Pliooorap?! la (In Army.
' A dlstinguhdied officer caul to mt, nffcsr
Wo had inspected Edison 'e phonograph
at tho Press club by fr.vor of Co'. Ccu
rnud, wonder can tint bo tutnptcd to
Baval and military nsc?" Eutecqucnt
conversation with 1dm developed theso
Ideas. There is hardly a campaign of
vrhich wo havo a complete record ; thero
is hardly an accident nt eoa of which wo
havo over heard, or that did not give riso
to tho question of Uio exact wording and
precise cmphaslo on tho wording of an
order. Tho moet conspicuous Instanco
in modern limco of n misunderstanding
svao perharn tho caso of tho chargo nt
Balaclava, but tho ceaseless tlow of bat
tlo papers In tho American magazines
goes to show that what happened in tho
caso cf our Light brigado happened in
eubstanco pretty often in your great war.
Now, if thero wero a portable form of
tho phonograph thero could lw a record
of tho orders given, whether in caso of
on action ashore or an accident afloat.
Perhapj Mr. Edison will condescend to
givo the subject bis attention.
But mcanwhilo I havo "spotted" a
so for tho phonograph that probably
fcas occurred to no ono else. It has been
my lot in days gono by to attend perhaps
o greater number of artillery experi
ments than any ono clso not an artillery
officer, and I can seo how if n number of
phonographs, synchronized, wero placed
'along a rango thero would bo a betftr
ond clearer record of tho path of a shot
or shell than thero is nt . present whero
iho uso of screens inevitably causes souio
defection and somo loss of energy, how
ever light. But in applying tho pho
nograph to military and naval purposes
it does seem to bo necessary that thero
should bo found somo moro durable, c!n
if less sensitive, material than tho wax
cylinder as tho receiver of tho vibrations,
ffliat such a material exists can hardly
ibe doubted; but it may interest Mr.
Edison to know that already somo of tho
. smartest military minds in England aro
considering hi3 invention with n view to
its adoption for, or adaptation to, mili
tary purposes. I do not feel at liberty
to say moro on tho matter at present.
London Cor. INow lork 'limes.
I Swimming Kxnmlnntloim fur Schoolboys,
i Ono of tho most scnsiblo of school re
gulations is that nt Eton which specifics
that only thoso boys who know how to
ewim shall engngo in boating. At ono time
iho school authorities did not intcrfcro at
all in overseeing tho oarsmen, and acci
dents on the water wero not nt all un
usual.
In 1810, however, when a boy was
drowned, tho law was mado that no boy
should bo allowed to enter n boat who
had not passed an examination in swim
ming. Ono or two teachers wero an
pointed river masters, bathing places
wero specified, and watermen wero en
gaged, both to teach swimming, and to
bo at hand with punts, in order to pro
vent accident.
Bathing is permitted as soon after tho
Easter holidays as tho weather will al
low, und twico a week tho river masters
aro present at Cuckoo weir to conduct
tho swimming examination. "Boating-,
of tho Badminton library, describes tho
ceremony:
"A number of tho boys thought by tho
watermen to bo sufficiently proficient,
appear, undressed, in a punt. About
thirty yards off a polo is stuck up in tho
water. Tho master stands on n high
placo called tho acropolis, and as ho calls
ono namo after unothcr eacbj pupil takes
a header and swims onco or twico
round tho pole. It is not sufficient
merely to take tho header and accom
plish "tho specified distanco; ho must
owim in approved form, so as to bo capa
ble of swimming in hi clothes."
Sinco theso formnh..es havo been es
tablished only ono I.. has been drowned
nt Eton, though mail v boats aro swamped
under all 6orts of circumstances. Those
who havo not passed belong to tho class
called "non mint, -emith a Companion.
A Ooeil Kind of Two.
Memory of Events. This is shown by
a wide, full forehead in tlio center.
easoning Power. A high, long and
well defined noso and u broad face ex
hibits this great faculty.
Moral Courage. This faculty mani
fests jfsclf by wido nostrils, bhort neck
and oyos set directly in front.
Language. This faculty is exhibited
in many parts of tho face, particularly by
a largo mouth und large, full eyes,
opened wide.
Self Esteem. This faculty shows itself
in a long or deep upper lip. Largo 6clf
esteem gives one dignity, self control and
perfect independence.
Firmness. Tho presenco of this fac
ulty, when very largo is indicated by a
long, broad chin. Firmness is synony
mous with willfulness, perseverance and
Btability.
Perception of Character. This is indi
cated by n long, high noso nt tho lower
end or tip. This fnculty is very useful,
if not indisiwnsable, to a judgo in tho
cxerciso of tho functions of his office.
Ppwer of Observation. Tho situation
of this faculty is in tho fnco just above
tho top of the nose, filling out tho fore
head to a level with tho parts on each
Eido of tho noso. It is a faculty which
enables ono to concent into tho mind upon
tho subject being discussed.
