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2 WILES BY WIRE. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON IRISH AFFAIES. LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY. work. So this Winter," Bald ths Chinaman, rubbing hia hands with great animation, "I shall Invade tho ranks of theatrical managers, and produce a Chineaa how, wnioh will sweep tlio whole City of Saw York.

A troup of Mongolian actors Is already on tho way here. They are versatile men, and ara not only tragedians and comedians, but aro also vocalists, and capable of doing both light and hcaby opera. The tragedian is Lang Too, and tho tenor ia Ling Lay. will do tragedy, comedy aud opera." his bow and retire. Mr.

A. H. Ballingham, tha member for that constituency, Is tha son in law of an earl. Ha is, in addition, Privato Ohamborlaln to tho Pope, a dignity whloh will hardly atone for the damaging facta of his aristocratic connection and his total neglect of his parliamentary duties. Tho Louth men have resolved to attest their devotion to tho Pope by giving Mr.

Ballingham a good deal more time to attend to hit duties aa Private Chamberlain. MB. PABNEKL FOR DOWN. It la understood that Mr. Parnell will ba ne of tho next candidates for Down, with the object of wresting tho representation from tho Tories, by whom it has been held for generations.

Tho constituency numbers over 33,000 electors; and though tliero is a small majority of Tory voters it is assumed that, as in Monag ban, considerable section of tho Protestant farmers may ba persuaded to give their support to the party to which they are indebted for the Land Act. Of course, tha security of Mr. Parnell's seat will not bo left to tho chances of a coutost in Down. Tho Irish loader will bo put in nomination for a half dozen vacancies, in which there can ba no doubt or uneasiness as, to his return. In fact, this is intended to bo one of the tactlca of tho war.

Wherever in the aato constituencies a good candidate cannot be had at tha time Mr. Parnell will bo nominated. After the rush and oxcitoment of the general campaign there will be loisura to choose good men to whom all the seats except the one retained by Mr. Parnell himself can be assigned. I say assigned, because, though another eleotlou In each, caso would bo necessary, tho return of tho party's nominee may be regarded as a foregone conclusion.

A PATRIOT REWARDED. Mr. Richard O'Shaughnessy, nominal Homo Enlo member for Limeriok, haa been bought ovor by the enemy. For somo time Mr. O'Shaughnessy has been very nominal Indeed voting with the Government whenever thero was a close run and deprecating tho extreme and violent cpurses of tho Land Leaguers.

The price he has reoelved 1b tho appointment of Petty Sessions Registrar in Dublin, an office which Is worth about 800 a year. Many people wonder why tho hon orable member has estimated himself and Limerick at bo low a figure, but there aro always good prospects for men who do the Quean's business property in Ireland, and O'Shaughnessy will do it properly. The British Constitution directs that when a member of tho House of Commons accepts a placo of profit or emolument under the Crown his seat must bo declared vacant. We shall therefore hava an election at Limerick in a week or two. It needs no propnet to foretell the result.

Tha man recommended by Mr. Parnell and no other will ba tha successor of Mr. O'Shaughnessy. MINISTERS GUARDED. There aro elaborate precautions to protoct tho lives of Cabinet Mlnistors during the parliamentary recess.

The idea seems to be that tho Invinciblos aro thirsting for tho blood of Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues and watching at evorv poiut for an opportunity to avenge the Dublin executions. Detectives and policemen have been told off to keep the right honorable gontlemeu in sight everywhere and to ward off suspicious strangers. Sir William Harcourt, the home secretary, is supposed to be especially iu danger, and for his safe keeping extra arrangements havo been thought necessary. The details of these arrangements are such that it will be impossible for Sir William to eat, drink, sleep or indulge in any of the little frivolities of London llfo without being undor tho eye of some of the vigilant officials of Scotland Yaivl.

Great aro tho Invinoibles, that they can thus make miserable the existence of Her Britannic Majesty's principal Secretary of State for tha Homo Department. DM8H HARVEST MEN Havo beon getting a hot time of it this year in England. As everybody knows largo numbers of Irishmen cross the channel annually to earn a few pounds from British farmers, which they carry home to pay the landlord his November "gale" of rent. Tho money being put to such good and loyal use ono would fancy that Englishmen should give every encouragement to their Hibernian fneuds in so laudable a pursuit. But prejudices, always bitter enough botween the nationalities, havo of late boon intensified, and the unfortunate Irish harvest men havo been the sufforers.

In Cheshire, some days ago, three of them were cuffed and kicked nearly to death, and tho punishment inflicted on their brutal assailants was one month's imprisonment, a penalty which can hardly bo bo expected to deter others from following the examplo ol the Cheshire Yahoos. Thora is talk of reprisals should this practice not bo speedily repressed. If Irish laborers aro to be driven out of F.nglaud, it may faro badly for English aud Scotchman who resldo in tho South and West, or who coma here occasionally on business. A warfare of this kind would bo much worso than boycotting, and our frionds across the channel will bo wise in not doing anything to provoke it. A REBEL MAYOR.

Mr. ex Mayor of Cork.who died in Franco a few days ago, is the gentleman who created a sensation in government circles fifteen yoars ago by speaking in approving terms at a banquet in his native city of an attempt which had just then beon mads to assassinate the Duko of Edinburgh, one of the Queen's Bons. Parliament was about passing a bill to displaco Mr. O'Sullivan from tho Mayoralty but he relieved that honorable body by signing the chief magistracy, a proceeding for which ho wsb heartily denounced by the Nationalists. C.

SWIFT KETMBUTIOX. Majesty's Hopera has Patt), Gerater and Lucca a great and famous trio. There 1b only ono Pattt, and Gerstor has a large circle of warm admirers. Indeed, she has won her way mora aurely into people's hearts than any othor prima donna. Mapleson will bo weak, however, in men.

That is where Abbey can push him hard with Campaninl, Vincenzo, Capoul, Dal Puenta, Kasobman, Novara and Mlrabella. There will bo some interest in tha rentro of Nilsson, Vallorio and Scalchl, but Jmore In tho first appearance hero of tho great Soinbrioh and tho famous Trebolli. Madame Trebolli is not an infant, but she is also not passe, and her voice is said to be superb. Altogether tha prospeota for tho operatio season are very encouraging to tho public to tho managers it will be war to tho knife. Mr.

Abboy did a shrewd thing when ho associated Mr. Maurica Grau with him as manager of tho new opera house. Mr. Grau knows more about opera in America than any other living man and will undoubtedly moke the season lutercating. It is expected that tho new opera house will ba inaugurated on the 22nd of Octobor.

I don't bohove the building will ba habitable by that time. I wont up to look at it yesterday and found It still in an extremoly embryotio state. Even if tho work ia pushed night and day I doubt if it can be finished in time. The operatio war Is solely due to tho Vanderbilts. Of course, the season cannot pay.

It will cost at least $33,000 a week to run the opera house, and not more than $7,000 a performance can be counted upon during tho whole year. With four performances a week thta leaves a loss of $7,000 a week. But tho Vanderbilt ollquo will pay for it. Their ory la "Anything to beat Belmont Co." The Vanderbilts ara a pushing and vigorous sot, and they aro bound to win. Tho Belmont, Astor, Shorwood, Kornochan and Stevous families lead the clique that claims bluo blood.

They support the Academy of Music. The now clique led by the Van derbilts is fighting thorn to the death, The Vanderbilts caught a big fish in Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, aud they have been playing him to tha full extent of tha line. Mr. Elliott F. Shop ard is a lawyer, and he married tho daughter of William H.

