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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11

practiced without the aid OF the bar and in
conjunction with the motions of the arms.
All this while neither foot loses touch
with the floor, but now the first five positions
are practised by one foot at time, some six
inches above ground. The petits batiments
are quick motions OF one foot from the instep
to the heel of the other. The romsams are
next on the list. They consist of segments
of circles executed by one foot. There are
outward and inward romsams, and those ex-
ecuted in front and behind the other foot.
These exercises are first prsctised with the
sole rubbing the ground and then about
ankle-high.
The Real Test
All the foregoing exercises have not
moved the pupil one step from the spot
whereon she stands. The combination Of
positions in quick succession which pro-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11
STANLEY USED FOB CHARITY.
Novel Plan Of Some English Ladies' to Make
aBazaar Attractive.

Novel Plan of Some English Ladies' to Make
aBazaar Attractive.
It has remained for some ladies of the
English gentry to bestow quite remarkable
compliment on that much-complimented
man, Stanley, of Africa. At q bazaar
opened recently by the Countess of Wharn-
cliffe at Leeds, England, the hall was ar.
ranged to represent Stanley's camp at Ru-
venzori. The stage was set to show the camp
in its entirety, and was accurately compiled
from photographs taken on the spot, with
figures representing the explorer and his
chief officers. All the stalls were tents, and
tall grasses were SO disposed in andaboutthem
as to produce the effect Of their being set in
the midst of tropical vegetation. A "Cafe
Zanzabar" was q side attraction of the affair,
and every day during its week of progress q
procession faithfully representing in every
detail Stanley's caravan on the march made
q tour of the place and posed on the stage.
This may be a suggestion to some perplexed
COMMITTEES on ideas among American charit.
able workers.
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SNOW AND ELECTRIC CARS.
A Now York Company has SO Much
Trouble It Stops Business.

A New York Company has so Much
Trouble It Stops Business.
The Fourth Avenue Railroad Company
of New York took off the electric cars from
its line during a recent snow, and the
officers of the United Electric Traction Com
pany are now trying to invent some ap-
pliance that will enable the cars to run
easily when snow Is on the ground. Super
intendent Skitt says that during the recent
snow storm it was impossible to keep the
tracks clear Of snow. As soon az the
sweeper passed over the tracks wagons
would cross and throw the snow back
again.
As the electric cars are not drawn, the
wheels simply slid round and round without
the car advancing foot. Mr.. Skitt thinks
that remedy can be found, and says that
the officers of the road were now considering
the feasibility of attaching snow brushes to
the cars in front of the wheels that will re-
yolve with the motion Of the car and brush
away the snow.
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THE REHEARSAL IN STREET COSTUMES.

necessary before the student can become a
"frst line" coryphee, that is dancer who,
though not Q soloiste or prima ballerina.
dances well enough to occupy q place in the
fist line Of 9 gavotte or bourre or some
other collective dance.
The A. b. G. of It
The beginner 10 placed at a horizontal bar,
which she grasps with one hand, while she
is taught the elementary five positions Of
the feet. She practices these for two hours
daily until she acquires thorough mastery
over the ankle joints and can rapidly change
from any one position into another. After
these elementary motions are mastered the
pupil is instructed in the five positions oi
the arms. Next the elementary steps are
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11
A MODERN RIP VAN wINKLR

For Thirty-One Years He Has Heard No
Sound Save His Guards Footsteps.
New York World.1
The King of the Bslgians has just granted
his liberty to an unfortunate man who
might well be called the modern Rip Van
Wrinkle. Thirty-one years ago the MUIR
derer, Zimmerman, was sentenced to solitary
confinement for life, and ever since then he
has existed in cell Of the penitentiary of
Antwerp, cut off from all communication
with the outside and forbidden even to talk
with his jailers.
No sound reached him but the steps Of
the sentinel walking up and down before
his door. He is In total ignorance of the
progress of civilization, and gas, telephones,
electric light, tramways, are absolutely un-
known to him. Long has he been craving
for freedom, but it is very likely that this
boon will lie heavily on his shoulders, 70
helpless and simpis-minded has he become.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11

