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VOULD MAKE DUELISTS.
-Wonderful Scores of Some Famous Pistol
Shots.
Talk With Capt. Conlin-Records of William M. Chase. Geor S c Work.
Frank Lord and Pierre Lorillard-llow the Young Mackeys Practice.
Copyright.
York. March 2.—A few nights ago
i harlos H. Mackey, one of the younger
so f John W. Mackey, of cable an.l
mew-millions fame, and two young
fricnts faced a long, narrow alley-way
w(t)l revolvers in their hands. At the
word Of command they sighted and fired
-our.d after round of shots at a large
t> lark-centered target.
Stand more firmly on your feet. This
w- a v and the instructor squared him
„ c as a pugilist does when he poses
l„r a photographer, and straightened his
*, ur dy legs until they were rigid. That's
Vhe way. Now begin again. You are
comg first-rate. You will make a score
before the end of the month."
The young men were taking lessons
i markmanship in the gallery of the
pew Manhattan Athletic Club and the
instructor was the veteran Capt. James
S Conlin.
In shooting gallery circles the name of
Conlln is a name to conjure with. It
l 5 a , W ell known in London and Paris
es it is in this city, and it is as potent
i„ Boston and San Francisco as it is in
Gotham. It is a name that brings up
memories that go back to war times. It
j 5 linked with one of the epochs In New
Yorks history, for Capt. Conlln, be it
Known, was in charge of the shooting
cailory in Barnum's museum when that
popular place of amusement occupied the
Hte Of the old Herald building.
Capt. Conlin began with the great show-
I man as a taxerdermist. Ho was in part,
! jf not wholly, responsible for the stuffed
mermaid and those other wonderful freaks
which gulled our fathers and our great
un-les from the country. 'When Mr. Bar
num started his shooting gallery he trans
ferred the clever young naturalist from
the miracle department and put him In
charge of it. He has been a shooting
gallery man ever since, and he has become
as great an expert in firearms and their
use as he was in skins and bones and
preparation.
This was in 1864. Three times he has
been burned out. and now he is the in
nruetor at the rejuvinated Cherry Dia
mond Club. Each fire destroyed hund
rr*is of dollars’ worth of scores, pictures
and firearms, but. in spite of these losses,
the captain has gathered together a ool
p.< non which is one of the shows of the
town to every man who takes an interest
in markmanshp. But to go back to
young Mackey and his friends.
The young men were shooting with
army revolvers. 44-calibre. # murderous
looking weapons, with long barrels and
arge cylinders, and they took turns at
he target as the volunteer soldiers do
a ith their army rifles at Creed This
k the present fad in shooting. The riots
Bre responsible for it.
■Thirty years ago when the young men of
■isure practiced in the Conlin galleries,
Hey used long. French and English duel-
Kg pistols. Pistol shooting was a fashion
able amusement in those days, and the
Knowledge that a man was an expert
Kiarksman was sometimes of value to
Kim. It prevented other men from taking
liberties with him.
I This has all been changed in reoent
■•par.- Dueling has become distinctly un
popular and with the death of that prac
ft o tho old pistol has gene out of style.
lOn the other hand, the national guards-
Irien within the past year or two have
l arned the value of revolver marksman
ship. In the street riots, where turbulent
mobs, taking advantage of labor trou
ble?. array themselves against Jaw and
crier, the revolver Is a much more useful
weapon than the musket and sword. As
a -‘nsequence Capt. Conlin has been em
ployed a large part of his time in giving
pr ate instructions to the officer? of the
state regiments.
The young Mackeys, for there are twd
of them w'ho shoot (C. H. and William),
have their owm firearms. They are the
perfection of their kind and are kept In
handsome mahogany cases, as costly
jewelry is stored, and they are worth the
are They cost SIOO a pair and they are
guaranteed to shoot true to the fraction of
a hair’s breadth.
If you keep on the way you are doing
you will have -a score before the end of
th° month,” repeated the captain, and the
young men again faced the target and
rut renewed strength into their forearms,
fo; making a score in the Conlin gallery
1.- !ik<* winning a degree from a college,
only it is more difficult to secure some
times and more honestly won.
Conlin scores are the most notable
of the gallery. They date back
to the 70’s and bear the names of some of
the most famous marksmen in the "world.
You have often heard of the wonderful
markmanship of western prairiemen. Kit
Carson and the murderous Slade were
rreat heroes in these legendary tales.
You have read of the Carson man 'Wheel
ing ' in his saddle and ’’planting” five
shots from his “trusty” revolver into
a playing card tacked to a tree. After
this exhibition he. usually dismounted
and sought the nearest barroom, where
no one was brave enough to speak with
him without first being bidden. These
stories are doubtless true, but they are
not all wonderful. There are in New
York to-day a number of revolver marks
hien who could have outshot Kit Carson
hi his prime, and their names never get
into the local newspapers, and so far as
•musing fear by means of their prowess
*°nie of them would be the very kind
men that most bullies would select to
bullyrag, they are so quiet and unob
trusive.
(, ne of the most famous of the marks
tn°n is William M. Chase, N. A., the
famed painter. Between 1880 and
’"■ .Mr. Chase made some of the very best
S, °res ever made in this country, or in
Kurope. Mr. Chase is a nervous, slender
uian. with a sharp, incisive, epigrammatic
in talking. When he has his peculiar
-brimmed, high hat on he looks like a
Frenchman somewhat. His pointed
- ar d, now* streaked with silver adds to
impression. Of all men he looks
lKlst like the popular idea of a pistol shot.
has a record of making 63 bull’s eyes
°' r °f 75 in that number of consecutive
v [ ; ,v ' s with a pistol at 12 yards. The bull’s
’ '* Vf * was not larger than a silver dollar.
w ‘ n he was through with it the tar
was a ragged hole in a sheet of
board.
