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told the girl to lay them aside, expecting to
afford her a pleasure. But the bonnie wept
She begged to keep her cap and apron, and
sulked two days without them. The
lady from America only learned II later
like all the sheets and tablecloths and
napkins, the caps and aprons were rented
from company, very common Partisan
custom when foreign families come to stay
few months I'm a furnished fat. Each
week the company sends for the soiled and
brings the clean linen. The bonnie received
from the linen company's porter a regular
commission proportioned to the articles on
the monthly bill. She did not wish to lose
even the mite that came from the washing
starching and ironing of her caps and
aprons.
How They Rank.
In order of caste the servant girls of
Paris rank as follows: 1. Femmes de cham
bre, pushed very strongly by CD cooks, IL
they be cordons bleus: CD childs nurses,
Cbonne d. enfano; a. maids of all work
bonne tout faire). in their various de-
grees; 60 helpers by the hour Cfemme de
menage). sixth species. very important.
but difficult to place socially, is the wet
nurse (nourrice).
The nourrice should perhaps be placed
at the head of the list. She receives from
sl2 to SIG month. She is completely
clothed by her mistress with a decorative
luxury of which she is Unfortunately vain
Being fieshy species of fem.ninity. slow
and unintelligent, her great pleasure is to
eat and drink, which she does generously
All economies are put aside when there is
question of a wet nurse.
She is fed on steaks and jellies. She must
be Kept cheerful The nourrice is a sort of
sensual animal. always fat and fresh, a
Venus from the countryside. Socially
among the fellow servants, she forms a
caste apart. The trim and witty chamber
maid, perhaps, looks down upon her; but
nounou, as they call her. with the secret OF
her power between her heavy shoulders
smiles content.
The Bonnie.
Midway between the nounou and the fem
me de chambre, the child's nurse rinds her
place. Very frequently she is German or
English. in order that the child may learn
the language. Her pay depends upon her
age and capabilities from three to six dol
lars month. with presents often TRIPPING
this in value. She has to her advantage a
certain Difference, because she is considered
as sort of governess, having a mission of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
WHEN HE WAS A DOY.
HE Town L. as Ii Wss i'm His Youth.
hut the Cable Cars Surprised Him.

Inc Town Ii rs Ii Was i'm His Youth,
but the Cable Cars Surprised Him.
From the New York World
He was coming down Broadway. doing
the prodigal act OF the returned old res
ident.
On, yes; the town has grown" he al.
mitted, but it's the same old place after
ALL It's nearly forty years since 1 lived
here, but things look as familiar as though
left but yesterday. A little improved, but
still the same old town"
The new Opera House was called 10 his
attention.
Jes' so. Same old place. New building.
to be sure. but same old location. wlen A
was boy we used to come here to'-here
the strains of a brass band attracted his
attention.
."Ah. ha. OLD friends again. same OLD
outfit, tune and all. Used ter play thai
when 1 was a boy to-
his attention was riveted on one o. the
fine new hotels on upper broadway.
Dear me! How little time does change
New buiidlns, of course: but same old
makeup; news stan1s. lunch counters bar
ONCE: the same throughout. Would have
known the place in the middle of Asia
Now. when was boy we used to-
He was crossing the street as no -noka
and in spite of his Commanders eno-.s a
cable car lifted him from his feet and land
ed MIN several rods ahead on the nave
ment When policeman hurried forward
20 heip gather up his remains the old man
rose and exclaimed:
Same old trick. by gum. Them coast.
ers never will yell track in time Gosh,
how we used to sail down that Hill when
was boy. IL makes me young to think
town"
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The Largest Fire Engine.

