Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1886, Page 10

19 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., FRIDAY, DE = aay * Fin IN THE OLD CARROLL PRISON. A Christmas Story Buried Under the Debris of the Old Structure. ‘WalTING TO BE SHOT ar su? DAY—THE STORY OF A “S01 THERE WAS NO PEACE— SECRETARY CHRISTMAS GIFT. RISE OF CURISTMAS A MORNING WHEN STANTON'S ‘There 1s a Christmas story buried in the piles of Dricks and mortar where the workmen are tearing Gown the oid butidings on the library site. More than 20 years ago, when the walls of Car- roll row were strong, and the bars at the windows and the guards were strong,—when the strength ©f a mighty army propped them up and cemented ‘the bricks together,—men who were guilty of trea- Son to the government, and men who were merely Suspects, were tmprisoned there. It was, properly ‘Speaking, only an annex to the “Old Capitol prison,” but it was all popularly known under the one name of “Old Capitol.” Everybody knows about this, but they do not know of the Christ- Jas story that les buried there. Towards the datter part of the war, when Lee's army was starv- 4ng about Richmond and frantic efforts were Sein made to get supplies to sustain the men, shrough one last’ struggle for what they belleved io be thelr Mberty, the federal authorities at ‘Washington had to’ be very cautious, and were quick to arrest and send to the “Old Capitol” any one suspected of giving “aid or comfort to the enemy.” Many Innocent ones, donbtless, endured hardships of this sort; but these things cannot always be heiped tn war times, Many of the pris- ers were arrant rebels, who abused the govern- ‘ment, Congress and the lent, and taunted the guards Others did not care much for either the hhorth or the south, but were thinking of their Wives and little ones athome, whomigat be suffer- sg, and NO ONE TO CARE FOR THEM. Among those brought in early in the winter of %64 was aman who Was distinguished from the rest by his proud bearing and a wild and reckless manner—a man in dress and appearance of south- ern birth, and of that dashing, daredevil type ‘which has given its stamp to all Southern charac- Yer, acconfing to the popular idea; but with a ‘voice which would mark him for a “Yankee.” In she dark his voice would have passed bim through the picket lines; in daylight he had been captured ‘ws a rebel. He was kept apart from the other prisoners, and {the guards looked upon him with mingled eurtos- Wty, awe and admiration, with that certain mall sious tinge which taints their feeling tor a crafty memy. ‘The officers held whispered consultations, And he who was first in command questioned the closely. But with his “Yankee” voice and Sis bravado he baftiea thetr closest cross-question= Ing. He was taken to an apartment to himself, under close guard, and it was soon whispered about ‘What he was a spy. Toone of the officers he was Well known, and that officer openly denounced him. ‘They had grown up in the saine nelghbor- cod, he declared, and he knew the prisoner’ for a arrant knave. ‘The prisoner had north to go and fight against officer declared with Warmth. He Written Expressiy for Tam EVENING Sram, “SACRED TO THE MEMORY oF ELIZABETH JANE PORTER.” An Old Mammy’s Story. It had been a “tired day” to me, and leaving the luvtle village behind me, I had’ walked briskly through the bright spring weather to see the sun- set from the top of Roanoke mountain. Half the way up, In a little clump of trees, where the long ning shadows lay, Was a marble cross, and carved thereon the words, “Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Jane Porter.” At a little distance from the grave was a negro cabin, in front of which some small urchins, with dirt-encrusted knees and shining eyes, dressed in artistically arranged corn sacks, were playing marbies. ‘The light green threads of grass cast little shadows on the rich, sweet earth; beneath, the Pine trees smelted fresh and strong; the ocean’s roar Was mellowed as it crossed the sandy stretch into such a pleasant, short-phrased lullaby that I almost envied Elizabeth Jane Porter. Higher up above me on the mountain was an old colored woman, with a bright plaid shaw! thrown round her shoulders, gathering piné wood, rising and stooping, now bent in a crouching shape to fill her basket, then standing straight in stihouette against the purple sky. I watched her as she came down the narrow path with her basket on her head, and heard the pick-a-ninnies scamper into the hut when they saw her coming. As she approached me to bid me “Good ebenin,’” with a broad sintle, I asked whose grave it was beneath the pines. “Jlissa Lisa's,” she answers solemnly: “Kernel Stuyvesant’s daughter. I was her nurse.” “It 1s a lonesome place for her to lie,” I said. “f watches it,” she answered. “She war lone- somer in life, po’ Missa Lisa, dan she war in deff; but I ha’ watch her frough bof.” Then with a swift change of tone she added, “Honey, yo’ ketch cole stannin’ in de dam’ grass;'I git yo’ a chiar.” “Will you teil me of your Miss ‘Lisa, Auntie?” I ‘say “Tam lonesome, too, to-night.” “Laws, yes, honey. "I hates to see de yong folks wid de achin’ look in dey eyes wot you's got. Missa Lisa had It a'most aPays tell she die,” The old woman squatted herself on the plaid shawl. The katydids chirped noisily, the sunset cannon sounded in the distance, there was a little hush, and then she began: “Missa Lisa's pa war Kurnel Stuyvesant, an’ no one eber see sech a proud man nowhar, He an’ he half-brudder, Marse Porter, dey qua’w1 all de time alonger de ole marse car’n’' mo’ for he stepson dan he done fa’ he own nat'rel bo'n son. So wen de ole marse die, wot did he do but lebe all'n he prop- erty to Marse Porter. But you see, de will was'n’ ‘witnes’, as it orter a ben, an’ so de Kurnel could *a’ hed {t.” But he wouldn’ tech it; not he; an’ he ‘With him asa boy, and he had of his southern birth and had the prisoner's votce and appear- other. He was of ‘Southern Meth, had taken up their home in the he was still but a small child and ‘Uh it had always afterward been his home. When ‘Ube great conflict of opinion broke out between the two schools of thought, which divided the couatry, he had taken no particular interest in it; when these opinions had to be enforced by strength of arms he had not joined either army. Hits fellow-townsmen, among them the captain who now bad him in custody, then only a poor shoe- Inaker, bad marched to rally round the flag, and all the women in the town had turned out to BID THEM GOD SPEED. He marched by the side of one of his close friends, ‘Dut he carried no gun, and soon turned back to remain at home with his family. No one had then aceused him of being a traitor. They had thought he wouid come bye-and-bye. ‘The first disastrous year of the war had passed. Many of the “boys” had come home wounded. ‘There was one, whose young wife, who had been @ bride the year before and was now a mother, held proudly to his empty coat-sleeve as he walked = the town, ‘he people cheered them as ‘still the man now held as_a spy had not joined ‘the army. however, he went south, not, he ‘said, to Join the army then, but to attend'to some wate business. He did not return. ‘Travel was Meult and dangerous tn those days of disturb- ‘ance. It was reported that he had joined the army and been killed. One day a man, who had always deen looked upon a8 a good-for-hothing, but who hhad been among the first to go to the'front, was sent home with a bullet in bis breast. He toid a strange story. He said that he had been captured by Mosby's nen; that in one of them ne had rec- ognized his missing townsinan, and that, he owed wound to him. He sald “the traitor” had taken him at night from a tent where he had been left Pound after his capture, and had driven him deep into the woods and bound him to a tree, leaving him there to die, after firing one shot into him, ‘There were some who doubted the story, and Inted that the man had been wounded while ing chickens, but generally he was believed. ‘Many other stories were told about the “copper