Chase told me not Jong ago a story
Mt bis marksmanship the only one I
•uo over heard him tell, and, as you will
it was not in the least boastful. He
painting the portrait of William M.
k' irts, then secretary of state, to hang
l he walls of the state building in
” ls hington. Mr. Evarts was giving him
*i ’.ngs in his beautiful studio in this
1 u >\ it was a particularly quiet morning
n the artist was working his fastest to
h the ever changing expressions of
statesman’s face. Suddenly Mr. Evarts
said:
1 was told the other evening. Mr.
Chase, that you were a very expert marks
man with the pistol. Do you ever intend
to fight a duel?"
„“ I dsd n °t practice with that inten
tion, Mr. Evans," replied the artist. "Why
do you ask?**
"I was thinking that it would not be a
fair conflict between you and an ordinary
man. I shouldn't like to see it.”
I 11 tell you what I’ll do," returned Mr.
smilingly, “I'll promise never to
fight a duel with any man who is not as
e *p* rt with the pistol as I ark"
I m glad to hear you say that,” re
turned the secretary. Then after a little
P-Ve con tinued: "Some day I presume
that I shall read in my newspaper of Wil
liam M. Chase's meeting an antagonist
on the field of honor, and at the command
to fire, their bullest met in mid-air."
And I have no doubt that If at that
time Mr. Chase had fought with his equal
in marksmanship their bullets would have
so met. At least, it would not have been
improbable, provided that both aimed on
the same straight line.
Another famous old-time shot who still
keeps up his interest in pistol and re
volver shooting is George Byrd, the
wealthy club man, who has made some
very remarkable scores, which are among
the prizes of the Conlin collection. He is
one of the best all 'round shots in the
city. He Is equally at home with the rifle
and shotgun.
Pierre Lorillord, Jr., always taken
a keen interest in shooting and has made
some notable scores. He is unequalled,
probably, in Amoriia for rapidity com
bined with accuracy. Fred Hoey. the mil
lionaire soil of the one-time president of
tho Adams Express Company, learned
how to shoot tho revolver and rifle from
Capt. Conlin. He Is now exciting the ad
miration of foreign marksmen by his
wonderful shooting at Monte Carlo.
"I attribute much of Mr. Hoey's suc
cess in pigeon shooting." said the cap
tain, to his practise with tho revolver and
rifle. That has made him a close holder "
George Work, the banker, and brother
of the beautiful Mrs. Burke-Roche, is one
of the best marksmen in America. This
comes partly from Ills splendid muscular
development. To be a good marksman a
man must have good muscles, and they
must be trained. There is no form of
sport where steadiness and quickness are
so necessary as In pulling the trigger "at
tho supreme instant,' as Capt. Conlin
would say. Mr. Work began his shooting
with the captain twenty years ago when
he was a boy, and he soon made a record
for himself that has become historic
among pistol shots. Of late years he has
given most of his time to rifle and shot
gun practice, but he Is stlil one of the best
revolver marksmen In the country.
Another marksman who bears an inter
national reputation Is Frank. Lord, the
wealthy clubman. He is also one of the
captain's proteges. Of all the men who
are really great, shots Mr. Lord has
had the most fun from h!s skill. There
Is a decided vein of theatrlrallsm in Mr.
Lord's composition. He likes to astonish
people and he has done so more than a
soore of times with his marvelous skill
with the pistol and revolver.
Here are two true stories that arc told
of his prowess, one of which is made the
subject of illustration.
Once upon a time, a party of French
gentlemen went Into the Conlin gallery
with Mr. Lord and at once began to boast
of their skill with the pistol. They were
Parisian acquaintances, and chance ac
quaintances at that, of the New Y'orker,
and they had no Idea that their host
could shoot. Now the French murksmen
are also theatrical. They run to display
shooting tricks that seem more difficult
than they really are. So they shoot at
cards turned edgeways, and when they
hit one out of three they walked with
their chests out, and showed other signs
of vanity. At length Mr. Lord very quietly
took his gold watch (it was a key. not a
stem-winder, and tho ring was large
and thin) and hung It in front of the tar
get. Then he faced It and fired. To the
astonishment of his guests, he sent every
ball through the ring.
Several years afterward, Hr. Lord was
in the Jockey Club In Paris when he met
some of the same gentlemen who had
visited Conlin's with him in New York.
They told their friends of his wonderful
skill and he was straightway invited to go
with them to a near-by gallery and give
an exhibition. This invitation would have
shaken the nerves of most marksmen,
but it produced a contrary effect upon
Mr. Lord, who always does his best in
the presence of spectators. When they
reached the gallery he took his pistol in
his hand and then walked down the alley
to the target.
Then he took from his waistcoat a pin
and stuck it into the wood. He fixed his
eyes on Its little shiny head and backed
slowly until he had rejoined his compan
ions. Then he quickly raised the weapon
and fired. He instantly threw aside the
pistol and put on his coat and gloves.
The Frenchman thought that he had
missed and was chagrined, but there was
not sign of disappointment on Mr. Lord’s
face. Two or three of them hurried to
the target and by the time that they had
came back the New Yorker was ready to
go.
‘‘Bravo!'’ they cried. “You have driven
the pin into the wood."
"I thought so," replied Mr. Lord. "Let's
have a game of billiards," and he walked
out leaving tho lookers-on mystified, as
if they hal seen something that did not
exist.
Still another remarkably clever marks
man. who has made some brilliant scores
within the pasit few weeks is Count Ha
dik. a wealthy Hungarian nobleman,
whose name figures in the newspaper
reports of the doings of the 400. He is an
intimate friend of Count de Castellano,
who is to marry Miss Anna Gould. The
count Is a marksman of the foreign school,
but he shoots wonderfully well for ail
that.
Among the other marksmen of note
who have scores in the captain's glass
frames are Col. Delancey Kane, the
coaching club man; F. A. Schwab, the
musical critic, and Capt. J. C. Summers,
the yachtsman.
“The old way of shooting the revolver
or pistol,” explained the captain “was
to turn the body sideways when aiming
so as to expose as small a surface as pos
sible to an antagonist. When dueling
went out of fashion marksmen adopted
a more rational method and that is the
method I teach. I have my men stand
firmly on their feet with their legs straight
and face the target directly. They fire
on ttie raise.”
