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Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-07
Entertainments. o1.v1 o1z1A uoyrsr

The Grand was packed last night. Kerr nells novelty company is a strong one. Among the list of capable artists is Miss Isa- bella Ward, in her entertaining musical en- tertainment There will be a matinee to- day. There will be special exhibitions given in Museum Hall at the nlatinees for the ben eft of the ladies, when Professor Wallace will fully explain the different processes through which the raw silk passes until it reaches it's finished shape.
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Where the CoIors Come From.

"The cochineal insects furnish great many of
the very 1ne colors," said an artist recently 70 a
reporter for the New York Mteil and E.press.
"Among them are the gorgeous carmine the Grim.
son, scarlet carmine, and purple lakes The cutie
nsh gives the sepia. 1t Is the inky fluid which the
nsh discharges In order to render the water opaoue
when attacked Indian yellow comes from the
Camel ivory chips produce the ivory black and
bone black. The exquisite Prussian blue Is made
by fusing horses hoOfs and other refuse annual
matter with Impure potassium carbonate This
color was discovered accidentally. Various lakes
are derived nom roots, barks, and gums. Blue
Diack comes rom the charcoal OF the vine staIk
Lamp black Is SCOT from certain resinous sun
stances. turkey red Is made from the madden
plant, which grows In Hindostap. The yellow Sal
OF a tree OF siam produces gambcge; the natives
eaten the sap In cocoanut shells Raw sienna Is
the natural earth from the neighborhood OF Sienna
ilaiy. Raw lumber Is also an earth found near
Cmoria and burnt. India ink Is made from burnt
campnor The Chinese the only manurac-
turers OF this ink, and they Will not reveal the
secret OF It's manufacture. Mastic Is from the gum
OF the mastic tree, which grows in the Grecian
Archipelago. Blister Is the SCOT OF wood ashes
very little real ultra-marine Is found in the
market. lt Is obtained from the precious lapts.
lazul, and commands o fabulous price, Chinese
white Is ziDc, scarlet Is iodide OF mercury, and
ctnnabarn
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Old Shoes for Decorative Uses.

The journal OF the Constantinople chamber Of
commerce describes the industrial uses OF old
boots and shoes which are thrown out into the
streets or into ash pits After being collected they
are ripped open, and the leather Is subjected to
treatment which renders 1t pliable mass, from
which kind OF artistic leather Is derived This
IN appearance resembles the finest Cordova leather
In The United states patterns are stamped ON this
while IN France II is used to cover trunks and
boxes. The old boots and shoes are also treated
IN another way, by which they are converted into
new ones. The prisoners In Central France are
employed In this way, the old shoes coming chiefly
from spain. They are taken to pieces as before
the nails being all removed, and the leather Is
soaked IN water to soften it. The uppers for chill
drenS shoes are then cut from 1t. The sOeS are
also used for from the smaller pieces OF the leather
OF the Old SoleS the SO-caled Louis XIV heels for
ladies' shoes are made, while the soieS OF childrens
shoes are made from the Larger and thicker pieces
Inc OLD nails are also put TO use, for by means OF
magnets the iron nails and the tacks and brads
are separated and sold. The contractors OF the
military prison at Montpelier say that these nails
alone pay for the old shoes. Nothing now remains
but the scraps, and these have also their value
for they are much sought after by certain special.
ISIS Tor agricultural purposes.
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A Spy Of 1870.

From Lucy II. Hooper's Paris Letter.
well remember the experience OF French lady
married to an Englishman, who, with her husband
and her family, resided near vlncennes during the
last years or the empire. Near them dwelt a
quiet, middle-aged German with his son, this last
youth OF twenty-five. Both held, or pretended
TO hold, positions in Paris. But every Sunday and
holiday they used TO go stroll1ng about the fOrlt1-
cations, the Iather OStensibly bOtanizing and the
son amusing himself with sketching. They were
on most friendly terms with their neighbOrs, and
the Two families passed many pleasant hours
together. When war was declared against PruS-
STA the two Germans oade farewell to their friends
and returned 10 the faLherland. Time passed
On and the victorious armies OF Germany
advanced from one point to another till
Paris itself Was invested. One day my lady in
dormant was called to her door 10 speak with
the captain u company OF PrusSian cav
airy, who desired TO say something to her. There
erect and dignitied on his well-gr0omed horse sat
their former Trend the b0Lanlst. 81 Know" said
ne, that your husband Is an Engl1shman. Hang
out the English nag from your window and pre-.
serve carefully this paper that now give you. II
any attempt Is made TO quarter troops upon you,
VI 70 moiest you IN any oLner way show this dOcu.
Ment ana the annoyance will be put stop " at
once" AND away Went her former friend at the
mead OF his soldiers, and she saw nothing more OF
MIN. But the paper he had given her proved in
valuaoie 10 her during the siege. And such In.
Stances were far from being uncommon 1t that
epoch, especially In Alsace and Lorraine.
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Saved By superytition.