rebel,” as they called him. But nothing was ‘nown of im until one day he rode up to one of forts near Washington and was taken prisoner, charged with being a spy, and with working toget suppiles for Lee's army. Tt was said that he had me inany daring things, among others that when “s men were starving he had gone right intothe of the federal power, where the generals of loyal army could not have gone, and had | Bought supplies | Marvelous tales of his daring were told until | his guards were half afraid of him. AS for himself, be said merely that he had been captured and forced into service by the conteder- | ates, and nad escaped as soon as he could, and inted to his presence as a proof of it. He ac. ted for his gray uniform us the only thing he | could get to wear. So tt happened that as tt neared Christmas time gn the dark year of ‘Gt he was a prisoner in the dullding tn this city whose Walls now lic In ruins, seattered in dust and fragments. Often did Uny baby hands in their dreams tear | P' those Walls to pieces, even as they now are torn, Aad Daby volces asked, as baby eyes watched the ‘Sun telling off the hours Lo rds that morning of | the glorious birth of Crtsi—when there came the | Prouilse of peace on earth, good will towards | Inan—“Will Sthanty Clauths bing my papa | homer ind mother. | But dark were those days to the wife. Dark without hope. There ts noinercy in « miltary court. The voice of the ehiid Christ calling owt “Peace on earth, Good will toward ian! il | ‘Christinas morning with the the bells rt | aking of tin the” frosts wavy artii with War?” What Alls the py he rising sun: Wheels that 1 lery. What i ufited dram-be: = his lust Look at U soldiers tin homes; Dut there was no pea Ic was whispered With the 1 wats he th ay the jeads mk who knew Tof his 1 Every eifort of his triend= jailed. ‘The | Judge advocate gener. rmy had declared | that he wo Wo again ask This have arrested any man who dared | ¥ lor the “spy.” ‘The thing 1ust ould be the ghastly Christinas } of the ehiidren Who erted tor thelr father. MPeitct, peu Could the Christmas belis say peu Their tongues would Ineze In thelr Drazen throats as they sald it; there was Lo “peace on earth.” THE DARK WALLS Rugied clover around thetr prisoner asithe cold | ‘Winds eliiled them through, Could there be peace in ene spot in God's crea- ‘Uon? Could there be good will toward man in a! single heart? In that heart of steel that men said | id not feet: could it be there? In that steel heart | that guided a hand of tron to crush out the re- | Beltion. Could it bet At the last hour, at the last moment, when the FUsTds were asoclubied at dead of night to take | fhe prisoner out of of even executive Slemency,—the order came:—“Surrender to —~ | pearer, the prisoner, charged as a Sb5,” and then further stated that the sald Blank to Whom the prisoner was to be surrendered, was | Yo convey him across the Mason and Dixon line ‘Within tWeive hours. A great sensation this order The officers in command would have re- it, but 1 was peremptory and came direct Arom authority too bib. it must be obeyed: But twelve hours!” A thousand delays—would the doors never open? Would the guards not step aside? He stops to shake ands with a fellow risoper, and the precious moments are flying! iil ke hot hurry? We must get him out’ and | aWay: The captain ts whispering to the guard, Is he not plotting to make delay? May we not yet Becaughtz Come: come: Come! Not a ino nt to lose. Already they are working to have the order revoked! : ‘The wounded are hurrying home to die; the con- Yalescent scarcely able to stand, leaning feebly on the arm of a mother, a sister, ora Wife—for the once the strong arm to Support! ‘The ragged boys 4 blue on @ short furlough, going home for Christ— Inas and Co Kiss the loved ones perhaps for the Last hen to go back to the arms of death! But ) merry at Ube thought of Christinas at > after the hard camp life, and already taste the hard cider, see ‘the piles of rich uughnuts, and hear the corn popping Over cht Mire! In the crowded car, steaming and Fusbing far, far away from the dark prison walls, ying ‘from under the shadow of death, ts the yy" homeward bound. A Christmas gift’to the Uctie ones trom—Secretary Stanton. aye famasost oD Why the Dude Was Created. Yrom the Chicago News. Master Stuart Kobson Crane, the five-year-old on of the popular comedian, ts evidently a preco- cious youth. At @ matinee in St. Louis last week he was Very much interested in the appearance of & fashionably dressed beau who lolled lazily into tie theater and meandered with a tread down the aisle of the parquet. rae: “Oh, mamma—look—see quick! eugerly asked Master Crane, | Gib dem to Nance. Yo" won't hab much, but iUli Jes’ took he fiddle an’ he books an’ he litite babe irl, an’ wen’ up toa fishin’ hut he done build one ‘Suuimer, an’ settle heself dar. “Yo" see I hed toted MissaLisa from a little tot, an’ so Tax him couldn’ 1 go ‘long wift him? Hé K at me sort of searchin, like, an’ den he say: es, Nance,” an’ so we free ifb tn dat house 10° yeahs an’ yeahs, he a-teachin’ Missa Lisa de wier- Imm an’ filosophy, an” sech things as doan’ do a ‘woman no good, tell de Uttle one war sixteen or ober. “she war dess de han’somrs' woman I eber saw, —tall and slim, wid de biackish-crey eyes ‘wot sear’ you,an’ skin dess like a baby’s. It war de summer Wen she war mos’ seventeen dat she kim to me one day, an’ she say ‘Nance, 1 1 bootiful?? an’ Tsay, ‘Deed you is, my precious;’ an’ den she dance oiten doors a-hoidin’ on ter some pink pond-lilies she got some ‘Arter dat she uset ailers to go up on de cliffs to steddy of a mo'min’, an’ sometimes she come back pale an’ Ured-lookin” an’ sometimes happy an’ smilin’, Arter While I began ter reckon as how it warn't no books as war mekkin’ her so changetul; an’ so one day Ifollers her. Dar on de she | sot, her two eyes shinin’ like coals, her hyar nearly to her knees, an” lyin’ down beside her war de wuss lookin” man Teber see. Not dat he warn't dress well an’ fine enough ter look at, but he Seemed cl'ar burnt out inside, cold-lookin’ an’ as ef he war a-playin’ wid her. I war D’low dem, an° dey couldn’ yee me, Dut I saw him a-takin’ one of her long braids in he hand an’ she smile down at him, an’ den he Kiss it. ‘ole away an’ went back to de cottage an’ she was'n long a-follerin’ me. I knowed it wouldn’ ter done no good ter say nothin’ ’ttl 1knowed more. I thought out as how he war one of de bo'ders up ter de Inlet, an’ how I could go up ter see my son oun an’ fin’ out about dis snake-faced critter, an’ ef he meant harm to Missa Lisa I could stop it.” “Well,” after a little rest she went on, “when Missa Lisa came home dat anight she war thought ful, but very happy-iookin’, an’ I war ‘iraid, 10° her fo''I Knowed she's father befo’ her, an’ dey meant everyting dey did,—dose people,—shio’. “Eurly nex momnin’ 1 went ‘to de Kernel, an’ I sez: ‘Kernel, I'se gwine up ter my son Johi’s ter morrer, an’ Missa Lisa, ehtle, 1s not_well, I doan’ wan’ yer ter lebeher alone at all. Yo" promise me, shov’an*he say: ‘I promise, Nance;? an’ I knowed he meantit. Dey kep’ der word, dose folks did. “Den I started out, an’ walk all de way,—ilcfeen miles stret up de coast. Dey war a fine’hotel up dar, an’ de sweiiest people in de Car‘itnas kein dar inde summer. It so happen dat jes’ as I parse de porch, olu'a & parol ober a sick girl in al Inwa- ja's chiar, War my young man. “My soi John he knowed de waiters, and dat night he kem to me an’ tole me dat dis man’s naine War Porter, an’ dea sez he: ‘He wite am an inwalid.’ He wie! Den 1 Knowed dat] inus' start home stret. But dat nizit Chloe, my son's wife War tuck Wid a fever, am couldn’ iebe her all alone inde house ‘ceptin’ fo’ de men-tolks; so I watted all er de nex’ day. Day arter dat one'l got hoine des at dusk. “Der Warn't no lights tn de Uttle cottage, so I call: ‘Kurnel Stuyvesant!” Den Theara sown” Stair, an’ he kem down lookin’ so White an’ s am he say: ‘Nance, I can't fin’ Missa Lisa, She warn't berry Weil ‘dis mo'nin’ an’ J thought she War in her room; but she are not. I feltden somehow dat she had gone of wid dat man sar ent Porter; 50 1 sa¥, Uvin’ to volder all Suspl away from lie, ‘Se dohe wine 10" Yor set heal in yo" alum-c fo" de chile “He sot down in de chair, an’ I started fas’ as I could run ter de station. Et se wen’ soul wid he, de down train was done gone: but ef he wen’ nort, Wwittca 1 Was inos/ly prestmin’ dey would, dey hadn’ yit lef as 1 could go I started, my oie feet a-Slippin’ In de san’s an’ my bones acafn’ arter de long Walk, stret up terde station. Dere dey waz, slo” nuff, he a-lookin’ at her; an’ I sartinly doa say waru't in lub wid her, an’ she, po” chile, bery happy an’ smuiiin, “Lwa ‘Tin dat sutifon an’ I say: ‘Bid you good-cben, Mussa Lisa De Kernels waitin’ de tea io’ you. Yo" shouldn’ be so keerless of yo’ pa’s Teelin’s, chile.” An’ den I say: ‘Sarvint, Marse Porter! Is yor wile bettah dis ebenin’? ’s'e war ish las’ night.’ upper wowed dal lie ted mighty hard to Missa Lisa batT was firm, an’ mos’, she say dat Way wot none but southern n’, Cap'n Porter! A pleasant Come, Nance!’ an’ she tuck her as she done a thousan’ tin ation, leavin’ him a standin? wed-ke lookin’, alone wid de Ucket-Job, an’ de ole wite-washed six weeks Missa Lisa nebber lift her pretty head from the pillow, tell she say one day, ‘May I git up, Nance?" an’ I Say ‘Not yit, chile.” She was she was tole, which wasn" Missa Lisa, nohow. But alonger one day I tuk her in mny aluns, an’ toted her down to de erne\'s room—fo’ he'd ben fallin’ bery fas ately: she say to hin in her lovin’ way, ‘Papa Jack, ‘Se come to nuss You.” “He nebber kuowed to his deff's day, po’ man, dat Missa Lisa ebber suffah. His deff warn't long off hohow ;—on’y "bout six months, Lisa,’ he say, Jes’ afore he die, ‘dere’s some apers ih dat writia”-desk yo" betta’ take care of. is’ nobody but stovi keep yo from wantin’. Call Rute? (ituié war he wite’S) Rute didn’ néed no callin’ f0' to come, 10° de Kernel wen’ to she dat bery night. “Fo’ mo’s tree yea’s we two women-folks an’ my son John lib heah all alone. Missa Lisa quiet an’ solemn, lookin’ mourntul ober de ole green waters, Dut wid anudder iook beside do mournful one Which It warn’t right noway fo a young girl nal “It Was one night, de fus’ or second ob June, as I was comtn’ down from de citff, I'see my son John kin’ (0 acitifted-lookin’ lady who was a-sayin’: 4 Shame dat no one eber wrote me, Nance, doesn’ you remember me?” Den I see it was Miss Bessie “de Kernel’s own niece, who had married young Cap'n Stone. ‘Laws, yes: honey, I members Yo, does! Tse glad to see you” An” 1 was, 10° she an’ my Young lady had been great friends a- Tonger deir babby. “{ dess got home from Europe las’ week.’ ses she, ‘an’ kein right on heah to teck Lisa home wit’ me fo" a little change. Where is she? Are she beautiful? “Do she: ket Wb heau? Do site fret fo" de Kernel? So she went on a-askin’ questions, She was One OD de sort ob Woinen dat Would ask questions of a brick wall iput expectin’ it to answer her, or in fac, a-wantin’ It to. “When Missa Lisa came in, ob co’se dey Kiss ant mek a great fuss, an’ Mrs. Stone says: “You 1s & gret beauty, chile, a gret beauty. Come down wid Ye aay 1 show you & good tne” pegged, an’ say I tinks de change inf Lisa good; an’ de bery nex’ dey off we ‘Alissa Lisa anxious-lookiu’, Dut sort ob “in att Arter we git to dete Leans, Arter we lace in No neb- er did see sech goln’s On In YO bon dag] an’ parties an’ dances giv to Missa Lisa; men wild over her an’ she Hot car n' 0" dem no mo" no nothin’, felt one night she wen’ to a fancy party. 1 disre metaber what character she took, but she ware all In Yellow, Wid gret strings Ob topizes wot belong tO her ma, an’ a yellow wig on top her splendid 6wn. hair, aif carryin’ a bunch of yeller tiger-ls nigiit she ken home wid her two eyes a-shinin’ like stars. No wonner de men rave ober her—an" Iwas waitin’ at de do’ for she to. come in, I see de man—dat man Pover—who war wid heron de F BEE earnes' fo’ a min- oT look like a’ to if ty 824 aPe! i Hl EE i Y about i “«My only fault was lovin’ you too well,’ “<T should wish,’ she say, ‘to be 10 better; an’ she was a-leavin’ him all stiff an’ col when he turn so pleadin’ and han’some to her, an’ call, ‘Janie! I spec’s it muster been de name he uster call her by, for she turn to’d him as swiff an’ hold out her hands, a-gwine to’d him kinder _as if dark, an’ she say, ‘Paul! Paul! if Tonly could trus’ you!’ and he a-sayin’, ‘My lub! my lub?’ “Den 1 thought I knowed how tt "ud all en’, an’ I crep’ back to de house. But no tellin’ wid dem sort of women; fo’ along to’d midnight she kem into her room, ‘an’ she say: ‘Nance, tek me home!’ an’ I say: Ob, Missa Lisa, not now! An’ she say: ‘Yes, wif alow moan. 4 nebber could forget it, nebber. It’s hhrd for a woman's head and heart to ae eae wey, I eran wench oe you lub him?’ an’ she say: ‘ jance; but Teould nebber beliebe in him or tras iim.’ Tek me home!’ “De nex’ day but one we started back to delittie cottage, Missa Lisa white an’ tired-lookin’ like she War arter her pa’s deff. She warn't nebber bery strong, but now she jes’ got weaker an’ Weaker. “ubery day’ wed goup ode bluifs, an she stay tell dusk a’most, risin’ to do de same de nex’ day. “About March a bad cough came. Her mother died alonger de ’sumption, so dat den we knowed it wouldn’ be long to de en’. One ob us sot up mos’ constant wid her, fo” she couldn’ lebe her bed soon, One night in May, about dusk, she say, ‘Nance, I hear a voice; look Out at de window.’ "An’ I say, ‘Dar is no one dar, my Tub.” An’ presen'ly she say, ‘T shall be ready 1h a minute, Paul.’ An’ I say, ‘He is not heah!” ‘He 1s comin’,’ she say, wid such a res'ful smile, a-layin’ her head. back On de pillow. An’ de stranges’ part Was dat de door did open jes dea, an’ dar he stood! But not long, fo’ Missa Lisa she sot up an’ held out her han’s to he, an’ he hold her ag close an’ precious as a little babby, an’ he say, ‘You get well now?’ an’ she say, ‘De bes’ sort of Wellness; I shall die, but yo’ will bé wid me.” ‘I shall nebber leave you agaln,’ he answer, Den he say, nebber leabin’ go ob her fo’ a single minute, ‘Nance, go fo’ Mr. Viucent—he war de ole preacher— ‘an’ bring him heab right away.’ “J sont my son John, an’ when de minister come he mar’d dem right dar. Cap'n Po'ter, he gev’ de ole preacher @ check fo" hundred dolldrs, an’ say, so bright an’ smilin’, ‘From Mrs, Paul Porter,’ an! den de Cap'n an’ Missa Lisa look at each other an’ she smile her own sweet, happy smile again. “All dat long night he’ sot_ dar ‘side her, holdin’ her in he arms, fannin’ her an’ givin’ herdé drinks ‘and med’cine, tell bout 5 o'clock I. see a look on her face I nebber see dere befo—grey an’ ashy Uke. Teried, ‘Cap'n! Cap'n!’ An’ /he say, ‘Nance, go fo" de doctor quick?” “sont my son John agin, an’ we try tobring de y deal aroun’; but it Warn’t no good, fo" jes’ as le mo'nin’ broke, she say, ‘Paul An’ he say, ‘My darlin’? _‘IUil be lonesome for me even' there, *thout you, You'll come?” An’ he say with sobs in he froat, ‘I shall try, Janie.’ ‘Good bye, Nauce,’ she bat ‘deah, good oe es ae too. Au’ now, Paul, a long good-bye, fo" I an going.’ “tbe day’ jes" broke ns she died. “We buried her here, rigitt by de cliffs which she was 80 fond of— an’ I watches her.” “captain Porter?” I ask. “De Cap'n he die ony two weeks arter Missa, Lisa. Fell ober de cliffs, an’ was drown, acci- dental; so dey say. Howsomever, I allusthought— but den, dav’s not here nor yon.” ‘The katydids chirped thetr persistent contradic- tions; the fire-tltes played weirdly in the shadows; white wind-clouds floated over the tops of the pine trees; an early moon-beam struck the white cross as the old darkey wiped the tears from her eyes on the corner of her plaid shawl. “come into de cabin, chile an’ walizn yorse't £0" you goes down tode sho’. Heah, you!"