Vanderbilt. Ho is not a great legal luminary, but his papa In law is a two hundred millionaire, and honco Mr. Elliott F. Shepard is a groat man. Ho has entertained Lord Chief Justice Coleridge iu regal stylo, and tho great English jurist can have no reasdh to complain of a lack of hospitality; but whlla Mr.

Shepard has again pushed tho Vanderbilt family into promi nenco by his Bhrowdness ho has not made himsolf popular with tho members of the bar in New York. There are many lawyers of mora prominence than Mr. Elliott F. Shepard, and when that gentleman took exclusive oharge of Lord Coleridge the other legal lights quietly withdraw, talked about the Vanderbilt crowd and Bhjuggcd their shoulders. Mr.

Shepard gava two dinners to his Eugllsh visitor and innumerable heartburnings and resentments aro the result. Ho told an intimate friend that tho first dinner would bo select and Include only tho best people, and at the second ho would have only thoBe whom he found it absolutely necessary to invito for politio reasons. Tho friend to whom this information was communicated told Eoveral other frieuds, and tho result is that all the guests invited to the second dinner found out thoy had been snubbed at the previous ropast. Tho result was a number of withdrawals at the last moment and a great bitterness of feeling. Lord Chief JuBtice Coleridge is not, however, particularly interested in tho rows, and If ho hears of them at all 'Is simply amused.

HO is seeing all the sights aud meeting all the members of that particular grade of Now York society whloh ia inflicted with Anglomania. The first performance of "The Merry Duchess" Saturday night at the Standard Theater proved two tilings First, that Soliua Dolaro can dress unbecomingly, and second, that a horsey English opera is not particularly interesting to Americans. It wag a painful surprise to find that Madamo Dolaro could appear in unbecoming raiment. Her dreBBiug in tho last act of the "Tho Merry Duchess" was simply atrocious. The figure that is so well known when clad In the all revealing hosiery and joiney of Olivette was completely conceated beneath a mass of bewildering flounces and overdresses, and Impeded by a long aud cumbersome train.

Sho looked like a duchess neither iu real life nor a duchess iu comic opera, and though sho acted with real grace and spirit she failod to mako a pronounced ftccoss of hor role. The opera ia by Messrs. Sims and Clay, of Loudon, and has had a successful run abroad. The plot deals with the love of a duchess for her Jockey. Tho idea of a duchess marrying a jockey is not absurd and startling to the evory day American And thero seems to bo nothing extraordinary in a jockey marrying a duchess, or anybody also for that matter, to our demooratlc miuds.

The formula that all men aro created equal has boon ground so thoroughly into Americans that tho nice distinctions in caste utterly cscapo thorn. ThuB tho opera losos half Its point. Then, too, tho horsoy slang of Eugllsh race courses fails utterly to intorest people here. But the opora has Boreral bright musical numbars, aud if it could be Americanized a littlo bit more, the chances aro that it will bo successful in the country. The alterations made in tho Standard Theater ara lavish aud tasteful.

Tho whole auditorium has beon roflttod with chairs of, tho most comfortable kind, with inclined backs and ample arms. ThospaC'j botwoen the rows of seats is greater, so that people may pass through them without making it necessary for everybody in tho row to stand up. Uoiv a Cute r.a wyex Outwitted a Da. fan tin? Tenant Pretending in His Presence to Hecctvc Information of the Attachment of His Property Driving tho Sheriff Wild, but Getting tho Itloney for Ills Client. A kdy entered the office of it law firm on Montague streot and consulted Mr.

the junior partner, aa to how she Bhould act In a difficulty. She had rented part of hor houso to Mr. who had cleared out, owing her $200 for ront. He had removed with the intention of going to Bridgeport, and his furniture was on the way to tho boat, which was to leave shortly for tho Connecticut town. Mr.

P. immediately pro pared the necessary papers and got an attachment, A clerk waa dispatched to Now York with directions to put tho attachment in tho hands of the Shoriff at once, aud to search the river front for tho furniture. Th lady departed aud Mr. P. awaited developments.

An hour later Mr. W. entered the lawyor'a office. Ha woro a nonchalant air. Ho carried Us hands in hU pockets and a cigar in his mouth.

"I understand," said ho to Mr. "that you are trying to seize my property "You ara tho mau, I suppose," Mr. P. answered, "who hired Mrs. Blank's houso and quitted without paying tho ront, and are removing your furnitura to Connecticut "That's about tho size of It," Mr.

W. said, "and thought I would just stop in and ask whether you had got my property yet Then he laughed gaily, aa on who had made a pleasant joko. At that moiuont thera came a ring at tha tolophona. Mr. P.

jumped up aud responded with the usual "Hello." "Who's back. "I was tho answer, Mr. P. recognizing tho vole of his clork who had gono ovor tho rivor with tho at tachmont. "Wo'vo hunted everywhere," came through tha tele, phone, "audcau't find tho furniture." Mr.

P. turned to Mr. W. and said "What aro you going to do about it "Iu tho first place," Mr. W.

replied, "I want to know whether you've got my furniture ha, ha 1" "Toil tha Sheriff," said Mr, with his lips to tha telephone, "to taka tho furnituro off the boat and put it in a storehouse." "Hold, thero," Mr. W. exclaimed, his tone of Jubilant banter changed to oue of genuine alarm "I don't want tho nrnitnro taken off the boat." "Well, what shall we do 1" Mr. P. said; "you hear my orders Tho telophono bell rang violently.

Mr. P. put hla ear to tho funnel and hoard theso words delivered with great distinctness and emphasis "I toll you we haven't got tho furntture wc can't flnd lt." "I don't care if the sheriff's fees ore $50," Mr. P. Bhoutcd in roturn through tho instrument; "the defendant has to foot the bill.

Store the furnituro at once." "Look hero, Mr. tha defendant Baid, in a tone of. aupplicatiqn "what's the best I can do 1" Tho bell rang again furiously. Mr. P.

put hla ear the tubo and tho speaker at the other eud said in tonea which Air. P. recognized as thoso of a clerk in tha Sher. iff's office: "Blank, blank you, what do you moan Ara you crazy Don't you hear We haven't got the blank, blank furnituro, and don't know whore It is." "Just so," replied Mr. P.

"Do tho best you can, and damage it as little as possible. The dofendant will have to stand tho expenses." "Now don't bo severe," Mr. W. said, almost in das pair "tell me what you demand." "Pay the full amount due," replied Mr. "anal we'll throw off tho costs aud expenses." Tho bell again rang with louder tones than before.

Mr. P. listened. The voice that last answered said "IU ba blank blanked if I ever came aoross auon stupidity. Hold on and I'll spell It out to you." And then carefully, letter by latter, the voice spelled out "We haven't boon able to find the furniture." Tho defendant by this time had got out his pocket book and was counting out tho bills.

When ho hafl. paid the $200 Mr. P. wont to the telephone aud called up tho Sheriff's office once moro. "Now, then, stupid, what's the matter 5" was tht roply.

"Give the Sheriff dircotlona to lot tho furnituro Mr. P. Bald, Then he sat down and wrote a receipt. Tho bell went off again like mad. Mr.

P. coolly placed his mouth to tho telephone and said "Say, tell the Sheriff to let tha furnituro go aud to sond on his bill for his fees." Then Mr. if. wiiu a Bniua on ins race usieuea tor a reply. "Blank, blank you.

you thick headed ass," cama over tho wlroa into Mr. ear; "we havou't got tho prop, crty." Then Mr. W. quitted the office. Mr.

P. rang up tha Sheriff's, aud received a highly complimentary reply. Then it was Mr. turn. "While you were bellowing over tha wires," he said, "tha defendant was by my side and I had to make tha proper answers to bring him to tornn.

