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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-10
Shall We Travel Through the Air,

LONDON, Sept. .3.-Like perpetual mo
tion, the problem of air navigation is one
that will not down. Come to think of it Sc
riously, there is no reason to doubt that aerial
navigation will be finally accomplished More
difficult knots than that have been united by
the ingenuity of man. There are those who
say that whatever can be dreamed of as
possibility by the mind can be wrought cut in
matter as fact. If this be true we shall surely
have air boats before many years. Cranks
and scientists have been working at the thing
for long time.
Meanwhile French aeronaut actually has
steered balloon from Cherbourg to London,
and alighted a few miles from where he
meant to stop. That fact adds 20 the prob
ability that the whole task of air sailing will
be studied out. 1t is true the French zero
naut was good while going from Cherbourg
to London, and the wind was not blowing
much. If it had been, he would have been
at its mercy and alighted where it pleased to
set him down.
But this proves it can be done II an air
ship can be steered in a calm it can be in
wind, or mans brains have been given to him
In vain.
The old spherical balloon pattern has been
departed from in recent air ship building.
The idea is now TO make the general contour
Of bag and car conform to the general shape
Of the body Of a bird Then the problem
shapes itself like this: Have gas bag Of suffi-
cient buoyancy to bear the whole weight Of
the machine up in the air in all winds and
weathers. Then inside the boat have a pro-
pelling engine and steering apparatus to
drive the balloon forward When that is
thought out, balloon steering will be accom-
plished II stored electricity can be utilized
as q motor, air ships can sail around the
world. JOHN STETsoN.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-10
The Progress in Photography.

Probably in no other art has greater pro-
gress been made, during the past year or two,
than in the art Of photographing. The adop-
ton of photography as a pastime has been at
the bottom of the progress, some Of the most
valuable improvements having been developed
by amateurs The great fleet of excursion
boats that followed the contesting yachts was
covered with amateur and other photog-
raphers and their Instruments But the un-
wieldy tripod, surmounted by big box,
must soon disappear. There were plenty of
photographers on the feet that did not dis
play their instruments. A hard rubber disc,
buttoned under the waiscoat, with a nipple
projecting like button through buttonhole,
served some of them. Little black and red
gripsacks, with small hole in one end, were
the instruments used by othersL
Mr.. Burns, the artist employed by Harper
Brothers, carried what seemed to be a little
wooden lunch box. The scene to be taken
was let in through a shutter in one end. 1t
could be seen through hood that could be
raised through the top Of the box, and the
focus adjusted to suit. Then spring was
touched, and "click," the view had been grap-
pied bard and fast. Artists like Mr. Burns
use the camera only for securing the small
details of scenes which they wish to repro
duce in the periodicals they represent, or
when some scene has to be taken on the in
slant. They much prefer a pad Of cold
pressed paper and a soft pencil for any but
an extraordinary occasion. But photographs
are growing in favor as the prices Of them
decrease A good many people expect to see
the day when Photographic illustrations will
be furnished in weekly periodicals instead Of
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-10

