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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VALET.
Whath Gay Alleged Peer Says About III,
Han, Singer

Whdtthe Gay IUeged Peer Says @4b0ut His
Han, Singer
young man who didn't look over 20, and
who supported a light-brown mustache and
dreamy-looking blue eyes, sat in pajama
in the second story fiat of 145 West 18th
street last night. He answered to the name of
Lord Abercrombie. The perspiration trickled
down his rather low forehead as he received
the reporter and detailed his denials of the
latest accusations against him. 1t had been
reported that Charles Singer, whom Aber-
crom bic had induced TO leave Delmonico's
to serve as his valet, had brought suit to re-
cover $500 due him as salary. When the
deputy sheriff called at the house on Friday
his lordship was said TO be in Canada, and
the sheriff returned mpty-handed.
"Wben did you return from the domin-
ion ?" asked the New York Star reporter.
"Well, came home several days ago, {"
was the somewhat hesitating reply, ''although
was only in Canada for few days"
"But you were not here yesterdayG'
''No, not here" was the reply. 'Tbe fact
was l had business uptown to detain me
from home until late in the day.
''Are these stories true about your debt to
Singer!'
''Wen, of course nobody would be such a
fool as to offer to pay a man any such sums
for his service as this man claims, and his
whole bill is preposterous."
''Then you don't expect to pay himi''
~ don't say that. l only claim that
don't owe him anything"
''YOu have been referred to as Lord Aber-
crombie. Is that with your consent.i
ssXaS - soid tho noble scion IN, T ord
Abercrombie. l merely don't desire to use
my title here. What the newspapers say
about me or about my affairs is matter of
no consequence to me. A friend Of mine
who was here the other day was somewhat
indignant at this treatment and said he
could not see why should have any trouble
in proving my identity. OF course / would
have none. Because the newspapers want
to make something of the fact that do not
care to spend as much money as l did before
is nothing to me. They could say what they
please. You see. am perfectly fair with
you," he went on, land so long as attend
to my business, why, l suppose the papers
can do the same.n
''You married in Ohio, believel"
''Yes, in Columbus
''Do you mind saying to whomr'
''She was Miss Van Martin"
''How long ago was it.i'
''Well, my wife can answer better than 1;
| / think if is about eight months. But l am
/ going to the theater tonight, and hope
| you'll merely deny these stories for me.
! Otherwise than that have no concern in the
natter"
''How long do you expect to stay in New
! Yorkl''
''Oh, for couple Of years, for all know
/ have nothing to take me back, and out
side of the newspapers America is YER
/ COcd couutrvr
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Prank. of Pretfu Girls.

1t was Boston girl in spectacles who
when asked IL she did any fancy work, said
she wrote poetry sometimes. Yonkers States
man.
vassar College girls are not allowed to in
dulge in pistol practice. They are taught
that the rOlliDgpins and broomstiek are much
more effective weapons in domestic warfare.
Burlington Free Press.
A young lady just out Of Vasssr was walk
ing along au uptOwn street and saw a sign
in a shop reading: Carpets laid-'' Having
glanced al it a moment to make sure, she
stepped inside and asked 70 see the hens.
Youkers Statesman
Four hundred girls in Anew Haven factory
struck because they were not permitted 10
hoist the windows on a hot day. When a
girl in q railroad car hoists the window on a
cold day II is the man behind who feels ike
striking. Philadelphia Cali
AS21 Francisco girls claim TO distinction
rests upon the fact that at a church fair she
stood on her head In the shape Of & gypsy
boy acrobat She had q tent 70 herself, and
each spectator Of the feat was compelled TO
pay dollar. Philadelphia News
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PRETTY QUEBEC GIRLS.
What Out-Do0r Exercise aud Pure Air
Does for Woniankind,
ICanada Letter