—to one of the cornsacks—“Meke dat fire buhn! Heah met Bring pine! Hickory? No, hickory won’ do. Pine! pine! Ptoie yer ELLA Louise MACARTNEY. dus ser ‘The Chemistry of Character. - John, und Peter, aud Robert, and Piul, God, in his wisdom, created them all. John was a statesman, and Peter a slave, Robert a preacher, and Paul was a knave, Evil or good, as the ease mixht be, White oF colored, or bond or free, John and Peter and Robert and Paul, God, in his wisdom, had made them all. Out of earth's elements mingled with flame, ‘Out of life's compounds of glory and shame, Fashioned and shaped by no will of their own, And helplessly into life's history thrown, Born by the law that compels men to be, Born to conditions they could not foresee, Join and Peter and Robert and Paul, God, in his wisdom, created them all, John was the head and the heart of his state, Was trusted and honored, was noble and great. ‘Peter was made ‘neath life's burdens to groan, Aud never once dreamed that his son! was his own. Robert great glory and honor received Por zealously preaching what no one believed, ‘While Pan! of the pleasures of sin took his fill And gave up his life to the service of ill. It chanced that these men in their passing away From eafth and its conflicts all died the same day. John was mourned throush the breadth of the land. Peter fell ‘neath the lash of a merciless hand. Robert died with the praise of the Lord on his tongue, While Paul was convicted of murder and hung. Jobn and Peter and Robert end Paul, God, in his wisdom, created them all. Men said of the statesman, “How noble and brave!” But of Peter, alas, “He was only a slave!” Of Robert, “*Tis well with his soul, it is well!” While Paul they consigned to the torments of Hell. Born by one law, through all nations the same What made them to differ, and who was to blame! John and Peter and Robert and Paul, God, in his wisdorn, created them all. Out in that region of infinite light ‘Where the soul of the black inan is pure as the white; Out where the spirit through sorrows made wise No longer resorts to deceptions and lies. ‘Out where the flesh can no longer control ‘The freedom and faith of the God siven soul, ‘Who shail determine what change may befall John or Peter or Robert or Paul? John may in wisdom and goodness increase, Peter rejoice in infinite peace! Robert may learn that the truths of the Lord. Are more in the spirit, and less in the word, Aud Paul may be blessed with a holier birth ‘Than the passions of men lad allowed him on earth. John and Peter and Robert and Paul God, in his mercy, cares for them all. —By Miss Lizziz Doren, (probably.) peaked Smoking and Heart-Disease. In a report by Dr. Frantzel, of Berlin, on immod- erate smoking and its effects upon the heart, 1t 13 stated that the latter show themselves chiefly by rapid, irregular palpitation of the heart, short breath, languor, sleeplessness, &c. Dr. Frantzel says that ff the causes of these con quired into it 1s generally found th the patients, are great smokers. ‘They inay not smoke cigars rich in nicotine, but full-flavored cigars imported from the Havanas Sinoking, as & rule, agrees ‘With persons for many years, perhaps for twenty years and longer, although by degrees cigars of a finer flavor are ‘chosen, But all at once, without, any assignable cause, troubles are experienced with the heart, which rapidly inerease, and compel the sufferer to'call in the help of the medieal man, It 1s strange that persons consuming cigurs of or. dinary quality, even it ‘smoke very, largely, rarely are attacked in that way. The ex- cessive’ use of cigarettes has not been known to give rise to far although ft is the cause of complaints of a different nature. Tt is aston! find how m: with ad- vancing Years discontinue AS arule, affection of the heart has caused them to abjure {he weed. In such cases the patient has found the ‘best cure without consulting’ medical man, —————ee0- A Bishop and His Wife, ‘From the London Truth. ‘The bishop of Manchester has more pluck than ‘the majority of eminent ecclesiastics, He has dared to own frankly that he has tried total abstinence and finds it doesnot agree with him. At the close of the second year he broke down ‘utterly and was told by his doctor that he must princi meals, food many hard bratn-workers whose experience whel a bishop in thetr company. itis the old Adam. "Weave inherived ths infirmity from our bibulous ancestors, ‘But when the old Adam ts attached toa:man like ‘a Siamese twin the y¢ Adam can't be ex- Bpcted to sacritioe inorder to get rid of ————+e+-_____ A Portia Saves Her Father. Paris Dispatch to the London Daily Telegraph. A new Portia, who defended, however, not her lover, but her own father, has appeared at Mont- peilier. A farmer living near that town had been tried and condemned for breach of trust, He made an appeal, which was granted, and on the day ap- Polnted for its hearing he walked intojcourt ac. by bis daughter, a tall, and intelligent young woman about 26 A ROMANCE OF THE NORTHWEST. Sir Charles Heath of Heathdale and the Queen of Caribou, From the Victoria Colonist. Among the large estates in chancery there is one likely to be withdrawn this year under very Tomantic circumstances, which has stood for twenty years with no heir apparent, It is located in Hampshire, near the beautiful village of Hurs- ley, about seven miles north of Southampton. Just beyond the village limits stands an imposing mansion, surrounded by many acres of beautiful grounds that in years gone by were a veritable Paradise, 80 perfect were they kept in point of landscape gardening. ‘There was a period when Heathdale presented the picture of animated life. In those days the name of Heathdale was sym- ollcal with grander, splendia Danqueta, lovely ‘women, le men the creme de la creme English society, Sir Charles Heath was a man of the passionately fond of social distinction, and vain of his magnificent estate an the universal admiration bestowed upon it by oe aapconea was nurtured as died w! his father, lavished his whole amen ea oe fon eee a is comma! rosence ns} and NE fen he invariably expected even from his most intimate associates, Many were the snares laid for him by ing mothers and fair y women, but he was alike implacable to them all, and when in bis twenty- third year his father ‘died, Sir Charles was un- married, and came into possession of Heathdale without a wife for his tial home and no pros- t of a helr, a8 the Heath family was nearly ex- inct, in the ‘direct line of male descendants. It Was during the folio ‘Unree years that, Heath- ale present ‘an rety previously mentioned, and Str Charles found the} old house a delightful home when filled wit though rather monotonous when left to and servants. About four years after his father’s death Sir Charles planned an extended tour of the Americon continent, and Heathdale was closed to fas world and left in charge of an old family but- r ‘Sir Charles salled for New York, and nothing was heard from him for several months, aside from an occasional letter to his solicitorsin Lon- don. A year ‘and Sir Charles did not re. turn, and Heathdale began to assume a neglected appearance. Anxious friends called upon his solicitors for news, but in vain; the last letter re- ceived from Sir Charles had been sent from British Columbia in the tenth month of his absence, in which he stated that he would probably return in the spring, and with him a mistress for Heath- dale. Five years passed, and communication with the absent one had entirely ceased; in fact, he ‘was lost to his friends and to the world, His solici- tors advertised everywhere for information, though no light was thrown upon tie mystery, and as time rolled on Sir Charles Heath was for- gotten by his associates, and Heathdale, fast going to destruction for the want of proper attention, finally found its way into chancery. After all these years the solic in London has obtained a faint clue to the mystery of Sir Charles’ disappearance, and to fully Investigate the matter an agent Was sent to this province Lo find the heir to the Heath property. ‘rom this gentleman's version it apres evident that the missing heir 13 now in British Columbia, unconscious of his iden- uty. Sir Charles visited British Columbia in the year 1858, and, being fond of hunting :nd adven- ture, sought the wildest