Conscientiousness- This is shown in
tho fnco by n square jaw, n bony chin,t
prominent cnccic bones mul a general
liqunrencss of tho features of tho entire
faco. To bo conscientious means that
ono has a sense of justice, honesty of
purpose, rectitudo of diameter and moral
courage. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Truo to Ilrr l'roiuUr,
As illustratlvo of tho average negro
character n gentleman said that nil old
negro woman mado application for tho
loan of $5. Ho lent her the money and,
truo to her promise, alio returned it.
That waB eovcral years since, and nearly
every timo bIio has seen, him sinco tiho
would accost hint with ilia salutation:
'Mr. Blank, you loaned mo $3, didn't
vou?" Yea." "Well, I vild it back,
didn't II" "That you did." Well,
don't you tliink you otighter glvo mo a
nwarU'ii" Tho gentleman enld ho i;ei
wily thought eo, und that ho had io
MKMidod to Iter wlto cheerfully. Albany
(.) Now,
Thu ordinary U Uio iit'cctwiryi tho i.
traonlliiury wo can do without, YhI.Iv
Mtrwnp j8uwox, wvh vuliw must what
tiiy kabt
THE CAUSE OF LANGUOR.
oi to Co Confounded with Truo Fatlcc
Care and Prevention.
In ordinary 6tatca of health thoetron,--est
persons nro apt to feel sennatiora cr
fits of languor which they call fatigue,
and for which they can glvo no reaocn
ablo explanation cither to therr.Eolvtn 07
to others. Tho weather largely influ
ences this condition. A moist and warm
atmosphere always increases tho disposi
tion to languor; a moderately cold and
dry atmcsphcro always prevents it. Tho
tenco of relaxation and disposition to
sleep must not bo confounded with true
fatigue, arising from hard or prolonged
physical or mental work, but must bo
taken as simply duo to a condition in
which thero i3 weariness without a suf
liccnt reason for it.
When this condition is strongly pres
ent, it is marked by ono particular sign,
which is of itself characteristic: it cornea
on after repeso. Tho affected person ex
periences it most on rising in tho morn
ing, and even after n good night's sleep
is still oppressed by n 6cnseof weariness,
a feeling as if tho day, with all its cares
and ixicties, could not bo passed
through. Tho desire, almost irresistible,
is to go to sleep again, a desiro which, if
gratified, increases tho evil ond makes
tho day heavier than it othcrwiso would
be. That it is not real fatiguo or exhaus
tion which causes tho tenso of languor
now being described is clearly shown,
not only by tho fact that tho feeling
comes on after long repese, but that it is
dispersed in tho day, after it has been
present in tho morning, by tho cxerciso
and duties of tho day. I have no doubt
that it is caused by tho accumulation in
tho body of tome diffusible and light
chemical substance, which acts after tho
manner of an intoxicant and is a truo in
toxicant to tho nervous system. Tho
probable physiology of tho condition is
plain, but what is to bo tho cure, and,
abogo all, what is to bo tho prevention?
Tho euro is cxerciso and tho wearing
of clothing whi. 'i will givo frco libera
tion to t' "j exhalations of tho 6kin.
Kv. -V 0.10 who is nirected with tho senso
1 f languor is soon conversant with the
knowledge that if ho resolves to throw
off tho load which oppresses him and
takes a short, sharp walk or other good
and wholcsomo cxerciso. ho is always re
lieved, and many find' this modo of euro
so certain that they invariably follow it.
Others, ond I fear tho majority, aro so
oppressed that they feel as if they could
not bring themselves to tho effort of
throwing off tho tense of weariness by
resorting to anything liko nctivo motion.
When tho oppression is tho strongest and
exertion is most demanded, thoy try to
balance betwixt tho two modes of treat
ment, tho sharp exertion und tho seduc
tive sleep. They givo way to tho sleep;
tho giving way becomes a habit; in a
very short timo tho habit lapses into a
confirmed method, and with tho habit
structural changes in vital organs of the
body aro soon set up, and add rapidly to
tho evil. Tho body becomes obese, the
liver becomes inactive, tho mind becomes
dull, nnd a short lifo is, of necessity, de
termined. Tho treatment of languor in tho healthy
consists, then, in taking cxerciso in due,
but in modcrato amount. To go in for
desperato exercise, ns somo do, is to
frustrate, not to assist, euro; for desper
ato cxerciso produces actual fatigue,
which nothing except rest will cure, nnd
then tho weariness from actual work and
Iho weariness from underwork get con
fused tho ono with tho other, 'and all goes
wrong. Rightly conducted, tho euro is
exercise, and tho prevention is continued
cxerciso carried out daily and regularly,
whatever tho temptation may bo to give
it tip. Second to this is light and porous
clothing, 113 I havo many years taught.
Whatever holds or takes up tho fluid ex
halations from tho skin is not clothing fit
to wear. Whatever cannot bo easily
breathed through is not clothing that is
fit to wear.
