Ntf v VOU IX LEXINGTON; N; APRIL W, 1891. I 0 THE HUEDEL0U3 MAFIA INSPECTOR BYRNES CESCR1DES THIS Rfc : TCr.IDUS BAND OF ASSASSINS. OtUImII Tmmti tke- 'MMIt , U Pbudly Degeaemtaa late a bthtr-Tki Mala ta Be The recent lynching to New Orleans of elevon Italians, believed to have been Im plicated In the assassination of Chief of Folloe Hennesay, ha drawn attention to the Mafia, the secret band of assassins, to whom the death of Hennessy to directly at tributable. Inspector Byrnes of New York gives the Herald a description of this murderous band. . "This organisation," said the Inspector, "which la now made up of a lot of cut throats and thieves, was ones, strange as It may seem, banded together tor a patri otic purpose. Its history dates back sev eral centuries. The society when first started was known ss the Carbonari, and had for Its aim the abolition of the tyrranl cal rule then in. vomie la many of the mall p ...cipalitiee of Sicily and Italy.' It Was made up of rich and poor people alike. The patriotic aim of the sootety was final ly accomplished, and with it died the or ganization's usefulness. t 1 . . V It then became known as the Mafia, - Word that has always Inspired the law abiding and self-respecting Italian with a feeling of terror. It was made up of all the bad members of the old organisation, and had none of the good ones. ' It has con tinued to exist up to this day, and Is still powerful -organisation on the other side and has a strong auxiliary connection in this country, with headquarters In New Orleans. .' -. ,v ' - ' "Up to about eight years ago little or nothing was known of the Mafia on this continent. Italian murders were of fre quent occurrence In New Orleans, but no one paid much attention to them down there. An Italian found In the street with a knife stock in him would be looked upon as too trtvai a matter to demand serious Dolloe attention. - - "Prior to this time the Mafia in Sicily bad been particularly active. Its leader, Giuseppe Esposlto, was about as cold blooded a Titian as ever wielded a stiletto, If. ia 1.1 Ha IHHaH anmiffh f rumnla X All respectable graveyard. , " As this fellow is without doubt the per son who gave the Malla In this oountry its real start It is well to know something about his history before he honored Amer ica with hla presence, v --- - i " In 187 Esposlto and his gang visited the villa of a wealthy old Sicilian named M. Fasd Veqeenxie. The old man was own servants and thrown into a cave in the mountains, where he was left to starve unless his friends would pay big ransom, tor his liberation; "It was In this same year that Esposlto became the subject of an International dis pute. It all came about in this way s "An English curate named John Fostel Boss, while riding with two Italians through Leerero, a small Bidllen town, was oaptured by Esposito's band and car ried off Inter the mountains. A ransom was demanded of Mrs. Rose for her husband's release, i She refused to psy. -v. ? -.Js -.'-a- " The next day Esposlto cut off one of the clergyman's ears and sent it to his wife with a note stating that if the ransom was cot forthcoming Itr. Boss's stay on earth would be very brief. The woman thought that the bandit was Joking and sUU re fused to pay. A few days later she reoeived the other ear of her husband, with another note from Esposlto that Just bristled with Italian crispness. " . .."Esposlto informed Mrs. Boss that he meant business, and that unless he- was paid Mr. Boss would be killed within soer taln time. . . - , '.-i- " This was too much for the preecherl wife. Bhe paid the money and got her hue band back, minus his ears. "The English government took hp the matter, and the authorities really did make ' an effort to take the daring bandit. They were not successful, and Expos! to, after committing a few more murders, came to this country, , " I had heard of the man, and reoeived Word that he was probably hiding in this city, After a thorough investigation I found out that the murderer was in Hew Orleans, and the police of that city wer so notified. In 1881 Esposlto was arrested and ont back to Italy. " During the short time this man was In Kaw Orleans he gathered together the scattered members of the Mafia that had been forced to flee to this country, and moulded them to very formidable organi sation. This was about the time murders Wre so frequent la New Orleans. " Ths organization is still a terror to New Orleans people. The murder of my friend . ilennessy Is sn illustration or the wonder ful power of this murderous gang. ' " We have a branch of the Maila In New York. There are, however, very few Itai- Ihfis In It. There is as much difference between a Sicilian and an Italian as there is between a Bowery bum and a Fifth avenue swell. I am of the opinion fhat very fw people in New York understand the lUlllUflB. As a matter of taot there are very few eiibitinu criminals among the Italian niiumes of this city. It is true, however, t! in t a lartre number of Sicilians are and for some time past have been engaged in oouiitorfoiitng, and have boon source of much trouble to the officers of the secret tmrvtee of the United States. Outside of ttiis lulUtr class thoxe addicted to habitual ci mie among our Italian population 'are - j i in.'i' "! y yoinm men buru lu this coun try of luiiiiiiU parents. t" iiiiinlerof Antonio Flaooomlo, a h i iiw of Cooper Union on the night I'll r O. ' tt I t r t , 1 4, tliere have been no mur 1 In tills city byjluiiiuus . u pjcognizod as the work of