Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1888, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1888. ‘Written for Tas Evexme Stam WOT OLE PAHSIMMON SAYED. Br Exta Locise Macanreer. a of red on a russet sky in the west; heights of gloomy purple clouds in the east, with lightuing trickling down their crevices; and all around, a wind that comes in quick. short gasps from the rain-choked earth, carry- ing on its breath the opening sobs of Schubert's “Serenade. Missa Lane down 'e gin nog wep a ‘Wren I kem back tub finish wah’t'in dub lawn dey wus still stannin’ on duh staips ‘tawkin', se on duh top staij bare- haided on dub nex’, but one swishin’ some flowers wid she suddint s’e drap it, an’ as de it, Masse Phil git duh w'ip an” hole ‘em bofe. Duh moon shun hi, do tub nigh’, on ‘e bare, kyahly han’sum face, an’ ‘e say low, haids, an’ arter mea dollah tuh dub stable. Practice dough ’e wah mighty knowii Up an’ stay at duh house ae duh time. “One eben. Spot tole me dali baby wah res’less, Sn Missa Lene ued been sioo'n’ it by walkin’ itup an’ down, um rockin’ it im fron’ of dah libery fh, Dah lil hed she's braist, an? closed asleep sezo'f, wen dul Marse Phil walk im an’ see “em say dul mos’ achin’ look ke kne down on “e knee an’ ik bot | tom ob her fyock, an’ waik outen dat ruom om tip-toe. “Persimmon,” I say to the old darkey whom Thave engaged to wheel my gouty body round during ite stay at the springs, “Persimmon !" He is wide-awake in an instant from his sag- ging-headed sleep on the beach behind my “Yeeeah.” He stands before me like an umber Millet, a charred pine-knot for a head, brown face cob- webbed with wrinkles, eyes im which the cor- ners have grown yellow from age, sprawling nose, a mouth distorted and prodigal as to curve and extent—altogether # symphony in browns save where his heredity trom his color- loving of the Old Testament mani- fests itself in the gorgeousness of a purple and crimson handkerchief. “Do you think you can get me a plage on the Piazza where I can see the dancers?” Tkin, suh.” “No sub. Kin git,” and so he departs. A little later he establishes me comfortably ‘Bear one of the open ball-room windows, ina Place not too near the band, and well out of the Enadern. ert of the puso ec Ger el hers « w of the of ve come down yet, and aa we wait for the rooms to fill, Persimmon seats hiy old self at my gonts and eds calmly with his inter- sky; in the soughing wind, the shive: trees wring their small, weak- down in the cold, green gloom | frogs “cloap;” firefties wink; the toad comes | out, bugs buzz about the new-made light; the | “seyes gleam through his filmy doors: punching him Fersimmon!” Wide “Why don’t you entertain me?” Ww! "t L enertain vo? hy don't you talk?” tuh tauk "bout ‘cep’n dil le, an’ none on "em wots down yi: wuth hit, Wait till my folkses kem in. Dare dey is now—Missa Lane, an’ she’s aunt, wid Cap'n Thorndyke an’ dub ole marse. I look in the direction in which his wrinkled Pibite-lined old paw points. and see, standing just inside the door by the tall begoni ; & woman—girl, rather—vividly beau With a repose of manner which belongs to an drawed in, ‘I hev wolted = long time, Lane,’ an’ s'e say sof’ ‘I know, Phil.’” “Ahn’t yo’ mos’ ready, deah?” 'e say wid dub pleadin’ ine voice an” eyes, “I cyahnt wait == se* Lane. eyes seem loo! "look down at Vid dat * er in’e abms right "dar on duh patch an’ Loe har hgab, bor eyes, ber tiga, sayin’, ‘Soon, Lane! let it be soon? an’ se’e wan’ it, Phil?” eyes wile ‘e sa; h_ night! 2 gran’ yor; Lane. “So dey settle it dah, po’ chillen, dat duh ole maase be tole iss as soon ’s 'e git back from Richmon’ duh waidin’ sh’d tek place in duh leaf-fall’n time. Den Missa Lane tole he: shadder ob duh ahms, ‘How much?’ ’o ask, an’ s'e say sof'ly, “Wid all my heart, deah; an‘ den’e say qui ’ sobbin’ like,’ ‘Meh dahlin’! meh dabli go tuh lébe him, an’, smilin’ righ’ in she’s eyen; ' ;, Wife." an’ den se wen’ inter. duh house, an’ Marse Phil walk down dat as ef worl’ need enlargin’ fo" tub hol “Twah de nex’ week dat Marse Torm All'n wuh suitin’ at dub time—an’ nobbuddy but me an’ Spot know dat Marse Phil an’ Missa Lane gwine mar’y. Marse Phil! My, how dat boy did car'y on “bout dat time, "E jes’ train, an’ twah all T cud dn tah keep him from gibben away ebery- thin’ ’e hed in duh wor!’ ‘Ob co’se dey all try to mek it ez leasant ezdey cud for Marse Allen sence 'e ben ‘vited, bat arfter e got so ‘tentive tuh Missa Maree Phil 'e git jailous, an’ I heah tah she one ebenin’ in duh library, ‘I ers wid no man, Wot’s mine is mi Whah yo’ isconsarned, I haben’ a gineron: bone in my body. Lam jailous ob ebery smile ob y an’ ebery soun’ ob yo're voice; fo’ myself,” twah sittin 'e spoke troof, ‘e did. Wale, Marse Phil wah "bliged tuh’go ‘way fo’ a Kepple ob days "bout dat time, an’ duh ebening’ dat e’ kem back, dub folkses wah a dancin’ in duh lorng pahlor. Misaa Lane wah wid Marse Allen wen Marse Phil kem tuh duh low winneh en see hub. s'e smild at him, but s’e couldn’ lebe her pardner jes’ den, an” arfter duh dance wah ober, wen’ outhen duh poc’h wid Marse Phil. I doan know wot 'e said tah huh, but 'e was powerful jailous, an’ it musser be ‘righ’ bad, fo' wen s'e em in she’ cheeks wah skyablet, ‘an’ s’e hole | herse’f liken a race-horse, and dance all’n duh res’ of duh ebenin’ wid Marse Allen, Marse lips *yo" all “Duh nex mawnin’ w'en 'e kem down stayers yy tuh duh ole Kernel: ‘Beff wah not so well ht, an’ I feel kiner anxious about her. I tuh go ober tuh duh town tuh- ‘twah "bout cight miles orf—T've got to 80, butef any change she'd take place, an’ I not heah, I'd neber forgive myse'f—neber. I hab cause duh po’ gyarl all'n huh trubles any- ways, “Item a miles,” seys dub ole marse, an’ we kin easy Iet you know ob any cl all, fo’ Lightnin’ Bob 's in duh stable, an’ do dub trij hafen hour, iy time.’ Missa Kkemin’ down duh staips as say, ‘Doan’ worry, Phil, se am larfin wid duh baby now, an’ I t'ink s'o feel ber'r alraidy, but if any change does tek place I will let you know; an’’e say, ‘Yo’ promise, Lane?’ an’ answer, ‘I promise, Phil,’ an’ ’e driv off kiner comfitted. “Mina Beff seem wale enough all’n duh maw- nin’, bright on libely an’ larf w'en duh baby fit at’e barf. A longin "bout ‘leven o'clock, dah builders sont word could some on duh men be sont ober dere tuh holg ‘em fo" » Lill; an’ all'n duh ones wah wa'n't in‘duh fiel’s atahted ober ‘on, so dat dey wa'n't nobuddy lef’ in duh jouse ’cep'in duh women-folka. duh high time ob duh day, a tempes’ tyarned dis bluish black, an’ de win’ snyarl din rain: de gret trees ober duh house gre! each uddch.wid d " lightnin’—Gord! de lightnin’ cut: yo’ eyes, an’ duh t'umner crash righ’ troo yo' brain. De ole docteb an’ Missa Lane wah wid Mise Boff at dur time, an’ dey heah she tyarned to’d duh howlin’ anit: come _yit! Not. tell bye to yan’ di ‘Buh sto'm hab basen ‘it; an’ Missa Lane say to she, sof” wi be hyah in alittle, deah; no stawm will keep him; but you mus” promise tuh wait.’ An’ Mins ‘I sb'll try, Lane.’ An’ den Missa Lane kiss huh an’ walk stret out in dat house tuh duh stable. Dey wa'n't none but women folks roun’ anyways, an’ duh keige done gwine wid we in duh mawnin’, an’ righ’ dar in dat rippin’ up ob heben Missa Lane fotch out dat hawse, Lightnin’ Bob, wot none but a man hed ever rid, hawness him wid buh own han’s, an’ off dey goes stret fo’ duh woods, fo’ ‘d wa'n't’ no uddeh way—the thunner rollin down wid duh rain an’ duh lightnin’, all tangle up in ‘duh trees—when one ob dem hown dawgs—dey’s de mean- es’ so’t ob dawgs anyways, dey wid duh lorng yeahs an’ yellow breas’s—kem a snakin’ troo ‘duh grass an’ skyah duh hawse. dey went! ‘Missa Lane hol'fn’ duh reins in she’s tet wid bofe ahms roun’ duh hawve’s neck, th’oo duh swamp, pas’ duh ma’sh lan's whah duh raid lilies grow, ober duh rocky lan's stret intuh dub town, whah dub chissnut git ie hafd again an’ gallup up to duh do’ ob duh office whah ’e glad ‘nough to stop. “I wah a settin’ in duh room wid Marso Phil wen 'e see duh ‘oman a-flyin’ froo duh Tain, an’ ’e staht to ’e feet an’ say: older civilization than our own. She stands irresolute for a moment, and then, | Phil, ‘e slumped str'it home froo duh ma’sh lan’s, an’ wah sick in baid for mos’ a week ariter wid é “ Chris’ hailp me! It ah Lane—an’ Beff ah n't? rehaperone and the gentleman who x escort, moves over mear the window | which J sit. air. tied in a knot of curl after the Greek style; purple eyes that gleam between lashes almost biack and over cheeks with a scarlet tinge; 2 skin warm, creamy, glow: Her dress. of what in my young days we called prune color, the material China crepe broidered with a’ fine gold thread, is looped | high on the hips, leaving the skirt, piain at the side to show the pliant curves of her body as she walks or dances. The low-cat bodice lies | against skin like velvet; imher hair opals | eam, while in ber hands and on hér breast fico trembling sprays of purple passion | Heavens!” I say. involuntarily leaning’ for- Missa Lai an’ thin’s not go on so smooth-like ez at fust. Marse Allen kep’ a comin’ up trom Rich- | mon’, an’ Marse Phil mizzable, an’ Missa Lane no ber'r, an’ thin's jes’ a gittin wuss an’ wuss tell one nigh’—twah in Novaimbeh— duh call bell ring suddint like it do w'en duh ligh’bin’ strack duh wiahs, an’ as I go ‘long duh balj tub answer it, I cud tale by dey voices dey wah qual'lin’ agin. WhenIkem tuh dub do’ Marse Phil ‘e says. “Git me my hawse, Pah- simmon, an’ my trabelin’ satchil’ I'm tuh Richmon’ on dub nine-twenty.’ ‘She ah stayin’ from once mo’ Phil!” an’ wid dat »’e dray righ’ at ¢’ feet on duh ole wooden hyah a layin’ out debi ga a mistake deah boy—all a mistake. "Give my baby to Lane wid my love, an’ yo'se'f too, dear. An’ Phil’ w'en yo’ an’ ’e hab Jill ones ob yo" own, as I hope you will— ward, “who is abe, Persim “Dat,” he says. touching hit her name, “dat are Missa “Miss Lane. who?” I ask impatientiy. ~Kyant you tale? Farquhar, of co'se.” me Farquhar. Pople, I kin tell en uence duh baginni’” means ever since he can remem- refers to the creation of all ’ Des Whether he ber. oF picusl ings. * Misa Lane 1 kin ramafimbeh | duh time dat Misser Ling<gm sot.ts.trea!, He! gin us ah libbuty, an‘ twah sich ¢ big gif” we- Uns not know wot tah do wif.hit, ‘Twab in dub harf-time ob dub eben wen we git dah news. Iwab a-kemin’ doan dub staihs totin’ Missa | Lea” w'en duh ole marse say, a-pintin’ tuh duh | nocmyapab ine han’, mo’ totin’ | .z ith day, Pabsimmon. yo" is free. I gin yove't.’ An’ duh lonesomeness broke out all over me, aif I drap at ‘e feet a-sayin ‘Doan’ do dat, Marve. Ran. doan’ do dat! wou’ tek dub gif. I gu myse'f back Gawd! Yub sh'd hev saw “imw'en I Sayed | dat ting. De teahs stan’ big in“ eyes; dey did | fub deb fac’, an’ Missa Lane ge’ wed "bopt dah | size of « pine kinin’ at duh time,se wrap bub lil artus ‘roun’ dis ole wolly aid an’ say + Mine! Mine! fi oie marse ‘e heab dub rap mon wah the-uns, °c say. - Wale, Pahstmmon, Isbell be giad enough to heb yuh ef yuh keer tostay. Dey'll be few enough wot #oan’ go, few enough.’ ” 2 ‘The old negro pauses, scratches his head with | his tlatended fingers. aud turus his Ethiopian | protile, with all its irreconcilable anges, | against the light of the newiy-risen moon. They | have begun the “* Cagliostra,” and as] lean fore i ¢, Persimmon | ae Fe 58 FoEEE itt 0. ‘ob you. | lebin’ him stannin’ deir all alone, dluey-w'ite like duh bu’nt ash, an’'e eyes blaze like spahks in dem. an’ez I lef duh ‘room, ’e say, *Yo" hab played fas’ an’ loose wid me fo’ uh tas’ time, Lane. Twill neber come back to yo" agin—neber! I'm gwine tuh mar'y dub fus ‘oman dat'll hab me.” ‘I wouldn’ ask her if I wah yo".’ sez Missa Lane. ‘I would kimmand. Dat is yo’ way.’ y " stret as a young saplin’ w'en s'e aay it. T'm gwine tub fo'git yo’,’ sez Marse Phil, am dub’‘on'y favor I would eep Outen duh room in ‘bout harf an hour’e wen’ tah duh station an’ we not see him any mo’, dough we heah ‘e rab in, Richmon’ an’ bin mighty wild, a drinkin’ an’ duh like; tell due mawn, on'y ‘bout a munf arter ’e lef’, I wah a’syavin’ brake- fas’ to ’e ole aunt Miss Janet, wot kep’ dub house fo" him w'en dey bring in a telegraph fo’ she, an’ it wuh di: Hab duh keige at duh station tuh meet duh fo’ fo'ty. I bring my wife wid me.’ tought ’e ole aunt ud hab a fit righ’ dab, se so skyuhed; but pres nly s'e git tuh libin’ agin an’ sont me all roun’ libely a gittin’ duh house en ordeh. W'en duh wuck wah unner way, I staht stret fo" duh ole marse’s house, not wantin’ dat any stranger should see Missa Lane w'en s’e fust hyard dat Marse Phil wab mar'yed. S'e was « settin’ in huh own room in fron’ ob a wood fiah, in » w'ite gown wid a long tayal tuh it, trimmed wid w'ite fox fur, an’ s’e say widout tyarnin’ roun’. -Wale, Pahsimmon, wot is it? ‘It are trubbul, Missa Lane,’ I say, not goin’ in front wah 1 could see she’s face. A shibber purse ober she’s body like duh win’ on duh face ob dub wahtehs’, fo’ I spoke mighty sollum, an’ ee seem tuh know at once twah sumfin’ "bout Marse Phil. I bab orfen notice dat ion dat a woman can feri her way tuh a ting, whar a man ud hab tuh do a powerful ‘mount of thinkin’, an’ den git nowhab, arter it all, mos’ likely; sprung tub she feet an’ say, mat she's bref, froo she’s teef tight "e done?’ she say lookin’ stret at me wid widenin’ eyes an’ han's made up into ill fis's. jé am mar’yed,” Tanswer huh, ® lookin’ outen duh winner. ‘We got duh noose dis maun, an’ dey's comin’ home tuh nigh’. De keige gwine tuh meet dem at dub fo'-fo'ty. ‘Gawa! may I naber see sich a look on an one’s face agin as wah on hubs w'en I tole h She set down agin in she’s cheer wid ‘We ah much she. keige wid Miss Janet in it, an wen’ down tah duh station tuh meet Marse Phil an’ duh wife ’e bringin’ home. wah on duh platfo'm glabbin’ wid Joshua Mock—he driv wid Ion dah box—an’ as we stan’ dere wid duh train pufin’ 'e bad bref in our face, we seen Marse i" doos huh to Miss Janet, an’ tell us it’s our new mistuss, . an’ she’s dress wah too gay, look so't of unfinish-like, an’ ez we wah driben’ home, Joshua Mock 'e look at me knowin’ way, an’ say: “Hafstrainer, Pahsim- mon, Mock my words, hafstrainer.” “A longin a week or’ so, duh nei gunter call on dem, an‘ one dai ob em bin dab, Marse Phil wal an’ in duh keige wid she’s pa so q Lawd! se look purty. “I naber oe “duh draws se wo’ ufo’, th ob plush like duh shine ob silver, wid trimmin’s ob duh i i FEE é iF het Mansa ¥ fe 1 as I hope yo will, deah,—doan’ forgit to lub ‘mine ‘lil, mine whose mother loved yo' so wel “E hole buh in ’e ahms w'en s’e go, an’ it hab seem tuh me sometimes, Marse Esmon’, as ef duh human love wah strong enough tub lif’ yo’ tah duh buzzom of duh Haibenly One widout duh fyorneyin’ yon.” They begin to play the “Kunstler Leben. I see the old darkey’s face shine like the light of a muddy pool when » sun glint strikes it. ‘Dah’s Marse Phil no’ look where he points, to the farther door. and see a splendid looking fellow, big and leonine, with a great shock of brown hair. He looks in; finds the lady of his choice; their eyes meet, and, turn- ing neither to the right nor to the left, he walks the whole length of the room to where she stands, glad in her innermost soul to be with her again. How close he clasps her as they dance! It is worth, it must be worth, all they have suffered to be together—so—again, ‘Together again! Was that a twinge of mem- ory or the gout? aa hay! fir hatr, Ail dressed in'a Besrreen gown.” As I sit in my room