''T here are no homely girls in Quebec" a
native born Canadian said to visitor to the
aueient citidel city of Canada. II have Oft
en- stood at a window and watched for one in
the throng passing on the sidewalks, but 1
neVeryet have seen Quebec girl who could be
described as ugly. I don't claim that they
are all absolutely beautiful; but there is
something in the clear, invigorating air, and
perhaps in the soil and surroundings of this
lofty and rocky city, that gives them spark
ling eyes, brilliant complexions and elastici-
ty OF step. Montreal is full of pretty women
but Quebec can beat her in that respect.
Have you noticed how easily our Quebec girls
climb the steep city streets! When they are
ascending sidewalk that slopes upward at
an apparant angle of thirty degrees they
don't seem to mind it. They don't lag, they
don't get out of breath, they don't stagger
from one side Of the walk to the other. They
just 60 up as lightly and gracefully as any
lady can walk across G parlor floor, You
can't do 1t and keep pace with them, unless
you've been brought up here. They'd tire
you out before you get half way to Breakneck
Steps to Dutfern Terrace. The exercise they
get IS partly the secret of their good looks.
Then, there's another thing that helps.
They're out OF doors half the time. On a
pleasant evening the terrace, that broad
plank promenade which stretches for quar-
ter OF mile along the top of the precipice
under the brow of Cape Diamond, is crowded
with them, strOlling in pairs of groups, chat
ting, laughing and perhaps flirting a little.
You don't mind that do youl No. Well,
look what pleasure ground it is. Two
hundred feet above the waters of the St.
Lawrence, and facing one of the very finest
views in the world, as everybody admits,
which extends from Point Levi down the
river to CapesTourment, and from the gorge
of Montmorenci far back among the Laur-
entian Mountains. You can't blame US
Quebeckers for being proud ofit. And there
is where the Quebec girls breathe the pure
air that puts roses in their checks and the
snap into their eyes. Yes, sir; steep streets,
and plenty of fresh air, and perhaps the
subtle influence of world famous landscape
form the chief secret OF the beauty of our
0irls
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die natural death must ever strike the his
torian with astonishment'' Queen Eliza
beth is scarcely less detestable in the eyes of
Mr.. Davidson. According to him she was
1.-The most shameless dissimulator and liar
of her own or any other age. The very fact
that she laid claim to purity of life is about
the best proof that she was, as even charit-
able observers were compelled to believe,
woman of the most abandoned morals. Her
court is described by Warrington as place
where there was no love but that Of the lusty
god of gallantry, Asmodeus, where accord
ing to Faun, all enormities reigned in the
highest degree Dudley, the husband OF
the hapless Amy Robsart, the most callous
libertine of the day, the queen openly Ton
died before the whole court, calling him her
sweet Robin She INDUCED habitually in
the coarsest jests. Hutton, Rawley, Oxford,
Blunt, Similar, Anjou, were all reputed among
her lOyers''
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Not q Colored Rnrber.

have heard Of a colored barber in New
Orleans who spoke Of distinguished senator
on whom he waited as zone oh de mos ex-
tinguished obituaries OBJ de place" He had
heard of distinguished babitues, and wished
to reproduce it. If that colored individual
were here in Whitby, he might figure as an
'extinguished obituary. himself, for he
would be the only one of his complexion in
the town. Fancy a fashionable watering
place without darkey, mullato quad or
octoroOn, or exen a sexdecimaroon-if there
be such delusion-in it OF course, there
are no mint juleps, no whitewashng 'wuff
mentionin no shaking Of carpets Of any
consequence and no waiting on Of a really
artistic description. When there is no Afri-
can blood none of these higher branches Of
civilization are ''wuff shucks.n There is
a surf to bathe in, but no old black auntY to
give out s'de bathin' close" and towels and
to scold with impartial ''sass" the most
aristocratic and the most humble comers
There are boots on your feet, but no profes-
sor who ''shines 'dem up'' on truly scient-
ic principles There is screw loose in
''sciety'' here and something is wanting
Yesterday / met Hindoo d1aIt-a nurse
tending child. who might have passed for
a cafe nOir mixture, but her eyes had the look
Of the P ersian-the Orientai-and Il l had
said, 'Look hya'.' she wood not have un-
derstood me, said ''dek hoi'' and she did,
and smiled. Sometimes I wish / was at
home again English Letter to New Or
leans Time5-DeDsOcrdt.
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Won,at and Her Rain,ent.
Clara Bellies Letter.