AU'ien a f w Italians In this dty oarenie- --it' n ivialla,1 continued ! ." . i a im-tty woll e .If, t , t i.,. p"i nous n liieni' ri..i.lo. torf.o .! f. :,r f hann that t mie to fioiu if tuey wvcirnil their m hit. Xhewe ait) p"i ioiis who sof tlieordor before comlmf . ; t .ere Is no r-"iiiiiroi ,i of t!' ? .;i:a anil for t t 4, V.110 in oilier ciU;s v'- .. t hen tneyoimie hra im t from tl.a society alw- f t!ie IUllan popula 'e and a oreil t to i t , i-y live. Tiiey 1 in buHiiuiHa ' org now a 1 1 ,.i4 phr ' ' 3 -i Lice to-U-y . I THE SENORAS OF SPAIN. IV Paeileaate Beaw tim VTh Talk with Tawtr FaMa, " The lapse of centuries has not changed the 8panieh woman much. Ths soups of her mental explorations is limited; it ex tends bo further than a thorough knowl edge of the history and literature of her native land. In this knowledge she sur passes ths women of every other national ity. The heart, too, of the Spanish woman knows two supreme passions her country and her love. To the former shs bends her energies occasionally, to ths latter always, 8hs puts no spectacles to her eyes when shs sits down to study, She does not want Injurs those beautiful orbs. The brilliant, superb emblems with which she proves her womanhood to the world, for shs to proud ly arrogant to be a woman, and in order to fulfill her mission shs conspires and In trigues everywhere, and against whomso ever, In ths saloon, on the street and In the church. With these predominating qualities she could not be expected to be a model housewife, but, ah I she Is very treasure trove for the muse of poetry and the representation of woman's psychologi cal powerrad Spanish poets and drama tists sad artists have beooms great jlly because the female Spaniard's character istics Inspire the dullest pen and enthuse the faintest brush. ' . -- j Some Englishman has recently said that ths tan in the Spanish woman 'b hand is her soul. I dont know how far this is true, but to my mind it Is the bulwark behind which she fortifies herself against ths suspicious look of her mother ; the bridge across which her glances gWs slowly and comfortably toward her lover; the letter carrier through whom she distributes her billet donx and her refusals; trusty, discreet maid who with devsr hands covers up one or the other defect in her toilet; an Abigail who can be relied upon at all times; who never refuses to do her bidding, who is held in high esteem therefor, and upon whose maintenance capital lis often expended. Ths Spanish woman is amiable, gay and Intelligent, for a woman, perhaps, too In telligent. Her heart is free from "ran cune," she is never offended, but always in good humor; her advices are opportune, but seldom available. Aside from the smallest foot she is ths possessor of the most neauutiu eyebrows in the world. Her form to small, but pliant and fulL-SL Louis PosMMspatch.-,,;"-! :; iiV';v A Caaim''t- LabrMor. ,;S'j.'':f The lnteriot of Labrador is undoubtedly the largest unexplored area on this con tinent. Up ths ttrand Klver, which emp ties Into ths Atlantic Ocean at Hamilton Inlet, are the Orand Falls, which, if every thing to true about them that is reported, are ths most stupendous falls in the world. They are only about 160 miles up the river, but only two white men have ever seen them. Ur. B. F. Holme three years ago went from England tot visit the Orand Falls.-' .,(-'.-.-..' ,. :,..-.. Heorganlnd a little party to aooomDany htm inland, and arrived within about SO miles of the falls, when he was compelled to return on account of the failure of his provisions. The Labrador Indians say these talis are haunted, and they carefully avoid them, believing that they will die If they look upon them. ; The two white men who have seen them are Mr. McLean, who, ne was ascending the river in 1838. was stopped by the tails, and Mr. Kennedy, who over 80 years ago had charge of Hudson Bay Poet In Iiabrador. Mr. Holme says ths bight of the fall is not certainly known, but In some respects then is little doubt they are ths greatest in the world. Though inner Labrador Is so lnadao. uate- ly known, ws ass aware that it is a vast table land whose limits an quite clearly defined. In ths southeast the descent from ths table land Is quite sudden, and almost immediately after leaving the plat eau level is reached that to very little above that of theses. The Orand Falls to the place where ths Grand Biver tumbles over the edge of this table land, and almost the whole of the great drop to effected in this one descent, Professor Hind gives ths height of this Plateau as 1,M0 feet. It has been estimated that the region at ths foot of ths falls to only aoo feet above sea level, and that the waters of Orand Elver have perpendicular descent of about 2.000 feet. Ooldthwaite's. Magazine. Haw ta IiUm KHane Dog. A good method of conquering dogs was exemplified in the presence of a corres pondent, who tells the story as follows; While Buying at a oountry nouse ths conversation turned upon the ferocity of a dog, bait bulldog, halt mastiff, that was chained up In the yard. A small, delicate looking man, who was one of the guests, smiled contemptuously at our host's de scription of the hound's savageness, and offered to bet that he would go down to the kennel and take a bone from under his nose. The bet wss taken, and ws all ad journed to ths courtyard to witness tha feat. : - - -V ' - The small man, who had vanished for a moment, reappeared, and strolled up to the kennel with his right arm outstretched. The dog rushed at