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SEEING PARIS INCOG
Young King of Siam Prefers It That
Way.
JUST LIKE iMT OTBEB TODRIST
Surfeited With Attentions on His
Official Visit.
JfOW DOES AS HE LIKES
Jpecial CShrespoodonoe of The Evening Star.
PARIS, October 28, 1807.
YOUNG KING
of Siam has been
well fed In Paris, and
is said to be grateful
for It. Although the
advantages of seeing
Europe as a royal
tourist are many and
great, there are
drawbacks attaching
to the role. To be
obliged to look at
things one does not
care to see, to miss a
great deal that one
would prefer to see, and. in general, to con
tinually be inspected Instead of inspecting
Is the complaint of young Chulalongkorn,
as it was of the young Czar Nicholas and
Li. the venerable Chinese sage.
Those whose business it has been to en
tertain him have felt the justness of his
complaint, while pointing out the Inevi
tableness of its causes; and it was with
real pleasure, therefore, they learned that
the delights of the table had power to re
lieve, in a large measure, the ennui of the
royal daily grind of visits, receptions, in
spections. addresses and all the rest. King
Chulalongkorn loves good eating, and he
has been given his fill of it in Paris.
The king is said to have taken up im
mediately with the French oysters, some
thing unusual for the oriental, whose oys
ters resemble rather the American than
the European species. He attacks the ap
ple-green Marennes. with their coppery
flavor and dead-to-the-world hue, with all
the enthusiasm of one long educated up to
them. He is also strong on fish and shell
fish. but what they call viar.de de boucher
?that is. butcher's meat?he does not relish
overmuch in his capacity of a good Budd
hist.
The menu of a dejeuner served during his
visit to the ancient chateau, fort and pris
on of Vincennes. outside of the redisclosure
of the persistent European carp, was that
of a breezy, wine-drinking, suburban Paris
Ian lunch, beginning with thirsty little an
chovies and kylkys. red peppers and cu
cumbers and winding up with fruits in
Maraschino. The lobster salad, the ter
rines of Normandy coast shrimps and the
cold quail in jelly are in the true picnic
style.
What He Eats at Home.
As is natural, they are talking a great
deal about the peculiarities of the Siamese
cuisine. The king, like most traveling
Asiatio princes, carries cooks of his own in
his train, though it is certain that the
whole gamut of Siamese gastronomy can
not be run by them under existing cir
cumstances. Fish that have more than al
most reached the stage of decomposition,
seasoned with curry, together with rice,
form the basis of the commonest dish of
Siam. The boa constrictor is highly es
teemed. baked. The king i3 very fond of
kapi, a sort of caviare, composed of putri
fied shrimp eggs. The national dish, hcrw
ever, is the dried duck, familiar to some
Americans through their intercourse with
the Chinese.
These dried ducks of the Siamese are, in
deed, nearly all killed and prepared in
China, or by the Chinese, the subjects of
Chulalongkorn being good disciples of Bud
dha, with a horror of taking life. It is
tnus that they do not "kill" the fish that
from their principal non-vegetable food.
They simply take them from the nets and
let them die. ' It is likewise through piety
that they strain their drinking water
through a napkin to avoid swallowing the
living microbes in which may dwell the
souls or their ancestors. Chulalongkorn
gave it up here in Paris only after having
fully expla ned and shown to him the
workings of a filter.
The king's cooks travel with him. as it
has been said: and it is known that they
do a deal of cooking. But how much of it
13 on the king's account remains a secret.
In on.cr to be agreeable to his royalty
t^iese cooks of his have been borrowed on
many occasions to assist the French chefs
in l.ie concoction of likely dishp^ Th*?
lunches and dinners offered Chulalongkorn
?tT?h ?av!-8 s^rve,J a I'i'-uropeenne; only it
eo<5kI i'r\= ex.tfre r?ast for the Siamese
10 "variably send up one authentic
V" """s ?
Ea" ?'?* HI. Royal Fingers.
On these x-easioris of state-Le.. when
dinln* out -Chulalongkorn uses knife and
' 'ike anybody rLse. At his ordinary
meata. however, he "picks" his victuals
with nis fingers "although educated by
Knglis.mcn!" remark the Paris papers.
1 --risian journalists?good haters of
perfidious Albion?also take a quiet smile
at wnai they tt-rm his "Kngllsh ? taste 111
f- th" t*Me. Through the ear" part
tan ? : the kin* drink* Sicilian* lta"
lan and -Spanish wines, all sWeet ami
strong. When the roest comes on he drinks
deaux^Tl!' ^nd he terminates with Hor
neaux. All of which is equally straneo
To??fi,ar;'K : to
lifc^awh'Sf ,h\kln* wa3 treated
a >yn te man oy the French govern.
Uc"vUt Wh,>n hC mad0 his l'u!j"
ile visit, and now. in October, when he
ton~ likely ?t*o fare' ?^>rse?0' h<?
this."">1sjid InSSteE* welrily'
tee last day of his public vis?' He had
been given a round of visits, such Is the
lT^slm ,OU,ri3t d, ,>s not
neuir, ?"k Wce of museums, ma
neuvers c. the army, pal ices, races thea
ters, dinners, libraries and the mint!
Killed With Kindnemes,
At last he flatly refused to see the Gobe
'*nsuy factory or to visit the Musee
Uuiinet. where all the Buddhist art and
,?'9 of ul-! own country were awaiting h's
Inspection, lie had a boll on his knee and
was generally seedy. On the Louis XIV
sofa with which they had furnished hU
.fori?,cr rj>al garde-meuble
, et p l.gnted ear.dle ar.d raised the
? J-, n.?-,?D!y ,0 Un'1 :hat he ha<* mado
tlar ' T.-, r a p:ecc of France's na
"OLa. art furniture.
emh * back. f r'*s'dc in h:s own
h Whore he can *?* at
w.i<u hour ),?. pleases, go round Paris like
^ ira 'n raor!i-!- an! tot be killed with
25? ft cer,7n0"y "nd He will en
joy himself better?but i:e will not see Cieo
America J"ft M "* Wl" not *? t0
President and Klnf.
President Feilx Faure, who has also had
a cliar.ee to sleep in Imperial beds, is to
have at the same time the last public fes
tivity In honor of his lourney to Russia.