From the Pfttsburx Dispatch
The examination Of the books OF the Farmers.
and Merchants Bank, on the south side, is stili
going on. An expert accountant has been called
into reQuisition and until ne finishes nothing defl
mite as TO liabilities and assets can be stated But
the present suspense exerts o very harassing in
luence upon the people who are directly interested
who always asserts that he knew so-and-so would
occur, Is now having great time on the south
side by crying out to everybody:
Diant tell you the bank would burst!n
Is well-known for being extraordinarily supersti-
slouS Sne was once one OF the depositors in the
oank; out thanks to her superstitious notions she
Is so no more, because she drew her money out
ID the future. This, however is the reason: About
Two weeks ago the woman passed the bank on her
way 10 market, when she noticed that painters
We Mere occupied putting fresh color on the walls:
around and ran straight away for home.
Gottfried!" she cried nearly out Of breath,
wnen she arrived, "vere Is dot pank pook? g'vlck,
s Tha you; get T. for me; hurry up, scnneil!'
OUT, being used tn obedience, he fetched the book
Ior her. No sooner had she got 1t than she ran
away again, and in about quarter OF an hour, re-
t Turned with an the money they had saved during
"Don't you remember, Gottfried,r she now vol
unteered to explain, "ven We lived in Paldimore We
lost Won tousand dollars In der pank just after dey
had oainted der building g'vte red7 Veil, dey vos
painting der pank on Carson streets now, und I
drinks We don't lose our money again dot way, so I
Ietched IT out. Now dey can baint der pank green
The statement in yesterdays Dispatch, intimat-
Ing that Mr.. j. II. SOrg had said the bank had
made an assignment, was erroneous, lnasmuch as
his daughter understood the reporter to have
though assignment" was the term employed. or
course Mr.. SOrg does not deny the assignment.
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Circassiam Slave lsirls.

from the FASHION BaZ1r
We have wasted good deal Of sympathy upon
the Circassian girls who are sold to the highest
bidder In the Turkish slave market They have
been brought up with an eye to this fate from
babyhood. They are expected to make the family
fortune; are given the daintiest food, and their
health and beauty are matters Of constant solicit
tude. Warm, perrumed baths and silken clothing
keep their skins soft and fresh, and they are al
lowed 10 do no work. The rest OF the family
usually fare hard, eat coarse food and do rough
labor.
When the future slave girl has reached budding
womanhood she Is disposed or to dealer In slaves,
who lets his best customers know that he pos
tues and beauties are detailed with the usual ORR
entail eXasgeratlon Finally some royal princess
or rich pashas' wife expresses wish to see her,
and extra care having been taken with her bath
and dress, she Is presented Tor inspection. From
long preparation and jealous guarding from the
sun she mas d skin white as mix. and her natur-
ally beautiful type OF face Is adorned with the
usual tintS OF kohl to the eyebrows and eyelashes
and rouge TO the full red lips. Her exQuisitely
shaped nails glow with henna, and her own luxu-
rianL hair is tntertwined with mesheS OF silk (rOr
the prophet curses women Who Join their own hair
To that OF anothe Till IL her ankles In an
uneven number OF tails, AN even number being
Forbidden.
She gives samples of her accomplishments,
musical, gymnastlc, and otherwise. Accepted,
she is al once clothed with q rich silk dress and
receives present or a necklace or bracelet as an
earnest OF FAVOR before she joins her Fellow slaves.
Bey ond assisting her mistress in the toilet accom-.
panying her III her drives, and handing her coffee
and cigarettes she has little TO do. Sne Is an or
namental appendage Father than a servant. When
the time comes for her TO be married, her owner
chooses a suitable husband and gives rich DOVER
and many OF the marriages OF slave girls eclipse
in magnihcence even those OF the weather
Classes.
The erstwhile bareiooted, ragged little Crcas-
Sian from TurcOman'S LAND Is now o princess or
paShaS wife with slaves OF her own; but she
would laugh II you suggested 10 her that there
was anything degrading In their position or had
been in her own. The degradation and hardship
are simply ideas formed III ignorance Of the facts
and conditions OF oriental domestic life and have
no place In reality. Or course, there Is another
side TO the picture, but even that Is not u very
dark one. The girl may TALL under the dlspleasure
or the master OF mistress and will then get pun
1shed She may be locked up for few hours, or,
pulled and receive sounding box on the ear.
Perhaps In very rare and extreme cases O severe
beating may be administered, but the same might
and would often happen In the case OF q paid
servant. A reconciliation, however, shortly takes
place and the peace Is cemented with present OF
a ma mr. ri
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Why He Was Nos Stranxled

