for Equal to any tailor made garment to cost $35. § 10whiuli cannot be purchased elsewhere at less than $14 Light and medium weight Suits at $5 , $7.50 , $9.00 , $10 , A fine worsted Spring Overcoat , satin faced , for § 12. $12.50 , $14 , $15 , § 17.50 , $18 , * 20 , $22.50 and $25 , any of Equal to any tailor made garment to cost $25. which AVC will guarantee cannot be duplicated elsewhere A fine worsted Spring Overcoat , satin faced , for $15. for 20 to 30 per cent more money than we ask. -4 Before purchasing , a call and an examination would save you money , and we guarantee fit and complete satisfaction The Hew York and Omaha Clothing Company < * fa 13O8 FA.PL3STjftLlsJ : STREET- Men's and Boys' Clothiers , Furnishers and Hatters. ng to Tuxedo , with its rapid life , au dacious sports and general showiness. At Ul events there is to be u club-like sys- ; em this year of voting on new member ships , and a single black ball cast in a committed of ten will mean that the can didate isn't good enough for Tuxedo. SARAH'S MAKC-UI * . Sarah Bcrnhurdt and her costumes arc answerable for much female ugliness in Now York at present. ' There is a material difference , as well'as a differ ence of materipl , in the make-up of Sarah and the American women the same dif ference that there is in an umbrella shut and an umbrella open. Sarah , who could chalk her head and play us a billiard cue , or braid her limbs and pass for a whip , is much given to fluffy trimmings , ruchings , puttings and masses of lace nnd layers of ruflles. The ordinary , every-day "Yank" has something more than a vertebral column on which to hang her frocks , and directly she goes to copying Bernhardt's cos tumes she is wrecked. The advice that Worth , the man milliner , gave to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is good now as the day he gave it. Mrs. Lincoln had a figure like Mrs. Gamp , but she concluded that Worth should make her some dress es ; so she sent her photographydiagram of her prominent places , a map of her boundaries and princical annexations , with a few minor details to the famous woman-maker. That worthy studied his instructions and rendered this verdict : "J can do no moro for madame than the American modiste. It is with bone- bones I produce the great effect. Abjure all trimmings that are not Hat , and avoid all garments that are not dark. " Sarah wore , the lirst week of her en gagement hero , a mauve surah , opening over loose loops of laco. Straus of violet - lot velvet banded this mass down , and there a glimpse of the great actress' clavicles gleamed and glinted through. An ample lady in the same hotel saw this own , and determined to reproduce it. § ho had a dress made like the great tra gedienne's , but it lacked the soft , cling ing appearance of Sarah's robe , and a friend suggested that tbe'fault lay in the corsets. Bernhardt wears no corsets. "Of corsets that , " said the plump ono , nnd oirhors camo. She had been wear ing that gown up and down the corridors of the hotel and making what the Eng lish chamber-maid calls , "An 'oly 'orror hot "orself ; " for between the confining straps there are a series of bulges that speak well for the cuisine of the estab lishment. SKELETON STOCKINGS. But perhaps Madame Addio Pose is better off than Miss Emma Ciated , who lately went to a constructor of hosiery for the theatrical profession. "You see , " explained - plained Miss Emma , to the attendant , "I am very slender and the present fashion of tying back the skirts so tightly , is not at all becoming to mo. " The clerk failed to understand , and suggested that she was in search of a pair of symetries , by which name the stockings of valsity are known. "No , " she said when shown these articles"they would not alter my alllcting case at nil. " So the forewoman was called , and in the recesses of an innerupartmont Kinina confessed it was her knees that gave her go much trouble. When she sat down with tightly wrapped , clinging drapery pulled over thorn they stuck out like knobs on doors. So the costumer is weaving a pair of stockings to bo worn under all her others a sort of skeleton stocking , that has. a stirrup instead of n foot , is lilmy about the ankles , but by graduated , lumps of silken lloss gets gracefully bulgy. Wlnlo the sharp knee cap of poor Emma will bo securely packed away in a bed of padding , on which the most fashionable skirt can be stretched without the angularity that has darkened her fashionable season. A Nl'.W ( JOt'Oll WANTKU. "I don't imagine women are greatly in terested in high license , " said a preju diced observer. "Sho must bo a noodle who believes a stop can bo put to a man's drink , and the wise ones know that the heaviest and most disastrous drinking is done in the drug stores. If every cabi net-decorated , stained-glass whjsky mill in