him with open mouth, then stopped, turned tall and sliuik into his hutch. The man followed, put his baud Inside, pulled ths dog out by the collar, and' then, after permitting it to crawl back again, ooolly took op the bone it bad been Just enjoying and threw It away without any protest on the part ' of tha animal. The secret of his success was that hs had rubbed bis hand with a solution of am monia, A dog cannot bite without draw ing In its breath, and the Inhalation of this pungent odor was too much tor it. Spirits, or campnor, eau ae cologne ana otner pow erful perfumes at the kind are sd to be almost as eneotlve. . ' . Eight Thatuaad Stadias af Paamlea. Dr. Johnson defines the novel as a tale "usually of love," and there to no doubt that niout novels, since the Greek roman ces, have been very full of this passion. In his EuKliuh novel, during the time of bMikpare, M. Jusserand gives soma BUktixtiitt, as to the preponderance of fiction In liio-l 'i KiiKllHh literature. In 1886 there were more books of theology than novels, but novels took the first piuoe In 1887, lB-t4, sud 1 9. In the last year, l.frtO novels ware published. This gives us, at the very hwHt, tue stones oi ii.imu numan nearw; but it would be more fair to multiply the !"iuiKr of novels by nine, allwing for four ' t lovers" In each, the villain, generally o 1 to the heroine,) end four unsuo- 0.4 ,1 i rnrg, male or female, ibus the yeiir l ) ri'"v have provided about 8.000 S.'.-lieaof t " I " lon of love, as It is fair to I), i ..e a.iiiwoht! f-r novels In which treas nin. or nnii'ii-r, it i "icy was the main liiten-xt. 'i unit it v-o ! I s nm as if what is ciiiii-1 c-e "love in,! :, i" were ths main tti-a-iion "f romance, sml v -t lucre seems reaxon to .. t WW ii"r I fi Ih not a mere gtulc noveo rnnloi I- oi y 111 11 Ci -.l Til. It, Is f . sU t v B ud by 1 i )-mnt 'li t v of t t lliat tins "V 1C' ti' I h is a f : 1VOIII iS lo 1 i a ioYA ii I if t y A JAPANESE GARDEN. ORIENTAL NOVELTY TO BE REPRODUCED " IJI NEW YORK. . : - "Little Japan to ths name given ton prospective Japanese tea garden In this city. It will appear, fairy-like, during the Coming Summer, and will be the first and only enterprise of Its kind In sxlstonoa, - Ths tea garden to '.the result of several months of scheming on ths part of a Bright young Japanese of this olty. There are in this dty, however, two pretty and dainty young Japanese ladies who wars In Paris during ths Exposition, and who have oblique little black eves that fairly dance with intelligence, and it to poaelbie that the whole scheme of the tea garden origi nated la their round heads. ' TVey in turn say they got the Hea while visit' g Japan's exhibit In the World's Fair at Paa- . At n dinner-recently given byl Well known Japanese of this dty ths two young ladles were present. The schema of "Lit tle Japan" was thoroughly discussed. One of those present was M. Z. Sato, and hs has given a description of ths novel garden. - According to Mr. Sato, arrangements have been completed by certain wealthy gentlemen, acting with some Japanese, for the site of ths garden, its general features and its management.- The ground to be occupied Is nearly a block in area, and enough to give room for an exact repro duction of one of the most beautiful private gardens In Tokio. A large building will cover the site, and It will be fitted with fix tures for steam heat, so that the tea gar den may be open to its patrons all the year rouna. - ,. . ... -- ,-- - After the construction of the building. the floor space will be arranged Into little hills, slopes and nooks. Then ths magic of Japanese art will convert the outlined walks into white and winding shell paths, ths pile of earth into green mounds and the elopes and level places Into velvet hits of lawn. Near ths center will be a little pond, and in the pond a variety of the oddest Japanese fish that can be gotten here alive, or hatched here from eggs imported es pecially for the purpose. , . . . . . - , It Is in the adornment of this bit of ths Mikado's Empire that the greatest charm of ths garden will lie. The oddest and rarest small trees and shrubs will abound, and among them will be a tree whose root rise ont of the ground to ths height of a native of Japan, and there meet the trunk. which rises ss high again and bears droop ing branches. Japan Is famously rich in flowering bushes and shrubs, and the most beautiful of them all will be selected for the garden, f It will be gay with flowers, and sweet With their mingled fragrance from New Tear's to New Tear's. There will be bits of shell walk, overhung with interlocking branches, blossoming dells and quiet nooks. A brook will ran under- neath a little Japanese bridge. Hall bidden by trees and shrubs in one corner, overlooking a slops and ths pond, an imported Tokohoma dwelling, or tea house, will be placed. - It will be built In Japan by native carpenters, and sent hers in pieces. In this house, and perhaps in a second, Japanese tea Will be served as it to customarily served in Tokio. In the serv ing of the tea will be Introduood a most at tractive feature of the glimpse of Japan. Young girls, all of them Turn Yums, Pitti Sings or Peep Bos, will be brought over to prepare and carry the tea to ths patrons. The girls will be dressed dain tily in ths style of their native land and will serve the tea in little lacquer cups on laoqner salvers. Ths tea, as all know who have enjoyed the hospitality of ths Japan ese at home, will be of a light amber color and served