No kind of clothing for tho human
body is so good ns that which admits
freely into and through its meahes tho
most perfect purifier anil tho most per
fect non-conductor and healthy equalizer
of (jempcrnturo known atmospheric
air. Patients sometimes coino to mo lit
orajv homo down with tho weight of
their own clothing. Tlioy nro coated
with thrco or four layers of heavy und
closo materials. Theso lut&u'inls nro
nut urn d with tho moisturo from the skin,
nro unduly heavy, aro always damp, if
taken off for a short timo leavo oxecssivo
cold, and if kept on too long induce op
pressive bent; all round mischiefs of sure
and certain development. A fairly
healthy person who lakes reasonable out
door exercise daily, and who clothes him
Belf lightly in porous material, will feel
no weariness except that which comes
naturally from healthy fatigue. Dr.
Richardson in Tho Asclepiad.
Tin) SlnUlu of Clu'up Hooka.
Tho cheap libraries havo given amuse
ment and instruction to thousands, but
it is tho opinion of tho shrewdest men in
tho tradu that they havo injured book
publishing. After all wo aro creatures
of habit, and wo havo become accus
tomed to buying a novel for 20 or 25
cents. Peoplo nro unwilling to pay 75
cents or a dollar now. At 20 or 25 cents,
unless an enormous number of conies aro
sold, thero is not much money for tho
author, nor, in fact, for any one. Out
of tho cheap reprint has grown tho Bum-
mer novel, cheaply but tastefully got up,
mul intended to jxtss uway an idle hour.
Somo of tho hundreds which nro pub
lished are good, but tho majority aro bo
ncath contempt. They make ono simply
weary wlnlo reading them, nnd yet tho
publication goes 011. "Of tho making
of hooka thero iu no end." Current Lit
erature. Wntt'n'rooiliiir l'nct for I-entlicr.
It will not Iw long before tho ehoo-
maker can add to his stock of raw mate
rials a watorproof leather. Tho process",
which has Ivon recently perfected, is not
only of service on tho uncut lumber, but
can Ik) used in rendering worthless leather
valuable by plumping, stiffening and
waterproofing it fur iiuolw, counter,
Ikix tootf, titu. Every ixirt of a Uwt or
shoe 0011 Iw "waterproofed" either Iw
for or after it U finished. Chicago
Now.
Wipi4ug frull troMwillioioth (okutn
imn t m TUg iuitirml Iry sunburn ami
iiMVta Ihm provwi uiiartrou to tho titw
In MtioMa county, C11I.
CHINESE COOKERY.
KITCHEN SUPPLIES OF A RESTAU
RANT ON MOTT STREET.
A Great Variety of fiplces nnd Condi
ments A Stocl: of Standard Foods,
Mnnj- of Ynilrli Aro Not Familiar to
Amcrlrum Sutlers.
Lons before Lucullas Immortalized him
self !y regaling tho jcuncsso dorco of Romo
with his hundred thousand dollar dinners Ids
prototypes were Indulging In the same pleas
ures 011 a similar scale in l'cklu nnd Fook
Chow, for gastronomy has been ntong tho
flno arts In China almost from tho beginning
of Chinese history. Tho Chincso chef has an
official status of nt least forty centuries' du
ration. Two thousand yeare before the Chris
tian era ho was esteemed as highly nnd paid
as liberally ns ho i.i today, and now ho Is ex
ceedingly well paid.
For cxamplo, tho chef In a restaurant In
Mott struct caino to Now York from San
Francisco under a contract by which ho ro
celvcs $100 a mouth, besides his board and
lodging, for his services. All things consid
ered, this salary is fully equivalent to tho
(0,000 a year paid to such chofs as prcsido In
the kitchens' of tho Hoffman house, DchnoiQ
co s, Uio Union League club mm tho V nndcr
bilt mansion. Tho Mongolian chef, to judge
by Lco-Ali,who ;s tho distinguished iudi vidua!
mentioned, is curiously liko his Caucasian
eolleaguo In that ho Is dignified, egotistical,
petulant and thoroughly independent. Un
liko the Caucasian, however, tho great man
of tho Chlneso kitchen believes In working
himself nt tho simplest tasks in order to keep
himself in practice.
In taking chargo of tho kitchen of a great
restaurant his first work is to supply himself
with a great vuriety of spices nnd condi
iicnts, and in this particular ho is fully
qualified to glvo points to tho jaded sybarites
of tho Occident. In his stored will bo black,
wliito nnd red jxjpper, us well as tho pimento
of tho tropics; curry, chutney, mustard,
ginger (tho favorite spicoof tho cast), green,
dried, pickled, sweetened and pulverized;
bco-yu, which is tho father of soy and tho
grandfather of Worcestershire sauco; olivo
oil, iauut oil, cotton seed oil, clarified butter
(thogheoot India); onions, shallots, chives,
leeks, garlic, fu-qua and su-qua (highly cul
tivated bitter cucumbers) ; ma-tai, for which
thero is no English name; orango and lemon
icc, vinegar, lemon juieo, powdered crab
and lobster shells, a curious preparation con
taining iron, half n dozen forms of dried
mushrooms, and not less than lifty powerful
condiments and spices unknown to Americans
and having no English names.