Here are some of the captain's rules
that are worth preserving:
“Never fool wU., a firearm. Never
point it at anyone, unless you mean to
kill him. Always hold it so that if it
should go off no erne would be injured.
"Never take it for granted that the
weapon is not loaded. Always examine
it for yourself, 'and do it every time.
"Never load your firearm until you are
ready to shoot.”
The captain says that great marksmen
are born, not made, resembling poets and
pugilists in that rijepert, but they can be
greatly improved by Intelligent practice.
"I can make a good shot out of any
well ,man in a month's time, if he will
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. MARCH ISOS.
practice and follow my instructions."
headed.
"I hope you will make one out of me,"
returned young Mr. Mackey.
"Keep on practising then.” answered
the captain, and as I left them he was
following thia advice
Benjamin Northrop.
MIXISC FOR FISH.
Men, VI omen and Children Digging
tp Inal quantities of Flail In the
bound.
Stratford. Conn., dispatch in the New
York Sun.
Down on the sound shore these days
everybody is digging for flatfish, women,
children and men. Folks are begging, bor
rowing, and buying digging forks and
hoes.
There is a kind of flounder railed about
here sandfish, or flatfish, which burrows
in the soft sand or mud in the winter
months. Its long retirement does not
seem to affect it* plumpness very much,
for it is always fat and juicy when ex
humed. even as late as the month of
March. Sard bars and mud flats are its
abiding places In these it burows to a
depth of five or six inches. What it lives
on during its hermitage no one knows,
for it is never known to leave its nest
except under the persuasion of a hoe or
fork. The fish are very plenty, and weigh
from a quarter of a pound to a pound and
a half.
The farmer folks drive down to the
shore and make a day if it. They bake
clams and potatoes In big fires which they
build of driftwood on the beach, and have
a general frolic. The boys and sometimes
the women take part in the digging. Dead
low water Is the best time of tide, for
then the Hals are nearly all uncovered,
but as that lasts but a short time the dig
gers usually begin when the ebb is half
way out. and do not give up until the
flood is half way in.
Frequently they turn out clams, and
sometimes a horseshoe crab or a skate,
and at either of the last there are always
a fluttering of bedraggled skirts and pierc
ing screams from the women and laughter
from the men and boys. Enough of the
luscious pan fish are easily secured to
last two or three days and to distribute
to all the neighbors. Housework, wood
chopping. and the care of the cattle are
neglected and forgotten for tho tish dig
ging, and if the flatfish do not become
scarce, or folks do not lose their appetite
for them, the other affairs of life in this
region will suffer. Two elderly mm.
brothers, who live out on tho Milford
turnpike, fell to lighting the other day
over tho possession of a certain flatfish
digger which was believed to be a par
ticularly lucky Instrument. After verbal
abuse had been exhausted, they came to
blows, and one knocked the other uncon
scious with the digger. The Injured one Is
now under a doctor's care and the other
languishes In a loek-up. One young man
who brought his best girl down from
Derby to dig flatfish last week quarrelled
with her as to who should dig in a par
ticularly premising looking mud bank,
and the result is that they now do not
speak.
Some of the experts have discovered a
happy scheme which Is yielding enormous
protits. Part of the flats off Stratford
Point are of quicksand formation, and the
most enthusiastic diggers did not ven
ture on those grounds, though this sec
tion was known 1o be fairly alive with
the game. Then some of the experts made
long runners, like the Norwegian snow
shoes or ski, out of thin hickory strips.
With these strapped to their feet they can
brave tho sinking sands, and while the
others look curiously on from firmer
ground, they turn up bushels of the biggest
fattest, and oiliest of sandfish. The biggest
haul recorded, however* was made by a
farmer named Sam Tittlwake, who lives
out toward Wheeler’s farms. He had
seen his neighbors outdo him on the quick
sands. so he came down last Wednesday
with his old buckskin mare and a plough.
As soon as the tide got down a little he
starteel in and turned the whole mud flat
into deep furrows, while his two boys
followed with an ox cart and gathered
the c rop. They heaped the cart full, and it
had a hayrick on it. too. and the old
man remarked as they tolled up the sands
homeward bound:
"None or them taown fellers hez need
to think they kin git ther best o' i'ncle
Sam Tittlwake jes' by w'arin bar'l staves
onter ther feet kase he gits up arly an'
goes ter bed too all-fired late fur slch
games!"
fin lift ry, gnd His Neck Hroken.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
For two days Heinry Bruggan has re
mained alive at the City liospit*! with a
broken neck, a dislocated shoulder, and a
bad bruise on the head. Despite the many
ailments of the patient. Dr. Marks has
hope of patching Mr. Bruggan up as
good as new. Sand bags about his pillow
prevent his head from rolling about,
while straps, attached to a weight, pass
under the chin to prevent the head from
dropping on the breast. As badly used
up as is Mr. Bruggan, the only thought
that seemed to concern him overmuch
when Dr. Marks made the rounds of the
wards yesterday was something to eat.
"How do yen feel?” asked Dr. Marks.
"All right; but I don’t get enough to
eat."
“It isn't best for you now.”
“It ain't, eh? Well, I want some, any
way. doctor: I’m hungry."
All this coming from a man with three
cords of his spinal vertebrae snapped in
twain sounded rather odd. As he opened
his mouth to speak, the weight attached
to the straps about his chin moved up and
down along the slide prepared for it at
the head of the bed. Bruggan, according
to Dr. Marks, is the worst broken up man
In the city hospital. He Is Utterly shat
tered to pieces. When brought to the
hospital both legs were paralyzed, but yes
terday he was gradually gaining control
over them. Bruggan was injured in an
elevator fall at Bollman's piano store,
where ho was employed.
THRASHED BY GIRLS.