smoking, two hours later, Lhear the low window next mine pushed open and a voice say “In a minute, aunt;I promised to give this to Phil.” She has changed her dress for some long, trailing gray one, which gleams in the white moonlight. She’ hears hia step, and turns gladly toward him, and he gathers her into his arms, ~ Lane”—presently—““ do you love me?” “You know I do, Phil.” onenr h all my heart and soul and body.” ‘And you'll never kiss any one as you've kissed me?” ““Never—Oh, Phil!” “Then you may kiss m May "he says, without ome here.” ‘No answer, “To love, honor and obey, Elaine.” Stall no reply. ‘Then, oh! so fondly. “I love you, Lane.” Ine minute she is in his arms and has k him with her heart on her lips. ‘Good night!” she says, moving toward the window. “Good night!” he says, holding her still gredgingly in his arms, “Good night! It can never be good night to me until we will not have to say good night, Eluine.” The leaves lie dark against a moon of gol k, grey mist creeps down the mountain, and a crumpled bird joins the two rain-drenched ing thread of fight. In the ind climbing shadows and fro walks old Persimmon, si cracked undertone an old negro me brings my boyhood to me. bacon ain sweet, an’ duh hambone am good, ‘a duh "possum etn Ky" fed vey ane, - A rarded = etna, — imine, ob how I wish you would, I shy an old bottle at him with my least rheu- matic arm and hear him chuckle as it falls at eet x0 to dreams—the past, wasn't, the might have been, the Pal TIDBITS EROM TIBET. O44 Things From the Far-Away Land of the Lama. A NRW COLLECTION 5 TIONAL MeSKEN—P One who cannot epare time to run over to Tibet can take an imaginary tour by looking over a case in one of the halls of the National Museum in which a collection just deposited in the mnseum has been arranged. This collec- tion has been deposited by Mr. W. W. Rockhill, secretary of the American legation at Pekin anda member of the American Oriental So- ciety. The collection represents both Tibet and North China, and is the result of the labors of both Mr. and Mrs. Rockhill, The articles are mainly of » sacred character, having rola- tion to Lamaism, or the elaborated Buddhism and Sivaism of Tibet, Many of the articles are finely wrought, for these people possess great skill as jewelers and metal-workers. ‘There are books, sprinklers for sacred water, prayer-wheels, rosaries, sacred tapestries, shrines, sacred images, and scores of interest- ing objects, 4 PICTORIAL MILITARY REPORT. Arrangederound three sides of the case sothat ‘one cansee by looking inside and out and follow- ing the folds of the scroll, is picture or scene of pictures that might be wound upon a roller and unrecled like a panorama, It was a pic- torial report made to the emperor by a Chinese encral who had been sent on a mission to furkestan, It represented » the interesting things that the officer. had observed across the borders of. China. At, one point in a ‘mosque Mohammedans were bowing in prayer, while outside jugglers, acrobats, sword-swal- lowers, tight-rope walkery and others wore giv- ing a show. Then. there was a. market pl with bazaars of different kinds. All kinds of Asiutice can be seen in the groups of people gathered in the market place. Then one comes upon an inn or tavern, upon troops of soldiers and other scenes. The figures are painted in water colors and are well drawn and lifelike. ‘The books are made of separate long sheets of parchment, some of which are printed and some inscribed with a pen. Stiff covers are placed at the top and bottom, and then the whole is swathed in silk. One of these books is ver: rare and was written by aking in the seventh century, A TIBETAN HYMN-BOOK. A Tibetan hymn-book is an odd affair, The musical notes, the rise and fall of the voice, are represented by curving lines. ‘The ethnologist who was explaining matters to a Stan reporter bent over the book and began singing or humming, to show how the music went. When @ line curved upwards his voice curved uy wards, and when the line curved downward he sang low. When he came to several little semi- circles or scallops, he put his voice through a trill, At intervals were pictures of bells and little spirals, not connected with the vocal notes. ‘These were directions for the instru- mental music, “The priest,” said-the etbnolo- ist, “has his hymn-book across his knee, bis i in one hand and his drum in the other. He chants or sings his hymn, and when he comes to one of these signs he gives three tapa on his drum or rings his bell.” The hymn-book is composed, like the other books, of many separate sheets, not stitched together, but loose like a pack of cards. ‘here are collections of cards each decorated on one side with the picture of s god, and on the other with a prayer suitable to that partic- ular god. When a man’s religic if ferent gods, and each god has special rules as to how he is to be addressed, there is necessa- ily considerable red tape about his devotions. Among the sacred objects is a horn or flute made from a human femur or thigh bone. tached to it is a thong, like a whiplash, made of human skin, ‘This ‘flute is used, Taz Stan reporter was told, in exorcising