The subject of this SKETCH the largest and
most powerful locomotive steam fire engine
in the world, is owned by the city of Hart
ford. Conn., and is of the Amoskeag type
The name with which she has been chris
tened, Jumbo" is one to which her d.
mansions well entitle her. Over ten feet
high and seventeen long. she weighs eight
and one-half tons. and can throw 1850
gallons OF water per minute. Her boiler
contains 3O1 copper tubes.
This engine at her first trial threw
through fifty feet of hose three and one-half
inches in diameter, Il horizontal stream Of
water a distance of 34S feet, and threw two
streams, each as large as that thrown by
an ordinary fire engine, distance Of
over 300 feet. The size of this
leviathan is better appreciated when
we think that a common horse-draught
engine only weighs about 5000 pounds and
has capacity Of only 500 or 600 gallons
per minute.
The road driving power Of the engine is
applied through two endless chains run
ming over sprocket wheels on each of the
main rear wheels, permitting these wheels
to be driven at varying speeds when turn
ing corners. The engine may be run either
forward or backward, and can be stopped
inside of fifty feet when running at full
speed.
When in the house the boiler is connected
with steam pipes from heater In the base
ment. and steam is always kept up to about
ninety-five pounds. which would run her
about a quarter of mile The fire box is
kept full of material ready for lighting and
steel arm under the engine carries a
quantity of waste saturated with kerosene
oil, in close proximity to card of matches
in holder under scratcher, the latter
being attached to cord tied to a ring in
the floor. At an alarm of fire the steam
pipes are disconnected, the throttle opened
and before the engine has moved six inches
the cord pulls the scratcher, and the rod
carrying the blazing waste swings around
under the fire box, igniting the shavings
and wood Camel coal is burned. and
steam enough can be generated in two
minutes to run the engine at speed of
thirty-one miles an hour.
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A Few Eye Don'ts.

from Good Housekeeping.
Don't allow a cold wind to strike the
eyes.
Don't try to do eye work with the
light shining in the face
Don't have colored shades on the lamps:
use white or ground glass
Don't go directly from a warm room into
a cold, raw atmosphere
Don't open the eyes under water in bath
ing, especially in salt water
Don't let any strong light. like that from
electricity, shine directly into the eyes
Don't strain the eyes by reading sewing
or any like occupation with an Imperfect
light.
Don't battle infiamed eyes with cold wa
ter; that which is as warm as IL can be
borne is better
Don't sleep opposite a window IN such
manner that a strong light will strike the
eyes on awakening.
Don't. above all, have the children sleep
so that the morning sun shall shine IN
their faces to arouse them.
Don't expect to get another pair OF eyes
when these have been destroyed by neglect
or ill-use; but give them fair treatment
and they will serve faithfully to the end.
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His Trousers.
Are my this weeks pants done?"
About five feet ten, weighing perhaps 40
pounds, of blonde complexion, clad in the
height Of fashion, the pale, spare, blue
eyed young man who asked this question
in an F street tailor shop one day this
week, was wholly unconscious that he had
used word which cannot be found In Web
ster's unabridged. and which does not exist
in the language.
He was also wholly unconscious of the
presence of a Star reporter who now and
then has occasion to visit the same store
upon like Grand
The shop-keeper nodded. went to a frame
in the rear of his store. and took down a
pair of trousers which he proceeded to fold
and wrap in paper.
I'm take them with me-" said the young
man.
The merchant tied the string and showed
the bundle across the counter toward his
customer. Without paying for the garment
the latter left the store and stepped into
his carriage.
THAT is one of my best patrons" said
the tailor to the Star man, noticing on the
latter's face a look of curiosity. He Is
rich, sensible and yet very fond of good
clothes. He moves in the best society, lives
in fine bachelor style, has his horses and
hounds and would be regarded as great
catch by brigade of beauties in half a
dozen eastern cities. He subscribes for his
trousers by the year. In some way, two
years ago. he became my customer He
liked my work. and the clothes he succeeded
in finding here pleased him particularly.
He would order a suit now and then like
any ordinary man, but finally got in the
habit of having two or three pairs OF
trousers made at time. One day while
looking over clothes here he suddenly re-
marked, i believe I'll make a bargain
with you for a pair of trousers every week
through the year. When I am away you
can send them to me by express, and you
can send samples to me whenever you
have anything you think l would like
so l made an estimate and closed a con-
tract with him. He has his various suits
made here, and l know always with what
coats he wants to wear certain trousers I
have book here in which / have samples
of all the cloths used in his various suits
and few notes jotted down alongside to
tell me just when where the suit was
originally intended to be worn. In this way
l select trouser cloths suitable for the coats
he already has, and the scheme works very
well. You can see here Is every conceiv-
able shade of cloth at all fit for trousers
He is fond of solid gray or steel blue. and
fne pin-checks, sometimes of copper brown,
sometimes of blue-black, and similar cloths
those that are quiet yet distinctive
wish had forty such customers. l would
have the cream Of the business
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Costume of a Wet Nurse.

