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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-27

Children Deprived OF Vision that they May
become Acceptable shampooers.

Kama Rurd Correspondence Of the san Francisco
ChrOnicN
We entered the village, which was once
city containing over million inhabitants, and
put up at native hotel kept In native style.
Az lin obcving the custom of undressing the
feet, we passed many guests sitting uoon mats
and making their chopsliok ly In way that
would make a nkee enylous even In arnlroad
eating house Up stairs we went, and were
shown into room whose walls consisted mere
" Of payer. DartttiOning one room rom the
other, but which were scrupulously clean. Or
derng supper and some native wine, we were
quickly served by a rather good looking maid.
While awaiting the result OF our oruet we
were served with "tidbidt pastry and WIN some
ssck-ee. also n bowl containing live Goals. to-
getner with pipes; after which, giving us time
for smoke, the courses began with nsh, not
cooked enough for our taste. then eggs, chick
en-, sweet potatoes, rice, and tea. No bread was
served US nor butter. but as the tea was remark
ably hne, aud the eggs, though small. were duly
seasoned with rock . 1t, We made good meal,
rendered awkward by lack OF experience IN
using the chopsucks. which were pencii-shaped
and used Dy holding or pressing the FOOD DO
tween the ends. the guests meanwhile peeping
through the partitions and gtgglng NJ our fran
tic efforts to eat gracefully.
While eating supper the governor OF the place
sent a constable to outain our names and rest
dencs. that we might be under police protsc-
tion. we being the nrst white men that ever
spent n night In the place. Supper being over,
we took a sno t walk through tho town, and as
there were many pilgrims In the place who had
never seen q Caucasian before, we were tho
observed of ell observers, especially our
friend, AN EDglishman. Who u SIX feet two Inches
them.
Going back to the hotel, our friend asked US
N we wished bath and sn smpoo answering In
the aff rmative, he gave the order. and ne irinx
long, low, aud somewhat sad whistle, Will n We
ha heard both by day and by oisht in fokoha-
aud which. though It had excited our curl
osty. We sd failed To inquire the reason of-he
went into the street and brought IN blind man.
who he said was TO do the shsmpooing. The
bath being ready, we went down stairs and were
shown into u room, whose wet door proved It TO
be In constant use.
Alter finishing our bath We donned our sowns
and returned to our room. where the blind
man" took us IN ch rye. Commencing with our
feet, he knuckled us all over, prying In between
every joint and muscle OF our back and limbs,
excepting the region OF the chest. and which.
aft OF he was through. made us feel as timber rs
an acrobat. hese snampooerr, II Is SAID. are
III de blind In tueir childhood, tnat they may
ply their vocation without injurng tae susce ,
tiuilities Of Any one. Inc sun rose uncloud cd
on tho follow x morning, anu alter breakfast
served on the floor. similar In quality to the sup
per Of the evening before, We paid our bill,
which amounted TO tl75 for both OF US,
Including our wine.
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curse the day that they destroyed II, and he
anxious for its revival. They denounced us and
held us up before the world as set OF outlaws
and we may now as well give thcm chance TO
see whether they have improved 1t any. we
have managed and restrained the rahble long
enough for them, and We are willing that theV
shall take that job in hand themselves Tor
while" This explains the status OF the work
ingmen In the present stage on ahslrs: Ine eyre, re-
and they care but little for the rlyaries between
the great companies Their Indifference seems
to arise out Of the fact that the love feast 0f
the barons brought them down as low as they
can get, and all the mutual pattering the coal
ITnPImes Gan ia give one cnnS,nn '"o'
The Lehlgh Coal Exchange will remain Intact
for its own protection. The difference between
Judge Packer and Mr.. Gowcn Is that while the
latter asplres TO the absolute control Of the
Schuylkill region, for which purpose he Ia ever
ready to squeeze out every individual firm II
necessary, the former takes care To foster the In
terests OF all the individual operators along MS
lire, looking for paying traffic for the road IL
IL a notable fact that while many Of the indidu-
ais In the Schuylkill region are going into bank
ruptcy those ~ their bret hren who ship over the
Lehigh Valley and the Pennsylvania railroads
have 80 far escaped the same degree OF financial
difficulties.
The total amount Of coal on hand Ia stated at
1WUW tons. The production for the week end
ing Aug. ~ was considerably curtailed COM
pared with the previous week Orders have
been issued for suspending many collieries In
the Schuylklll region. and next week the sus-
pension will be general. IL IL the frequent oc
currcnce of these suspensions that has hurt the
operators Of this region more than all other
causes. While they were compelled to stand
idle coal was being rushed into the market over
the Lehigh Valley and the Pennsylvania roads;
A meeting Of what remains Of the Schuylklll
Coal Exchange will be held on "wednesday, Aug
| ~. to receive MIR. Gowen's commands. The re-
| suit Ia looked for with anxiety. IL suspension
Is agreed upon, rs Is likely. 50 much the better
will II be for the Iehlgh Valley folks.
Mr.. tOwen says that he Will never again enter
| Into an alliance or combination. This u taken
| as notice that he will leave the individual
operators to fight their own battles. About the
| besides the
| now are the middlemen. whom Mr.. Gowen had
! deprived Of the better portion OF their occupa,
! ton which Is now again restored 80 them. II
| they can he kept from ieccng the public, A.
| they used to do before the combination was
! formed. the public will have cheap fuel without
| forcing the operators down to unremunerativ'
| urigea
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-27
THE TOBACCO TRADE.
HEAVY Rcceipts-Ths Market Overstockcd
storage Capacity Wanted