Something about trousers for women was
casually said by me in mentioning Belva
Lockwood's candidadacy. You have con.
strued that as jocose. But l have made a
downright serious trial of the divided skirt as
invented and recommended by Lady Haber-
ton. A set of the garments was brought to
America by Mrs. King, Secretary of the Ra-
tional Dress Association, who has ridden her
hobby astride from England to America.
But Mrs. King has had falling out with
Lady Haberton and now favors costume
composed OF a loose flowing basque reaching
a little below the hips, and pair of panta
looms of the same material, somewhat in in
the Turkish style. The Haberton idea con-
sists of a skirt separated practically into two
skirts for its entire length, and the whole
covered clear out Of sight 10y an overskirt OF
usual length, so that to the outside
observer there is nothing unusu-
al Mrs. King lent the toggey to me in or
der that l might be convinced that it was a
failure. / could not understand why it
would be any worse than regular skirts and
pettieoats, but in taking a walk discovered
a vital defect. In goiug downstairs, or an
incline of the sidewalk, in stepping up into
a carriage, in crossing a muddy gutter-in
short, whenever it became desirable to lift
the skirt, with the clutch and whisk so char
acteristic Of a graceful wOman's manage
ment of her drapery, the thing was put to 4
trial that found it wanting. One hand reae-
ing back for a trip wouldn't accomplish the
purpose at all. Nothing smaller than the
hand of Providence would suffice to get hold
of both divisions at once, and the alterna-
tive was to use both hands, at once, for all
the world Ike an ancient splinter from the
country, who takes that method of securing
herself against possible uneveness of her
hem No, the HabeTton skirt won't do.
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Baked Buns for Ben.

Butler has only two eyes in his head, but
there is any quantity of rs in his speeches.
Utica Observer.
Ben Butler has negro valet. Some one
has to look after the Overalls, we presume.
Rochester Post-Express.
Ben Butler insists on making canvass,
when everybody knows his business is in
bunting. Merchant Traveller.
If the public press would only give Ben
Buffers eyes a rest, our word for it, Ben will
take to his legs. Carl Pretzel's Weekly.
It would be an easy thing TO in-au-ger-ate
= gimlet-eyed party ike Ben Butler if we
could get him there. Merchant Traveller.
Ben Butler is getting this put into the pa
pers: ''Belva lockwood expected to get at
least one vote, but it has just occurred to her
that she can't vote" Louisville Courier
Journal.
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appears, found way out of the difficulty by
constructing dumb piano-that is, an in
strument the sound of which is so far re-
duced by strong felt border between ham
mers and strings that the music can only be
sufficiently heard by the player to enable him
to distinguish between the cords. II 1t is
true that the mechanism of the piano suffers
in no way by the insertion OF the felt, the
Dresden firm may well be congratulated ON
its ingenious invention, and next-door
neighbors all over the world will clamorous-
ly demand that legislators should make the
use of felt universally COMPULSORY.
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TAe Piano Plague in Berlin.
rPall NalI Bndref-l |


After much pain and suffering 3 remedy
has at last been discovered for the piano
plague, Of which the citizens of Berlin have
been bitterly complaining. Legislation was
for long time believed to be the only cure;
but the conviction is growing that Prof Han
silk, the musical composer, was right when
he declared in the Gvte5sIau5s that nobody
has either the right or the power 70 influence
the piano vampire BY any means whatever
De Is master in his own house and St his
own piano Just as much as We are in ours"
The plague therefore, still prevails over the
city, bat Dresden piAnOforte firm has, it
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FROM MY WINDOW.
Afar the blue sleeps lift their crests,

Afar the blue sleeps lift their crests,
Soft in the sunsets glow;
Nearer, through aspen's quivering leaves,
The evening wind laughs low.
Beyond, / see the fields close shorn.
Where late the grain sheaves stood;
And twilight hangs her purpling tints,
Upon the distant wood.
The clinging vines about my door.
Spread out their leaflets fair;
And morning wakes the sleeping buds,
With kisses warm and rare.
A quiet stir of passing feet,
The ring of childish glee,
And mingliIg voices rise and fall
In many varied key.
In fairer lights, and tenderer shades
Than painters art commands,
All limned against summer sky,
My living picture stands.
Lucy Randolph Fleming.
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The Girls of Nc,c Orleans.