OF course Pullman is a profitable invest
ment. The enterprise quickly made a rich
city Of waste land. The projectors manu-
factured their own brick, built their own
sewers, directly constructed their 800 build
ings and did everything by whole
sale Lumber was purchased by the
train load, house hardware by tho car,
nails by the ton. The rentals are doubtless
high enough to give the usual 10 or l2
per cent. returns upon a sum equal TO the
new value of the land and the amount the
buildings and street improvements would
have cost if constructed in the ordinary man
ner, and Is or 20 per cent. on tbe actual cost
to the Pullman company. In the official
financial statement of the company l find the
real estate and plant, sos acres of land,
Chicago car works, houses for workmen, and
other improvements at Pullman, Ills - put
among the assets at S6,5O0,OOO The actual
cost was probably about one-half this sum-
In the income account is the item-'manu-
fasturing profits and rentals, s7OJ,OO0n
Pullman has only begun its career as an
industrial city. 1t was planned for a popu-
lation Of 5000, and already enterprises are
projected which will give employment TO
several thousand persons, including many of
the women and some Of the children of the
place. As an industrial city Pullman de-
pends upon the success Of its factories In
this respect it is on the same level with other
manufacturing towns. But since the first
dweller set up his household here the popula-
ton has steadily grown, and the sharpest-
eyed cannot as yet perceive signs of retro
gression or failure
Industrial and superficial Pullman is unique
and promising. or the even more interest
ing social Pullman-Puilman beneath the
surface-l shall have to speak in another
letter. WALTER WELLMAN.
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room We order what we like the
night before, and at the time appointed
we find it well cooked, nicely served and
smoking upon the table. We eat at our
leisure and enjoy our breakfast The other
meals we take at the noted restaurants and
cafes Of London We live well. and the
whole does not cost us each over s. day.
Americans are, as a rule, the most extrava-
CANT Of travellers. They have acquired an
international reputation as such They pay
bigger fees and get less for their money than
any other class OF travellers. i heard rich
American at Edinburgh say that it cost him
an average Of IS in fees to every hotel bill he
paid, and l find that twice as much is ex-
pected of an American as of German, u
Frenchman or an Englishman. Every ser
want here seems to expect a fee, and cab
men, stage drivers, railroad conductors and
the government employees about the public
buildings have their hands always open.
The fact that igns are pu1 up warning the
travellers that no gratuities are to be paid
makes no difference, and at hotels the ser
wants expect the same fee whether attendance
Is charged in the bill or not have paid
thirty-seven cents a day for attendance at
hotels, and have notwithstanding found an
army of servants waiting to be feed at my
departure At many of the restaurants the
walters get no wages, but rely upon fees for
their salaries. and ut some hotels and cafes
they even pay a good round sum to the
proprietor for the privilege. The head boots
at one Of the big hotels in Liverpool pays, am
told, $500 q year for the backing of the boots
of the guests Of the hotel, and hires his own
assistants.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-10

a napkin, for which l paid two cents;
piece OF bread, two cents; butter, two
cents, and then my dinner as per order.
Everything was nicely cooked and the
service was Of the best, though the prices
were no less than those in the better
class restaurants of New York, where cheap
ness is made an object The prices of eating
in London are about the same as in America,
and when you figure up the total of your
hotel bills you find that they amount to at
least $3 or 81 per day at the better hotels, and
more than that at the best. Theiisprices ap-
pear cheaper from the fact that everything is
itemized. The total, however, is a continual
astonishment. Take n fixed price per day
per room, say 81, and this is about the lowest
for which one can get a room at the better
hotels in the West End, or fashionable Lon
don, and you find at the close an additional
charge of one shilling and half for service
and one shilling for lights. The price of your
room is now s 62, and the walters and boots
will expect something when you leave. A
room on any except the top floor will be
higher, and the total daily rates will count up
about as follows: IS day for the fourth
floor, s. for the third, 8 for the second, and
about $40 for a room, including board, on the
first floor. In all European hotels the ground
floor does not count, and in most of them the
flocr above this is called the "entresol.n The
first floor is what would be the third floor in
an American hotel, and there are few Amer
lean hotels which charge as much as the
above rates
OF late years a number Of penny coffee
houses have Strung up all over England, and
you find them in every part Of London
These coffee rooms give fair cup Of coffee
or chocolate for a penny, or two cents, pat
Of butter for two cents and piece Of bread
or roll for the same Cold meats, pies and
cake are also sold. There are no walters at
most Of them, except those behind the cash
counter. You 60 to the counter, ask for what
you want, and carry it to one Of the marble
tables in the room, and, taking a seat, eat
your lunch at your leisure. ! have patron
lied these coffee houses several times when
wanted only a smack" and have found them
good / understand that they are very pay
ing institutions and that they do great deal
In the way Of temperance reform, as no
liquors are sold at them
One of the finest restaurants of London Is
the Holborn, which from its table d'h6te din
ners, accompanied by music, has acquired an
international reputation. Here the furnish
ings are more gorgeous than those Of Claude
Melnotte's ideal palace, on the Lake of Como.
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THEATRICAL NOTES.
Actors, Managers and Audiences Start
on BrayeIy This Season.

