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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-08-29
No. 2o5

or anything thoroughly enjoyable occurs,
a magnesium light is fired, and the effect
of the joke or of the experience Is cap
tured in photograph of the members.
About every style of laugh known has
been produced in this galaxy of Tender
loin faces.
Another room is devoted to the exhibi-
ton of curiosities that the members have
collected. There are knives, pistols, OPT
um pipes, cartridges, bits of bread, wax
candles and other fiotsam and jetsam that
tell some sort of story or recall some
queer happening. A piece of switchboard
picked ont of the ruins of the Western
Union building fire is the last addition TO
the singular miscellany. Still another
room is decorated with stone mugs and
pipes of all sorts. In this room, before
the great open fireplace, the members
meet every Saturday night and make the
air blue with smoke.
These gatherings begin at midnight ex-
actly- Midnight, in fact, is the hour for
beginning everything in the Tenderloin.
Actors drop in and entertain the smokers
after midnight. They get up something
new constantly. Composer Stahl saun-
tered in one night, took out the front os
the upright piano and picked a harp ac-
compartment on the wires with his right
hand. while he played new composition
with his left. Every cork drawn is saved
and pipe stem is fitted into il. and it be-
comes a perpetual reminder. This Gus
tom is c>cpieii from German fancy.
Deviled crabs are a special dish at the
Tenderloin. So is the sandwich of ham
and chicken and Boston brown bread that
was invented by the chef of the Union
club Plugged watermelon is another
great speciality with the Tenderloin- 1t is
soothing, seductive and mysterious. No
body knows what he is going TO strike.
The melons are plugged with claret,
champagne, brandy and crushed strawber-
ries, and then mixed up so that il is i'm
possible to discover what they are without
eating of them. II is a new kind of pot
tive of great sport.
There is always a friendly rivalry
among members to think up new methods
of enjoyment.
The purpose of the founders of the
Tenderloin was to open to men of all pro-
| fessions the charms of Bohemian good
| fellowship that make the Fellowcraft club
and the Press club enjoyable retreats.
Both the Fellowcraft and Press clubs have
a restricted membership that shuts oui
effectually from its enjoyment of the de
i lightful society found within their walls
many men who long for such romantic
surroundings. Both FeIlowcraft and
Press club members are in the Tenderloin,
whose membership door is opened in hos.
| pitable welcome, its officers say, to all
men who can lay Just claim to the title OF
| good fellows in the worthier sense of that
| much abused title. The Tenderloin lays
| down a single comprehensive rule IN
4 choosing its members. 1t is this, as Pres
ident Keller bluntly putsit, tsThe first re-
/ quisite of Tenderloiner is that he shall
| not be stuck on himself" There are two
hundred members of the club. Under
this rule they ought to- he very compan-
|. l.ionahls 1Dersons indeed sih .sssl -ss
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eff we had desired to rid our road of
the Knights of Labor, we could not have
done it half so thoroughly as Powderly
has," Vice President Walter Webb is re-
ported to have said. And yet Powderly
poses as the chief helper of the Knights
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,,.r HE WAS ONCE a FIDDLRR.
IL 4a.-,, ! -.lls ID Elsls.-l--s-l-s-F ~ !. sssf
Rpmafitir Career OF n German Prfry