It is the great banquet offered him by the
representatives of Paris industry and com
ufonrtc'ra bettrr "tomach than Chu
'. ^ngkorn. He loves to dress elaborately
and correctly, and to make a SDeech Ho is
?very Inch a president. aJ ni!
"-??,Vbe ?ld w.orl<1 unJ<-rstand his office.
* '* so popular, it is because he can
stand dinners, dress well and smile and
?mile, without, however, finishing the
Shakespearean quotation and being a vll
Tbe president and the king were a >ihv
tec sight as ?hey stood ^ge'her oi *?&
platform overlooking the military ma
reuvers. The oriental monarch is si,or'
swarthy, with a good-natured Japanese cast
of face, and cot without dignity. He wore
for the occasion bis whits and gold un'
fcrm. with huge, shining helmet and plume
to match.
Be Spoke Ho Fresck.
Beside him was the western president.
Mller by a full head, in the "evening"
dress, which to the full uniform of the
Chief magistrate of the French republic
?rea In daytime, a chrysanthemum at his
IS THE MAYPI1
buttonhole, and the broad red ribbon of the
legion of not: or across his breast, to grvc
a little color to this plain costume of mod
ern democracy. With the tall hat on his
head and gloves in his hand, he is the tj pe
of the successtul roan of business?-sucn as
you might see any day in New York or
Chicago. In fact, it is the white K?Ue"
and monocle fixed in his eye w*jich Y
most of all taken the fancy of the Parisians,
who make fun of every one and everything.
The English language served the presi
dent in good turn, for the King of Slam
speaks no Fi ench, while his English is
said to be like tl.at?let us hope not of Lon
don, whero they speak it badly?but of
Liverpool or Boston. The president ana
the minister of colonies, M. Lebon, were
the only two among the French dignitaries
who could converse with their royal visitor
who if he understands any French, dia
not let on. The questions pending between
France and Siam are awkward enough to
make him wish to keep silence until he is
safe back to his own city.
Tlie Admiral Goi Even.
It was noticed that on his visit to the
Louvre he only bowed vaguely without
holding out his hand, as he was accustomed
to do when the curator of the Marine Mu
seum was presented- The latter was the
French admiral vrho once had the disa
greeable mission to run his warship up the
nver In Siam and force the monarch to
give ear to the wishes of France. This
Tijy have been imagined, for Chulalon.,
korn, like all orientals, knows well how to
dissimulate. Coming out of the museum,
he extended his hand, which tnis time the
French admiral contrived not to see?so
they were quits.
But France had laid horse.f out to mike
the most favorable iirpresslon possible on
;his oriei.tal n onarch, over whom they
dread the influence of England. from, his I
Cffl.-ial visit h. re. as in every country of ,
Europe, except F.ngland. he will eaj-rj hack
the impression of nothing but soldiers, and
soldiers, ani soldiers again. His impression .
will be not far from correct, as Europe i? i
fall of them. He saw the battered voter- i
ans when he visited Napoleon s tomb at .
the Inva'ides. When he passed them b>
in their long riles, and wherever he entered ;
or i.ft a public building he saluted graiely.
but It was noticed that he had not learned
to applaud the ballet dancers of the ooera.
who were brought to amuse him after the
state dinner.
Will (io About Incognito.
His chief pleasure was found in the lit
tle things which term to the tourist com
mon. At the top of the EifTel tower he
forced all his attendants to wait while the
man who cuts profile portraits executed (
him He was never, however, so sensa
tional as the Persian ?hah. who was per
suaded to go up in the lift as far as the
firstlanding, when, seized with pnnlc terror
y . n the staircase and bundled down
again as? fas! as his oriental legs would
for'the King of Siam. Frenchmen
cafes at his own swe? wdljnay
the mare boke the mail.
\nd Under Ttutionnl Authority Luke
Marshall and .be Myer. Girl Eloped.
From th? Clii'-ago Record.
Somehow this contention of the street
car employes and others who believe that
a United States mail bag does not confer
high honors upon a bobtail horse car or
any other uncommon kind of vehicle se"e?
to revive memories of the elopement
Luke Marshall and the Myers girl.
There never was such an elopement in
the history of the Teton country. It was
the most deliberate, tranquil and leisurely j
running away with which record had be
fore or since dealt. The elopement was
two days in its progress irom one given
point to another, and the given points,
which were Myers1 ranch up in Man v.lie,
and Kexburg down or. the mesa, were
scarcely more than eighty miles apart.
And old man Myers hung around in the
rear and on front and at the ilank all that
time, trying to stop the enterprise, but
being utterly baffled by a hearty observ
ance and regard for iaw.
Myers used to talk about rights and jus
tice and law and all that kind of thing a
great Seal, and had made speeches at many
a mountain meeting against violence anu
illegal acts and so on.
"Blaine it!" he argued. "If you people
go on lyr.chin' rustlers instid o- seniiln' em
uown to Evanston for trial you'll never git
no post office ner any other favor o th.f
goVment, but'll stay right on. a passel o
ignorant exiles." And he argued so well
that lawless justice actually ceased, and
eventually a star-route postal delivery was
established by an approving government,
and in recognition of Myers' services ho
was boomed for postmaster and deputy
marshal, both of which offices were given
to him. After that lie was more legal than
ever.
Luke Marshall carried the mail from
Rexburg, riding the pass on his sorrel
mare, and it was quite natural that he
-mould tali in love with the glri at the post
office. Now. Myers, for all his earnest ta.k
about lawlessness, had already lamed two
men and shot the ear off another because
at various times they had tried to prove to
him that he ought to let the girl marry.
Luke Marshall was no such fool as these.
One day when he was ready to leave for
Ruxburg, he called to the postmaster's
daughter to fetch her Jacket and come on.
The glri came out. and Luke lifted her up
to a comfortable seat upon the mail bag
behind him.
"Here! What's them?" cried old Myers,
marshal and postmaster.
"Oh. we're going over the range to get
married." said Luke, casually. "We're
eloping."
Old Myers drew up his Winchester. "Jule!
Git down off'n there!" he cried. "I want
fair aim to git that feller square through
the eye."
