Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 30, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1874 — Page 1

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL.

VOL. XXIII -- NO. 30. INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY10, 1874. WHOLE NUMBER 1,739.

PARTY REMNANTS. SHALL IT BE BURIED OR STOOD ON ITS FEET. THE NEW DEPARTURE IN ILLINOIS -- GOVERNOR HENDRICKS' WORK -- THE PROSPECTS -- SOME INTERESTING READING. A dispatch from Springfield, Illinois, to the Chicago Tribune, of yesterday, says: The condition of the Democratic party as represented by Democratic members, is uncertain this morning. Some of them think they killed it but refused to bury the corpse, and that it is now being waked. Southern members who aspire to Congress from Democratic districts are afraid they will get no encouragement from the farmers; and anti-monopolists are anxious to retain the magic of the Democratic name. They refuse to put the corpse under ground away from the sight of men, and are dosing it with stimulant, with the expectation of developing signs of vitality. They injected Tom Hendericks into the caucus and he performed the miracle of bringing the dead to life. Before he entered, the party was as dead as a red herring : but, when he began to blow about 3,000,000 voters, the boys could not endure it. They decided to stand by the corpse a while longer, and, if they could do nothing else, postpone its burial. Gov. Hendricks was very foolish to go near the caucus. At first he refused; but a committee was sent after him. and he could not resist their wheedling. He went, and was astonished to find reporters there. INDIANA'S GOVERNOR. (From the Chicago Tribune.) The members of the Illinois legislature who once belonged to the democratic party hare been holding a sort of protracted meeting to consider Whether there Is any snch party left or not. The prevailing Impression has been that there Is no such thing in existence here. At this critical Juncture. Gov. Hendricks, of Indiana, remembering that there was such a thing as the Calumet dam, made a pilgrimage to Ppriogueld. We are probably not mistaken in assuming that the governor bad a call thither to oppose the expected declaration that there was no further use for the democratic party in this state. Gov. Hendricks attended the caucus, and. although very reserved, said that the three million democrats In the country were two strong to disband, and he looked forward to the time when they could overthrow the republicans. This parable of the three million democrats has done duty before. Even assuming that there was that number tn l&js, and that the same number can be mustered In l-t, it will then be in a still more hopeless minority. Th whole vote of the country was not polled in 1872, and in 1&T6 the aggregate vote of the several State Will not be less than "üOXX. The army of 3.008,000 will be of no avail in a struggle where number decide the result. Since 1868, tho Democratic party has not grown stronger. It has received no recruits. Those born in the party have by no means equaled those who have gone out of it. Most of the Democrats who get to congress from pocketdistricts have been in league with the Republican party for hire and salary. No scheme of corruption or robbery has neen practiced by the Republicans without giving them share. They are, on the call of th yeas and nays, quite as sure to vote for a Job or a grab as the Republicans, and it is a ready answer of the Republican salary-grabbers that the measure received more VOTES FE0M DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS than from Republicans. In order to clinch that fact, and make it a ptrpetnal stigma upon .the Democratic party, these same members in caucus selected Fernando Wood .as -their candidate- for speaker. tn fact, tho democratic- party in congress has been for years the unfailing and unscrupulous auxiliary of the worst and most dishonest faction of the republican party. There are some intelligent and ah'e democrats in congress, but they art so few that they only serve to make the general classification more conspicuous. . Under these circumstances, how jare the three million democrats of liks, depleted by death and desertion, and purchase, to become a majority of the largely-increased vote of lsTtt? ' Does Mr. Hendricks imagine that the farmers and other reformers will enroll themselves in a party of which Fernando Wood Is the choen leader, and Kldredge the chief bugler? Tbe party of Reform Intends, amoDg other things, to punish the salary-grab. Can they do this by joining a party that nave more vote for It than even tue ttcpublicansT Every Intelligent man knows that the Democratic party, since the war. has served no purpose but to make the Republican parly respectable bv com

parison. Every intelligent man knows that, if that party would disband and cease to exist, the elements of opposition to the eorrnption of the Republican party would very speedily he in the maiority. 1 he I emocratlo party is nothing bat an obstruction and a atumbllDg block, ana It Is to be regretted that Mr. Hendricks.' whose personal record Is unsullied, should oppose the now irresistible movement to throw It out of tho road. We venture to predict that, whatever he or the members 01 the legislature may do, there will be no Deraocralic party iu the held of Illinois politics next fall? . THE DOCTOR'S IN CONSULTATION. i From the Chicago Times. Another consultation among the political doctors, who for the last fifteen years have been prescribing for the ailments of a very sick old patient called the " democratic party, ' was held at Bpringfleld on last Wednesday night. A promnent Indiana doctor of the came of Tom Hendricks, happening to be In the city, whs also present - at the -consultation. Among the more conspicuous of tho Illinois doctors were Doctors Dunham, Yoangblood, Alexander, Casey, Bhumway, Walla, Murphy, liallou. Marsh, Mooref