:. - --su-s Councillor. " -4,-z
Fi From the PAN Mall Ga1etre
Director Kruger, privy councillor in
the foreign Office and chief of the German
political and secret police, has left Berlin
for England ON leave of absence, which
preceies his retirement. After a soiourn
at an English seaside resort Herr Krueger
will join his family in the Hartz noun
tains. He Will not again do active service
either in the foreign office or the police
depms12ent. Herr Krueger has had
most remarkable career. He was at one
period an itineranA fiddler, subsisting
upon the coppers that he resolved in the
public houses of Berlin He was-~tortu-
nate enough to marry the daughter Of-sn
official in the police department., and
through his father-in-law's influence he
obtained the position of Office attendant.
As a general rule no one who has not
served in the army has much chance of
promotion in the German police. but de-
spite the fact that Herr Kruger lacked
this important qualification, he rapidly
rose to the rank of inspector. He was &C
lively engaged in getting up the case
against Freshman, Dane and other Anar-
chists. and was soon afterwards appointed
ger had commenced employment at the
foreign Office, having become Prince Won
Bismarck's right hand man in police work
generally and Socialist matters in particu
lar. The Elberfeld Socialist trial gave
umbrage in the highest quarters, and Herr
Krueger, having been a leading spirit in
the prosecution, was compelled TO take a
''holiday," but the then chancellor liked
the man, and before Prince won Bismarck's
enforced retirement had his faithful ser
want reinstated at the foreign Office; but
the fall of the greater man also meant
tina. of the lesser. Herr Kruger was
only retained temporarily to settle with
the vast army of political and secret
agents maintained by Prince Won Bis
marck The sentiments did not, however,
proceed very smoothly, and it was assert
ed by his superiors that Herr Krueger was
inclined to encourage the creation of diff
| culties. He is again sent away on leave,
| although the date for his formal retire
ment is fixed for October 1. The dis
graced" official contemplates publishing
"reminiscences OF his experiences. The
book will probably appear simultaneously
| in English and German. Prince Bismarck
has invited his former subordinate to
spend q week with him az Friedrichsruh
on the latter's return from the Hartz
| mountains
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A MIDNIGHT CLUB.
Some of the Customs of the Tender
lofners OF New York.
TFrom the New York Sun.1


IFrom the New York SUM-
The Tenierloin club shares with the
whitechapel club, of Chicago, the pecu-
liar distinction of being entirely peculiar.
Its home is the antiquated wooden build
ing that once stood somewhere between
Twenty-eighth and Twenty streets,
near Seventh avenue, but was moved up
to the street line, directly opposite the
Tenderloin precinct station house on
Thirtieth street, when Thirtieth street was
laid out by the municipal street commits
sioners.
1t is notable rookery. Years ago il
was called ''The Eel Pot and was the re-
sort of men whose doings often brought
them into conflict with the police. In
this building Inspector Williams ran
against q celebrated ghost mystery, and
ran the ghost down. 1t is owned by State
| Senator Murtha, and his agent insists that
it is over one hundred and four years old.
| 1t is just about year now since the Ten.
derloin club. took possession of it, and
made. it typical haunt of men who are in
love with the odd and picturesque things
| of life that make the cream or bohemian
| existence.
Senator Murtha would not recognize the
| old rookery now in the transformation
wrought by the eccentric fancy of Its
members. Once under the archway that
bears the club motto, s'Who enters here
leaves care behind the visitor meets a
series of surprises. Six thousand playing
cards, for example, constitute the novel
papering of the walls of one of the rooms.
These cards represent the astounding pos.
sibilities of the game of draw poker and
| duplicate actual hands. The ceiling il
frescoed with poker chips in unusual de
sign. This decoration is only an unusual
fancy of the treasurer of the club, who
used up over twelve thousand tacks in th'
decoration. Gambling is not a pastime o.
the Bohemians of the Tenderloin. Whis
ky poker and whist are their pet recrea
tions with the cards.
The next room is papered with photo
graphs. These reproduce joyous scene
and jolly personages of the club. 1t j
one of the customs of the club to pre-
serve souvenirs of its jolher experiences
Il The most interesting of these souvenir
are scenes by the fashlight camera.
camera is always set up in the rooms, an
whenever particularly good story is told
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Beautiful vienna Girl.