Anything tupid or like an asa in that Saud over your bill, tho. suit's settled." A PRESIDENT'S WIDOW. Mrs. James It. Pollc Celebrates th Eightieth Anniversary or Her Birth.

jNashvillo World. The eightieth anniversary of Mrs. James K. Polk was observed In a quiet yet elegant and becoming manner yesterday at tha Polk mansion on High street. This venerable lady, now passing into tha valley ol tha Bhadow," Btill retains muoh vigor, indicating a continuance of that bright and beautiful Ufa which hag characterized her throughout tho long years of her ubb fnl existence.

Mrs. Polk would Impress tho Casual ob. Borror as a lady of about GO years of ago, kind, genial, yet modest and retiring adverse to all publlo demon, trations. Sho was not ovon aware that her birthday was kDown to others than herself, until a flow of con. gratulalioiiB, bouquets and well wlshcB poured iu upon her.

Among those who called durlne the day wero Judge John M. Lea, Governor William B. Bata and ox. Gpveruor James D. Porter.

A number of handsoma aud tastefully arranged bouquets wero sent in by ad. miring frieuds. One bouquet, tho gift of Mrs. Dr. W.

A. Cheatham, bad tho figure eighty arranged beautiful, ly in whilo flowers in the center of a largo cluster of pinks. Mrs. Horton Fall, Mrs. Captain Stookoll, Mra.

A. G. Adams aud many other ladlca sant bouquets of the rarest and loveliest flowers. The sitting room waa redolent with the perfume of these rare exotics, and Mrs. Polk, sitting In tho midst of them, received and, entertained a constant stream of visitors ttuoughonj the day.

HOW THEY FEEL. A liCttcr from Superintendent HnllO About the Suffolk County liunatio Awylitm. To the Editor ot the Brooklyn Eagle My attention has just been oalled to an arti. clo published in your issuo of Friday, September au. titled Not a Model," purporting to give an account ot tho visit of several prominent Klnga County officials to tho Suffolk County Almshouse.

Wa of Suf. folk County are quite well used to being visited, hut we think that, in all fairness, it a reporter accompany visitors he should ba a person capable of giving a fait and accurate occouut of thlugs heard and seen and also it is to bo hoped that hereafter one may be chesea who will candidly descrlbo his own party. For who can bellevo ihat anyone of ordinary iutelllgence, let alonl tho distinguished publlo men mentioned in this nar. rative, could be hoodwinked to beliova that an iuatltu. Hon of the magnitude of tho Suffolk County Alma house, which supports tho Indigent of ono of tholargcat countiea In the Stato, could have all Its expenses me by the products of 200 acres of recently reclaimed lauds Wo havo no great desire that Klnga Comity should opeu on Suffolk County tho flood gates of her iiiBane thousands, or of her myriad of foreign pauper element nor do wo think that old Suffolk would re.

oelve anv very flattering addition in the lino of intal ligence ot public officials. What a fearful thunderbolt fell on this quartet from Kings County, when Mr. Dick, arson, with that bland smile, informed them that tho farm slmplv paid for its fortilliers How suddenly all of those rosy hues of a beautiful morning faded into a darkneis thot might be felt. Wa only wonder that they could bo induced to wait for the next train but had not rather started at onca ou foot for Brooklyn I Now, Bir, what are the facta in tho case 7 Our superintendent at Yaphauk informed thlB commltteo from your city that the farm paid for its fertilizers, Its running oxponBos and left a good reveuuo beside, and by reforenco to the published statistics of our Board of Supervisors for 1882, you will find that a fair estimate of tho farm crops aud stock raised would place their valua betwoon six and seven thousand dollar, while tha amount expended for fertilizers was $1,950 1 Thus ona gross misstatement is effeotually silenced. It Is also stated that "Many of tho unfortunate and perfectly harmless lunatics were found to be under lock and key Tha truth is that only four'out of upward of forty lunatics are kept undor lock' aud key, and these com.

paratively few only for their own and others' good. Your Informant waa probably misled by tho fact that the doors which separata tho different wards as to sex are kept locked a measure which needs no words of approval. But while we bellevo that our almshouse as to man agoment, will compare favorably with many others and that our wild lands aro capablo of being mada highly productive, yet wu haven't tho alightost wish to havo Flatbush asylum located within our boundaries, but only ask that when its officials and others visit Ui the light of truth shall ho caused to its bleactd influence about their footsteps. Yery respectfully yours, William W. HnxsE.

ME ALLIGATOR J)K KISCHAFOOKEE. Atlauta Constitution. In Kinchnfoonee Creek, near Preston, aboul two weeks ago, Mr. Peter Christian killed an alligajol twelve feet long, which had in its etamach a chain si feet long with a block attached to tho end of it let Inches long and four by four in width. Hr.

H. F. Cosby racngnized tho ohain aud block to ono that hi dog carried off about eleven yeara age. Partiality of President Arthur for the Soldiers' Home. Colonel Tom Ochiltree Expected Homo Tor the Pall Meeting at Ivy City A Boomerang in the Treasury DepartmentHotel Changes and GossipPostmaster General Gresham Discharges an Absentee.

Special Correspondence of the Eagle. Washington, September 18. The President has a decided hankering for his Soldiers' Homo cottaga, and apparently a deep seated dislike to the old rookery known as tha White House. Last year ho did not come into town until aftor Christmas, and this year promises to do tho same thing. Tho cottage is in many waya more agreeable to him.

It relieves him of the necessity for formal entertaining, It is not big enough nor swell enough for a vory grand dinner and It Is "back a piece" from town, as the Yau kees eay, so that the horde of office seekers and bores cannot got at him quite so easily as in town. Beside which tho Autumn ill this southern latitude is the most charming season, and the Soldiers' Homo is an ideal spot for a cottage. The President is sunburned and thinner than when ho left here, and consequently looks healthier. Ho comes in town every day about noon and stays until I o'clock, when his big, stylish bay horses take him back to tho Soldiers' Home, at a slashing trot. Neither his son nor daughter is at home yet, and tho President, having roturued to civilization, willhavu an opportunity of reading what tho press says about using the Dispatch as a pleasuro yacht for the ladies of hia familj It is likely that he will be considerably mortified at It.

Persons who know the President well say that ha is sensitive to criticism, and grateful for tho fairness of tho press toward him. Besido, ho has roally not been guilty of a great deal of deadheadism, and it tho move surprising that ho should carry tho using of Govornmont vessels further than any of his predecessors. THE IVY CITY COURSE MEETING. Aclivo preparations aro making for the Fall meeting of tho Jockey Club, which occurs In October, and It promises to bo the finest meeting over had on tho Ivy City Course. More thau 175 horses havo been entered, ncluding Lorillard's Iroquois and Parole, to say nothing of Drake Carter, Monitor and otheroxcelloiit horses Freddlo Gebhard's Eolo, tho Dwyers' Miss Woodford, aud indeed nearly every horse that has made a tolerable record In tho East during tho Summer.

Tho Ivy City track Is by many considered tho fastest mile track in tho country, bettor even than the track at Hartford, and tho course bolug in good hands, tha club liberal and tho season charming, the Washington raceB hvo flourished during tho last few years. Tho usual attraction, Colonel Thomas P. Ochiltree, will not bo wanting. He sails from Liverpool on tho 2'2nd of September, and will bo in Washington on tho 1st of October. Tho races would probably havo to be postponed uuloss tho Texan ranger were thero tho fact is, ho iB the judge, starter aud everything rolled into ono, and his glowing head, tho color of the sotting surif 1b seen darting like a comet from one oud of tho field to the other, generally with a troop of aspiring youths at bis heels, headed by Alan Arthur, tho President's Bon.