Harrington, tSolilns, Rogers, Htroud, et al. ; Doc tor Dunham, on behalf of himself and some . other doctors who had been appointed to make a new diagnosis of the case, and report whether in their Judgment there was - any ground to hope for the patient's recovery, submitted in writing a document to the effect that they found the patient not only past all hope of recovery, but in reality already as dead as a smelt. at all events, that the smell . admitted of no other rational explanation. Con . Biderlng that the patient was dead, the committee of doctors had concluded that the wisest recommendation they could make was that the corrupting old cadaver . should be burled as speedily nw possible. With this conclusion and recommendation, a majority of the doctors were inclined to agree, nrl thev were Droceedlnz to adopt the report of committee when Doctor Hendricks put in an aniwurmiw. and. 011 invltatlon.nroceeded to give Iiis opinion. Doctor Hendricks is a practitioner th ancient iSanirrado school, holding that innd-lettlmr. salivation, and enfeebling of the system by warm waterre sovereign and infailivi rmKilea for evc-rv possible form of disease, Doctor Hendric's denied that the poor old patient fcad KICKED THE BUCKET. True he had been greatly reduced by loss of blood, loss of muscle, and loss 01 everytning eise essential to the maintenance of vital energy; true, he had fallen to a state of such feebleness A hat the difference between It and actual death w.a an lieht as not to be easily perceived by less experienced doctors than hlmselt; but all this only proved that the patient was in a lair way of recovery, in the substanea of the patienVs body there were stlllno lees thau 3,0u0,0uo molecnlea.He knew It to bo a fact, because he bad reckoned the number of molecules of the democratic party by m. WM. nt hia own invention, on which he toad applied to the New York Tammany society for a patent. 80 long as the patient had 8xju,0uQ molecules of matter In hira, the pa'leut would not and could not die; the 3,WW,0U0 molecule weuldnt let him. This was a scientific -copclusion which every i'iftni of the ancient and time-honored MnrVn cchool knew to be infallibly true, The molecules would not disband, would not Change their mode of aggregation : nothing .could make them do it; therefore it was lm--posslble for dissolution to take place. The iintrid stench emitted by the ancient body was not an indlcaUon of dissolution, but was 1. 011 indication of convalescence. The -iomwi iw thus expressed by Doctor -u.nHrioki wml to have considerable in -rtnnc on the minds of some ol the assem .ioH Hwtnr w Doctors Casey. Murphy, blium way. Ballon, Rogers, Brown, Wall, and one or rtwo others were convinced that Doctor - Hendricks was right in holding that the twir old tatient was neither dead nor gon t rH Tiootors Younvblood. Alexander Airw r:rooks. Htroud. Kehoe. and a few others ... 1 tu rr a divided mind, lnclin in. trt th notion that the patient was not uivelv dead. ?et that he was so very nearly i.r,ini.t thit there was er eat doubt about reovrv T. rpt of the doctors, comprising r,t DiiwA r.rpsnt. seem not to hav been much Influenced hy the luminous and scientific- diagnosis of the Indianapolis practitioner: They still believed the old patient to be dead. THE CHEAT CHANGER. " frrom tbe tTi!-(r Inter-Ocfan. 7vY..fi..J llc.idtiv-i v I Indiana, is evidca'.lv a

rvancrer. but not a national grätiger. In hli

speech to our state senate he said: "We have relations between agricultural and other puramu that are yet to be regulated, mey mint be sO regulated as to command the Judgment of the world, and it is better that the legislature at home hall do that than that agriculture shall be turned over to a foreign or distant Drotectlor." At this point the great democratic granger bethought himself that, in Illinois, the national government is uui regarded as a 44 foreign" power. He accordingly added : " 1 will not say a foreign protection ; I will say a distant proleeiion." This is an oily gammon sort of way of saying: "I regard the national government as a foreign power, but aa you, tcentlemen, may diner with me in regard to that point, we will compromise by alndmg to it as a distant protectien." This is very admirable as a compromise, bnt nnfortuaaieiy for Boarbon Democrats, the erw of compromises cloned with the firing on Fort isurater. The national government is neither foreign nor 'distant to any citizen of any State, unless, in dd. he witihea to overthrow it and establish some other in its place. BUNKO TRICKS THAT ARE VAIN. The wat3 of "Bunko" and "Keno" the pleasures and profits, and how thet ARE MADE. The Chicago Tribune in an interesting article on the various games ot gamblers says : "The great beauty of Bunko la the unerilng certainty of its results. It is the only sure game one can play. It is an excellent game' for a young man who is taking his first lessons in gambling. It possesses the peculiar features requisite tor his absolute fascination for a time, and its results are a perfect certainty. One may know what to expect beforehand. lie may expect to lose his money with astonishing regularity. No heart-rending disappointments In this respect have ever been known. Therefore, Bunko is a good game to begin with. Our readers have frequently read of this 'or that countryman's exploits at Bunko, but we challenge them to cite an instance where the gentleman from' the rural districts was thereby enriched, either in funds or animal spirits. There has been a truly remarkable similarity In Bunko experiences. It is, to come to Jtbe point, one of the most impudent and barefaced traps ever set .for a greenhorn, and a man who would fall Into it almost deserves to lose his money, for it is his eagerness to get something for nothing that leads him op. He fancies be sees a splendid chance to get a large return on a small investment, with no risk of loss, and accordingly he