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irrtTf.giysvTMjlKrW"' " ' P W- S THE .PITTSBURG DISPATCH. STJNDAX NOVEMBER 27, 2892 - STEP LIVELY, PLEASE Interesting Everyday Scenes on the Great Brooklyn Bridge. TALES STBICTLY TRUE, Tlionsjh Perhaps Strictlj Varnished, Told bj Howard Fielding. WHERE GOTHAMITES GET THE AIR Of rijnified Composure Which Ditln Euishes Them From Outsiders. THE F1XLE OF k SHOPPING TOUR tronitESPO'vcEKcs or TITS DHFATnt. New York, Nov. 25. It has been Jay privilege, from time to time, to lay before the readers of The Dispatch pen pictures of New York hie, of oar business methods, our manners (if any), onr politics, our pri vate character and other things lor which ne hope to be mercifully pardoned here after. It is related that the editor of a paper in Blue Nose, Aroostook county, Me., wrote tip the town in a perfectly truthful manner forlbe purpose of inducing the enraged in habitants to drive him out, as he had long been trying vainly to raise the amount of the stage lare Irom his subscribers. Bat I have stuck to the truth from the love of it, End shall not break my record in the simple narrative which follows. It portrays an everyday incident here. "We had beei shopping, and when I shook my fist at a cabdriver on Park Bow, opposite the Brooklyn bridge, various fra gile articles in parcels suspended from each of uiy fingers clashed together with a sound as of cymbals. At this the cab horse stopped in the act of stepping on me, and, opening his toothless jaws, emitted a wild neigh of astonishment and about a pint of gieen foam, which delicately mottled the mrlace of my new winter overcoat A Little Entertainment Lost But the Tat crowd of people rushing across the street carried me along, and I lost a portion of the cabdriver' s forceful and ffoQg Jlove On, Please! entertaining remarks. A great trench ex tended along the middle of the ttieet. come corporation was putting down some thing or digging ud something, I forget -which, but I know it must have "put un something" first, or it wouldn't have got iis franchUe. The trench was rooted with boards, except where holes were left for the workmen to come up when they wanted to and the re&t of us to fall down when we didn't. Along this roof of boards horse cars dashed madly in both directions, so that tne crowd was caught as in a great pair ot scissors, and why hundreds were not killed I know not, unless Providence inter posed to save the railway corporation lrom suits for damages. Before us yawned the bridge entrance, a darL. gulf into which the immense throngs lrom all sides seemed to be drawn by a vat, uncanny suction. To the right such vehicle as had been forced through the press of traffic on the Eow were plowing their uay through the cross current of human beings. A gigantic policeman was restraining the rush of wagons by means ot hs great aud ornate vocabulary, which sur passed eeu that of the drivers, who, as a class, are not to my knowledge outcussed bv anv other. In "the midst of this un earthly tumult, little newsboys a majority ot whom had lost a leg, and were in a fair way to lose the other plied their trade with true metropolitan sagacity. Their game, I believe, is to work in pain. One ot them gets under the wayfarer's feet and trip him up. Then tLe wayfarer, to spite the boy, buys a paper of the other, and the two divide the spoil. .No wonder that we have millionaires who have arisen lrom this humble, but honest calling. Not Making Much Progress. Long lines bad lormed before the win do s where tickets were sold. Maude was to purchase the tickets because I could not make chance with my left thumb, which wis all 1 had at liberty. She took her place in one of the lines, but it moved so dreadfully slow that she shifted to another which moved more slowly yet, so she changed back again, losing about 20 ftet ecch time. Oh, dear, we can get them much quicker upstairs," she said, abandoning the line. I ventured to remonstrate, but she had al leady got under headway, and I could onlv Whoa ! I chase her. To get upstairs it was neces sary to cross the roadwav for vehicles. Maude did it in the feminine style. She bestowed one vicious dig upon a person who was not in ber way at all, and then, shutting her eyes, she dashed across the road war and butted the fat policeman so vio lently that the impact of ber head stopped the b'lg tin watch in his waistcoat pocket. I might have laughed at his dismay had not a woman, launched suddenly lrom the op posite side, struck me in almost the same place. Not having the resisting power of the big policeman's equatorial diameter, I as doubled up like a jack-knile, and in this attitude I slid under the stomach of a tall horse and joined .Maude, who was en gaged in picking ber hairpins out ot the policeman's uniform. A Wonderfully lrapred Sight- Then we ascended the itairs. . It Is a won- SI -V F 'CJ' VR HI derfullv impressive sight one sees as he gazes along that broad line of hats crowded so close that they look like the black back of some great serpent winding up the stairs and writhinS through the covered passage. I have seen it hundreds of times, but som'e pew poetical thought always hits me and makes me open my mouth to say a good thine just as somebody lusher up the stairs decides to dispense with his chewing gum. They are good shots these penny-in-the-slot'fellows, and it doesn't do to give them such a tempting mark as that which I have indicated. Then, too, a man has to keep his wits about him in such circumstances that he may successfully evade the -woman who is always going up just ahead of him with a parasol sticking out behind her to the'great peril of his eyes. Then there is that other woman who al wayi drops a parcel just as you are swing ing' around the corner oi the crowded pas sage. Some times you tall over her, and are stepped on, and she accuses yon of being responsible for all the damage. Again, you arc polite, and stoop to pick up her parcel, in which case she dives for it her self and you bump beads with her and are cursed by those behind you, aud ridiculed There Were But Five Pennie. br the others, while the woman, recovering her parcel, says in a loud tone to her friend that if you had succeeded in getting it you would probablv have run away with it. as anybody could see by looking at you that you were a thief by birth and educa tion. . We worried through all these difficulties, and many more, and Maude made another attempt to secure tickets. The crowd was even greater here than below, and