In every kitchen Is n stocl: of standard
foods, but a fow of which aro familiar to tho
American eye. Among tho moro interesting
aro smoked chicken, duck und pigeon, which,
uuliko our smoked meats, retain tho natural
color und nppearanco; shrimps, prawns,
oysters and clams which havo been dried by
somo mysterious process, unknown to us,
until they aro as hard and durablo us wood;
a fish that suggests sardines in oil, but which
Is a foot in length, from two to threo pounds
iu weight, packed in a sardino box a cubic
foot in size; dried llshcs which rango from a
tiny sprat smaller than but similar to tho
English whitebait, to n monster eight feot
long, two feet wido, and two inches thick;
preserved cabbngo, which is rolled up so as to
suggest n ball of yarn; bean, pea nnd wheat
gluten in long candy Mm sticks, which oro
mado by crushing tho cereal and removing
tho starch by ofton repeated washings; odd
sausages, of which each ono is suspended by
brilliant colored cord3, mid is stuHed, not
with an indistinguishable hash or paste,
hut with alternating dieo. of fat nnd
lean meat; hugo cans filled with tho
famous cdiblo bamboo tips, which look
and smell liko hugo usparngus, but tasto
uuliko anything in Christian markets;
water lily leaves, which aro used both as a
food nnd as coloring material, imparting a
beautiful green to any white food with which
thoy may bo cooked; preserved eggs, of
which each ono is embalmed iua rough urns?
of quick lime, charcoal and fish gluo; sea
sprouts, which resemble a string beau two
feet in length.
Occasionally in tho wealthiest establish
ments may bo seen tho celebrated birds'
nests, which look for all tho world liko irreg
ular masses of coopers' gluo; sharks' fins,
which aro greenish white pieees of desiccated
soft curtilngo; becho-do-la-mor, a mollusk of
a high order, which is n first cousin of Victor
Hugo's duvil fish; and dried sea anemones,
which bear tho samo culinary resemblance to
birds' nests that snapping turtles do to tho
diamond back terrapin. Somo idea of tho
luxuriousucss of tho Mongol is afforded by
tho prices ho charges for theso delicacies.
Dried chuus cost $1 a pound; dried oysters,
81.50; sharks' fins, fa to $3, according to
quality; becho-do-la-mcr, from 40 cents to $3,
nnd birds' nests, from $-0 to $50 a dozen.
In Chinese cooking sauces play ns import
nut apart us iu tho cuisino at Les Frcres
1'rovoncoau. For tho prcparntiA of theso,
ns well ns for tho thickening of soups and tho
eoucoction ol "mndj dishes," thero will bo
bowltuls ot tho nnost wheat Hour ami
starch und of that finest of all amylaceous
foods,Tieo Hour. Iu this and iu other re
spects tho stores of tho kitchen contain tho
wmo articles as first class American restau
rant kitchens. Whatever is to Ihi found iu
our larders finds a placo there, nnd tho
numerous urticlcs mentioned add tho variety
which is tho main dUtingshiug feature of
tho Chlneso cuisino.
Tho furniture of tho kitchen presents a
curious instance of tho invasion of tho cost
by tho wust, for tho east iron stovu or rango
is foiuul besiilo tlio Uriel; benca uscu in
China, which greatly rambles tho ono rec
ommended by Count Hum ford hi his famous
studies at tho bcgitiuiug of tho century. This
bench is about four feet high, four feet wido
and from ten to twenty feet iu length. At
ono cud ot it is a largo fireplace cylindrical
in shape, two or thrco feot in diameter and
three feet deep. This is used in roosting.
Tho remainder of tho top of tho bench has
tovonil circular openings of different blzcs.
In tho sides and cuds there aro smaller fire
place, feldom moro than eight iuches umiuv.
Tho fuel used in cooking Is kiln dried wood,
hickory or bonui similar variety being pre
ferred. Harper's Uazar.
Uutler Iiupectluu Iu France.
Among tho recent decrees mado in Franco
U 0110 relating to tho inspection of butter for
tho repression of fraudulent dealings, lly
this, special persons aro authorized to take
KiniplM of butter ta any phice, wlMttucr the
butter I oxKWud for sale, ttorud in a ware
liouw or iu irm wit by land or water. No ob
ibiolo t to lw thrown in tlio way of thin, nod
all way bilU, receipt, bills of ladiug, or doo-
titration uuut Ih tuowii on iMtnnud, Juwii
Httuplo taken is to lMtkubjwtwl tuaMci
KxmnuuUou, Pur butMr, mixud buiur,
uwnpiriuo, oUottMirtpiriuo, ami i,rmu to
im!1 lur ogiMumpUW!, furwimtad ta
tnuMil nitMt m QOMtaiued in ukfcd iMokaxtw,
ih1Mm oriftn and iwtur of Uto imrwian
iUm mum bo emwplciMMKly ivulwl tUerwou.
laownr WHY twarUO to U wiwrtoU imut
IU full utetvry ivttrdvd Loatai
Thaw,
A COCKHOACH MAIL CARRIER.
Norcl Means of Communication Employed
by Two Indiana Convict.