PB0OBES3 OF THE HILL INVESTIGATION. The report of tho Hill Committee haa undoubtedly proved a boomerang. Secretary Folger has not yet given his opinion on it, and it will bo difficult to know what opinion he can give. He has shown a disposition to stick by Mr. Hill through thick and thin but there is apoint whero even one's political apologist must condemn.

Assistant Secretary John C. Now has gone to Indiana for soveral weeks, and tho general impression is that his place will kuow him no moro. Of courso, aspirants by tho dozen aro springing up and marshaling their forces, but a general attack along tho line has not yet begun. Tho street car drivers of tho street line organized a strike during tho week on account of fivo of thoir number being suspended. It is gratifying to relate that the corporation had to cave in.

Tho Washington street Car Company got their franchise whon Washington was tho worst governed city in tho country, and tho people of the District havo been fighting them for sev oral years. The car companies of course affect to bo injured innocents, and try'to mako tho people beliova thaj they run the cars for tho bonefit of the public, but all the same thero is to be a searching investigation this Winter as to the why and whoreforo that the car companies don't pay their taxes. On the wholo, monopolists and ringstors aro rather seedy looking jUBt now, aiid are not looking forward hilariously to the meeting of Congress. Tho lack of whitewashing comniittoes will bo profoundly felt, and to have a lot of inconsiderato Domocrats poking and prying into things that tho Republicans always kindly let alono is not agreeable to a good many poople horc Mr. Randall Is back here and has a fierce look in his eye, as if ho meant to make a whacking good fight for tho Speakership, in which all level headed Democrats piously wish he may bo beaten out of sight.

Morrison, of Illinois, is to be tho man, and is carefully arranging his lightning rods on a high hill, so that the eloctrlo fluid will ba sura to strike him. ANNUAL CONVENTION OP THE DRUGGISTS. The retail druggists aro having a high old time horc Tha annual convention Is being held and delegates from every State in tho Union aro hero, many of them bringing thoir wives. Thoy are quartered at the best hotels, aud vary the monotony of talk about pills, powders and potions by rides, drives and social talks. The hotels are all In shape for the Winter campaign, except Willard's, which has gono Into new hands, and 1b being renovated for the coming season.

It will probably continuo to bo the political headquarters of both parties and the rallying place of the lobbyists. All classes of politicians patronlzo Willard's, from ox Senator McDonald down to General Grant it has token tho placo that GadBby's hold In tho time of Clay aud Webster. Thero is, as usual, much talk about enlarge ing the hotel accommodations of Washington, aud building a palaco hotel Romawhoro up town. Mr. N.

W. Corcoran has long had an idea of enlarging his ho tol, the Arlington, but tho ground Is not very well adapted to the addition, A good story is told of him In connection with it. After figuring out tho proposed addition he saw that if he could get tho flower gardau of a rich woman whoso property adjoined the Arlington, ho could make his hotel to suit himself. Ho wrote her a polito note, telling her he wlshod to enlarge his hotol, and if ehe would mention what she would take for her flower garden he would iucloso her a check for the amouut. His fair neighbor rcspondsd in another note, saying that she had somo Idea of enlarging her flower garden, and if ho would put a prlco upon hla hotel alio would Iucloso hitu a check for the amount.

As usual, tho gentleman came out second best, BIVAL THEATBICAL MANAGERS. The Casino may bo regarded as a fixed faot. The plaus havo bean decided on, aud the pormit to build taken out. Thero la some feollug in regard to tho management, Mr. John T.

Ford, who has furnished Washington with amusement for nearly forty years, being considered by many persons the fittest managor that oould be selected. Thoy hava got a Baltlmoae man though, and the consequence probably will be a wholesome rivolry between tho old and new theaters. It ia said that Mapleson has agreed to give a month of opora to be divided between Baltimore and Washington three nights a week in each. As Washington haa submitted to be bled by Mr. Mapleson for soveral seasons, and pays tbrco prices for one performance without murmur, it is likely that ha may eooop a good deal out of their pockets yet.

Tha Postmoaler Genoral has begun hostilities againBt a class of do nothings iu the Post Office Department that long indulgence has permitted to draw their pay without giving any equivalent thorofor. Genoral Vande voort, chief clerk at Omaha aud likewise commander of the G. A. K. on the Pacific coast, was absent during tha last year 205 days, during which timo he drew his pay as usual.

This coming to Postmaster General Gresh am's ears ho promptly bounced him. General Vande voort kioked vigorously and called General Rosecrans Old Rosy" to his assistance. Goucral Rosecrans Has only proved ono fact that cx Poatmaster General Key allowed General Vaudnvoort'8 goings on. But that doesn't seem to impress Judge Grcsham, and tho general Impression is that Vandcvoort, like the Republican party, must go. SYDJtEr.

SPARE THE SWALLOWS. The milliners now demand the breasts and wings of swallows for decorating ladies' hats. To supply the call thousands of these birds are killed by agents of tha millinery taxidermists. Tho birds that nest uu. der tho eaves or fly in at the diamond shaped swallow hole ought not to ba sacrificed to this new whim of woman.

Spare tho Bwallowa. Their companionship about the barn ia something it ought to ba worth more than the lucre to tho fellow who shoots them for gain. If Bantiment has no restraining influenco thero are other considerations tho swallow is Insectivorous their value as dostniyorB of noxious insects cannot bo estimated. The farmer cannot offoi to havo his fleet winged allies destroyed by the shiftltss ne'er do well who shoots them for gain. Tha laws forbid the killing of insectivorous birds; let tho laws be enforced.

There are mauy honest ways to earn a living in this country shooting barn awallowa for millinery shops Is sot one of them. JPortst and Stream, Mr. Pavnell Opening' His A.utuinn Campaign. He Congratulates Us Supporters on the Good Work Accomplished, and Bids Them hjol' Good Hope for the Future Michael Davltt's Tour in the Western Counties Stories of Eviction. Telling the Naked Truth About the Landlords.

The Decline of Agrlcultnre in the Emerald Isle A Clean Sweep of the Nominal Home Rulers Predicted Rewarding a Patriot Other Interesting Matters. Special Correspondence of the Eagle. Dublin, September 3. Mr. Parnell has lost no time in opening the Autumn campaign in Ireland.

Scarcely had business at Westminster been brought to a close for tho year when he and his active colleagues assembled in Dublin and inaugurated a parliament out of doors, whore proceedings promise to ba of an unusually vigorous character. In hla review of tho session ho congratulated his supporters on the work done and bado thorn ba of good hope for the future. Ireland, he said, had beon promised nothing when the House of Commons nftt six months ago. Yet, she had obtained a great deal. Tha Fisheries, Tramways and Harbors acts were measures hardly Iobs in importauce than the Land act itself.

But bettor atilL thero was tho question of home rulo which he waa convinced would bo satisfactorily settled bofore the lapBe of many years. Tho great mass of Englishmen were now considering, not whether self government should bo concoded, to Ireland, but what tho extent of that self government should be. It was tha business of tha government and not that of th9 Irish party to make a proposal on tha subject, and ho believed they would vary shortly undertake the task. Mr. PARNELL'S MODERATION has been highly eulogized by the British presa.

Thoy apparently expected of him voryjfierce andlenorgetic denunciation of. British institutions generally, and they affect to ba surprised at the mildness of his Dublin speech. Why anybody should anticipate violent declamation from the lender ot the Irish party, it Is not easy to conceive. Mr. Parnell is the most unemotional man living.

Ho never loses temper, never becomes excited. Under oircumstances trying and provoking to ordinary men ho is calm cool, to all appearances' undisturbed. Nothing can discompose his equanimity. In tho hottest of debates, at the stormloBt of meetings ho is cold and passionless as a hermit in his cell. To look for inflammatory speech from such a man is somewhat absurd.