From ne BdHinore american, Aug. 2S
The State tobacco warehouses in this city
continue to he taxed beyond their storage ca
pncity, and IL occasionally happens that
about lOJ hogsheads. has To- lie postponed until
room can be- made. Not only are neighhorng
storehOuses filled, but much tobacco Is piled up
on the adjoining streets and covered Wi sail
cloths This Is ascrihed to several causes. In the
first place. there has been some scarcity OF Nes-
sells. next, there II rather AN excess OF the lower
grades which are not now wanted ON the other
side and ARE held up here the receipts TINS year
foot NJ 1910 hogsheads, against lb,AH hogsheads
90 same time last year, an Increase oI I,ooi ana
lastly, the fact OF he new warehouse to
replace those burned not being ready Tor
occupation. II was begun some two months
agu, ia to he completed In December
or 5000 hogsheads. OF this years French con
tract for Maryland-s,UU hogsheads about 1000,
II is stated, have been procured Receipts OF
Ohio have not fallen on, rs was expected, but
are still full. There are also Tree receipts OF
Maryland, which are likely to continue for a
month or more, rs the farmers have now plenty
of time To attend To its shipment and sale and
the prices obtained. particularly for the inner
and more desirable quhlities,cannOt but lie salts
factory. Accounts from the growing crop In
Virginia and North Carolina relate that II Is
much improved 10y the rains and fine growing
weather IN the past three weeks. Yet, nOtwith-
standing this fact, II Ii now generally conceded
cred. The breaks in all the large markets in Nlr-
ginia, Iynchburg, Dan\ille, Petersburg, Rich
mond, and In North Carolina for ten days past
have been very small and the receipts almost
entirely moyldy or funked for these prices are
lower, ON account of Its damaged condition,
while good, sweet tohaccOs are taken AT full
prices. stocks of manufart ured, In the hands
Of manu- acturers. are less 10y "a third to a bali
than AT the same time last year Sales from fac
tories the past month have been heavy, as Il
shown by the unusually large amount OF stamp
be every indication OF Mghar prices, with eNol
partial revival Of busin0s
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The Answer TO Jim BIudss.