School Roys Intruded I pon n Secret
Society Vnltintion.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Binghamton, Feb. 23.—A score of high
school girls soundly thrashed half a dozen
boys last Friday night. The Alpha Zeta,
composed of boys and the Theta Sigma,
of girls, are secret societies among the
students. As they have been forbidden
to use the high school building for meet
ings they assembled at the homes of the
members. On Friday several candidates
were to be initiated by the Theta Sigma.
The daughter of a prominent family qn
Front street had invited the society to her
home.
The cereomnies were about half fin
ished when there was a ring at the door
bell. Half a dozen members of the Al
pha Zeta rushed into the sacred circle
where the Initiation was In progress. It
is said that one victim was In dishabille
and that punishment of a traditional sort
was being administered to her. The boys
had torn down and were attempting to
carry off the skull and cross-bones and
other insignia when the girls turned on
them, tearing their hats from their heads,
pounding them vigorously and uprooting
large quantities of their hair. The boys
tied in dismay and this morning presented
a sorry appearance when they arrived at
school. Some of the victims are sons of
members of the board of education. The
board threaten* to expel all who partici
pated in the affair.
THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
CHIKCnaER PKEPAKi: CHASTISE
MENT FOR BISHOP POTTER.
Strong |* Ambit loti*—Mr. \ underbill
Mill Take n Hand iu Hie t up De
fending ftn.ine.s Preparation*
for the Four Hundred's Halt, Show.
Copyright.
New York. March 2.—ln spite of the ad
verse action taken by a meeting of Epis
copal clergymen rerently It is said that
the efforts to have an American arch
bishop established In New York will in no
sense be abandoned. Those of the high
church schcol. and they include all the
wealthy and Influential families in New
York, are known to be committed to
the idea, but they do not consider it timely
to agitate the project until the comple
tion of the new cathedra! of St. John
the Divine. This cathqnral will be the
finest church edifice on the American con
tinent. and as the diocese of New York
is far wealthier than most of the sees
in the mother communion, it is likely
that its growth will in time be signalized
in the manner desired by the excessively
high church. As for the opposition of
Bishop Potter and his entourage, that
will hardly count, since the worthy
churchman will brobahly tie dead by the
time the great cathedral is ready for
consecration, and what he may think
will have no great hearing or consid
eration then.
The arohiepiscopal episode, as it has be
gun to be called, marks the acute stage
of that Interclne war in the Episcopal
church in the metropolis over the ques
tion of sacerdotalism which has brought
bishops and clergy into more than one
unpleasant conference. There is no deny
ing that the high churchmen have the
most at command from a numerical and
pecuniary point of view, and the bishop
himself is known to have uttered a fear
that they are inclined to go rather far.
Only the Immense personal Influence of
Bishop Potter and the known excellence
of his administration have succeeded In
stemming the ttdo of ritualism The more
radical numbers of the Hock aro very
much displeased with the bishop, and
through their efforts a resolution was
passed at a recent diocesan conference
referring this whole matter to the gen
era! convocation nrxt autumn. The scene
of hostilities is thus transferred to an
impartial body, and the Episcopal!,ns of
Now York are already hard at work in
efforts to secure an ascendancy in tho
sanctified body. As for the low church
body, they are alluding to their antag
onists as Irreverent and as playing the
part of saints with barrels whose money
is their only claim to consideration. The
opposition, however, applies (the term
"saintly .devil" to the leader of the low
churchmen, and altogether tho ecclesi
astical situation Is embittered.
When Mr. Cornelius Vnnderhllt gets
back from Italy, whither he has gone
with his wife and daughter, he proposes
to take an active part in the prepara
tions now making to make the coming
international yacht raco a great event.
Mr. Vanderbilt has been, it is alleged, re
buffed by those who have assumed to
take sole charge of the building and
equipping of the cup defender, In spite
of his well-known attainments in nautical
matters. Mr. Vanderbilt is. In fact,
yacht mad nnd at times spends all his
leisure cruising about tho shores of his
native land from sheer delight in the
sight of the sea. On such expeditions he
stands in true skipper style on his own
quarter-deck, spy-glass in hand, studying
old ocean like a veteran salt. The cold
ness with which his overtures were re
ceived caused him to retire from active
work of the preparation of the yacht,
but now that mßtters aro going by no
means smoothly with the chumpions of
the cup defender, they have appealed lo
him to help them out. Mr. Vanderbilt's
departure for Italy prevented any hearty
co-operation with them, but as he lias a
relenting disposition, it is confidently be
lieved he will roll up his sleeves and
pitch in with the rest when he returns.
This Italian trip Is solely for a little rest
and is in no way occasioned by ill health
in the family. Miss Gertrude and her
mother were never hotter in their lives.
The outcry raised against Mr. Fran
cis Lynde Stetson in connection with
tho bond loan has been Interpreted as an
attack upon the President. In reality it
is an attack upon Mr. Stetson, and ef
forts have been made to implicate the
President In an act of bad taste. It is
charged that it looks ill to have the
President's law partner so conspicuous
in a government:! iransaction In which
Uncle Sam got the worst of it. But Mr.
Stetson acted for th" syndicate in direct
opposition to the wishes of the President,
and he is by no means so closely iden
tified with the business interests of Mr.
Cleveland as many suppose. Mr. Stetson
has always had charge of vast financial
Interests since he first attracted alten
tion at the bar, and he has drawn up more
financial agreements of quasi public char
acter than most members of the bar. It
was owing to Mr. Morgan that Mr. Stqj
son remained so closely Identified with the
Bond Issue, and Mr. Stetson did his best,
It appears, to have some other man finish
the little business. But in the midst of
his aclivity Mr. Jordan, sub-treasurer, it
is said, sent word in a violent hurry that
he could hold out only twenty-four hours
against the drain of gold that was sapping
the vitals of the United States treasury,
and Mr. Stetson had fairly to rush the
matter through in order to save the treas
ury. It was a very narrow escape for the
administration, and had even a train
been missed or a day lost, our national
treasury would have practically repudi
ated its obligations. Mr. Holman took
pains to find out the details of ail these
incidents, and he Is credited with the ob
servation that his glory as watch-dog of
the treasury has been dimmed by the
greatness of Its trick poodle, this being
the disrespectful manner in which Mr.