A common cockroach was trained to net
as a letter carrier between William Rodifcr
and "Starlight Jack" Ryan, convicts In tho
Southern Indiana penitentiary. It is prob
ably tho first instanco on record, too, whero
thero was any uso found for this littlo crca
turo. A writer in Tid Bits tells tho story as
follows:
Itodifcr occupied a cell In tlio tier Just
nbovo tho ono whero Jack was confined, and
for a long timo they had no means of com
municatlon with ono another. Itodifcr was
a dar; fellow, but he had not simlclont
Imagination to get up a plan of escape, and
ho relied on tho bright mind of his friend,
"Starlight Jack," to suggest an idea.
Ono oveninj: Itodlfer noticed an innocent
looking cockroach running ubout on tho
floor. After watching its garabolings for a
timo, ho concluded be would uso it. So,
writing n short noto to his friend, ho tied it
to tho cockroach's wing, and, kneeling down
on tho floor, ho put it out on tho wall under
tho iron balcony in front of his colL Ho
calculated that it would run into tho cell
underneath; and it did.
Jack noticed tho pnper, caught tho insect,
nnd read tho note. Then ho answered it, and
poked tho littlo creature out on tho wall
from tho ceiling over tho door, whero ho re
leased it. Tho roach went into Itodifer's cell
and was caught. Then they feil and cared
for it, nnd used it in this mnnuer for somo
months. In fact, it grew to understand its
business.
It must havo been a femalo cockroach,
however, for oue day it stopped to chat with
n'friend, and was noticed by a warden. Tho
noto, which was written in somo sort of
cipher, was taken off, and tho hospital stew
ard, Dr. Sid C. McCure, read it. Then tho
beetle was put on tho balcony floor and it
ran into Itodifer's cell Thus the officials
wero kept posted n3 to tho two famous jail
breakors.
Arterntimo Jack began to suspect that
something was wrong, and he added a post
script to his letter something liko this:
"If everything i3 right, you will find a hair
from my head in this noto."
Tho warden read it ns ho did tho others,
but dropped tho hair and lost it.
"Nover mind it," said Capt. Craig, whoso
hair was red; "put 0110 of mino in it."
Tho answer camo back: "That last whip
ping must havo been an awful one, Jack, for
it has changed tho color of your hair."
Tho scheming of theso two worthies camo
to naught, however, and thoy served their
terms. Inter Ocean.
Japancso Coating for Ships.
Tho Japanese admiralty has finally de
cided upon coating tho bottoms of all their
6hips with a material closely akin to tho lac
quer to which we are so much accustomed as
a sjccialty of Japanese furnituro work. Al
though tho preparation differs somewhat
from that commonly known us Japanese
lacquerj tho baso of it is tho same viz, gum
lac, as it is commonly termed. Experiments
which havo been long continued by tho im
perial naval department havo resulted in af
fording proof that tho now coating material
remains fully efficient for threo years, and
tho report on tho subject demonstrates that,
although tho first cost of tho material is threo
times tho amount of that hitherto employed,
tho amount of dockings required will bo re
duced by its uso to tho proportion of 0110 to
six. A vessel of tho Russian Pacific fleet
lias already been coated with tho new prep
aration, which, tho authorities say, com
pletely withstands tho fouling influences so
common in tropical waters.
It occupied tho nativo inventor, many
years to,overcomotho tendency of tho lac to
harden mul crack, but having successfully
accomplished this, tho finely polished surfaco
jf tho inirturo resists in an almost perfect
jpgreo tho liability of barnacles to ndhcro or
weeds to grow, whilo presumably tho samo
tifgh polish must materially reduco tho skin
friction which is so important an elomcnt
uireetiug tho speed of iron ships. Tho deal
ers in gum lac express tho fear lest tho do
niund likely to follow on this novel applica
tion of it may rapidly exhaust existing
sources of supply. Scientific American.
A Smuggler of Cofffce.
I havo been told how a shipmaster got to
.viiulward of tho inspector detailed to look
utter his vessel. Ho had six barrels of cof
fee, for which ho had been offered n high
price. It was during tho war, and things
went with a rush in thoso days. Tho master
took a teamster into his conildonco, who nt
noontime, whilo tho stovedorcs wero eating
their dinner, drovo boldly down tho wharf,
hailing tho skipper, who was standing on tho
quarterdeck conversing with tho officer.
"1 sny. Cap," ho shouted, "Mr. sent
mo down hero after six barrels of beans
which havo been sent by mistake Thoy bo
long to another vessel, and I havo an order
to deliver them right now. They nro marked
lljjln n diamond. Can I havo 'emf'
iho master blandly put tho question to tho
officer, who hail, of course, heard tho conver
sation, and failed to detect either evil inten
tions or deception in tho proposition. Ho
glanced at tho barrels, which had boon left
closo to tho gangway ; tho owner carelessly
rolled 0110 over and tho beans rattled glori
ously. It was a clever touch, a dcllcato
stroko of shading and diplomacy on tho part
of tho wily smuggler, and tho bait was swal
lowed. Tho barrels disappeared, ami a hand
somo profit was iockoted. Now York Star.
Not Fit for'tho Business.