the corps de ballet The "maestro" Mar
chetti) with his back to the orchestra raped
the choriphees to order by stomping his
stick upon the resounding boards. What a
spectacle they presented Instead of the
airy fairies of the evening there stood an
variety Of cloak and jacket and bonnet.
Only few Of them wore the rehearsal
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11
LEARNING TO DANCE.
Many Years of Patient Practice Con-
tribute to a Few Hours Pleas
ure for the Public.
BALLERINAS BEGIN AT SEVEN.
Honotonous Drudgsry Of Learning the Ele-
mentary Notions and Their
Combinations.
AMERICA BEHIND IN CH0REGRAPHY.
Ballet Rehearsal and Facts About shs Salaries PAID
10 ths ooyphssa
BALLERINAS BEGIN AT SEVEN.
AMERICA BEHIND In CHOREGRAPHY.
Ballet Rehearsal and Facts About the Salaries Paid
b The ooryphssL
WRITTEN FOR THE pIsPArcH.I

! 4AG&N shS PaSAAS
sits down in a COM
Portable the a ter
and watches q gor-
geous ballet, such
as was presented
by the Crystal
Slipper" Company
last week, it never
thinks of the years
of patient toll on
the partof the dam
GERS which have
contributed to the
e v ening's pleas
ure. It sees only
the poetry; the
hard prose is all
behind the flies.
The study for the
ballet begins at the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11

duce dance are taught at comparatively
advanced stage, and only then can it be
determined whether girl has really talent
for the ballet. A good many of even the
gifted ones never rise to the choregraphie
eminence Of . prima-ballerina, but remain
always in the ranks of choriphees, as the
members Of the corps de ballet are called.
The best authorities are divided on the
point of nationality. Some, and they are in
the majority, give the palm to Italy. while
others declare that Germany produces the
best dancers. There are only two recog-
nised schools Of dancing, the italian and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11
TIE rIY.EAr1He pIAxr.

Il Has Little Traps by Means Of which Il
Captures Its Food.
The fy-eating plant looks like moss. In
the green moss are tiny. shells. like clam
shells, only thin, green and half open.
Along the edges are green hairs like eye
lashes. A fly enters the little shell, then
the leaves close, the fly dies, and by and by
his body is absorbed by the plant. They
grow only in South Carolina
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11
The Right Way to Shine.

Boston Herald.l
1t is all right for man to shine in society;
but If his clothes do, it is quite Q different
matter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11

tender age of z, sometimes even earlier. and
at least Eve years of daily practice ar
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11

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all blemishes Of the skin, and when applied
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receipt Of price. Sold at 81 per bottle, or three
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children could devise.
Mans inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn
says Robert Burns, but the lnhumanity of
children to their fellows when they get
ssmad" at them is cruelty almost inconceiv-
able. One bright girl I have in mind had
curls SO utterly red that they could not by
any stretch Of fancy be toned down into
'sauburn" or sandy" She was studious,
ouick-witted, well-behaved, and $50 SMART
that she always stood high in her class, and,
as q consequence, was everlastingly held up
by the teachers as o model for the class.
For this was she taunted as q "red head"
and her life made miserable BY being dubbed
stuck up"
Envy is a mean weed that grows every
wherein church, and state and society.
But nowhere, perhaps, does it flourish more
luxuriantly than In the schools, where chill
dren have not learned to conceal their feel
ings or control their tongues and tempers.
When pupils of talent and industry rise
high above their classmates and receive
praise and distinction they Immediately be-
come marks for detraction, abuse and ridi-
cule from their fellows, who, 1t would seem,
rack their brains to invent opprobrious
nicknames and strain their powers Of inven-
ton to devise methods to make the hated
persons miserable.
Uncensured and Obscure.
One of the brightest and best of girls had
her school life made most unhappy by the
envy and malice of her schoolfellows, who
displayed their jealousy by nicknaming her
"Long-tailed Blue" and by perpetually
haunting her as 20 goody-goody." There
does not appear to be anything particularly
| dreadful in such expressions. but behind
| them there were the meanness Of spite, the
| thorns Of envy and the sting of hatred. Not
knowing enough Of worldly philosophy to
| comprehend this cruelty as really compli.
msnt to her talents and ability. she SUITE red
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11