Thus Paris servant girls are of two kinds
If they are pretty-crac,-if they are ugly
but they are generally ugly.
Concerning all, however. plain or pretty
their seeming uniformity of language, dress
and sentiments is rather in the seeming
than in reality. Few Paris domestic ser
wants are Parisians. They come up to the
Brittany, La Vendee, Gascony, Provence
Normandy and every other quarter Of
France, each with the remnants of some
special dialect quite marked off from
Paris French the Irish brogue, the Ger
man-American accent the Anglomaniac
or the American negro dialect is different
from proper English. They have neither
lost the flavor of their territory. the accent
of their province. nor the heaviness of their
nativity. And this is to say nothing Of
actual foreigners, Belgians and Luxem-
French. and the Alsatians, who claim to be
French.
Not So Satisfactory as They Seem.
Neither do the servant girls of Paris give
all that satisfaction to their mistresses
which hurried American tourists imagine
The servant girl plays an important role
In lower middle-class French conversation
Are you pleased with your domestic
madame?" is one of the phrases ofteuest
snatched at to reanimate a dying dialogue;
and in the berating of these creatures
mediocre ladies find a common ground for
friendly chat.
That girl is inconceivabler'
Il was surprised yesterday, again Z"
Good servants don't go running the
streets!'
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That girl eats more than do!r'
American families in Paris do not reg
ularly have trouble with their servants.
They are foreigners. easily bamboozled. so
indulgent that they often shut their eyes
to petty tricks and frauds when they per-
ceive them. Now and then, however, an
American is awakened to his true position
as foreigner in French eyes, most often
In the flash OF some great crisis. Gen. Geo.
Batcheller, our late minister 10 Portugal.
Is now installed in Paris. The other day
general took him by the shoulders, swung
him round and marched him to the door
The fellow sobered up as If by magic.
WHAT he Kissed, you dare to put your
You foreigner! You who came to Paris and
enjoy our hospitality! We shall see IL the
French judges will not give a Frenchman
satisfaction for the insults Of foreigner"
thing so superior as a French maitre-d'ho-
tel "a species Of thieving butler). two gen.
eral principles may be laid down:
Monsieur and Madam.
l. Servant girls are the natural enemies of
their mistresses.
2 The men of the family only have their
sympathies.
Monsieur is so goodv' This is a conse-
Grated phrase.
The mistresses are tyrants. suspicious
watchers" medders and cross-grained
wounders' in the eyes OF their slaves"
AS matter of fact, they do put everything
under key, count the candles, rummage
regularly In the girls trunks. watch what
they eat and rescue broken victuals for the
next days recooking. "A French family can
live upon what an American family wastes"
You bet they can!
Two Household Conspiracies.
In middle and lower iddle-class French
society wives are usually the guardians Of
their husbands purses; and especially the
keepers and managers of household ac-
counts. Part of the education of a French
girl received secretly from her mother Is
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First artist-''I received a magnificent
tribute to my skill the other day at the ex-
hibition."
Second artist-"What was IT.
First artist-'You know my picture "A
Storm at Sea? Well. a man and his wife
were looking at it. and 1 heard the man
say Come on, my dear, that picture makes
me sick. brooklyn Life.
To cigar merchant-"Have you any Of
the Germania brand in stock"
Cigar merchant (otiiciouslyD-"Excellent
ouality-worth twice the money. splendid
last years crop"
Thanks thanksi 1 am the manufactu-~
err You wrote me that the quality was
wretched. | am glad to hear from your
own lips that you were Observation-Disclosures
NachrichteA.
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CHAPTER VII.