Now York was shut up the injury done by alcoholic liquors would bo ton times as great. Men wou d patronixo the apothecary , and under cover of the med ical cloak 1111 drunkards' graves. " Some of the intense temperance people are holding meetings and trying to discover anowGougli. They thought they had found him in a pale , intellectual young man , who arose in on up-town church. Ho was a sad-eyed , meek chap , with a clear , full voice , and ho began by saying that ho felt impelled to relate his experience. For years lie had been the slave of the bottle tor years ho had been under its thrall. Ho spoke almost with tears of his complete prostration. His mother's prayers had risen countless times from beside a bed whore ho lay utterly incapable of speech or locomo tion. His auditors wept. Ho described his gradual escape from the bottle now his manhood asserted itself. Ho burst the bond ; that bound him to the terrible bottle. The audience gave \ent to great rejoicing. After a glowing peroration , the speaker sat down , and the sisters pressed up anil shook him by the hand , while the ciders glowed with enthusiasm. But oven whild the excitement of this thrilling speech was upon them , the pallid man rose and said he might as well mention that the reign of the bottle was during his lirst year of life , and it was always filled witii milk. Temperance - anco meetings don't like sells , and the meek speaker was hustled out in .1 hurry , while-the congregation were requested to sing Sparkling and bright in it liquid light , Is the water In our glasses. WOllMIIPlMNO ACTOHS. Stories of nctor-worship by senseless Now York girls am not so numerous now- a-dnys as they were a few years ago. Perhaps that is because the proper ma terial is less abundant. Hut there is a I'rcat deal of idiotic female adoration running to waste over Kyrlo Bellow , of Walluck'd ' , and its extent would hardly bo believed by people who have become incredulous of this sort of gossip. Hol low is far from handsome , and yet this is the actual form of a silly young girl's order for sents at Wallack's box ollico recently : "Aro yon quite sure Ker-loy Bell-you will act next Saturday after noon' ? Well , you may give mo two seats , and I positively won't take them unless they are down near the boxes , because 1 always have a bunch of ( lowers to throw at his feet , and I think ho is just lovely ! " The words wcrooverheard bvmo anil they are not in the least distorted. The Boston museum is , so I am ( old , the Wal lack's of the Hub in this M range rcipoct. Its matinees have always been attended largely by girls. Years ago that hand some blonde , Charles A. Movensoii , was tlieir ideal , and tliero was some excuse for thorn , becausu his insouciant bearing was an artistic study. After ho went away , married Kato Claxtoii , and be came portly , ho was succeeded in the Boston girls' h'eurni by Jack .Mason , a good-looking young man , whoso drawling elocution and generally tire movements were accepted as artistic by the Boston lair sc.v , and he was thoroughly adored. If ho seemed sleepy on the stage occa- sionally , romance was added to his per sonality , and when ho and Sadie Marti net began to play sentimental roles with a great deal of genuine fervor , the mati nee gossipers wore wild with excitement. It must have boon a shock to female Bos ton to know that Mason had never suc ceeded in attracting similar attention , though ho has had good opportunities. Joseph Haworth was at the museum with Alason , and for a time , he too , was in higli feminine favor. But ho got to doing hard and vigorous work , and ho soon ceased to bo a ladies' actor. CI.AHA BELLI : . Jackson's Duel with Dickinson. In a paper in the Southern Bivouao for April , the following conversation between General Harding and General Andrew Sackson , relative to Jackson's duel with Dickinson is given : "In conversation with General Jack son 0110 day I said : 'General , is a bravo man ever frightened1 " 'I don't know that I am competent to answer that question , ' said ho. I replied : 'Tlio world accords you as much bravery as is possessed by any man.1 ' 'If that bo so , sir. ' said the general , 'I would say I have been as badly fright ened as a"gentleman ought ever to bo. ' "I said , 'I presume that was in some of your Indian fights ? ' " 'No ' said 'it when I , ho , was wont on the liold with Dickinson. I knew him to bo a cool , bravo , determined man , and the best shot I over saw , and I never ex pected to leave the field alive. I ewe my life to the fashion of the day the full- breasted coat. This and the peculiar conformation of my mucli-sunkon chest were all that saved mo. Dickinson's bullet struck what appeared to bo the center of my body under the right arm. and the ball grazed my breastbone. I had gouo upon the ( iold determined not to lire