bites at the tempting bait. Many attempts have been made to describe the Bunko process, bnt all have tallen short of accuracy by reason of lack of correct tnformation. Those who have been "bunkoed" never can tell just how it was done.the operation is so rapid and soon over, while the parties who share the spoils are chary of tueir descriptions. THE APPARATUS consists of a cloth painted into forty-eight squares Bimilar to a checker-board, and a dice-box containing dice. This is what they do with the tools: A Bunko-roper spots a greenhorn, and, by degrees, makes bis acquaintance; invites him to drink, or to eat an oyster-stew, or to play a game of billiards, as the case may be; in paying for the drinks or billiards he pulls out with his loose change a lottery ticket ; is surprised ; had forgotten that he had it; must go and see what it has drawn ; asks the victim to gas along; the lottery " agent's" office is reached ; it aas a sign, " real estate," on the door, and maps on the walls inside; agent looks over a book InM cf figures; finds that the ticket has won f40 in gold, or 38.40 leas his commission. The roper suggests that they have a private drawing for the odd change; agent consents, and produces the bunko paraphernalia; roper explains tne scheme in an undertone to the greenhorn; sure thing; no chance to lose; merely dc ne n connection with the lottery business - to help attract custom: he can see for himself ; greenhorn sees it and wants some 01 it; the amount is small, and the scheme inviting; produces I1.G0. and is to share the winnings. Such are the usual preliminaries, with variations according to circumstances. Then the plucking process commences. The forty-eight squares on the cloth contain figures to correspond with the various combinations of figures which can be AI 11L - f 1- A JSÄ tDIQWO WHO eigQk UltV. A BUiail (JfUWIUUU of tho aniiares contain tha amount of a nrize I A small proportion two for one. four for one. Ac. : most of the other squares are marked "U," meaning Bunko, and a verv few are blanks. The role is, if a figure witn a. prize is tnrown, tne thrower irets from two to four times his money back ; if a "B." figure is thrown he does not lose, but must "represent" ma money that Is, duplicate it, no matter bow large tbe sum becomes; if a blank is thrown, he loses all, but as the blanks are very few, and are numbered with almost impossible throws, such as 8 and 43, there seems to be a small chance of losing. To make it perfectly fair. the victim is allowed to throw for himself, but the roper stands by, and, by means of rapid counting, witn an occasional turn Die ot a die, he takes good care that tbe throw shall be a " Bunko " figure. He has been previously provided with funds with which to "represent," and the victim can do no less than come down with his money, especially as it is understood that his winninirs shall be correspondingly increased. Wbeu he has "represented" until he is either disgusted or out of money the indications cf which are carefully watched for they manatre to count him as having thrown a blank, and that ends it. His friend, the roper, is awfully cut up about it, and eoes off with him, lamenting that it was their beastly luck to throw that losing nam ber, but soon manages to slip away, and returns to claim hia share of the plunder. Such is Bunko, and tbe only wonder is that there are fools enough to get swindled by it. It is probable that the Bunko-men have seen their best" days in Chicago, as the superin tendent of police has given notice that, upon a recurrence of a well-founded complaint, he will run every Bunko roper out of town. He should keep nis worn oy an means. f Keno originated among the Germans,who call it lotto, and the children play it at home for amusement merely. Its application as a means of public gaming for money is a pure ly Yankee auair, mougn it was a iavorite among French Louislaniarrs, and the pecu liar phrases and exclamations which at tach to tbe game have also been supplied by the Anglo-Saxon. The word "Lotto" has no destructive significance, but it might well be adopted on account of its ntness to the facts pertaining to keno, whiyh is only played Dy a " lotto " ioois. it j.a purely a eame of chance. The result is tjot governed in the slightest degree by the exercise ol skill or judgment, and there. Is no advantage in capital, as in man y other cam's. The more capital a man p).ays against keno the more he loses. Tha game is played without the aid of card or elaborate paraphernalia. All that is requisite is a hollow wooden plobe, in which are placed ninety swal'i ivorv balls the size of ni'jrbloe numbcrel from oao to

ninety inclusive. The balls are shaken Up in a globe, and are taken out one at a time, and the number called out. The game is to get five numbers in a row, and when these come, "KendJ" is called by the lucky bolder ol the consecutive figures, who is entitled to the pool less ten per cent., which the proprietor takes out for his profits. The house is supplied with two hundred Btrips of thick past board, about seven inches long and two inches wide Upon these cards are painted the number in three rows, five in a row. how rxooEs. Ea:h card contains different combination of figures. We vrfil suppose that the reader has bought the cf shown by the diagram, paying twenty-fivxnts, fifty cents, or a dollar, or more for TAr as the case may be. There are ten other, each having boujrM a card. The globe eoutaining the marbles is whirled rapidl around, and a ball Is . taken out, avd the number called. 'If. you find that number upon your card, place a button over i