IFr0in the PhiIadelphia North AmefScan-I
Standing, sitting, leaning; sad, smiling
or simply meditative; arrayed in variety
of chic costumes; smoking a cigarette,
peeping over a mask, Sc, she has chal-
lenged comparison with every fresh rival
A few years ago she won 5000 prize at
a beauty contest Then she was simply
Miss Mertens, ssto fortune and to fame
unknown After that she became fixed
star in the theatrical armament, and is
now an actress at the Eden theater in
Paris. She is a distracting beauty, per-
haps the most beautiful woman in Europe
Her skin shows the smooth, dead white of
the magnolia blossom, tint seen to per
fection among the Austro-H -Hungarians- An
oriental languor softens her large, white
lidded eyes She is tall, of generous build
and very graceful
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ancestor of our race. Sir George Camp,
bell will be known as s'the devoted gorilla
as long as he sits in parliament.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

John L. is pretty sure that he will get
along as an actor. He says: "Although
I'm new in the business and might be bet
ter than am, I'm not a dead chump and
not yellow"
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-08-29

Boss Powderly says that there is no like
ihood that the strike will be declared off.
This is highly ridiculous. Mr.. Webb de-
clared the strike off some time ago. II
Powderly continues to talk he will be de-
clared off,
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-08-29

Sir George Campbell has given himself a
name that will stick. He was describing
himself the other night as devoted guer-
rilla hanging on therear of the government.
He pronounced the word, however, "goril-
Ia" and now he is known as the ape-like
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
How the SIM Affects the Weather

Henry G. Maine, one of the editors of
the Rochester On. W Democrat, who has
devoted his spare time for the past six or
eight years to observing the effect OF
solar disturbances on the earth, writes as
follows:
"Thc conclusions formed by me from
observations OF the sun and weather may
be briefly stated rs follows: The most
pronounced effects OF solar disturbance
are felt as it appears by the suns rotation
on its axis and rs the disturbance crosses
the suns meridian. The six and ii half
days between appearance by rotation and
meridian passage are marked by storms,
auroras, heat oil earthquakes. After
meridian passage the storm influence of
solar disturbance appears to cease. In
this Use OF the word storm all the other
phenomena are included. All are kindred.
When solar disturbances follow each
other in rapid succession, the stern
period is prolonged. The effects of solar
disturbances which break out on the sun s
hemisphere turned toward us produce
sudden and powerful effects in our at
mosphere. Storms known as cloud
bursts have been most frequently noted
in connection with these sudden out
bursts on the suns face. AS rule the
marks Of solar disturbance cannot be seen
until the storms on the earth cease. The
spots form after the storm producing
eruptions. Tornadocs are most numerous
during periods of violent solar agitation.
The number and violence of tornadoes
are directly proportional TO the number
and violence of solar disturbances. OBJ
scrvations made during the past winter
and spring show that solar disturbances
are i'll some cases not marked by spots
until month or two after the crup-
tons begin. Fifty-two days after
the great storm of January and 10,
1889, spots appeared by the SUMS rota-
ton. Spots also appeared by rotation
fifty-two days after the great Samoan
hurricane of March Is and 16, 1883,
which wrecked several men, of war in the
harbor of Apia. This disturbance on the
sun was followed upon temperance
May 20, 80, by the floods which wrecked
Johnstown, Penn, and drowned Will
Transport, Penn. When solar disturb
ances become obscure, their storm action
can be traced by counting the twenty-six-
day period. The solar disturbances which
caused severe and widespread storms
during the first eight months of 1889 are
now obscure, spots being rarely seen.
But there is evidence of some activity ar
the scat of the disturbances. Whenever
violent action is resumed, our atmos-
pherc will be vexed in proportion to the
violence on the SUM-"
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WINTER SPORTS.
ICE BOATS THAT SAIL FIFTY
MILES AN HOUR.
Tow Ice Goats are NIadc--Sno.v Sail.
crs to Carry the Mails In tho
Ear Wcst--Ikitcs as u Motive
Power for Skaters

