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JERSEY COUNTRY HOMES.
THE BEKNAED-V1LLE NEIGHBORHOOI>.
BOUT BEAUTIFCL BITS OF SCENERT-PLACES
WHICH ATTRAC*T ATTF.NTION-THE BOR
ROWE "Hl*T" AND OTHER HOVBFS.
lt ls' beromtnj- more evident every year that tho
BrreBperoua men of affairs are Inrllned to malte Iheir
real honiea In the coantry rather than ln ttmm. Bott
Bess Interest* make lt deslra.Te thM Uie^c home* shall
be ln tlie nelgliboi'hoed of ritles. but ?_?) of tlicn. :irl
neverth*le-s? artuaily'eountry ftwaea, tlioueli from
lliem the busv ritle. rasy be rcarhcd la Ml many
mlnnte* over an li.mr. tfaw-Jersey.s-.nre tl.e -Irodaetlon
orrailrot-s. ha> taratahad raeai fo, fhe i.on.es ..r
th.usands of pssasas who. tl.o.igh e.-frnped ln New
York eaeh dsv. prcfer to g? 80 tlie romitry to slerp.
I*_cli persons have bn'.lt "P 8?8 taadreds nf prettv
1'itle s,ib:irbaii vill.'igi'-. alow: the railvrayr. wlilrk p>
a-est from Jeraex Cltjf and Hobol'.e*.. Tkesa are not
propcrly denonitnated aa rountry home>. A couuiiy
opanlngs for Ufht. From the tower of Mr. Drayton'e
house there ls a magnWcent vlew, and otte msy if_n
a b-'tter tdea of tho forteral a*pect of the eountry.
perhaps. than from any other polnL To the west
the'Mlne Mountains roll np ."d down toward the
FluehaiDln Valley. and beyond thls peaceful plaln
rldgo rlsea over rtd?e and' ahnts off the vlslon exeept
ln the plaee where Uie llRut .hlnea through at tbe
Dclaxvare Water Gap iwenty-flvc mllos away. Ta.
Ifea ean tlte loveU' eountry between someract and
orange MreUl.e, and It ls said that when the days
ure l.rlK'ht the nhlps can bo 88881 ln New-York MT.
T.? tl|< north mar be secn the range of hlll* HW
scaa at.-s M.'iidham and Dovcr. and M the foregrmmd
, t Jits ebar-taf Picturc tbe little vllla-te of Mendliarn
ne-lks u .ietlv ta what loohs like a pove of clms
,- -i inaples. whlle the Hlll Top Church stands, prom
laeatly out as would . sentlnel on Rusrd.
Ilatf a mlle to the west of Mr. Poat's plaee ls the
ramhllng farmbnuse Uke home of Samuel Borrowe.
vlre prcaldent of the Bualtable AsBuranre Soelety.
Tliis farm was boaplit from Mr. Post. and where Mr.
l;?rrowe'* hou.e now stands there stoort a few yenrs
sea. nnd when l,e bought the piare. a eountry store
and dwelllng of taree rooms. Durlng the snmmer
Mr Iiorrowe and Ma family had been boarding bi th.
THE BORROWE PLACF.
home Impllcs gardensand stablo*. ileMt. and pastures,
flockt and lierd*. And there are many >-uc)i notable
liomes wlthln an hotir's reacli of Wall Sti-eei. TBm I
a neithborhood ln the hllls of yewJaraer. only twentj
nlne mlles from The Tribuna offlre. whirli Is brlng rap1
Idly bullt up wlth beautlful eountry haaies, bel none
trf "thom lf, ao close to any otlur as to tiho axx-ay fran
tha nelghberliood Ita appcaianee ?.f a**t?al countrx.
There is ample room und Uiere ls no BBffe-tU-n ,,f
crawdlnr. TI,U nelghborl.oort v<t er t-velvc y.-ars apo
was tfven up to the roo*t prln.ltir.- Bethods af totm
lng. and Uie west tlilng to Le leen aaywhere about
was the Knax-e of Hearts wlii.-h haas over Ihe old xioro
tavern at Beinardsville. Tliis little villace I. only
two mlles away fiom Rasklng Kidpe. wieee bef .re tbe
Rorolutlonary War Lord Ptlrllnp br.llt " nn l-POaia_
wanslon xs.th large draxxing n.o... a ,d baaqaeting
Iiall. wlth s-tucro r<-illnc: u long arr.iy of offle s. wlth
coarh-r-ou-es, baV.eli'.uscs, bivxvl.'.n-.---: aU Ihese ?l_rt
ln- a 2?x*cd ijuadraiicie und sfcraing ?Uded vanes
d!-p6rting over the nqwias." All ,1,1s fell Into
wreck before Ihe beplnnlng of tlil- rent-ury.
nelcliiiorliood, nnfl t!<cv xvei-e fi plea'ed wlth lt tliat
tliis farm xvas pur< !ia-e<l wlth the intcntlon of bolldlnl
a nminiodlfiiis lioiise on lil;hr-r ground SO?e 2VO yards
bark of Ihe pi-esent houae. NTi.n the ln tol at xvl.ieli
tha family xvere li..'ir.l>ns elOMd ln the aiitunin tlio
Hc.rroxves wero not ri-ady to go t.i UiWD. so tl. ry
tri<*<i tlie experiment of ramplng onl ln the "id storo
booae, or "tbe Hai," as they ralled it then and luoe
called lt since. To make tbe plaee ni'-re habllabla
aaotber rooai xvas added rai.ldly and a broad sbed
put up te serve as a plana. The eaperimenl of
ranplng ln "ihe Haf* xvas .so ta?-factory lhat hetort
tbe ne-t sprlnp a few more 1*00?? were add''d and tlio
next summer and autumn xvere spent Ibrre. TM?
addlni e,f rooms xva> lepl up f<>r several yeon nnttl
Mr. Borrowe ba.t tiie Lirge**! aad ,n,.st oriiriual hrmse
ln tbe yelRhl.orllonrt. After Il.e llrst House liad gr-nwa
t.i lane pn>pm*ttoas Mr. Borrowe still lueke.l a
WlBard an.l niu-1<- room and lenpln alley. Te pro
x-ide theee be re_?tr?rted a Isnte hnlMIng belrind ti.e
?raln heoae and In tbe se-te fai-mhoase style of ar. l.i
te.ture. and cnnecicd the two xvltli a l.mp strurfure
MR. ?ORROWK'b MTS10 ROOM.
In fipeakinc of this establlsfunent. lkmaM <<
ajltch.ll, in a rerent arti'le. says that -all ih,e aspc t I
of this ln its paln.x days and Its a_M,at*emen1 m -i '
kave been rather forelgn than Americn." Tbe hi.m -
la tlie BasaardiTUlT a*4ckborbooi, hiwever. are i ior
oughly Ameii.an- Tin- owaer-s are husinos ai I pro
fesslonal men who ar- consplcuous lu tlie aff-ilr* of
New-York. Tlie eountry people. xvli n In a rrltlcal
?Mi, say that the custom of baagtng und do. hinp the
tall. of the horses Is Eaigttsh aai birbar-ros. bui II I*
scais-ely to be beBevei that eay of th ? aentteti.
ln thi* neiphbnrhood do lt beeause l^ls rllbcr Uie one
?r tlie otber.
.^BS^r
F. P. OlaOOTT* HOME.
Thi?- part of Uusaenn Oeaaty i- beautif'.iiv pietur
eeque, and its aJtitude makes lt a declded rhange from
New-York. When ?peaking of inoimtain- ciplit hu>.
dred or a thouaand feet do not seem to nmoent to
mueh. but tl,?t mueh elevath.n from Ibe sea level
make* a great dlllerence ln the ataaaaphere, an.l II
aeems sunVlont. too. to prever-t the pr .pafatiO- of
that mlserablo pest. the Jersey mOOOXaM,. Oorpo II.
Post the New-York nrcliltect. xvas. tl.e wrller beleves.
ihe plof.cer of thi* oolony. He bougl.t a pr.il deal of
land and built a house. other than tlie one hc BO*
lives ln. Followlng him fam: Ibe la,- Andrc-xv V.
fetont, whrase old ptace has just beea Uwgbl bl
jolm B-Ientlne. the brewcr. of Ncxvark. f-l.-ully nfler
Mr. Stoufs settlement in the iielgl.iNMbooi ran.