evil spirits. When one plays the flute the sound made has a depressing effect on the evil spirits, and they are generally ready to give up and leave the premises. ‘Their movements can be expedited y using the lash of human hide, PRAYER-WHEELS. The collection includes a prayer-wheel of copper of elegant workmanship and orna- mented with silver. It is a hollow cylinder three or four inches in diameter and about four inches long, that revolves handle. Attached to the periphery of this cylinder by means of small charm isa silver plummet or weight. The cylind:r is set in motion by swinging it, and is kept turning by the impetus of this plummet swinging around. The Tibetan who Owns a prayer-wheel writes his prayer on a slip of paper and puts it in the cylinder. Then he sets it whirling, and every time it goes around the prayer is supposed to be recorded once in Heaven. To render it effica- cious, however, the prayerful Tibet man has to hold in’his other hand a little wand or stave known as a prayer scepter. This is ornamented with mythological devices. A poor man who does not own a prayer-wheel stands a slim chance, A prayer-wheel may be made to revolve a henntad or more times a minute and register for its owner hundreds of prayers while a poor man without such an ap- Paratua is mumbling his way through one. Where there are so many gods to address some device of the kind is almost necessary, if aman expects. to do anythi but attend to his devotions. in this collection is run by hand power and the spplication of centrifugal force. Some prayer- wheels, however, are made to go by wind power. There is one huge one, 18 feet in diam- eter, in front of a Tibetan temple, that is turned by two men. This is loaded up not only With prayers but copies of ‘the sacred writings and then fired off. It costs something to have the priests turn this for aman, but a turn or two will balance the account of » man who has neglected his religious duties for a long while. ‘There is in the collection a small wheel, onan upright post or pinion, mado to stand on @ table and tobe revolved by lip of the finger. Aman not acquainted with the rules, however, might do uncalculable damage with @ prayer-wheel. It must be revolved from right to left. To turn it trom left to right is a sacriligious act, and it is said brings only ha upon the ignorant or daring man who does it. MADE OF HUMAN SKULLS. There is a divination bowl, an uncanny ob- Ject, made of the inverted cranium of a Budd- hist priest, It is elegantly mounted and em- bossed with silver and jewels, The lid or cover, of silver, is of fine workmanship, In this bowl liquor ia poured, and by the sediment that settles in the sinus or corrugations of the in- terior of the cranium the priest learns of fature events, just as folks tell fortunes by looking at the dregs in a teacup. A sucred drum nearby is made of two crania inverted one upon the other, like the two parts of an hour-glass, a parchment drum-head being stretche each end of the instrument thus formed. There is also a rosary of over a hundred beads, each bend being made of a little round piece of bone taken from the skull of one of the faithful. N two pieces, it is said. are from the same skull, ‘The praye “lady With golden hair, Ail dressed lars jee-green gown.” Then. I give thee treasures hour by hour, That ol-imo princes asked in alm, 's eager ‘3 freer than the la I thee yers like strung poor peri aul Suing mor oat, In a sad angel » pitying tear. ‘What care I for thy carelessness? I give from that overflow; Regardless thet thelr power to leas y spirit cannot sound or know. on a distant dawn, ‘shines, more sweet than "ay cfu ‘When, from these, THE NATIONAL GUARD. The Results of Recent Company Inspec- | every par SUGGESTIONS FOR INDUSTRIOUS ALK WITH COL. » Owing to the bad we Practioable to examine more than the following of the National Guard in the school of the company: Companies B and D, of the First battalion, Companies A and ©, of the Fourth battalion, Companies C and D, of the Sixth battalion, and the companies of the Seventh battalion. The reports for Company D, of the First, and Company D, of the Sixth, have not ‘aa yet been made out for want of a list of their attendance, ‘The companies were marked according to the following scale: 6, perfe }, very good; 4, 3 8, fair; 2, 51, ve r; 0, utter Hilder the agate or tiect epee aoened by multiplying the mark by what is termed the Attendance, which consists of th maximum authorized strength of the com: The usual companies whose reports are out are rated as follows: Company B of ¢ First battalion, mark 3.84, figure .96; Com pany A, Fourth battalion, mark 4.18, .08; Company C, Fourth battalion, mark 4.80, ny C, Sixth battalion, mark enth battalion, Company A, figur Jompany B, mark 2.24, figure .29; Company'C, mark 2.12. 