spot for sport in the Sel- kirk range with a small hunting party. His com- panions were Americans, und he dropped the sir from his name, concealed iis real identity, and was known to his companions as plain Charlie Heath, a jovial, kind-hearted fellow, brimful of racy reminiscences of travel and generous to a fault. It was about this period that the Caribou excitement was at its height, and, like thousands of others, Charlie Heath and companions were drawn thence by stories of fabulous wealih. About two months after young Heath's advent in Caribou there came a stranger, accompanied by his daughter, then a girl of 16 ‘years, The new comer built a cabin, staked off a claim, and took up nis routine work with the rest, delving deeper and deeper into his drift, with what success only himself knew. ‘The young girl was seldom observed in camp, and her haughty tien prevented even the most daring young gallant from any attempt at friendship. Like her father, she was a mystery, and even ler name was not. known, consequently she was dubbed one pighe in Oppenhetiner’s saloon: by an intoxicated admirer the Caribou Queen. The father was a man of utlemanly bearing, past the middle age, und evidently an American, whose fortunes had been swept away in that country. For want of a better appellation he was given the soubriquet of “Old Caribou.” As the months passed away it was an through the camp tl “Old Caribou” struck it rich, and this belief became more certain from his strange reticence. Various were the sums at- tached to bis claim, and the Queen was placed | in a new light before the camp, as a catch worth | having. Despite his descent, Charlie Heath was | conscious of all these things, and the very exclu- siveness of the Queen and her utier indifference | worked as charm, and ere he was xwate ot it the | young heir of Heathdale was madly in love with | the Cartbou Queen. At first lis wits were severely ised to shape excuses for visiting Old Cari. '3 claim, but as time passed on. the old gentle- man became less reticent, and seemed to 100k f ward to the young man’s Visits with pleasure. Y ail this did not tend to progress kis suit, and | young Heath was obliged to be content with an Occasional sinile or nod ich only tortured bis | heart. The months pussed into a year, and the | Young helr became so wholly enrapturdd in the | ew-iound qucen of his worship that home and. friends were forgotten, and only one letter was ten to England, and in that he spoke of bring- | ing home a mistress for Heathdate. ‘To win his queen was his life, It was early spring of Charlie Heath’s second year inCaribou when fate gave him ach to woo he: ‘The winter had been unusually severe, and the hardship 9 as too much for the falling strength of Old Caribou, He was obliged to giye'up work on his claim, and lay for several days in a fever. He 01 ed to grow WOrsc, unlll the faithful daughter became alarmed for his iife, and sent cor young Heath as the only friend of her tather. ‘hen the young man entered the cabin he found r weeping by the bedside of old Caribou, who as apparently dying. Old Caribou called the young man to him and tried to speak in reference to his daughter, but his tongtte was paralized. AS it divining his thoughts cee Heath deliber- ately asked for the ‘daughter in marriage, at same time Caran his position in the world and revealing itis identity. - Caribou t smnited sarcastically as he listened to. te eloquent appeal, and motioned for a pencil and paper, upon which he wrote: “Virgie, tell him | all, auld if he then desires to make you’ his wiie, marry him.” After tue old gentleman's demise he Wits quietly Durled, and Heitth was aloue with the Caribou Queen. She tid hin the history of her father’s life. “Old Cartbou was an ex-bank presl- deni ‘of San Franelsco, who had become involved in mining ming stock ‘speculation, and was obliged to fee vie country. Love ts beyond the common Principles of life that regulate the laws ot social Standing, and young Heath heroically buried old Carlbou's disgrace ‘in his grave. A few weeks afterward the Caribou Queen was married to Charlle Heath and became Lady Heat of Heathdale, Eng. It must not be sup) that she was ‘without a dowry, for the rumors of Old Caribou’s wealth were Well founded, and within his treasure bag many @ shinning nagget bore evidence of his success. In fact, tue claim was $o rich that young Heath conclided vo re- main another year and work tt ere returning to Eugiand with Lady Heath. A ‘new home was bulit, and, despite the marriage, the Caribou Queeh Was the ideal of many mihers, who were Satistied with one glance at her lovely face. ‘A Year passed abd Caribou began to wane, the imnilgration ceased, and those who had only mod- erate Success left, the camp for the new excite: ment on Skeena river. About this time an event happened in Caribou ‘that created a great sensa- ton, A young miner called at Heath's cabin re- garding certain Claim matters, and to his aston- ishment the queen appeared with a littie babe in her arms, upon _whom she with that in- describable mother-love we have all. known once in our infancy, ‘The news spread throughout the Gump that night and the, oveasion was duly cele. brated at Oppenheliner's by a joliitication, during which many a toast Was drank for the littfe prince and lis mother. During the next tall the sad event happened which caused the estate of Heath- dale to yo into chancery. Charile Heath was killed by falling rocks in @ drift of old Caribou’s claim, and bis ‘was never recovered. Soon arter ths the young mother and child disa from Curibou and have never since been heard from. It ts to find the gon of young Heath that the agent 1s now in British Columbia, and ir the missing heir is discovered Heathdale will be taken from chancery and the Caribou queen will have the satistuction of seeing her chi its master. We arrived In New York, rather @ shame-faced w: {on became 80 rt | as to please society and to piacate* Frank Adam) Story of How He Hooked @ Govermment Clerk. From the Sporting Journal, 5. ‘The exhibition that I gave before a lot of Con gressmen in the billiard room of Willard’s hotel lasted something like an hour, and I had just con- cluded my final shot, that of ‘defying the laws of motion, or forcing the hand-ball in three opposite directions, when the applause that followed Drought fn, as it were, two new stars, or, in other words, at this moment two elegantly dressed gen- tlemen came into the room in a condition that espoke a close communton with a couple ot quarts of Pom. Sec, ‘They were two of the principal gov- ernment clerks in Washington, and had just returned from the races, of which they were $4,000 ahead on the day. They were recognized by all- ‘The one most talkative was a billiard far above the average, and always made a doing ‘when he had a ‘My capital of s dollar and a half looked to me thal molnent as big as a elrcus tent. I thought if he bet the drinks he would go still moreif he won, 80 I accepted the telling him I would have to make each shot ing the ball between ag I could not play with acue, His reply was he did not care whether I used iny fingers or toes, ‘The game commenced. I made slips and scratches, but was finally beaten by twelve points out of fifty, I was knocked clean out.when he ordered the waiter to bring enough wine for the party, which was three bottles at $5 a bottle, and I still had my dollar and ahalf. Afterthe wine had been stowed away I ‘commenced on the game, and said that had 1 game been one hundred, points instead of fifty 1 Would have wagered anything I would have won. ‘This just hit the right spot, for le instantly re- plied: “Til make it one hundred points for $100.” 