The Times-Picayune from New Orleans, Louisiana • Page 36

THE DAILY PICAYUNI SEPTEMBER 1, 1897. 36 fin. bat In soma sections offered little from Chs recent s. but damage -would not mount to mveb. TB filter had favorsble jj k'nds of crops, as a ins tw vyt are Terr encouraging.

It wHl be a (ood mmod for botn tno sxsamoosx -railroad Interna. The labor conditions were rood, notwicasiajiauiff -pressed during the overflow that the issuance of government nations to the ne-. groen would dsmorsl'ss the labor. 'Bed country bad suffered bat very little from tb overflow, but tho stage of wa-k tar In the river was rather low for nav- Igstlou. to say notaiag 01 iub a tamps, root and trees which obstructed the river, ma puosa uau wrr nrndanL for navigation was both difficult and dangerous.

The government is- had ooe snagboat at work In Red Hver, and they were doing- flrat-rate work, but one boat was not sufficient; there was work enough for two more. The govern-- vent slso had a dredge boat at work near Alexandria scraping out tne cnannei tnere. great deal of necessary work remained to be done, and one soar boat and one dredge would not be found equal to the emergencies or tne case, witn oerter ia -eillties afforded to the steamboats In nsv (gating this river, the result would toe commensurate witn tne amount or wora fdone. The Red river boats always had to contend with low water at this season of the year, and the government was do- lag good work. Seven miles above Grand Koore the dredgeboat Howell was bulld- ing Jetties to deflect the current where steamboat Satterlee was sank, and where the wreck yet lies.

The snagboat will work down Red river to the ruft, and then return, working back to Shreve- r- port. The Red River Line, he said, had a fleet or flve good steamboats, three of which, the Scoveil. the City of Llrtle Rock and the Rosa Bland, were In commission, while the other two. the Vallev Oueen and Hal lette, bad been thoroughly overhauled. docked and repaired In the Good Intent dock In Algiers.

These two fine boats, he said, would be In readiness to take their places In time for the season's business. Two more boats were nnder contract and 7 were building at Jetrereonville, one of these being now ready for launching. Thls new boat will have a oapacity for 8000 bales of cotton and under the cou- tract entered Into with the company Is to oe reaav to start on her maiden voyage on the 10th of October com Inc. The cou- tract for the other boat was signed three weeks ago, and this vessel is to be ready to leave Jeffersouvllle on or before the 15th of November. This vessel will have a capacity of 2500 bales, and like the first boat.

Is to be of very light draft. In as light a draft as will be compatible witn strength and speed, and will be eape- dally well adapted to the Red river trade. The company is making every effort to five the public a splendid service. In ad-It Ion to the steamboats the company own fleet of seven barges for lightering in Bed river. In excessively low stages of water, and have two new ones building are to be towed down the river with the new boat on tha 10th of October.

This company has all Its repair work done In this crty. and would also do its ship building here, were the facilities of such character as to do the work. This practice gives employment to a large number of New Orleans mechanics and leaves the money, which would otherwise go to the west, in this city. White In the midst of conversation Mr. ferkins Hoard man, one of the most skillful Red river pilots In the sooth, and employed on the Scoveil.

Joined the party and Mr. Truslow asked 'bis vlewa on the state of Red river with regard to navigation. Mr. Board in an said that there was plenty of room for two more snag boats In Red river, and If they could be furnished sll three hosts would hare good six months work before them -ere the river wonld be free from these dangerons Impediments. The snagboat which the government had at work at present had performed good work coming -down the river.

He thought that the greatest obstruction was the raft which is situated about twenty-five miles above the Junction of the Brack river. During nigh water the raft Is submerged snd an eddy la formed at the end. Sediment then deposits and when the river falls a bar is formed, which gradually, however. Is cut through by a narrow channel. For a dls-.

tance of about a mile below the raft the Ttver widens out and the sand excavated by the current Is again deposited and the river la so shallow that the steamboats encounter. the greatest difficulty In making their way through the shallows. Dredge boats would be required to dig a channel Iter, while the snagboat wonld have the most work from Alexandria to Shreve-port. Up to within three seasons ago Old river gave a great deal of trouble, out for the past two rears an adequate stage of water wis found over the bar. Recently this has commenced to fill up again and while the government gauge at Red River Landing hows 12 feet there is not more than feet In the channel, and this shallowing rapidly.

A great many logs have found lodgment on this bar. and on the last of the Scoveil down Pilot Boardman took advantage of a new channel, which Is much shorter than the old one. and there would not be more than about 100 Sirds of dredging to be done to obtain a of 12 feet. The Red River Line is one of the most liberal and their boats are all that coald possibly be desired, even by the most fas- tldlous. They strive by every means lu their power to accommodate not only shlp- per by their boats, but the traveling pub-; lie as well.

A trip on one of the Red river Line of boats is as pleasant a one as could, be taken, the boats are well equipped and roomy, the fare emial to that ox the finest hotel ashore, while the eers are one and all tireless In their efforts to please their patrons and to make them comfortable. Mr. B. Rivet, secretary and treasurer of the LAFOURCHE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. Limited, said that business of the line has not been so very good daring the past season, but it was not any worse than it was during the previous year.

The crop prospects at present were excellent, he said, particularly regarded sugar and Tlce. The high water bad left a bar across the mouth of the bayou Lafourche, and tbe government dredjreboat Cjl. A. M. was at the present time at work dredging a new channel.

This work would be done In a short time, and then access bayou Lafourche, even at a low stage of. water, such a at present exlste, would be practicable. In high water the steam-, boats of the company usually extended their trips for forty miles or so up the "bayou, but In low water this was 1m--poselble. and barge are then utlllxed to bring the freight offering at the many plantations adong the bayou to deep water in the river. The crops slong bayou Lafourche, he said, were very good, the gain of the past two weeks having made a great improvement in them.