48; Company D, mark 1.98, figure .4. ‘Thus far the highest mark and figure are obtained b; Company © of the Fourth, battalion, Nation Feneibles, the mark being 4.80 and the figure 1.34. ‘The Signal Corps and Light Bat i ; As heretofore published in Tae Stan aband has organized under the léaderthip of Professor Schroeder. ‘The name adopted is the “National Guard Band,” and they will wear the uniform of the National Guard, and parade with the brigade on all occasions of ceremony or duty. ‘The band is also organized as an or- a corps of field music, consisting of thirty- six musicians, has been regularly enlisted the National Guard with Mr. Joseph Hoopemas principal musician. The men are all skilled musicians, many of them having served and Teceived tuition in the Marine General Ordway has declared, as unwise, the practice of companies organizing te ‘um corps, for the reason that not being in- structed or trained alike they will fix habits of step and cadence that will not be uniform. Tt has been ordered that resignations of com- missioned officers will be addressed to “The Adjutant General, U. 8. Army,” and forwarded through military channels, ‘This is also the order respecting applications for discharge from enlisted me: Regulations have been issued for the election, or nomination, of officcrs of the National Guard: No per all be eligible to election to office who is not # male citizen of the United States, and over eighteen years of age, Field officers of regiments or battalions shail be elected by the written or printed votes of the captains and lieutenants of the several companies; cap- tains and lieutenants of companies by the written or printed votes of the enlisted men of the roepecti ‘The staff officers of aregiment or battalion shall be nominated by the permanent commander thereof. If the ap- pointment of an officer elect would cause a vacancy to be filled by the same electors, they may proceed at the same mecting to elect a person to fill such vacancy. Every person ac- cepting an election, as an, oficer, shall appear betore an examining board, to be appointed by the commanding goneral, to be examined as to his military and other qualifications. At the meeting of the school of officers to be held November 14, answers will be required only to hs 1 and 2 of each of the prob- lems that have been given for solution. An- swers to the remaining paragraphs of the prob- lems will be presented at the meeting of the school of officers to be held December 12. The school of officers will meet Wednesdays, as follows: November 14, answers to street riot problems; November 23, lecture; December 12, Answers to street riot problems; December lecture; January 9, 1889, answers to street ri problems; January 23, lecture; February 13, answers to street riot’ problems; February 27, lecture; March 13, final solution of problem No. 1; March 27, lecture; April 10, final solu- tion of problem No, 2; April 24, May 8, May 22, At the last regular meeting of the Emmet Guard, Co. B, Third Battalion, Mesers, Thomas Kelly, Charles A. Barnes, P. J. Hollohan and Peter Burke were elected active members, The constitution of the company was amended to create an honorary staff, and Capt. William H. Murphy was clected aa chief of staff with the rank of captain. Corporal Samuel E, Gorman was elected treasurer, and Sergeant John J. Fainter, jr., was elected tinancial recretary for the ensuing term. Sergeant Harlow has detailed as drill sergeant, and the recruits un- der his charge are making rapid progress, “Some of the officers having charge of com- panies in the National Guard are making a great mistake in thinking that drilling is the whole art of commanding,” said Col. Bigelow toa Stas reporter. “I mean by that,” he con- tinued, “that not enough attention’ is being paid to the various returns and reports required of them. In the field such an officer would be apt to let his command run short, a very seri- ous blunder in campaigning.” Notice has been given to the National Guard that there will be a parade of the brigade on ‘Thanksgiving day, and orders for the parade will shortly be issued. The following enlisted men have been dis- honorably discharged from the National Guar Wm, MeNelly, H. B. Collins, Lucas P. Loring, J. E. Chamon, John Dent, Charles T. Fletcher, Frank Fautroy, H.T. Ford, G. W. Grayso Edward Green, J. T. Johnson, Jefferson Simms, Hugh Norris, E. T. Wadsworth, G. P. Whiting, 8.1 Bond, G. 8 Coleman, Company A, Second Battalion, will elect a second lieutenant on the 5th instant, Major E. R, Campbell will reside. Colonel Bigelow made a visit to the Signal Corps last Thuraday afternoon, and was well pleased with the soldierly appearance of this Young and promising organization. He was rather struck with their being fully uniformed ande das it is a habit with many compan- ies in the National Guard to drill, more or less, in civilian’s clothes, "It would be ® good prac- tice,” said he speaking on, this subject, “for all the companies to adopt this method, as it is more soldierly and habituates the men to the feeling of the uniform. It favors a uniformity not only of appearance, but also ‘of movement and action, which is conducive to efficient in- struction.” He deprecutes strongly the prac- tice he has observed in the National Guard of an officer commanding a company under aris without his sword and belt on, or with his sword in his scabbard. As far as he has ob- served, the officers were as much in necd of practice in the handling of their swords as the men in