1 thought a moment, pulled out a cigar, then turning to, my friend, Congressman Starkweather, asked him aloud for a match. As he was handing it to me T asked him in an undertone to give me all the money he had. He replied in a whisper: “Gentlemen never put up—their words go.” I wanted to bet a million dollars there and then, but concluded to go slow, and commenced by stammering, and tried to back out, but he jacketed me into betting, as he said I had offered to if it Was a hundred points, After consulting his friend, the lat ter said: “That's my bet, too.” Laughingly I repiid, “AN right. I'see Tam in for it, and may just as’ well lose $200 as $100.” ‘The game opened, and I was only seven when he was twenty-nine. ‘He wanted to bet another $100, when told him I could not stand it, “Make 1t $50,” sald he. “No; but I'l bet $40 10 $50.” pet Ma taken, and his friend sald, “Thats my Sones Taccepted both. ‘Ten minutes from the last bet the game stood 62 to 36 in his favor, when he had the betting fever again, and offered $100 to $50. T reluctantly. accepted, his partner giving me the same odds. My friend, Starkweather, kept account of the wagers by their wish, and in footing tt up T Was betting $380 against $500. As the game was halfover I concluded to take no chances, 3o I made adraw shot rfom spot to spot—got them on the Tong rail and ran my sixty odd remaining points in agmany seconds. At its finish I turned to look at my opponent, wlio was leaning on his cue, perfectly dumfounded.’ ‘The roar that followed awoke hun from his reverle. He walked to where I was and took me by the hand and said: “Your name, please.” T handed him my eard, witch read: “Yank Adams, champion finger billiardist of the world. ‘Residence immaterial.” He hesitated a moment and asked me how long I was going t stay tn the city. “That depends,” I replied. “Don't leave until I have seen you; but first of all let us settle accounts,” and each’ handed me $250, when the party 1 played with asked me how Many Icould run, Without answering the ques- Uon I walked up to the table and ran 1,000 points at the rate of 50 points a minute. The applause that followed each hundred, coming from the rep- resentative men of America, made ine feel as if 3 hat, size 9x, would pinch my temples, It was ar- ranged I should stay over and beat Jimmy Davis, who Was at the National roum; but ‘the press gob hold of the affair and queered the snap, so I Packed my trunk and quietly left tor Baltimore, a nee Rich Men and Plain Fare. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. A newspaper article now going the rounds tells with due solemnity that Mr. John B. Alley, of Boston, reputed to be twenty times a millionaire, was found in a Philadelphia restaurant eating bread and milk. The journalistic discoverer of the fact did not appear able to zive any weight to the idea, that possibly Mr. Alley did not wantany- thing but bread’ aud milk and considered tt good forhis digestion. ‘The only thimg that Impressed itself on the reportorial mind was the apparent violation of the supposed rule that twenty-ttliton- aires mnust fll themselves up with nothing cheaper than diamond-back terrapin, and Wash it down, ‘with the chotcest and inost. expensive wines. Tu seems worth whiie to polut out that there 1s nothing incons!stent or stingy in aman of Mr. Alleys wealth eating a frugal meal or living plainly. Indeed, it Would be better for the coun- Uy if our extremely wealthy men should set the ample of plain living instead of, as_ many do, setting the example of luxury and extravagance, Itis the profuse living and high expenditure of the wealthy clas erate means into expenses that they cannot bear, and which make the workers feel that there 13 a wide guif between themselves and capital. Mr. Alley seems disposed to avcid that error, and £0 far as hus bow! of bread and iilk is_ concerned it hould he recognized as decidedly cemmendabie and highly democratle, Women who Keep House to Please the Neighbors. | Kate Upson Clarke, Women are alway somewhat supersensitive about their work. There is probably no point on Which this supersensitiveness 1s more displayed than that of housekeeping. ‘To be called a “slack” housekeeper stings a woman to the quick, no matter how deserved the impeachment may be; yet the moment a woman does that she 1s excit- ing herself in her housekeeping to do more than she otherwise would for fear that “people will that moment she begins to endanger her whole theory of life. It is this keeping house so he neighbors” is at the bottom of inuch of the overwork elittling of the mind which are the bane eepers, n't try to keep your house so cleat clever writer, “or else a stepmother will your children.” ‘This simple but strong presenta- Won of the matter throws a flood of light upon it. It intimates that a housekeeper duties besides keeping house, and paramount to that one. A housekeeper is usually a wife. A wife, besides seeing that her husband has clean rooms to live in, well-cooked meals and neat clothes, should make hereself a companion to him. His mind is usually sharpened by his activity in business or Professional life, She must see to 1t. that her own. mind {s kept as sharp as possible by reading and study. She should try to remain so far as her efforts can go What she probably wasin the days of their courtship—the most interesting person in the world for him to be with. Above all thin she must keep hersif well and strong, or else spirits, which are the most charming’ attribute in ther man or Woman, will be lacking. ‘Then she 1g usually 'a mother. Her children are full of questions. ‘They desire her compantonshi) and her conversation. Whose else can be #0 for them as hers? She should see to it that they have these.in full measure and of good quality. She is also a member of some social circle. ‘The greatest Work that woman can do to improve the social fabric 1s, of course, in the home; but there are many outside duties which no self-respect Woman should neglect, and. for which she sho have a portion of her time and strength. ‘The keeping of the house, then, 18 only one of Vocations of the housekeeper, and subord!- nate to those of the wife, the mother and the social velng. That is to say, the Keeping of the home in which family and friehds are vo ” says a, Ing Up Ins vO. thil and cooking as ends in themselves, and devotes herselt to them to such an extent that her usefulness in 4s impaired, she 1s " ‘cep the balance true. Remember that the objects, ‘of our earthly toll are to keep our loved ones well and ha) — até, conversation te me hold obs etgaate ant Raut ‘side 18 uy ‘See that good Plain and substant are served, no matter what cl or other work is on. Do not tire yoursel out with trying to do double work in a day. Re ieee? ay. “Eaap onsen a Reyna ot Sialic : s Danld aud ehivdren snd friends stall ‘Unrive and re- Joice continually, ‘seems to me one of the most important changes in medical opinion and practice growing out of care- ful scientific observation of the effects of articles of diet in health and disease. 1 allude to the pres- ent aspect of professional judgment on the alcohol ‘question, I’believe Iam speaking within bounds I ‘that the ot SUSY, BS, Rm ot eae es hat tempt those of more mod- | MATCHING FINE DIAMONDS. ot Getting Together a CHILDREN’S DISEASES, ‘These Whe Have Crenp and Diphtheria | The Difficulty are Generally Excessive Egg Eaters. ‘Satisfactory Dr. Keith in Health and Home. ‘Until two months since I had never seen a well From the New York Sun. ‘A fashionable-looking gentleman entered a well- known jewelry store one day last week Ina great hurry. “I want,” he said, with some hesitation, “a dis- avery fine diamond, t and color without great care, if at all. I great oatmeal mush, or cornmeal mush, or gruel for ow = it have to look at a stones before I Supper who was subject to croup. ‘milk and crackers cause croup? Certainly | could get one like it, and I might not beable to get not. But the milk in excess the body | one without having itcut tovonder, ‘There 18 Hot to 8 condition where a sudden chill it on the | a jeweler in the world who can match a stone lke attack. In the case of the oatmeal or cornmeal | that at a day's notice uniess he stumbled on it, ‘earrings, ve ‘The common mind and the ai mother | Into a stud, Imagine thet croup comes trom acold. But this is | | “That stone,” said the only half true. Millions of children have a cold, | tomer had gone, holding uj Dut not a tithe of them suffer from croup. ‘so that it flashed a dozen brilliat Let us make thisclear. A child of 5 years ex- | isknown tothe trade as fancy cretes from the bowels say (to make it round num- blue white stone and of great value. bers) sixten ounces; from the it was worth $400 a carat. ‘ounces; from the skin (insenaible that quality is very diMcult. All eight ounces. Not counting the hour T can examine a mililon dollars’ creted (or thrown off) through the I diamonds, I would not find: two one-fourth pounds are color and cut as this one. drunk by the 5-year-old child daily. 