This was where Marshall's nerve came
out strong. "Get out of the way, you an
archist!" he cried. "Don't you see, you're
delaying the L'r.ited States mail! A man
of your age! A man holdln' two public of
fices! Delay In' the gov'ment of the United
States as is represented in this sorrel mare
an' this bag! Stand aside, or I'll have you
as deputy marshal arrest yerself as a
private citizen, an' call yerself as post
master to witness the breaking of the law."
Old Myers slowly let his gun down. "You
mean?you " he mumbled.
"I mean that this sorrel mare represents
an" actually is the gov'ment of the United
States, an' you delay her on her travels at
your risk."
"But, hold on. Luke. That's my girl "
Marshall drew his sliver watch. "Are
you an anarchist, an outlaw, an attacker
of gov'ment an' a fanatic?" he Inquired.
"It's 10 o'clock." And as Myers sull?nly
stepped aside the elopers started oft at a
slow Jog.
Old Myers followed them all the way to
Rexburg. and tried to catch Luke off his
governmentilly endowed sorrel mare, but
without avail, for the mail carrier knew his
limitations, and did not dismount until he
reached the Justice shop In the town. And.
of course, after that the law-abiding Myers
couldn't be expected to shoot hla own son
in-law, mall route or no mall route.
Well Matched.
mm the Chicago News.
"I'm a plain, everyday business man,"
said Meritt, "and am nothing If not prac
tical. Miss Wisely, will you be my wifeT"
"I admire your frankness, Mr. Meritt,"
replied the fair objeot of hi* affection*,
"because I am inclined to be rather r. st
ter of fact myself. How much are you
j wortht"
3LD CEMETERY.
HIS LAST RESTING PLACE
A Kentnckian Who Has Ideas All His
Own.
And Has Worked Tbem Oat In His
Cemetery Lot?A Remarkable
Group of Statuary.
Special OorrespotMleni'e of The Svenlag Star.
MAYFIELD, Ky.t November 3, 1897.
Here In May-field, a-flourishing little city
in the Pennyroyal district of ? Kentucky,
lives one of the most interesting characters
in the state. He has a passion, like unto
which there was never one possessed be
fcre?a passion for tombstones. Seventy
live yotrs old and well preserved, this man,
Mr. Henry G. Wooldridge, has only begun
the task of fitting up his last resting place.
"Uncle Henry," as he is familiarly
known to every one, was born in middle
Tennessee. November 29, 1X22, and was the
j oungcst of a family of eight children.
Hi" father died when he was but two years
old. and his mother died fifteen years after.
His four brothers and three sisters are
ail dead now, leaving him the sole sur
vivor of tlie family and "the last of his
About five years since Mr. Wooldridge
purchased a lot lti the Mayfteld cemetery
and had a marole shaft erected to mark
his grave, when he should be buried there.
On this shaft he had the date of his birth,
a Ma-:or.ic en.blo'n and a horse chiseled,
leaving a space for the date of his death
to be carved, when he died. He was not
pleased with this monument, and had a
statue of himself made in Italy and mount
ed by the side of his monument. He then
concluded to have his statue, mounted on
his favorite horse. "Fop," placed witn the
group, which he did, and then had a mar
ble sarcophagus erected, on which he had
chiseled a likeness of his trusty shotgun.
In Honor ot Ilia Prowenn.
"Uncle Henry" was never married, never
havins; experienced a thrill of love for the
fairer sex. hence his affections were cen
tered upou his dumb animal friends. He
was a great hunter in his younger days,
and many a buck has felt the sting of
death from his gun. fle was very fond of
chasing the cunning fox, and had a fine
pack of hounds at his home at all times.
Mounted upon his hunting horse, "Fop,"
with his favorit-3 fox hound, "Bob," ill the
lead, he has spent many a night in the
chase. His deerhound. "Towhead," was
especially dear to him, and, together
with "Hob." is placed in front of his
mounted statue. A deer is placed in front
of "Towhead." in the act of running, and
a fox is before the fox hound, "Bob." Thus
does hi do homage to the memory of Ills
fast friends in the chase of earlier dfyys.
He had a dear little girl friend Who kirldly
attended him during a severe spell of sick
ness, and he has caused to be erected a
statue of her on his lot.
Hill Family Not Forgotten.
He next turned his attention to the fam
ily, and the first to be remembered was his
j mother Her 3tatue stands to the right of
! ins and that of his father directly in front
of her. Then a favorite niece, Maude, was
| remembered with a itatue to the re*r of
iiis mother. The last work of the sculptor
has just been placed among the group, his
three brothers- Jo'in H., William F. and
Alfred T. W odd lid go. All these statues
and monuments are erected in an Inclosute
It; by 80 feet and are surrounded by an
iron fence. The old man is not yet satis
fied with 'he silent guards he will have
a!?>ve him vhile he sleeps the long sleep,
and will enlarge his lot soon to have th
stalues of his sisters erected with his oth
er relat lyes.
The arrangement, a;: well as the idea, is
very unique, and it is a very rare thing
; that a stranger visits Mayfield without go
ing out to see the wonderful collection
which stands upon Mr. Wooldridge'e lot.
His lot is situated on the brow of a small
hill, to the right of the entrance, and can
be seen a great distance from the ceme
tery.
To Make It Complete.
"Uncle Henry" wants every person and
e\ery creature he loved represented in his
collec ion, and says he will have them all
there, if he lives long enough to ste it car
ried out. While he has excellent health for
i or.e of his age, he 13 constantly preparing
' for the final summons, and has purchased
i his metallic casket, and his robe, in which
i he wishes to be laid in the tomb to rest.
He has spent thousands of dollars in pre
? paring his lot, and has much more at his
1 command, being a very wealthy man. He
j lias no near relatives living to whom he
j will leave his estate, and his greatest de
sire is to have his loved ones close to him
in death.
Ke lives with none of his relations, but
has built him a home, and has housekeep
ers to attend his wants. He takes a drive
every day, and always takes a look at Ills
lot in the cemetery while he is out driv
ing.
His life is nearly spent now, and, when
the summons has come at las;, and "Uncle
Henry" lies down to rest, tha sweet notes
of the southern mocking bird will cheer the
graven images during their silent watch
o'er his tomb, and the coming generations
.vill have cause to wonder what manner
of man could have possessed tuch a pe
culiar passion.
Where Slavery Still Survive*.