it and so on, as often asoneofyoMr carcfT numbers is called. If you are ludy yon will get five buttons in a row after fiftem or twenty balls have been called out. For instance, you find that 9, 22, 41, and 50 have been called ; 78 is needed to complete the row; when 78 comes you call "Ken!" and the pool, less, the percentage, is paid to you. In the meantime ether plcyera hara been putting on buttons and the game grows exciting as they set within but one MTnber of a row. You happen to get it first and all tbw rest are disappointed. Then it is that characteristic exclamations denote anneyanc and disgust on the part ol the unlucky ones. Each piece of pasteboard has its great number, ranging from 1 to 200, and a resord is kept of the cards taken and the keno is verified by reference to the balls which have been drawn from the globe. It frequently happens that two players laeno on .the same combination, as the same figures may occur on different cards, though in diOrent order. In that case the pool is dlvidecV If there are ten players, at fifty cents per card, the pool is 4 50, as the dealer takes one ten Der cent. Keno can onlv be called itdou cards which are registered as having- been paid for. The choice of cards is made at hap-hazzard, as there are no means of knowing what figures will be drawn from the globe. It is Interesting to note that if ya Bad chosen the card next to the one yen took you would have seeured the coveted row of numbers. This also leads to regretful and angry ejaculations, followed by a general laugh at the expense of the unlucky ones, j - . THE PROFITS. ' It is astonishing,that keno should be played at all, since it lacks the essential element of fairness. The proprietor gets all the mos ey in the long run in the shape of his percentage, no matter who wins in the. mean time. Three men may start with ten dol lars each, buying cards at one dollar each; they may win an equal number of, pooley and at the end of a few hours not on of them will, have a cent. The deal er will have It . all if , they play long enongh. The profits of a well-pairon-ized game amount to upward ot $100 per day over ana aoove expenses, whicn are com paratively light, and the players play thi for the privilege of having a chance to squander their money. Few of them play for amusement ; nearly all expoct te win money by it. Occasionally they are successful, a when tne pool is large and the player is sat isfied with winning one; but tbis is net human nature, and the money always .flrte ita way to the pocket of the dealer. In retorn for his investment, the player is furnished with an unhealthy excitement, and a rather palatable lunch when he gets hungry; nothing more. As a general rule keao games are conducted honestly, though the are plenty of chances for cheating. The dealer -may register a card which is not held be any player, aad make that card win by calling false numbtrs. as the balls are drawn, for everybody is too busy to see that he calls the numbers cor rectly; or he may be in collusion wits a player, and. by calling his number, give him the keno ; or. he may pay on less cards than have been sold. These fraudulent practices may be resorted . to at times, but as a rule the proprietor is satisfied with the legitimate icituuwijjo. iun uotucm, icaui, vau comDlisbed without the aid of fraud, thouzh percentage. . The desireu: result can oe acit is understood to be a standing rule m keno nouses to register jewer carus innn are sold, when they are ao numerous as U ren der detection difficult. A " keno" occupies about seven minutes, and if one card ia counted out, the gain is considerable in the course of the day and night. RIPLEY'S RUMSUCKEKg .ROUTED. THE WOMEN TRIUMPHANT DISPENSERS OF THE FOAMING CAN'T 8TAND PRAYINQ A VALIANT BLTEGRA8S COCK-FIGHTER ; EXPRESSES HIS OFINION OF THE LADIES. Ripley, Ohio, February 7. The ' tem perance excitement is rea not. The ladies manifest a resolute dispositl on in this matter. The procession appear?' d this morning stronger than ever. Three more saloons have closed. The most recriectable dealers have given up. At noon th procession boarded the Wild Wood on ber; down trip, and were received bv.the ofiJ.cers in a very kind and gentlemanly spirit. : The assurance was given that no liquor would be sold to citizens of this place from, that boat's bar while at thiH wharfThere were on the boat, some of Kentucky's grand eloquent bloods, among tbema Col. Dobbins, of Dover, who grossly insulted the ladies with the most profane anduxgentlemanly abase, while Mrs. Atooay was encased in nraver. He had not eyen tie alight excuse of being drunk, or this misMhava been overlooked, lie was return from a chicken fisht at Maysville, ant) i4t very vaprons. When the male element heard of this, tbe boat , was leatfcig; . but you can rest assurea mau li " - a A. va they couia nave got at , mm, Mr. Dobbin! would have met , with more daubin's and a full supply of feathers. The victory over tbe saloons seems, as com plete as it is sudden. Many ae astonished, old topers are sober to-day. and ' as dry as hot bi icks. They say it cant be ot. Nearry five hundred signatures to 'xhe total abstenance pieage nave ween socrred. lnDiie sentiment is overwhelmingly' -for the ladies movement. Thore was no , -precession this afternoon, but the womcr will board the Potomac to-night, and afj the same assurance given by the Wi)WOod. They are thorough-going, and me an business. There will be a bon-lire and a mass meeting to night v - . Caleb Wieland 'nd wife were found in their residence n Philadelphia, Monday, a. m., in an insensible state, frorn the effects . t , 1 a T 1 J V - The orenn5 atlon of a nw comnanv to lav alightcabe fromOreat Britain to iWi tax, via Azors, is announced. Capital ?330.000. Tne prcpectUi sarn it is the intention of the coropanv to convey messages at tb.o rate of oueabiliiSirwtTi,..,- - . ' " ; ; . . '

J DANBERRIES. MrPhillip E. Martin, who recently died in Sherman, was a man of marked purity and uprightness. With the single excep