George I. seney, who ln buylng land ai.d projtctln
ImprovemcnU pursued the same lartles wbieh bad
made lilm famous as a railway balMet and philaii
tliropHt. What he did or proposed t. ifl wa. on a
large scale and attraoted atlention. -o ti.at ifi a little
while th.-re was a land "boom" wbieh swelled
very qnlrkly aud then collapsed. Tl," resatt ol thls
ri*e iuid fall in values ls thut there ls aearreU a plare
ln the town-hlp ,ot owncd by a rlrh maa whlrb N not
mortgaged Ior more than tt would fetcfa if sold al
auction.
Aftc-r the eollspse of the land '? 1. o,n" .1. Coteasar.
Pravton luilt his stonc house an.l san.u.-l Botrowe
tiilarped the tmnttmotm whlch his add.t ?m bave made
so attrartlve. -still later Miss Boailnot made 1,,-r-ef ?
home in a Itttle Bteae far?ihnu~e. and it wa* only laat
year tliat Fredc:lc P. Olcott built a 1 .rgc wendm.
house ln the (olonial style. Mr. Post ral,* hls plaee
?'ClBren:,.nt.,, lt ls beauUfnlly sltuated <>n an e.e
?/ated platran. and it is hard lo bcl. ve tliat tlie |,c.ti*
ls buil' aro, i.d an old farniltcis. xvhich wa- ?.n the
plaee wl.ii' Mr I-' bour'l.t !t Starh ls the fart.
however. and the genlal oxxn.-r. ln iplalatag baw hc
did what he ha* at <?remoi t. sav* that t:,e houae
Bierely BtM. He muat, however, la-e had a iel nltr
Idea ol "what he mrant 88 d. befaic be let tl.e hoaae
begln to grow. for now tha, it la InlBbfid there Is a
tasteful romplelcneas about it wl.lcl. ls mrely seen li,
atxucturcs part* of whlch wrr.< afu-t ...-ighu. Th
pounds are Mi out wlth rare akfll. aa. tbe g.rd-n-r
ariileve li, rt < nltural trlumphs of wl.,1, Ibe arboa
neigtr.iorl.ofKl ls proui. Th* pin ure does tM them
Uie noblc aeml cir. ular eon-ervator;. ln tl.e r*ar af Mr
I-ost's home. Thls gets ull tl.e sun that abtaes. and
through It when the auturrin wlnds aro cl.lU a stream
of warm llght 8<<ods |b8 house.
1'pon tlie same platvau aa Mr. Paafs hCW* ?ni
ala.ni half a wlle away. ta that af J. rnlen.an Dra?
ton. tlie son ln law of Wliliam BBhtT. Mr. I*i**t wa.
!_.- anbitaet of Mr. Draytori* hou*.. whlcli was bu.lt
of stone quarrted on the plaee When Hwas jOBt
finta'.ied It had a hard. 88- and almo-t forluddmg
appearauee. but It gets softer wlth tlme and the vinea
Uist ara cllmblng the walls wlll soon leave llttie to
be aeeo exoept a n_sa of inu wltb the wiudow
vrliicli _.erv_l both a= hall and bn.clt.ig allev. The
_h_ie oi ti.e lower Boor nf lhe new bnlMln. _***
. ,v..n tip I" one large roi.n, whirh WM le (ln dul.v for
inlliard- and muale. Above thls i-.mi, tlie *talrs
-u_ln$ fn.ti. besMe tl.e Brrptaee. were _ade sevenU
,? |.,,.,_, f,?- barbetor*. Thi* bllllard room l* tbe
? iv .,f "the liui" and the Breptoee l* 'J'** ."?'>' *?
i',_ r ...m. So ordinarv lirew.1 ran be u*e. ln thi*
:, ..-utalil- Breplace. whlili will hold a toe 1? feet
l , .... Tlie Bi_-__oo-hed ralter* show In tlie reilni?
,i,d 'hc walls aro rovei-cd witb tapestry. It l* But.
oi r_c a tine room: a tin?* room ______ be out nf
, ,.. m sticli :i H<m*.. bnt for rwnfort- romlorl ln a
J.? ,. ?P,,_>-?o r..o.n c.nl.1 cx.el it. Tl.c fariiiliuu se
?',., ,. rarrled out m atables aod -__?. and indeci In
ev.rytblng. The hottse ooe* nol *to* in thc nu.l-t
,.f _ lawn laborioaaly eroppeB, but In a meadow where
,,, Bra-- giows free Ij and l? .ut Mr buy. Mr. lior
, we'* Unl i< uii'iiK-ti-i .ii.lv ih.- moel Intcre-t.iig
Imi. _ ln the ounty. There i* a free *->? BBOStenta
, ,ii. bosptfality dhtpenaed whirh __eai4i pkasantly
, nn tl.c blg roomb, wlde plaiaas and tl.e P___ ?hkh
Gnd* it- way Bnobstrt.cii-d Into every part.
Actom tho liiphway from "the Hnt" is M__
I..?;dlui.i'* pi.tiircMiuc a:;?l aid ntue Btena cstt..Kc.
Tui* ton was a f_.ii.hoii .e Ml purclii-ed by Miss
Dottdlnot. who ls a repri-entatlve ol her btsteric f.m
ih. H.-r ara___ather wa* ot;e ol thc cailv JtiS-lo.s ol
iv Saptame C_a_ of the Btate of New-Jeriey, and his
brotber ber preat anele, was th- Pre**Ment of thc Con
ti.iciitul Coiutress dtiriiur thc Eevoluthinary Wur when
Wasblnpton was in tlie iicl.l. and when pence wa* de
? larcd SUM Boodlaotl crcat-Uhch. alone si. ned tho
J. COLEMAN LRAYTOV.S HOl'SE.
treaty wlth i-reat Britain. Tlio letter whirh General
Washington wrote to him on this ocoiision is beaatl
fu'lv pic*crvr_, aud I* onu of thc str_in_c relic- ln
lll*s iii.udli.ot's Interestlna eollertion. Thls niUet-lon
-iu- lu- iii ber parlor at ti.<- rottaie. The pa!ntln_ of
?ieix-i _.) Washliifrton by <'liarl>-s Wil*on l'eali- 1
ti.e ln i.-c. The lm iiitiin- in the parlor i*
period. whlle lhe books ln th
?i -tincui-hcd scholars nnd
ln
f that
library beloaeed 11 the
tatr-stnen of the famlly.
Tlie w-ill* an- hunB wlth lamll) purtrmt* of Ella* and
Eiuiia i.i.u.iiiioi and thelr itnn. tore, Rlebaid. Ktaekton
.'?iil hi* wlfe who wh* a Mi** B.iuillnot ; William Br.id
in a vttoraey-Oeaefal of tne t'liitod states, aud hi.
Jftg
m
J__
..__Wt; ^s-.-.
*#B_
COTTAOE OF MISS 1101'I>1 NOT.
?rifa xx-liii x<.a. a Miss Baadlaoti I-ady I'.ryant, whose
'iili.-i._tli uortrait (polnted by Kneliar) Is so liko the
I, -,-,?i ."Ji lloudlnot lh, t lf lt xxere not for Ibe dres*
,r two Hundred rears ago w?mM be labea far her
...u.e Thls nicture show* iii x ar.ou* part. of Uie
.-ix-a-'tbe atu-li.pt at .k-siriictl.m on tlie part ..f U_a
ii.ssians who enWred ti.e Hoiidinot manslon al Ellia
bett tTtl.e -cvolutlonary War and did all the daiuaee
Uiey r iud. Thcie aro alsa ln thls houae four weD
i own uloi-es of btatuary. example,- of sixteenth cen
,,? wo?k wd n.,irra.'nung Ardt Afrlca. Europe and
X uerlca whlrh wt-,*. sent from Verx.Bllle.-i to Mr. Hou
11 oTon'u" Aurr. - Iba French Mlnlster aaa tokcn
"ttm\L*\t for the klndnc* he had rer-leedI ftt tImi hands
,,, Mr Hoiidiiuit lu tbe eorner stands the liandaome
tallI DrtSi elork whieh wa* the ;.roperty of lllrhnrd
m___a he sianer of the Derlara-tion of Indcpindence.
l?__^___- ramMtk. old rhlna and silver u*ed ln
Ite tandtatCT-anaton of the IToslftael of the tonti
nentaM^grwe. and. whlle ou hta tabie. ^IfOJ;
-ral Washlngton. Oeneral Lafayette aaid mOttf -f tb.
otber ilsilngnlBhod pe-ple of IIbIWi*. ^Jl?^!?!
bi tha-e ___ the ciiannlM hostess of tba present
day still dlspeaees witb old fashloie. e__rte_y the hoe
^ir^t* ro_Tf-0? the *__er_et 9*9* to *t*
_.____^tTllt hy tae late Andrew V. Ktotit and reeently
K7b, the Newark brewer, John Ballentlne.