Tbe boats of the company usually brought down augar, molasses and rice, and In former years some potatoes. This year, however, while the sugar and rice crop were flrst- class, the potato crop failed entirely owing to the overflows. The company own and operate two fine 'rboata, both especially adapted to the trade. They ere the Lafourche and the Tec be, and they each make three trips -per week, thus giving a boat out and In each day, except Sunday. ft CAPTAIN C.

K. V00RHEES, of the steamboat St. John, said that business bad been rather dnll during the past twelve months owing to the high water and the general business depression. The crops along the river were excellent and the planters would realize good prices. Tbe recent rains had done a great deal of good, especially to the rice, while there had been no storms to Injure the sugar crop.

The business pros-. pects for the coming seaeon were brighter than they bed been since the bounty was takea elf of sugar. With regard to the rice- crop, he said that be had been In-formed by planters that they would make from 15 to 19 sacks of rice to the acre in new lands, or lands which had been for a year or two Oo old lands the yield wonld be all the way from 8 to 12 or 14 sacks per acre, which was very fair nnder the circumstances. There wss dearth of laborers aa yet, and the a rr planters had Increased the wages of their hands IS per cent. With regard to labor oa the steamboats this annual trouble was Just beginning to show now.

snd hands were demanding front $75 to guo per month, having made their demands the very moment that the new rice and sugar commenced to come In. Captain A. P. Trousdale, manager of the NEW ORLEAN3 AND WASHINGTON PACKET COMPANY, and-on of te mott prominent of the rlvermenv who has been boating on the Mississippi ssd the AtchafaUya and tributaries for many years, was seen aboard the steamer J. fc.

Trade a. Captain seated that tne steanir T. traae oaa been cut otr from Watngton and bayoa Ooartableaa since April 4, UJOd, and thereby lost a portion of their trade that- formerly farnUned more than half of their business, and mucti of tha business formerly- done throngh New Orleans bad been diverted to other, points. 1 for seventeen months not boat bad V. SCHWAN AND 01S: EFFICIENT AIDS Boild Up BoiiaeM in the Grocery List TThlch Speaks Tolnmes for Them and tne City.

The Veteran Head of the Firm a Noble Example Of tbe Reward America Holds for Industry, Honesty, Fines: and Perseverance. Among the wholesale firms in this city there Is none which ranks higher than the firm of Schwa a Limited, who are the successors of the once well known wholesale grocery house of Zuberbier Behan. they the successors of the equally well known Arm of Schneider A Zuber bier. Forty years ago this house was established, and It has not only kept pace with the times but has run lar ahead of nearly all Its competitors, and to-oay tne management one 01 wnicn the mercantile community can well feel proud. The present members of the firm, who have been advancing rapidly, and steadi ly to the head of the list of wholesale grocers of this city are Messrs.

Valentine Sen wan, president; George A. Vlilere, vice president, and O. M. White, secretary and treasurer. Mr.

Schwan, the head of the firm, la the architect of his own fortune, and may point with pride to this fact. A man of Indomitable will, sterling Inter rlty. and thoroughly fair and honorable In all his dealings, he owes his success to bis excellent qualities of mind and heart. He came to this city forty-one yeans ago from the country of his na tivity in the province or Khelrrprals, Ba varia. He was poor boy.

without a doUir In bis pocket, but possessed of a nrm determination to become a wealthy man. He bad the will, and the way soon presented Itself, snd the result was that ne achieved success bey on a bis most sanguine expectation. He possessed health end strength, and this, added to his nun ess of character and his eminently good qualities, soon placed him on the high rood to success. To-day be Is one of the wealthy and influential men in this com tnunlty. stands very high in the cnercan tue worid and Is interested in numerous financial, commercial and agricultural en til name is a synonym of Integrity, energy, progress snd success.

tie 01 years or age, but is still a yonng man, if not In years, at any rate In ac tivity and enterprise. He emigrated to this city when he was 19 years of age, and at once removed to the town of Franklin, in St. Mary parish. He had no capital In which to embark In busi ness on bis own account, but by dint of Industry and eeohotny he soon accumulated a ssfflcieucy to enter mercantile pursuits. Honest to the core and strict attentive to his business he could not help but succeed, and it was to these nne qualities that be owes hie nromlnent posftloii.

honored, respected end esteemed by all with whom he has come into con tact He la the owner of the Germanla nlan- tation, one of the most extensive, best equipped and most productive and profitable in St. Mary parish, it not in the state of Louisiana. Within the past year be has added to bis equipment on the plantation an extensive and complete sugar refinery. This valuable addition to the outnt of the plantation was erect ed by Mr. Leon F.

Haubttnan. of the firm of Haubtman A Loeb, of this city, and has a capacity of 250 barrels of refined sugar per day. which Is entirely adequate for all requirements. The building which contain the machinery for this Improvement is lllO feet long by a width of CO, Is supplied with 9 feet vacuum pan, with a capacity of 8O0.000 gallons Walburn-Swanson double effect evaporator. There Is also a mixer attached for six centrifugal machines.

and the entire plant Is most complete and thorough. The Interior of the build ing is constructed entirely of wood. in addition to tne Uermania plantation (Mr. Schwan owns a large quantity of other valuable lands and real estate In St. Mary parish and ranks among the most wealthy men in the parish.

He 1 a director of the First Motional Bank of Franklin, and In the Germanla Insur ance Company of this city. He has been eminently successfu. in every venture, and the immense amount of business which the wholesale grocery house of Schwan Go. has done within the past year speaks volumes for its efficient management. Tbe present firm was established In 1803 and succeeding the firm of Zuberbier A Behan took pos session of their quarters at Nos.