IRON lhe ffOttdeNtf AieFdtus
Eve read that secret about Bludso.
" no run ON the Prilrie Belle
Nhethcr INN or the mau that wrote IL
Mast e biggest fool cant tell.
nui thcr. h one tHl ing, mats dead certain.
The fellow Who spun the yarn
Knows more about hay stacks than snokestaoks.
Aud think that ned DETER larn
Before writing OF boats and engines
And engineers WOrh ami he IKE,
safety valve from u throttle,
New YORK sang from fike.
Aud Is for couple Of wives or so
Aud things as b d Or worse,
| hold these are private matt rs
Ana not nt subjects for verse.
What look at Ia the fooshness
That he puts In al engineers lips,
Al out holding her nozzle Agin the bank,'
And the " Ay that he passed IN his chips.
Does he think that greasrr uses "a pole
To poke steamer AlungP
Don't he know that an engine II go herself
fyOu open the throttle strongf
man that runs m the hl'slsslp
Has trouble and worry enough.
NMhout being sadded after mes dead
" ith a lot u disgusting tuH
why, fellow that diln't know more than him
He couldn't nave held place
On wheebarrow" poat to Tow coal soows,
Much more on packet 10 race.
II he had seen his duty at all,
He'd have known that b. could do more
Dy letting up ON that yelling" OF his
And helping the others ashore,
But n he wissuch doi rot@l ass
As to STAY anu be cooked that night,
know what Pike county verdict would be.
TWOuld DO served the deIned fuul just right"
DIsdUsrkp Ls0iJEEB
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-27
HER ROMANTIC CAREER.
The Happie.t Possible Consummatton Of
Ceurtship under Difficulties.



In love affairs. Madame D'Apery-popu-
larry known a. olive Harper-has. Of all literary
Ladies', h al the most romanti c adventures. Her
husband, a distinguished O n GER Is the son OF
Turkisn lady nearly allied to Murid En- the
present sultan His father was a French gen
tleman Of distinction, and NJ. Telemequs
ID Apery fell In love with the talented Young
Journalist the nrst time he saw her la Vienna.
lie could not speak any English, nor she one
word Of French. However, he desired friend
to write him a love letter, and 5000 the acquaint-
AnCe progressed sufficiently To admit Of MS ask
ins her 10 take nrive' 10 ia,il,t ave conversA-
French and English phrase HOOK out. unfortu-
nately. he found tue only phrase IN II suitable 10
his circumS stance was " am your humole ser
want" VITA this small STOCK In language, ne
managed 10 express his sent nents, and In SIX
months time Onve Harper had lsaG ned To speak
French with the husncy Of native. To ON
plicate matters however, the Princess Matilda
OF Austria fell in love with the handsome
not write her own rticles. but paid h III
starved New York journalist to produce
in a cafe, where Col. p'Apery happo led
TO be, he promptly slapped him over. and IN
consequence a ouel .nsued. The Colonel
winged the Count, and soon after adjourned
with his wife To Turkey. Bsug counec led with
tue imperial family, his name became Implicated
Ia some revolutionary movement then atoot.
stepped over Into Greece; but hardly mad he
ESCAPED when the house Of Madame D'ApeIy
was invaded by Turkish soldiers and that lady
dragged on and incdrcerated in horrible dun
geon. Through the interposition OF the Ameri-
can tOnsul suo Hn Alif ItlchScu, uuu ucT
husband, nearing of her misfortune. returned
to Constnntinople, where luckily no escaped
discovery, and they were reunited In Athens.
All these adventures, graphically recounted,
together with a great deal OF poll ,ica and social
history OF Turkey, are related Ia n book about
TO be published by leading nrm IN London,
from tue pen OF Olvs Harper, and entitled
" he Tame urk. As happy contamination
OF counting under difncultIes, we believe It Is
unparalleled IN the annals OF literature. olive
Harper Keeps house In Philadelphia. has three
chi dren aud Is a charming Lady companion.
NJ. DApery her husband, ID hne-looking gen
tlsmun, fun OF fun aud wit.
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Close up the ranks, good cOmrades all,
And keep the columns steady,
Our leaders sound the trumpet cali
And Democrats are ready.
New N0rS aud Indiana bind
Their names together haldY
"rnden and Hendricks" THAT'S the kind.
For Yankee Doodle DANDY,
There's trouble down IN Washington
Upon the wall 2 wriung;
Corruption's crew have had their iun
And now begins the nghting
Once more the Norih and Souii mN no.
1helr Union leaders lahdy.
Tilden and nendrlcks." that's the Alni
For Yankee Doodle Dandy,
"Old Prob" predicts rising Storm,
The Democrats are ready
Up with the banner Of Il FORM
Ana kcep the columns steady
We're IN ichins ON 1" Wl'mne'on'
Tho White House door l. hSrU
Ana 1 lcl. sam " la Just thr 'no
For YanAee Doodle psDay. -
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from ina Sctenfinc fDlfrlcdn
Mr.. Vioe-C onsul Jugo, writing from Bey-
root, says that tho last crop Of Turkey sponge
was very dehcient, and prices OF ordinary and
common sponges have greatly risen In oonse-
quence. The deficiency Ia attributed to "a panic
among the divers, caused by the appearance In
stsr, alleged to have been equal IN size to small
boat. Its actual deprsdatlOns among tho divers
appear At the present time 10 nave been limited
TO one map, whom hs u said " have swsilowed
gAQls,
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The Old Beecheri,e'. wife Amelia.