V'lilThW w_s buin durlng an unfueky era of arcW
wtnwf in .mrrie... and 11 he ths rest of the sti^cture*
_?.____ aVrind I. made hhleous br a Frenrh inan*ar
S_^*l _i Plare hTliowever. ln Vantlhil enlttvatlon
[* la eotWs siisrepHblo of belng made a* pretty as II
_i now fomfortablo.
-fe^fc&A
OEOROE B. rOST'8 H0U8E.
t____.rir v nleott presidcnt of the Central Trnst
________to_r?^a____5eosa_r ln tka ndphborhuod.
T.m- _L__"___e___-n_S of ____i thu waii . t_**t
p,ctui*? *how^wharman^er ^
______ __2_7a__M lha P'*?- ?"<? ? ?? "nderstood
breedtog staWea awej g ? horw cxt<.nMveiy.
that Mr. pieoatsawn ?' Mon of New-Jersey ar*
___g'_._^____i___^____Nria Massaehusett*. and
remlnded of the li^rKsnire i |ial)Iy tllon, win
tho remark ***** n?fte'.^__?ry hlll*. Thosc who
jrJr.*^io flnd Bhnnwsw ln what *_**_?* ffi
? ?*... ih.v hnve seen ahrond are rcmindcd by th.se
hlll* and vallr!s of IWanv ... It.Hr. Bnt lt I* prettv
S.gh to have a fame on lt* own __rount, and doubt
1061 It WUI.
_-??-1
A CATSKILL NEED.
THE PRESENT Gt'IDE-DOOK TOTALLT TS
' ADEQUATE.
A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE OVIDE DEMANDED
-MOUNTAINS THAT ARE NOT ATPRE
i
CIATED-A VISIT TO SLIDE.
One who hu travcllcd throaph the Wlilto Monn
talns havlnff a_ hls companion thc i-onvenlenl and com
plete . lidebook whl.h sl.mld have * pbre In lhe
portmaateM of every travelle. i_ grtevaasly iiuap
{.nlntort on t dnK to the C'atskill... or tn mahlnp ready la
ro thltlier, to flnd thnt thcrc 1* no slmilarly full nnd
-Htlsfart'-v puldd.nok for thal replon to 1_? .blaine.,
Thc want of -urli ? puldehook must have heen iBBff __??
_. A It I* H Bl'y sup I.n-' th it an earnest eflort to *n. pb
lt was not put f.irth lonp apo. It rerlnlnly . eems to be
a pt. .itablc lleld f..r s-mic one to work tborouphly. nnd
thc wrlter I* hopeful that what hc says may have some
rfferl l-i brlnglnp ahont wbal ls so pi-ca-lv needed bv
every one who wi._-. to obtaln a thoroagh haawMaa
of titi. beaatMBl moontalB rcplon, which |a almost a
suburb of N. w-York.
Tbe unl-. culdel.i_.lt which ran bc proctirrd l.y the
-o.ic.r for inf'.rmaiii.n mav have been ade-raate in the
days when tbe oM Mountain HOOSB und the r-*?l..n
tbereabmn eo_Bprt_ed prartleally all of thn Catahtn* so
far s* (hc world at larcc was ___?____. Fnr thal
qnrter the maps and desrrlp'loi'.s arc rompletC BttOBgh
to answer all re<iulrcm.mts; but. spcalslnz genersUy,
Ihc rest of Ihc nounlalii* have heen omltted aHogether,
To ho mu_. tlierc ls a list of thc loftl.-st moantatn*.
with thelr brights. whl.h. by ihe wav. do not always
corresjvon. wlth Ihc Ppuros clsewherc trlven In the
text: there are two maps-ono of the Catskill retrion In
general wlth the ro.ds. dlstanres betwcen villaees.
rt.-.. nnd one . vln_ a hlrrtseve vlcvr of tlio mntintalns
wltli tliclr i-tpcrtlve heiphts-wlilrh. so far a* the
writcr was al .c to Jttd_e. arc falrly acetinte. There |s
also an o .rellent nntllnc sltctch of the nutn. rous pc^ks
to bc seen from Hlark Domc. thc thlrd hichc.t of thc
(afskllls: nnd hv pavlne an nddltional prlce you can
prarurc a flne foldlncr tnap of the vicw frnm the Mghesl
peak of all. __Me. r*"th of these proflle. arc tnic to
nalurc an. one ls able to plck ont every mr-nntaln In
algbl from thc aammlta namc_ without the sllphtest
dlfll.nltv.
In f n't. thcro ls an o_rel_ent *kcMon fnr a pnldc
bo--,k such as Is obvlnusly rc.iulrcd: but the pilde
book llnelf ls yet to maltc lts appcaranco. Thc present
gntdebooh s_ms to have been put to_ether mainlv as a
BM-llain f"r a 1*_.c nnmher of advcrtlsements nf hnar.
inp honae* and hotel*. and In some quartet. lt ls lntl
matc. that thc Importanrc of anv partl.nlar ohject of
interest wns eaupcl In thc cyes of thc compllcr hy thc
arnonnt whl.h thc proprietor of the nenrest holcl was
wllllnp to pay ln thc form of adv. rtislnp. Then. too.
thls nildchook is gaperboanB a merc pamphlet?and
earrvlng lt In onc's pneket or hap fnr a few tlmes ls
rafflrlenl to hrcalt up ll - nnlty. of course _ny hoolt
desiencd for such tisnpc as a gaMf-MM- h almost rcr
taln to pet -hmild he bound stronalv In t1"xlblc covo. .
If a vlsltor In fhe f'atskill rcelon depend* on the
"natlV-." for informatlon as to thc names of moun
talns. f.T Inslance. be Is prettv _B__ ?o bc lc<l asti-ay or
to pe? ln nnswer to hl* qucstlons abnnilant rhnnhs of
vagaeneas. oripinally. it _c.m_, every mountain wai
niffereaUated from Ht nelfhbon hy belng ralled North
or south nr East or West, bal tliat Incvltably led to a
vast deal of ronfiision. nnd now every well-dcflncl
suuimit ha-s a distln.llvc name. _omc of thc names
i-el-ite to loralltle*. oth.-t- to Indlvldtials and other* to
naiiini feal.s. rnfortanatrty few of tl.e musleal
i-ii ci name* have been prescrved.
There are r iriie-itie- _ nomcncUt.ire here a_ clse
wlicre __nilng u*i.le from moantalna for a monicnf
?md ventnriup out*Me of thc real mountain ... nn. lhe
Vr Vr re, all- a vfflsge much NSOrted to by sun.mer
l?r nler* and known aa ('alt Ilill. The new .otn-T nat
nr-iiiv exnerl* lo *ee ;. fown simatcd on an emlnww-e
and ihaded and snrronmted by magnlBrent oaKs. on
Ibe .onlraty be flnd* the villatre In a raU?. and there
? not B -olltary oalc ln slght. If endowed ?_ th
rnrloslty, ba hasten* to Inmtlre the *?l*K*_*_\
nhenomenon, .rhereopon ho ls told that <?ak Hlll Is so
ralled l.c-. an. ?? _.nion_ thc early s-ttlers there Wltt
famllr named t>ab und another famlly named H.ll. and
tbai they touh ihta b$w1__i__ mcth.si of parpataattng
"Ui1..,e11rr.r..it vlsltor to the (_*____! lias becorne con
-Inccd lhat these moantalna arc not appreelatM as
mountain*. ?? l had loohed upon them as bilUpnly,
lie _-niarked In convei .allon with tlie wrlter a d_\ or
two aco. "I rediird them tlltlcn-titly now. I made a
dav'stilp to .-lldo Mountain. nnd, sp. ahtnp wlth the
'nll p .'..l.ectloii that I hpenl a ronsiderably kmpcr tlme
tn Mount Washington ln the aiunmer of l**, I am
frank to admit that thc vlew frotfl MWe. the hlpl ost o
thc Catsklll Motintalnt.. Is tl_ llncst mountain vicw |t
has ever been my privllcpc |n wIUicbs. Thc . trlklng
dltT.-rcncc betwcen .lie CataUUfl and the Whlle Moun?
tain* 1* that the formcr are lower and aro wuod.d io
tbe top. On _1ldc vou tire lu lhe mldst of a mac
nlfleent wlld reglon. and by tho aid of Ute proflle mnp.
ln whlch even- depresslon aud almost every trce ttre
clvcn vou cari plck out at least flftv pcaks wlth cs-sp.
r.vervbody who rfan slK.nld by all means make a trlp bi
Slide Mountain. It Is an ea*y cllmb?only three mllc*
0V?rNext?U) S*d? ln hclpht I* Hnntcr. hut aftcr seelnp
ihe formcr I was somewhat dlsappoititod in the Httcr.