212, 214, 216, 218 and 20 Booth Peters street, and 213. 215, 217. 219 and 221 Fulton street. The two gentiemen who are associated 1th Mr. Schwan, Messrs.

Geo rice A. Vlilere and O. M. White, in tbe respective capacities of vice president and secre tary and treasurer, are eminently fitted for the positions which they so worth.lv and efficiently fill. They were connected with the firm of Zuberbier A Behan prior to the organisation of the present com pany and bad an experience of over wenty years in tne wholesale arocery business.

They enjoy the confidence and esteem of all with whom they have corns in contact and nave proven themselves very valuable as well as materially bene ficial to the success and prosperity which tne nrm enjoys. Mr. Schwan runs his store on the de partment system. Tbe coffee, sugar, molasses and rice department Is under the management of Mr. I A.

Saxon. Mr. p. ue tfautte nas cnarge of the whisky, llauors and wine department. and Mr.

George A. Claussen is the rullnr spirit In the department of groceries and western produce. Mr. F. Arthur has charge of the cigars and -tobacco department.

The firm bas flfteenu men "on the road." men who are constantly canvass ing this state and adjacent states In the Interest of V. Schwan sc Lim ited. There are about forty brokers In the principal cities of the country employed by th-a go-ahead and enterprising busi ness noose. The trad controlled V. IMinn jt, Co.

is enormous, ranging from New Kng- uuu stua oonu araenoa. ri he saes aggregate upwards of 12.500.000 a year. With such thorough business man at its head, the of V. Schwan A Limited, ia destined to take a place among the stanch, reliable and eminently prosperous Arms of the country. been able to get throngh the raft that bad formed near the month of the bayoa.

Chough they had repeatedly tried; and though petitions bad been signed by nearly all of the prominent merchants and farmers of that section for help from congress In the emergency, only $25,000 has been appropriated; an amount which Major Qulnn. United States engtneer to charge, declared entirely Inadequate. This amount bad not been expendei. V. 6CHWAX.

as Major -Oulan ws not -willing toilet It be used unless security was. given for the removal of tbe raft, which 00 responsible party was willing to furnish. A weekly packet In the tributaries would expend In New Orleans, outside of her orders, about $1000 per week, or ner year, ali of vebjqh went Into business and banking; at the same time she would bring as much other business as fifteen or twenty drummers could secure, yet 00 board of trade or commercial body of this cty bas taken any steps towards the opening of this stream so important to commerce. The Morgan Railroad branch runs through that country, crossing Courta-bleau at Washington, but the most the orders from -there are filled at northern cities and shipped direct, and most of the produce is eold In Opelousas and Washington and not handled by New Orleans merchants at all. Tbe crop prospects being good in Polnte Coupee, Avoyelles and that portion of St.

Landry bordering on the Atchafalaya, the captain thought it probable that nearly ail interests would enjoy prosperity this season. The boats operated by Captain Trousdale's company are the J. E. Trudeau and Warren, two boats well adaoted to their trade, both as to frelgh capacity and passenger accommodations. 1 he xrudeau has oeen running an sum mer, and besides handling the Atchafa laya river and bayou Des Glalxes bust jiesn, enjoys a liberal share of Datronjge on tne Mississippi river below the mouth of Red river.

The Warren has been un dergolng a very extensive overheiullns, and will be In shape to resume her trips aoou-t tne middle or this mouth. One Of tha very few steamboat trad out of New Orleans yet unaffected by THE AMITE RIVER. From Mr. A. St.

Amant, owner of the simmer Alice, a rew rects were learned concerning the trade. The route of the wia uuiDZ mere rrnm tha sin, across lake to and through pass Manchac, across lake Maur- vis ana up tne river to Hope villa. distance of about 135 miles, there being mi nil, I Itl Al ovmcmiuK ue oxiy landings en route. ones 01 wnicn are Clio Maurepae. White Hall, Head of Island rencn Settlement, Port Vincent snd Hope Villa.

The products of the river are mainly cotton, sugar, lumber, shingles uu Buuie nine wool. Business durintr iuc pusi year aiong cne nver, Mr. St Amant stated, bad Been verv satUf.ic tory, and th prospects for the coming v. guou. cation aaa oeen dam aged a little by the recent Twins, but me crops on the whole were in fine con aitron, and everybody along the river felt hopeful.

The Alice 0t seaeolk brought to this cltv about snoo hales of cotton, besides large quantities of other ireignis, and handled a llberul share of the supplies shipped from here to the sioreKeepers and planters along the riv er. Alice baa been a fumllier name in tne trade for many years, and that It has been a popular one may be judged from the fact that four or five boats run ning there have been so called. Tbe present Alice is a stancxy built vessel having a large carrying capacity and excellent passenger accommodation She was purchased several months ago ium airenrs. Mmr dt rromnera Dy Mr. A.

St. Amant, who bas recently spent about S3000 In repairs and Improvements to ner. Mr. m. Amant has been purser on the Alice for a long time, and ss such has made many friends, wbo take great pleasure in throwing things his way.

He hus In command of his boat a veteran and careful navigator in Cap tain J. W. Perkins. Among the corporations which have rendered invaluable services In mnklng iue py oi urMons so important. THE INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY ranxs among the principal.

Ten years ago in jiay last tnxs company was or-gtmlzed with an authorized capital stock of WOO.OOO, and the amount of business it tias transacted runs way up in the millions. The officers of the company a 1 we present ume are uaptaln J. msuee, president; uaptaln victor von Bcnoeier, vice president; J. Edward Cru eel, secretary and treasurer, and these tnree omclale. with Meesrs.