Stetson is alluded to by congressmen who
by no means relish recent administration
financial transactions. The last two weeks
have, indeed, been very memorable In
Wall street.
William Lafayette Strong has been
looked upon so far as ambitious solely
to make a record for himself as mayor
of New’ York, and that he has been
successful In that ambition no one doubts.
But he has an eye on other things as
well, and his ambition to be governor
of the Empire state is understood to have
been the origin of alleged unfriendliness
between himself and Platt. It seems that
this ambition of the mayor's has all
along been understood by Mr. Platt, and
while not openly avowed, the story is that
when it was intimated to Mr. Platt he
expressed himself as not unwilling to aid
Mr. Strong, but that it was rather early
in the season for consideration of such
a question. Immediately the story went
about that Mr. Platt has another man in
tow for the place, and Clarence Lexow
is named as that man. Be this as it may,
the governorship Is certainly the object
of the mayor’s ambition, and he thinks
he can readjust local political lines and
get a nomination next year. Hence the
rather unfriendly relations existing be
tween the rural and urban sections of the
party. All the talk seems to take very
little account of the present governor,
who is believed to have commanded a
respectable number of vote* himself, and
who it not getting out of political life
apparently. It will be remembered that
there was talk of a presidential nomina
tion for Mr. Morton, but this booming
is purely local and it is said in the inter
est of Mayor Strong. It is a trifle odd
that Mr. Strong has kept his little slate
unbroken so long. He has done about
a* he pleased lo ally, and w hen Mr Platt
pointed out that he was only thinking
of par:y interest in ISas, and that Mr.
SiFong was hardly available as a can
didate that year, the mayor’s friends
bec ame angrier than ever. * Interpreting
this assertion about next year as a defi
nite announcement that Mr. Strong
should not have Platt's support next
year for the governorship. Aitokether
this question of the governorship has
caused a good deal of embarrassment to
the party and is likely to cause more
unless Mr. Strong retires from the field.
If there is one thing more than an
other defeated by Gov. Morton it is the
sweating system, and perhaps few men
have helped more' effectively to overthrow
it. On the occasion of his last visit to the
metropolis he was anxious to find out
how Ihe system was being dealt
with, and as it would never have done for
him to go with a brass band, as they say
of public visitations, he determined to
look Into the matter slyly. Accordingly
he went to the east side one' afternoon
accompanied by one of the officers of a
labor union, and the two. without giving
premonition of their coming, or explain
ing who they were, went In and out of the
rookeries, seeing what they could see.
The governor Is reicorted to have been
very unfavorably Impressed by the con
ditions prevailing and to be particularly
indignant because women and children are
kept working in hovels from ten to
fifteen hours a day. Accordingly, he Is
a
of the contract labor system, and If he
carries out his present intentions It Is
probat.le that his administration will be
characterised by a very drastic action
against employers of labor who tolerate
the sweating system.
Nevertheless, the question Is a very
diilicult one to deal with, and some of
the manufacturers have organised to de
feat any legislation aimed at them.
The efforts to grt up a baby show of
tile Four Hundred, a cause to which
tho lamented Ward McAllister had ap
plied his energies during his last days,
have been to some" extent rendered nug
atory by his untimely demise. But the
plan has not been dropped. On the con
trary, it is about to be pushed with re-'
n -wed vigor, and as it Is designed to be
a very fashionable affair and as only the
tots of plutocracy will be exhibited. It
follows that the public will have to bo
sifted pretty thorofighly before It perco
lates to the precincts In which gilded In
fancy is on parade. Thp show was plan
ned by the deceased Ward for the late
spring, and it seems likely that it will
come off about that time. Mrs. William
Astor took a warm Interest In the enter
prise, and her departure on the* Teutonic
has by no means occasioned her to with
draw from support of It. The only diffi
culty consists In arranging for the com
forts of the tots during the show, nnd
us very few details of their personality
will be revealed. In view of plutocratic
dread of kidnappers, It remains a mys
tery how this problem was solved. The
nurses will lie on hand and the appur
tenances will be appropriately luxurious.
Asa rule the babes of tlie rich gel much
worse treatment than the babes of the
poor, because they are usually In the
hands of hlrpd attendants and mamma
Is away at social functions while the
babe has a bawl of Its own at home.
The show will demonstrate probably
that there Is very little fun In being a
plutocratic hnhe. David Weehsler.
PRODI t 110 I'HAHLK.
Hon- Man Helps the Oyster to Lend n
Prolltultlc ExUtenee,
From the Chicago Record.
Peeling pearls Is a little trick which
Part.nUnl Jewelers have reduced to a
science. They will take a pearl which Is
apparently so Imperfect that It is scarcely
marketable, and, with a skill bordering
on the marvellous, will peel off the outer
layer and dovelope a lovely gem.
A pearl Is made up of layers of "na
rre” and animal tissue. The nacre Is
that beautiful lrredescent substance
which gives to mother of pearl and the
lining of sea shells their chief beauty,
and it Is especially attractive in the
pearl oyster. The layers of nacre and an
imal tissue alternate, so that the skilled
Jeweller can peel an ugly, discolored pearl
and make of It quite another Jewel. The
tools employed are a sharp knife, ex
tremely delicate flies, soft leather, and
pearl powder. The layer of nacre Is hard
and difficult to cut, but the pearl reno
vator chips it. off bit by bit. feeling his
way with the edge of his knife, for the
layer Is too thin to be seen by the unaided
eye.
In one of the workshops of Chicago
Is a man who Is specially devoted to pearls.
He claims that a perfect pearl is the
most beautiful of getns and says that, the
time Is coming when pearls will he fash
ionable again. He exhibits with some
pride a large pink pearl and said that
it had been artificially started. This
brought out the fact that in China and
Japan pearl oysters are not only culti
vated. but are forced to produce pearls.