tion oi twenty-inree years ago when he took lessons oit a violin, his life has been blame - leas. . At a recent fire in this vicinity the owner f the property, a man with a wooden leg, being confused by the sudden awakening and cries of the populace, screwed his leg on backwards aid presented to the astonished awe struck neighbors the spectacle of a man going in two opposite directions at once. . Where there is a will there is a way. A young man who can neitner sing nor play, treated his girl's bedroom window late Monday night to a recitation. The piece selected was that which so vividly calls attention to the boy who stood on the burning deck, which, conekierinfr the temperance of this season, i fall of oojnforting passages. Hia fervid oratory and .graceful gestures, as he stood there alone up to his knees in snow, made one of tbe most precious events in our history a a village. The aincwot enjoyment a bad boy manages to squeeze owt of thisv vale of tears is certainly aatoo.ieri.ng. A localpoftr well known to our readers for the spirit of n no est pervading bis verses, and the weird sadness which breathes through every line, and wbieh mast have teaeaed ail sensitiv natures, ate fifty-five oysters, on a wager, Saturday night. There is a very perceptible break fc the gloom and depression which rehered in the new year. Our peocl have coe to chew ing again. One ef the hardest-working 'seen in Eaabury earns his anead by the sweat of other eopie a brows. 01 makes sweat leatben JbrhatSk We never un Verstand the vaütoe of thceahuge far gloves uvitil we are taught oci riding without a handkerchief. There is no positio n drearier tia that o9 a carpenter1 apcreutieein a vili wheretcflre is o town ciook. Hon. St S. Co will please oscept our undying feate for eopy of the congrsesional record, ' At a recent , fujteral in Danbury where several organiza&uie were in atte&toace, no crane badges were provided for the Jemals society. Tbe president, after fidgetia,g about in a manner peculiar to her unfortuaate and unhappy sex, suidenly , t&arted ouV'M de-clars-Ll don't enjoy this funeral oae bit!" The announcement cat t a gloom os the enti79 gathering. . ' . , , OKEECHOBEE. J FLOKLBA'S INLAND SEA H0031EB" EXP&g&ERS ( MB, INGRAM IXETCTHER OROANIZLN AN : EXPEDITION TELE OREAT FLORIDA K.T5T 1 The Eastern. Herald, of Xt&ttka, . Tlosida, has tkis interesting account of the woaders of lake Okeechobee, aad how some IIosisrs are exploring taem t, Okeecbobee m- the largest fresh water lake in Florida, and is invested with peculiar interest. We ase informed by the old h cntera that the lake is about sixty miles long and from thirty to forty miles wide. There is an island in the centre of the lake where the pink curlew etngieg&e in YRAt nuiabsra- to, rccst at aght. As to the rocks in the vicinity of this lake indicating the antiquity of a former civilized ra-e, is regarded as a myth, for It is evident that no part ol the Flo id a Peninsular was ever inhabited with any other than the wild Aborlginees. We have been very much interested ia a late account given by Mr. All, Speer, of Orange county about a trip to lake Okeechobee. Mr.' Speer and bis party transported a good sized boat, from MelionviUaou wheels; after several days travel through an interminable wilderness, thev reached their des tin' ation on a small creek emptying into the lake. They found the lake skirted with a thick undergrowth the haunt of various Wild - beasts. This wild, uninhabited wilderness with its inland sea, with no boat, sail, or evidence of the lace divine 'the, howl iOi wolves, the cries of panthers and tbe reverberating bellowing sound of alligators, was enoucrh, Speer said, to make a man wish himself back on his homeward track. The land around the lake is fertils and sufficiently elevated in places, for habi tat ions. After pitching their tent the party made preparation tor the hunt. They started at day-break remaining till the evening of each day before they returned. In killing game they had unparelieied success. They had MANY HAIR BREADTH ESCAPES. The number of bear, dear, panther, and smaller game killed seems almost incredible, Of the terror of alligators, Speer said, that while returning late in the evening each day to their camp, they were terrified at the approach of large alligators; thev would rise up ' " with their ugly heads within a few feet of the boat, with an ominous glare in their dreadful eves, threatening them with a terrible death at any moment. They did not dare to fire upon (hem ; a quiet retreat seemed to them the better part of valor At night these monsters would approach she camp and J ? Al . . 1 .A keep up a Hissing iioi.-so vuiuuu iuo iugui. An alligator is supposed to attain to his full Growth at the aze ot one hundred years imajrine then the formidable appearance of these monsters in tne water oi tne Okeechobee , where they . remained tor aires undisturbed. There is no little excitement here lust now about the expedi tion fitting up for the Okeechobee lake, by Mr. A. J. Itoot. or uonoea. a. x.. ana xur, Inaram Fletcher, of Indiana. These gentle men, with others, are determined to explore the waters and surroundings of this inland gea. That they will have a good time we have no doubt, and the reading sporting world will, no doubt, be startled with the exciting wonders of this great Florida hunt, We do not think thai euner itoet or x letcner fear to face the conmct with these monsters. but it will be necessary for them to act with caution where the alligator Is so nnaoqainted with man. A Washington writer says of Secretary Belknap : He looks like John Rolfe in the honeymoon with Pocahontas. . His flesh color and looks f boyish laziness are all in the style of Reubens yellowish beard wit'j autumn in it and pippin apples, brown cor n, fmmpklns, nuts and everything eatable. it s a beard to go after chincapins in; His vsyes ha.ve the bloeness of a sky under vhich rjoys are all day playing truant. He is ath letic as tbe god ruai;s alter a iuriouyn tn tne fishing season." - ' Ä fire at Mechanicsburg, Ohio, Saturday, nicht, destroyed Stewart's woolen, factory. Losr. $15.0C0 to f IS-OQ. Insured far $12,000.