But tho English papeA ohooBO to credit him with moderation, a3 if ha had been hitherto the most reckless of mob orators, and the construction Bome of them put upon hisi allegod improvement in tone and temper is that he has at length become satisfied of the disposition of England to do full justice to Irishmen. Others of the leading organs think that Sir. Parnell's moderation is the outcome of a sense of powor. They frankly recognize the unmistakable indications of his commanding position and inllueuco ovor his countrymen. Knowiug his strength, they say Mr.

Parnell can afford to look calmly and proudly to tha future. In addressing the meeting, Mr. Davitt asserted that in, many districts ot the country TYRANNY AND INHUMANITY were Btill being perpetrated as in pro Land Leagued times. So long as evictions continued, he said, poople should be vory cautious In boasting that landlordism has been brought to its knees. Mr.

Davitt has beon recently on a tour iu the western counties, and in tho course of his travels has been the witness of somo very paiuful eviction scenes. One case of which he gava particulars occurred in Clare whero a poor woman at the point of confinement was about being dragged from her bed by the officers of the landlord, an act of brutal inhumanity which was only prevented by the Interference of two priests who paid out of their own pockets the arrears ol rant due. Tho husband of this woman a short time previously obtained a rsduction of 50 per cent iu tho Land Court, and tho arrears demanded were accumulations from the unjust rent assessed upon him for years. Another case wa3 that of a widow, on the estate of Colonel McDonnell, who for thirty years had beeu paying Xll rent for eleven acres' of wild bog. By the Land Court the amount was recently reduced to 5, bo that, as Mr.

Davitt polntod out, this widow has for thirty years been paying more than 100 per" cent, of a rack rent in all about 160 over and above what tha law has declared to bo just yet the landlord evicted her for X19 of arrears. Mr. Davitt'B speech was not of tho class designated moderate. Telling the naked truth about tho doings of Irish landlords never Is moderate in the estimation of our Euglish friends, Tho EVICTION OF A PRIEST is an event of rara occurrence iu Ireland, more especially in the Southern province, whore ono would imagine such a proceeding to a rather dangerous exerciso of landlord prerogative. But if priests engage in fanning they must, I suppose, take their chances like their neighbors.

Kev. Father Ferris, of Castla Lyous, County Cork, has been the tenant of a farm of fifteen acres at an annual rent of 19, 10d A Land Leaguer not merely iu theory but In fact, the good father at tha outset of tho movement pledged himsolf to the than popular doctriuo of Griffith's valuation. Though not a Papist, Mr. Griffith, now famous in tha agrarian annals of Ireland, adjudged the farm hold for fifty years by parish priests of Castle Lyons to be valued precisely for a rental of $11 5s. This amount Mr.

FerriB declared Jils willingness to pay, and not a penny more, while the landlord inslstod on demanding tho larger sum and would accopt not a penny less. So matters stood for three years up to a few days ago, whon a large number of police and soldiers presented thomselves in front of tha Castle Lyons presbytery to protect the "officers of instice" in tho work of evicting Father Ferris from the 'house built at the sola cost of one his ravoreud prede cessors and tho farm occupied by the olergy of the parish for half a coutury. The priest was ejected without any violation of tho peace, though tho chapoi bell was rang and a concourse of people witnessed the proceedings. The DECLINE OF AGMCUITURE in Ireland keeps pace with tho decrease of populatlau. In his report, recently issuod, tho Bcglstrar General gives figures showing that In tho extent of land under cultivation this year as compared with last year there Is a falling off of 114,871 acres.

The loss is not made up for by any proportionate increase in the number of live atock, a fact which suggests the inference that the area withdrawn from cultivation has been added to tha alroady too exteiiBlvo acreage of waste land. When both tillage and cattlo raising are on the decline it is hard to sao what practical advantage the country derives from the Land act. A former lord lieutenant the lata Earl of Carlisle in his annual prosperity speeches was fond of dwelling upon tho superior fitness of Ireland for pastoral purposes. Ireland, ha used to say, was destined to be the fruitful mother of Hocks and herds. Tho importation of cattle from America spoiled that com forting prospect.

Thero ia ono consolatory item in tha Statistics of tho Registrar General. Wahave had a considerable inoreaae in the number of asses. For this great blessing we are indebted, no doubt, to tha wisdom of tho united government of Messrs. Spencor and Tre velyan. All the indications go to show that there will be A CLEAN SWff of tho nominal Home Rulers at the forthcoming general election.

In Mayo Mr. O'Connor Power will hava to face tho opposition of John Dillon, and that means that Mr. Power Is sure to go. Mayo is the native county of Mr. Dillon's family, and this fact, iu conjunction with the gentleman's universal popularity all over tha country, renders the extinction of Mr.

Power a dead certainty. The career of tha latter individual has boon a curious one. There Is no party or form of political development known in these islands with which he has not been associated at one time or another. He commenced as a Fonlau, and for many years distinguished himself in lecturing all over Great Britain against parliamentary agitation in any and every shape. The' sword, and the sword alono, waa then his remedy for Irish ills.

Ha next figured as a supporter of home rule, tha principles of which ha had previously denounced on a hundred platforms. Then ho became so moderate as to consent to enter Parliament, where for a time he acted the part of a very uncompromising patriot, delivering fiery speeches now and again at th. enemy. By and by ha came to perceive that even Wbiggery waa not an unmixed evil, and that in its ranks some good might be dona for himself, if not for Ireland. During the last two or three Beasons Mr.

Power has been as obedient to the government whip aa the average English or Scotch Liberal. Some weeks ago, while adlvislon on an important Irish question waa taking place in the Houae of Commons, tha quondam Fenian M. P. for Mayo wax expatiating at a post prandial celebrationi on the glories of the Britikb. Empire and the beauties of the Britlah Constitution.

Several other patriots besida Mr. Power will hava to walk tha plank at the next election. Among them it ia quite sofa to mention Mr. George Errtngton, tha gentleman who recently became famous in connection with Vatican af fairs. I may venture to prophesy that Longford will will have no mora of him.

Though good Catholics, the electura of that country do not sufficiently appreciate hia religious labors to be willing to give him a re. nowal of their confidence. In Louth thert la another pious gentleman who will also be compelled to make. Our Usual Budget of Gossip From Across the Biver. The Aronsons Buildings Aimee Murphy and Hastings A.

Oakcy Hall Jenny Lind Fanny Davenport The Late Miss Burns Mr. Abbey. The Vanderbilts "The Merry Duchess'' West Shore The Astor Estate Murders Wong Chin Foo Edgnr Western Union Charles Delraon ico Old Men Wall Street Speculators. Rudolph ahd Edward Arcmson have won another victory over the recalcitrant stockholders ol the Casino. Tliey bold tho whip hand now and are secure.

At tha annual meeting of tha stockholders of tha Casino Saturday, tho polioy of tha Aronsons was thoroughly indorsed, and Mr. Rndolpn Aronson rc elected presldont of the Casino Company. A resolution of thanks commending Mr. Aronson's labors was passed, and the entiro control of the Casino put into his hands. It is not often that reward falls whoro it belongs.

Tha men who promote successful enterprise!) seldom reap the benefit of them. The Aronsons built the Casino without any money of their own. They raised an Immense capital, built one of the moat beautiful theaters in the world, and put it on a paying basis within a year. Then a ring of tho stockholders mndo a determined effort to oust them from the management. But tha Arousons are still there, and there is ovary ovideaco that they intend to remain.