Picked Up for anIgnoramus.
"And what did you think of Indiana when
you came through?' was the next question.
Itrevealed the mystery OF previous acquaint-
ance and one or two other things. With rep
rehensibie carelessness nv friend of the light
blue eye had looked up the name of his VIC
tim in the hotel register, and read India"
for Indiana.
The provincialism with which / had
cursed his people extended to himself. He
could not imagine an Englishman coming
through the States from west to east instead
of by the regularly ordained route NV
fear wss that in his delight in finding me SO
responsive he would make remarks about
New York and the Windsor which could
not understand. And, indeed, he sd-
yentured in this direction once or twice,
asking me what I thought of such and such
streets, which from his tone gathered to
be anything but respectable. 1t is trying
to talk unknown New York in almost un-
known San Francisco. But my friend vai
merciful.
He protested that was one alter his own
heart, and pressed upon me rare and curious
drinks at more than one bar. These drinks
! accepted with gratitude, as also the cigars
with which his pockets were stored. he
would show me the life OF the city. Having
no desire to watch weary old play again ]
eTaded the offer and received in lieu of the
DEVILS instruction much coarse fattery.
Ouriously constituted is the soul of man.
Knowing how aud where this man lied,
waiting idly or the finale, 1 was distinctly
conscious as he bubbled compliments in my
ear OF soft thrills of gratified plide stealing
from hat rim to boot heels. / was wise,
qHeth he--anybodY could see that with hall
an eyej sagacious, versed in the ways OF the
world, an acquaintance to be desired; ons
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-20

and grounds adjoining. Just how 1t hap
pened no one knows, or at any rate no one
is willing 20 tell; but it is dead certain that
her deed calls for lots 104 and 1O4a, while
those Of some Que else call for 105 and 105a,
which she thought she was buying, and
Mr.. Vandine, who lives in the nice house,
does not exactly know where the tots are
that his deed calls for.
Mrs. Kenney started in twelve years ago
IN a board cabin, with one COW and a
strong Irish body. She is about f1fty-five
years old and still vigorous, and now owns
five cows. Five years ago she felt rich
enough to buy the two vacant lots adjoin-
ing the Vandine place, and thought she
had done So IL is suspected that her
neighbor discovered the error, for he tried
hard to buy her out and made life uncom-
Portable for her for awhile. She fenced in
her lots and he tore down part of the
fence, declaring it was over the line, so she
sent for the surveyor.
''He kim and set up his telescope on the
legs of tall milkin STOOL" she says, land
squinted all around and was bothered in
tirely. Ye moiqht "a knocked me down
wild a feather when he ays, Madam, yez
don't own these lots at all, at an" Mr..
Nandine cannot remove his house, which
is worth about 5000, as the law stands,
and now he's the one who is bothered in
tirely." OF course a suit at law would
rectify the matter, if the original grantees
are responsible; but the Vandine lot has
changed hands several times within twenty
years and the suit would be long one
Fortunately, Mrs Kenney is not unreason-
able, and so the matter will probably be
settled without a suit.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-20
Got Even with the Judge.

Jury duty is something that many men
prefer to avoid. 1t is on record that Jay
Gould has twice paid fines rather than
(obey the mandate of the court in this re
spect, but he has had less costly expert
ence than that of John Twohig, who died
recently at San Antonio, Tex. The Ex-
press of that city says that he could never
. be induced to serve on jury. He was an
intimate friend of Judge Devine. When
on the bench the judge knew Of Mr.. Two
hig's aversion, and for practical joke
caused him TO be summoned as a juror at
the beginning of one term.
Mr.. TwOhig failed to make his appear
Rnce, and was heavily fined; again and
again was be summoned, and each time
he made no response and was each time
fined by Judge Devine. The total amount
of fines assessed against Mr.. Twohig during
that term of court alone was more than
81, 900, every cent of which was paid with
out a murmur He never lost an oppor-
tunity, however, Of getting even with
Judge Devine, and it is said that the latter
came out considerably the loser in the end.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-20