it was more impatient. The bridge train was in sight and we all stepped on one another s feet in our eagerness to catch it. I "was crowded into a corner and jammed larther and farther into it, till X coum ieei my slender form penetrating the tracks in the wall, and the thought came over me that thev would have to wash me out of there with a mop. Presentlv I saw Maude cast up before the ticket window like a bit of wreckage on the Johnstown flood. She had pennies in her hand. She counted them. There were but five, and the fare is 3 cents. Then she went for her pocketbook. It wasn't in her pocket People behind her were howling for her to hurry up and get ont ot the way. She accused everybody in general of having picked her pocket; and then suddenly she remembered where it WSJ. JUid the Crowd Howled. "Howdy!" she screamed, "give me my pocketbook!" The crowd howled. I attempted to get ont of the crack in the wall, bnt 300 or 400 people in front of me somewhat interfered with my movements. Maude was pushed away from the window, and carried by the box in which the tickets have to be de posited. "Ticketl" yelled the man at the box. Maude endeavored to tell him her story. I did not wait to see how he bore this afflic tion. I made a break for the ticket win dow. Linserted my unoccupied thumb into my pocket, and pulled out a ooin. It was a ' neunv: I thought it was a dime. Then I tried it again, and pulled out the same penny once more. I knew that there were 11 dimes and only one penny in that pocket, so relying on the theory of probabilities I let the pennv slip back and tried a third time. I knew by the feeling of the coin which came out that it must be the penny again, so I dropped it on the floor. It proved to be a dime. I stopped to pick it up, and a tall man carrying something which, from the nature of the impression it made when he dropped it on my head, I took to be a small cooking stove, fell over me, followed by his wife and three chil dren. However, I recorered the dime, and succeeded in working my way up to the window. I laid down the dime with my thumb, and endeavored to pick up 4 cents change with the same member. Anybody who thinks he can do that, can get a good bet on with me at any time. Finally, a kind-hearted gentleman picked them up lor me; and a lew seoondt later I found myself on the other side of the box, where in a swirling eddy of the crowd, our family was reunited. TV one Than a Football Game. But it was now necessary to board the train. The surging sea of people bore us up another flight of steps, and we found our selves upon the platform whence the trains start Here policemen whose labors make those of Horatius and his companions, at that other bridge, seem like a Sundav school picnic, shouted: "Pass up forward. Plenty of room up forward!" They are obliged to say that, or the crowd would over whelm them. It is shocking to think that men, by the nature of their employment, should be compelled to lie more than 2,000,- 000 times in the course ot a single after noon. We went up forward, not because we be lieved the police, but because we conld not help it The crowd was going that way, anirthat settled it Presently a train was pulled up to the platform. The gates were opened. There was a mad rush, sach as Heflelfinger, late of Tale, never dreamed of In his most murderous moments. Direct ly in front of me was a womau. It wasn't Maude, for she was already in side. She has a faculty for going through crowds which is very valuable to her, and deleterious to others. But the woman in front of me appeared to be having a hard time. I tried to shield her from the crush. 1 bent my back, aud dug my heels into the platform, and it seemed as if several thou sand pounds of dead weight lay on my shoulders. At last v were inside. My overcoat was twisted so that it buttoned in the back; parcels in my hands were crushed to shapeless masses; but I had one consola tion, I had done my best as, a gentleman to save the woman in front of me. She turned toward me in the car, and I prepared to re ceive with modesty the expression ot her gratitude, bus she only turned io her com panion and said, in a voice audible above the groans and laughter of the crowd: "I should think that great,-tall manster would be ashamed to push a woman so." An Int irrupted Defense. Maude had secured a scat, and I edgtd over in front of her. I bent down to say something in defense of my conduct regard ing the other woman, when a man sitting beside Maude suddenly arose and my face went through Ihe top ot his derby hat He had intended to give his seat to the only pretty girl in the car, but in the confusion incident to our collision a big woman with a basket which I think contained Lm. burger cheese and a boiled dinner, got the seat So we pushed one another about, and girls giggled and men opened newspapers in such a way as to hit somebody in the nose with each hand, and at last we reached the other side ot the bridge. Then the gateman opened the gates and we all rushed pell mell through them, while the police men uttered their very best joke: "Step lively, please!" addressed to a crowd that was simply tearing its way along. HOWABD FlELDINO. Lidim take Dr. Blegerfa Angostura Bit- ten when low (ptrit?4, TUP T?f I TA ' CMfiTTi? 111 lii l!ili U 1J UlUAJlVlJ Anxiously Awaited by Londoners as the Result of a New Plan. FOGS KOW WOBSE THAN EVElf, rrojjress Being- Pods in Tartans Line3 of Science and Industry. YALDE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TESTIMONY. The inhabitants of London, who are Just now undergoing, almost daily, the discom forts and inconveniences of stifling fogs, are awa'tmg with some anxiety and not a little hope, the outcomeof a new invention, which promises it not to remove the source of the murkiness of the London, air, to at all events deprive it of much of its exasper ating density and pungency. Four years ago, London had a fog one day in four, and last year there were 150 foggy davs out of the 365, and not only are the fogs increas ing in number bnt becoming more dense. This is hardly surprising when it is remem bered that London has a million and a half chimneys, aud every winter's day there are burned in the ordinary fireplaces of the city 40,000 tons of soft coal, which throws off into the atmosphere 40 tons of sulphur. The real trouble arises, not from the smoke of the manufacturers' cbimnevs, but irom that of household fires. The Eaglish Me teorological Society states that nineteen tweutieths of the smoke in the London log