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The sun., 1890-01-12
THE LION ON BoRSEB 4 OK.
A Rehearsal Mt Covent Garden.
From Me Pau .KaH Gazette.

S'O" "e LuH Huit ud<cte
One Of the sensations of the holidays will
certainly be the lion who. though only l5
months old. is able to earn very handsome
him at rehearsa Which took IGsIGoi place in the ie
arena Of the opera house yesterday afternoon;
II 6s In t Enssh and
and toothsome read nr. imagine thar Prince Leo
is let loose In the ring. No. He is young aud
into his, handsome head to make a leap into
the stalls and walk of with plump morsel
before measures could be taken to stop him.
A circular cage Is run up in the ring with a
Goronetsd top piece which Is let down from the
horse with o lovely whito tail. with pad on
his back and an Arrangement Of armor on his
the door OF tho cage. Out bounds the lovely
ditlon, roaring and gnashing his teeth, rolling
bis eye eyes and and &whirling his tai! around | take
II that these ht 5 signs denoted his pleasure at
the flowing tail Hefore the lion had got We'll We'll
out out ne was tollow9d by q splendid kusslian
amity. The trainer Is German. short we'll
built little man with a. pair Of fine mustachios
orders the lion to take his place on a '1o wooden
pedestal about five feet high, which lie docs
with pleasurable placidity. Then the per-
After showing his obedience to bis master
to the horses back, feat which he accom-
plishes with ease and Rrac0. Tho horse then
canters round the ring, the dog following and
the trainer IN the centre with his eye always on
the lion. Tho horse is small one. not much
bigger than pony In fact, and 1t II quite won
III dorfnl how easily he takes TO his rider. who
up high enough for tho horse to pass under.
Prince Leo mounts and Jumps from tho
horses back on 10 the platform, and when the
horse comes round again he resumes his seat
with all the nonchalance OF a tirst-class eques-
trian. II his master does not give the order the
lion o re remains on the platform. tits very COM
with his head bent down to watch the
approach Of tho horse. He repeated this
feat several times without a hitch and with
q grace which male the performance not only
wonderful but pleasant. to watch. Virtue is re-
warded with lump Of meat. NeNt comes n
race The horse; tho lion; and the dog tear
with great pleasure, though Prince oponsd his
mighty Jaws and roared in tones which made
me glad OF the iron barrier. For tho last act
the lion jumped on to the platform and fired a
pistol lump OF meat dangled from IL string
attached to- the trigger and that was how it
was done The lion, by the way. comes from
Hamburg. and is the property Of HackenbRch,
the famous animal dealer,
The sun., 1890-01-12
4 COOP STORY.
Chauncey Depew's Attempt 10 Serve Chest
nuts and His Triumph Anerward.
From me BROOKLYN Eagle.

1t is not perhaps n secret that our Chaun-
eeey Is, like Mrsi Giipin. OF frugal mind. and
press has once @ got hold Il his good ihings he he
never uses them hg0ln, mt least In that particu-
lar community; but no man can have whole
set OF brand-new brilliAnts every day OF his
life, and lit 10 discretion and II good memory
will make oGe's store 20 long way without be-
Ing guilty Of repetitions to the Same audience
But the discretion OF even Chauncey Is at fault
at times and % ne other night he suffered be-
cause cause OF 1t. The daughter OF certain famous
the West has been visiting in Now York. and
was one Of the guests at dinner of very dis
awoman accustomed TO the intellectual best
ofthe men who go in to dinner with her. and
Prise tho eorts Of % the man who 6Sd RoG aEo
her in 10 dinner to amuse her lie looked like
aperson OF ability, but she gradually gaiuoi
many years behind the times and had not
became firmly rooied IN her mind she. was
az no fuither palms to CONCEAL her indii-
% her nj dpSsT efforts nd S II
SMiss wo don't seem fo"Hot to get on noinf %hatis
the ma mHt:terl wish You would tell me frannkU."
cross because, you have been telling me Chaun-
cey Depew's old stories, all tho evening. don't
6TsT 6RST and 5 oTe 'S sFaS but apS ' da & 81 & R P
ion nagssd mG9ment then shock he all ever with
confess In my turn. thought you were u very
young girl. and from 30 far away In the West
that You were not likely TO have heard these
stories. 30 was using old stock on you, but
see my error and now will tell you some sto-
rios OF ChapnceyIDepew'st that | am sure you've
not heard"
From that moment the Western girl declares
aud wittlcism poured forth that she never no.
tic0d what she was eating, and was de,perate-
ly grieved when the hostess gave the signal TO
rise and she was separated from her clever
companion. Going home In cab, she said 10
man who took me in 10 dinner? ! didn't catch
II, buG found him perfectly charming My
dear girl" said her father. you don't deserve
your privileges. OF course you found him
charming That was ChRuncSy DspsWp
The sun., 1890-01-12
LIE GYMSOTE.