From the I-omloa Chronicle.
The "slave mirrt," Judging from an arti
cle that appears in the last number to hand
of ths Cape Times, appears to be definitely
estaojished in Cape Town. The slaves, of
course, are the Bechuana prisoners, and al
though there is no suggestion that these
wretched creatures are treated with harsh
ness while in the government care, they
are clearly considered and disposed of pre
cisely as if they were mere bales of goods
or cattle. Careful watch and ward is kept
over them, and the writer says that "it is
not easy to pass the strict guard at the
gate unless you are a farmer coming to
pick your 'labor.' ? ? ? Round three sides
of the square courtyard men and women
are squatting impassively, or standing
chattering in knots. They are ill clad and
exceedingly ill favored, but not 111 nourish
ed like the first batch of skeletons that
came down to town. A child here and
there is oven bonny. There is no very ob
vious dejection. The nearest to It li a
moody, passive look."
The farmers, too. quite enter Into the
spirit of the "slave mart." They go round
the market scanning the men and "sorting
out those of the largest size," as did the
walrus and the carpenter with the oysters.
The natives cast expressionless sidelong
glances at their possible masters while they
are being appraised like goods In a store.
Having selected one or two from a group,
the farmer is chagrined at being told by a
harried official, "We cannot break this lot
for you." as if the knot of negroes were a
dinner service or a suite of bed room furni
ture. Back goes the farmer and looks the
natives up and down again, and at length
decides "to take the lot." When the na
tives are duly indentured for five years
their master unhitches his cart and mules
outside, bundles his "labor" in, and drives
his bargain home.
Ethel Goldust?"Do you really think the
duke Is perfectly sincere in his attentions
to me?"
Fred Lovejoy?"There can be no doubt
about It. He hasn't a cent."?New fork
Truth.
j a w
DRAW GOOD SALARIES
on
?la ? i
Several Thousand Colored Men in
Uncle &m?s Employ.
posmoiis of'hmor md trust
?
JC 8
Many Have Worked Their Way
r.t I
Up in thd Departments.
BUT ONE FOREIGN MINISTER
Written for The Evening Star.
WHAT IS THE PRES
ent status of the
American negro as a
yf /,. federal official or em
ploye?
At the best esti
mate, there the about
five thousand negroes
entered upon Uncle
Sam's pay roll. It
Is considered incon
sistent with the pol
icy of the Constitu
tion to make any
distinction regard
ing' raca or color in the blue book, which
is the only official list of men and women
employed in all branches of the govern
ment service. Furthermore, by those who
mark civil service examination papers it is
never known whether an applicant be
white or black, yellow or brown. i
About 180 negroes have received appoint
ments in the national service and about
125 others have received promotions since
President MeKinley's inauguration. This
means that the new administration has
benefited over :<00 Afro-Americans to the
extent of over $213,000 a year within eight i
months. Seventeen of those newly made |
have been presidential appointments, to be
confirmed by the Senate.
MiniMter to Hultl.
The most exalted federal office which has j
been given to a negro by the new Presi
dent is that of Wm. P. Powell of New j
Jersey. As minister to Haiti he will hold a
portfolio made sacred by the hands of
Frederick Douglass, who received it from
President Harrison in IHifi). This berth
pays $5,000 a year. Haiti is a negro re
pul).ic, inhabited by a people of considerable
enlightenment and refinement. Unlike the
negroes of this country, they progressed
under French influence. In fact, they
have been called "black Frenchmen." The
national language is French and the na
tional religion Roman Catholic. Mr. Pow
ell is the sixth negro who will have rep
resented the stars au<l stripes among them.
His predecessors have always been wel
comed and highly respected at Port-au
l'rince, the capital, where our legation is
situated. No more appropriate office of
high rank could be offered to an Ameri
can negro. Haiti lately reciprocated by
sending to Washington^ as her official rep
resentative, a negro minister, who arrived
here two weeks aKO, He is Monsieur
Jacques Nicolas a lawyer, educated
in Paris, anJ a man of the highest quali
ties. He is a muliftto, '-"with rather straight
black hair and a welbdeveloped mustache,
which he waxes out .ad the ends.
In liMifereM.
From a pecuniar^ standpoint the position
held by George H, White, who, regardless
or his name, is .the only colored member
of the present Congrtfta, is equal to that
of Minister Powetfe Mr. White represents
a large i.egro repilblidhn district in North
Carolina. He Is atirdthcr-in-law of Dr.
Henry P. ..CiieavtMrtn North > C?roJiiia,
whom President Alciviiiiey made recorder
of deeds of} ^hp Columbia. Dr.
Cheatham is' a 'distiuguislied-louking mu
latto and is one of'tJx* best educated Afro
Americans in public life. He is an alum
nus of Sl.aw -University, North Carolina,
which has.-conferred upon him the degrees
A.B., A.M. and LL.D. Subsequent to his i
graduation hC' was principal of a normal I
schCOl, county register of deeds and trustee j
of his alma mater, succeeding the late
Governor Fuller of Vermont in the latter
capa<-ity. I)r. Cheatham was four times j
nominated by the lepu'oiicans to represent
his district in the House of Representatives
and was elected once, to the Fifty-first
Congress. He Is a heavy built man, with
a clean-shaven face and an abundant
growth of iron-gray hair, rather loosely
curled. Dr. Cheatham's present position is
worth $1,000 a year. It was said to pay
$ IS,000 a year in fees when occupied under
President Harrison by ex-Senator Blanche
K. Bruce. When given to C. H. J. Taylor,
Dr. Cheatham's colored predecessor, l>ie
remuneration from the office was cut down
to a salary.
At Foreign Ports.
President McKlnley has sent four colored
consuls to represent us in foreign ports. M.
V. Gibbs of Arkansas, who goes to Tama
tave, Madagascar, will receive $4,300. The
same office was held under President Har
rison by John L. Waller, a negro, who after
retiring under President Cleveland was
imprisoned for an alleged local offense and
subsequently returned to this country.
Madagascar Is an island monarchy under a
French protectorate, the people being ne
groes who speak a dialect called Malagasy,,
which Colonel Gibbs will doubtless suffer
some difficulty in mastering. The religion
of the Hovas, who inhabit Madagascar, is [
Christianity. Mahlen Van Horn, a negro J
lately appointed consul at St. Thomas
Islt.nd, will receive a salary of $2,300. '
John N. Ruffln of Tennessee and Geo. H. !