A pearl is the result of an oyster's efforts
to remove a source of irritation, if a
grain of Fand or some other hard sub
stance finds its way Into the shell the
oyster begins coating It with with nacre,
which gives the irritating Intruder a
smoth exterior. The oyster deposits na
cre over the offending object as long as
it remains a source of Irritation, and
the Chinese have, taken advantage of this
peculiarity of the solitary mollusk. They
make little pellets of earth which has
been dried and powdered with the Juice
of camphor seeds, and during May and
June plant these In the oyster. The shell
is opened with a mother-of-pear knife,
care being taken not to Injure the oyster,
and tho earth pills are laid under the
oyster's beard. The treated mollusks are
then placed In canals and pools and left
undisturbed until November, when they
arc dredger up, opened and the nacre
covered pellets removed with sharp
knives. The pellets are usually found fas
tened tightly to the Inner surface of the
shells.
The Chinese pearl farmer then turns
Jeweller. He drills a little hole into the
pearl at the place where It was fastened
to the shell and removes the dirt. The
cavity is filled with yellow rosin, and the
opening sealed neatly with a tiny bit of
mother-of-pearl.
But a Frenchman has Improved on this
method. He found that the Chinese killed
many oysters by forcing the shell open to
deposit the earth pellets. The ingenious
Frenchman bored holes in the shells of
pearl oysters with a small drill and then
lnlroduced through the opening little glo
bules of gftiss. He plugged the holes with
cork and left the oysters alone to manu
facture pearls. In six months the glass
nucleus was covered with a pearly deposit
amt the Frenchman reai>ed a beautiful
harvest of pearls. He did not have to
bore holes in the pearls to remove the
center, and his product brought higher
prices than the pearls made by the Chi
nese.
These artificial pearls have much of the
lustre and beauty of the real gems, but
are sold at a much lower rate by honest
Jewelers. Experts can color pearls black,
pink, gray and other colors by the use of
chemicals. For Instance, a pearl put In
nitrate of stiver turns black. But pearl
raisers know a trick worth two of that.
Certain kinds of resh water mussels bear
pink pearls, and pearl oysters produce
different colored pearls, according to the
part of the oyster which is Irritated by the
foreign substance. The artificial pearl
producer knows this and plants his seed
accordingly. In Washington Is an arti
ficial pink pearl as large as a pigeon’s
egg, and its heart is a bit of beeswax.
Perfectly round pearls which v/elgh over
twenty-five grains each are scarce and
eomWnd large prices, but such pearls are
nautral. Artificial pearls are usually flat
on one side.
RAILROADS.
I fliil ffJOIJS KIM
drains ran on (Ovh meridian time, which Is one hoar slower than Savannah city time >
Time Table in KfFect lan. 21. 1895,
T w in T ?. m Tram TO ANII FKt.M THE Train Tram TnffiT*
*. L ** ' I NORTH. ;t. 33 K
•Atupm It IS pm oiGpuil.T SiSSSmS A r b Hum tta pm *lO IS am
• Jiniw U-ipmAr .Fairfax NY I.v 350 am 12 tr pm *s 31
• . .A) pu* 310 ptn IS 14 am Ar Denmark. S. C I.v 3W am 12 00 om •710 am
I Sou pm Ar Spariail>ur>r. s. C .... ..Lv 1145*m
1 Ar AabevUie N<V Lv *OO am ... .. i
#*fc!anjAr Salisbury. N. C I.v yl7 pm 712 am
•• ,*} P® 1° Wom Ar.. Oreennboro. s.C Lv 737 pm si.i am
jpam| 4WrmAr Richmond. V* Lv 12 Hopm* 12.Yaui
!** * ain 407 pn. Ar CharlottesviileV a. Lv 2IS pm; sot am
' alr - **JJpn Ar Washington Lv 11 01am 1005 pm!
H3fpniAr Baltimore Lv 942 am *43 pm
P m J-JainJAr New York Lv 1 12 15 am! 320 pm
._.. 050 pm I U> pml Ar Boston. ... __ .Lv 730 pm * Wooam j
Tram Tralu Train". TO ANDkROM Tr:un7 _ frm", Train -
I *3> S3 I FLORIDA | 34 ! 34 | *4O
iWpmiLv Satunnah Ar; 12 35 pml It I* pml.. I T
i** am 430 pin Ar Everett i.v !4i am SsO pm
•*" pm Ar Bru swlck Lv i3i a m 550 pm
JUpm Ar Yale.. Lv 1 vl2 am lOdpm
10 25 am, ■Aipm Ar Fernsmllna Lv H3O am
13 OH am Ar i aliuhan Lv 8 53 pm' *
1030 am, 7 oftpm Ar Jacksonville I.v Xls am 415 pm!
, -® n n | kl 5 pur Ar St .Augustine I.v. 700 am 200 pm:
[at Waal Bairn Beach Lv|. 7lftam!
21SSSSI* Ar j.ik. ■u, i.v •—is it4pm :~:t.
Ar Live Oak Lv 6 00am 1150 am
-“'P 1 " Ar Moniicello Lv 240 am •|5 am .. .....
JSIP*” Ar Tallahassee I,v 3 Dam S4O am .
512 nm Ar Chattahoochee Lv 12 3S am
515 pm Ar River Junction I,v 12 35 am
1100 pm Ar i'ensacoia I.v 725 pm
300 am Ar Mobile Lv 335 pm *
735 am Ar New Orleans gLt| lloo■ ""
BSpsij 10 40 pm Ar ...Waldo TTTTTT I.v 352 am FiOnm —T 1
:50pm 7 00am Ar Gainosvllle Lv ... Ils>am
DtXipoi Ar I edaf Key Lv "" 740 am '! *
23Hpm- Ar Sliver Springs Lv . . ' 11 Mam
““P"' 125.ui. Ar J,’.?! 1 * , Lv 125 am 1105 am
••jjp”! It4sam Ar Orlando Lv 7 30pm 735 am !