Notwithstanding tho flaming notices which the Department of Buildings places dally upon condemned dwellings, it seems almost impossible to drive the tenants out in many casos. They will stick to tha old rookeries, though tho floors quake, the ceilings fall and the doors and windows are jammed awry by sinking walla. Passing by one of these wretched edifices in Washington streot, condemned a week ago, I found people still lingering, as if courting death, although a bed in the almshouse or a board in a station house would aeeni to be comfortable in comparison to such a homo. Meantime, Bteam yacht raoes are plenty. Mile.

Aimee's reappearance waa a triumph. There is not an actress in Amorica to day who holds a warmer place in tho hearts of the people than Mile. Aimoo. It is somowhat remarkable that she has never been a success in Paris. For somo reason or other I believe it is attributed to an envious clique she haa not been kindly received in tha French Capital.

Though she is famous hero and has been for many years, few Parisians kuow her. She has come back to make money, and sho admits it without any of the cant that visiting celebrities usually indulge in. Her husband has lost all her fortune, and she is now almost penniless. Her husband is not a villain, by any means, and his intentions were of the best, but he became involved in speculation under tho direction of his charming wifo, and hor fortune was swept away. On Monday night tha JWth Avenue Theater waa crowded to the very doors.

Hundreds of people stood through tha performance and every seat and box in the house was occupied. People even sat in the aisles, and nearly everybody was in full dress. Tha Fifth Avenue has been entirely redecorated and the soatB rearranged. Tho now entrance cut through to Broadway forms a beautiful and commodious lobby and adds to tho general attractiveness of tho theater. Mile.

Aimee's appearance was the signal for a perfoet ovation. The audienco stamped and cheered, and tho little prima, donna bounced forward, and bowed and kissed her hands innumerable Then the usual flower show began. I thought it would never end. Ono of the floral tributes was so large that It required the Borvicea of two men to handle it. Aimee is a comedienne of remarkable ability, but as a vocalist she Is insignificant and insufficient to tho last degree When she began to sing on Monday night the disappointment was obvious, and people applauded hor moro from a spirit of gene, roaity than admiration, Her voice seems to have entirely left hor, though her charmlugl acting stilt remains.

Otherwise she Is exactly the same as when hero a few years ago, and she still kicks with abandon, del ioacy and discretion, and winks her eyesjand twists her fingers In tho manner that Bets the volatilo French au dionco shouting with glee. If tho enthusiasm over Aimee Is as great in tho country as it la in New York she will have a triumphal tour. Sho appeared in a now Dpora by Lecocq, who has done nothing worth hearing linco "Giroflo Girofla" and "Madame Angot." The now opera was "La PrlncesB des Canaries." Tho plot ia amusing, but tho music is lamentably weak, I was talking with the late Hugh Hastings only a few days before his death, with reference to the proceedings against tho lato Collector Tom Murphy who had got into trouble by drawing a draft on Mr. Hastings which was not honored. Mr.

Hastings scorned to have had a premonition of his own death, for ho told me that ho held iu his name somo real estato belonging lo Murphy and that he had spoken to Murphy about Ihe ueceasity for having tho matter straightoned out as Be was likely to die at any moment. But the business transactions of the two men have remained unsettled, ind I have no doubt Mr. Hastings' death will prova an Jddillonal source of embarrassment to Mr. Murphy. I met Oakey.

Hall the day that Mr. Hastings died, and found him full of reminiscences of the veteran politician and editor. Mr. Hall draws a strong tontrast between tho free and opeu methods of Mr. Hastings and the sly polioy of Mr.

Weed. Tho last letter that Mr. Hasting wrote was written to Mr. Hall. All the biographical notices of Mr.

Hastings give him jrodit for being the foremost help in securing tho appointment of Cardinal for ArchbiBhop McCloeky, with whom Mr. Hastings was on intimate terms in Albany. There is an Interesting unwritten history of the part played by Mr, Seward in this matter by the aid of a ee arot envoy to Rome. Some enbaptubed idiot is continually urging Jenny Lind to come to New York and sing again. Why cannot the famous singer be allowed to pass her few remaining years In peace 7 It is thirty years siuco she appeared tin America, and the people who heard her then would go now through curiosity and of caur.se bo disappointed in her voice.

It is admitted that hor upper notes are all gone and she is botween CO and 70 fears old but still thero ara many enthusiasts who insist that Bha ought to come over for a farewell tour through America. Nothing on earth Is mora pitiable and laddening than to hear a famouB singer inkier old age trying to renew the triumphs of her youth in a voire that is crooked and old. It would bo hotter to oherish tho Jonny Lind of thirty years ago than to be dipap polntcd in her now. Tho memory la bettor than the disenchantment. Fanny Davenport's reappearance will ba one of the principal events of the season.

She has tha only authorized translation of Sardou's 11 Fedora," for which she paid $10,000. Miss Davenport is certainly at the head of American actresses, and her oreation of tho role that Sara Bernhardt has made so famous will bo seen with great interest. There will be some trouble over Fedora," It Is feared, as other translations of the work have been made by itinerant playwrights, Although the official report in the case of Bosa V. Hums, the niece of Victoria WoodUull aud Tan nie Claflin, has not yet been supplied, onough of tho opiulons of tho experts has leaked out to show that there is no proof that tho young woman died of either poison or malpractice. The contest before the Surrogate botween her mother, Mrs.

Starr, and Mr. Leonard! do Francesco Martin, tha legatee, has not yet been ac tively begun, but bids fair to be a very aotive one. Moanwhile the estate of Miss Hums has not yet realized (rom tho inheritance of her fathor'n estate in Kansas, Henry E. Abbey is not a gushing man, nor an affable man, nor in some instances even a courteous man. Iiia manner is quiet and decisive, and his decisions are quickly rendered, and irrevocable.

Ho haa had an extraordinary career, aud his elevation to tho leadership among American managers at his ago ia very flattering. But ho ia a bit too austera and Impressive. Abbey has aged in the past two years. He is stouter than ho was when he went to Europe somo months ago, and he looks healthy enough, but his hair is beginning to turn gray. The man has undoubtedly had a hard year's wurk.

He has a great faculty far detail, Iu talking of his future plans he displays the moat accurate knowledge of small things. He haa tho whole sea oon of the Lyceum Theater iu London, the new opera housa and tho Grand Opera House in New York, Ir ving'a tour and tha Boston Theater at his tongua'a end. He can tell without consulting a bit of memoranda exactly what oil hla theaters will be doing in any week of the year. Perhaps this haa something to do with his gray hairs. Abbey, it is said, expects to wipe Mapleson out in a single Mason, but he will ba grievously disappointed if te has any such axoectatlou.

The Director of 'Er George Edoae, after being jumped upon by fata innumerable times, at last appeared as Othello, in tho Fourteenth Street Theater, on Monday night, and lived till tha end of tho porformanco. Mr. Edgar argues from this faot that Providenoo has smiled upon him again. If over a man had an uphill, ungrateful aud Herculean task to perform, it is Mr. Edgar in his efforts to bring before Americans hiB conceptions of Shakapearean characters.

Ho has beon smashed up and bauged to pieces so of ton that his name is almost a synonym with disastor, and whon the evening papers were sent flying around tha town on Monday night and tho newsboys screamed 'Orrlbla accident in a theayter, fourteen people klllod and wounded," nobody asked what theater tho accidont occurred in. The entire population of Now York know in an instant that Gcorgo Edgar waa tha victim. As long as I can romom. ber this unfortunate luok has beset Mr. Edgar.

Tho last and crowning act was when his great Byndicato went to pieces in Chicago, just as it had started fairly on its way. Tho man has been advertised from one end of tho country to tho world, and there is no doubt but that with a few more accidents he will become a paying star. People gathered to seo Othello on Monday night with a sneaky idea that they were doing a foolhardy and dangerous thing. Many friends were on hand to, give a cordial reception to Mr. Edgar, but somehow he played Othello in a good old castlron way, without a spark of genius or even a special adaptability for the role.