Jackson of Connecticut, both colored men,
were recently appointed consuls at Asun
cion, the capital of Paraguay, ?nd Cognac,
France. Each will receive a salary of
$1,500 a year, but Mr. Jackson is perhaps
the luckier of the two, inasmuch as his
station will be directly at the center of
the celebrated Cognac brandy trade.
The highest position held under the War
Department by a colored man is that of
First Lieut. Charles Young, 9th Cavalry.
He was appointed to West Point from Ohio
in 1SS4, and was graduated in 18S0. He is
now professor of military science at Wilber
force University, Ohio, a colored institu
tion, and receives an annual salary of
$1,020 from the government. Three other
Afro-Americans holding commissions in the
regrular army are Chaplains Prloleau, Al
lensworth and Stewart of the Uth Cavalry,
24th and 23th Infantry, colored regiments.
They receive $1,500 a year each. Two are
Metliodist3 anJ one?Rev. Allensworth?is a
Baptist. In addition to these officers, there
are over 2,200 nygro soldiers in the army,
comprising four t>'gimfnts in all.
Although four <>olored youths have been
appointed cadets^in tjac Naval Academy,
only one has suc;eede$ in gaining admit
tance, and none }i^ls r jpeived a commission
in the higher arm cf the nation's defense.
When It was reccKitly Announced that Bun
dy, a colored boyj-from, Ohio, had been ap
pointed a' naval ,oadet? tbe cadets at An
napolis were greatly, -disturbed. Bundy,
however, failed fe pa& his mental exam
inations. It is flstlmfl^ed that there are
about 700 colored) men enlisted in the navy.
They are employed mottly in the fire rooms
as coal passers of flfeqien, receiving wages
ranging from $22i t? $f55 per month.
Avpolmtmcij^s aijifl Promotions.
The most remunerative office held by a
negro under the> Treasury Department Is
that of collector internal revenue for the
Georgia district. Henry( A. Rucker, the new
incumbent, will enjoy an annual salarv or
$4,500. Henry Demas, a negro lately made
naval officer of customs at New Orleans,
will draw $3,000 a year from Uncle Sam,
$500 more than will be received by Jos. IS.
Lee, another colored man lately made col
lector of customs at Jacksonville, Fla. Mil
ton M. Holland, a remarkably capable col
ored man, was lately reinstated in the
Treasury Department, where he now has
charge of the division of 'malls and files,
sixth auditor's office. He is light in color,
with straight black hair, and resembles a
Latin rather than an African. His salary
is $1,800 a year, the highest paid to a negro
In the Treasury Department building. Sec
retary Gage has promoted fifteen of his
colored clerks since he has been a member
of the cabinet. Ten of these receive sal
aries of $1,000 or more. Bliss a A. Somer
ville. the highest grade negro woman clerk
in the departmental service, receives $1,400
a year In the Treasury Department.
Besides the Ill-fated official at Hogar^
vllle. Ga., the President has lately appoint
ed four negro postmasters. Monroe B. Mor
n* aL,^then*' G?-. will receive I3.4UU a
??e*t ?e oth8r offices, at Beaufort. 8. C..
Rocky Mount, N. C, and Darien, Ga., will
pay the new incumbents tl.OUO. Ji.ioo and
respectively. The highest offlce tn
respect to salary held by a negro under
the Post Offlce Depurtment is that lately
P" Gr?en of Ohio, who wUl
?ealize $l..aOO a year for his duties as post
age stamp agent. He was formerly a ne
gro Uwyer in Cleveland, where, It was
??2Li . buUt UP a practice worth from
*3,000 to J4,oou a year. He spent fifteen
years in public office in Ohio as justice of
the peace and as member of the state sen
ate. Altogether fourteen colored people
"Aye received appointments under the Post
Office Department since March 4.
Lucrative Positions.
A number of lucrative positions under
the Interior Department have lately been
given to colored men. Altogether eighteen
have received appointments there since in
auguration. John C. Leftwich. recently
appointed receiver of the land offlce at
Montgomery, Ala.,will receive J500 a year in
regular salary and about fci.500 more a year
in fees. James Hill and Hershel V. Cashin,
who have been made register of the land
office at Jackson, Miss., and receiver of
public moueys at Huntsviiie, Ga., will gel
and JiWJ, respectively, out of their
salaries and fees. J. William Cole, who is
a specia. examiner in the pension otlice
at a salary of ?i,ooo a year, is a highly
respected colored man who has been cou
"le Interior Department since
15*1, when he entered the service as %
messenger. He was born of free parents
and reared in Philadelphia. He was edu
cated in the yuaker schools of that city,
and has since pronted by their highly re
fined influence. He is a light mulatto with
a very intellectual face, and now performs
the duties o' an assistant chief of division.
Another Afro-Aim rican who has worked
himselt' UD through the ranks of the In
ter.or Department is Henry E. Baker of
Mississippi, assistant examiner in the divi
sion wnich passes upon instruments of
precision, acoustics, etc. He has been
connected with the department since 1870.
aid is eligihle, through examination, for
promotion to the graae of principal ex
aminer, with a salary of fci.uiK) a year, al
though ne now rtee.ves but $1,200.
Few responsible positions are held by
negroes in the departments of Justice and
Agriculture, whose employes of any
standing are devotees either of the law or
the sciences. The only colored man worthy
ot special mention in the former depart
ment is Albert K. Brodie of North Caro
lina, a $1,000 clerk, who has been detailed
as acting ehief clerk on one or two occa
sions. Over tifty colored men and womei.
nave received appointments under the
present administration in the government
printing offlce, where they are employed
usually as folders, binders or in similar
occupations.
At the White House.