at Dickinson , but to discharge my pistol in llio air , having no ground of quarrel with him , and not wishing to hurt a hair of his head. My quarrel was with his fathorin-law : , Ervin ; but when 1 felt myself shot , under the impression that 1 had received a mortal wound and smarting under this buliof and the phys ical pain. I llred the fatal shot , and no net of mv life have I ever regretted so much. " 'Under the conditions ot the meeting wo had a right to reserve the lire , because I know that Diukinson could shoot so much moro quickly than i could. It has been assorted in the public prints , ' said Old Hickory , 'that I advanced on Dickinson - inson to dofvcr my shot and that he gave back , both of which statements nni false , sir. I stood in my place whim I lired and Dickinson remained in his , receiving my shot like a cool , bravo man as ho was , ' " General Harding said at this same in terview , which was the last ho hud with General Jackson , the latter said to him : " 'The w > rld is greatly mistaken about my haying an ungovernable temper. I never gave an exhibition of my temper without my judgment approved it. I sometimes found it neee Hnr.y oven to prevent the i shedding of blood. ' " The Wolf Arson case is still draj _ . . . _ its weary length along in Justice Borka M couit. Yesterday was cliiolly occupied in attempts to impeach the testimony offer for the prosecution. ChliiCMo Piracy. Piracy on the high seas is now , for tunately , a crime long since dead among -I European cities. We must go back to ' the early period of AJarryat and Cooper if wo desire to know of the atrocities nnd iniquities committed by the hordes ot lawless ruflians who used to infest tlio 44 sea nt the beginning of the present cen"J ttiry and carry on their merciless busi- Jj ness of butchery nnd plunder. Our brethren in the Celestial empire , however - > over , are slow to remove evils , nnd pi racy with them seems to die hard. Ue- J ports occasionally roach this country of some European vessel being attacked in f , Chinese waters by the natives ; but for'i Innately , owing to the extreme coward- ll ice usually displayed by the attacking V party , those attempted depredations do ? not often lead to any serious result. < The China sea is , principally , the happy hunting ground of these dastartly pirates ; and nature seems to have mfapted it , epocially lor that particular purpose. I'lio China sea is , in many places , exceedingly shallow ; strong currents swoop along its course while numerous islands , with wooded creeks , dotted here and there , af ford capital shelter and points of observa tion for piratical junks to be in imibush until some unsuspecting merchantman shall heave in siglit. Vessels in travers ing these seas , except during the season Si. of the monsoons , have often to contend ' against ( tend headwinds or calms that last for days ami days. During tlicso periods sailing ships have frequently , if in proximity to land , to cast anchor to prevent being carried ashore by the vnn- our swift aucrconflioting currents , and at such times present capital opportunities for tlio marauders of the seas to carry out their nefarious designs. Although as the Chinese pirate is. as u * , rule , a most abject coward whore Euro- ' pcans are concerned , ho is , at least , capable of striking terror into the hearts of his countrymen ; and a couple of pirate junks , mounting but n single two- pounder gun between them , have been known to ulockada u port of four thou sand inhabitants , and to plunder every ship that passed. In another case a pirate gang of live hundred , who yielded to a "rush of twenty or thirty blue jackets , had previously defied a native force of one thousand live hundred troops and forty war iunks Directly , however , n small gunlioat , manned by Europeans , appeared upon the scene , their career was at an end. Chinese piracy is , nt times , almost a businessA pirate merchant , in the wholesale way.will infest certain villages on the seaboard or islands. He will keep lifteon or twenty junks , with a corresponding spending retinue of rulllaiis , and when ho has secured his plunder ho stores it in. safety. A pirate in a small way ot busi ness , having once made a good haul , will divide the spoil , nnd then his follower * immediately disperse , for fear of an at tack from another gang. The old snyjng of "dog eat dog" applies with striking force to the transactions of those plun derers of the China sea. Nature usually makes a gallant Htrlit against disease , and when helped by Dr. J. II. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier will eradicate it from the system Robert Browning , who for twenty years has lived with liis bister in War- ' wlok Crescent , Bayswatcr , lias bought a honso in Do.Ve.ro Garden's , Kensington , ituU will occupy it two months heueo.