comes from the ordinary fireplaces. A member of the British Parliament, on be ing questioned as to the desirability of ap pointing a royal commission with a view to the suppression of the smoke nuisance, answered that the evil rose chiefly from the domestic fires, and a select committee had found the difficulty could only he overcome by the use ot anthracite, the substitution of coke for coal, or the adoption of improved grates. If there is anything the English domestic reseuts more than another it is being obliged to use hard coal; and coke is almost equally unpopular. More over, one of the most cherished home priv ileges an Englishman possesses is the right to jam the poker into the smoldering coal, and evoke the magic of a cheerful, brightly blazing fire. There thus remains on the list of practicable remedies, an improved form of grate, and this has now been devised by a long-headed Yorkshireman. The princi ple of the invention is of the simplest description. It has been proved that failure of combustion is due not to want of air, but to the absence of a sufficiently high degree ot heat to promote the combination of car bon with oxygen, and the consequent evolu tion of carbonic acid. There have been1 hundreds of patents taken out for the effectual consumption of smoke, combined with the economy of luel, but before now the scientific principle ot bringing a suffi cient supply of the oxygen of the air into intimate contact with the carbon of the fuel, previous to the formation of what is called "smoke." has never been thoroughly utilized. It is the practical demonstration ot this idea that constitutes the claim of the new invention to be re garded as the ideal system of smoke con sumption, and doubtless explains the high scientific recognition with which it has been received in England. Instead of hav ing frigid iron bars' in front of the fire, as in the ordinary kitchen range, the improved grate has three iron "louvres," or Venetian blinds, which may be opened and closed by means of a lever. The bottom of the fire box consists of two grooved or cogged roll ers, which can be manipulated with ease so as to stir the fuel and remove the ash. The fire chamber is divided into two parts by a fireproof screen of brick, suspended from and fastened to a fixed iron plate at the top. The fireplace consists, in tact, ot a V shaped tube, on the top of the front arm of which the fuel is placed, and the air is admitted downwards through the Venetian blinds in front It will thus be seen that the chimney is at the bottom instead of at the top of the fire, and as the products of combustion, by means of the downward draught, must always pass through the hottest parts of the fire the smoke is practically consumed. An in ferior grade of coal can be used, and be tween the reduced "cost of coal and the actual saving in fuel, an economy ot not less than SO per cent is effected. The practi cal value of this invention is seen from the fact that it can easily De applied in the homes ot all classes of the population. It has been already successfully used in the working of a vertical boiler, in which a pressure ot 60 pounds was obtained without the slightest smoke, and designs are now being prepared with a view to its applica tion to factory and' marine work. Should this system fulfill its promise, one of the most important problems of the dsy will have been solved, and the solution affects not only large sections of English communi ties, but many cities in this and other countries where soft coal is the staple fuel, and where the general adoption ot electric heating is likely to be long deferred. Nervousness and Its Core. Dr. Bilsinger, in an article on the cure of neurasthenia, or modern nervousness, which is pervading all classes of society in an in creasing degree, insists that each individual has the means, to a certain extent, in his own hands, of alleviating by a rational mode of life the general harm to which modern man is exposed under the influences which contribute to nervousness. But the majority of the people1 seem to prefer to re main ignorant, and more or less gradually impair their nervous systems by special in dulgences, abuse of stimulants, too early and excessive use of tobacco smoke, etc. Among the early symptoms ot derangement from these causes are crossness, a tendency to be overcome by trifles or a sensibility to nervous disturbances. But even in appar ently critical cases a surprisingly favorable result may be reached by the exercise of a little patience combined with a proper and intelligently directed general hygiene. Nervous patients must school themselves religiously to avoid, as much as possible, all drug 'remedies. Benumbing narcotics should especially be foresworn, no matter how seductive they may appear at first, for in the end they to a certainty do more harm than good. 01 immensely greater value than drugs to nervous patients are the nat ural factors of pnre air, light, water, quiet and exercise. Fresh air, and especially mountain air, is invaluable, and can be in dulged in without tear of excess. The same, however, cannot be said of water. This most sovereign of all remedies has come into discredit in nervous dis eases because ot its flagrant abase. A too indiscriminate application of water is a double poison to nervous patients. On the other hand, combined with the air cure and certain respiratory muscular exercises, as well as massage, it is of the greatest benefit Gardening is one of the best and simplest cures for disor dered nerves, and an arm and chest strength- wuica expanas tne cnest. regulates the activity of the heart, and strengthens the muscles, can be used with great ad vantage, provided the exercise is taken in a well aired room. The diet should be light, slightly stimulating and frequently changed; strong soup, fruit green vege tables and milk and grain dishes are recom mended. A suitable mental treatment should go hand in hand with hygienio and dietetic measures, and above everything, patience and rest must be insisted upon. Bemovlng Foreign Bodies From the Eye. There are fw'more painful things than the presence of a piece of rock, steel or other foreign substance in the eye, and the danger from inflammation in consequence ot the irritant nature of the intruding ma terial may be so great as to necessitate a surgical operation. When the object is of such a size as to bi readily visible in an ordinary mirror, it can generally be removed by the sufferer withoat aid by using a fin1vnointed tifor ni mnft