Five colored people are employed at the
iiite House. Presidents of the United
States have always preferred negroes t*j
wait upon them. YVm. T. Sinclair, who
was steward of the Executive Mansion un
der Cleveland, was retained by President
McKinley, as were practically all of the
previous employes of his official house
hold. Sinclair was brought to the White
House by Mr. Cleveland, for whom he had
served, during many years, as a personal
servant and confidential messenger. In his
capacity as steward of the White House
he is custodian .of'costly furniture, sil
ver plate, and Yl)k:ia Sthere installed for
the use of Prestilents, and is under bond
of l.tM *) for its safe keeping. His
salary is $l,Moo a year. Arthur Simmons,
another former employe of the Executive
Mansion, who was retained by President
McKinley, receives $1,200 a year for his
duties as messenger to Secretary Porter,
at whose door he keeps faithful watch
during the hours when that patient lieuten
ant of the chief executive is at his desk.
Colored men are employed as attendants
in many of the libraries connected witn
the government.. Several of these in the
law library of Congress have phe
nomenal memories of the titles and loca
tions of the books there Installed. Daniel
Murray, attendant in the national library.
is an fnusually intellectual Afro-American
He receives $1,44)0 a year. Librarian
? oung about a week ago conferred a sim
ilar position upon Paul I,. Dunbar of Ohio,
the celebrated negro poet.
JOHN ELKRKTH WATKINS, Jr.
Dnn Voorlicen' Defense of Cook.
From th? Indianapolis Xews.
To those of this generation the story of
the John Brown expedition is ancient his
tory. They will, therefore, be much in
terested in reading the defense of Ccok
by Mr. Voorhees In the excited condi
tion of the public mind in Virginia at that
time, it was inevitable that Mr. Voorhees
should fail. He did fail, and his client
was hanged in December, 1S50. at Charles
town. Va. He was, however, acquitted of
the charge of treason, though convicted
and hanged for murder. The argument
was based largely on the supposed fact
that Cook was merely the innocent agent
of the abolition leacers. and. in the course
of his speech. Mr. Voorhees insisted that
Beecher, Seward, Theodore Parker, Gid
dir^s, Sumner and Hale wert the real
crimlt als.
"Midnight gloom," he said, "is not more
somber in contrast with the blazing lijh*
of the meridian sun than is the guilt of
such men in comparison with that which
overwhelms this prisoner. They put in mo
tion the maelstrom which lias ingulfed
him. They started the torrent which has
borne him ovjr the precipice. They call-'d
forth from the caverns the tempest which
wrecked him on a sunken reef. Before
God and in the light of eternal truth the
disaster at Harper's Ferry is their act. and
not his. May the giiost of each victim to
their doctrines of disunion and abomination
sit heavy on their guilty souls! May the
fate of the prisoner, whatever it ma'v be
disturb their plumbers and paralvze "their
arms when they are again raised against
the peace of the country and the lives of
its citizens."
But Virginia could not get hold of Mr.
Voorhees' "criminals," and so she hanged
his clicnt.
Iloring; the Bore.
From the Detioit Free Press.
"Come in and see how I get rid of bores.
You've often asked my recipe, and I'm
about to deal with one of the most virulent
of his type." It was an old banker speak
ing, and he showed his guest into the pri
vate offlce.
"Hello, Orpey," began the bore, at sight,
"just dropped in to have a talk about poor
Lipsey. I suppose "
"Yes, of course, neglected his business,
gambled away enormous sums of money
fell a victim to the terrible curse <,t intem
perance, dissipated his fortune and even
lost his home. Too bad!"
"Awful! But did you hear "
"Certainly. Tried to drown his sorrows
in deeper potations than ever, lost his trial
situation in a commercial house,was brand
ed a bad egg and left to his own resources
Drifted away into a great city, family suf
fered. he braced up. found honest employ
ment. won friends and was doing well
everything considered."
"That's right, but "
"So I heard. Back with us again He
has a fine position, looks like his old self
and everybody happy."
"Do you think he'll "
.J,'I,kn0.1? h? wlU- A few old calamityites
think otherwise, but he's all right. We
have him for dinner tomorrow night. Goes
to the Uppies next night."
"No? I hope
"That's all right. So do the rest of us."
these*"'' 800(5 day" Pretty busy times
"There you have It." laughed the banker
as he closed the door. "You persist in do
ing the talking, and a bore will run every
time."
??P*. what's a soporific?"
_ Anything preached on Su&dajr, ay boy."
WOMEN AND HORSES
Both Will Be on Show in New York
Next Week.
11 IMPORTANT FOKCTIOK11 SOCIETY
All Depends Upon the Crowd That
Gathers Wednesday.
STUDYING HUMAN NATURE
Special Com-gpnodMMt of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, November 4, 1S07.
ID YOU EVER
| read Carlyle's "Sar
tor Resartus"? An-i
did you ever attend
the New York horse
show?
If you have done
both you know that
"Sartor Resartus" ia
a book about clothes,
ostensibly, but really
about nearly every
/\ 1 thing else that the
ft ' mind of man can
V think of. You know,
too. that while the horse show is gotten i
up ostensibly for the exhibition of equine
beauties, its success depends more upon
the sort of clothes worn by the vislton,
than upon anything else. And perhaps yoj
will agree with the writer that while Sar
ior Resartus is a great work, as it stands,
it would have been greater still had its
distinguished author lived in these times
and been able to attend the New York
horse show one year. For he delighted in
studying human nature more than any
el?e' ai?ti there 'S no place in the
world where human nature displays itse'f
;n greater or more instructive variety than
tnere.
It won't be possible to say whether the
horse show of K.7. which w.ll be opened
at the Madison Square Garden Monday of I
next week, will be a success until about
Wednesday. For it won t be known to a I
certainty till then whether the real swells
*\e,w Vork and other great cities of this
republic will conclude to honor it by the'"
presence or not. If they do, the Hor?;
..how Association will declare a fat divi
dend after the exhibition is over; if othet-.
wise, no iividend need be expected.
The Heal Attraction.
Not that there are enough of these
swells to All the garden, or to make a
paying attendance by themselves; far from
it. Bui If these attend the show then all
the world and his wife will go. too?that
is. all ir. the vicinity of New York, who
have money enough to pay their way In
??"dthlreS? WeU l'no"Kh not to be ashamed
the elegant sartorial company assem
bled there. Unless this year's exhibition
differs radically from those of recent years
this is how it will go:
t,he, 1at'endjnce W?1 be rather
? lim and decidedly "common." Most of
work WiU be,men an<1 women who
tw iif ! ng at least Parl of the time.
