Evening star., 1894-04-05
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Americans who visit Cuba are almost
invariably filled with two unconquerable
DESIRES" said J. w. Grafton of Florida
at the Riggs House last night. zone is
to see a bull fight and the other is to
smuggle cigars and cigarettes. There is
no embargo placed upon their right to
see lot of greasers mounted on spawned
horses chasing a NANCY steer around an
nclosure, but when 1t comes to sneaking
their smokes into this country they usually
come to grief. Tampa is favorite town
Tor visitors to Cuba to land at on their
homeward journey, and the custom house
officers there have a picnic all through the
winter. A box containing fifty cigars with
the seal broken is usually allowed to get
through, as they are regarded as articles
for personal use, but when more than
fifty are found the possessor must come
down with the duty. The little cigarette
however, causes more woe to would-be
smugglers than their bigger brothers One
instance viii serve as an illustration of
what occurs frequently.
About six weeks ago very stylish young
man landed at Tampa He had two trunks,
and willingly handed over his keys to the
inspector The latter opened the baggage,
intending to merely make superficial ex-
animation, when he noticed a suit of clothes
occupying the top tray in one of the trunks
that did not seem to be pressed and creased
In the approved style. He picked the gar
nan ments up and shook them, and cigarettes
rolled out in every direction. There was
further investigation, and every article OF
apparel in the trunks that had pockets in
1t was loaded with cigarettes. When they
were piled up quick estimate was made,
and the duty assessed was 81. The trunk
owner grew pale.
"I've only got S11 and my ticket to Bal
timore,' he exclaimed Take the cigarettes
nd fba
were added to the great deposit of such
things that have been found in similar
manner"
They laugh at for being slow and
sedate," said Robert Irvine of Phila-
delphia at La Normandie yesterday, but
no one can find anything in our culture
to pick flaw in. The proper observances
Of the decorum Of life Is demanded
not only by Philadelphians of cerulean
blood and genealogical trees as narrow and
far-reaching as Lombardy poplars, but the
less exalted residents are none the less
obdurate in their rigid championship of
everything that pertains to the small,
sweet courtesies of life. Their adherence
of bad table manners is particularly en-
phatic, and last week it led to the violent
death Of person who had SO far trans
gressed the rules of good society as to
shock his vis-a-vis at dinner by his per
formances at the table. The victim did not
put his knife in his mouth, which, by the
way, should be made a capital offense
everywhere, nor did lie drink out of his
finger bowl. He merely combed his hair in
the intervals between the courses After
the meal one of the occupants of the same
table was so incensed that he knocked the
oHender down the steps and broke his
neck. This is no romance The tragedy
occurred just as / have described it. The
man died at the Philadelphia Hospital on
Friday and the actors were named John
Dawson, dead. and John Burke, incarcerat-
ed for manslaughter.
L am not an alarmist," said Cornelius
81. Clair the Brooklyn lawyer, at the
Arlington yesterday, but to me the move
ment or Coxey and the remarkable sympa-
thy with which he and the little crowd
that accompanies him have been receiving
at every town, village and city since the
procession left Massillon smacks of revolu-
ton. l do not mean, of course to init
mate by the word revolution an armed
endeavor to rectify what the masses of
the country imagine to be their wrongs
Mhat 1 wish to convey is the impression
L nave that such general interest in the
present crusade shows an immense amount
or dissatisfaction with present conditions
on the part of the people which will
eventually, and l believe shortly, become
organized antagonism to the present modes
of government favored by both of the old
political parties. This, 1 think, will take
the shape of combination of the pro-
ducers on political lines that will follow
those of the populist party without going
off at acute angles OF crankiness every
now and then. The revolution will be
fought by ballots. not bullets and that IL
is impending cannot keep feeling morally
certain Of"
"The great Longstreet is now a father"
said Horseman Burch, at the National last
night, "and the racing world will have a
chance in a couple of seasons to see IL the
illustrious blood of the speedy horse can be
transmitted with its qualities unimpaired
to his progeny. His first child is filly, and
was born near Washington, having been
foaled at Commodore Isaac B. Jones' breed
/ ing farm down the Potomac, just below
! HuNting creek. Her mother is the we'll
know Warwick mare who is almost as
well bred as Longstreet. 1t has always
been a surprise to me that there We're not
more breeding farms in this vicinity. The
temperature here is more equable than al
most anywhere else in the country, and the
water is excellent. We all expect great
things from Commodore Jones' farm. He
has q splendid stallion in ST. Carolus, and
his brood mares are of excellent stock,