the handling of their guns, x The strength of the light battery is at present about 85 enlisted men. Their were tele- hed for and are expected to-day, the ttery will go into camp at their agmory! The Washi ding Academy, for four days, im- mediately upon their receipt. A new military organization has been formed y pg Thursday evening. already enrolled about 25 mem Blake Hall aa an armory, and ting up in fine style, Mr. Jobn Clarv: of the Washington Light Infantry, Fed at it ator it has not been | but into the i HOME MATTERS. MOUSEEEFPERS—NeMER VENTIVES—some PREPARED, Lame = amps again, To Taxe Srots or Parxt yrow Woop, lay a thick coating of lime and soda mixed over it, tting it stay twenty-t jours, then wash off with water and ‘he spots will disappear. Poacusp Eocs 1x Barre.—Poach the num- obghydeempee Let them get quite cold. nicely. roll each egg in a thinly cut slice of Daooms ap ‘in ‘batter “and fry. with parsley. Warx a dark carpet looks dusty soon after it has been swept, wet a cloth or sponge, wring it almost dry and wipe of the dust. A few drops of ammonia in the water will brighten the colors, DeovouizERs.—Coffee pounded in » mortar and roasted on an iron plate, sugar burned on hot coals and vinegar boiled with myrrh and sprinkled on the floor and furniture of a sick room are excellent deodorizers. In Brattxa Caxx, beat from the bottom of the mixing bow! with a wooden spoon, bringing it up full and high with each stroke, and as soon as the ingredients are fairly and smoothly mixed stop beating or your cake will be tough. To Remove Inx Stams rrom Lixex.—Melt some pure tallow and dip the spot in it, then wash out the tallow and all traces of the ink stain will disappear. The suot that envelops seen, kidneys When rendered out makes pure low. For 4 Corp rx tam Heap.—One teaspoonful of mustard. dissolved ina tumblerful of cold water and used asa gargle three times'a day will often effect « speedy cure, In more obsti- nate cases equal parts of loaf sugar and pulver- ized slum used as a snuff will give relief, For Nevranoic Heapacns.—Squeeze the juice of a lemon into a small cupful of strong coffee, and drink while the coffee is quite hot. It is said to afford instantaneous relief. Strong tea is advocated by many, but it usually in- creases the pain, and should never be used by those who suffer from such headaches. To Keer Cur Fiowens Fresr, in the evening Jay them ina shallow pan or bowl, with their stems in a very little water, and cover the dish with a damp towel. In the morning the flowers can be arranged in vases for the day. The stems can be slightly cut from day to day. Flowers treated in this manner can be kept from one to two weeks, and sometimes even longer, Ovstzs Cnoguerres.—Scald and chop fine the hard part of the oysters, leaving the other part and liquor for soup; add an equal weight of mashed potatoes; to one pound of this add a lump of butter the size of anegg, a teaspoonful of salt, half-teaspoonful of pepper and quarter of a teacup of cream. Make in small cakes, dip in egg and then in bread crumbs, and fry like doughnuts. Pupvines are an excellent cool-weather des- sert, if properly made, In order to have them @ success great care is necessary. The eggs | should always be beaten separately. Dried | fruits used in puddings should be carefully ; a and washed. Almonds and spices should pounded fine. In making cocoanut pudding, reserved cocoanut will be found preferable to freshly grated cocoanut. Oatuerat ron Breakrast.—Many of the keep- ers of big groceries tell of the large extent to which oatmeal is used as an article of diet. In thousands of families a plate or a bow! of oat- meal porridge, which ought to be of the best ality, well boiled, and taken with cream, is the first thing at breakfast. The children are apt to be very fond of it. It is wholesome. nu- tritious and advantageous to the digestion. Economy tx Tue Krrcue: hena quartcan of tomatoes is opened for soup, one-half only should be used, and with a quart of stock (the latter costs nothing if all stock materials are saved), a little suet, donr, onion, and bay lesf makes a delightful dinner soup, and quise enough for a family of cix. The tew pieces of | bread left from breakfast mi; ‘squares and toasted to serve with it, The re-! maining half of the tomatoes should be put in a bowl or jar and used next day for eauce, scal- loped, or if mixed with okra and rice will make anice dish for lunch, Poppios axp Pirs.—Before commencing to make paste for puddings or pies it is necessary to place near at hand everything likely to be needed, to inspect all the utensils, to pre all the ingredients, and most important of all | to wash the hands and nails perfectly clean. Always use good, sweet butter. drip lard for paste. To make good puff paste rub 8 quarter of a pound of butter with half a quart | of flour very fin e it into a light paste with cold water; roll outa quarter of an inch thick, put a layer of butter all over. sprinkle on alittle flour, double it up and roll it out | again, repeating flour or five times, using in all a half pound of butter. Cane oF ax Ixvaxt.