The ice yacht, says David Wcchslcr in
the Brooklyn citizen, is device which
has become almost national institution,
and one that other countries do not seem
to understand. unless they are shown one
in the act Of sailing. The design of an
ice boat, known as the 1856 model, was
deemed the very height of perfection,
and when its speed was found to reach
fifty miles an hour. under extraordinarily
favorable circumstances, it seemed as il
the utmost possible excellence had been
reached at II single stride. This was not
so, however, such high speed could only
be obtained i'll very strong winds, and us
the amount of resistance required "A cor
responding amount of heavincss i'll struc.
turr, which tended to make these record
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| breaking boats very slow in an ordinary
breeze, the brains Of our builders aud in
ventors We're devoted to the task of uc,
ting the highest rate of speed out Of a
tcn-knot breeze rather than breaking the
record obtained in Il favorable gale.
The difference between these is like
the record of Il skater on circular track
aud one with the wind behind him. The
latter breaks the record, but the former
wins the race, and that is the aim of the
ice yachtsman.
Several ideas have been tried with
more or less success, the skate blades
have been ground on different patterns
from the old straight edged blade, and
instead of the under surface which runs
on the ice being perfectly flat it has been
"hollow ground" that is to say, the
centre Of the blade has been more or less
cut away, leaving the outer edges sharper
and harder, so as to diminish the lccway
i'll reaching, which, of course, increases
the speed by just so much.
Hitherto the sloop rig has been the
popular style, and il is yet believed by
experts to he the fastest and most salts
factory rig known. This year :, new RIG
will be tried, which will be productive Of
considerable interest in ice yacht circles.
1t is IL modification of the lattccn rig OF
the Mediterranean fcluccas, and tie great
advantages claimed for ii are that it gives
u great spread of unbroicn canvas, is
easier manipulated than the three or
four calls of the sloop, and, better still,
brings the bulk Of the sail area and con-
scquent resistance to the wind right down
10 the very point which modern sailing
science proves To he most productive OF
high speed.
The lattccn rig consists of Il sto.t mast
stepped in the ordinary way, and the
tail is spread upon II huge gail, or boom,
which extends in IN arc from the bow OF
the yacht up to the top of the mast aud
beyond, the sail covering the whole space
from stem To stern. This rig is one of
the fastest known modern rigs rs applied
to ordinary sailing craft, the fcluccas of
the south of Europe being provcrbial for
speed, and considerable interest is felt rs
to the result when the good properties OF
this rig are fully demonstrated.
| The ice boat is not difficult thing to
make, and modification of one that will
sail well may be made by anyone who
knows anything Of the carpenters ar,
The rest is easy, as any blacksmith will
give estimates for set Of three blades,
and, in II city, the hardware store will
obtain quotations and goods from th,
makers. Take a dry goods box, about
live feet long and four feet wide, and cut
down 10 Il depth of two feet CLAIM
tie bottom and the sides Of the box witt
pieces of iron, 50 us to make it sufficient
u strong to bear the strain that will bt
put upon it. TO the sides of the DO,
forward attach two planks, which NEE
at the points, TO form bow. Thcs,
planks are shaved away so as to prescn
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Chaunccy NJ. Dcpew, the distinguished
railroad president and after dinner orator.
before the Philatethcan Society of Vassar
College, said; sin Europe there is mani
fest to every intelligent visitor the domi.
nant power of some commanding intellect.
Bismarck rules the fortunes Of German V,
and all Europe, in truth, Lut not more
truly than the great minds of other lands
control the feelings and the thoughts Of
their people, and of the stranger that visits
them. 1t is when one goes to Scotland
especially that he realizes most this power
OF thought over men and things, for the
whole land seems to be filed with the
presence of three mcn-Scott, Knox and
Burns. Everywhere one meets with
something that reminds him of them, the
scenes they described, the places where
they lived and wrote"
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The great town of Shoshong, north of
Cape Colony, South Africa, has been
abandoned by the entire population. All
that are left of the people, about 20, 900
in number, who lived in Shoshong, are n
few white traders, who stay there TO
traffic with the natives of the surround
ing country. A while ago Kahama, the
famous King of Bechuanaland, and lis
counselors, decided that, Shoshong had
suffered so severely from scarcity of waite,