oII LHAt IfTEfT ~ no IVTVNFV UI17f'
We went to SEQ the house of his last
vito. the favorite Amelia. brigham Young has
had nineteen wifes, that no remembers besides
tho old women that have been frum time to time
sealed to him for the next world. lie has built
n magnificent house for Amelia, and his first
wife is to have the cellar HAT. There is a story
going that Amelia has found an affinity In n
young "lcerat Camp Douglas, aud that she has
munieates with the gallant Gentle 10y light
siKuals.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-27
BASE HALL IN DELAWARE.

FROM me Wilmington tOhmsrt1dt
At match game played in Nuoddale, be-
tive the Avalanche and Centreytlle clubs, the
Centreville CLUB mo out best. ne Avalanche
declare that they would not nave done 50
had II not be- en- for the ASS stance rendered oN
COW, which, upon the sttlkiu- OF "A ball, picked
IL no IN her mouth ana ran away. nus puzzled
the umpire, aud 1t took the united efforts OF FIX
OF the Avalanches to get her 10 dlsgorge the III,
two holding her by tho tall, two 10y the hotus.
one choosing her, ana one holding his hands 10
receiYe the OAll when The COW dellNereu u.
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from me MsD Hassn Puiladium.

Margaret Is. Tyler of Sag Hsroor, l. L., ex-
ecutrix OF the estate of Philos Is. 1ylrr has sued
the New Haven Base ball Company for 800 que
for the use VI tue grounds In Howard avenue,
Inc fence, grand stand, aud both sections Of
nila hhXn ham lilac nod
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An immense sensation was created, and the po-
lice came up anu SAID the minister must stop
the Bird aud not create public NUS nee, or
he'd nave TO come along. Finally the mister
got tue ord into the wood sned and put lot of
Old carpets over nim, but his hair had nearly
turned gray, and after terrible day and night
he went To the Tribune office early on Monday
aud Inserted the following:
NOR sALE-AvALUABLE PARROT. sPE AXIS AND
II whistles nuently. Owner only parts VIA hul be-
Of Nj health. Price low. Address W., Troune
office.
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The rates OF wages this year are ell, 81, and
g. per week, and the aVerage earnings for the
year, with steady work from now till the end of
the season will not be above one-haf the
amount earned in lH,2, as above. Materials used
In mining operations have undergone great
reduction. and there Is, therefore, no just cause
for Ieducing wages until coal shall fall consider
ably below $40 at Wholesale. The effects Of
starvation wages ARE seen In the l.uzerne region,
where anarchy already exists, The same Will re-
suit from reduction in the Schuylkill region.
During the existence Of the Minors Union, II
served AZ n restraint upon the turbulent ele-
munts. While it could not at all times prevent
the bad men In Its ranks from making their
influence felt in its councils Its rules to
leave che adjustment of all differences between
themsely as and employers to regularly appointed
ohcials were Wholesome restraint upon the
riotous elements This fact Is attested by Mr..
Gowen, and by the evidence In the Molly
Mcguire trials. The carnival of crime that fol-
lowed Immediately upon the disarmament OF the
Miners Union In tho summer OF 1873 exceeded
anything ever known before, even In the coal
regions. Your correspondent recently asked
leader what er-rts they were making to Toyive
the Union :" None whatever" said he for We
believe that another years experience without
. union will mako the corporation uasnates
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-27
Base Hall rroubIe. in Connecticut.