From ne london Times
A correspondent OF the Temps sends from
Tou on an account OF experiments made on
Sunday last by the submarine gunboat the
Gymnote. from which as II refers to subject
Engnnd, tho chief passages may be quoted:
spindle 1t Is II metres 90 centimetres long by
] metre So centmetres in diameter, lust The
ReSs $685. In anG nS s
power Is nm electric 55-horse power machine,
male from the plans OF ,Gapt. krebs. and
screw in movement. The Gymnote at the
clo So of 1883 underwent trials which were quite
It was then F9 Samted that L Was dspens
able to modify the accumulator cases IN order
to avoid waste Of electricity. After, patient
researches. fragile non conducting substances
being set aside, cases were at length produced
which hav" given entire salts action. made of
manMactntsrs. ] Alter hSvns made g last " weekJ eF
a preparatory trip to ascertain that all was
working wnI pronerly on on board and taken some
tered tie harbor. and her accumulators were
charged. Al noon OF the second day, she WAS
giving admission TO the interior. which was
not & be oDened TIL four hours later.
launch witch had Instructions TO keep out OF
the way any boats, which might come up. On
getting to the place selected for the trials
tie commandant: Naval Lieutenant Baudry ia
NdHllHtTle, lHt DObL WIS SCI IN motion by
gently working tho horizontal rudder. The
vessel bent down in front. descending slowly
Soon not! Ing could be seen but paddle and
portion Of the screw above water. Then all
disappeared. 1t had been arranged before
hand that the boat should stop at about 2
metres so centmetres below the surface OF the
water. II was found easy to remain there.
with variations OF about 20 centinetres. As
mathematical precision. The length of the
course was estimated by the number OF turns
Of the screw; and In this way it was known
The Gymnote next returned 10 the surface,
passe round mark. and look plunge in the
opposite direction. AT half past the Mari
time Prefect came to be present at the trial.
The Gymnole awaited him on the surface Of
the water. As soon as she saw the Admiral's
and took three runs. proonging her course as
far as the depth Of water In the roads would
permit. She remained more than ten minutes
under water. The Gymnote does not leave on
the surface any trace Of her passage, and is
quite invisible when painted gray. On this oc-
her so as TO permit OF her course being seen
the Gymnots returned to the Vauban dock,
and the air in the interior was easily breathed
a. III her departure. There was still electricity
enough in the acoumulators 10 last for hours"
The sun., 1890-01-12
HHJSTLING NULSAHCES.
An Illustration OF the Horrors OF IndIs.
crimInnte WhistIIng.