People were prepared to applaud this man who has been faced dowu so boldly by fate aud who ha so sturdily kept hia own, but thoy found, after all, that Mr. Edgar waB an actor of decided medloority. Mr. Louis Morrison, who played Iago, took the honors away from him without half trying. It will boon be in order to change the name from New York to Western Unioutown.

Thero is apparently no reason to doubt Mr. Gould'B great corporation controls Now York. Just now they have begun to dig up and down Broadway In order to make somo changes in their system of underground wires. In any other great city of tho world they would be oompelled to do thlswork at night, whon it would not interfere with Btreet traffic. As it is, thoy work only a few hours a day, tear up nearly haff of tho street where a quarter of the width would do, and display an entire tndlffer enco toward the publlo rights.

Broadway is a succession of blocks and jams all day long. The mournful feature of tho thing is that there is no prospect of relief. Charles Delmonico's illness wa3 not unexpected. Men who hava observed him at all during tho past year havo seen evidences of his approaching infirmity. Despite his apparently lymphatic temperament and sturdy build, ho is extremoly nervous and worries con atantly about trivial matters.

He has grown quite stout ol late, but has refused to take proper amount of exorcise. I have soon him ait day after day for hours at a time in his Twanty sixth street cafe with his head sunk on his breast and ataring straight before him, Ho became absent minded and irritable. Thora ia apparently reason of tho suspicion entertained about his sanity. Mr. Delmonloo's wealth is enormous.

He has been speculating in Wall street of late, but I havo reason to know that ho has not been unsuccessful, so that his dementia haa nothiug to do with money mattors. The recent semi centennial j'ubilee of the Sun and Ihe publication of fae similet of the first number recalls strikingly tho proof that an active business llfo is no bar to old age. Two very prominent Brooklyn citizens wore in active public life when the Sun was first published, and havo since become extensive property holders In Brooklyn. One is George A. Jarvis, of No, 101 Henry street, and another is E.

T. Backhouse, President of tho Kings County Firo Insurance Company. Mr. Backhouse was at that time a manager of tho Amorican and his name ap poars in the first number of tho Sun on September 3, 1833. I wonder how the brokers manage to keep up with the procession.

They are making little or no money and spending fortunes. Very many of them livo at an exponso of from $20,000 to $30,000 a year. Affairs on the streot aro as gloomy as ovor. Tha lambs refuse to como in, and business is reducod to a cut throat game among tho brokers. Occasionally, Mr.

Gould who is the center about which cvorything iu Wall street revolves makes a turn that wakes thing up; but take all in all there is a remarkably gloomy outlook for the men of tho Stock Exchange. What a remarkable old humbtjo is the ticket speculating scheme. During the last week a Now York paper has lashed itself into a dreadful state of excitement over the nulsanco, and has printed oolumns a day concerning it. The columns arc mainly filled with lies. Apparently, nobody was ablo to toll the truth.

All tho managers ara Interviewed. Thoy said, without a 8ingln excoptlon, that tha ticket speculation was tho bane of their existence that thoy would never be happy until it was abolished, and that it was a sad and cmel outrage on the public. This in face of the faot that nearly every ticket speculator in New York is not only in league with tho theater but hired and paid a salary by the theater for doing its work BCenis some what grotesque. At Harrigau Hart's, the brother iu law of Harrigan is the Bpeculator and has tho men iu the lobby under his charge. Tha best seats in tho house aro all given to speculators, bo that they will bring a premium, and you can take it for an axiom that if there is any monoy going to bo made about tha theater tha managorwiU muke that monoy, HEIGHT AND WEIGHT.

Buffalo Commercial. You ask a very practical question How muoh should a person of givou height weigh Is there a standard between height and woight 7 A healthy child, male or female, grows in length by mora than one half its size during tho first two years it increasos from SO per cent. (10.083 inches) to about 79 per cent. (31.10 inchos). It trobles or quadruples its weight that to say, it weighs 3 to 4 kll.

at btfth (equals 7f to 10 pounds); 10 kil. (25 pounds) in the first year); 12 kil. (80 pounds) iu the second. On tha average a child (from months to 8 yearsl grows in length about 6 per cent, each year (equal 2.4022 Inches); the weight of tho body goes on increasing to the eighth yoar, rising in boys to 20 kil. (50 pounds) and in girls to 19 kll.

(7(f pounds). From this ago (8 years) until puberty boys increase In height 53 per cent. (2.105 feet) each yoar, reaching at the ago of 12 years a holglit of 133 cent, (over 4.52 test) and girls 13S eout. 4.4'il feet) on an average. Boys gain about kil.

(5 pounds) in woight per year, girls a little more, so that in the 12th year children of both sexes weigh, on the average, about 30 kil. (75 pounds). From 13 to Mycnrs vouthn grow somo 30 percent. (11.8) girls 20 per COHt. (1.8) inches.) The increase of weight is even more rapid than before, reaching 33 kil.

(145 pounds) in boys 18 years old, and iu girls of the same age 51 kil. (127 pounds.) In the 23th year the mau Is 1(18 ceut. (over 5Y, feet in height), and weighs 83 kll. (157) wlillo the woman Is 157 cent. (5.15 feet in height), and weighs 53 kll (lJT'i pounds), Mn in the 40th year attains his maximum weight, G3.0 kil.

(150 pounds), and than' begins to loso flesh. Women continue to grow heavier, reaching about 60 kil. (140 pounds) until the 50th year. Botween 45 and GO meu become mote corpulent and women rapidlv grow older in both the size of the body diminish'." Wagner. It is desirable for all persons, whether suffering in health or otherwise, to know as as possible what tho normal weight should bo.

Wh are iudubted to the lato Dr. Hutchinson for weighing 'alone 2,000 men of various ages. There is, indeed, an obvious relation between the height and weight so particularly weighed and measured. Slartiug with the lowest mon iu the tables, it will ba found that tha increased weight was as nearly as possible five pounds for every iuch iu height bsvond slitv one inchos. The following figures show the relative height and weight of individuals measuring five feet and upwards: Weight, lbs.

Fivo foet ono inch should be 120 Kive fo5t two inches flllnuld be Five leet three inches should be 133 1'ive fuel four inches should bo 130 Fivo feet itae inches should bu 142 Kive foet six inches should I Vivo feet seven inchos should bo Five feet' eight Inolms should bo ip Fivo feet mno inchrs should bo 1 Five foot inches should bo Five feet oluven inches should be Six feet should bo 170 Ai OCTOPUS KIIiLS A BOT. Hiogo (Japan) News. It is not strange that cuttlefish "should damage vegetables growing in fields by tho seashore, but tho surprising news reaches us that a boy has bean killed by one of these hideous creatures. We hear that somo few days ago a boy about 14 years of ago was fishing at Tomiokaraura, Amakusa, Hizen, and a huge cuttlefish stretched two of its tentacles out of the water and grasped the boy's right arm. The boy Bhputed for assistance, as tha fish was dragging him fa, and some mon who were near released tha lad by cutting the tentacles.

When tho boy reached homo hiB arm was oold and motionless, and, notwithstanding medical aid was ooiiad in. he died five days afterward. A murderer Hanged hy a Clamorous Mob Fifteen minutes Alter Iis Crime. Denver Tribune. Tho through western train via the Union Pacific and Denver Pacific, which arrived In Denver at 1:15 this mornlug, brought tho first dotalls of a startling tragedy which occurred at Salt lake Last Saturday afternoon.