It is a flne blg fellow, tl-inph : really n mapnlflc-nt
mountain : bnt it does not commnnd the vlews that
-iilde alTord*. I had lt on mv proeramme to make Ihc
asnmt of nisck Do mo. No. n ln helpht. but was not
ahh- to effect lt. A frlcnd who went there ls enthti___s
tl. over the flne vlew. whirh he deserlbes as much
more satlsfvlnp than thnt from Hunter, whlch he al*o
rllmbcd i hace lilack DOBSB In reserva, atid I am
ccrtalnlv going to Sllde Mountain apaln.''
TBE COSMOS FLOWDB.
Fiom The Wushington Pot>t.
The lOtasns fli.wcr. wl.irh has come to be all tho
rac here thta fail. has an _terestiag history, whlrh
Mr r-niaJl. tho florist, i-elated to a " I*.?i reporter
v.--t"iduv lt ls Indlgenoiis to Mex'.ro, where it gTOWS
xvild 111 tlie Held like tlie dalsy iu thi. rllmatc. Some
(onr years ago ? OeotAtot lortat ln iioi.oi.eii. X. J_
nrona?ited some af the plaata from Impor oj scds ?nd
. i,,ii,'-d the nowers ii. New-Ywk. Then tl. ? plai.t
anneared In H* Soldler*) Home pardeiis. at llamptoti.
near F*_lreas Mnnn.', OfBttO lt waa. friitnd tliat lt
w.mld bloom as lat" as January and Fel.riiary. 011 _t
<-..unt Of tbo n.ll<l-r rllinate. _ gciUl-man near
Alexanirla, Va.. then senirod a nuantlty of tbe Med
and leeg-iii ti. grow tlie P?Ot for th*. maj-ket.
moetlng wltli vtth saeeeaa ti.at he has new sr-v-wi
uir*-s covered wlth tlie eosmos blooms, and lie shlps
lameaae <i?antitk-s to New-York daily.
Mk -mail ml- lhat th.- plant cannot be groxvn wlth
gn-ai siic-eas farther north tban thU city. u- It su<
enmbs to tlu-. tlrst frost. Tliis I* t_B flrst year that it
has beeo?e fianiaon bnt Just nrTw greoi brairrlie..
of It ttdorn tlie window* of eaeh florlsi's esialillsh
inen,. and can be boaght ch.-aply ln Ihe ninrl.et or
of the l.ovs oi. the Streol. Tl.e flower mak.-s a iirotty
Interlor deeoratlon. or lt wlll keep fresh for four or
tlvs days if plarod ln a vasc of WBtef In.medi.tti-lv after
lt ls cn?. Tho wblle*>hlonom8 .re tlie l)aiid*a,me.st,
reseml.lli.p ft nfTC?MU ln thelr white netals and gold
l.eort-. t.ut tlicre are other tlnts tliat are highly
prl/ed. The ro-nios Is apt lo be as popular ere long
as the clirxs:inthcm,im, aithough florists wlll always
prefer the latter.
TBE GESTLEMASIJT BASE TELIS.R.
From Tlie Boston Post.
It alwaya aniusea me when I reeeive a noUec to
the effe.t that my l.ank account 1s overdrawn (and,
t.v the way, 1 tnist that I shall fall ln nobody'* e*Uma
tfoii tlir.iugli the frank adnils^lou that I am somatlnie*
overtaken by thls misfortune). The manner of lt
I. thla: A meascnger, not the postman, brlngs me a
letter rourh<*d tn the followlng ternjs:
Hear hlr: 1 make your acrount oxvrdrawn 8*i75 Hi
(lt ta usually a UUle leas than that), and 1 think the
nilstal;e 1* your*. Your* truly, _
Telisr.
The polifcness of this plcese* me very mueh. Of
roiirae the teller knows U>at the mtatako Is mlne. buta
wlth a kind of Ohlneixe olxillty. he puta U,? unpleaaant
fact ln the form of a mere opinion. Perhaps thi*
conslderate fornmla haa come down aa a tradition In
i.ank*. from the old and eourtly day*. It only remaln*
to add that my bank areount 1* overdrawn, not becauae
mr maourcea are straltened, but lierause I hava surh a
lavlsh, carelesa. mi?_eaat way of Uirowlng my mopey
about.
GOOD RULES TO REMEMBER.
GU-RDITfO AGAINST EI__CI*__C 6HOCKS.
ADVICE *TRO_ AN EXPJSRIENCED ___OT?(CIAN
WITH REOARD TO M UVE" WIRE8.
The transmlaston of strong eleetrle cnrrent. ls slways
aceompsnled wlth dangor, and their use requlres not
,-,niv a knowledge of thelr mode* of sctlon. but? the
greateat prerantlon In hsndilng to prevent serlous
rasult*. The mlnds of electrlrlsns have been cngace?
therefore, for some Ume ln reduclng the dangers at
-endlng ;he use of rlectrlclty to tlie lowest polnt,
ccperlally stirli r_ result In a destruetlon of property,
and they hava lately lntrodueed ln large houses ramt
fled by .lartrlo wlres condults full of water, Uirough
whlrh the wlres pass like submerged cables.
The new Western I'nion telegraph rooms In r.road
wsy wlll be flnlshed wlth these condults. passlng under
tlie floors and so arrangcd that when a wire become*
useless It ean be wlthdrawn from the end of thi tubc
without the Inconvenlence so often necessary under
the old arrangement* of tearlng up the floors of the
rooms. butcherlng the woodwork and destroylng tho
walls and celllngs. These- eondulta, _? far aa
Uiey go. form a perfect protecUon against flre and
wlll allow Insurancc companles to breathe more freely,
do away wlth m.ich prejudlce felt by prlvate famlllcs
against electric llghtlng. and help to swcll the Incomes
of companles liandling thls great popular convenlence.
H 1s useless to bllnk st the fact that dnngers to
property have received more ronslderotlon thsn those
to* llfe. a. the former stood ln dlrect opposltlon to the
advanre of thelr snbtle agenry Into the liomes of
Indlviduals, whlle the kllllng of a workman or the
knorklng down of a pollceman by one of these eur
i-ents ln the streets, whlle they were depreeated as
ronfonndcdly unfortnnate oecurrences, entalled no
serlous -nonet:,ry losses npon the companles. Every?
thlng hss been done after sti'-h nn areldcnt to soothe
public feellng and blame the csrelessness ot somebody
??but for whose rrlmln.il neglect of dnty the acrldent
neVer would have orrnrred," nnd so forth.
The rsreful sollrltnrte of these people to prevent
the public from beromlng preludired against the
electric wlres nettlng tlie streets haa served to keep
aianv people ln ntter lenoranre of the terrihle power
for destnirtlon that is everyxrnere present tn tbe cltv.