No one knew SO well as Hendricks, who
sat in the cabin of the San Pedro, that all
this was child's play to what was to come
He had sixteen hundred miles to run. He
was loaded heavily with COAL and the gold
had weighted his vessel too seriously to
think of getting anything like the speed
out of her that he desired. She was
scFConer-rigGed. and there was a stiff wind
blowing from the northeast. That was in
his favor. But he calculated that If one Of
the westward-bound ocean greyhounds
spoke tle Corinthian and got her story the
news would reach New York and set the
telegraph in operation much too soon for
his safety. He had Informed himself of the
position OF all the government vessels, Gnd
ne knew that there was at last accounts
fass cruiser in Mobile bay. lie, therefore
calculated closely as he could the
chances of the Corinthian being inter-
cepted for, diSa bied as she was. il would pe
her captains plan to put her in the route
of weStward-oound steamship
He betrayed his anxiety to the captain,
ford run, and insisted that the worst part
Of the job was done.
The first thing that Hendricks did was to
throw his guns overheard, together with all
his superRuCus shot and ammunition He
then got no steam and and stood off in a
southeasterly direction until the Corinthian
was hull down, when he shifted his course
and went directly west.
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with revolvers and carried Oh their saddles
. luncheon which the servant had prepared
for them.
The moment they We're alone Hendricks
said:
We'll. You are on tire. Have you sue
ceeded?"
Eyes. sir said the captain. who spoke in
deep. husky voice and stepped at intervals
to expectorate, rub his hand across mis-
mouth and pun down his iet-black whlekers
which had an Inclination to turn Gp ruff like
In front.
Yes, sir; the boat is in the bayou or will
be by the time We get there. She IL irnHed
with green lumber. | left New Orleans on
the 18TH and the party is made up. II is
understood that we are going tarpon fish
Ing off tEe coast of Florida
What men have you got?"
There's your own list I followed it,
There's thirty of EN-; with the men We
pick up at the coast there'll be fifty in all
1t isn't enough
Perhaps not" said Hendricks but Il
isn't men We need if We get those guns of
all right.
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Yes, it's a last summers straw hat. but
I value it from a strange experience 1 had
in the west l got caught in a cyclone, and
before / could recover the hat from the
whirl, 1t had sawed Off three four big
trees close to the roots."-Life.
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I1CAN AM CltkSAN3
reside in Paris it is
their privilege to act
as guides, philoso-
piers and interpre-
tiers to many Of
their touring fellow
countrymen. One Of
the most frequent OBJ
servations of these
strangers concerns
the perfect character
of French domestic
servants. They find
them neat cbpar-
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AAi5 liiSFe alristI a I
the house very early
a dark-vistst-i. heav-
lily whiSh cred and
somewhat rough
looking parsonage,
whom Hendricks call
ed "the captain. !"
They ate their break
fast toge.her and
then set out on
horseback in q south
westerly direction.
Tney we're am, ed
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(To be continued.)
BY THE YEAR,

How n Nice Young Man subscribes for
His Trousers.
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THE GREAT LARlH REBELLION
WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY
NYM CRINELE
Copyrighted. ISgiD

CHAPTER VI.
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SERVANTS IN PARIS
The Domestic Regime in the Typical
French Family.
CLASSES OF SERVANTS
Rules Governing the Household
Management.
W 0 r K A n D w A G E S
ASSES OF SERVANTS
" o r K A ND WA E

Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
PARIS. January %, 1894.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-13

WANTED, two neat pleasant connecting
~ rooms, centrally located, for three adults.
Address Box 4, Morning News.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-13
LOCAL PEE SoNAL.

Miss Dub returned from the north last
night on the City of Augusta.
Miss Mamie T. Doyle returned from the
north last night on the City of Augusta
The rumor of the purchase of the
Charleston, Sumter and Northern rail-
road by the Atlantic Coast Line has been
confirmed.
Mr.. A. f. Dewey, formerly of this city,
but now of Port Tampa, was a passen-
ger on the City of Augusta from New
York last night.
Mr. Lester Hubbell returned last night
on the City of Augusta from a six weeks
visit north. most of which he spent at
his summer home in Unadilla, N. Y, in
the picturesque Susquehanna valley.
The friends OF Rev. j. e. Smith will be
glad to learn that he win divide his
time between the two Swedenborgian So
cities of Jacksonville and Savannah, be-
ginning his services here next Sunday.
President p j. O'Connor and large
delegation of members of the ancient
Order of Hibernians will leave ior
Charleston tonight to take part in the
installation of a new division Of the order
in that city tomorrow.
Mrs. William p. Bailey and children and
Mrs j. NJ. Henderson returned from the
north on the City of Augusta last night
after an absence of three months, spent in
New York city and the mountain resorts
Mrs. John Koely Mrs. r. D. Spauldins
and Mrs. George r. Black of Atlanta, are
at the De Soto. They leave the city this
afternoon on the City of Macon for New
York, and will spend sometime in the
north in the interest of the Women's and
art departments of the coming Cotton
States and International Exposition to be
held in Atlanta next year.
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LOsT.
BOARDING
EDUCATIONAL.