without sugar. But in the plans of the sweet little American cubes. ths Japanese girls will serve stoneless pre served cherries and sweetmeats. The cherries will be strung on sticks, six on each and lie in a drcular laoquer box. The other sweetmeats will be served in a clrou- tor box. Both boxes will be of bamboo, and will be enclosed in one large section of temboo. ; ':''','" ! If some morning' visitor shall happen to ay "ohayo" to one of ths young ladles erring tea, she will smile a funny little mile, and make a qulok, jerky little bow. Then shs will patter back in her Japanese Uppers to ths little straw-thatohed, plo turesque tea house. " Ohayo " (pronounced Ohio) means "good morning." : The business arrangements tor placing a Little Japan in ths midst of the metropolis are carefully guarded secrets ss yet, but It is said that there are five in the oomvany. and that the five Include a very rich and enterprising New Yorker. They will send a special agent to Japan at onoe, if they have not already, to secure six of the best native gardeners who oan be induced to come. If possible, gardeners with pretty young daughters will be engaged, as it to quite difficult to separate Japanese daugh ters from Iamllles--N. x. uontinent. '. How As Kartltquke Faela. ' . To the average resident of ths temperate ones an earthquake is a rare and terrible svent, creating mors oonstornatlon than any other visitation of nature. - In ths tropics, however, particularly in Central America, it Is wonderful how easily the residents become accustomed to these shocks, which - do not Come, however, Wholly without warning.- ., .:- ' ' Yon are sitting on a piazza, of a hot after noon, chatting with your friends, when suddenly the sky seems to grow hairy, the crows stop cawing and ths buzsards quit fighting in the street. There to a general rrush, and, though you may not know what to the matter, you cannot help feeling un easy.' - - "". The old natives say. "We are going to have a little shake," and then the house be gins to rock, the tumblers tali off the table, vou feci deadly sick at ths stomach, and the tiling is all over. The sky clears, ths trows begin their noisy screams and the buzzards resume their quarrel over the street offal. .. " - There is something Inexpressibly terri fying, however, about the trembling of ths earth, says the New York Journal. Ths slightest oscillation will awaken the popu lation of the whole town, but unless some considerable damage Is dons everybody goes to sleep again as a matter of course. A Lattar aa a Poataga Stamp, When the postmaster at the little coun- tryoMoe in Ellington, Oonn opened his nutllbugonsday last week a single can eoiiml postage stamp fell out. lie lxked among the letters to see If the stamp bad came from any of them, but they were all rlKlit 1 lien he examined the liack of t"6 sijuiin toi-. " if the Rum was still on It. He found tiiat h i s. J. F. Ii-vIhs. ot Shaker S! a tionlu this hi ute, liml esercc.oil her In genuity and stnii ncd tier eviii lit by wnt. ing a letter on t .e I n of I a n, ( M otie edge. was smml !- n of '-p" mr, such as Is alwi'-i I I oil n I 1 f. icot of stamps. Bed C'l t , - a. i -l t ii-Uiens, lull Li L. -J. a. i-...u. . . - TklV SeavtUkl Private liHas ' AH the Tear KmmmM v aws ta Ba Dlipmaea Itl a Tefcakajaa COBWEB PARTIES. A ir Faaalaia Ptv. law AJtWratag A cobweb party to great fun. - It to work, too work for ths amiable and inventive hostess and most tantalizing and pleasurable work for ths investigating guests. It to as sxdting ss a chase, with the gams just beyond the tips of your fin gers, or the reach of your gun. At first it seems ss u one were trying to catch a will-o'-the-wisp or find ths bag of gold at ths root of the rainbow, in taot. the effect of the gay yvns, worsteds or ribbons (Whichever one chooses to use), crossed and reorossed and interlaced and intertwined, to not tuiLte a very beautiful rainbow, which has at the end of each bright strand a real prize. Not the tradi tional bag of gold to be sure, but .anything from silken shoestring to a diamond pin, or a book, or a picture, or anyt ,ng and everything that a ready, inventive faculty, artistic taste or tun -loving fancy ban make or devise. . Cobweb parties may havs a- Juvenile sound, but they are not for ths enjoyment ot rollicking youngsters; but tor ths diver sion of those who have learned, as ths years increased, to rein in thela-vimal spirits and to take their pleasure with a certain amount of seif-eontroi. So ths nostess knows as shs weaves her cobweb ot ribbons for her party, that no matter how often they are twisted ana in tertwisted by her there will not be any tear of them getting into a hopeless tangle. She takes as many strands of worsteds or yarn or ribbon as the number ot people she Invited, and fastens at on anil of each strand a prise. Some of the strands are yards and yards In length and some are short.