Thta Ignoranre of the dangers nttendlng the cont.vt
wlth electric wlre* |s one ren-on whv so mmy aecl
dents occur. rollcemcm, seelng ? man transflxed by
an electric shock. selze hold of him an.l ar? lrnocked
dnwn, perlin'ns kllled for tlieir palns, and it would be
rssr to mnltlply ca*"* where unwlse nnd Ignorant
a?*l*twe not only did no gond to tlie vlcflm In Ilv
toita. hut -x-ldened tlie record r.f dlsister. It has noen
a selflsl. and wtae poliey on tl.e part of elertrirtan. to
cover up. as mueh as possible. these outrages com
mlttei at tlie expense of tlie pcnple and bellttle tlie
rtancers attendlnc the nse of electridty. heeaase a
prejudlce and fear rmitnc] ncnlnst the rW of poxverful
electric currents In the streets, xvlirn electrlcal llghtlng
and nse of power were in thdr Infancy. would prot.al.lv
h<xve led to le.-t-'alirm tcmdlnc to rrlpp!" and reta-rd
tlie prr.gress of thls. one of the most nseTuI and ln
d|vpen<--able ndjnncts to modern elvlllraMon. Eogtaai.
perlinps of all ronntrlcs tl.e mn-t prodlgal of hnman
llfe ,.n points of national honor or the acqulsitlon of
teiTltory. t.y legtalatlve rnartmerts retarded thf* nse
ofstaamfnr yeara, ott of n tla-iwon* ani nnduo rezard
fnr tlie Hves of the few p.-ople xvho mlcbt bc Inji.red
by tbe eNploslon of l.ollers. lt was enacted
thal no boiler sbonli bc eabjeelei to a greafer
pressuro Tlif.it Ihlrt. pounds to tl." -<i'iai? in'll. a
ateaaare thal ieprfved steam nf n- nsefalness nr.-i
was ]..irelv B***_?eB*4ea*, n- one l.o'ler m.y be bctor
able lo wlthatani ? jrcs-ure of io:, -*o_nis lo the
iqaare Ind. than ano.h r to sanl tw.niv. Ballroeii
arera hamperei ln Uie snm" wav, and trun- weta
forblrttlen to travel fnsler than twelve mlles an lionr.
though since the Introdurtlon of the locrn,,tlve csual
tie* in travel have been redured .*>n per cent as
rnmparod with the. dang-rs of tmvelllng by Ma~
eoacb.
The fear of sueh legtalative actlon has been Instru
mental in keeplng tbe dangers of oleetrklty in Ihe
backpround. and there are thousands upon thousands
of people in thls citv, of all arcs, who are kept from
death slmplv beeause these wtree are plo'-ed, as In
thelr rhlldhood was iheir fatlier's gun. out of t<elr
reach In vlew, thcrefop\ of this i/noranre among
the people nnd of the many who are killed or kno.-k.-d
down bv eleetrle currents, clther thiougli worklng
with the wlres ,licm,elves or eudeavorlnc to reb-aae
others who have been shorked, nn eleetrle au rrl ex
nerlenre has mmpllcd a few nilcs to be fall rwed as %
safegnard against sueh Wcident*. *"d jT^Vs tliat
Uirlr obsrrvanre wlll prccludc many serlous Dijnfles.
Here they nre:
Nov.-r touch an electric wire that h?s fallen down across
vonr wav whlte you 81- _tandln_ nn ths sronml. as ynnr
3J wlU berease a conductor for the electric fo.ld to the
.rth unl-ss vou have rabbSB 1 oot* upon your feet.
Un.iU *re sometlme. tbtt pulltng these ***>****
hut th-. have l,,*ul?tln_ rubber boots unon their feet. or
clavr* of _____ materlal upon thelr hands. ****** *?#_
mtmt* tom eeverlaga _ bc only used for pretsettoB
STiha _ri -ea-her, eaw taetllUr grasped the wire.
and rserivH ?.-vere shock* in eaaseqaem?$.
- s_ouid vou leerive ? *hock, emtoet with lron. i >ne or
JU should 1 e sou,ht .. a rncans of draa'ln. ****??
_ the body: but when your hands Me connect, _ wHb
, wtrs bsarlag a Bve eerr-?t, *** ****?_ *_*
thinps ?nd ,.ll snbstan-cs that have a rscptlvlty for Oe
flS d Many Beeldeat. have resnlt._l frnm pcoH. grasp
!Lg gaejSs ? **-"**> ***** whcn ele<-'trlC "8,t
atrca wera la eeatart with Um body.
DSStt employ a carpenter or orrtln.ry lahorer. nor do
vou yourself attempt to llx any el. et* appuratu* .1 any
'.M.wer about your p.opertv. wh.-l. . thr curr-nt ls timnd
?? 0r not. Men wbe warg at ???' h___aese weat rahhej
nov.-* and us.- tnol* wlth tamiat. i rubber haadtes. khit
have beea fceted as to thelr no. .-..ndurtlng vlitues by ex
l_.rlen.ed ell .-ttlclnn*.
An electric wire should M handled wlth one hand only,
as the eaagev ls irreatly incroi-ed when both hand- *l_
nsed. If It Is B-trsraiT to taBB hold of a live wire Witb
i ,ith h.nds-don't dn lt.
In handllng or Brawlag anv wlr.' lylng over any of the
ordlnarv utr.-t Wire*, ep rU'.v such a* convev earreat*
tor .l-ctrlc ll_.hlli_. u- B div hand llne for the pirpose,
Z B_?n 0_ "Ire Wlth Ins.ilated olnce. . An ord.nary
wlr* clotlie*i:no may betaBM th.: couductor of a d.adly
''" I_' _ JJBIBUIIIB1 toneh not. taatS not. handl. Bet
Th. nost m.-ffetislve-l._kln? d sh. _n n.sT strike you lik*
! mttott hond. Nothlnp U SaN to you here. tttott you
ka_M evervlhlng. ___
L-t vorklngmrn nmembor that when B ******_***_*
_______ wT'S on the ilinhaw of nolo* ?o closely to_ ther
hT. nau cannot mo.e __-_ _-.?_?* then, ?*}***
Z. h*B ?o ttt* down and lestgB. What nrol.t.-to lt a
mL. that he ha* a situation. lf hls wife be a wld.w 1
.,._eaaa * eaneal without glvlag notlce to _Ueea.
turn* a Wegngh notlce r*e_vsd m the back ot th*
?eck BBBBMBg arrlve. too late to do any **?
on no condltlon let two wlr-* touch your body at the
..me tlme. Such I* the famlllarlty of the electrh-current
an Uy *nd thelr freedom from ai. _<.1.1 dlet.n-tlon* that
STbeam el a B__a__e of s_a___SB_a from the Qsee. *
Kn-l_nd to Chauncey M. D. l_ w on the condltlon of 1U?
re____ nose would thlnk nothlnp of jun.plna into fOtt
__??ch to ahake hands wlth a pleh-lai. currcnt the
tmSOt oi a wheat qnoutlon from Hog "olloWh
Don't think any wire ls uot lBB|IIBBI There is a dlf
MN.ce between a Run wlth a cap on It and one without
that can be ***** by the naked oye; but a loaded wlre
who knowelh Iti . .
Trinmiers en.ploved to attend to llsht* ln crowded pub?
llc th.rough.?r.-? should bs sure that the current 1* turn._
t* before they touch _? l?mp. *? thc ?_pl?ddc_ are BftW
very hlgh, and the publlc obj.-ct* to belng hlt on the hea*
by ? gyratiug, galvaiii.-d lau-ptriiumer.
TAMISG AS UGLY BORSE.
From The Lewlston Journal.
H O Foss, of tlie flrm of Dlngley, Foss _ Corn
nai.y. of Aabara, wa* the son of a moa arbu hMew _
um ti about horaee and ,-_*vd as many good one
n lil* day as nuy other man ln Kennebec County.
Mr. Foss tell. you now and Uwn a storj- not for
Dut.HcuUon but only to paa. away tho brlef half-hour
wluU the horse ear Is coming aretind the turu.