Fow peoplo havo an idea, how fow thero
aro who could becomo barbers by nny amount
of application. 1 havo had nineteen appren
tices at vnrious times, ouly sovcu of whom
aro tousorial artists. Some boys aro too ner
vous to acquire tho ability, and particularly
cigarette smokera. Others aro too lazy. Still
others havo not tho suuvcuess necessary, for
a successful luirbcr must bo a polito man.
Others havo not tho essential mechanism or
cannot nttnin to tho requisito lightness of
touch. Hut morbid peculiarities aro great
factors in unfitting a candidate. For in
stance, I havo just dismissed an apprentice
becauso of his luordinnto antipathy to warts.
When n customer who is tho possessor of n
wart Is down in a chair nt tho boy's mercy
ho shaves nil around It with tho utmost care;
then a devilish grin distorts his features, tho
expression being tho f unnioat' I over saw, and
ho cuts oft' tho wart. Tho customor risas and
discovers his face bleeding terribly, and tbo
result U a row and a lost cmtomer. John
Uock iu Ulobo-Dauiocrnt.
Tarmoiit for tbo CyalUtJ.
Tho street row dies of Chelae have invented
a uw torment for the cycliits who avail
thoiuMlvtM of liatttraen park. Ttwy ant not
conttMit with lucking rtwiH with switchw and
inserting blu of stick iu Uta daliofttat wires of
thotr wboeU, but they net on littl boys to
run aeruoe)c list with a view of getting
knookad uvr. li-'.v ftUU'.iro.trt, howling,
prk kT l.uriie up, tko ryclm' ud
div, n I'lvin.l kiii kuiu. i, comjieiuintion U,
of xiui.--, 1: tumiiui.j, iApvuiliy If tho
i')klulln ltt.1,', Tl.j ttuuuiiwd child nkltM
murfiy ull nuu n Uuf cruwn, divide tU
Uwiy and trio fur iutbr uull Iu another
Mrt ef ttw park.-l'ull SIM Uusrttu.
COME HOTEL HAWKSHAWO.
o "en TVbo ITr.ro Eceetao XndiapctB
abTo ta Onr Bcnifaces.
"Oil, ho'cT o hotel detective, la he?
roll what on earth ,-ocd i3 a hotel de
rive? What do hctcb want with cc
- ' x Hot 5 '
This remarlr, mado in a petulant tone,
c?3 uttered in tho corridor cf tho Hou
nsn houfo tho other aftcrscon by a
r-e3tcm rsan who was cn a visit to tho
l.ictrorolia and had fcrcn lcoking at-tho
cvt treasure? of tho cafo. Ho eyed in n
conteniptuoitn way tho well dressed littlp
man, with n nlnuch hat. who was lean
ing against a pile of trunks near tho ele
vator. A friend showing tho western
man tho citv sighi3 had happened inci
dentally to point out Detectivo Jacobs as
0:10 of tho features of a big metropolitan
hotel.
Ten minutes later the westerner saw
tho little detective step up to a well
dressed man in n group of three who
had just sauntered into tho art gallery.
"I'll havo to ask you to move on, sir,"
tho detectivo said.
"Who nro you?" growled tho man,
ungrily, "what do you mean by talking
to 1110 that way?"
"Just what I say, and I mean it," the
little man tQdic'd, undaunted, "and
hero's who I am, nnd I know you per
fectly well."
Tho little detectivo threw open his
coat and chowed his glistening d;ctivo
bhield. Tho well dressed man cut short
his bluster instantly, and walked quickly
out into tho street.
Ho was a local bunko man, who had
casually dropped into the hotel cnio with
two out of town crooks. Tho conversa
tion with the littlo detectivo was anima
ted, but not so loud that anybody in the
art gallery could understand it. Tho
Gothamito who was showing tho west
erner around know what was up, though,
and turning to his friend said playfully:
"That's somo good a hotel detectivo is.
That was a confidence man that ho
talked to. Maybo he'd havo caught on
to you if it hadn't been for the detec
tive." It was an apt illustration of ono of tho
duties of tho hotel detective. In the
marvelous perfection of tho equipment
of a metropolitan hotel in tho last few
years tho privato detectivo has como to
bo an indispcnsablo detail, and today
thero 13 not a hotel in town that enjoys
any select patronage at all that dees not
employ a guardian, who is empowered
to make arrests if necessity arises. Somo
of tho detectives aro men specially as-bio-ncd
from tho police force, and whoso
salary is guaranteed by tho hotel in con-
uuerauon 01 1110
service. Often,
policcman's exclusive
however, tho special
guardians are regular privato detectives.
They aro men well trained in detective
methods, and enjoy tho advantago of a
wido and varied acquaintance with tho
faces of metropolitan rascals and tho
confidence operators of tho country.
Keeping tho hotel clear of this class of
crooks, however, is only a small part of tho
hotel detective's work. Upon them de
volves in most cases tho supervision of
; he porters and hall boys, and all the
.irniy of help that a big Gotham inn has
to employ. If a guest loses anything in
J10 hotel, or outside of it either, ho is
-out at onco to tho hotel detectivo to con
tilt about its recovery; and if chamber
maids or porters find articles that have
been mislaid or lost, they nro expected to
bring them direct to tho hotel detective,
and he, in turn, hands them over to the
betel proprietor, or his representative, to
be delivered to tho owner.