I GOTHAM GOSSIP.

THE GREAT MAN MILLINER, WORTH HOW AN EN GUSH BOY BECAME A FRENCH LORD HIS BSACTIFUL CHATBAU AT 6URISNE THE RAGE FOB WORTH'S COSTUMES I If PARTS' AND NEW YORK WONDERS OF ENAMELING AND FACE-FAINTINO DICKENS' OLD CURI ubitx SHOP DUPLICATED ADVENTURES OF "A MUSICIAN. Frei a re olar correspondent of the Sentinel. jxxvf j okk, r eDruary o. mat curious alliterative line, "What. is wealth when weigltei with worth," is likely to be read hereafter with a, new meaning. The Interviewer has been and gone and done it has peretratod into the palace of the prince ot man-tua-makers, Worth, and the result is a page of description which Is calculated to make zaere modern monarchs feel like hiding their diminished residences. It recalls the palmy days, the golden prime of Haro'ua Abr-sschi J.- One cannot help think ingtbat inert? wealth is nothing compared to Worth of thfekirxl. We might have quarreled with him about his avocation, it be had llTed in a conmoai vulgar habitation a simple hsuse, such as other people occupy,, itt when we are infoTEMd that he nov?il about hi faultless attire tkroueb salv)ons, w hich are a sort of paradiw. We are-straightway eon vineed that Mr. Charles FuedaricVc Worth "has elevated bis profession to the dignity of a fine art.- roirue aevotee'M tashion can lail to be interested In thru- sinaular man, and I therefore set apart a few lines for the purpose of sketching him Tliat and most surprising tirtr be is Engftfr, h aving been lorn in Llncolneiire, avnd hiurlnther wae a lawyer. Whore be yenr theories- aw, concern ins his fine Frenciw taste,. hi true Parthian elegance T Zwbtlesa. tüe quality eafted I Frenchinese i like greatseas, and may be ! aenjevea y swte men, lo-rtnere is no qaes-1 t row that theabject of thie raratzraoh has attained tb it,. aJihoogh he may have been I borr to greatness. The star by wh&Ü he had reached his present position were the common ones, histfataer tlo6 of Jbri une.hta own search for employment in Tarfe, ad mere than; all his great eye Jo r forzaaiid celor and his inventive rheumy. At present he ieabost forty yean oH;. band rue, aid modest in manxer..albeoeialerdof a nx.nor which mlghs well ex-iite the envy of the least eovetous ctfmanKindi Alt day lo-agr lie 1 ao bis workshops,, aad-no ecetume Isare theia without the Tranter's seal of ayprovaA, His owes price leswuierany kJxd of a stress. At nizht he sides bark fe hi heme at Suresnes. eighfc mil. from Paofc,4 on horeeuaca, ana agaia'in uenorniDj' j-eaces on post by the sari e-mean. He hastvo hebUes, Taenia ware aad: gjeenery, assdi by them Ms- cheateau. ls nras trulv i del k&traP. FYnmtalna. Talnfa- v&Aina W't.rU. btk? all kinds and degrees- e beauty are there tastefully combined and. the rejo) t is an ensemble unequalled i ita effect. Jörne fchm of the splend tr of Worth's eat blk&nent mey he trained from she- state men t tbat for every day and Ar great eecasiooa alike, only l DO I I . , FIKiTSE-rSta CHINA ' is nsd upon lie tables, while erne salon is ined entirely with ticeaecimmi? ofiTaenra plaftes held in' place bt silver blittona So nrocb for the man -and- bis snzronadinzsi whnt he acooriplishee nil. tbe .wf Id knows. Wrnn who can ill abr the od tlajt often prefer going vaitbaut socsethinir.'else for the saia-c-f sayicfi that tbe v pons esa' oae . of Werth's costutnest aal to such a length is thi feeling carried,, that our .leading actreeaesin Nw Yoii now w&ir tbwe marve)e of elegroce. I4s Tani iv Daren port, an J others of hergeais wbo prlcif themselves, aalt were, cn tne perfection - of aaeir appointments, import eil tne c drosses direct rcn Paris, so that we .have, always an op portunity toexatxine in detail the. more tnXing designs or the great etuef eeturrver. & wonderful success-of tj lis man in a vo cation so ususual dbubtles a temets others to-try their back, tut so- far; their utisuccess ithe onlxthingte.be cttronicltd concern ing them. Maj-muixner a there are in plenty and! nonrahing ore es too as witness tie poor-lien rxan-M. Jouauiqs who was lost on t ie VilJe do Havre. He left fa immense fortune,, the pn jceeds-ei two great establishaaents, one here 1 and na. in Paods and now hia will I just a dmittei to probfte. in oia tunes ttse tning s ' were iert entlrsly to women, but now mow i avousMbange toaxcela, and it issto be expected taat in an age where women, study bJ.w and medicine to say nothing oJ divLaity, men should revwge themselves . cy trying wtnans' work themselves. But many maa-tua makers though . there may be, there is only one Worth. At one time-there was a male dress-maker in Jew Yorr and also one in Brooklyn, and. they flourished for a while probably on accwnt