Down on State street yesterday afternoon
a vol fed merchant stopped reporter and
said; ,i'h say younH ran DO you ever try to
on, yes"' said tho young man with pleased
Well, then. why don't you say something
about those d-d fools that 20 about whislinR
pernetuallg. went TO bed late last night COM
naturay early hour this Mining at by an an I'M
lernal idiot who thought he could whistle
annie Ami Laurie to the tune Si Aud
n iMGGtnty t9 ,Rs .R Bottom Of lle SEA-. Where
sndish melody is more more than can @ uSderstend. s and
I said to my wife, in my intense wrath: Maria.
fhst ssnS boy b eyer whistles again in my
an exchange OF words between us, and the re-
suit was scene. CRYING spell. spoiled break
car, aud an impertinent imp on the, back plat
firm greeted me with the distorted strains Of
walked down TO the Office. and II seemed TO me
tina! yerybody on the, street was whisting.
by the time reached the office there was q
@ 5esRnaf shsdi sG os$ DHss
scream, and tho long-drawn, hollow sound Of
sIsvaYds .hs n5s 0R L was bSv maddcnnG took tho
making slbiiant noise through his teeth. a"
and looked startled. lie aftsrwSrd told my my
Good morning, MIR. So-and-So,' and went on.
lars IN Ny inside Pocket Boyl' cried, with
al al ne % rage Of anan whom desperate injury
MSns IN 70 s 6es B 4 don't
the elevator shaft. and send your mnngled re-
mains home 70 your mother. with my best COM
plimehts.' He stopped.
" 1t wasn't very long. however, before q GUS
toner came In to soc me on business. I said
with my most gracious smile. II you Will
kindly wait moment. Mr.. Blank. shall be at
liberty He sat down for a moment, arose In
stanIly' strolled over to the window. thrust his
Two Lovely Black Eyes The ofice boy
Rrtnned. wheeled about and said with bit
MT Blank, VIII SEQ you now For Gods
sake, young man, call the attention OF the
hn6lis to the hoTToTS Of indiSortmlnGtS Whls-
The sun., 1890-01-12
TOOK 4 HUSBAND ON TRIAL.
IF She Likes Him at tho End of Six Months
She VIII Keep Him.

FRESNO. Dec. 30-Among the many hand
some young ladies who promenade tho princi-
pal streets Of Fresno none are trimmer heater,
and prettier than Mary Wilson. She haJ a
splendid form. Is above medium height with
large brown eyes. brilliant auburn hair, elastic
step. and vtvacIous !nanner. She IL highly cd
ucatod. being clever performer ON many
musical Instruments. Mary is in her twenty
second year. She is the daughter OF a late
her father died he left her 100000.
Some months ago Miss Wilson met Joseph
Campbell ayoung and prepossessinR man. said
to be Sacramento farmer. He Is tall. hand
some brunette. Joseph admired Mary and
sought her hand in marriage. Miss Wilson res
fused his Oier, saying that she could TAX @
caro- OF herself Joseph persisted The more
Joseph pressed his suit the higher became
Mary's admiration for him. She fixed his per-
severance Her heart at last thaWsd, and she
consented to become Mrs. Campbell for the
joe" said Mary in her most bewitchinR
way, / will marry YOU Tor six months. At the
end Of that time. II marriage Is a failure, We
Will find II out and 20 our ways"
,,, No, | don't marry for six months. want to
:" l shall never live with O man always un-
less 9 can , live with him happily" replied tho
Joseph finally consented to the six.months
the six;months' marriage. Joseph and sho
signed u and they became man aud vile The
contract ls said to be very binding, and OK
pressly states that II Joseph gets drunk during
the six months the document Is null and void
Mary5 friends hope that at the end Of the time
me obligation may be renewed, and that mar.
rled Tor slx months may be married for ever.
The sun., 1890-01-12
STATE DINNER ETIQUETTE.
just What tho Host and tho Quests are
Expected TO DO.