The two Saltus boys, Edgar and Francis,
distinguished as they are by literary gifts,
though of a different kind, were only halt
brothers. Mr. Saltus, Sr, is the father Of
both boys, but the mother Of Edgar was
not the mother Of Francis, Mr.. Saltus hav-
ing married twice. Where they get their
literary gift is something that is a topic of
interest among the family friends. The
mother of neither of them had any such
tastes, and the father was a busy merchant
in New York for MANY years, caring but
little for literature until he discovered that
his two sons had the literary talent. Fran.
els, in addition to his gift for composition,
had musical ability. and when his poems
are all published that his father means to
publish, it Is his intention 20 publish the
scores of two or three operas which Francis
left in manuscript.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-20

The American minister to Chill, Pat
rick Egan, has been having no end Of
trouble of late. II tsnot generally known
that Egan is pretty well supplied with
this worlds goods. he has made a com.
Portable fortune during the last ten
years as q grain dealer at Lincoln, Eeb.
He was helped 70 this by his friend.
President Fitzgerald, Of tbs Land League,
who also lives at Lincoln. Fitzgerald IL
the richest man IN the state. though IL
Is less than twenty years since he went
west and worked as a shoveler on a rail
road. He is the president Of a bank IN
his town, and good story is told Of his
first experiences in that role. The cash
Ter took him a large bundle Z bank
notes 70 be- signed. The president
worked away at the crisp new bills for
an hour or more, and then returned
them 10 the cashier n a few minutes
this official came in with a long face
'Mr. Fitzgerald, said be. ''s0us Of tho
notes are missing, in all about 500.
Have you mislaid auyg "N0, gave
them all back 70 you. AL except toess
here" pointing 20 his waste basket, "snd
these l blotted in signing and ~ tore
them up and threw them away"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-20
ghe aaiehta Daily gaale raap zorine 20 1891

place where most OF tlie idle gossip or the
village takes place, and it Is not gong too
far to say that this tonsorial estabish 'nent,
on the strength of the proprietor bear
stories alone, lives in halo OF mystic
romance. Ii is quite as much to the bar
ber;s eonsummate skill in telling bear
stories as to his ability to give one close
shave three days under the epidermis that
he is enabled to thrive and flourish.
When you enter his shop he viii talk
bear from the time ne puts the lather on
your face until he puts the bear grease on
your hair, and one man last summer said
there would be delicate propriety in his
printing an illustrated advertisement show
ing bear shaving himself.
] dropped in on him the other day to get
shaved-I mean TO hear bear story
''This is a great place for bears, have
heard, | began, to start him.
''Not as great as it used TO be, he re-
piled, seeming glad of an opportunity to
talk on his favorite, his only subject; there
was time up here that bears were as thick
as flies around huckleberry pie. No one
ever thought of molesting them and the
result was they became as tame as pet rab-
bits, and would smilingly accept lump
of sugar from your hand. | have often
had them come along and lie on the stoop
to take rest, and continue on their way
to the woods. Once upon time an organ
grinder came to this region, and met big
bear up in the woods where the Windsor
now stands. He didn't know that the bears
in this region were harmless and full OF
fun, and in his fright stopped behind lis
organ and looked over the top.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-20

Revolutionary war, and had long wooed a
Quaker maid without success; but when
he told her goodby and had started for the
wild west she cried, Return, Jonathan,
return" He did, and named their first
born Return Jonathan.
The late deceased had been clerk of the
supreme court of the District of Columbi
nearly twenty-nine years. He was born
April II, 1901, in Clarke county, KY, and
on reaching manhood moved to Tennessee
and became a lawyer in Nashville. There
he was often consulted by Andrew John
son, who was governor OF the state in 1854
1851. When the civil war began, Mr.. Meigs
removed to New York, and on the 23d Of
March, 1853, was appointed clerk Of the
district supreme court by President Lin
coin. He resided thereafter in Washing
ton, and was able to fill the Office accept
ably till within a few days of his death.
His digest of the laws Of Tennessee was
once a leading work in the west, and was
much used in the newer states, especially
Missouri. He left five sons, of whom
Joseph V. is a well known inventor.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-20