Mahmud DJeiladellen Pasha the late minister
OF finance at Constantinople, has narrowly escaped
strangling," says London Truth. '.He came into
ONCE Few years ago, when a very poor man, but
oy means OF systematic swindling OF the most out
rageous Kind he has realized fortune Of 100000
IuTklsh pounds. The sultan, ON being Informed
OF MS fraudulent practices, ordered ms arrest and
announcer ms Intention OF having hun stranged
ana oi connscating his savings. ICthen turned
out tnat Manmud mad been sufficiently far-sighIed
10 invest his fortune abroad so that IN IN, were
strangied, the sultan would not gain a piastre:
ana, alter much negotiation, 1t has been decided
that ne Is TO pay nne OF 100 600 Turkish pounds
and 10 De Danshed from the vicinity OF Constanti-
nople This nne will not be employed u compen-
safe tne olnclalS VINO have been robbed by Nah
DurSAn F,-'~sS
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Etiquette Among Children.
Speaking OF American children, q correspondent
OF the Philadelphia Telegraph says: II have often
wondered why 1t was that they were generally 50
trying to the world at large outside OF their imme
date families French children are treated with
quite as much II not more injudicious indulgence.
have known French parents TO stipulate, before
accepting an invitation 70 q dinner party, that
darling daughter, aged six. And this was by no
means an isolated or extraordinary instance. But
no one ever saw French child swinging on the
the callers neck or crawling under the table 10
investigate the callers shoes, or taking his or her
Gus around the center-ta6le with whoops or yells
enough TO deafen the bystander while visit was
Passing along the Paris streets, If you zee q
wel-dresSed boy OF seven or eight swinging on all
the iron bars in front OF the shop windows, get
Of ana @ag be sure
! STATES
az do not wonder that the landlords OF fats or
furnished houses in America refuse very often to
take families with children. When one hears OF
set Of furniture covered with fine stamped leather
having It's covering cut into strips by the children
of an American tenant (this occurred In London
hoteD, one ceases to marvel at the apparent
such destructive imps from their premises.
81 have seen an American boy belonging to one
OF the most aristocratic families Of the United
states seated on the floor at juvenile party with
plate piled high with delicacies between hislegs,
and gobbling down the dainties with uncouth
noises and unrestrained greedlness
snow these dreadful small boys and girls almost
Invariably grow up into well-behaved men and
women. But the great source OF their nl-conduct
In childhood arises from the fact that American
parents seldom or never think 1t worth while to
teach their children manners A French boy or
girl Is trained from its earliest infancy rise from
It's seat when stranger enters the room, to sit
perfectly still While making a call, and not to
speak Till spoken 70, to remain quiet when taken
out driving, and not to ask for water or complain
OF being tired, to walk along the street like lady
or gentleman, never to touch the belongings OF
any grown person, &C have stayed at the house
OF French lady whose youngest and idolized child
his father the young gentleman (Which he was,
most emphatically) would gravely enact the part
OF most onering me his slender arm to take me
out 10 dinner and to lead me back to my seat, and
always leaving me with the profound bow re-
Qulred by French etinuafre
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An Old Pun Revived.

IL Is interesting TO observe how the old stories
continually turn up, In brand new clothes but the
same OLD stories Here's an illustration: A Boston
correspondent writes that DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes and the venerable DR.. Peabody, OF Cam
bridge. once had an appointment to see a statue OF
Eurydice. DR.. Holmes arrived FIRST and when
lew moments later his friend drove up in cab he
greeted MIN with the very OBVIOUS pun: "Ah you
rid, see." DIR. Peabody was wonderfully pleased
with TINS sally, and on his return home attempted
70 repeat 10 for the benefit OF his family "Dr
Holmes was extremely witty this AFTERNOON. he
said. ave went 70 see the Eurydice and when
drove up he said just as quick as FASH sAh.
doctor 50 you came In buggy" The same
week That tnis appeared In print the following ap-
peared In New York weekly journal: Speaking
Of how some people always misQuOte q SourherS
lady once told the following: "a cavalry oiiicer
oespattered with mud entered an opera box dur
ing the Representation Of "Orpheus and Eurydice,'
ana exclaimed: Wei. have just ridden 10 miles
70 see orpheus- And Eufydice,' remarked q
young belle, amid much laughter. Having occa-
slon 70 visit the opposite box, he was asked what
Saosea an that laughter, whereupon he laughed
nsartliy, ana said: On, that Miss Eyre q the
wietlest person know; when I said that had
come 70 zee Orpheus she said: And Ipresume that
you came ON horseoack, captain"
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A Big Wave Came Ashore.
From the Portland orerouian.