The usual hour for state dinner is P. NJ
AS the guests arrive. which should be fifteen
minutes before the hour set. they are shown TO
the rooms for the removal OF wrappings and
corridor and proceed direct to the East Room.
where the President and lady await them,
handed by an usher small envelope contain
Ing, card inscribed with the plan of the table
escort, on the diagram the number OF the
seats he and the lady will occupy are marked.
After being received by the President he ex-
lady whom he will accompany to tho state
dining hall: The lady whom he has brought
remains with him until her escort appears.
All the guests having arrived Mt the appoint
ed hour the steward announces that the dinner
Is in readiness The President, with the, first
lady guest lends the way to the state dining
TO IN. followed by the remaining guests. The
presiding pEaG lady escorted by he principal man.
performs a, suitable march.
IN tho dining room the guests find their
the Iiatc cards. which correspond u in ioeatio@n @ ON
with the diagram handed them upon entering
There, are four services at all state dinners.
Inc dishes, IN their order. are served on silver
stx salyers 9y M waters. the guests helping them,
first and then proceeds toward the right, and
the SECOND waiter toward the left. The same
b wh the sae saT 9 tSe
one is ever served twice. The plates OF one
course are removed as soon ns each guest is
place
AT the close Of the dinner. which lasts about
three hours, II has b ,on the custom OF late years
for the gentlemen to leave the table with the
ladies and nos return. The custom during the
earlier administrations was for the ladies' TO
and for tho gentlemen to return to drink a
single glass of wine to the health OF the Presi-
dent, Gentlemen wishing to enjoy cigar re-
of the private stairway. but iotn the ladies
when the presiding lady makes the motion to
II In thH1t tnfrh
suite OF parlors the gentlemen surrender the
ladies to'the gentlemen with whom they came,
and with their own aides, take leave OF the
their Wrapplngs and leave tho building quietly
and promptly Tho last OF the guests should
ing the fahla
The sun., 1890-01-12

The nEost Beautirnl Place In che CITY, but
Nobody Goes There.

Nobody Goes There.
From the Barge once to the easterly side
OF the circular wall OF Castle Garden is some
thing like an eighth OF a mile The sea wall is
topped by heavy granite blocks. having hero
and there an upright iron post through which
lax chain runs. Back from this is sweep OF
lawn. cut through here and there with paths.
Between this stretch OF green and the sea wall
is broad asphalt walk rs level and clean
almost as billiard table. At high tide the
waves dash against the wall and retreat from
1t in smother Of foam; when the tide is low
slantinR stretch Of damp. mosscoyered rocks
H. X eSSpoS;sd SdS ;s Looking away beyond the WAL
Liberty uprears rear T It's ar regal height on the @ other
is Governors Island with It's time-worn fort
ana ana s3ul.stiring paraphernalia Of war; beyond
then comes the budinS.adSn en- shore rec Of BROOK
syn and further on are the fringed banks.
beautiful Narrows. the road to the sea,
can can be r traced until It blends. with tho
wall s therefore as beautiful q promenade as
can can be wished ior and why It is not thronGed
days is thing hard to account for. Every
o %{I5sf {t5s STSt thSt 60 gliding eyer the TSSr
The wind is laden with the inviEoratlng fresh
ness ness Of the sea, and no matter where you turn
tions nearly all the persons you see on this
DuSy men, VINO 70
rushing along with their. minds fixed on tho
mighty dollar rather than on the beauties
nature has spread out before them, or some
quantity costumed immigrant whose recent
arrival in the country makes him feurful OF
yenturlng far from tho gloomy walls Of Castle
Garden or the dingy front Of some near.b
boarding house. Occasionally man and
woman, members OF the middle classes, stroll
lelsurely along arm In arm. But they are
sL clearly more Interested in each Other than In
the beauty OF the scene. On tho benches that
set at intervals along the walk are ire.
anently number of sbftless. dirty men
sw % minutes sleep without being dIscerned by
place is nearly always deserted, AMI person
whose presence there Is due entirely to his ap-
probation OF the place is rarely seen. A few |
lays ago man who has an Office in one OF tho ,
big buildings overlooking Bowling Green ask ed /
a friend to take stroll with him. and when /
tney reached the street the gentleman started. /
Whore are you goinRl" asked his friend.
" am going To- walk up Broadway"
,Oh nonsense. said his friend, II you want /
n beautiful stroll come with me-"
He led the man down to the sea wall.
Said the gentleman, enthusiastically: DO
you know thai havo had an Office Within a
stones throw of this for several years, and
have failed to discover it?"
The sun., 1890-01-12
BEWARE OF THE DoGSi
THEY BITEi