payne or putting cigarettes, are other
guests. Add to this the effect of a fine
orchestra. which is stationed Just out
side, and the picture looks like vivid
portrait of French life at the time of
Marie Antoinette.
But with all this lavishness there is
frequently apparent an exhibition of the
most shocking bad taste. For instance,
the lovely grounds are fairly peppered
with hideous statues OF galvanized iron,
which were once described by Walter
McDougall, the artist, as ''heroic ice
cream freezers." In the hotel. too, this
failing is often made manifest, one of the
most giarlng examples being the presence
of two enormous orcheStrions IL the main
hail, which, but for them, would look
Ike the drawing room of a Crosus.
Mr.. Hoey still lives in the grounds, his
private residence, a pretentous affair of
no particular style of architecture, being
located not far from the hotel
PAUL LATHE
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-20


commonly well, has an attractive person
ality, talks very freely 10 reporters, and
speaks the language as well AZ the best
educated Americans. In fact, the Eng
lsh accent" IS scarcely peroepti Ole, since hs
lived so long in Japan lie believes IN
Japan. also in Colonel Olcott, Mrs. Besant
and the "Meha,mas" 70 certain extent.
On this theosoPhy business he said:
4 believe with ST. Paul that the things
which are seen are temporal and the things
which are unseen are eternal Half the
globe IS composed of oxygen, which cannot
be seen. / consider the study of the invis-
ibIe 10 be as legitimate as the study Of the
visible, and feel convinced that there are
Infinite possibilities on the lre1 Of that
stGdy."
Sir Edwin added that, when asked what
books on oceultism were best 70 read, be
was constrained to recommend has Light
Of Asia song Celestial fBhagarsd-
gitsj. and Indian So2g Of Songs" iGita-
Govinda) a. the most accessible. If not the
best, grsmmars Of thesso3hy . x found.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-20

''The bear sat on his launches and tried
to look pleasant, probably believing that
the organ grinder was an amateur photog-
rapher endeavOring to snap him. The
musician was afraid to move while the
bear sat still, for fear of being pursued.
Finally it flashed across his mind that
sometimes an animal may be hypnotized
by music. He had heard dogs howl with
delight under the influence of certain melo-
dies during his many travels with the
hand organ. So he lost no time in grind
ing out the liveliest reel he had to offer
The bear Immediately got on his hinder
members, folded his fore paws across his
chest, and while a happy smile lighted his
countenance and trickled off his tongue,
danced beneath the spreading trees in the
liveliest possible manner. When the reel
came TO an end the bear resumed his sitting
posture and howled for more. He seemed
I in agony. When the organ grinder re-
sumed the grinding of the reel, the bear
again danced in the most ecstatic manner.
"The organist backed off to the road and
the bear followed him to the village.
Every tune in the organ made him so hap
py that he would not leave the musician.
They travelled all over this section and
finally through the great cities. The bear
would dance and pass the tambourine, and
he never failed to fill the congregated OBJ
servers with delight. He danced from one
end-of the country to the other" continued
the barber, as he threw the ten cents in
the drawer, "and never wearied of the
same old tune shat won him first. Other
organ grinders have travelled with dancing
bears, but this pair was the origin of the
great popular combination that has de-
lighted thousands of people from one end
of the land TO the other"
He then donned his great bearskin coat
preparatory to starting hcmeward for din
ner. r. K. MUNKITTRICK.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-20

coat when the prisoner departed, and there
were long lists of gold pens and rings,
scarf fasteners and shirt studs, shirts,
canes, neckties and sstchels, chains and
opera glasses, and finally one gold watch
and chain and bewildering variety of
little things In one boarding house pat
ronized by the prisoner the losses amount
ed to $500.
The prisoners talk at first was strangely
rambling, but when the judge had placed
his bail at 5000 he conversed more to the
purpose and in singularly good taste and
good English. Hoomes, be said, was only
the nom de plume under which he did his
literary and artistic work He had first
begun to steal because of want ''in this
new country" and had somehow got into
tue habit of il. He had given up every
thing not pawned, would put the court to
no trouble TO convict him and hoped the
judge on final trial would fix a sentence
short enough for him TO live through it,
and then be would surely lead an honest
life. Altogether. very gentlemsnly and
peculiar sneak thief is Mr.. Benjamin {,
HoOmes