for several years past that they would
seek new site for the town. A desirable
situation was found about 100 miles north.
west of Shoshong, and not n great WAYS
from the Limpopo River. 1t was large
undertaking, as the people are quite wei
to do and have good deal of personal
property and about SO, 900 cattle. Tn,
fields of corn and millct which they
abandoned extended for many mile.
around Shoshong. The transfer occupicd
about a month, and the people in tacil
new huts have at least the ccr,anty o. a,
ample water supply. Shoshong was III,
largest pative Town in South Africa.
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of the brain of q Kansas man. The ice
yacht is designed to skim over the frozen
surface OF the lakes and rivers, but the
snow has hitherto proven an impossible
| expanse, with the exception of the sleigh
and the snowshoes. BY the application
of this new idea, however, the snow be-
comes equally under the subsection of
the sportsman in any district where there
is enough of it and where the country is
| open enough for it to be undistucbed.
The principle is almost the same rs the
ice yacht, but applied to the toboggan.
A large toboggan is made, and the run
ner-planks are set ten feet apart and are
thirty-two feet long by two feet wide.
These rest, of course, under the tobog-
gan, which is about twenty feet long by
ten feet broad, and is only different from
the ordinary toboggan in the matter of
lce-boards about six inches in height,
which run along each side. The mast is
stepped into n wooden 'foot," or square
block of wood, and is about twenty feet
III height; to such n boat the dimensions
OF the boom would be about TWENTY-FIVE
feet and gail twelve feet. The boat is Il
peculiar one in appearance, but sails well
as soon rs II crust forms upon the snow.
The one saw last year was fitted mt the
masthead with Il peculiar bent piece of
stout, Hat iron wire, placed to catch
the telegraph wires as IL COW
catcher catches IN obstruction, and
to lift them up and slide them
over the mast as the boat passes under
meath them. The great reason for this is
that the snow being several feet i'll depth,
it, of course, decreases the distance be-
tween the wires and the ground, and so
something is necessary to lift them up.
The steering gear of the snow yacht is
simply pole about ten feet in length,
fitted with II broad end, which can be
turned ut the will of the pilot, so MS to
dig into the snow and so obtain good
purchase, or when running before the
wind, it can be left TO trail behind.
These boats sail very fast in good wind,
md are fairly easy to manage, the only
difficulty being found by inexperienced
mariners in putting them about. |
brought up too suddenly, she will not
get quite round, and will iamb right in
the wind, and unless the occupants have
snowshoes on board, and SO IAN get out
and boost her round, they are likely to
have ii hard time. Without snowshocs
the weight of the boat will push the men
into the snow, instead of their efforts
moving the boat. 1t will he readily seen
that this boat is simply IN adaptation of
the idea of the Fijian in his double canoe,
which is applied to the SNOW surface i'll
stead of water. 1t is expected that by
means of the snow yacht the mails on the
Western prairics will this year be de
livered during several months Of The year
when previously it has been practically
impossible. {.
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an upward slant ut the apex. Underneath
the box, crosswise, attach plank twenty
feet long with equal projections from the
box ON each side. This plank should be
nine inches wide and two inches
in thickness. Lcngthwisc of the box,
ut point midway between its
sides and at right angles to the long
plank, fasten another so that it extends
underneath the box backward, to form n
keel and projects from the box rearword
eight inches. In this projection cut a
hole in which to insert the sternpost; Mt
the base of this stcrnpost is fixed one of
the three skates, while. the other two are
fastened ut each end of the long plank.
me skates are the bases of support upon
winch the craft rests. The steinpost is
so adjusted that when rudder handle is
turned to porter starboard the skate turns
also and directs the course of the boat
In inc same way us would be done by n
rudder. The mast is stepped into solid
ioot' winch rests upon long plank run
nlng crosswisc underneath the box. and
TINS mast Is strengthened and steadied by
passing through second piece of plank
ing placed crosswisc on top of the box.
Inc sail is simply the sail of catboat.
only made smaller and lighter to suit the
boat. Anyone with any knowledge of
the carpenters art and of the ordinary re-
quircments of boat can make an ice
yacht for comparatively few dollars out
slde OF the first cost of the skates.
one OF the most interesting sail lnven-
Mons OF the past year is that OF the snow
yacht, which is stated TO be the product