Jr? Zr ^ ? ?Prlnkl'ng or genuine lov
ers of horse flesh; and the horses them
selves which are sure to be a realiv fine
? attention^1 abSOrb a good'
Tuesday the erowd will be larger and
rot so common." There will, however, be [
in 'J1 ,the throng dressed out
in decidedly audible attire; they will walk
a, lot. and talk almost m louSly
Many of the men will carry
t?'ces that show unmistakable siicns of
much drinking of rich wines and much
feeding on table delicacies. These men will
W and with1 ralSe haW ostentatious
meeatn?heWLho^eawto^ma"ty Whe" the>"
Wednesday Will Deride It.
Tuesday, too. there will probably be a
sprinkling of persons of a higher social
grade, but all that day the horse show man
agers will keep busy guessing about the
attendance Wednesday. Its character will
mean something to them, and some of the
more sportive among them, as well as manv
thereon1 rS' W'" offering 13 lay bets
In the meantime the swells whose at
tendance is so much desired will have been
debating in their minds and with their fei- I
l?ihmaS the advlsal'iiity of going on ex
hibit on along with the horses this year as !
usual If the decision be favorable thereto
-as it probably will be. for it always has
been-then Wednesday will be spoken of
as a real old-fashioned horse show day." I
Then It will be worth while to go to the
o"nrS^. ^ W to the folk "bout whom we
all read so much in the papers. The men
of fabulous wealth, who build million dol
lar houses and sail the seas over in steam
yachts costing hundreds of thousands of '
dollars apiece, will be there for all to gaze
at. And so will their women folk and the i
younger scions of the whole tribe of "Got
rex."
If you were to be present you might be '
surprised at the women?especially if -ou '
were prepossessed of the notion that even
one of them is a beauty. But you would I
see the finest groomed lot of human crea
tures you ever set your eyes upon?unless
you are used to this sort of thing. Undoabt- |
edly the New Vork horse show crowd, at
its best, is the largest ar.nual gathering of I
the world's "upper crust" to be seen any
where on this continent by a "rank out
eider."
And while you might be surprised to I
know that there is not a much larger per
centage of beautiful women among the op- I
ulent than among any other class, you '
would also be surprised at the effect, in the ]
matter of good looks, that may be pro
duced by perfect taste In dressing.
How (he women Dress.
There might be some surprise, too, at the |
plainness of their gowns. Time was when
the very rich women of this country were I
wont to vie with each other in the gaudi
nt-ss of their attire, but that time has .ong I
since passed away. The correct thing now. '
especially at the horse show, is to dresp !
simply. But the dressing must be elegant?
Oh, yes! If you are a n an you mightn't j
understand it, were you to make a critical
survey of the boxes of the Madison Square
Garden when it is jammed to the doors by
a horse show crowd?but your wife would. I
"See here. Matilda." said such a man once
to his wife on the occasion of their first !
visit to the shew, "why can't you dress like I
that woman there? She looks perfectly
stunning, yet her clothes have no gew
gaws on them. I'll brt?"
It was as good as a play to witness the I
withering look Matilda bestowed upon her
spouse; it was so effective that it cut him
short right in the middle of a sentence.
"You don't know what you're talking
about, John." she said indignantly. "Why,
the outfit that woman has on cost more
than all my gowns for a whole year. See
how her gown fits! It was made by a
'modiste,' not an ordinary 'dressmaker;'
and its material, which you seem to think
cheap Just because it's plain, cost a mint of
money. Why, John, if yeu ever get rich
enough so I can dress like that?"
But John begged her to quit. He couldn't
see why she should be proclaiming to ev
ery one in the vinciuity that he had not yet
found his "pile."
Plenty of Colar.
You mustn't Infer from all this, h-wever,
that the boxes present a colorless lock
when filled with a typical horse show
crowd. No, indeed! There's plenty of color
and It is mainly furnished by the faces of
the women.
But don't Jump at the conclusion that the
One women in the boxes use much paint
and powder. Here and there you will see
an exhibition of artificial tinting, but it
will be the exception and not the rule, for
"Society" with a big "S" frowns on rou^e
as severely r* it does upon over sho wines*
in dress. But the excitement, the lights,
the crowd, and perhaps the occaslinal bot
tle ot fias (not often, though, in public,
among the <-eai swells) an tenl to heighten
the coloring of the 'aces and the sparkle
of the eyes; ard who so looks on the boxes
at the horse show beholds a really brilliant
spectacle.
There is likely, however, to be rather
more color in the ladies* hats and gowns
this year than usual; for you must have
?oticed. even If you are a bum man. that
brilliancy of tint ta a feature of faOlm
thla year.
The Him* Kshlfclt.
Perhaps the greatest surprise of all If
you are an observing person and were to
visit the show, would He In the fact thit
the if.mate* of the boxes recognise so
frankly the fact that they, and not the
horses, are rcnllv the attraction. A gr>-st
feature on every big day of the exhi'j.
tlon?and all the l.?st four days are big
dt-ys, If Wednesday turns out well-is the
endless promenading around the garden of
those not in the boxes. And a? they prome
nade they comment on the human chow
with all the freedom that would be -m
ployed If the objects of observation were
so many lay figures, dressed up anl ani
mated by clockwork. instead of twin* liv
ing men and won.en like the rest of ux.
A couple was passing the box occupied
by certain af the "A?torbllts" last year.
"i'o you really think they are worth hun
dreds of millions of dol.ars. or is it only
t.ewspapi r talk that they are se very. v< ry
rich?" queried the woman of her e-scjr,.
so loudly that the box occi-par.ts couil
not hi Ip but hear. They made no slu t,
however; they were too v.-ell bn 1.
And the horses? Hut It Is too soon to
tell about them now, and {? w who will
to the show care a ran about tneir., any
how.
SKLLIXC BY S1GXAL.S.
? low Cattle Are Dealt In nt the tbi
??a?r? Stork tarda.
From the Ctiieago Post.
The Chicago stock yards Is unique
among the great marts of the world. In
no other place, say those who are most
familiar with Its daily routine. Is so large
an aggregate of business transacted in the
language of gestures and without the
8cra^c''1 a pen*' as in the noisy pens of
the stock yards. A whip is held high ta
air, across a sea of clattering horns the
signal is answered by the momentary up
lifting of a hand, and a "bunch" of cattle
worth thousands of dollars is sold.