nine, the ei. i . : t . r- - " - j v. . . tremlty or which Is moisUned and brulKd between the teeth. Md sa4a puawe aaa brush-like. Often the foreign body is so- I ruinate as to be invisible to tne nacea eye, and in such cases the concave or magnifying mirror must be used. When the offending substance consist of finely divided particles, such as sand or dust, a wet camel's hair brush may be ad vantageously used. When the substance cannot be removed an oculist should be im mediately resorted to. G. M. Hopkins recommends as a substitute for the magni fying mirror, which is not always availa ble', a rjoefcet magnifier, having a diameter of 1 or 1 inches and about 2)4 or 3-inch focus. This may be used in connection with an ordinary mirror by placing the magnifier in contact with the face of the glass. A.speck in the eye can often be dis covered in this way that would otherwise be invisible. Talne of FhotogTsphlo Testimony. Photography now playa such an impor tant part in providing testimony for in quests and law courts that many railway; companies retain permanently the services of a photographer, whose duty it is to hasten to the scene of a collision, or any kind of railway accident, and secure a pict ure with the slightest possible delay. The value of photography at a. time of intense excitement, when reliable testimony is difficult to secure, was shown recently in the Carnegie riot, when rioters were after ward brought to trial by the evidence of photographs. Another instance of the safety and certainty of photography as a witness has occurred at a recent inquest. A servant fell wnile cleaning a window, and was killed. No one saw the accident: but her employer, who was an amateur photo grapher, tooK a photograph ot the window before anything was disturbed. This pho tograph snowed the positional the sashes, the uashleather, dusters, etc., on the sill, and satisfied the coroner that the girl was sitting outside at the time she fell, and was not leaning out from the inside. It is sug gested that the time is not tar distant'wheu a photographer will be officially attached to every division of police. Photographic Tracing; Paper. A photographic paper for tracing pur poses, which gives black lines on a white ground is being introduced. This paper has the advantage over ordinary blue prints of giving more suitable colorsforthe ground and lines, and further more, after exposure in the printing frame, the only treatment required for developing and fixing is the plain water bath. Such a paper has long been desired by engineers. The point which has bitherto baffled the researches pf chemists and inventors appears to have been the discovery of an organic substance which could be bleached by the sun, but precipitated as a dark, purple powder when it and its suspending medium were brought into water. This has now been done. The powder used forms a dark deposit on the paper and is quite permanent By the use of this paper the expense of developing chemicals is saved. THE MODERN ORCHESTRA. How the Instrument Are Arranged and How They Used to Be Placed The Wind Pieces Are Now Close to the Leader The Flan of the Dresden Opera.. JJojton Journal. The orchestra is now arranged so that the wind instruments of wood and brass with the pulsatile instruments form a solid body directly in front of the leader. The strings stretch to the left and the right, and the double basses, divided, fringe the back of the stage and its further sides. The group ing is to be commended. It was thought in the eighteenth century that the double basses, 'cellos and bassoons should be dis persed throughout the orchestra. As Boss.eau quaintly expressed it, "It is the bass that shonld regulate and sustain all the other parts, and all the players should hear it equally. We know how the cele brated orchestra of the Dresden Opera under Hesse was arranged. The conductor was in the middle ot the railed space, seated before a clavier. Behind him was a violin cello as well as a double bass. The first violins were at his right hand in a Hue. The second violins were on the same aids, but nearer the stage. The other 'cellos and double basses were at the extreme ends. The violas were between the first and sec ond violins. All oi the wind instruments with the exception of the trumpets wero on the left of the conductor. The oboes were nearest the stage, and the bassoons were close to the conductor. The drums and the trumpets were on the raised platforms at the sides. The famous chorus and orchestra of the Paris Conservatory are arranged as follows: Sixteen first sopranos and 16 second so- Eranos are at the left of the conductor; at is right are ten fi st tenors and ten second tenors. Directly in front of him are ten first basses and the second basses. To the left of the basses, as the hearer faces the sUge, are 15 first violins; to the right 14 second violin. The first and the second violins face each other. Behind the basses is the harp. Then comes ten violas facing the conductor. The next line is made up of two clarinets, two oboes, two flutes, piccolo, four 'cellos and two double basses. Behind this line are four horns, four bassoons and four 'cellos. Behind them are two trumpets, three double basses, four 'cellos and two double basses. Three trombones and two double basses are next in order, and the tuba and pulsatile instruments bring up the rear. HOLY PIGE0BS AT ST. MASK'S. Before tho Fall of the Venetian Itepnbllo They Were Sacred Hirds. St Louis Republic! It may be of interest to such readers as like to sentimentalize on sacred subjects to know that the "Holy Pigeons of St Mark's" have been recognized as such by the author ities of Venice for more than a thousand years ever since 8S7. In olden times it was the custom of -the sacristans of St Mark's Church to release doves and pigeons, fettered with paper, after the religious serv-, ices on Palm Sunday. The fetters par tially disabled the poor birds, and such of those as did not escape wern caught by the people, who fatted them for Easter dinner. Sometimes one and sometimes a dozen of the poor fluttering creatures would man age to break the paper thongs which bound wings and feet together, whereupon they almost invariably sought refuge on the roof and iu the steeples of the historio old church. All of the escaped birds assumed a sacredness, and, it being against the law to kill or harm them in any way, increased to enormous numbers. During, the time oi the Republic the "Sacred Pigeons of St Mark's became objects of national solici