FROM the Portland Oregonian
The passengers on the Oysterville stage were
treated 10 a somewhat novel and unpleasant expe-
rience Thursday last. While passing along the
peach abreast OF Thinkers place, a wave came
rolling Ii upon them which nearly swamped the
whoie outnt. The rush Of WATERWAYS so great that
lnere was no way OF avoiding it, and IL came up
1eet. ~ ~
Inc water receded as quickly as 1t came and
the eoach was rapidly driven up the beach To a
more secure place. some cattle lettering along
the Deach We're caught In the huge wave and
hau quite struggle with the uIdertow, which
carried enc or them out to sea Drift logs were
Ilted IRON The Embedding sand and washed away
Such tluaI waves are rare and are probably caused
ny some volcanic upheaval out In the ocean.
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A Delicious Java Fruit.

FROM the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Travellers In Java have filled pages and columns
with rhapsodies over the mangosteen, and all
unite In extolling the supreme delight Of the
tropics The mangosteen appears to one as hard,
round fruit, the size Of a peach. Its hard outer
Shell or rnd is OF the same color and thickness as
green walnut, but in this brown husk lie six or
eight seglnents OF creamy white pulp. The little
segments are easily separated, and transferred to
tne mouth melt away, the pulp being as SOFT and
Tine as custard The mangoSteen's delicate pulp
tastes, as all Its eulogsts say, like straw berries
peaches. bananas and oranges all at once; slight
LartneSS Is yelled In these delicious iavors and tr
Is never cloytngiy sweet. Taken just as IL comes
from the 1ce-DOx the mangosteen is an epicures
dream realized and the mOre'S the pity that It only
grows In lar-away places and deadly climates, and
does not bear transportation.
Large sums have been offered, and Pacific and
oriental steamships have made hundreds OF fnef.
1ectual EFFORTS TO get basket OF mangosteens TO
England for the queen. The hard rthd looks un-
changed for weeks, but the delicate pulp melts
away, and the dryeSt and coolest refrigerator
chambers cannot keep the heart OF the mangos-
teen from spelling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-25
Inc Age Of Trees.

From the London Standard.
Where the zone test can be applied, we know
That the age imputed to the tree will not err In the
way OF excess. clearly marked ring infallibly
denotes a seasons growth. Assuming an un-
favorable season to have resulted In an unusually
thin, or perhaps an Observation-Disclosures LAYER. one
years credit will remain unentered In the trees
automatic ledger. ON this basis OF computation
e cue nouowihg ages have been strictly verified In
sweden, the pine and Dir have attained to from
ooo 10 200 years. The greatest ascertained age OF
silver ar has reacnas Is 0s years while the
specimen OF the holm oak (near Aschanenburg)
nSmDered 40 years; while In all the common oaks
aooVe S|O Years Old the heart was beginning TO
decay. The maximum ages or other German trees
AS found by counting the rings-is as follows:
heu oeech 24o ash 40 elm 100 birch ZOO aspen 21O
anu aloer l4o years. The llme beloved OF the
falherland, generally evades this test. Probably
one OF the longeSt-Standing OF all, 1t is seldom
found In a sound condition at an advanced age.
AT the Edinburgh Forestry Exhibition, four years
ago, much interest was shown in the sections OF
Two scotch mrs, one % feet in circumference dis
tlnctly vouching its own age to be PIT years, the
other Is feet In circumference, showing a clear
record OF year-circles TO the number OF go As
site OF both was known, as well us the dates OF the
lelIlnS or the one, and the blowing down OF the
other, IL might have been possible to ascertain
why the larger tree was so much younger than its
companion. AS an excellent example or what can
De enected by such an investigation, the following
incident Is especially worthy OF notice: A few
years since en- American engineer had occasion TO
species the marking OF the annual zones Is
peculiarly distinct. lie found that The layers
Were OF very unequal breadth, indicating growth
hVe or SIX times fuller i'll some years than in
Others The trees were OF various ages, put every
tree told exactly the same tale "Ir you began at
the outer layer OF two trees one young and the
other old, and counted back twenty years. when
the young tree indicated 4 growing season by "a
Iull layer, the Older tree indicated the same" A
similar concurrence happened with the meager
seasons, tnough tnere Was nothing like periOdicity
IN the return on either. BY such comparison as
lhis we are enaoleu 10 Identity particular years
as tnoSe or unuSul increase, or the contrary, and
Dy turning 10 the meteorological records these
years, 10 ascertain the nature OF the weather
wood.
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Al the Ticket Offis