Henrv Marx and W. Calliban, constitute the board of directors. Mr. Orusei was spoken to in regard to the Dusinee dona bv the com pany during the past year as compared to the year previous, snd said that the buelueas was very satisfactory indeed. It was far better than it had been during 18y5-9G, and from all present Indications it would far exceed even the present year me coming season.

The office of the company has been estauus-ied rooms M3, 204 and 205, Cora building. Just In tbe rear of the Hennen building. The company has fleet composed of eleven steamboats, tug boats and pump boat with a fleet of barges with a capacity of oOO.OOO tons. During the past year the company has euoed to its equipment one steamboat. one tugboat and live model barges, which ply in the Mississippi river and all its tributaries, as necessity may demand or require, me nne steamboat Leathers is tbe largest and handsomest one of the fleet, and runs as far as Greenville.

Miss. taking passengers and freight from and to all Intermediate polnte. The principal freights of the line are cotton, cotton seed, coal, sugar, rice, and. In fact, all Kinds or products and produce. The high water during the past summer was somewhat detrimental to the bus! nesri of the line for tbe time belna.

but afterwards the Increase was such aa to make up all the differences which the water had caused. Tbe fleet consists of the followlnar ves sels: T. P. Leathers, steamboat; Henry Marx, 'l. A.

Hendricks, Alarm and Cres cent, towboats; Governor F. T. Nlcholls and Lovey, tugboats, and four pump barges, with the aforementioned fleet of model barges. Tbe pump barges are used for irrigating purposes, as well as to pump out leaking boats, and are all equipped with powerful pumps, hose. etc.

The vessels re all light draft, and can easily penetrate into the shallowest of the navigable tributaries of the great river. The company owns a number of wharves and warehouses in Gretna tne largest or tne latter being a two-story structure, with a spe cial warehouse for storlDg lumber. This company handled all the cotton to I'ort unaimette and Drought it back to this port, carrying each way in the neigh borhood of 3UO.OUO bales of the staple. to eay nothing of other rrelKht. Thl freight was adl transported In barges by means of the towboats.

and proves con clusively that tne railroads are by no means doing all the carrying trade. The Interstate Transportation Com pany, he said with evident pride, were doing a very rair snare or the trade. The business done by this ompany In handling coal wan qolte extensive, and some of the tows aggregated as mnch as 4O.000 tons, which was distributed among tho planters in the Teche country. One of tne principal objects for which the company, was organized is to roster snd th- business of the city, and the success of the company in this re spect has bten very encouraging. They have rendered efficient aid and assist ance in this respect in the past, and mean to keep on doing as they have begun.

The fleet or this company is ail in nrst class shape, and whenever repairs are re quired they are tnorougniy ana promptly made, so that the steamboats, towboats. barges, are all In AX order. One of the Dleasantest trios that can be indulged in during the hot summer months is a voyage across oeeutiiul LAKE PONTGHARTRAIN in the elegant steamer New Camella. This vessel, tor which Messrs. W.

j. (joyle ae are tne agents ana owners, as wen as with her predecessor, the Camella (now known as the Old Camella), has been in the lake trade for a quarter of a century, ana tne public or to-day enjoy and appreciate a trip on this magnificent stesmer ss much as they did years ago. when the original catneua prow cut the sparkling wares of the lake. Mr. W.

G. Coyle was asked how business 'progressed during the past year, and his smile was almost a sufficient answer. He said that the excursion travel on the New CameUa during the past year bas been excellent and very satisfactory In every respect. The season hss been unusually fine, and the number of passengers wbo availed themselves of the trips of the boat was greater this year than ever before. The prospects for the coming season were very bright, he said.

Tbe principal business of the vessel In tbe summer season was In carrying passengers to and fro across the lake, but the boat also- did an excellent freight business, especially ia the winter season. General merchandise, grain, feedstuff groceries, wagons, horses, carriages, constituted the principal freights of the New Camella, making connection with the city via the old Pontchartrarn Lake-end Railroad. The boat lands at Man-deville, Lewlsburg, (Madlsonvilie and Old Landing at each of which places the company has wharves and warehouse. One of the greatest attractions of a trip oa the boat la the trip up tbe Tchefuncta river, which Is said by visitors to be one of the most beautiful streams In the world. There 1 always a breeso blowing across the and the-, trip, Jfree from dust sad 'surrounded- witn all the comforts and conren- iencesV flred by 1 this vessel la great relief from the beat and dust of the city, as well as being Invigorating and bealtb-glvlng.

With the faciUtles offered by this vessel for a cheap and most enjoyaoie trip across tne lake whenever desirable the summer. It Is folly to seek solace In crowded watering places. WORDS AND WAYS OF JAPAH. Patois of the Yokohama Boatmen and Others. A Touching; Little Story of sv De tached Missionary.

Cnlees the passenger knows what to ex pect as the snip enters tie bay of Yeddo and be catches sight of the town of Yoko hama low along the shore, he is likely to think that the anarp-pointed boats Uiat race fiercely toward him are laden each wlbu a cargo of Uoga, to be sold as curios. and that each dog is in furious combat with every other dog, says a correspondent. What he reaky bears Is the boat men, wlio. keep time by yetplng as they stand in double rows facing the slues ana swing to and fro over their beavy 12-fbot padatea. Tne lotoimna boatman has a dialect of bis own, made up, the etymologists say.

or woras gathered in many ports, some of them as far south as Singapore. Natives from other parts of Japan, enjoy lis tening to this patois, which is as amus ing to them as pigeon EngUalh is to Anier leans. Wben the lighthouse was built the coolie was puzzled for an expression, but at ia.ii ae evolved the phrase, "Sampan aba.ml rosoku." Sujupun is Malay for boat; a'bunai, like "have an eye," meaus look out. take care, while rosoku means ennd'e. The globe trotter Is inventive, too, on a pinch.