tude, tons of grain beiug annually supplied for their maintenance. Alter the fall of the Republic thousands of them starved to death and all would have died but for provision made by a pious old lady, whose will perpetually provides for them. A Netr Kind of Platform. A continuous lift for persons ascending from one flat to another has been brought out It takes the form ot an inclined plat form, which continually moves on rollers, thus ascending And lifting anyone who steps on it to the next flat The platform, being flexible and endless, returns to the bottom ouly to' rise again, like the buokets of a dredger. Its motion is so slow that any person can step on and off without danger- A French Astronomer on liars. The red glow of' the planet Mars has puzzled everybody bnt a French astrono mer, who gives it as his opinion that the vegetation of that far away world is crimson instead of green. He also says that be hasn't the least doubt but that there are single flowers on the war god's surface whloh are as large as the loeorporated limits of Park THE WINTER BRIDES. Present Prominence of the Costumer, Caterer and Decorator. ' A LARGE CROP QE FOREIGNERS, With and Without Titles, Wh Are to Wed American Girls. CER8H0N1ES OF UNUSUAL INTEREST rcoKBxsraiTOicx or tots disfatcii.j - Summer saw the wooing, winter wel jcome the wedding of belles who reign in New York society. This is the way fash ion hurries engagements into --marriages nowodsys;she outstrips Love himself in her behests, but now" the belles are ready for them both. Discussion how their courtship irrew, And tall: or others that are wed. And howsho looked and what be said. That is what people do after tbe wed ding, but why may we not anticipate the events by a few brief weeks? The first names, upon the lists are those of a belle with. . a fabulous dowrv and an American paucity of title, and an Englishman with a titled brother and a British paucity of for tuned The belle is Miss Grace Wilson, of New York, and her fiance, Mr. Cecil Bar ing, second son of Lord Bavelstote, whose title has been recently created. Miss Wil son does not seem to mind the fact that her fiance will never oecome a lord, however, and it is because she is so lovely and popu lar a girl that people say her marriage will be a hlsppv international episode. It was dated for November, but it has been post poned on account of tbe death ot Lady Eav elstoke, and it will be a quiet affair. Miss Wilson's dot is $1,000,000, but her hand some, blonde face may be her greatest for tune after all. The Most Fashionable Event Probably the largest and most fashionable' wedding of earl r winter will be that of Miss Maria del Valle, of New York, to the Marauis De Casa Argudiu, of Madrid. This marriage of wealthy, hiehly-connected and handsome young society people is also an international event, with the flavor oi romance aoout it Miss del Valle is a re markably handsome Parisian-bred girl, with a delicate oval face, lorn; brown eyes and soft dark hair. The marquis is of the accepted type of Spanish good looks. Both are very young, very well educated and much traveled, Miss del Valle having spent several months on the continent with her cousin, the Duchessot Manchester. The marquis and in this he differs from most foreigners who marry American heiresses is wealthy enouzh to on a fine house in Madrid, an elegant country estaolisliment, and in Now York large stables and num. bers of good horses. The engagement, which followed the third meeting ot the two, will be of the 2frs. Drexcl-Penrose. precisely proper length three months and it will b'e merged into marriage at the pro per hour high noon of some January day. The marquis, who is too independent to be long to a regiment or to be connected With a. legation, will take his bride abroad for the winter. A Foreigner Without a Title. "The prettiest girl at Tuxedo," Antoin ette Ouion, will shortly marry in a much-talked-about fashion. Again is the bride groom an Englishman, and, moreover, an Englishman of untitled distinction. This is altogether right if he is to wed a girl who is tall enough, finely formed and brilliantly brunette enough to be described as the prettiest girl round about Tuxedo. Just at present her fiance, Horan B. Nugent, is on his way to Mexico to decide whether or not he wishes to accept the consulate offered him there. Hs is already British Vice Consul at New York, and people are hoping he will stay hero with his popular bride. Other weddings long whispered about be yond the hearing ot the outside world are coming in now in dazzling arrav. Charlotte Huunewell Winthrop, daughter ot EJger ton J. Winthrop, will marry Henry Ser- In a Costume of 18SS, geant Cram, one of that large and well known family of Crams, November 29, at Old Trinity Church, Newport. They will marry at high noon, with the caterer's and florist's latest whims, and .they, too, will spend the winter in Europe. Miss Win throp has.lived in Paris so long that she is almost Parisian in her tastes. George H. Holt's daughter Nona will marry Alfred Hooper, of Detroit, at the Church of the Heavenly Best, In New York, December 19. The society papers will describe it as a "crush church aflair, with a wedding breakfast at the home of the bride," but the details are still hidden in the deep designs of caterer and florist Not much nfbre is known of Miss Jennie roster's approaching marriage to 'VilIiam C Boweis at Calvary Churoh, in New York, some time in January. Miss Foster is the .daughter of General John A. Foster, and a certain clique is standing on tiptoe to learn something about something shrouded in bonded secrecy. Neither Affirmed Nor Denied. It is currently reported that Marie Have meyerls engaged to Perry Tiffany, "eyt this is is a somewhat dubious announcement in the form of fact It's neither denied nor affirmed;' it will be in a state of suspended agitation for some time probably. Everything has paled temporarily before the lusterot the Drexel-Penrose wedding on Thursday, thel7th. It was the very perfection of the wedding idea, but it was noticeably different in its floral decorations from the comjng fashions of florists' crea tions. It was a white wedding, and the only flowers used were white chrysanthe mums among forests of palms. Very lovely, indeed, but ubit wearisome, as one went lrom chrysanthemum chancel to chrysanthe mum breakfast' ,,x , , But the knae4ds,jja Jtlisur white silk cr s jf fir gdwns and broad white felt ostrich-tipped hats, the bride in ber fluffs ot exquisite point lace, and the