While the young man was staring at these
two proclamations, loud roar camo from
above. 1t sounded good deal like the noise
but the reporter in the graveyard did not in
yestigate the source. lndecision. fed and he
turned to follow. making pretty air time down
came, ,upon late delegation Of members
marching up tho hill. cheerily whlstling and
singing, and he turned and bravely followed
behind them into the club house, where n cor
dial reception dspelled any nervousness, but
could not quito obliterate the experience en-
connptered in searching for the club.
the grounds are, on the old HardenburGh
estate. and tho club, house and hillsiue were
o the HGG Gd aSy hS ch4 Gna
sion among the heirs the property cannot bo
sold and the old chapel and graves remain as
The or eeW s oTG made te ng ~
Leo ono Of the dogs He is great. shaggy
ferce-loosinG siberian bloodhound, and looks
m Fer s hs @ G ssc sn
lent control. however. and Leo is not so strong
and force as he might be- owing to a peculiar
dieting process he 10 being subjected to. Some
Time ago PHSter ran across scientific state
ment, telling OF how snakes arc fed once n
month, that being sufficient. For several days
after reading this article Phil was In brown
study. and finally came to the conclusion that
thore was no apparent reason why dog should
not be fed on the Same principles and he Is eX-
perimentinR upon Leo, who Is now receiving
his meals AT every monthly meeting. The con-
sequence is that Loo is Il faithful attendant at
all meetings. and the roar that WIS heard was
be fed. Phster claims that tho now system is
saving of time and money besides solving u
great scientific problem. His research into tho
sciences may turn out satisfactorily. but there
is n coyetous glitter in the. animals eyes rs
they follow his master around. and II the genial
trackmaster is among the missing some day
world will know that Prof. Pilsters dabDling in
the sciences has been sad failure.
The sun., 1890-01-12
NUMBERING IN CONNECTICUT
A Large Amonnt or Timber Cut by Port
able sawmIils Taken lnto the Woods


SoUTHINaToN, Conn, Jan. 11.-LumberinR
is supposed TO be played out business in Con.
necticut but It is great mistake The work ia
not carried on as 1t is in Maine, where the chop
pers live in the woods in winter. float the r logs
down 10 the mills in spring and drink gin and
tansy all summer to drive the rheumatism from
their bones. In this State the work is done by
portable sawmills, taken into the woods whom
tho trees have been fcllod, and the lumber Ia
got out on the spot.
Mr.. O. L. Hamlin Of this place is probably tho
best-known umberman in the State. He con.
ducts tho business on rather n large scale and
has been at 1t for eight years. He gives the
Hartford Courdm reporter few figures to show
that numbering in Connecticut is not a thing Of
the past. Last April he had 5000 cords OF wood
on hand. the greater part OF which was sent 10
Hartford. New Haven, and Holyoke lie has
just finished cutting 1,2OO cords in CRANKY and
Simsbury which is engaged for the iron furn.
aces at Salisbury At present he is getting out
5000 railroad lies in this town.
Mr.. Hamlin says there is more valuable tims
Der and larger trees IN this state than most
bury property u number OF trees which would
furnish from l,5OO to 1000 ieet OF lumber each.
One rino tree was 10 feet high, ~, ieet through
lumber. He claims that he has cut pine trees
Is inches in diameter from land which was
corn land fifty years ago; and his claim is subs
stantiated by Mr., Carlos Halcomb, now 30 years
OF aye, VINO says that he distinctly remembers
renping grain on the woodland referred to
when he was young man. The nearness to
market makes tonnecticut timber OF consider
able value. and the abandoned mountain fnrme
can be made Of some worth by tree planting.
Mr.. Edward l.. smith of Ansonia, n wealthy
inventor OF process for extracting gold AND
silver from copper ore, has recently purchased
24O acres OF woodland In Monroe, a town OH tho
New Haven and Derby liaroad. This is most
ly chestnut, though oak. hickory and birch are
plentiful Twenty men are Mt work in this
forest Telling the trees and saving them up
with th aid OF portable mill. The timber is
converted into railroad ties, posts, and other
marketable stuff. and loaded upon the cars
few rods from the mill. Mr. Smith did not buy
tho property for the timber. but an examine
tion OF the tract in company with an expert
lumberman convinced him that an impoi tant
and paying business was there. The mill saws
ont three railroad ties a minute, and he has
orders for all he can furnish
In oxford and Quaker Fnrms there are sev.
eral umbermen s camps. as they are called.
and others In Seymour. The mills are set up
in the small clearinvs in the woods, .und the
work OF gett ting out ties and OF her lumber pro-
crosses whether there Is snow or not Here is
where Connecticut has its advantage over
Maine. and the railroads furnish transp0rta-
tion, while Maine depend Oh rain and freshets.
The sun., 1890-01-12
rnEr IrTs ar DELMox1cOA
Half = Dosea Luehy HEeu whe Have Solved
the FrobIera OF LAvtng.