1 had a customer who wi child is growing rapidiy he must eat diamond of this quality, about two and & to cover the Increase | jewelry stores all over the world in order to ob- ot it and the wastes, Now, if the food is va- | tain what he wanted. Of course that made the rice so much tothe customer. Nowadays ‘wellers prefer to cut a stone to order, It ts not always certain even then that the Jewels wiil be SERCH alike. Oue cannot always judge to a frac. carat What the rough stone will weigh after It 1s cut. “With the less_ valuable diamonds this dimculty 1s not so great. While the supply of fancy fine diamonds in this country ts limited, there are Henty of the poorer quality of stones. In tact, {he supply of flue diamonds all over the world 13 “The most difficult thing for a Jeweler to obtain 48 a necklace of fine diamonds. To begin with, he takes one large diamond. After that all the dia- monds in the necklace must come in pairs, one on each side. ‘The jeweler must be even more careful ‘ever can have spasmodic or membranous croup, ‘no matter how many colds it may catch. But sup- the child is of are ited in the cells of the lungs, the larynx and the bronchial tubes, and the sudden contraction of these cells from the cold, and, in fact, the sudden Sontraction of the entiie breathing, apparatus is the spasm of croup. Or, if the child has been albumen of an excessive eater the the body | about these than he would have to be if they were 1s in excess, and this albumen settling on the cells | intended for earri Tn the lutter case the Jew. of the lungs produces a case of true croup. Or, to a titling fault might pass un- els are separate an state the case differently, the child takes in two | d and one-half pounds food and excretes two and one-fourth pounds of material dally, Let us [pose that the child's rood 18. of albumen or eggs. When thie body and the insenstble perspiration 18 c this excess: of albumen ts thrown in upon the lungs, liver and kidneys, to be carried off by these ongans instead of passing out through the skin. It 1s evident that hair’ a pound of extra material must be ‘daily thrown out or retained. If the Uttle one’s cold continues four days the child has two pounds of dead matter (Insensible per- splration in tts body, and as long as te cold con- Unues the tnsensibie perspiration accumulates, This insenstble perspiration alone passing into the lungs is sufictent to make a fetid breath «and ac- celerate the pulse, When this insensible perspl- ration 1s combined with a ¢ starchy oF albumous condition of the blood we’ can readily see that a fever may ensue; the liver 18 ¢ and the kidneys overloaded. In this condition we look at the quality of the food which the child | has eaten. If the food is varied and digestible the lungs, liver and kidneys throw it off with tolerable ease, But tf the food has been in excessive amounts of albumen, casein or starch the excess cannot be aby ‘the internal economy, and the deposited excesses in the cellular tsstes of the cause the spasm called croup. If the excess 1g expecially starchy, as of potato, the excess of starch 1s thrown out upon the mucous lining of the throat, and the doctor, upon examination, pronounces the case diphtherta. Do potatoes, thén, cause diph- But in a necklace, where the Jewels are In one plece, the slightest difference in color would Rot pass unhoticed even by an amateur, A stone Of a yellow shade would look like a. beside a White diamond. Even the slightest difference In ‘shape would be plain, and put the necklace around the throat of a wonian in full dress and every fault would become double pronounced. “It sometimes takes a jeweller years to make a perfect necklace of tine diamonds. After it is be- gun there re a great many changes before it 18 fintshed. ‘The work of gathering tie diamonds for a first-class necklace does not pay. The profit on diamonds fs only 10 per cent—at least that 1s ail Unet a reputable deuier chai “A customer once came to us and asked us to make him a diamond necklace not to exceed $10,000 in price. “That 1s, of course, a small price for’ necklace, in which there are trom 25 0 50 stones. It took us nearly a year to get it satis. factory, and after counting the Ume ‘and worry. lost in ‘the work, we found that our promt was less than 8 percent. That sort of thing does not pay. “We are now e in making a necklace that will cost $25,000. T have standing orders with leading diamond merchants for a certain class of diamonds for this necklace. It 1 intended for a. Prominent Chicago society lady. “We have about | one-half the diamonds necessary. Before it 18 Nn | Ished, however, I think 1t probable that the | changesnecessary to get it satisfactory will compel 1 F0jtay asl half of the diamonds now welected. “Ihave made a hundred changes in arrangi the diamonds for n a ny | a si eklac | Mheria?’ Not at‘all. But mark you’ this fact, as | other jewels this extremé came Gna be “unneses } long a8 diphtherta, as a disease, has been known £0 | sary, as defects or differences are nec Deteed ta the medical world just so long 1s it recorded that | them that would be glaringly apparent in dia- [st arch. eaters, had thediphihera, roe hes back as four hundred years before Christ yptian | “One dimculty, which is amount | throat disease was known aud recorded, and tt | trouble it gives us to all the others: pag together, | does not require any stretch of the imagitiation to | 4s the eyesight of our customers, Being ins eri. | place thethroat disease and barley-bread eaters in } cal fraine of mind when they purchase | the same class, We can also tnd corroborative | they see deiects Which do uot exist and It fo | evidence in modern life, as only a few years have | to convince them that they. are thisteken opps elapsed since 200,000’ barley-bread eaters died | eyesignt has to be educated in studying diamonds around Odessa from a malignant form of diphtheria, | and we often spend hours in explalulne and short Excesses of any Kind OF food are greatly detri- | ing the beauties of diamonds ¢¢ custanees eons mou.tal tothe mental and physical welfare of the | will insist that two diamonds are nates when tucy child,” But, when those excesses are of certain | are as unlike as a mulatto anda white man In classes of food which are absolutely indigestible | color.” and which are given to the exclusion of proper food, the matter becomes almost criminal, Tuus | in tle case of children under 3 years of age, pota- | tatoes are absolutely destructive to the healthy condition of the child. One of the reasons for this fact 18 because the liver of a child 1s much larger 4n proportion to its size than agrown person's liver, and it has not the capability of digestin; | the starch. ‘Itis asserted that a chlid who 1s te mn potatoes in excess never can have good teeth, there being no change from starch Into bone or tvory, while the child fed on nuts or soups, oat- meal or cornmeal, has always good teeth. At the present Writing there is a large amount of diphtheretic croup (30 called) in different locai- ities of the country, aud in some places this form Of disease 18 5} ly fatal. Now I venture to assert that in every case these children are ex- cessive egy or potato eaters, or continuous drinkers, and the condition of a child's body when under the influence of this class of food, or when the body is built up of these foods, 1s the Very con- dition most favorable for these diticases to become specially fatal, ‘Perhaps a Word may be added as to the great revalence of