Among tha passengers on this midnight or early morning train wero two well known Denver ladi03 who, on Saturday afternoon, from the windows of their room iu tha Walkar House at Salt Lake, wero unwilling boholders of a cold blooded mur ddr, which was almost immediately thereafter followed by tha bloodthirsty lynching, in broad daylight, of the murderer. It was a practical experience of the dolugs of tho West of which noithor of tho lodle3 waa covet flim. Tho storv thov tell is as follows About noon on Saturday negro named Samuel Joe Harvey, who about a mouth ago removed from Pueblo (whflre he had lived for seven yexm) to Utah, got into au altercation with a prominent restaurateur of Salt Lake named Grice. Grico's restaurant is situated on South Second street, within a few doors of Malu street, and is a popular and much frequented establishment. The negro Harvey had been employed about the place by Mr.

Grice, and it was over a question of work aud wages that the difficulty originated. Harvey became iusolent and abusive and Grice ordered him out. Ho left after threats of violence, which, being accompanied by the display of a pistol, caused the proprietor of tlio restaurant to telephone to Police Headquarters In tliu City Tlall for assistance. In obedience to the call Marshal Andrew Burt (one of the best known and most popular officers in the Territory, who for thirty years resided in Utah and who for nineteen consecutive years had boon Chief ot Police of Salt Lake City) aud Water Master Charles H. Wilcken made their appearance, and accompanying Mr.

Grice wont out to look for Harvey. At tho corner of Main aud South Second streets they had discovered tho object of their search standing with a Winchester rifle at hall cock In hia hands. It was subs mictitly learned that Harvey went directly from tho restaurant to tha shop of a gunsmith, whero In tlio morning he had bargained for a rifle, and purchased tho weapon. At sight of the negro Mr. Grice exclaimed, "There is tha and Marshal Burt advanced to accomplish the arrest.

The street was thronged with people at the time, but the first intimation tho pooplo seem to havo had that anyth'lug unusual was taking place waa the report of a rille, followed by a sharp cry of distress from the Marshal. Tho negro, waiting only for tha officer to reach within murderous range, had opened fire with fatal effect. Marshal Burt fell upon the Bidewalk and was carried into a drug store closo by, where within a few niomouts he died. Without hesitation Officer Wili kens grappled with the negro, who, being unable to uso his rifle, drew a pistol from his bolt and tired, inflicting a flesh wound iu that officer's arm. Grice had deserted tho officer and the crowds in the Btreet were panic Btrickeu.

With tho assistance of a brave byBtandor, named Homer J. Stone, Officer Wilc kens succeeded in overpowering tha negro and throwing him to the ground. Iu an iustant a crowd of eoveral hundred noisy oitl rens, men, women and children, surrounded the murderer, who was lifted to his feet only to be knocked known again, and who, between blows and kicks, ws forced to the City Hall, which waa Just around a near by corner. Within ten minutes a crowd of at least a thousand persons hod taken possession of the avonuein front of the City Hall and wero loudly clamoring for blood. It was not yet two o'clock ia tho afteruoon, and tho streets In the vicinity were thronged with ladiea and ehildron.

Suddenly the door leading to tho jail, which was in the rear of the City Hall, was burst opeu by the pressure of the crowd, and the bruised and bleeding negro, more dead than alive, was tossed out into the arms of tha clamorous mob. The air was thick with oaths and imprecations aud the appeal of the poor wretch for mercy was unheard or unheeded. A hundred foot aud a huudred lists kicked and cudgeled until finally, somewhe from among the throng, a rope was produced, at tho end of which the negro waRdragged a distance of soventy nve feet and strung nn over a beam in the City Hall stables. By this time the death of Marshal Burt had bacoma known aud the frenzy of tha mob was doubled in intensity. The bleeding and mutilated body of the murderer was cut down from tho beam from which it dangled aud was dragged like an ugly mop over the sidewalk for tha space of two blocks.

An express wagon was then procured with tho Intention of attaching tho corpse and dragging it from one end of the city to the other. This outrage was only prevented by the presence of Mayor Jouniugn, who, jumping into iho wagon, declared that ho would shoot the first man who attempted any further indignities upon the corse, Marahal Burt love3 two wives and a number of chil. dreu. It ia claimed that a new and the original version of the Ten Commaudments has been discovered. Unless it permits man to bear false witness iu a cast of swapping horses, it is illy adapted for uso iu these progressive days.

LevotV CiVten Simple minded people who have been watching the building of tho West Shore Kallroad up the Hudson have been somowhat disappointed to learn that tho now roads coming into New York by that line have Joined the railroad pool of eighteen companies In this State, and will charge uniform rates from all competitive points with them. I was talking with General Freight Agent Anderson about this and ho sajd Why, wo briug a barrel of applos from Buffalo to New York for thirty cents. Wo bring butter for forty cents, a huudred pound of beaus for fifteen cents and flour for thirteen omits, and wo bring flour from Rochester at eleven cents a hundred." That is all very well, 1 said to myself; but when navigation closes on tho rivor and cauala I Bhall look for tho now achodulo, and I should like to know what tho farmers think about it. It seems to be a public calamity that tho pooplo hava boon disappointed iu the promieo of competition between tho railroads up the Hudson. A considerable portion of the population of Now York seems to bo in a state of fevorish excitement about the disposal of tho Astor eutato.

Young William Waldorf Astor, who is our Minister to Home, is a shrewd and careful business man and thoroughly familiar with hla father's business affairs, and everybody who knows anything of tho characteristics of tho Astor family knows that William Waldorf will bo tho heir. John Jacob Astor Is still a hale and hearty man aud thoroughly Interested In his great property. When he dies it can bo depended on that the money will not go out of the family. Tho Astors aro a peculiar family. None of tho women have beeu attractive, beautiful or oven ordinarily pretty, and none of tho men havo been gifted with particular brilllanoy or brightness in any profession.

Olio of William B. Ast'or's sous, who was an idiot from birth, died a few years ago, and so tho sole representative of tho John Jacob branch Is William Waldorf. The stury that John Jacob Aator had deeded over the whola of his vast estates to his son, William Waldorf Astor, is nonsense, Tho cldor Astor is not the man to give up tha whip hand before ho is obliged to, and tho youuger Astor caunot very well take care of $70,000,000 worlh of property in New York wbilo ha ia doing tho propor" at Koine. Ohm will be left in the abode by Connecticut In point of public importance if another murder follows those of Mary Stanuard, Jennie Creamer, Phoebe Brush and Kose Ambler before another President is elected from Ohio. In fact, I doubt if oven another Ohio president would causa the State to take tha brush from Connecticut.

Bluclaws, Yandee shrewduess, intense Btupidity, Wooden Nutmegs, criminal negligence and assiuiuo folly seem to be oddily combined in this peculiar State, There la certainly something wrong about things up there when such awful murders as those of the four poor girls I havo Just Darned could be done, and their murderers go undetected. Tho peculiar point about Connecticut murders Is their brutality. That of Mary Stannard, for instance, was shocking in the last degree, and there haa never been amoro pathetic or pitiful death th that of pretty little Jennie Creamer, Phoebe Brush's demise, too, was horriblo enough, but that of Rosa Ambler seems to have been oven mora vlo leut and horriblo than any of the others. Little Wono Ohino Foo stepped into a atage yesterday on Broadway, and displayed a bland and Celestial smile. He is, as all the world knows, tha editor of the influential and soul stirring paper, Tht Chinete American.

He stands about four feet high, and Is brisk, vivacious and enterprising. Denis Kearney," ha said in a voice that was seven degrees above the staff, and as shrill aa a peacock's shriek, refused to aocept my challenge. 8o I let the dirty whelp go." How is your paper "Booming; but I find that it does not give me enough to do. I can write a whole paper in a day, and as my saner has not become a daily yet, I have not half enough.