*3O pml 11 23am Ar A inter I’ark Lt| 357 pin 707 am
> 'pm 417 am Ar Lacoochea Lv To 20 pm oot am —~—l
•1080 pm Ar St. Petersburg Lv • 5 25am
"! s Pn 54#am Ar Plant City Lv S42pm 748 am
710 pm I (ISOamlAr lam pa Lv 7 30pm 700 am:
- ' ' ' • I **• ■ • • i IRI a
•Not*. - Paifv except Sunday. All others daily. ——•
K 1 egant Pnlltnnn ventibuled compartment car* nnd dining car* on No*. S3 and 31 between
New York. Jai-knonville and st. AuguMttn". also Pullman buffet veatibuled alee per* on 33, 31. 33
nnd Nrw York, Jacksonville and Tampa.
1 hrotit’h coach*'* Savannah and AugutUn via train* No*. S8 and 37. Through coach Jackaont
ville and \Ya*hington on trains No* 34 and 33. Pullman Bleei**r atta -had to trains Noa 34 an j
S3 between Saliaburv and Richmond via Danville.
Pullman buffet uleeper to New Orleans and Mobile on No. 35 frorfl Jacksonville
For full Information apply to A. O. MaoDONKLL U. IV A,, Jacksonville, Fla.
N. S. PENNINtiTON, Trantc Manager. Jacksonville. Fla
1. M. FLEMING, Dlv. Pans. Agont. Savannah. Ga.
Tickets to all point* and sleeper accommodation* secured at city office, corner Bull &n$
Bryan street* and Central depot. Savannah. <la.
Train* leave from central depot, corner Weat Broad and Liberty streets
1). C. ALLEN, City Ticket Agent.
PLANT SYSTEM.
Charleston A Savannah IC\. Savannah, Mo- i L. \ Western R*vn
Time I ardTn KfTect Jen Ji7, IHtA rimt- flliunn hi tnn is noth merUlUni
GfriNil soiTffi read down going norths i'f
wi 9 r > \ i l j® i r &
4 10pm Ooopm 7oc*m|Lv.tfaw Vork.Ari I 23pm A Mam ft 2Jpgi
7 00pm 1203 am 11 4uum LvPhilad lphiaArlo46am 345 am 258 pm
927 pm 2 50a in 2 Upm Lv Laltimoro .An 8 20am 12 49pm 12 25pm
10 48pm 4 30am 330 pm LvWashingtn Ar 7 <X)am II ICpm II 10am
2 00am 9 05am 7 11 pin Lv . Richmond. An 3 40aui A 15pm 7 20am
756 am 1 30pin 12 53a in Lv. Fay’ttoviUeAr: 9 19pm 10 55am 1 3?am
1150 am 335 pm 1012 pm 5 07arn Lv Charleston Ar 4 ftOpm so:'arn 1233 pm .... 800 pm
0 Isam Lv . Auk unlit . Arj 8 20pm 8 30pm
109 pm 4 57pm II 43pm 9 OQatn Lv.. Yernaasee .Ar I 49pm w 15am ... 5 24pm
2 32pm ... asspm 119 am 7 35am Ar.Havanuah. Lv,l22spm 1200 am 720 am 351 pm
2 42pin 2 00pm 7 15pm 139 am 7 55am Lv Mavannah . Arj 12 06pm 1 1 45 pm 7 00am 8 40pm 341 pm
4 13pm 4 09pm 1023 pm 320 am 0 23amAr Jeaup. . Lv! 10 39am 10 00pm 4 43am A 40pm 2<spm
5 10pmj 5 50pm 12 35am 4 30am 10 80am Ar .Waycross .Lv 9 35am HBOpm 310 am ft 20pm 105 pm
8 00pm Hoopm 950 am ... j Ar. Brunswick .Lf 7 25am 715 pm l
Illam! I Ham! 1045 am 230 pm 220 pm Ar Albany Lv 112 am 4 o()pm|l2 25 p
1000 pm 1000 pm 320 am 5 f Oam 11 JOanuAr. Dupont Lv 6 00am 7 40pm 1 15am 13 58pm ......
4lOgir Ar T. H. Hotel. Lv
7 06pm 8 55pm 'VV/oiim 12 30pm ArJackaonvUleLv 7 30am 0 30pm 2 30pm 11 o>am
8 15pm 835 am 2 00pm ArSt.Aug HllueLv ; 5 unpin !> nopm 9 scam 9.Vam
2 00am lOf pin 6 10pm Ar Hanford .Lv 1 30am I 50pm 9 00am
7 Harr. 5 15pm 94 5 pip Ar Tampa ..Lv 8 05pm 9 45am
7 30am 5 28pm 9 53pm Ar T II Hotel I.v 7 48pm 9 30am
10 58pm 10 58pm 445 am 12 26pm 1285 pm Ar Valdosta Lv 4 Mam 11 40pm 310 pm . ..
12 15am; 12 15am 7 25am 143 pm 1 4Xpm Ar ThmnusvllleLv 8 82am 9 30pm I 50pm . .
9 25am 480 pm 4 80pm Ar..Montire)lo Li sfOpm ll i
1 47ami 147 am 1130 am 304 pm 304 pm Ar BatnbridKo Lv 2 15am 900 pm 12 30 p
7 00am! "(Ham H 45pm 845 pm A r Montgomery Lv H sopm 7 10am
12 25pm, 12 25pm .. .... 305 am 305 am Ar Mobile .Lv 12 25pm I2 2ua ....