The New London Base Ball Association Is In
trouble. There was spirited race toward their
ground yesterday between two parties, each OF
them wishing To get there first In order TO at
tach the property of tue association, one party
carrying men and teams to remove ~ that was
movable. Ihey were dlstanoed, and the other
party attaching, the ground Is in the same con
DIXON as formerly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-08

There is an element in the prose fic-
ton of the last century which places it
in strong contrast with the novel of the
present time. We are now inclined to
regard tho novelist as before all things
an artist. His work is judged by the
laws proper to imaginative literature,
and success or failure is reckoned by
reference to standard which would
have been scarcely understood by the
writers or by the public of an earlier
time. On one point in particular mod
ern critics are wont to be unfailingly
severe. The novelist is not permitted
to be teacher of morals. Pardon may
be granted for other faults of style or
knowledge, but the fault of attempted
instruction is deemed objectionable,
and the writer who now undertakes to
deliver sage counsel on the rewards of
virtue or the perils of vice is at once
and confidentially judged to be ignO-
rant of the first principle Of his craft.
This modern view of the requirements
of fiction is curiously opposed to the
practice of the writers of tine last CEN
tury. There, at least, We find no doubt
in the mind of the author as to the pro-
priety of instrncting his readers. The
novel was understood to be the vehicle
for discussive comment upon manners
and morals, and the element in fiction
now held to be supreme occupied then
only subordinate place. The gift of
characterization, since discovered to be
the one enduring element in those cum
brous works Of fiction, was held at the
time to be subject to the power of the
essayist; the individual personages of
the history slowly emerged from a world
of wise and witty comment offered in
dependently by the author; and when
we strive to reach the motive of one of
these earlier novels, it is Impossible not
to feel that by the novelist himself the
facts of the story were regarded mainly
as useful machinery by the aid of which
he might deliver himself of a store of
pregnant criticisms upon men and man
ners. The fortune and fate of the hero
formed no doubt an object of interest to
him; and We may note everywhere in
the literature of the Eighteenth cen
tury the signs of a new pleasure in be-
ing able to describe and initiate the
minutest facts of real life, and to trans
fer them into the mimic world of fictisn /;
but all this side of his labor was evil
IDENTIFY deemed of less dignity and con-
sideration than the functions Of a moral
instructor. Saturday Rerie,o.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-08
Historical Research About Fire.

The Rerue Scientifque prints a curious
paper by Professor Jolly, in which he
inquiries by whom, and when fire was
first discovered. Alluding to the fable
of Prometheus, he finds it of Indian
origin. In the Vedas the god of fire,
Agni, Compare with the Latin Ignis,) is
concealed in a secret place whence tie
god Matarishvan forces him out, and
makes him communicate the celestial
fire to Manou, the first man, the very
name of Prometheus is traceable to
Vedas, and calls to mind the process
employed by the ancient Brahmins to
obtain the sacred fire. For this purpose
they used a stick, called prdmdthd,
which they ignited by friction. The
prefix pra gives the idea of taking by
force, a circumstance which strength
ered the evidence afforded by the re-
semblance of that word to Prometheus-
There are several ways Of obtaining
fire by friction, the most primitive one
consisted in rubbing two pieces of dry
wood against each other; but this was
improved in course of time. A stick
was made to slide very fast up and
in groove; then came ''fire drill, !"
consisting in piece Of wood having a
cavity In which stick was inserted,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-08

which was pressed upon by the opera
tor, who at the same time made il turn
very fast after the fashion of a wimble.
The Brahmins used this drill, but with
a chord rolled around it, by pulling
which they gave an alternate rotatory
motion to the stick. Another mode of
obtaining fire was that of striking two
flints together, &c. Professor Jolly now
arrives at the question as to whether
prehistoric man was in possession of
fire. The Able Bourgeois goes so far
as to say it was known as early as the
miOcene period because in the sands of
the Orleanais he has found a piece of
artificial paste having einders adhering
to it, lying IN the midst of bones of the
mastosdon and dinoterium. Our author
considers the thing not impossible, but
not sufficiently proved, nevertheless he
is positive that the most ancient quater-
nary man did use fire, many fire-places
with ashes, cinders, half-caleined bones
and fragments of rude pottery having
unquestionably been found in caverns
pertain ing TO the period of the reindeer,
the bear, and polished stone.