- The prises are snugged away in noon, under cualrs, behind pictures, op stairs, down la the oellar or up on a shelf. Ths different strands are crossed and woven and Intel wutou like the airy threads ot a oobweb. Ths ends are toft within reach. - .;.. The guests are Invited to select a strand and to find the other end of It which holds ths prise. Each goes to work and follows the wanderings of his strand in ths seem ingly Inextricable mass of bewildering twists and turns and colors. It's great fun to watch the busy prlsn seekers. At first It seems deliriously silly : but ths philosopher forgets ths fun of it as be marks how each one works according to his temperament. With what sest and energy and en thus! as tic haste one grabs his string and follows its lead with eager expectancy. With what slow, deliberate Inquiry another pursues the windings ot nto strand I With what doubting timidity and misgiving another hunts for his prise. asking numberless questions and having to be helped by his comrades in ths knotty places. .. -.' . . -. , But cobweb parties are not Intended tor ths entertainment ot philosophers, but to while away an evening in a novel and pleasant way. And they dOi - - The most Indifferent are piqued to action by having the thing they wish Just within possible reach. At ths end eacn one baa nto prize asa satisfying result of his labors; no matter It he found .it behind a dock iter many times wandering about the room he first entered; or whether, after skirmishing down stairs Into ths cellar, np again, down and np ths hall and up stairs to the garret and down again to the draw ing room to find the end of his apparently ndless strand that led- -him Into diverse places in diverse ways, fastened to a gem. of a picture, which he Is privileged to take way with him to bis own domicile and tell sver after what a time he had finding it at oobweb party. Wanna! Drew la 1315. . This description of the dress of English women in 1515 to taken from a letter writ ten by an attache of the Venetian legation to a friend at home: ., , . - .- , " Their usual vesture Is a doth pettiooat over the shift, lined with gray squirrel or some .other fur; over the petticoat they wear a long gown lined with some choice fur. The gentlewomen carry the train of fhAlr mwnt nnriAr tha arm! tha Mmmfln. r alty pin it behind or before, or at one side. The sleeves ot the gowns sit as doss as possible, are long, and unslashed through out, the cuffs being lined with some choice fur. J heir neaagear is o: various sorts of velvet, cap fashion, with lappets down behind over their shoulders like two hoods, and in front they have two others lined with some other silk.- Their hair to not seen, so It is not possible to see whether it be light or dark. Others wear on their heads muslins which arc distended and bang on their backs, but not far down. Home draw their hair from under a ker chief and wear over their hair a cap, for the most part white, round, and seemly. Others, again, wear a kerchief In folds on ths head, but, be the fashion as it may, the hair to never seen. Their stockings are black, and their (hoes doubly soled, of various colors. When they meet friends in the street they shake hands and kiss on ths mouth and go to some tavern to regale, their relatives not taking this amiss, as such to ths custom. The women are very beautiful and good-tempered." A TPaljraaalaa IjagaaA, Turn, coming from over seas, found him self in a land named Otea, and leaving bin canoe, Journeyed inland. Traveling through the dense forest, he saw fairies sitting in ths flowers ot ths climbing plants and swinging on the lianas which trailed from the high boughs across ths vistas of the wood. These fairies were curiously. shaped beings, having small heads and large bodies, while their hand and feet were attached to limbs so short that they seemed ss If extruding from their bodies. Turn had brought with him ths sticks wherewith fire to produced by friction, and he proceeded to kindle a fire and toeook some food, much to the astonishment of ths fairies, who had always consumed their food in Its natural state. Turn fell In love with one ot the fairy women and married her. His wife reclprooated his affection and they lived happily together; but one day, when the elfin spouse was combing out her husband's hair, shs suddenly cried out, "Oh, Turn, what to this white hair among the black ones?" Hs told her that it was a sign ot age and of approaching, decay, ths forerunner ot death. Then his wife wept bitterly and refused to be com forted. It la a touching story, ths sudden surprise and grief ot this child ot the im mortals on herdlsooveryof that which to us poor sons ot day to so common and ob trusive a tact. The old legend has given rise to a proverbial saying, "The weeds ot Turn," as a synonymous expression for gray hair. Longman's Magazine. ; A Taaag Weaseat Braat Baa4. Ilumboldt, Kan, is a musical town, and poetwfises a young women's military bnd that would lie a credit to a large city. 1 lie members are all women except Prof, lliwo, the director, and the ohltwt is oniy Si) veins of ace. It is said they have ati t iincil a iricit. ileal of pro! 'ency, and r-'iy rimt i. - y well In tune. It Is not lc "0 t i nt, ui! n p'ny tiis (I mm S"d ti' i, 1c t w i i v I i i " lu I I . J v h ' ' - f I, w- in - I -I 1 ii c u. j uliiimcd Wuu a --i.W - HAM XOTHE PEESIDENT." tOUt CURIOSITIES Of THE MAII AT TMt WHITE HOUSE. ' Car ata AASiass Ska rvasV mt rraaariy Hearty Ail Will A44 Aa Kxam Title Sama Qeaar ; gpaahaaaa Fraaa tka OShdal Mail Ba. On half ot ths President's dally mall Is addressed to "His Excellency the President of the United BUtM." This, of oosrss. is exclusive of matt from official sources. It this record is taken a a criterion, one-half the people ot ths United States srs Ignorant ot ths Preal- oant's official title and oi the fact that ft was determined early la ths history of ths republic thsiths President should not be sailed " His ExoeUsney." Ths question - what styles or titles It will be proper to annsx to the office ot President and Vise President , of the United Btetes, It any