It is also tho detective's duty to pro
tect his employers from tho numerous
,iul persistent army of pests known as
tlio hotel beat, and it 13 duo to tho pres
ence of detectives, in every well regulated
city hotel, that New York has ceased to
bo a spot where this peculiar gentry can
thrive. Tho petty thievery of guests'
valuables has also como to bo a rarity,
and nowadays tho man of means, stop
ping at any well regulated New York ho
tel, can feel as secure as if ho wero trav
eling with a privato station house of his
cwn in tow. Moro than all, however,
tho old timo harvest of victims that Hun
gry Joo and his pals used to gather from
hotel corridors is all cut off.
All this tho detectivo has to do for the
regular salary, but ho has legitimate per
quisites. Theso aro tho moro or less lib
eral fees that good natural out-of-townors,
who want to sea what the life
of a big city really is after dark, pay for
straight tips on tho places whero tho ele
phaut "cuts up his most flamboyant and
startling.shindigs." It is worth a hand
omo sum to tho hotel detectivo who
pilots a party of strangers through tho
multitudinous and more or less pictur
cfp.o mazo of after dark spectacles
known to tho experienced man about
town as "tho eights." And thero are
fow moro experienced men about town
than your quickwitted hotel detective.
Now York Sun.
Tho Wondrous Weather riant.
That rcniarkablo specimen of tho vege
table world, tho "weather plant." con
tinues to excito considerable interest.
Men of science, who on its first discovery
wero unwilling to express an opinion oil
its prognosticating virtues, now agree,
after extensivo experiments, that the
shrub is in truth prophetic. Thirty-two,
thousand trials made during tho last
threo years tend to prove its infallibility.
Tho plant itself is a legume, commonly
called tho "Paternoster pea," but knowii
in botany as tho Abrus I'ereginus. It is
a nativo of Corsica and Tunis. Its leaf
nnd twig strongly resemblo thoso of
the acacia. 'Ibe moro delicate leaves of
ils upper branches foretell tho state of
tho weather forty-oight hours iu ad
vance, while us lower and hardier loaves
indicate nil atmosjilierio changes three
days beforehand. Tho indications con
siit in h chango in thu ic.ition of the
loaves and iu tho riio and fall of the
twig und bmnuhluts. Pall Mall Ca
ssette. IngHiKO of tlio World.
An English oorrespoiulunt gives ns n
reason fur possibility that the English
Uiifc-uuge will become Uio "world speech"
tho uiontaJ slownew of tlto Anglu-SAxon
1 ace in runrniiig two language. They
travL the globe tituttfected or ttndu-in-;e-l
by is itveutricilkn of fju'eeb.
Tli.' l'i'; ii-h i x.ikiiig i"Ui.uiM have un
ai 1 "I lii'jie lluit riii'-IUlll of t!u vvbul.
I, .1 1 .1' globe. Kii;;ii!i u l.in.w;:.
1 ; ti:t I i t un 1 1.4 b Leu in in-i
u-Ji itu 1. rl. Wl.ut di iiiaud gun thu
be fur Yolupukr IWou Itudwt.
THE NAMEQ OF JEWS.
flrtiy Camo Hoto Cfcoicu Oestllo Euraamefc
r.nctlth ForatCtiancse.
Lord Colcrldgo touched upon an ln
(erecting thomo tho other day when ho
inquired of certain Jewish witnesses how
it wr.3 that they bad adopted tho names
of Mcrtlount and Savlllo in lieu of their
nntivo patronymics of Mores nnd Gam
uol. It la not qulto correct to oay that
Jo'.vn ever chango their original r.ameo.
In tho aytiasogacD thoy bear throughout
their Uvea tho Hebrew names In tho
traditional Oriental form cf So-and-so,
eon of So-and-oo given to them shortly
after their birth. Tho Instability of tho
names by which they nro known to tho
world is due to the fact that originally,
liko all Oriental peoples, thoy had no
family names, and that wherever they
havo congregated very closely together
tho Eccular uso of tho traditional genea
logical forms has been tenaciously pre
served. In sotno countries, such as Ger
manvand Austria, special legislation has
been found necessary to compel them to
adopt fixed surnames. As, at different
times, thev havo como into closer con
tact with" the Gentile world, they havo
themselves seen tho necessity of sur
names, and it is not surprising if, under
these circumstances, Bonioof them should
have chosen the most tonorou3 and dis
tinguished they could find.
An examination of the lists of seat hold
ers in the twelve principal synagogues of
London shows that less than 5 per cent,
of tho names such a3 Beddington, Clif
ford, Coburn, Curtis, Graham, Ilalford,
Hamilton, Uardinge, Hardy, Herbert,
Howard, Lumley, Manville, Marsden,
Merton, Montagu, Morlcy, Morion,
Novillc, Norman, Russell, Sydney, Wal
ford, etc. aro accounted for on this
hypothesis.