NEW YORK, Oct 4-To Judge from the
full audiences this will be most prosperous
theatrical season. 1t ought to be. The
average actor has been in rather hard
luck for several years. Let US hope
he and she will make enough dur
ing the coming months to make the past
losses up to them. Furthermore, when thea
tres pay it is a sign the country is prospering.
How completely the star system has super
seded the old stock company plan may be
judged from the fact that there are at present
only four theatres in the United States MAIN
tanning stock companies. These are the Madi-
son Square, Wallack's and Daly's in New
York, and the Boston " useum theatre. Even
Philadelphia, with its 10000 and more in
habitants, supports no permanent theatre.
The champion OF the legitimate drama in
the United States is A NJ Palmer, of the
Madison Square theatre. OF the four stock
companies named, his is the largest. Through
thick and thin, through good and ill, he has
stood up for the legitimate drama, that
which refines instead of demoralizes Popu-
lar taste has run after spectacular pieces,
kicking shows, skating rink dramas, and
heaven knows what, for many years There
are now symptoms of a return to desire for
better things.
tied with having brought out American plays
especially, and with having done more for
American drama than any Of the others
A genuine native Yankee play, and a good
one, too, Held By the Enemy" has been
running there for nearly two months
A leading theatrical event, to which critics
and others are looking forward Is the ar
rival Of Mr.. Wilson Barrett, the rising
English actor. He will be welcomed with
uncommon eclat; first, because he is English ;
second that he is also an accomplished actor
will add to the warmth of his reception.
Mrs. Langtry, with a wardrobe which has
not been excelled in gorgeOusness since the
l 800 gowns Of Queen Elizabeth, is down upon
us once more. Genevieve Ward, our gifted
countrywOman, now at the summit Of her
hrayely won career, is also playing i'll New
York for the first time in many years 1t is
said that after the present season Miss Ward
will bid farewell to the stage.
Meantime it is a satisfaction to know that
,ome American actors can carry off honors
i'll Europe. Dixey, in his funny "AdOnis, :"
and DAILY with his fine troupe have shown the
Old World people that the Yankees can do
something in the way of acting as well as
other people. For my part, am free to con-
fess it is my unalterable conviction that
America will furnish not only the actors but
the singers Of the future.
ELIZA ARCHARD.
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There is blaze of gold carvings, fine mar
bles, beautiful tiles, rich furniture, cut glass
and silver plate. Flowers and plants there
are in profusion, and every surrounding is
that Of luxury and wealth. The dining room
is great court, rooted with paneled cary
ings Of gold and white, and with tiers Of wide
galleries looking out upon it and rising one
above another. 1t is as large as a good sized
theatre and in decoration does not look unlike
one of the best Of theatres. The band is in
one Of the galleries. 1t is an excellent
one and it renders the finest music
during the dinner hours, which last from
$50 p. m. TO $50 p. M The dinner is table
d'h6te, and it takes about one hour to go
through its various courses Between 500
and l 900 people, judge, were dining in it
when | took my last dinner there, and the
crowd was a well dressed and fashionable one
Each party had table to itself, and many
ladies were among the number. This dinner
costs three shillings and six pence and three
pence for the waiter, which is included in the
bill. This makes a total charge of eighty
seven cents for fine concert and an excellent
dinner, which you wilb agree is not dear.
This does not, however, include wine, and as
every one drinks here, the dinner amounts
to as much more as the drinking tastes of
the diner demands
The dinner from the joint is favorite meal
with Londoners. 1t consists OF soup and a
cut Of roast beef, lamb, or veal, with vege-
tables and cheese. The Albion, Simpsons,
the Rainbow and others are among the old
fashioned English restaurants of this style.
At Simpsons l have had many a good
saddle Of mutton, and l like the way it Is
bro,,oht IN the tahla A fahla on rollarv wit n
fire burning upon it, and over this the great
platter on which rests q big roast or fish, Is
rolled up to your table, and cook dressed all
in white cuts of the smoking slice before your
eyes and lays it freshly cut upon your plate.
A good dinner from the joint costs about
seventy-fiv cents, and for this you get
all the meat and vegetables you can
eat 1t is the dinner for a hungry man
or DR.. Tanner. The quality is good
and the quantity Is unlimited, as you
can repeat your order ad Hbitum without In
crease Of price.
FRANK GEORGE CAsPENrEs
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The SHAFTS PROMISING SON.
Administering Justice to an Unfortunsts
Moliah-Punishing a Thief