One of hlm who haU lauded two days before wished some orantrea peeled, Going througn his pocket dictionary he wort.id tcgether this combination: "Ml ka: kimono which translated worJ by woTd kt the order given runs urangt roue gcodby." "Sayonaru," by uit way, is always translated "farewell1 or bur It means literally, says a Japanese student, "If it must be so." japiurw nave no great reputation in formal logic, but their formal politeness Is unquestioned. They w-lll be polite anyway, whether their words are in harmony wim incus or not. or example, tne hostess who has spent hours making ready an elaborate meal will set huge portions before each guest, and then, bowing quite to the floor, will draw in her Dream ana say: Nannimo axmasen de gozalmasu dozo meshiagari," which means, "There Is nothing at all; please eat," or. In full. "Honorably exiatlne.

nothing Is; augustly condescend to par- ar a Ira Excepting the chin, or lonir-halred. sloppy-eyed lap dog, all Japanese dogs are mongrel and are wild or stupid, as the case uwty be. So different are they from foreign- dogs that the names for the two Kinds differ as much as the names rat and mouse, "iuu" is the native dog and "kame" the foreign. "Ksme" ia from "come here, which the natives learned from the earlier American arrivalsv and supposed to be the foreign word for dog. Tne native policeman always draws himself np In military style and salutes when a foreigner speaks to him.

He will walk with one for several blocks to show the way, and will never accept a fee. One evening an American, went into the court of a temple while a bazar was being held. The policeman at the gate looked hard at him with nla iron face and then followed him about. At first the American thought he might be at trespasser, but as the officer did not speak to him, be went about from booth to booth and into the 1-cent shows that much resemble side tents at a circus. Wherever he stopped the policeman said something, which at last the American, who understood a lltt-e Japanese, managed to overbear.

It was an emphatic warning against overcharging: gwai-kok Jin" that Is, "the honorable foreign country man." The American saluted as he left, and the salute was returned, but the Iron face changed not. One must not look down upon the mikado. It used to be certain death to see tlm, or wven peep at the shogun as he passed by. All citizens laid flat on their stomachs behind closed doors when the grand cryer announced the ehogun's approach, and as for the heaven-descended mikado, ha was too sacred ever to have bis palace in Klyoto. Now there is no Bhogun and tbe mikado goes to all parts of the country.

Any one may see him, but not from an elevation. There Is no law against it, but the public doesn't approve and will makei trouble. Not long ago there was a grand procession. Tbe Russian minister had raised a platform level with the top of the yellow wall In front of his legation, below which the mikado would pees In his state carriage. Many guests, half of whom were ladies, were seated there when the great day arrived, congratulating themselves on the view they would enloy.

Some bad cameras. The crowd below saw what Would happen and kept up such a of stones that the platform was abandoned. There are all sorts pf missionaries, as there are all sorts of priests, clergymen, lawyers, physicians and newspaper men. Some men In each of these classes are naturally "kickers" and others, equally natarally, are not. These take things with an even temper, whatever happens.

One such was an Anvoican missionary in Tokio, on "independent." That is, one not receiving any support from home, but trusting to his own ability, or. as he put It. "to God." to have food and shelter and strength to teach what he believed was truth to those whom he believed was heathen. He lived alone, seldom heard from home, was shy uml felt rther that other missionaries held aloof from him. He ate native food wlta chopsticks and slept on the floor wrapped rn a native rug.

The language was hard for him, end he had not been In -the country long enough to talk clearly to the natives of what lay nearest his heart. He could speuk only a few necessary phrases and tried to Interest those about him In a religious book printed in characters that be himself could not under stand. A chance acquaintance, not a missionary, who lived in the neighbor hood, nsked him In one day and got him to talking of himself. "I should think the days -would be hard for you." he Id. "Yes." wss the reolv.

"but ther come only one at a time. Then the chance acquaintance went to the cup board and took a drink nnd said that as bis throat bothered him a little, he guessed he'd have to change the brand of his cigarettes. BLOT ON BAYREUTH. G. W.

Steevens, Heard of la Amer ica, Says It Is the English Girl. G. W. Steevens, who finds a reading public when besays absurdly unusual things, for which be wus noted In his American trip, now remarks that Biy- reuth has one blot on it the English girt. "She la." he savs "eenernllr nnma-rted.

and runs from 25 to 3o with her accurate Knowledge, and er impassive ways. nd her prim, pale face, and that slow, unmodulated, very-nigh-in-the-head voice. You know the voice; It is not. a chest voice, nor even a head voice; it is a kind of brain voice, an excellent voice to sneer In. And how she sneers! She goes to the theatre and comes out, and says: I wonder why vori can't stuck his notes and tSuch a pity they made such a muddle of the "Feuerxauber." When she recognises a motif she labels It with its name in an audible whisper.

She knows all the scenes by their Chrw-trau name, so to speak, and talks of the RltL' ss If she went ont shop pine to It- She never laughs only gives a sort of cough: half disdain, half pity. I had met some use uus, ont 1 oiun 01 now tnere were so maw in the world as I saw last week In Bayreutb. "I don't like ner at an. and I wonder whv she comes. She doesn't look as if she en loved It: bnt perhaps she does.

a way, after alL It la a place where sfce can bask In her own culture. The truib ia. that except to her. Bavrenth la hot a place of pllgrlmmage at alL but only a place of rational enjoyment rfter a person's own fashion. Tbe eGrman goes there as ne goes to cfiurch 4t Is his dntv The re oh man aroes to make epigrams, to twist his Angers, and- ay, "Couime The American takes It lu with bis lob-shaming patience, as an Institution of Europe.