?1 lemember," sald lie tlie other day to a frlend
in our h.a.lng, "th-- flrst horae 1 ever bought. He
LV^anusome I Ml ln love wlth him and on a
trip over cross eountry yeara ago I bought him and
a__ iwas it 81?i7 T) for him, lndudlng blanket. sur
S-da and h-ter. I Ui S5 home and put him Into
?? xfter dinner father came ln Ironi feed ng the
horse. and tVi he, 'llorntlo. did you know tliat new
baraa of your was iftrr lt ?_?_______? mc< an(J
was intcreated. He told me and?ftowed me a coat
hat the horse had toro of from lfn_ ra* he wunt Into
the Blall to feed him. We handled hlni tendcrlv for
wo or three days. I learned hls hl.tory and found
hat ho wua notortously vlclous. We pettod hlni
.nd did a* well aa we could by him. for my father
__. a very gentle man wlU* horaca. and nover beat
____, 1 had read thi* new book l'lack Meanty and
mv father followed out Ita prtnclpla even ln Iboaa
rtnvs Well one day, the next wet-k. we had the
karaa out ITI the floor. My father- wa>, deanlng UP Uii
I a.r wlth n rake. and I was brnshlng down my hoiive,
_hen suddenb' he made u daah at my father Just aa
i,e Dassed In front of lUm. strifclng him wlth hls fore
feet and whlnnylug and _cr_mlng Uke a mad laruat
Mv father blt the horse wlth the rake for protection.
and the hoi-? Jumped back and brohe the halter. and.
m a moment. wa* looae In tae atable floor. A
wlldcr hnr_? I ...ver *aw. Wet flnally beat Iiim
back from hU attaek npon us. and ha made a, coroplete
uiixr ot the stable. A carpeaxter-s bench stood near
ine wall of the stable wlth Just a lltUe room between
lt and the lenama. The borae ln aome way made a
d?_i)i ln between the waU and tbe bench and got *tuck
there. I Jumped to the bench aod gr-~bed the horse
br Uve head and nosa and ft?-ed hls head down on
_e b-ioh. 'ih*n 1 sa*K out to f*_er to'aet the
greenbtde
and beir
trifle
horse a h__Bgs-eh aa ? ?.?-_?^___nb.e 9*39*
tbc raw TUrte *w ?he_. I _BUw^_ bea_tJramnie airaer
every blow. 111* ?*lt*? ?ia_** *K ?&? ?*
Hl* breath eom* short and aat**-9*_***_____
.tragglod stid snort-d defiance. '?*; u.?"' ,i"2tii
I. B the raw-hlde m*.***'** *9*J.'f**
The horae rtood It for _*__?! tong "S55 _" Sl^nU
I ?uddenly felt hls rausclf- nU^'_7*______?htk\\
followed. and the next momej,tm"sJ^n_STi JSg
dropped down Into Uie oalm of my hand, ana i sang
bridled bl" uT^Snt ln and got ? "fV^.m inl
ESras FjCb eS&toJS"_n-S
scar* were haaled. .._; _?-? a klnder
'? I had Uiat horse two or three years- a ?"???
_o_. __..r stood. He grew affecflonate an? be
_F 9fi.. #7{;^r?
storv going wlth him. f_ Kept him tlll he dled ln
sci.lce Ile told me onre thst V was the "Indest
\. .___.? _s# hAMLM that lf I bad anather1 one Jnst like
?5*_fS8^__5 ? __-___.
never heiievett in ""?*?? oceasion when some
nnnocessary, hut mi* ** *\__,v?r"m__ ____ tha rlnht
thing had to be done. * recbon we <_M tae ngn.
thing." _4
JJ_?0__ _9_?^/ VO / TS PIEL D.'
GENERAI, WEBB TALKS ABOCT THE CX-T OOIe
LF.GE AXD ITS AIM.
There ha. been some dlscassion lately. as there
always 1* at thls Ume of the year. coneernlnrf the scope
of the College of the City of New-York ln Ita reUUons
to other edncntlonal lnsU'utlons. There has been a
dlspoaltlon to regard lt as a sort of preparatory school
a kind of tntermed.ary between the hlgh ?hoo and the
unlverelty. ln spcaklng of thla a day ?r two ego.
General Alexandcr - Webb. presldent of the college,
sald that "the College of U.e C.ty of New-York was
eaubltabed (_ Its early form as tho Free Aeademy) ln
response to a demand rec.gnlsed as lyttttitt by Um
iJrd of Education la IMT. that the public fund
e*.*iended for klgber education should be so dlsposed of
as to give -the greatest good to the grcatcst number.
Continulng. G.ncral Webb said: "Tho address of
nobert Kellv at tl.e opef-ig of the college on Januiry
27 le49 dcclared that >~ the new Instltatlon bclonged
to the people, Its plun. direction and management must
be for the bencllt of the whole. lt conld not. there
fore. tlie address went on, uocnpy the posltlon of a
Preparatory semi.iary to any eilstlng inst.iuMon.
aithough lt could furnlsl. (as the city follcce ta 80
knowledged to have done su.cessfully; preparaUon for
ui of. sslonal or unlvcrslty coursea.
? Mr. Kellv's addicsa also affirmed the need in a free
city colli-go of a college course ot a pecullar and th-n
unl.iue ebaraeter. tarb as baa been raa_njd .? tha
rtwslcal. srl.-nt.llc and methanlral couwe* of the City
Collefo. Mr. Kelly sald: "The form that tlie lnst.tu
Uon Eaat neeeaaaillf take ln orier ti.at it nuy not bc
Of porUal bencllt wlll bc Intermcdiate between U.e
college system and that of the polytcchn.c schools of
Kurope. It wlll embrarc portions of both those sy*
lems, Imbulng XU coursc of clusslcul and liberal edu?
cation wlth -wetblBg of B praulcal spirlt, and un.n.u
its courscs of buslness, mcclunicil and industrul ttAX
ci.tioi. xvith general montal xulture. almlng ln cach case
to la-part a knowiedge of prlactplea and tweMax thor
OUghly tbe sclci.ee as well as its adaptatlons. lt must
not take any excluslve direction.'
-The courses of study In the City College have been
graiaallr werbei oat la conformlty to the llne
origtaalty laid down In Mr. Kclly's address. Cnuiue
at tirsi ln some of thelr features. they have, indecd. be
ec-M l"ss so. as in the colleges gcnerally an Inrrca.lng
Importancc has been asslgned to modern bafBefM
and to sclentltlc studies. Hut tbe course still posae-.ses
B ebaracter of Its own whlch has commended itself to
Um niultittidcs of our eitizens wishlng for thelr
rl.ildrcn 8 practical as well as liberal culture, ar*1 ono
wlthin thelr means a* rcgards the tlme re<iulred lar the
ron.pletlon of a liberal course of study from start to
Intab. The city ln malntalnlng the city College ta_es
Itself only for tha support of a course of studies whnh
Ita own authontles have devlscd, and whlch they still.
and thev only, eontn.l. It furnlshes a -trtrtly general
culture, leavlng profes.lohal branches to the unlver
,IUes a trainlng, however, so varied in. the three de
partments of the college. tho classteal, sclentlflc and
mechanl.-al. as to meet more or less fully the wants of
all who ln sueh a communlty as ours may deslre the
benctlt* of hlgher education.
- A wrlter connectcd with one of the daliy news
papers haa reeently proposed tliat funds should be
furatabed by tbe city te support preparatory school*
ahlcb ihoald train pupll* fn.m the public schools ex
j.re--ly f,,r entrance to Mhie one or more of tho en
dowed college*. Thls ls a proposal not la line wlth
Uie alBM of those who fnunded the City College, and
that lt could not be succcssfully carried out without
d.-stroving thetrwbrk nt.-. be evtdanl to any one who
for a moment . onsiders the subject. Tnosc who claim
to opp we on prlndplc any hlgher cducAtlon supportcd
by taxall'.n wlll eertalnty tlnd nothlng that they can
sapport ln thla proposal. Those who wlsh the free
hlgher education to be a succcss must see that Its suc?
ccss can bc uttalncd only as the effort in that dlrec
alon ls conccntrated ln an Instltutlon whieh | all be
correctly descrlbed bv the words of one of its founders
as Bbove quoted. vlz.: -As rt belongs to the people,, Its
plan, direction and managenient must be for the bene
tit of tbe whole.' ,
General Webb sald ti.at a chalr of rhetorlc would
soon be estal.llshed in the college. and that the pro
ressorshlp wo_4 probanlJ be accepted by a wcll-known
edltor._
A YOrXG EXQLItHMAX SBOT IX KEXTrCKT.
Middle-boroi.pl . Ky.. 0ft _0.-..orrls Watts. son of
Bdwattf Hanny Watts. of London. England. a rleli
rapltaBsl and one of tlie syndlcate which is bnildiup
the larpe lron and steel plant* ln this clty, wa* shot
through tl.c groin yeaterday afternoon by an unknown
I>. rson whlle out hiititinp ln tlw woods near Cumber
latid Oap, Teun. Mr. Watts is not oxpected to live.
loiidnn. Oct. r,0.-Thc father of Norris Watts. tho
vou'np Kngllshman who wa.. shot ln Tciitiessee yest-r
.11\ is a partner _n the tlrtn of Watts. Ward _ Co
-i.lp-i.wn_.. of Cardltf, N.-wport and London. out <_
whl.h prew 1Ue Watts sr?-cl and lron svndicato, thc
f.miid.rs of Uio town of Mldd_e_borough_ Ky.