—The management of the baby during the first week of its existence may be summed up in the one word—quiet. Almost equal in importance to this. condition for the small strunger is that of warmth. The baby's eyes shouid for a long time be carefully shielded from the light. ‘Too much cannot be said in cond :mnation of the practice of “hard- ening” infants by such barbarous methods as bathing them in cool water, subjecting them to rude handling and similar harsh courses, The child's stomach holds only a tablespoonful at birth, and distensions of the diaphragm by over-feeding produces the same discomfort in an infant that the gorging of an immense din- ner would upon an adalt. Worse still than the over-feeding is the practice of pouring medi- cines down the baby's throat. Agitation or cx- citement to the mother acts directly and speed- ily upon the child. patents 7. CE ee Retrospection. As clouds float softly over a eummer’s sky, As boats drift idly down a quiet stream, So did me hours of childhood hasten by As in a happy dream. ‘Tnen fields and meadows, flowers and leafy trees; ‘The lark’s swift showering song of ecstasy; ‘The wiliow rushes whispering in the breeze— ‘Those were the world to me. But now, as on the bridge of years I stand, Fond memories of the happy past alt by, Like phantoms in a strange and distant land, M my mivery. Farewell! thrice happy hours, ‘Your light was never darkens Nor troubled by the future. Shalt 00, late been j papi 4 b By ‘28th day of June, A. persion tected AUCTION SALES. reTrRe », = ease x Honemm, S ehl “Quare, ete | 2S Sia drcine of a] Testes a (DAL. Se 'M thessath fot ‘Terms of sale as POWDER |-. Absolutely Pure. A marvel of rity, neness. More economical that of the upronte Sout st ity couse No. 1547, Purchase money a cash aad the peanut ‘Wp one and two cant. A deposit of one oy ‘when — of wale ta be remmpaie’ aie “All conveyancing at POR SMe ON RaeP waeee 1547, Nelaon we. Terms of salo: One-thii THIS AFTERNOON. $ DOW! LNG, Auctioneer. a; USILE'S SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY IX | bot c GEORGETOWN. Dec to Virtue of a deed of trust uly recorded and dat od a D. 1880. a1 eb public ale on VEMBER, * provements upon the ane. Beginning at the northeast corner Toe streets, in said sown and runnin ease sod rote eqneen verdly and Beall street 44 feet. thence nort wit hebee south along east line of Mouroe etre: tothe cash; the residue in six and twel ith Monroe street 30 feet. thence west allel with Boall street 44 fect to Monroe beginning ‘erins of saic: One-third of the purch eserves the right to resell ut oom Laser, $100 required as deposit on nc tna and reeonting at conto eds JOHN E. MoN. werk ‘On Sati P.m., Twald up to watches, ted ware, fostroments, fh clothine, sliien. Gu that all pl sale, et » res br'xov be cut into | § nord part ot lot awry irae dwell A bs HANDSOME SILK PLU) BUCKS, Mt TAB BAICK DWELLING On THURS! EIGHTH, AY FIV. ments in oue and two years, uotes to interest from day of (si. D M. FOLEY, Auctioneer. Ps y virtue of dec Dieteict of Chun i ON SALE. OF UNREDEEMiD 7 UUKDAY, Noweniber 3. 18 be ot tino wold diamond. fcrelty of all kinds allver and silver tola, opers awd tuaical ‘<lanwe, 1 ks, bisnkets, spreads, un iol, ets will. pl jleaso take notice from No. 1 to 910are included in this BENRY B. LASKEY, Broker. 3 uo Hes holding th edges IHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ED-BRICK NO.152m THigs Y-ROCRT. NER O SLL lo A LARGE (18) DWELLING, WIth ABI STREEL NOKT A THREES TORY o TENTH TREET Ck a, Efe: U-STORY FRAME DWELL- -FIRST STREET NORTH- tee of the Supreme Court of the pusied in Le cause wf Me sigs, Homie 7 prerert Liu, Nu. TURE ACING H PARLOR SUITE: CA BUCK, Les ALN i, ASH AND OREM CHAMBER 618" WALAUT AND OAK WASDRU BiG, MATTRESSES, PLL- ‘BAND Bis: Bits, BLAN BEING THE BAL. | Bistes. &c, CONTAINED IN | 5 {Ind STREET NORTHWEST, MOKNING, NOVEMBER ve TEN O'CLOCK hit & a ur ‘we will sell at the balance of the Fine Purni- talued therein, = ‘which the at- JUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, $16 a WEDNESDAY commencizs HOUSE, No. ‘iT, AND }OLNING EUDLY SETERNOOM, HOVEMBER E O'CLOCK, we will sell, in front of 11, SQUARE 41: ect oe F atroct Se SE | Sean ‘SOCTHW : fu beers = payable. seul-amtr ‘of trust, or all MORGE W, STICKNEY, Auctioneer. USTERS SALE OF A ONE-HALY Uw! LNT hBess 1 yt CED UNIMPROVED PRok Bae RESALE RS PAL wo equates crmectm nd bash, taiance A. one ands Rit how) ater Phe Veh to = aatea =e ay q ted the request of the | _0c24-10t tery ree’, fon feet | Lense we to br Fur Trimmi colineee’ and raat ALL ry - es euy house in Amertca ‘New York fete, Dusley'e New ce 0012-6 ‘trem ‘Porctaae: wale muade be Sees nye ‘ais Beud to Latest, vo pete tt Gn areas Wau, ‘WILLETT & RUOFF, ‘Hatters and Purriera, 905 Penne, ave, ‘al colors, snd tall wide, pare am Gaah value $1, reduced to &7e. ualits, tnmense sine, ee fibewt 71) MARKE: HANDSOME CLOTH. attention to ber large and eslect steak of MILLINERY, complete in all branches end et mod- erate prices. Balance of stock of KID GLOVES, in off sims, a half prices, e0xy- Jen wis | mityrem ne OT Sou oe ecard ek ben er ag _—— 21 ot ny i | _{_-_ +e ~~ & Sum Ganxre ALL “CORTICELEI SPOOL SILK AND Twist. 12 ls THE BES,