other than thoss given In ths G institution "earns before the first Congress, and after much dis cussion ths Bn ate passed a resolution m May M. 1789, fixing the title of ths rresldent, which stm remains in (ores. The conclusion of ths resolution wast 'Besolved. That the present address be: To the President ot the United States.' without addition ot title." In tha President s mall at the Execu tive Mansloo a few days ago was Just oas letter In the sntlrs package whloh was addressed correctly, and that was from a railroad company in Camden, X. J. Four were nearly eorreot. Two were addressed "To the President. Washington, D. C," and ths other two "To ths President, Executive Mansion, Washington. D. C." Tie Ban Frsnolsce Board of Trade addressed an envelope to Bis Exosllsncy Benjamin Harrison, President, Washington. D. C." and a leading Insursnce company of New York sent a letter addressed to Bis Excel- lencr Benjamin Harrison. Pi evident,' Ac., and In tns corner of the envelope was ths word "Private." Another let ter was addrssssd " His Excellency. Ex ecutive Mansion, D. 0., and marked "Personal." Ths " Personal " ; mark never takes a letter beyond the desk of Executive Clerk Tibbot, who hsndlss all of the President's mall, and turns ovsr to Private Secretary Haiford the letters whloh do not require the President's personal attention. A Bipablloan club In New York sent the President a sampls of American tin plats Inaa envelope addressed "Hon. Benjamin Harrison," te, "National Capitol." As ths Prssldsnt visits the Capitol about onoe In two years, ths tin plats would havs swelled bis attention a long tins If ths directions on ths sn Telope had been followed. . - Ths foreign Idea of the President's ad dress found illustration in a communica tion from ths Department of Neglected Children and Bformatory Bohools at Melbourne, Australia, It was directed to ths "President of the Republic White House. Washington, U. 8. , Officially there Is ne such plaoe as the White House. The President's offloe and residence la the "Executive Man sion." Boms of ths letters which the President reserves suffer delay from In- auffioionoy of address. Postal olsrks are busy deciphering ths addresses on the Tl 1 .11 -rt A drssssd to " Bengerman Harson, Wash ington. It was mailed at Altoona. Pa., and ths Postmaster thers sent It to Washington. Pa. There "Try Pres. Harrison, D. C," was scribbled on ths envelope, and ths letter found its det tinatlon in ths Executive Mansion. As- other letter reoeived In the same mall was addrssssd to Hoasrbls Prssldsnt B. Hsrison." These are unworthy speci mens of the way the casual correspon dent abuses the spelling of the Prssl dsnt name, Mr. Tlbbott baa made collection of strange envelopes received at ths Executive Mansion. They fill a large drawer in his desk. Here are some aseolmena : x- . Mr, president balnoa, Wathlncton. i Mr. oae-eNs treat lent b harlaoa, -. r Waeblnstoa. d. .' .. u -. That letter whloh was mailed at Cairo. IU strsyed about for a time, and came to ths Executive Mansion with "Mis- sent stamped all over It. r Boaory Pres. . at taeVolteda.et-. WashlBinoa y y&eetrDeot or Bat .-; ' aM states - Wash lag toe DO ' : Wlshlag v So . - " . ' . ., . i a tte Pi-sadaa IfBMI WteitaaS.a o free a eil - .s-x. . . Ittrtwn . ' ... .... That letter was sent to Philadelphia by the Postmaster of a small Pennsyl vania town who could not decipher the address. Ths Philadelphia offloe added " Washington, D. 0," and forwarded the letter to ths capital. . . Mrbn Xon kara-m mi laeat Washlniem . a ' - ' Ttat letter, which csme from Arka- dslpbla. Ark., got through without de- toy becauas tne elty address was plain. trma Dead Ber-v - otDO : Waaalostaa " ' That latter was from Blohmond, Ind. where Mr. Harrison should be well known. Oiymer. N. J., furnlsbsd tbs fol lowing gem. It hat few equals In the eollsotlos : preaedeant ; ' , ' ears '. ..v Weestliatoraa ,,. - - . . to Hot quits satisfied with his spelling ot the President's asm, the "Clymer cor respondent wrote "Hress" across the end of ths envelops as aa alternative. Lsasdals, Pa., sent ths following : . Mr rraaaldesl are . ';. 1 WBaMaglOB , P0 - From Kansas City, Kan., earns a con tribution originally addressed to " Mr. Hirron," but ths address waa altered to read: M'. Hlrma, K B WM koeaa . ' - . .. . , ; Wadiliaelty (What "P. stood for wss not de veloped svsa by tbs contents ot the latter. Possibly It wss an Americaniza tion of ths Queen of England a Y. B. " Presldens Bex.") One Irreverent eorresnondentl to small town in Ussourt, addressed a let ter to " Lis lioval Ji(t, ths President,' and another iulssourlan adilressea rommioiloation. Intended for the Chief l.xecc sv, simply, WBshlnitton, D. C, ths t tolls Louse. N. Y. bun. af Some Ottnerale, '' 1 atCT, K.erldan at . . 