The ablest of the elder trio, who alone
counts as yet, is Massoud Mira, whose
official title is Fil-es-Sultan, a Inaa Of
about 81. He is the ablest and, think,
the best of the three. Yet what things
has he done' Talk about Nero, CaiIgnls
and Tamerlane-this man, III his unpre-
tentiOus small way, has outdous them.
1t is but few months ago thst he, sIthip
twenty-fOur hours committed the follow
ing little pleasantries: A uIulIah Cpriestl
was the owner OF a house III lspahsn,
which, on account of its site and location,
was coveted by the FIJI (who is governor
of the whole northern portion Of PERSIA.
The house being his patrinlony, the
mOllah would not sell the house 70 the FIJI.
The latter then simply seized it and the
grounds belonging to it. The poor mol
lah, made a beggar, went TO Teheran,
sought and obtained a hearing with the
shah, and received from the latter few
lines to the kings son. The letter was TO
the following effect:
My dear son: This poor and pious
mollah seeks mercy from you. Be indul-
gent to him, for he has a good, upright
heart"
With this letter the mollah returned
to Ispahan and obtained an audience of
the Fill, to whom he delivered the royal
parchment. The prince read it frowning.
Then he turned to the mollah. 80 you
have good heart You surprise mel
Why didn't you mention that before,
Yet, if true, you ought to get your house
back. I'll convince myself of the fact"
Then, clapping his hands, the executioner
entered. ''Cut this mans head of, he
said. do it tenderly, 50 he won't suffer
any pain, and then bring me the heart on
a salver." The mOllab, screaming, was
dragged out of the room, and the order
literally carried out. When the plate
with the steaming heart on it was
brought to the Fill, he looked at 1t and
said: 80 that's the way good heart
looksl HIM, Give that man his house
back. What, he's dead' Oh, then, sup
pose III have to keep il. Put him in q
house where he'll be at rest and won't
trouble my father with his idle tales any
more"
a soldier had been stealing a melon OF
peasant. The peasant ran complaining
to the Fill, telling him the soldier had re-
fused to pay for the melon-5 shahs-C3H
cents. The FIJI ordered the soldier to be
brought before him. Now I'll test this
matter" he said TO the peasant. II this
man has melon in his belly you'll get
your five shAhs. II not, off goes your
head" The soldiers belly was cut open,
the melon found, the peasant got his 5
shahs and went on his way rejoicing.
Turning to the remains of the soldier he
said: Throw this thing out" This
prince is very fond of practical jokes, and
this is the kind he likes to play.-Wolf
Won Schierbrand, in San Francisco Chron-
icle.
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STRAY BITS FROM ITS NOTED CAFES
AND RESTAURANTS.
A Dinner at the HoIborn-The Old Cock
Tavern Disgruntled waiter-Fees
and Fee-Givers - Living I'm Apart
ments, Etc, Etc.


LONDON, Sept al write this letter in
the very heart OF the greatest city of the
world. All around me throbs the life blood
Of London. and within few minutes walk
OF me is the center from which go out the
wires which affect every nation and every
market A stones throw away is Chsring
Gross, with its trains and buses leading to
all parts of London and England, and below
this the Strand, with its everlasting stream Of
vehicles and men I go to the top of my
street, block away, and Trafalgar square,
with its giant column of Nelson, with the
great bronze lions lying at its feet, greets my
eyes, and down below, not far off, are the
houses of parliament, where tonight ParneIl
is having a tussle with the government about
old Ireland. Hyde Park, Pail Mall and
Piccadilly, with its clubs, are within walking
distance, and all about me is the London Of
history and literature, as well as the great
city of business activity.
Just across the street Benjamin Franklin
lived when he came here 70 advocate the
cause of the Colonists in III Above this
stands the Golden Cross hotel. where Mr.
Pickwick met the hackney coachman and be
came acquainted with Jingle, and a little
further down is the house of Samuel Pepys,
the author of the Diary. Garrick lived in
this vicinity, and some Of the most important
events in the life of Lady Jane took place
right here
When YOU are in Rome do what Romans
do, and YOU will pay what Romans pay. II
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ART IN TOBACCO SHOPS.
Handsome Pictures That Are Loaned %
One Dealer and Then to Another.
a(,imma that will yonv