There Is something splendidly picturesque
and even spectacular In these wordless
transactions They ignore the artificiali
ties of the complex system upon which
modern business relationships are almost
universally maintained. Trade In the cattle
pens gets boldly back to primitive sim
plicity It is dor.e on honor, not on pa|w?r.
AJ"! ,!he undisputed transfer of millions
of dollars north of the property here dealt
In proves that a bargain sealed with the
wave of the whip and an assenting ges
ture of the hand is quite as safe and
sacred as if the whole transaction ?tre
recorded "in black and white."
The trader in the wheat pit Is armeil
with his tally card, upon which he pauses
to note the names of those with whom he
deals and the amount, nature and price of
the commodities bought and sold. The
broker upon the floor of the stock ex
change places equal reliance upon the
quickly |?eneiled m-moranda made at the
moment when the details of eaeh transac
tion were upop the lips of those concerned
in its fulfillment. Hut the buyer and seller
of the yards carry whips, not pencils, an I
their deals are recorded in memory in
stead of written upon trading cards. As
well try to picture the old knights mnkir.g
laborious written memoranda of their cb
lenges as to think of the rough and ready
traders of the cattle yards pausing in their
saddles to Jot down upon paper their pur
chases and sales. Such a piocedure would
bid defiance to the very nature of things
and do violence to the magnificent uncon
ventionally of every environment.
"Is there never any trouble in this kind
of dealing?" a leading commission man
was asked.
"If you mean, do the men go bark on
their bargains made by whip and har.i?
I can ansv.-er. never." was the traders
answer, as he brought his trim black horse
to a halt, in the cattle alley ar.d leaned
forward in his saddle. "There isn't an
other place in America, or the whole world,
for that matter, where so much business
Is done on the basis of personal Integrity,
without a written word to show for the
transactions, as right hete." he continued.
"And the method beats all the bonds on
earth. The day's business in these pens
will run about a million and a half. And
how is It done? Little talk, a considerable
waving of whips and hands and no ex
change of written documents between buy
ers and sellers!
"Here Is a bunch of cattle that will fig
ure up about fKMMO. Over there In th?
other alley Is a buyer who this morning
offered me a price of JT>.10 for them. 1
thought that I could do better, but tha
market has been a little off and I have de
cided to let the bunch g? at his offer. Vp
to the pre-ent moment we have exchange A
about a dozen words <n this subject. Vow,
if he is willing to pay the price whi;-h he
named in the mom.njr. I'll show you how
a iio.tirn hunch of fat steers is sold without
word of mouth or a scratch of writing at
the time the bargain is really made."
The commission mar then straightened
up la the saddle and waited for the distant
buyer to look In his direction. A moment
later this representative of a big packing
house wheeled his horse about and faced in
the direction of tic seller. Instantly the
commission rran lifted high his rawhide
rldinir whip and held It aloft, li s attitude
was as rtriking as ihat of a cavalry colonel
uplifting his saber to concentrate the atten
tion of his regiment before- making a des
perate charge. The pose, however, wss full
of natural gr.-.re and freedom, and show-1
t'.at the man was more at ease in the sad
dle than he could have lne-n out of it.
Only a moment elapsed before the alert
eye of the buyer caught sight of the up
raised whin. The next instant he d
his hand a little above his head. h< Id it
motion!?.*: a moment and then dropped it
with a forward movement yuickly the
seller repeated the motion of assent with
his whip, ar.d then, turning to his caller,
said:
"That's all there is to it. To a stranger
this kind of a performanc; looks like a
long-range sign talk between de;.f mutes,
but we understand each other perfectly.
We both know how many cattle there ale
in the bunch and the price at which th> y
have been soid. Had we be-en wit! in speak
ing distance of each other the transaction
would probably have been a verbal one-.
Just for the sake of sociability, but not be
cause it would have made the oargain 'let
ter understood or any more binding."
AVTIPATHV AMOX. AMMAL.S.
Different Species of {leasts Ksfrrlalv
a Dislike for Karh Other.
From the Ilsrtfo-v. Cut mat
The likes ami dislikes of animals are un
accountable. Some horses take a violent
prejudice against certain men, eve-n though
they are treated kindly and though the
man's moral character is fair. I> t w>' ;i
the cat and do*, there is a violent anti|>athy.
which, however, is not infrequently display
ed by mutual respect, and even affection in
exceptional cases. The elephant hates dogs
and rats. Cows dislike dogs, and so do
sheep, and, what seems stranger, are par
ticularly partial to bears. On the other
h<.nd, horses loathe and detest camels ami
tefuse to be decently civil to them after
lcrg acquaintance. They even hate the
plt.ee where camels have been, whim
seems to be carrying race prejudice to an
extreme.
Kvoiutionists are accustomed to explain
these Instinctive feelings as survivals of
ancestral enmities dating from the days
when one race preyed on the other. This
would account for the natural enmity of
cc-ws to dogs, for when cows were wild
they were obliged to defend their calves
from bands of predatory wild dogs. But
why should the horse like dogs? It is but
the other day that the wild horses organ
ized to defend their colts from wolves on
our western prairies. What could the an
cestral horse have had against the ances
tral camel of a million years ago? Above
all, why should the horse approve of the
bear? It must be that the horse has a dor
mant sense of beauty and of humor. The
ic-eai of the horse Is grace, combined wi;h
strength. He disapproves from the bottom
of his nature of the hopelessly vu'gar, awk
ward and unaesthetical camel. The bear,
he sees at ojce. though clumsy. Is unpre
tentious. truthful and not devoid of a
sense of humor The dog he recognise* as
a good fellow, co-npanlonahle and unselfish.
He therefore forgets his ancestral pre
dacious habits. A strong bond between (h*
dog and the horse is that they are both
fond of sport, whereas a camel would not
go ac inch to ses the beat race that was
ever run.
The horse docs seem a little prejudiced in
the case of the ctunel. but It is a One. aris
tocratic. unreasonable prejudice he has.
And we like him for himself and for show
ing that the evolutionists cannot explain
all the sentiments of a refined and highly
Dtganlsed animal. Man. of course, they can
account for in every particular.
If you want anything, try an ad. In Ta*
Star. If anybody has what you wish, iron
wtr get an ana wise