that very common disease catarrh. if a person 1s a dally user of potatoes the body becomes after awhile saturated, 50 to with an excess of starch. In this condition the person eats more potatoes and has a still further excess } of starch, “He or she overtiows with starch, and comiug through the throat or nose he calls it catarrh. ‘To cure this catarrhal condition 1s very | Inonds. ———+e+_____ ‘The Total Eclipse ef 1887. ‘From the Rochester Democrat. ‘The year 1887 has in store for astronomers a total eclipseof the sun, which can be observed rrom convenient stafions in Europe. This eclipse Occurs onthe 19th of August and the line of totality passes through Berlin, and a little to the north of Moscow. ‘The event will give astronomers an excellent opportunity to pursue their studies of | the sun's surroundings. Our government ought to make immediate preparations to senda large and well equipped party to observe this eclipse, ‘We believe excellent results might be obtained in de termining the extent of the Sun’s surroundings by the use of rapid photograph lenses of wide angle, in ordinary cameras. A lens of six inches focus would produce a very small of the sun, but | Would include ‘a wide field of ‘the heavens, and with very rapid =) the faint illumination about the sun might be photographed. Observa- ton of the total eclipse tis year was neglected DY our astronomers, because a committee of the National Academy of Science reported to that the time was too short to prepare the omy & justruments. The instruments desired Were not named. It is presumed that they were elaborate instruments for photography. Such in- Struments ‘are costly and largely experimen and It would therefore ‘be well to try simpler de. easy. Stop cating the potatoes and driak a glass | Vices. "Rapid lenses of short focus covering a wide eld, are key to prove superior to lange lenses of Ce Ware AN ores oe long‘ focus in Which the neld is greatly contracted. ‘The Girl of To-Day. ‘From the Castroville (Tex.) Anvil. If there is anything we know less about than we think we doit isthe girl, and of this the girl ts glad, for there is nothing she hates tobe known about her so bad as the truth. We have been acquainted with her for a long time and watched her pranks from afar, seen her cut the “pigeon-wing” and Knock the “ack-step” in the back yard, when she thought she had no spectator; but still we don’t know her. From the time she is blg ¢nough to swing on the ‘te and tie a ribbon in’ adouble bow-knot she ins to locate a sweetheart, and she keeps this Large lenses of very short focus can not be easily constructed. Spherical and chromatic aberration can not be overcome,and to mnake them aseffective as sinaller lenses, the aperture must be contrac fo there tsltttie gain sd It ts to be hoped that the matter of the eclipse in August will be laid before Congress in time for suitable preparation. Congress has always shown a. willingness to provide ample means for observation of total eclipses and other great astronomical events, But Congress has often been so tardy that lack of adequate preparation has greatly inter- fered with successful observation. “American as tronomers may well devote their attention to two subjects: The determination of the character and extent of the sun's vaporous surroundings, and the Fixe Tarron.Mave CLOTHING 18 OUR SPECIALTE Our Ready-made Clothing for Men, Boys and Cag dren surpass the Aa we manufacture all our goods we can rusrantes every garment sold. We have been bere for twenty. five years, and consequently ‘Therefore, you rus no risk in purchasing of wa. THE ONLY CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS IN CORNER 7TH AXD E STREETR Mecirs Foop, FOR INFANTS aND INVALIDS. ‘The only PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for MOTHER'S ‘MILK. Invaluable in CHOLERA INFANTUM and TEETHING. A pre-digested food for DYSPEPTICS, CONSUMPTIVES, CONVALESCENTS. 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She may be a little dull on mathematics, but in variably Solves the problem of putting a No, 5foot ina No. 3 shoe. search for intra-Mercurial planeta. ‘This search should not be given over, for the non-existence of ‘such planets has not been demonstrated, and there are excellent reasons for believing that their ex- istence may yet be completely established, She will wear out two old dresses, running —————~or___ around to find out how to make a new one in the ‘The Great Jockey. latest style. From Ti She will break the point off her brother's knife ae to peep at strangers when they come : ‘She will greet you with the most bewitching smile and laugh at your stupididness when you are gone. Fred Archer was one of those men so rare to find ‘who could do what the horse-loving Yorkshire folks call “carry corn.” Success, to pursue the simile, did not make him kick over the traces. He was ‘Rot spoilt by success. Gentlemanly and. and quiet in his attire, he fulfilled none of the con- ditions supposed to be requisite in the man of the stage, and he might have passed anywhere as a bank clerk or a well-to-do stockbroker. He Was tall and slender, painfully hed in the waist and slightly bent in the back. His complexion was his hair dark and ‘arranged with neat. ness, and’ his eyes always looked you tin She willtalk with you two hours without being able-to repeat a Word you have said, but will know how long you have worn yourduds and how many buttons have lost their She will attend churel ‘with absorbed in- terest to eloquent and pathetic sermons, then re- turn home and expatiate upon the horrible fit of the face. His mouth was somewhat pecul in ‘Miss Snow's new basque. aay ‘ecth rather pe She will go to table, mince over delicactes with | future ‘early selasd upon by earicaterion weve {he most fastidious taste, then slip back in the | they wished to delineate the “great jockey.” ‘The ‘kitchen and eat a raw potatos deceased horseman was a man of’ consummate She will wear out her best pair of shoes dancing | s.11}, fertility of resource, and wonderful nerve. all day, then attend a ball at night and complain | Danger or possible dauger never troubled him. He of being out of practice. ‘saw only the winning post. His finest achieve. ‘She Will spend all night writing a carefully | ments were effected under of the Forded letter, in the most_ precise hand, to her | greatest difficulty, and many are the stories told Simon Suggs, then scratch off page to her sister ‘of his tricky fashion of ‘through a ruck of ‘that Old Hurry couldn’t read. horses when he was shut in apparently in less She will be the most devout creature on earth, | fashion. lie was particularly fond of getting round and hate the earth that Sallie Grimes walks on. ” | Comers’ smartly, and. in this he probably had oe she will be industrious and ecopomical tor a | fiving equal, at , and ‘month, then spend her sa foraredribbon. | over the awkard Manchester course. He occa- She will slouch around the house fora week | Sionaliy gave the starter a great deal of trouble, making ‘ons to look neat on Sunday. Dut was too clever to trespass too tar over the ting, ‘She with all the best yaung men in the | jm the end, however, he always had his own way? for | ana {the position he coveted. In hugging the rafis on the inside turn he has over and over “Ga his early day of riding he stigneay in was so built that he often had to carry as much as two or three stone of dead weight, but as age crept upon, him his daily study Was té keep below his normal Doaity welght of ten stone. To effect this he had through shocking privations way of sues mamaiace pd Siveritselt, (Laughter.) Here it was barring his | at nis private residence, the chief piece of the Wi ‘nd breadth of the | rurntture in his Mbrary was a pair of very sensi- bunch ot grapes, ora single’ piece of oy toast a and a glass of champagne, ‘this ‘Wine he was particularily fond, but he would touch. none but the very best brands. He declared that 1 Kept him alive without in any way with, ‘It must not, however, be that his table was r. 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