solemnly chanting full choral service were beyond criticism. Both house and church decorations of tbe one flower bunked in palms were gorgeous in their profusion, and in that Mies Drexel has set the fashion for the winter. Others of the brides whom I have mentioned will repudiate the one flower iJehowever. A florist gave me hi design for a December wedding which is so novel and magnificent that it is reproduced. A canopy is to be draped across a corner of the drawing room over an Immense mir ror. Fastened above the mirror is a heavy curtain of smilax, bordered deeply with loose bunches of lilies of the valley. Broad white moire ribbon loops back the flower curtains. Just beneath the division of the cnrtaina large crescent wreath of Mer met roe is hung by pink ribbons. Palms are to stand as thickly as possible about the corner, and the .mantels and ta bles are to be banked with American Beauty roses. The Share of the Florist The bridemaid's touauets will h of pink; the bride's white orchids, each tied with ribbons to match the colors of the flowers. It will be a very orgie ot flora and a riot of color. Other brides, let us hope, will follow this bride's plan, and the flor ist's intention to make his share in the wedding more elaborately gorgeous than ever before. The particalar gown of 1832, which is foing to astound the fashionable world, is a aring gown. Nothing like it has been worn bya bride for (50 years, and in it the young girl (she must be one of those above mentioned which can it be?), Kedfern as sures me, looks marvelouslv sweet He acknowledges that it is not pretty on a wooden dummy but full of character and individualism clinging to the venturesome maiden. Itisot a dead white Bengaline sillc, fitted closely to a vey short waist line. The shoulders are immensely long, and the leg o" mutton sleeve is fulled in ail around Miss Maria del Valle. and droops as closely as possible. At the elbow it is tight and fits snugly to the wrist, where it is jmt met by a oue-button white kid glove. The neck is, of course, high, and so high that the shoulder appears longer than ever. A collar band of plain finish is a trifle over a quar'er ot an inch in width. Bride cake, that old, much-loved fashion, lingeringly departs. It is no longer an honored institution, save occasionally, when, as at the Gardiner wedding, every thing is extremely British. It is, however, still incumbent upon the young couple to display oil their wedding gifts. Thegown is laced down the front Two perfectly square re vera of magnificent silver embroidery is the only bit" of trimming. The skirt is gathered finely to lte waist band, ana falls full to the floor in front and to a train behind. The bride's hair will be drawn smoothly to the nape of tbe neck and coiled there. The veil, fastened well back, is of lovely net Caekie Cakeless. TBE DENTISTS IH JAPAN. By Means of Their Fingers They Extract the Most Troublesome Teeth. Harper's Yoang Peopiel The Japanese are highly skilled workmen in many branches of industry, and with the simplest tools contrive to make very beau tiful furniture, porcelains and bronzes. They are also accomplished dentists, if the story of a traveler may be believed. "I was placed in a bamboo chair," he aid, "and tilted slightly back. Tho dentist ex-' arained my teeth, talking volubly mean while. Suddenly his thumb and forefinger closed on the troublesome tooth, and before I had the faintest idea of what was going to happen he lifted it out and held it up before me, smiling at the same time that vacant smile peculiar to the children of the Orient " You were waiting for the forceps, were youV said the American resident, who ac companied him. They don't use 'em here. Look at this. Here is a young Jap taking bis first lesson in dentistry.' "A 12-year-old Japanese boy sat on the floor, having before him a board in which were a number of holes into which pegs bad been tightly driven. He was attempting to extract the pegs with his thumb aod'fore finger. As the strength of this natural pair of lorceps developed by practice the pegs would be driven in tighter. After a couple of years at peg-pttlling, the young dentist would be able to lift the refractorv molar in the same manner that he lifted wooden jegs." HEW YOKE IH 1665. A Directory From That Tear Showing the Streets and the Fopnlatlon. New York Times. In one of the older manuals of the Com mon Council of New York there appears an interesting directory of that city for the year,1663. Then there were exactly 20 streets and a population of 25L Broadway at that time was De Heere straat (the principal street). The Battery was Aen de Strandt van de N. Itevier. Wall street was De Waal, Pearl street was De Perel straat, Whitehall street was De Winckel straat, William street was In de Smits Valey (In the Smith's Valley), and Broadway, above Wall street, was Buyten de Lant Poort (outside the land gate). All tho residents were of Dutch extraction, except one, whose name appears in the list as Jacob, the French man. There were Rooevelts, Beckmans, De Peysters, De Puvs, Van Cortlaodts and Verplancks in those days. Clams, oysters and fish formed the principal food of the settlers at that period. Occasionally in the spring New York was visited by such "amazing flights of wild pigeons that the sun was hid by their flocks from shining on the earth for a consider able time; then it was that the natives laid in a great store of them against a day of need." New Materials for Carbons. The carbons for electrio arc lamps are made by an American-inventor witht pow dered graphite instead of coke with the ob ject of lessening rate of consumption. He first compresses the dry powder In a mold of the desired form, and then adds a drying oil for serving as an agglutiant It is stated that the resistance may be varied by adding to the graphite finely divided fiber in greater or less quantity. Farmers Using Bison Bones. Collecting the bones of bisons killed on the prairies of the Canadian Northwest in former years is now a profitable Industry carried on by Indians and half breeds for .the most part. The bones are transported to the settled districts and transformed into phosphates for the use of the farmers. The none gatherers traverse the plains with carts, and delivei the skulls and bones at .the nearest stations of tbe Canadian Pacifio Hallway. FUTURE OF COKBETT. The Pugilistic Champion Writes of Bis Plans and Programme. MITCHELL TO GET FIRST CHANCE. The California Boy Is Making- $2,000 a Week and Is Satisfied. SPECIMEN