of the novelty, but soon they disappeared; and 1 doubt, if the innovation will ever become natural ized in Uotham. I have myself seen dresses made by these gentlemen,, who unlike tbe great Worth really did the ripping and the cutting themselves, and even oonuascendd to remodel old uresse, making . BANDSOMli CCS-TUMES out of two old silks of oontrasiiug cokrs. And after all, isn't this a more dignified call-' ing for a lord of creation than eruumeling the faces or women r we Lave long rejoiced in the possession of a French citizen who advertises that he e'aanüels ladjes "in any style, to last a weel; or a year. Ana speaking oi queer iraues.inere is a sign on one of on r streets which at first sight is well calculate! to drive the uninitiated mad. Dark. res Colored, says this curious sign, and there being no one thing in view in the wi ndew beneath, which might furnish a clue, fseeiters after "more light" are obliged to maka an effort for it, unless they are possessed of suflcient 'Ssheek" to go in and ask. vfM probability la that after yon have lost youisself in vain questionings as to those glast horrors, artificial eyes, and as. to why they; don't color light eyes instead ot dark o nes, you will ask some friend wnatuau means; and he will answer, "he will tell you"( that when the scions of . our 'first families, get into trouble," by Iraprud dence in see -'nig tbe old year out, or in any other way, and are casually disfigured by having th'jir eyes blacked, they (to avofunpleasan.t interrogation) go to these obliging gentl' men of color, who paint over the bruise in the most artistic manner, thereby enablin c these nice young men to return to the boFjbm of their families unsuspected and reioic'jie, I am assured I by competent au thority that the work is so wonderfully perfect as to be almost in discoverable; so tur.t the bruise comes and heals and disap pf Ars without everybody having observed i s presencs. Of couar this a thriving bus ness in a trreat city like New York, and already competition Is aroused. The field is certainly a wide one, and nothing wl'J act as a check on the prices asked for su jh work except the natural benevolence of 'the artist who may know how it is himsolf. Among other noticeable ' t nings here is ; the recent opening of a "Dicken's Curiosity Shop in Breadway. The idea is a very bright one., as the name alone will doubtless induce many to enter perhaps with a vague hope that ' ' : r '. LITTUä WFjfJ." - Or'-"Grand.V,tiieiT xuav aUjd out wf sOtue

dark corner into the common liht of day. As indicated by its name, this establishment is filled with curositles of all klnds snch as armor and coats of mails with all the Other riff-raff in such cases mado and provided. It would have been tooemartif they had modeled the Interior after the earry ptetare of "Grandfather's Shop;" but it wonid1 have been charming. The whole ei" terprise is only another evidence of the ef" fort constantly made now to do away as far as .possible with the common-place in our plain every day life, Let . us hope it will succeed tor we have need of all the embelisbment and ontward graces we can get. However we can not always tell how jnuch that is truly qnaint and olVl worldly may be bidden in odd corners even of Kirch a new city a oars. Some .RdventitTM which recently befell a friend of mine ia his search for a " donblo bass,", may serve to illustrate wry meaning. This being an era of concerts, the gentle nau aforesaid lound hrarmelf drawn into sebfm for an amateur entertainment ef tnat kind, which was to- be orchestra ir fls nature, and

charitable (of courw 0 in its ejeet. Hobe felt in duty beund'to helit along hj muchas possible by oHerisjjf to- procure the only instrument lacking. They had a tnosicianer," but he had no deqpoi, as we Trench say. Then an advert jseniftut wae nrted in the morning papers, one in due tJrne twoanswers were received. Let cs sey that they emanated from two point as far removed fron each other as the East is fron the Tfeet. Arrived! at tbe first place, the earnest seeker w met by s very small, verv vrtuble fJermn woman, who assured' him that the "doTtbl iss was traveling wish herhabend rrenv miles away, but that be- had avmtbev or -which he sometimes used, only Jt was 03 of" orderbnt she wocid' ha'e it mrtdd,,rr. etc; Then he went to iHbce iintHber two-. whieJ was a large, handanniely fiuninhed house hi tbe suburbs; and while'h aat wait ing in the parlor, what wae lis astonishment at beholding a small vdbfornsd old nan conte sliding down the banisters, as boyedelight--to do. On bx loot was- an arrausaiaenl of IRON BODS" to exeble Ihn to walk, more easilybut heprelwred to descend