Tlio foreign surnames and placo names
preserved by tho Jews of England form
n small epitonio of tho history of tho
Israelitish dispersion. Side by side with
tho Hebrew Abrahams, tho Egyptian
Moses, and tho English Mordaunt, wo
havo the Greek Alexander and Margolies,
tho Latin Marcus, and tho Arabic Mocatta.
Thoso derived from medicaval houso
signs aro Rothschild, Adler, Ganz, SchifF,
Strauss, Silberkron, etc. Somo of tho
occupation names aro interesting. Ropho
is Hebrew for physician, and Rappoport
is a corruption of Ropho d'Oporto; Jalfon
is Hebrew for money changer, and
Mocatta is Arabic for mason.
Moro strictly Anglo-Jewish aro tho
natural assimilations of Hebrew and
Jewish names to English forms. Thus,
Coleman is a corruption of Kalman,
which is an abbreviation of Kalonymos,
tho Greek translation of tho Hebrew
Shorn Tob (Good Name). Bonny is de
rived, through Bondi, from u Latin
translation of Y0111 Tob (Good Day).
Phillips comes from tlio Hebrew Uri or
Meier, both meaning "light," through
the Greek equivalent Pheebos and-its
German-Polish diminutivo Pheibul. Sa
villo is a moro natural corruption of
Samuel than is generally imagined, see
ing that in Germany tho Scriptural namo
has been shortened into Sanvel, and in
England wo havo tbo authority of Mr.
Weller, senior, to spell it with a "we."
Freeman is from tlio German Friedmann,
a translation and upocopation of Shalom
ben Menachem. Ilaymen is derived
through Hyman and Hyan from tho He
brew Haim (life). Jessel is from Echcs
kel, tho Hebrew pronunciation of Ezc
kiel. Yates is from Goetz, an abbrevia
tion of Gottschalk, which in Low Ger
man means "God's servant," and is &
literal translation of Eljakim. Among ,
simpler changes aro Cowan Cohen,
Lcwiu Levi, Victor Avigdor, Archer
Ashcr, Jessop Joseph, and Soman
and Slowmon Solomon. Curious in
stances of misdirected translations aro af
forded by tho names Marclumt and Chap
man, both of which aro Anglicizationa
of tho German Kaufmann or Handols
uiann. Originally, however, neither of
these names meant "merchant" among
tlio Teutonic Jows. Kaufmann is a cor
ruption of Koppclman, of which tho first
two syllables aro a German diminutivo
of Jacob and tho third an abbreviation of
Menachem, tho wholo being a contrac
tion of Jacob ben Menachem. Handels
inann has a similar history, being
derived from Elchanon ben Menachem,
through Handl, a recognized German
diminutivo of Elchanon. In tho same
way Seligman is a contraction of Selig
ben Menachem, and Felbcrman a cor
rupted contraction of Phoebus (Uri) ben
Menachem.
Ono of tbo most curious instances of
an erroneous etymology is tho namo
Jaffe, which figures among tho landed
gentry of county Down. It is tho He
brew word for "beautiful," and is a
cy&rcct translation of tho German "Schon."
as a Jewisn surname, liowover, benon or
Schen has no meaning. It is simply an
acrostic of tho Hebrew Schliach Ncemon
(faithful messenger). Theso acrostic
names aro peculiarly Jewish, and many
of them are found among English Jews.
For exnmplo, Ivatz, which ono of theso
days will perhaps bo Anglicized into Cat,
Is derived from tho initials of Ivohen
Tzcdel: (priest of righteousness) ; Schatz,
which in Hungary has actually been
translated into Kincz, tho Magyar for
"treasure," is from Schliach Tzibur
(incsbcngcr of tho congregation); Babad
is from Dl'ii Ab Beth Din (Son of tho
President of tlio Houso of Judgment);
Sack is from Sera Kadosh (holy poster
ity), and when tho namo of a town bo
ginning with s is ndddetl as, for exam
ple, Sera Kadosh Spcyer (holy posterity
of Seyer) it becomes Saks or Sachs,
which has been frequently mistaken for
nn abbreviation of Sachson (Saxony);
Dram is from Ben Rabbi Moses; Bran
(corrupted into Braun, and translated
into Brown) from Ben Rabbi Nachnian;
Bard, from Ben Rabbi David; Borsal,
from Ben Rabbi Solomon tho Levito, and
Bril from Ben Rabbi Judah the Levito.
The oxegetical names nro also peculiar
ly Jewuh. They consist of equivalents
for Hebrew names, derivod from colloca
tions iu biblical tests. Thus tho com
lrioua in Jacob's blading furnish
equivalents for Benjamin in Wolf, for
Judah iu 1-ioii and for Nnphtali iu Hart.
FUlier iu an equivalent for Ephtvini, be
cause it was foretold (Gen. xlviit, 10)
thai ho hliould multiply exceedingly, and
i!t' tUh U a symbol of fruitfulBosj. It is
11U0 houu times a substitute j.t Maes,
lrftvuiM. I'liuraoVa daughter, in giving
hi'ii liu tiaiue. Mid iLJudiu 11, 10):
"For I drew ldm ou of tlw water."
Ht. Junittn' Gazette,