Handsome Pictures That Are Loaned %
One Dealer and Then to Another.
"Gimme that, will your
Couldn't possibly; its promised
The first speaker was a customer in a cigar
store and the second was the tobacconist. The
subject of request and refusal was a clever
reproduction OF a well known painting by an
artist of fame in the show window The pic
ture was elaborately mounted and framed,
and would have been an ornament on any
mans walls had it not been for the brief
legend inscribed in dainty but too coTspicu-
Gus lettering in a corner Of the picture, re-
ferring in terms which might be regarded a.
hyperbolical to the merits of a certain newly
introduced brand of cigarettes. In the same
show window was a stained glass screen In q
handsome brass frame, hand painted, and
beautiful at a sufficient distance. close
view revealed q reference TO another brand
of cigarettes which the manufacturer candidly
admitted were the best in the world
-The fact is, the cigar dealer said conf
dentialiy, these pictures don't belong to me-
They are only loaned, and after awhile IN
agent will come around and collect them, and
they will be hung up in some window up town
or perhaps out of town. n
why" continued he as the customer
showed an interest in his story, the cost Of
enough Of those handsomely framed pictures
to fill all the windows of all the cigar stores
in the country would eat up years profits on
all the sales of cigarettes or tobacco. Il
wouldn't be profitable. The scheme is to put
out a few hundreds Of these expensive pictures
about town and so attract attention to ths
brand of tobacco being introduced. Then in
few weeks the pictures and screens and
other advertising trinkets are taken perhaps
to Brooklyn or Philadelphia or Chicago and
all over the country, and the fame OF the Gig
arctic is spread throughout the landn
How about these pictures Of cigarette
girlsi"
"Oh, the manufacturer of those cigarettes
sends picture with every gross of the cigar
cites We don't give them away, and In fact
since the crusade against the indecency Of the
pictures we haven't had much demand for
them Occasionally customer asks for ons,
but he doesn't get it, and he doesn't seem to
care
The rivalry among makers Of cigarettes has
become so active during the past season thas
the cigar stores nowadays are pientifuliy
adorned with all sorts of photographic and
photographic pictures, fancy and copied, and
thousands OF dollars are invested In this fash
il. in advertising works of more or less ART
New York Sun.
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get none! 4 am usuany v-ry mvvruI WIN
your class, but will never give fees when !
am asked for them"
The waiter looked mad, spluttered little,
and went of. As he did so the American re-
marked to me: This is the first time have
ever been directly asked for fee" This man
goes to Europe nearly every year and is con-
stant fee giver. Many Americans feel the
same as he does. They don't object to giving
a sixpence or shilling when in the mood and
when they feel they have been well served.
They do object to giving in response to un-
adulterated cheek, and will not open their
pockets upon its demands 1t is surprising
what fine looking fellows some Of thess
walters are. At the Royal hotel in Edin-
burgh and the st, Enoch's in Glasgow there
are men acting as walters who would not
seem out of place as guests at fashionable
party or at a scientific meeting. The head
-Ssits- l. ss -',lA a plump. middle aged
man with face shining with good living ana
having an air of dignity and good humor
combined He might pose for retired ma
bob anywhere else, and you feel at first afraid
TO drop fee into his hand, which he so well
knows how to curl behind his back or at his
side
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WHEN nv SHIP WENT DOWN.

Sank a palace in the sea,
When my ship went down,
Friends whose hearts were gold TO me
Gifts that ne'er again can be
Meath the waters brown.
There you lie, o Ship, to-day,
In the sand-bar stiff and grayl
You who proudly sailed away
From the splendid town
Now the oceans bitter Gu,
Meets your trembling lip;
Now your gilded halls look up
From Disasters grip.
Ruins nets around you weave,
But have no time to grieve;
will promptly, believe,
Build another ship.
Will Carleton in The Current