->-~>--~~-~--~~~~~~>-
Observation-Disclosures class for the study
II OK the German language now forming
Further PARTICULARS address r. Il. Opper 1sG
Liberty street.
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United States Department of AgricuI-
ture, Weather Bureau, Savannah. Ca,
Oct. u, 10 p. m.--Weather Synopsis. The
maximum temperature at Savannah to-
day was rs degrees and the minimum "a.
the mean temperature being Ga degrees,
or a deficiency Of 8 degrees
At O'Clock tonight partly cloudy to
cloudy weather prevailed I'm central and
western and southeastern Florida. rnldd1,
and eastern North Carolina, Marvland
Pennsylvania, throughout the lake re-
gion, IN the Ohio valley and Tennessee
and in the vicinity Of Palestine Tex
with rain falling at Buffalo, Detroit. Mar
quette and Memphis. Elsewhere gen.
orally clear weather was reported.
During the twenty-four hours ending nj
o'clock y. IN. to-day fair weather IRE
vailed throughout the cotton belt ev-
cept In the Galveston. Little Rock and
Memphis districts where scattering. very
light showers were reproted.
An area OF high barometer covers tbo
Atlantic seaboaTd. A second hiph aroa
centers apparently In the extreme north
west.
An area OF low pressure centers north
east Of Lake Superior. A secondar,,
depression appears to be developing IN
the central Gulf states. A secondarv
Observer, Weather Bureau.
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List of vessels In the Port of Savannah.
STEAMSHIPS.

C,,+v Of Augusta, 1929 tons, Daggett, New
OlVg5or<-C. q. Anderson, Agent
C,lintonia CBr), 1859 tons, Bulman, ldg cot
fnn' Reval-T f. Minis & Co.
AroI5a CBrO. 1113 tons, Petre, ldg cotton,
- GGan0aCJ. r. Minis & Co.
rei,restina CBr), 1902 tons, Gavin, ldg cot
ION, Bremen--J. +. Minis & Co.
1,ify If Worcester (BT). 1853 tons, Fortune.
cid for ST. Petersburg and Reval-J. f..
,, MinS G3r). It'll tons Rettie, ldg cot
1o lS Observation-Disclosures & Barnard
,,ttooiLissdeid CBr) 1871 tons, Vale, Log cotton,
'Sopoa-Richardso q Barnard,
raenita (Sp), 10lS tons, Arana, ldg cotton,
observation-disclosures a. Co.
HWn1ineter obj, 1881 tons, Pearce, ldg cot
A4Aa NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. & Co.
~ T.omond (Br). 1859 tons, Morgan, ldg
Lootttor Genoa-Strachan & Co.
c,'C..,,eTia CBr) 1891 tons, New, ldg cotton
= u3ir,esy1neu-Strach0n q Co.
n,nrstonmoor (Br), 1867 tons, Marin, ldg
Maa,tton. Furope-Strachan g. Co
10 C.Iosyald 1922 tons, Newton, ldg cotton
= tiI,amburg-Wilder 81 ca
Nj cofton for Barcelona--Wilder & Co
e,tidby (Br), 2421 tons, Strachan, to Id cot
% I'm Observation-Disclosures g. Barnard
C,ttI Of Macon, 1ii7 tons, Lewis. New York
~ a. Anderson, Agent.
rlarlahire 1888 tons, kirwan, Baltimore
4 CarOlan, Agent.
baltimore city Obj, 1884 tons, Graham, dis
Eafnit. 10 Ia cotton, Barcelona, Rich
ardson & Barnard, consignees-J. +. MI
Jtirkby CBr). 1876 tons. spence. Idg cotton,
Bremen-J H. Minis & Co.
Miguel NJ. Pinillos (sp), 2l25 tons, Bin