The mostly goes to take tna English eirL To tha cultured English girl alouie is Bay-reuth a high and-, -holy it. 1 the mirror of her own. superiority." MODERN PLDMBING MAKES BOMB HAPPY, Furnialiing Delightful Comforts With But Little Heed For Constant Watchfulness nnd the Frequent Changes Which Were the Eule Before the Science Was Perfected, And Sncb Men as C. Hartwell Ss Sous Devoted Their Lives to the Business. In the rapid march of progress which bas developed in the Crescent city, es-J pecinuy within tne past decade, tnere has been no branch of trade or business which has attained any higher standard of excellence than that of the plumber and gas fitter.

While Plumbing and gas-flttlnjr are necessarily subordinated to the professions of the architect and the builder, the comforts and conveniences of any building, whether commercial or residential, are gauged by the quality and style of the work that has been Intrusted to the care, attention and supervision of the subcontractor who directs the mechanics who do the piping. Large, well-ventilated rooms, airy hallways and corridors and other lndlspensa-bles must necessarily form part and parcel of the strictly first-class modern structure, but the Joy forever lies In the solid comforts that are found in the well-appointed and finished bath and toilet-rooms of the bulldlnjr. and also in the even and proper distribution of lights, be they gas or electric. The strides that have been made during the period referred to In both plumbing and gas fitting have placed them both beyond being lontrer categorized under the trade caption. The man who can merely wipe a joint, run lines of supply and waste.

tap a main and run' properly reduced sizes of pipe, or swing a chandelier. Is altogether out of it If that Is all he can do to recommend himself for consideration; for the artistic ability and attainments of perfection of the strictly first-class mechanics In these lines have classified them as professionals, so that none others need apply to those who are desirous of having, their work done in strictly up-to-date style. Of course, there are penny-wise nnd pound-foolish economists enough to give the old-timers sufficient to do to eke out an existence and this Is a Godsend for the old-timers. But it cannot be said that this plan proves correspondingly beneficial to the supposed economist, who. after allowing the old-timer several more whacks at him in overhauling the inferior work, ultimately becomes disgusted and has to call In one of the professionals to cut out all that has been done and put In what he orljrlnally wanted, but was unwilling to pay for, realising in tbe end that be has been required to expend many times the amount that it would have cost him to have had the work done properly at the oufnet.

New Orleans has several establishments whlv emnlov none but first-class up-to- date mechanics, 'but leading tin em all is the bouse of C. C. Hartwell. Established thirty-five years ago. it has kept pece with every Improvement and new dls23v-etrj and invention which has been made in either plumbing or gas fit ting since that time.

The men whom Mr. Hartwell ha emn-loved were ream red to Te thor oughly up In tbelr business a necessary requirement Tor tne securing or mat employment anil the men wbo have learned their trade in his establishment ire M10 most eagerly sought wfter by those who n.re dcmrotie or naving none ont nrm- cIohs work done. With a tborougb practical knowledge of the workings of every department or ws esrsDiwrnnent. jar. Hartwell always gave all work that was rnrrrrs-ted to htm bis cloee and constant persocal attention, as he was too Jealons of the envtabCe reputation he had succeeded In establishing for thtmself through his ability and Integrity to risk intrusting the supervision to some one wbo might, at times, be 4ess watchful and painstaking.

It -was in this way that he succeeded, and this munificent success wfiich crowned n4s untiring enorts to ex cel determined the future of his bright vopng sons, Messrs. C. A. Hartwell. S.

C. Hartwell and L. 8. Hartwell. ArmreciftUng tbe great scientific strides which were being mide in every branch of bis bnsl-ness, along with the general progressive march of all things virundane.

awl the important port that electnielty was to play in the lighting of buildings, in tbe educational training of his sons, who, as be foresaw, were to add luster to the brilliant reputation be had acquired for homserf. Mr. Hartwell was cautious to foave them thoroughly trained in the theoretical as well aa practical workings that thev were destined to manage. Thus it is that these polished and cultured yonse; men have for some time past been in almost absolute control of the business tihat was established end built np by their worthy (father, and their excellent management of it bas proven beyond donbt that tbe aim, hope and ambition of bis ilte were not In vnin. Their atmbHion bas been tempered with caution far beroml their yeans; the experience of their father has been, ss It were.

Inoculated Into tbem. and with tihefr (nherevt ELECTRIC LIGHT TOO BRIGHT. Loekpe-rt and Tsaawasda Will Go Baxelc to Gaus for Their Streets. One can nave too much of a good tbiog, and that Is what some towns in western New York are thinking to-day, says the Press. Through the development of e-ectrical energy at Niagara Falls this part of the state Is bound to be one of tbe most Important electrical centers in the Yt two cities In this region have dechled that electric light in the street Is too bright, and for this reason solely tbe cities refuse' to rene the contracts 'wrtn th electric tight inrpat ales.

Lockport was, the first to tak this action. One- of hha highly useful em ployments, publicly, ot electricity, in tnis I iiiSi'iLSfii enertry 5 and enterprise, -while Wef ul to avoid hi tin at what 1s not work feaving, they have advanced andromNted the estabHsbment -of C. Hartwii to a standard oot- surpassed by any ojner In the whole country. WWle the pjsctlced and experienced eye-of their (athy still supervises all that is done, theeeA three young men feave scared the responsibilities of tbe establishment among em-serves, so that A. is In charge 1 tha Inside workings, 6.

directs the pnt-alde forces, wtofce I. 8. has supervldon over the office corps. HartweU'a place of businesses located at 213 uaronna, oeiwn Common and Gravler streets. As a rob.

a plumbing and gss-ntung store is th nuMt diaordriv snd uninviting plai th ho fnnnil. and there Is BO largi sized desire on the, part of the visitor! or customer to tarry any wnger than isrnecessary for the of the business wbich has reqnlred bis going into it. This Is not so. however, with the Hartwell establishment. There Is a noticeable and refreshing absence of fittings of every slse and description strewn around the floors with lengths of greasy iron pipe and coils of lead pipe scattered about, threatening tbe ruination of tbe visitor's wearing apparel.