-1
practisixg wirnorr a diploma.
From The Chicago Mall.
"The funny things that hnppen ln a Turklsh bath
roora would 1111 a big bojk lf a fellow kept tnvck of
Ati attendant ln one of tho basememt palace* of
Chlrago, where thc plea-lng sensutlon* of rubblnps
and donches tn y I_ enjoyed for tho rustomary prlce,
was the auti.nr of thc remark. Whlle he manipu
lat__. a towel _ prodlglous proportlous and got up a
glorl.'its glow, he c .ritiiiued :
?? t*ome pecullar peoplo come In here once ln a whlle.
Promlnent bUfiness men who have taken a llttle ton
much wlne with thelr lunch. or have overstepped
the llmit Hxed bv thelr usually temperate habits in
nrdcr t.> *how a frfchd tho city, often wind up In the
bath h.use to get blcached out before going home.
??uue nf that cltw-s .tumbled ln the ofher monilne.
He bappeaa to bc a stnple man. He don't often drlnk
t.?o much! Ile is thc part owner of a blg lron foundry.
Hc wa* nn the i-nnmluee that recelved the lron and
.eel men, and, happenlng to be a*slgned to several
Hrltl-h gentlenan who can drlnk a cftse of aio and
t..u lt ott wlth a uuart or two of port without showlng
it mor. than by a llttle cobrlng of ths face. he got
verv hllarloos. ThU *tarfcd htm. and when he showed
np ln tlie bath room he had what ls known as a ' Jlm
lam ]a? ' _le *.-_ a pretty *lck man. 111* stomach
_ad _gone baeh on him and ne was verglng **_**
state where he uw thlnps. It happe.ned that beslde
the lr m inan <>ur onlv other cust.iu._T nt that hour
2 o'clock ln the iiiornlnp-was an attorney who ls the
partner of a crimlnal luwver ^l,?^0^'1**1* ff __*'
;,,.. know,. He ls a Jolly ** fellow is thls law
Ver a man of conslderoble ncrv.- and fond of a MM
lt waant very l..ng before the ircn man was feellnp
M hadly snd was vlewing so many strange rreatiu-*
that lie. wanted a doctor. He aiid he must have a
Ph^^did^.'M...-_irh_ ca.e waa so bad a* thal and
wo didn't tlUnk we%oupht to fond several blork* for a
doctor and tout him out of bed. Tlie tx.ys told the
?rhto i-iill M-. the lawyer. who was ln an __
,l.,lng rooni. M- was told tho rlrrunistanr.,
Ind "_athere was . chance for B llttle fun Ho
ontercd Into the splrlt of It. dres*-_. went out th
,-ck w-v. ?_ i-apneitred wlth hl* hat and overc._l
n and in tl.e company of an ;H__dnn?. Tho lron
nan was sufTcrlng ss a man sutfors en hl* flrst trlp
an"^ the ocean The lawyer felt hls 8*088, Iooked
m hl" tonpue. and then dlrected hlna te ?trtp. "Mou
are ln a verv bad way." he aaid. aerioiuly. ".oue
h7ai.lsb._lmr at lhe rate of V_ a mlnnte." The
vf._lm _n*ew pale wlth fHght. He was sober enough
_,._d._t-.nd what wns .aid and to dread 6 nse
nuence. Then tbe "doctor" serlnusly sald thnt tlie
_n.y way tt_top tho unnatural beaUng of hls patlenji
eart was to da*h a buchet of rold water over Ba
SSk U-aW the .houldcr blades.
?At thls the Iron-toun-tor Wckod. ile made a
noor *ucc?? of lt. howt'v.-r. M?? looked at nirn
SMa3____- I 'lf you prefer to dle, slr you can d_
sT That H mv pt_?crlptlon. *nd lt I* the onlv one
thst can *ave you. You are ?utferlng from lexlturgls
wlth a co-nplfcatlon of n*_mbi__eous deletrlolatlca.
Thls wttled the hapless vtdlm. He agreed to the
rnmedv aad a tuh of the roldest water was broujht
Tnd dous_l over him. We ware a.t__nded at lhe
eff_ t. The vtcUm ___** *?J ?* BBBMt**, 9*_
.ft?r he wa* nibbed rtown and Arled off and drea*?_
htrSMClTto M-- and asked. 'How moeh do I owo
yh_? rTtth _- composed 5 air as he ^.y ever h^ve
used ln Ma bus neas. M? was nearly _>?__;?*"
foTan ln.taaf. __\ ___**_ he__***\\J***___ _
pa.p. The lron merchant BBeeJI Bj. _$>-_Pe$_,J
little ?t?. p' bnt M? had r_rulned his herve. 'Nol
toThtW** ont od *,_?**?** bed 3J ojcloek
ln the mornlng,' he sald. The ?m^wmu**n-~
over without anolher word. and tbe Mttaat P?'**?*
hlgb .llk hat down on hl* head. took hls ?%*!___$
cane. and walked as *ti_lght a* ?_t_?f ?P JPeJtS_!
Sd out of the door. The best ***_*__*_.*__*Jg_
wa* M?*s a*tonl*hment Ha senl one of_tae hoys
i^Tund to tha Palmer tor tw. boJUes of wlnj, aad
we drank and enloyed lt. Tt* lron ???* haa been
ln ?mee. acd he ls ne* on to tbe laeta. ?_?__** *_*
M?^K tha street aeveral Bmaa, aad alwaja ad
dresses him plea___ntty as __>etor.?
THE PARSON'8 STUDY.
KELIOIO.V AND LIFE,
Tbe panon'a stndy I. an Intereetlng plaee la g^
stodent of haman natore. Oh, no, It I* not
fllled wlth manuscript sermons and tbeologieal
ture. Yoa may look ln valn even for the
barrel whlch the good parson ls sr.pposed to turn t*0
every little whlle. The parson ls ffeiflng to ta ,
sly dog ln theee days of press publlcrty, and he tmmf%
fceep the harre] |r eviearW. ln f.-c I -'i>pc.; ty
In irraay eaBea the barrel has no exlstenee. I kas*.
one good parson who goes throngfi hls sermon. oasi
a year ??tth a blue peticll and a palr of shears. ?j
carefully read over my old masierpl.-?,?*.," he ra**,
? whlch mean* my whole eoUeetlon. and *ev? oat *j
them the paateges whieh seem to me to have ui^a
intrlnsle value, and desrroy everythlng eUe. It a ?
good Idea. I get rM of an ewful lot of epheraorj
stoff, and have for fotnre use a few Ideas whieh I
ean utlllse In freah sermon*. I flnd. too, that *??
tn tbe course of a year I grrrw away from many *j
my old sefYnons, not ef course In afttythlng funda
mental, but ln the way of patt.ng thlnga and m
certaln deflcate shadlngs of Idea* that to a maa a
nlce dlserlmlnaUon are all important. My yotft
readlng and Uunklng bave chan_-ed me, I humb!}
iope for Uie better; and I feel that I am under *
moral obllgaUon to glve my hearers the beneflt a]
the change. bo 1 raeldodT prea*-h an old ur.reviael
sermon." _
Just glance at the parson'* boohs. They are not al
fheologlcal by any m_ns. To be *ure, you wl|
flnd among them some ponderous tomes on p.-u-ral
theology, whlch all good par*ons are supposed to
have, but whlch few good parv.ns nowadays flnd ths
tlme to read. Yon wUl al*i iii.,1 among them **_?,
works whlcli prove. bcyond the *- idow of a iaabtt that
the dcuomlnaiion to whl< h the p..rv>n hatoafi l* the
best, Uuo purcst, tlie nobl?t, if no, Ibe ttaest, Church
ou the face of the earth. I.ut, al..?. I fear tl.e parann
doosn't read these book* very often, el>e why art
they so thirkly rovertvl wiili dust .' ln Ua greea and
salad days In the v-mmsry lie paid mueh attentloa
to them, and he began hi. nin,i?iry witn the resalv*,
to starUe the world wlth the prof.rund argumi-nta con
talned in them. But, B8SB88?*? Or otli.-r, he i>egan to
get out of tonch wlin ?.bem Just ju prnj-ortlon as ht
began to get ln touch xxlth r.-al llfe ard t!ie tmt
flesh and blood men and women around him. Ile wiu.