the FrobIea OF Living.
There are half dozen lucky men In this
town who live at Delmonico'a Few people
know that anybody can live at Delmonicoa
Nevertheless 1t Ia true that there are half o
dozen men who live at Delmonico's all the
time. and have thus happily solved problem
that has bothered a good many people In this
town Of manifold resources and odd modes Of
living 1t is not q hotel 1t is not q private
house. 1t is not boardlnE house. 1t is not a
bachelor apartment house. 1t ls not club.
Yet 1t combines the advantages OF all these
modes OF living. The occupants can look out
| from elegant suites of apartments upon the
busiest the most fashionable, and liveliest
part OF New York. They can look out on the
panoramas OF Broadway or Fifth avenue, and
inhale the oxygen OF Madison square.
Those half dozen lucky mon are Manager I.
Henry French. John Hoey, 10 Mora, broker NJ.
Reonc, q brother OF Jim Keene: NJ. J, Pauldlng.
Mr.. Davis. and Mr.. William Petit.
Several Of these have fitted up their dons
with cozy, comfortable, and curious furniture.
and ornamented them with rare pictures and
bric-a-brac. Hero they can be alone and &C.
oluded II they choose They have the famed
Emile for valet and housemAid keeps the
rooms tidy. or leaves them untouched II the
occupants happen to have the desire to have
things lot alone
Emile is a character, and is we'll known to the
old habitues OF Demonioos. He anticipates
wants He is alert, but not In an undignihed
hurry. He Is never excited. He remembers
peoples idiosyncracies. He is thero when
wanted. He is never tired or impatient
Tho popularity about these odd rooms Is that
when a man onco gets settled down there he
likos to stay there. Manager French has had
his ioom about eleven years. and whom he gets
there with his slippers on 1t takes high art for
anybody to get there to talk business to him.
When John Hoey gots settled there he is re-
signed to comfort. They have but, to touch
Be hna s sGS Ell % ean e ID peS The
mornings. and Emile will bring them coffee
and the morning papers. They can have their
dining rooms down stairs: Their homes arc
ber from one to ak hundred.
gentlemen do not lock things up. They go of
out and they never lose anything. Costly or
namonts and bric-a-brac lie around In pro-
everything in security The curious part Of it
is that the occupants have no particular homo
genietty ty They are Independent They may
other In months- They have no gossip. never
interfere, and each is as much at home and at
he had a don IN the Adirondacks Yet they |
can recline costly at home almost until the bell |
rings for the rising OF the curtain at the thea
These lucky men know when they have a
good thing. They keep their rooms year after
summer. or take trips TO the, winter resorts, or
run run away ,a to Europe Pmt they DC not let go
room dho Teadg sPS S
months but when they send word they are
can step In and find, everything in order as il
they had only been absent few hours.