Here every thing has its place and everything Is kept In its place. The first floor Is used mainly for the show and display of chandeliers and sanitary appliances and ap purtenances, while in neatly arranged boxes and drawers are kept the fittings The second floor is set aside and kept for the display of tneir glass chandeliers, ana the third floor is used for the workshop. The display on tbe first floor Is the finest imaginable. In a spacious and well ventilated showroom are hung some of tne most exquisite gas. electric and com blnatlon chandeliers and brackets and ha-11 lights; the most novel and unique designs of iseweii lights, ana every de sign and quality of shades and globes made.

Then, there are tubs and closets of all patterns and makes, ns well as washstands, etc. These are all arranged In the most tasteful and attractive manner, and their attractiveness la enhanced by the scrupulously cleanly appearance of the entire floor. In the rear of this floor, between the main and minor offices, hae been erected a perfect dream of a bathroom, consisting of sits and bath tubs, washstand and closet. The closet is or the latest and most improved pat tern and design. Both the sits and the bath-tubs are of solid porcelain and are ftted up for hot and cold water, tbe bath having a needle shower and most comfortable tub seat of simple device.

Tbe washstand, also supplied with hot and cold water, is of onyx, beautifully set off by rich Bllrer fittings. The floor and walls of the bathroom are set in alabaster tiles, and the wbole is crowned with a white conical celling, most artistically irescoea in gin ana more subdued and delicate colors. From the center of the ceiling is suspended a combination cnandeuer. whose richnenn la nnlt in keeping with the luxuriantly opulent ap- nnuto vi ioe tout ensemoie. it is a bathroom whleb, when seen by a man owns his own house, will never allow him to rest easy until he bas one of his own.

At first sight one Is almost impressed wim me oeuei mat it were superfluous to inquire the cost of such an outfit, but when that feeling of hesitation has worn off and the question bas been asked hta amazement at tbe reasonableness of the t-oui lncensinee nis determination to have one. Since that bathroom has been put np by the progressive young men who are now managing their father's establish ment tney nave put in a number ot tbem, and their order book shows that they are june uuij putting m. outers. Mr. Hartwell has the sole irmn hen of the WeLsbach Gas Lamp Company.

Their celebrated burners snd lamps are now being used most extensively, and are iast, crowaing ont tne once popular Argauu -ouruer. ioe pure wnitw and steady light that it sheds, with comparatively llrtle heat, are what causes It to he eo highly appreciated, and it far surpasses in brilliancy any artificial light in use for tbe purposes of general Illumination. It cmi be attached to any gas fixture, chandelier or bracket, and, to order to properly blend the light with Its-general surroundings, globes numerous In shape, size, design and color have been adapted to it. attaining effects that harmonize with any surrounding-- Along with all of these special advantages, the saving to consumers using the Welsbaeb burners at once establishes them In high favor for actual tests, and the cow general usage of these burners have demonstrated that while the. lights are more brilliant, the consumption amounts to only one-third of that of other burners, and consequently the consumers gas bills amount to only one-third as much as they were wont to be before they adopted the Welsbaeb burners.

Some of tbe largest buildings In this city have been fitted np by Mr. Hartwell. Appreciating bis superb taste, it has been alloted to Mm to select the flxtcres for the new telephone building now In course of construction. The magnificent appearance of tbe Harmony Club, the Toung Men's Hebrew Association's Atheneum, and other pretentious structures, whose fixtures were pnt in by. Mr.

Hartwell. furnish proof of bis superior taste In making selections of this kind. 3f Xgg vf city Is to light tbe canal locks through which almost as many boats pass In tbe nlgbt as in tbe day. No small part of this- -comes from tbe lamps-oa tha bridges tha -cross Che canal, as weU as from the tamp on tbe quays. What the boatmen will think when they find their light sad'y curtailed can- be guessed.

They have not been beard, from yet on tbe sob-' Jec. Ta other town whlcb Is going back to gas light for tbe streets olso is a canal town. Tonawanda's contract with tbe electric lis It company expires next spring, anrl the city has refused to renew it. believing the light to be too There are no intricate locks In the canal here, but no dosV tare boatmen bavs no dealt to snubbin sflong to the dark. Angostura Bitters Is known the world over as the great regulator of the digestive organs- Dr.

C-B. Biegerfs are The Kew German; Champion Dneilzx He Benrs 8cars Gained la Bloodj Affair af Cti ie Diplomatio Service of Ger fortunate in Matrimonial or William offers E- oat in the AppoliL of an Ambassador. newlyi appointed av at Washington Is not a baron, a tl stated in tbi dispatches, bnt content 1 self with thV title of 4doctor, pre his name -ofV Von Honeven. Kor doctorate oneW medicine, bnt of phy. In spite whicb be Is tie 1 philosophical olall the members many's diplomatic -Isdeel, may be described as the champion 1st of Emperor VtiiUam's represenu-" abroad.