OP HIS LITEEAEI STILE rWMTTIS TOR TBI DISPJLTCH.1 JJ u V b wish t o appear vaingl o r ious nor at all anxious to rush in to print, but I am constra i n ed in the present in stance to do so ow ing to the numerous challenges w h i o h have been hurled 'at m e ever since I had tbe good fortune to become champion of the world, and the per fect flood of inquiry from kind friends all over the Union as to what my intentions in the premises are. I have been urged by well meaning but unreflecting, admirers to pitch histrionic ambition te the winds, break forthwith theatrical contracts, faithfully entered into, aud accept at once the defiances of Mitchell, Jackson, Goddard or any other ambitious fistic aspirant, whether they hail from England, Australia or from any other corner of the universe. I am told to up hold the glory of the Stars and Stripes, at all times and under all circumstances, against all eomeri, whatever their condition or color, else I will be untrue, to my country. Some of the Advice Given. Many conservative gentlemen of an emi nently practical turn of mind on the other hand advise me to make hay while the sun shines and to ignore all challengers, be they Americans, Englishmen or Australians. They sagely add that youth, health and strength will not always abide with me, and that I may be whipped. Jackson and Mitchell, I am told, are .especially danger ous antagonists for anyone to face, and in the event of disaster I am reminded that my "drawing" powers as an actor will at once lafle away, and that I myself will have killed the goose which laid the golden eggs. It ould be a physical as well as literary impossibility to personally answer the myriad well" meaning inquiries of friends. To do this, however, and at the same time reply to mv challengers, I will deviate from a rule I had adopted. I had resolved never again to write an article for the newspapers on fistic subjects, as I deemed it the part ot modesty to forbear. It is tar better, in my judgment, to let the fellows who are striv ing to' gain the goal of success enjoy that luxury, and for those who have succeeded to retrain Irom literary labor. They get enough ot gold and glory without it I will, then, in this instance and for the last time, assume the role ot scribe and state clearly and succinctly wnat my iutnre ruie of action will be. It I live I will carry out the theatrical contracts I have entered into. These will run up to a year almost from the present date. When He Will Be Beady. Then I will cheerfully meet Charles Mitchell, ofEngland; Peter Jackson, of Australia, or any other man who is anxious to win fistic fame and wealth. I draw no color line, but 1 will give Mitchell the first chance, lor good and substantial reasons, First, because he has never been defeated and has had the honor of having fought a draw with John L. Sullivan, when the re nowned Uostonian was the acknowledged champion of the world. Jackson, on the other hand, was once defeated byllillFarn ham in Australia in the early part ot his career, and in addition fought draws with Joe Goddard, of Australia, and myself. Aa Goddard and Jackson both claim to be champions of Australia, I think it would be eminently proper for them to settle the vexed question ot superiority before seek ing a battle with me. In addition to Mitchell's having a clearer title iu the book of pugilistic deeds if I may tie allowed the expression than Jackson I make no concealment of the fact that it'would afford me, in the words of a distinguished states man, much "personal comfort and satisfac tion" to meet the Englishman in the roped arena. Why, people interested in sporting matters -n ho remember a little incident at Miner's Bowery Theater a year ago can readily understand. It matters not a particle to me where the contest may occur. 1 will battle with Mitchell, or Jackson, it he avoids an issue, at the time stated before the club offering the largest purse, be it at the North, South, East or West All that I stipulate is that 7. cuMlotU tePU icz. & vztetj, 7,sf.l&.i A.jrf. dh.A,a4L VUtv. clcaT,f "has "--a .- . 7?-- 2g.- g.3L. '4. ncA t &, Jzz6ujLj k bfi. t 7 s r Fac-Simtle Sit of Corbett's Writing. -my adversary put up eii,uuu as a sioe wager to prove nis sincerity, auu us a posi tive guarantee that he will be in the ring at the specified time. John L. Sullivan ex acted this or me, and I, in turn, have the same right, all fair-minded men will admit, to make a similar demand from those who would seek to win the championship from me. Confident of Defeating Mitchell. Should good fortune remaip with me in my contest with Mitchell, as I feel confi dent it will, I will again resume my stage career and not fight tor a reasonable length of time, say one vear. Then I will be pre pared to meet Peter Jacksou or the best pugilist at that period before the public. Alter that I will in all probability retire from the prize ring for good. I did not enter the arena from "pure love of fighting, but to gain lame and the wealth which fol lows in its trail. The talk of some aspiring pugilists, or rather of their astute managers, that I must fight within six months from tho date of a challenge, backed by a forfeit, is ludicrous. That was the rule, I admit, in days gone by when the London prize ring was in its glory. Thct rule, however, like the "Lon don Prize Ring" institution, is obsolete. It was formulated at a time when fighters were of an interior order of intellect and had no other occupation save that of pleas ing their noble (?) patrons. That was to fight whenever called upon for a wee ima' purse. This, of course, happened frequently and with great reonlarity. "Gentleman" Jackson, John Gully and Tom King were 1 - JK W vl III SpVUf If. 5&M- Z 7xl "ZjjtfcUi s O exceptions to this elass of fighters, hut ex ceptions only prove a rule. No, the institution known as the "Lon don prize ring" is dead. So are its rules. Here in America we have another system of fighting, which, while verv effective, has none of the old time brutality about It, and isnaturally very popular. As far as governing fighters, custom alone makes them. John L. Sullivan was champion of the world for 12 years, yet in that time he was only compelled to fight three times for the title after he had won it by defeating Paddy Kyan at Mississippi City. February 7, 1882, viz., with Charley Mitchell at Chantilly, France, in 1887; with Jake Kil rain at Richburg, Miss., in 18S9. and with your humble servant at New Orleans in September last A King Without a Scepter. True, Jake