At the Ticket Office.
THE AGENT HAS AN INTERESTING CHAT WITH 4
WOMAN TRAVELLER.
From the General Manager.
Enter woman:
SIS this the x, Y. and z. ticket orice?n
"Itis"
'Can take train here for Pumpkin HolIow7"
"You can In just ten minutes"
"What time does the train go"
cat $780,"
"La, me! They told me up to catchem Cheat.
ems that It went at half-past Six"
"And so 1t does"
M. THE train leaves at half-past six. VIII you
swell, dunno. kinder thought I'd drop down
and see what time the train went out Tonight. COS
Ia ABOUT made up lny mind to wait over and 90
Ia the mornin. S'pose l can 60 in the morni5',
"As s;4S, madam"
p, you can leave here for Pumpkin Hollow at e:45
Law sakes1what nbbers some people is! Just
askea InaI Dig French policeman outside there
ana ne sad me mornin' train didn't go until a
quarter 70 10! S'pOse the farrell be the same II
wall over ia ana 60 In In the mornin,, won't itf'
well. you see, Mary yane-that's my darter by
my luSt husband-she lives here, married to a
Teller by the name OF John Smith: mebbe Won
Know MIN! Never heard OF him? Law, SUI you
tSs say! NOW that's Gurus haln't 1t? Live In
know MIN; never smuch as hearn tell OF him
Wen, as was sayfn', Mary Jane wants meto stOp
over ana go 10 prayer meeting with her Tonight
an KINDER see the sights. Now, 1t won't cost me a
cent 70 stay, put never could abide that John
Smith tn, Didn't want Mary Jane to marry him in
ticket?" '~ A"'o
"Well, don't be in o hurry! was telin, Va
about John Smith and ~
"But you sec there are others waiting to be
served!" ""'"s w D0
"Weli, guess my moneys as good as anybodya
ana don't stir from this window untfi get nv
ticket; now see II dol" NV '
cricket? Dollar temp
changer" 10" An"Ae 'ne
"Ninety cents. Nextw
wen, cont De In hurry; wen Just see II ft,s
ninety cents! ! amt got any too much Commence
IN iallroadS since they run over that red heifer
joshua bought OF Jim Madden's widder ana Then
went 70 law cos we wanted what she was lawfully
Wuth They didn't want TO pay US but 600 for her
but we got jury OF farmers and tell Won they;
maoe mat AIR OLD railroad talk turkey In -"
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A Snake in his Bed.

FrCn the NASHVILLE American.
gentleman received letter from South Pitts
burg yesterday, from which an american reporter
was permitted TO make the following extract: Cup
In this country o few nights ago q man went to
bed, and through the night felt something crawl
Ing around and under him. At breakfast he COM
planned TO the landlady, but she and the boarders
Ing. SO the next night he went TO bed and the
mysterious visitor commenced crawling again.
he became uneasy, and found that the only alter
naive was 10 enter into an investigation. Feeling
around, he seized hold OF what he believed to be
snake, and cold sweat and chill came over HIM.
ne naOed at the top OF his voice for some one for
coos sake, TO come TO his room with light. The
necessary illumination having been provided q
hole was cut into the feather bed, and out came a
snake, sure enough, feet in length. The landlady
said tnat she put the feathers in the ticking six
months ago and sewed up the hole on the same
DAY; AS 70 how the snake got In there is puzzle
TO the natiVeso
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BoULAN0BR FAvoRs A CoNsrTuHNT AssxNpLY-
General Boulanger yesterday attended q meetinr
OF the COMMITTEES Of tho chamber OF deputies
which Ia considering the governments bill Tor the
revision OF the constitution. He expressed him
eef In favor OF the dissolution OF the Chamber 81
deputies and the convoktng OF . constituent a.
semoy, which should be independent OF the exec
uttye power and responsibility to the country. IL
should Be the duty OF the assembly 70 pfeyonf
abuses which might iead 70 the establishment Of
Q d1ctatonhip,