a-liamcd of tl.e change in hi> mental outlook; bat
he just couldn't help lt. Al la-t he acetpled tlie ln
cvltaM?, and now he loo'.s al the du-'v taaaa* wltUeel
a .jiialm af eeaattaaee. He even tnttB r. s-.m-rm-e lf
he couldn't sell the old thln/a. or excliaiii." them (or
a few books on the late-t eaodaeleaa af arfcaea. 0
tempora. 0 ?88881 The parson of to-day I- no longer
a tlieologlcal dry-asdu-t. tn.' a IMng. ti.ii.Mng. ihrnb
blng man of the age, anxiou- ln hls po-.r weak way to
make thls world a liitle better, a little cleaner, and
a little more whole-ome tliar. it ls. Ud ?- drnp a
tear for tlie aU-tlaM Boanerge* af tradition and
dogma; ho Is gaMi-r-d to hls father- ln tbe et-rnal
-leep of o.livioii, and there has arl-en lt. Ml- plaee
tlie parson of the nlneteeniti reatary. a*bo I- trying,
Impei-fectly It may ! .-. and WttB many nii-iafees, to
preaeb tahrattoa and Hr. t-i the eapar, anxtous. doubt
ing men and womeji amund him. The '..irion la
dcad; long llvo the parson.
Bnt hls books are not the only things that mete
tho paraoa*. study m hittraallng. There eatet laa*
that qulet little saneluni many of the mut.- trag*1l*a
and comedles of human llfe. It M tbe rkartltf hons?
of hls parlsh. the ark of lefBfe where tbe aillictcd anl
the sorrowful may go to flnd protection fn.m ?t
stormsaof clrcumstanre. No n.-ed f.r tba good parsos
Vi Inslst on any auricnlar eoafesslon from tlMMO who
love and trust him. Th.-y are only too aaxtaw to
com, of thelr own accord. and lay Defofa hu-.i ihe
sins and sorrows that luive ov.-rxvlielMol th-m. The
parson only t pald sermon arrlterl Why. bHae von,
there are some waaka when hc is so baay doln*
lus Master's business, wh.-n he abeolatery liwarj thal
he ls dolng Goi*. xxork, in i.od's own way. that h?
actually has no tlme to prepare I sern.on. So tha
poor fellow is only able to tulk to liL* pc-ple as thoago
they were slnners: M i.nll.ant ibeterlr, ,; i pulni' ? j
rockets. And you and I. dear reailcr. who listen to
him. wondcr why a great churdi ou,* up w,t?i ntH
a prnsy preacher. Ah. yes. the aaraoa*. >tudy ls
a faltliful nilrror of Lfe. In It vxe wbo are prixiieged
to enter may 888 the hldden spnngs ol a- uon, Ibe
caoses of the smiles and u-ars, tba |0) and ii******
iliat we see ln tho blg xvoild ar.mn.l u.a. ?? A maa I
am and therefore nothlng tbal ra haawa is f,.r-i-n to
me." Is the motto af the pai-s.m. And -o. n?t mertly
rellglon Ln it* restnct-.-il sen-e. but ?8 xviiole apher.
of liuo?n llfe may be disciWaod by ua. _s ?e sit wlth
the parson rn hls wonderful study.
We are henrlng a good deal about political parsoni
just now ln thls clty. Every .alonnko per a:_l gaiu
bler and sroundrel In town Is In a stat-- of hol> hutTor
about them. He is ready t-> weep as he tliiak* of ths
way in which the polltual parsons are BBf_B'tin_ thtlt
church duties, whlle they are denoiin. inp thiev.ry snd
ra-scallty In munlclpal atTairs. ? Ha* it _>n_- to this?'
pathetleally asks the rumseller. whcn he hoars Uul
some bold. bart parsons have been preaciilnp _____?
the domination of the city _al__.ii iu tha elty govern?
ment. "The church la in ****.' shoats the wsrd
bummer and tougU. *_* he *t* the Npon of a seorch
ing denumtottot from some pul.ut of bribery at elec?
tion*. '-Let the ministe. attend to l_W_ -lU-itual
duUes," tlercclv dernand* tlie political ho*s when b?
hears that some wl.ked par>ons have prot .-u_ agalasl
New-York belng any louger mled bv tlucve*. ttra. .
criminals and depraved pe..ple generally. **__**_
t.oiitual parsons auat b- t-rni.ie fcUow*. ??'_*_
SnUifS tho week IB ttotoM. ju4 9****X
learned disoursc on the slH of _****_ "trZ
__. thousand year* ago. they a.-tual I. haw *t~
dfuitv to taikle tlie * ns and sinn__*< ol tod.i>. *i?7
sc-mV thUk th'.t UW Deialopue oupl.i to hBJMJM
____ thaf* and so with rlghteons Indlgnathw they ??
??^-_r_?.r_^^**-3e
ln.tltuUons. _
I am sorry to ae* that I _ul Ih. A? JjJJ'JJJ
B?_ft*s?s_s_r_!_aa
made to them a .,1it1 . _.? ,Y','al.1- ve tm* to*
reoorded ln lloly *TrU* "^R<t*ili_J_! ve -?
bv thi* crsft we have MT ^?w*E*?? M
throafhoa. all A*ia. thi* rwu "?-<?' i ,?_
uriie. away mti-h ****__*_*__**tt
wbich are made ^*?_J S ln(_ ph _ B^eSJ
rraft. ls in danger **_*____***$ .-" ihO-la *?
SS ,,rrfi T'i. hmi tu- ?_rid sw m-i u?- ' J**KS
^2 85 &! r^ ? _:tris?T,T\fi,_.
i.V AIRAIIIP COBPAXT CHARTERED
rwcaKo n,t. 30 .spe.iali.-The ****** * **__
'j*!*!**.** 9******* *_ 2 r^jiiS
Chicago Air M.IP Company. to oper.tr. ^ ^"^
ln air _ilp*_ud baU -_n* ! capt-.l *? * *- * _ _
eirporaton. ft O. blilelds. F. B. ftnjaert aud P- *
Atwood. ^^^^^_
veget.ibls silk frob alaska:
From The *_*" Frandrfo **_***_' .._tlw, 0t
t* u^t addllieu ? W_??l?^_a)'|B_?
curio. from the No.tli ls a ;ui ? '? *_**_. _lm*?
Uiat are d_e. lug ol more tha. _? -? **bmb g. g
5 the ourious. $_$ Uie rBaeon tha *___*%_T*3X*
17Eh industry of ?_______? proyoruo s- ""^.p:^
ton. TtiaTSSaS call them. __ a marh **^JB__
S$$a aaaae wonW be MfaaeMe - - ^"3 B
more reeembles the tlo__ Uu*t ??*!_. "' &M
mKl at the tll? of the_9Uik? **____\*_m._TB
Siit than would a ****?**+_**? ?io ___
focoon silk. The boiis arafeeaaia. W.^??ha *. 2m_
two lnches 1. diamiter. aud Ihc _**m_Jt___M m
8Se.Se ic -ta. TUcre ^?S2|_?__^jSStB?Ba
Gach boll aud i_ch Uiretwl 1* _-*_?>? a- UMtBBQ n(0P6
?,t. A breath parla the boll to X*******__Z lu
th* fur of a sealshtn *ci_ia-?*. ?** _*_*___ M t_
fluan". and the _?Usd tbe iKgls are _ ; ,^r_-s
of a llght orange. whlch shad?> ihrougn a ?
coLB to sllver ?_**?*?_?*. _f*_ ____ _t*MI *1,",a,
Tue support ol.the bolls ls a ?in. ? * A ,my
hollow nnS^eea* and of . aale ?*?? i.^^-Ht
BtffWwt?r_5tt-S?^- 'BflBeo<,,
0lSi"S.ot v? dl^vered lf B rCjtSS
hunters from the sealin. ^__\*_f?__- Z*. J_I
TtslKna the interlor ln uuo*< of fresh m ^.
niiMlna a few apoclmen*. aud __T___?_B|I ?
aotEckly that tK*le*trlans cnno' **____\um*
Stotoot. and t_vat bed. of lt cover counila
g_CTa__e_a now h_. Vj^t'tffig
hand. ofesperts ln order U? s*<- rtain " .yj^ aa
iw lasoepUb-e of belng worfced up luto a_-Wf?
eommerclal valua.