His facets covered 'wlta of wounds receivedXn duels, some f. while still a stnderk at-Heidelberg v.1 other German, universities, gad some Indeed, his nose presents the kppeanac, 01 Having uea sucea 01 oy a saber blov and En en stuck on Moreover, be returns Tto this eosrt.7 relatively fresh from setrlnr ocz-s In tbe deadliest duel that la takes recent years, since bori are dead, one being killed the f-y while the other succumbed UIm irozz shortly after the affray. It took place at Er. Ton Helleven was stationed as suskraf plenipotentiary Prussia, and pris pal to whom be served as second was tt other than Baron Von Wanganhebi, ii own secretary of legation, while the was young Count TJxknl Cyllenband, V.i was served as second by the Prnatfu r-i. eral commanding tbe Wurtembert slon of the German army.

To this day tbe cause of the due! surrounded by a certain amount of tery. But it is rumored In court 1 In Berlin that Baron Wtsgenhela i felt himself compelled to resent, tij demand satisfaction for stars' passed one of his nearest relatives who, besr; the same name, Is attached to the toehold of the Widowed Princess Charles, of Prussia, and wbo baa been subject of an immense a mo ont of ci dalous gossip rn connection with princess, the friends of the latter Insuv ing that she is united to her baron ky ties of morganatic marriage, although there Is no record of any such union In the cmtu Issues of the Almanac de Go Immediately after the dnel, tbs fxtil -termination of which created an Imwiw amount of sensation throughout Erects, Dr. Von Holleven proceeded to-Pottiia in order to make a confidential report st the entire affair to his Imperial masttr. The kaiser seems to hare gsthersd froa the minister's story that Baron Ton Wis genhelm bad no alternative but to fijbv the good name not only of one of sis -own kinsmen but also of a princess ot the reigning bouse of Prussia having bees impugned. In any case, be showed kit approval of Dr.

Von Holleven'e in the entire affair by shortly aftsrwardal conferring -upon nlm the 6 tar of the Order -of the Bed Eagle, and by now sloglinf bim out for promotion to the rack at ambassador at Washington over tbe heads of an immense number of eoUeagnss was are his seniors in -the service of the Berils foreign office. These successive marks of Imperial favor may in some measure atone la the eyes of the fire-eat Ing doctor for to abuse lavished upon him by the press boU at borne and abroad in connection witt the duel. For tbe newspapers were ko4 In their denunciation of the envoy tad of the general for serving as seconds, comparing their gray hair and mature yean with tne extreme youth of the princlpaiv and declaring that it should have bees the duty of the two elderly men to prevented rattier than abetted the fatal encounter. It need not be Imagined, however, froa this that Germany's new ambassador at Washington is a disagreeable eompaiiloa. On the contrary he is, of all German sent to represent their country at War ington.

the most Jovial, frank, hearty and genial of men, utterly devoid of roganc-e, pompousness or affectation. foH of a hearty laugh, of a good story" ana of a well set table, especially la tat -matter of the liquid refreshments. Ia one word he is what the Germans call "burschikoss," and it is difficult to co ceive a greater contrast than that wklck exists between him and his predecessor, the somewhat pedantle Baron Thleimani and me top lorty Baron uaurras. It may be added in conclBsioetast the new ambassador is a bacheUor, wsiea may be taken as an indication of extreme good sense, the member of diplomatic service of Germany being a general rule unfortunate in their matrimonial stTsirs. Tiins Baron Saarsa.

for mer German ambassador at Washington an4 iwiw rvnrownrhir ths kaiser at COO stautinopie. is separated from his wl wbo Is a Hatzfeldt by birth. OO too bis DndeoMr Count Arco wM wpjiH1 nn-hannllv nnnnlar VleneaM actress, well-known in this country. Cooot Docnhoff. the envoy of Prussia at den.

is a divorced man. Count Wedd compelled to resign bis post to the court of Stockholm, and Bw Brandt blsambassadorshlp at Pakin. for having married foreigners a of the emperor's wishes. Count JilzZ feldt. wbo bas been until new -aaiM'' dor In London.

was forced by Pr Bismarck to divorce his Ainericas whom he re-married after the nw great chancellor. Count Mnnster. his first wife, a Bnsslan Princess OaUtaoa tinahant At LSI Harletta St. Cralr Ersklne. sister of late earl of Bosslyn.

while baroa Bnlow, recently appointed head or 4 fM 4 Tm an1 rtlwn' ed to have been chosen as thsnsxtcoir eellor on the retirement ot nen-kme. is married to a divorcedIUii princess with whom be eloped from first husband. From this It will that the question of ambassador's wi" in Cue diplomatic service a rather troublesome one 1 minmm could possibly bave made for tne man ambassadorship In Indonj now vacant by the retirement of CoontW bave been more dlsagreeaW ts lb royal family than th "tb Radolhi. Indeed the Intention on part of the kaiser to nD Bt relatives thereby, is so shirtng.1' that it Is extremely doubtful 1 Queen Victoria will not decline eve the nrince on the ground tM Is "persona non gratisslma. fie is nnenvVabiy known "J1 in cjmnectlon with the treacherous role which be if1 occupying the post of 4fijrea-the booeebold to tbe Ute.Ernperor erick during those terri BrW preceded tbe inauguration of bis B.

reign. The dying crown wttS raged in slmost open conflict Bismareks and their foitowei wn- ieet wan to set him sslds ana nim or tne succession ot fsvor of his son on the y. being fflicted with an gldoi a these We feon used bis position as cnlf.f-if hLi Cri-f hold to serve the enemiea or master, and most nrarnaOce scen place when Empress Frederick taxed farm with his drar. bim tbe proofs of nnpllrity. ttln? wiih in iter reyni- TrZL 7.

4mf.lc thets-Emperor WlUiarn rn these mtrlarties everwheimeo wKb honors as soon CTptvjeK throne, oresnmably wltb tne keeping bis month shut. Bat aej careful to keep him always employed on aoms ton abroad. MABQUI5B sw--- A LA I sYa German? i 3 1 1 a a 4 ii a a 4 0 nn.