The world says that women shall Ghave
their chance, and the world gives it In the
shape of telegraph key, the sewing machine,
clerkships in retail stores and the like. All
drudgery; all i'll paid; all restricted. A few
specially gifted, take to painting, decoration
design; but what becomes of those others,
equally gifted, though in the line Of music
those girls with the fingers of seraphim and
the throats of skylarks. Their sphere is mar
rowed down to the music-room of school
or the singing classes of wealthy homes.
Convention says that ladies of a certain class
must not 90 on the stage, save at the cost of
cast and reputation. Girls of personal at
fractions, culture, special gifts, strong bent
and pure ambition must sit at home with
folded hands, surrounded by want, disheart-
ened by helplessness, practicing fruitless
self-denial, living bleak and barren lives
for whatl To keep the contemptuous toicra-
ton of society. which is offended by their
poverty and would not stir one languid finger
to lift them into light and happinessl What
wretched can't What hidious mockeryl
There are girls in New Orleans to-day hid
awav in needy homes, wasting the freshness
and glory of their youth, sacrificing them
selves upon the shabby genteel altar of social
dogma, who might be shining lights in art,
ornaments to the stage, things of beauty and
JOYS forever to the world, bringing honor
and profit to themselves and gladness and
comfort to a sorrowful households. They
have talent, they have culture, they have the
fen Saere thrilling through every nerve and
vein, and YET they sit amid the wrecks Of
once happy homes, inert, hopeless, despair
ingl They are no more fit for the loom or
the shop counter, the sewing machine or the
the,compositor' case, than the fine limbed,
feet footed steed OF the desert is fit for the
grocery wagon or the cotton float. But soci-
ETY. has decreed that they must plod or starve
and-being unable to plod-they consent to
starve-Ne,s Orieasls Times Democrat.
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BLAINE's SYMPATHY.
His Reluctant Payment of his Subscrip-
ION to the Garfield Monument Fund.

VItlIIu ItIIII
II is pretty well known that soon after the
Garfield monument fund was started James
G. Blaine promised to donate 81 900 to it.
This money Blaine was repeatedly dunned,
once very sharply, for but not till a couple of
weeks ago, when he had decided to come to
Ohio and knew he would be likely to accept
the hospitality of our late Presidents widow
did Mr.. Blaine pay the money and only then
dnder circumstances that render it almost a
compulsion. We will leave it TO our Repub-
lean readers as to how much respect Mr.
Blaine has for the memory Of Garfield.
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DEssipated sorerefgns.

Mr. Davidson, the author Of new book
on crowned heads Of England, gives most Of
them fearful blast. OF Henry the VIII. he
says: '.No more detestable tyrant ever
breathed- His horrible cruelties proceeded
from the profound depravity Of his own
heart They were without excuse Of any
kind They fell indifferently on friend or
foe, noble, aud ignoble,, saint and sinner,
Catholic and Protestant, wife and child
Lust, giuttony, vanity, pride, rapaeity, blood
thirstiness, al stroTe for mastery in the
breast Of the first Defender Of the faith
That such monster was ever permitted TO
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DEAR HANDS.

Roughened and worn with ceaseess toll and care,
No perfumed grace, no dainty SKILL had these :;
They earned for whittier hands jeweled ease,
And kept the scars unlovely for their share.
Patient and slow, they had the will to bear
seize
The flying joys of life, the gifts that please,
The gold and gems that others find SO fair
Dear hands, where bridal jewel never shone,
Whereupon no lovers kiss was ever pressed,
Crossed in unwonted quiet on the breast,
l see, through tears, your glory newly won,
The golden circlet of life's work well done,
Set with the shining pearl of perfect rest.
Susan MdFr iSpGlding.
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A thoughtless boy threw live cat through
the window Of building in Baltimore. The
shrieks Of the unfortunate animal 80 startled
the boy that he ran in TO rescue it, but was
informed that be was too late-the cat was
already packed away in large bin labelled
Sausage" Burlington Free Press.
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-10-12

The air out in Leadzille is so rarefed that
it cannot be breathed by cats, we are told by
one Of our exchanges. Therefore, in Lead
vile, the weman who keeps boarding g-house
may retire for the night with the satisfaction
Of knowing that in The morning she will moi
find all the bric-a-brac belonging to her back
rooms out in the yard. Puck.
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\ male IN Minnesota calmly backed up
against n sand bank last week and proceeded
10 kick il 10 pieces When be had rendered
il total wreck be laid his ears back on his
crupper and skipped for Canada 10 Join the
gang. Evansville Argus
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Cause and efect-"soap" and campaign
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-20
How II Was Done.