by the swifter and lesepaiaea method I hm meotioned, . Engaging hia in cowvarseCSon, It soon proved that he was a dealer in ehoiee old: xiBtrumtents, an enthuaiaat. and. sw connoisseur. Weit,M said he,, "while I sbow you some wonderful old Wistrussentsp oremenas,. a itraSvasiur3,.and' $ know not what beside." Aad up stairs he went again, only to reajpear aer a moment with both arms full' ot hi beloved violas.. siMii.tc. downthe banniste this time on his i-johi-aeh, -vhich difficrit feat lie- arompihe.r with great appartat ease. Conkt he laT ,Ves, hut he-was tired. Aad then be triad. and Ruled utterly. - Perba? he- couk plajr in dreams, and old; but in reality he sou Id only teach. - A)6 this' was not basin ess, or courM,ibut JBwaaeolsterestag,thata2taough no bass-viol was- fbrthcomiag, say inrm ant did not grudge tbe time spent. A few dayaftervard ka neaülv diJ succeed 1m obtaining th9 objot off his search, butttwasv "naythur'"oi those h had. soufit. Seing obli0d to oonvy theinstruxiento ths smd ' urbn citr of hjhowe, but not darmg to tra it it out of lis siat, he neraaine with thehuge "Shing in- the baggte-car,. SiOmittinj to osidlece. qpxations Jroin braecnenani baggage-nastersv as to whether be wisgoing to jlay tonight ando. on. Ilnallv ho reached hishoua- by mea& of a hk,. and ha viae de08iteihis ungoiuly 00m ( i -ica, be iadulged let ns presame.In thex uUant aad' e ipressiire refrfia of 4Jtihnuy Schnioker," "Znng wing, zaaag, it i iuiu basB-vicin'u . , . , Imust not -ferget to mentibn tho- ipor- ' tarit faxt that tho- very latest fHsiion frbrides js the choicest dellcaSoolorMiiir.t heirdresses Ids toad ef the Conventions white; tea-rooe, pa!b pink lavemW, and blu arc the tiute- moat afitoted, ant many women whoso ccmnlexjons. üb nc9 . suit. . white.wili bless thi cenveni-nt mode,. For the rest there I- no- obacge noth tog of note, save the advents atriale . skirt or doable oerskirt 3d to speak. This, is entirely new aod very udd, auJ is I preBDtca intended to make up for the km or full nndeiekirts, and crioehne The lass thinjof intnt cod mivted. with , tho- Stinar trft-gsdy, is the fat just anno mcedthat a iarjjo ftatune hMigs on evidence, a to whether tbe daughter Detenaia : survived her parents xr one momeui, or-r not. Ii she dii, thea her iuctune- gof s. : equally to eigÄt brothers and si6tera; jfahe cad not her y&issger baothcr axisiste get iU all, and thie. Momentous question will lsv decided by wiat tue neighbors- say aeut it 4 As abonnabouche, I give rou. the Jrllow ing teutifiJ oonuadrum, ositi-raly tbelast uiing entr by are law new um- -versally tarswd golgothas? Beeo4He they" are peaces of skulls i e. s, x. TfcRRIFKJ EXPLOSION i A FOILER EXFLOnEä KILL3 THRSE MKX IN6TANTLT THE. BODIES SHOCKXÜOLT VAXCiLED. St. Louis, FeU. 8. Th Eeplican has a. special from Cuaninghaai, Chariton eeanty Missouri, which says a euer La tbe mill or Thomas Dobbins, situated oa Grand river.. two and one-half miles, rrom tiwn, Cixploied yesterday forenoon, killing ilsha Smith, engineer, Richard Wort hingt on aa4 Jessei Thatcher employes, said badly wounding Williaui Simpson. HJiith was Mown aboub. srx rods from the mUl, his. head, both arm and legs torn off, and bis. body rent open and his brains scattered ever the ground. Worthingt oi was blowm 2TjO feet from the. mill, both arm torn off, and both leg broken near the aiklea. Thatcher had hi skull broken, and one of his hands cut off by a iece of boiSar, and carried fifty feet from the mill. The cause of the explosion, is unknown. Tbe son of the late Sir Nigby. Neave," of England, and heir to estates worth 1100,000 a year, was murdered in the Wet Mountain, Valley, of Colorado, lately. Tbe family seems to be ill-starred, for ot the five eons of Sir Digby, four have come to violent deaths, one having been killed Dy a tiger, anotner bv a bear, another having lallen in the Indian mu.tiny. The victim of the murder in Wet Mountain V alley made the fourth. The town of Warsaw, Kentucky, enjoys the fiistinction of having been laid out by the father of President Johnson and the fa- -. thorof the late Governor Yates, of Illinois It was originally called Fredericksburg. f. tr the old Virginia town. Governor Y tes was born there, and lived there till n'.arly grown, when he removed with his fat' jer to Illinois. Signor Costand, the hotel King of Rome, is the conductor of the three lar gest establishmentsthe Hotel de Russie f the Alberpo del Quirinale, and tho great, honse whick. bears his name. lie T able Jo lo Ige from thousand to twelve hundred nt-ronw. Tho hotels of Romi are v.cv? t .qiiAliy diitribated between posit i'-r u t'iiv hid and on the general lewl cf the tU.