'le at i i. Li-"! i I ' " i V, 1 ' - , t .. dj, l.i.t tj lii TTTi Stat. The daughter to a great pet la Bosafaa families, perhaps because there are geoer ally more sons than daughters. Take tbs younger members of the Imperial family as an example, and we find twenty-two grand dukes and only seven grand duch esses; and this may be stated to be about the average oronortlon In most families. The necessity for men in the rural districts assistants in the agricultural labors of tbdr fathers has given rise to a saying : one son is no son: two sons are halls son; but three are a whole son." . :: Notwithstanding the pride and satisfac tion with whloh ths birth of a boy to hailed, the little girl Is the darling, the object oi the tenderest affection and care of parents and brothers, not to speak of other adoring relatives. -Much to not expected ot her in the way of assistance In the family, she to indulged as tar as their means and circum stances permit, and she takes it quietly and as ner due. but It to rarely that shs does not voluntarily and tadtiycontrjinite ner share in helping her mother.. Her oc cupations are mach about the same as those of all' European girls, but parish work in Bussla sxtBtoth not for her. Bhe cannot have classes at Sunday-schools, as religion is (aught by priests or daaootis. It would DS thought quite extraordinary and Improper were a young unmarried girl to visit the sick or poor in towns, but in villages it to sometimes done under the direction of mamma or grandmamma. Bhe to undoubtedly fond ot pleasure, likes to be well dressed, and generally adores dancing, writes Mms. Boumanoff in the English Illustrated Magazine. Muslo Is not the Busslan girls forte, nor to solo sing ing. Most of ths Institotkas, though they thoroughly know ths theory ot music, play ilxe a child ot twelve ; ot course there are exceptions, but It to seldom you find a girl able to play a quadrille or poke off-hand. The uymnaslstkss affect a magnificent contempt for all such "delloadea." After securing their diploma, 75 per oent ot the Qymnaslstkas begin to pine tor higher culture, or the so-csiled work among " the people." It to not only orphans, or daugh ters ot persons with large families and small means that endeavor to obtain board appointments. It to the fashion, the erase ox tso aay. - Higher culture used to be attainable bv joining the higher courses at Petersburg, Moscow and otner university dues, where girls with a diploma went through a uni versity course and reoeived alter five years' study another, which gave the owner the right to teach In Institutes and gym nasiums. - Aatles af the Ha Ami, The following remarkable story, told by an eye-witness, to entitled tea place among the instances ot Intelligence among the lower animau: - r A cook was much annoyed to find bis pastry shelves attacked by ants. By ca tul watching it was discovered that they came twice a day in search of food, at about T In the morning and 4 in the after noon. How were the pies to be protected against me invaders? :-., ,, He did not have long to wait, for at 6 0 o'dock he noticed that in the left hand comer ot the pantry was a line of ante slowly making their way In the direction of the pies. - They seemed like a vast army coming forth to attack the enemy. In front was a leader, who was larger than any ot ths others, and who always kept a UtUe ahead of his troops. -r;: -..--..' They were of ths sort known as the medlum-elzed red ant, which to regarded as the most intelligent of its kind, whose sdentlfls name to Formica rubra. About forty ants out of five hundred stepped out and Joined the leader. The general and his aids hdd a council and then proceeded to examine the drule of molasses. Certain portions of It seemed to be assigned to the different ants, and each selected unerringly the point In the section under his charge where the stream ot mo lasses wss narrowest. Then the leader made his tour of inspection. ? m The order to inarch waa given, and the ants all made their way to a hole in the wall at whloh the plastering was loose. Here they broke ranks and set about car rying pieces of plaster to the place in the molasses which had been agreed upon as the 'narrowest. 'V-v.j.rr.-.'-v-- ''V- To and fro they went from ths nail-hole to the molasses, until, at U o'clock, they had thrown a bridge across. They then formed themselves in line again and marched over, and by 11 :5 every ant was eating pie. Bocky Mountain News. A Caurteas CatawWeaaa, "Bpeaklng ot coincidences," said the man with the wooden leg, as hs lighted half-consumed dgar he had been"' carrying in an old handkerchief; "speaking of co incidences, gentleman, I can tell you a very singular thing. I was going up Ni agara street. In Buffalo, when I saw a man with a wooden leg on the other side ot the street coming down. We looked aoroes at each other and stopped. Says I to myself, and says be to himself: - " That fellow lost hisJegat the battle of Gettysburg, or Tm a sinner T , iS, , : " Wdir asked one of ths group. ' "We looked at each other across the street for a moment, and then says I to myself, and says na to nimseir : " I'll strike him for a quarter, and an old comrade and fellow-sufferer will , shell out," 'lit u.-.vV't-.i-'-'vyi-! .'.' rwenr " Very curious coincidence, ' gentlemen very curious," continued the man, as be puffed away at his old stub.: "We met on ths cross-walk. We shook hands. We struck each other for a quarter, but didn't get it We were both dead broke. Ndther ot us was In ths battle ot Gettysburg, or any other battle. Then says 1 to myself, and says ha to himself : " Blast his eyes I but he's a traveUrur on his shape and tolling a tale of woe, and he's nomas forms to assodate with!" and so we walked off. I dont like ooinddenoe myself; there s no money In em. . - OlUMBgtaa; DeeaMda la Reeta areata. - A restaurants waiter In this dty nays: " There are some things about people's habits of eating that defy explanation. For instance, Monday is known in ths restau rants as sandwich day, for twice as many sandwiches are sold then as on any other dayot the week, and what to still more curious, more coined beef Is called for on Monday than at any other time, Baturday is devillod-ham day, tor two orders