Kilrain once claimed the title "by default" It was never accorded him bv'the people, and be was a kin? withnnt scepter. Now, if John L. Sullivan was per mitted to go bis way in peace for four years between each of his great battles and reap a rich harvest during that time I think that I at least should have one year accorded ma before being compelled totleave the harvest field and defend the championship. I am clearing now on average $2,000 a week on my theatrical venture, and if luck continues snould have $100,000 to the good at the end of the year. What rank folly it is then to talk of my breaking contracts and "throwing fortune to the dogs to oblige Mr. Mitchell or any other athletic gentlemen by fighting in February next, during the Mardi Gras season, at New Orleans, as astute pugilistic managers have suggested! I admit that I senouslv con sidered at one time meeting Mitchell" at the period mentioned solely for tbe pleasure of getting tbe eloquent Englishman into the ring, but gave up the idea alter consulting with a friendly counselor and adviser, honest Pnil Dwyer. Even by agreeing to meet Mitchell next fall I will make considerable of a pecuniary sacrifice. The two mbntbs of abstention from theatrical work which the necessities ot training would require and the cost of training itself would cause a deficit of about 5.'5,000, but that sacrifice I will cheer fully mace tor being- accorded the proud privilege of representing America in a battle tor the world's championship against the best boxer of England. James J. Cokbett. WHAT A B00HEBAHO 13. It Originated in Australian Children's Game With Dried Leaves. Chicago Herald. The heavy, sharp, and pointed ironbark weapon has been known to transfix a man and certainly knocks over a kangeroo or wallaby or so cripples a cow that the ma rauding bushmen may easily come up with it and use their spears or clubs. Of its origin little has been learned. The scien tists teach that it is on evolution of the s ton a axes used by all savage', and profess to find the boomerang type in the rood hatches of Africa and other lands. Bat King Bill, after he had done his boomerang practice at Central Park, sat down and told a little story of the boom erang that was more plausible. It was that in Queensland there is the "bandanna" tree, with queer leaves shaped like boom erangs. The sport of the black children is to skim tbe dry leaves through the air and see tbera return to the extended hands from which they were sent Bill said that as the legend had come down through the nation oi black fellows it was from their leaves oi the bandanna tree that the suggestion of the national weapon of the blacks came. Bill does not under stand much English and is only a bushman, but he may be right ETJBBEE HEELS ON SHOES. The New Contrivance Is a Good Cnra for Some Nervous Troubles. "I am surprised that people who are nat urally nervous do not take, more advantage of the rubber heel to shoes. The incessant jarring of a solid heel on agranitoil side walk is calculated to drive a nervous man half out of bis mind, and to make people nervous who never realized before that they have any nerves at all," says a writer in the St Louis Globe Democrat. "The first attempts in the direction of rubber heels were not wholly successful, because, while they checked tbe vibration, they did nof last any length of time. Now, however, it is possible to get rubber heels which cannot be detected from leather ones except by the feel while walking on them, and, as there is a leather base, the question of durability does not come up at alL I was recommended some months ago to try the rubber heels on account of a prolonged nervous trouble, and I could not go back to the old kind now, "Any pair of shoes can be fitted np in this way, and the comfort is so great that when the fact is generally discovered I doubt whether any shoes will be made at all without the precaution and conveni ence." FOLLOWED THEM AFTE8. DEATH. An Irate Maorian Father Pursues Two Lovers and Kills Hlmsel The London Star. The Maories believed in the immortality of the soul long before the arrival of the missionaries; but the spirit land to which they Imagined all men journeyed after death was as grossly material a3 the "happy hunting grounds" of tbe North American Indians. Such a legend as the following, which contains an instance of singularly determined parental interference, is sufS eient evidence ot this. A young chief of bizh rank fell in love with a Maori maiden of great beauty, but low degree. His father "forbade the banns." Thereupon the usual results fol lowed. Tbe young chief refused to eat, and died of hunger, the beautiful maiden, heartbroken at the death or her lover, leaped down from the cliils into the sea in order that she might follow him. Now comes the extraordinary- part of the storv. Tbe obdurate father, hearing of the girl's Ie3p into the sea, rushed to the spot, . battlea in hand. TTsinir terrible language. he declared that he would prevent the union of the pair in the spirit laud, and forthwith himself leaped down to follow them. QTJEEIT VIC'S GOOD APPETITE. She Gets Away With n Meal Big Enough fos Two Ordinary Men. New York Press.! Queen Victoria, like her grandson, Em peror William of Germany, is the possessor of a good, wholesome appetite, whioh is rendered all the more keen by the crisp air of the Scottish mountains. At a luncheon at Mar Lodge, the residence of the Dake and Duchess of Fife, which is situated within easy driving distance of Balmoral, Her Majesty did full justice to tbe follow ing repast: Minced venison, boiled canons, ox tongue, cold roast chicken and York ham, cold gronse,roId roast sirloin of Scotch beef, pastry, cheddar cheese and salad, '84 cham pagne, dry biscuits and 30 years' old dry port Of .course it is not suggested that the Queen partook of everything on the menu, but the solidity 'of tho repast speaks vol umes for tho digestive capabilities of the Queen, who, as an old lady, enjoys her lood and eats as heartily as she did at IS years of age. Buffet Drawing Boom Cars Between Fltts barg and Boflnlo. Commencing November25. the P. & L. K. It It. will run throuu bnltee cars in the new BulTrtlo express train, lenving Pittsburg as 11:15 a. it, central time, arriving In Buffalo at 720 r. v., only eight hours and five min utes. The nijrht express, with throngh sleeping car, leaves Ptttsbun: atr 1033 r. ic, central time, after close of places or amuse ment, ana arrives at uuuaio ato;ji-jc. " - --rfSiutv.' J i -fi i". , m.A