5 00pm 600| in 7 86am 7 inaLi 3 lOana 760ppi
Trains 5. 9. 23, 32. 35, 78, 57 and 39 run dally. Train 12 loaves Ravenel dally, except Sunday
at 4:26 p m for Charleston. Train II loaves Charleston dally, except Sunday, at 8a m for Rave*
nel. Trains 5,9, 57 and 39 stop at all stations. Connections to and from Beaufort and Augusta
dally, except Sunday
Sleeping car service and connections—Trains 37 and 38 are the New York and Florida special
composed exclusively Of PuIUSMI sleeping, dining and drawing room cxrs; daily south bound,
except Mondays, daily north hound, except Sunday, and is tho only solid vestibuled train run*
nlng between New York and Florida. Trains 23 and 78 carry Pullman buffet sleeping cars be*
tween New York and Tampa Bay Hotel via Atlantic Coast Lino and Plant Systems. New West
Coast Route via Dupont. High Springs. Juliette and Lakeland. Trains 35 and 32 carry Pullman
buffet sleepers between New York and Tampa Bay Hotel and Port Tampa via Coast Line, Plant
System and Jacksonville. Tiain 35 carries Pullman buffet sleepers New York to St. Augustine,
and west bound 35 carries Port Tampa and Cincinnati, Jacksonville route, Pullman buffet sleeper
from Way cross to Cincinnati via Montgomery and L. 9c N. K. R. Train 78 carries Pnllmsn
buffet sleeper St. Augustine to New York. Trams 57 und 32 carry Tampa Bay Hotel and Clncln*
nati West Coast Route sleeper between Dupont and Cincinnati via Montgomery, Birmingham.
Nashville and Louisville Trains 67 and 39 carry Jacksonville and New Orleans Pullman bu|Te6
sleeper between Waycross and New Orleans via Montgomery and Mobile. Connection may be
made with this sleeper by tram 37 also from Savannah Trains 23, 78 and 9 carry Savannah and
Suwanee sleeper. Trains 23,12 und 9carry Jacksonville and Charleston buffet sleeper. Passen*
prers Savannah to Suwanee, Gainesville. Ocala or Tampa may enter Suwanee sleeper at 9 pm.
Trains 57 and 37 also mako connection with Pullman buffet sleepers at Waycross as follows Fof
Cincinnati via Albany. Columbus. Opelika. Birmingham. Chattanooga and Queen and Crescent
Route: for St. Louis via Albany. Montgomery and L A N. K. R.; for Nashville via Tlfton, Ma
con. Atlanta and Chattanooga. Train .15 makes connection at Waycross with Pullman buffet
sleeper for St. Louis via Tlfton. Macon. Atlanta. Chattanooga. Nashville and L & N. R R.
Tickets sold to all points and sleeping car berths secured at passenger station and ticket
office, De Soto Hotel. Telephone No 73. E. A. ARM AND, City Ticket Agent.
W. M. DAVIDSON, General Passenger Agent, Jacksonville, Fla.
B W. WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager, Savannah, Ga.
Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River R’y,
Time table In effect Feb. 11, 1800.
The All Rail Line to Lake Worth.
SOUTH ROUND. NORTH HOUND.
fcfATlO NB. "|No 23[No M|No |*io M\ STATIONS. |No" mTNoSTno ri|tfoSd|QT4
I/r Jacksonville. 7 itTloUp l‘i Nt|> 7ip I.v W. Palm B 7 15t “l™' tb Ote
ArSt. Aug'ttne H3sallWa 2 00p 8 15p I.v Kockfi'dife 11 ftOa 220 p
ArEa.stPalatka. 9 22a 12 M> Lv Titusville 1 OOp . ... 3 07d
i frSaTfihi Lv New Smyrna A.. 1 50p
ivPaiau.:uil ::::: igg
Ar ormond. “ i Ar East Falatka 4 06p 5 S2p
Ar New Smyrna. 11 10a 3 lOp t?l! p
Lv Titusville. . 11 57a 4 20p Lv Palatk a. 34 °P 6p
Ar Kockledge.. 12 40p 5 lOp Lv St. Aug tine . 7 00a 964 a 6 00 p 2 OOp 6 30p
A.W Palm Beach 5 OOp 9 45p Ar Jacksonville. 8 10a 10 oGaj 9 OOp 3 lOp
Connections Via A. & W. Eranch.
SOUTH BOUND. NORTH BOUND.
STATIONS. j No 23 STATIONS' | No 74*
Lv New Smyrna 11 15am Lv Tampa .. ... 9 45am
Lv Lake Helen II 58am Lv Orlando n sopm
Ar Orange City 12 15am Lv Winter Park* 12 45pm
Ar Sanford t 100 pm Lv Sanford 150 pm
Ar Winter Park 155 pm Lv Orange City 2 42pm
Ar Orlando 2 10pm Lv Lake Helen 2 59pm
ArTampa 6 16pm Ar New Smyrna 4 05pm
Ail trains between Jacksonville and St. Augustine run daily .
Trains south of St. Augustine run daily except Sunday Train 37 composed exclusively of
Pullman sleeping and dining cars except on Mondays, when train is equipped with regular
coat ho* Train 38 composed exclusively of Pullman sleeping and dining cars except on Sun
days. when train is equipped with regular day coaches.
'J his time table shows the times at which trains may t e expected to arrive at and depart
from the several stations, but their arrival or departure at the times stated is not guaranteed,
nor does the company hold itself rcsponsii-le for any delay or any consequent es arising ther
lrom. JOSEPH RICHARDSON, General Passenger Agent.
J. R. PARROTT, Vice President.
KEHOE IRON WOIIKS.
keHoe’s Tro^Tworks,
IKON AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MACHINISTS, BLACKSMITHS AND BOILERMAKERS.
ENGINES, BOILfcRS ANIJ MACHINERY SHAFTING. FULLEYS, ETC.
Special attention to Repair Work. Estimates promptly furmshel Broughton streJt from
Reynolds to Randolph streets. Telephone 26?.
MUD I CAL.
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“ Drngriat for CMik**t*r * KnqlUh Diamond Brand in Itfil a4
!>•■•* l 1 with bloc rttb*o. Take nw other kind. Ktfuae amd fmyatwn*.
All pi 11b io pMtrhoard boxw. pink r*pp-r*. - <J•*'/**• t ,**, or
trL 4.. in itsraps for prtlcol*r. n**tliu >uUU. hl-1 for I.adieu, to Uttar, by rvlMVii Mtik
Br li.itloT&mUW San* r*p*r. CHICHIITM CmWICH Cos V
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