of devilled ham will be called for on Saturday to one on Monday, though why no human bang can guess. Bomeumns a most unex rjejted demand will be made for a particu lar kind of food. Uomeday everybody thut comes in will want custard pie, and tee next day we will not need to cut a sin:: a slice. On Good Friday, w we b'l not made much preparation for a r"'i-t u -not exoopltntr to do acytliicsf In i t I and, to the ai.Umihhmerit of evc? the place, thore was more mc t i i on any oilier deyin the ynr. H t 1 as if all thelmiiiols In toiM e ,i l cn!!il for meet to c of iity-iSt. Louis Ccilie l 'C' Tool.;- 'otl.ei' B!IOllg0 Willi UlKV- y FOUND AT LAST, I ware ta a ray e4 Ibe fads wee (as ta the (aa. for tbr aada't mlu Btlea ba fry 4 eoejaal a aa wtsb lee eeee. laeoasasaf aasest have euppltoa their aa, ' Bui anBUeiy aaaneS seey loan tbam. . for skey all had bees aeaga te Rao. ... , Bai at last than ana a faror - ;! - And tb U wrote tndaljrad la They has tou4 aa fcnkMlleal farar whs never had read Bbepepera, OapsOodia "WaLXphraham Linkum. an' wat yon see In de dty?" ssked Uncle Moss of his nephews lew days ago, when that wortby returned from Klchmorid full ot'de larnlu . Obdedtyfolkses." "Bee I Undo Mose. man -alive I I sea de whole wort'," said Ephrehem Linkum. "I see houses er hundred times Uggem Mar Will's an' Miss Lisa's, en er hundred stories high, sn some on em had rises doo's aa' wlmlerB all over em, an' I see ksrriges vat wenter long tbout no horses nor mules hitched ter-em, an' you kud ride In em-far. . a nlokei, and I see lamps in de streets wet made it ligbtom day all night; an' dey doan hatter fill 'em up knee de tie runs on a wire an' bums at every pos'an I see" v "Bhet np, nigger, 1 alnt axed yon ter ns an' If you lies tor me ag'ln I 'clar yon kalnt go back ter de dty." . .. . "Uncle Mnse I to teUln de gospel truf, and dey got twelerfonegraphs, and day. talks to each odder fer sr hundred miles, an yon kin hear 'em Jos as " " Nigger r thundered Uncle Moss, .. " does you take me ferer fool? Didn't I ; done tole you not to tell no-mo' Uesr - "But, Undo Moss, I 'dar fore goodness . 1 ain't tole you no lies, and wen dey twel erphonegraph a boy dressed up In blue dose come an bring wat dey want. I axed one v de boys wat be git er moot an he say be git er hunderd dollars, an' I speck he do 'case he say bis doss ooe' him er hundred dollars, I toll yon dey wss fine an aont you turglt It, an- 1 " Look er yer, nigger, does you surmagln I Is er goin ter b'lieve all wat you to er tellln', you good-fur-nufnn, triflln' nigger; you Jia' git np in de mawnin'wen I calls yer and go to wuk. De dty ain't no fit plaoe fur sioh a you. You dun bin to de dty a whole monf , an' kalnt tummembes wat yon seed. I tell jrou it won't do, yon mils' ".- '5.-- ' J"'''c-:' -''-:.rV " But, Uncle Moss," Interrupted Ephrn ham, " I alnt got dun tellln wat I " "Bhet up, nlggerJl alnt got no time to -listen to yo gab. Uo out dar and out some wood fur yo' Aunt, yon hear P and with the look of one who bad dons a good act, Unde Mose leaned back In his ohatr, drew forth a large, square pieos of tobacco, cut off piece about an Inch and a half square, leaned back and soliloquised thusly : "Wen . Iwuser boy if Ibader kumhome an tote such tales ss dat nigger, Mars Will 'ud er , beat me nigh tor death, but times to changed. - Yas indeedy, times to haint no mo wat der used to be, an' dat's fao'."-. Arkanaaw Traveler. ' - ' Be Flaaa Fear Ceaate. He suddenly halted as hs saw a sign "To Let" in Irving plaoe, and In answer to his ring a young woman came to the door. "Booms or whole houser " ne asked. "Booms," she replied. . 4" " Southern exposure I " " r "Yes." "Deooratedf" Yes." Steam heat?" Tea" ra ,.we vi jwiima i .. s "Yes." - Elevatorl" "Yes." "Halls carpeted and everybody made to fed at home? " , , Oertelnly." ' ' Eeferenoee required f Of course." , Ah I then. I am done fort I cannot furnish them and yet preserve my incog nito ss tne unnt Btephanio. Give me -dead away, yon see, and I would be con stantly bored with caller end newspaper notices." i.,c:- V.C.'-';pi "Well f the woman asked in a voice whloh had a touch ot snowdrifts in It. ' Therefore, madams, if you would kind- " ly hew me off a liberal slice ot bread, and put a liberal hunk of oold beefsteak on It, and add a hard-boiled egg and a couple of -olives, I do sincerely believe" She banared the door on him. and after a ' bit he turned away and deoended the steps with a disconsolate look, and said to him self: i- --...- - "They dont seem to be upon Oounte in this street. PU drop down a square or two and announce myself as the Governor of New Hampshire," N. Y. Bun. - - " - The Bags aa4 tka Bayi A tahk, " A Boy who had his hand wrapped up In a Bandage called upon a well-known 8ags -and said: - - "0 Sage, I am but a young and innocent . -Kid, and I Desire to be made Wise." " What wouldst Thou, my Bon?" queried ' . ths Bags as hs crossed his Legs and cut off " Chaw ot Plug Tobaooo. " Yesterday I Picked up Hareeshoe in a Blacksmith Shop." "IsesV "It was red hot" , . " "As usual." -. . .---." '.c-c't - h "Teach me, 0 Sage, how to tell theDlf- ' ferenoe between a Hot and a Oold Horse-. hoe, that I may not get Blistered again." - my eon, quoin us nags, aa ne spa out ot ths nearest window, "It Is as easy. . as Boiling off a Log. Walt until some ' other Boy has Ploked up the Shoe, and then you will know all about It free of OosU" - MORaX; " But we never dUv Detroit Free Press laAeSalte. v. F 1 ( e 1 i ' I'm t,n,; i I Cniict '(. n, 1