Mr.. WATTERsON was one Of the speakers
at the late Louisville ratification meeting.
He attempted TO show that the National
Convention was on his side Of the tariff
question; but he let out the secret, after
all. He said:
1.-THE National Committee, which lost us
the election OF 1880 by running away from
the issue Of revenue reform, is now, rs it
was then, In the hands OF the Protection
lists. Its power, directed by the fine Italian
hand Of Mr.. Randall, was put forth to pack
the Platform Committee in the late Con-
yention. Through its agency, artfuly en-
ployed, the Democrats of five southern
States were misrepresented on thN
committee. Hence the disprOporlion
which appeared in Congress between
the followers OF Mr.. Randall and the fol-
lowers OF Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.. Nor
rison vas not maintained in the committee.
The committee was, in point Of fact, nearly
equally divided. But il is fair TO say, and
IL Is true to say, that after the two extremes
had stripped the question OF surpusage
and had laid down without disguise the
full measure OF their desire aud extent OF
their demand, II appeared that we were not
30 far apart rs we had imagined We were,
and there came about better feeling, and
along with II q prospect of agreement. II
was the wish OF all OF us, and Ii was the
Implied mandate OF the Convention, that we
should reach IN agreement, IL that was pos
sible. The course pursued by the more
representative Protectionists on the COM
mittee, notably Mr.. Burke, OF Louisiana:
Senator Mcpherson, OF New Jersey, and
ex-senator Davis. OF West Virginia, was
frank and manly. Even Mr.. Converse, OF
Ohio, showed commendable spirit OF self
repression for the sake of united action.
The result was that the subcommittee OF
eight, which made the platform, excepting
General Butler, arrived at q final decision,
which carried not merely the judgment,
but the hearty approval OF each OF the par
ties 10 it,"
The Democratic National Committee Is
now, as II was in 1880, in the hands OF the
Protectiouists. We commend this fact to
the attention OF the Pulaski People.
But II Is good joke to charge Mr.. Ran.
DALI with packing the Platform Committee,
when il is well known that each delegation
recommended the committeeman from its
own State. 1t is charge that needs no
denial.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-20
The NIrriDia DniccntInn.

The Virginia delegates held a conference
previous to entering the Convention and
selected the men to represent the STATE
with judgment and good taste.
Mr.. Il. \. AyTcS, chosen a. Yice-DrcSi-
dent Of the Convention. l. in all respect.
the proper person TO represent the charlc-
ter and dignity OF The state. and the salec.
ton was a compliment to the great South
west section.
Captain Phil. Mckinney. as the member
Of the Committee on Platform, is an eX-
ponent OF the Virginia idea OF the tariff,
and aided in constructing the admirable
platform.
MIR. samuel Graham, on the Committee
on Credentials. is m able and recognized
representative OF the young Democracy OF
the state, who viii honor any post to which
he is called.
Mr. Hal. SnOwdCn, who was designated
hy Mr. Barbour a. assistant secretary,
represents a proper compliment to the
press.
Colonel Robert Beverly. named on the
committee to notify the nominee Of his call
70 the presidential candidacy, is a thor
oughly representative man OF the State.
The delegation acted with sense and dis
erection. and when the vote was changed to
Cleveland the delegation showed That they
understood what they were elected for
viz: 70 east their strength for the best
and strongest man, to the end that we may
secure the presidency and turn ont the
thieves. And We VIII do 1.-THE Cam
DQiQn,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-20
The Canpaign In VIRGINIA.

A Washington special to the Philadelphia
Times SAYS: About the busiest men in
Washington just now are Senators Malone
and Riddleberger. OF Virginia. They are
looking after their own aud the National
Republican fences. The approach towards
ACRIMONIOUS combination with the Straight
outs Is very slow, and the belllgerents on
both sides outwardly seem to be unyield.
ing. but it Is well understood that they eX-
poet 10 secure harmony eventually. De-
zendori, the StraighiOut manager. still
kicks like an obstreperous colt, but this Il
thought to be only for the purpose OF Sc
curing greater advantage when the deal Is
made. influential Republicans are in daily
conference with these men, and apply little
bits OF balm 10 spots here and there on both
sides. II is already arranged that the cam
paign shall be opened in Virginia by series
OF rousing ratification meetings, which viii
include all the large towns and cities. and
at which Malone, Riddleberger, and John
s. Wise, and number OF powerful north
ern Republicans, among them Eugene Hale,
will sneak