Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1890, Page 10

10 UNIVERSITY ATHLETES _——— Tests of Skill, Sirength and En- durance. CHAMPIONSHIP STRUGGLES. _—_ ‘The Rival Colieges and Men Whe Wilt Represent Them—The Chances of Vice | tory at the Leading Event of the Ath- | letic Year. —_—.___ Written for Tux Evewreo Stan. N view of the near approach of the inter- collegiate championships, one of the great- est events of the athletic year, it may be of interest to those concerned in the success of the rival colleges to consider their respective prospects for first place. The meeting will be the fifteenth given by the Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the first for the decision of the ownership of the mew Mott Haven cup presented by Dr. J. 8. White, the old cap having become the prop- erty of Harvard. Additional interest is lent to the contest by the fact that Harvard has de- cided to make this her only effort to have her mame engraved on the new cup, as hei all her athletic battles will be fought on England fields alone, Up tothis year the championship has been decided by the greatest number of “firsts,” “seconds” counting only in case of a tie. Last February the association decided to count points instead of firsts, allowing five points for first place, two for asecond and one fore third. This rule will, of course, result in greatly increasing the list of entries, and prob- ably 500 names will be found in the fifteen events, in place of the 320 of last year. This, together with the extremely high order of per- formances that will be done, will make the meeting the greatest that has ever been held in the history of amateur athletic: The work of selecting winners atany athletic meeting is difficult enough, as any one who has tried it knows. In the case of the intercollegi- ate meeting this difficulty is greatly increased. College men somehow have acquired the belief that by deceiving one another, and disparaging their real chances to outsiders. their chances of winning are increased. Heuce they lie most readily to reporters when interviewed, and the news sent by collece correspondents themselves too often bears the impress of the athletic man- agement'’s hands. Witness, for instance, the reports that every fall come down from colleges regarding crippled foot ball players—rushers wound- ed and half backs lame—and then notice how favorably the work of these “cripples” compares with that of their sound adversa- ries. And in the spring listen to ithe wily collegian’s apparently discouraged opinion regarding ‘the outcome of the ‘varsity boat race. But notice how willingly he “puts up his dust” on the blue or the crimson wearing eight. And atthe intercollegiate cham- ionships watch Sherrill. and see ow fast he covers the ground or has “strained « tendon” every year for the past three or four; and how spry others will be who, if the newspaper reports are to be believed, are troubled with more ailments than Job was ever affected with. In addition to ©. H. SHERRILL, these obstacles which the colleg- YALE. ian purposely throws inthe way of the truth-secking athletic me het there is an- other perplexing element to be deait with in the shape of the dark horses annually turned out by the smaller colleges, of whose progress from one championship to another it is almost im- ible to keep informed, owing to the fact Tet tacy may act have competed in a single open meeting the year past. Thus every one remembers how at the championships last year the novice from Amherst, C. O. Wella, romped iu alone on the finish of the mile run in the re- markable time of 4 minutes 29 4-5 seconds, and carried dismay into the hearts of the young men who had backed Harmar of Yale or West of the University of Pennsylvania against the field. It is very evident, therefore, that an in- telligent forecast of the outcome of an inter- collegiate meeting can be given only by one who is intimately acquainted with the work of the individual athletes. SPRINTING. In the 100 yards and 220yards dashes the strug- gle for first place is toacertainty to lie be- tween Yale and Princeton. For three years Bherrilt of Yale has peen the holder of the championship in one or both of these events, and he was up to last fall considered s sure double winner for 1390. But Princeton now has a worthy rival to his speed in Freshman Cary, whose triple win at Detroit last June at the western championship meeting. when he did the 100 yards in 10 seconds, the 220 yards in 221-5 seconds and the 440 yards in 532-5 seconds, proved him to be a phenomenal run- ner. His work, too, on board floors during the ap winter warranted the supposition that e could “do even time again if necessary,” but bis rugning at the Manhattan games on the 10th was a disappointment. Sherrill until quite lately bad never shown better than 10 1-5 seconds for the 100 yards, At the Yale col- lege games, however, he also ran the distance in even time. He is, too, a more consistent and reliable performer than the Princetonian and for this reason should take the event with probably uot more than a foot to spare. ‘The time under favorable circumstances w:ll almost surely be 10 seconds. The third place and odd int ought to go to Moen of Harvard, though inson of Yale will pusk him bard. C. 0. WELLS, AMMERST. Five men will start in the mile run, each of whom is capable of doing well under 4.33, Wells of Amherst, holder of the intercolle- giate mile record and the intercollegiate championship; Hornbostel of Columbia, who finished in third place last year but afew yards behind Harmar of Yale; West of the uf ity of Pennsylvania, with s record of 4.34; L jt of Harvard, who a few weeks ago tied the Harvard record of 4.38 3-5, and Lloyd of Yale, who ran such a good race at the indoor games of the Yale and second regiment, Con- necticut Nationsl Guard, last March. It is easy enough to pick Wells asa winner, but second and third are harder to mame. Probably Hornbostel of Columbia will take second, and West,of the University of Pennsylvania third, THE MILE WALK is probably Columbia's event. McIlvaine, who won the event last year in record-breaking time, is walking in good style, and bis chances W. C. DOBM, PRINCETON. ‘The 220 yards dash will, it is needless to say, Prove another magnificent race, but the first snd second places of the hundred will be re- versed. Those who witnessed Sherrill’s ragged Funning in the final 30 yards of last year’s 220 Will not be surprised to sce him falter again at the finish thiv year. The notion that has been several times expressed regarding Sherrill’s Jack of “saad” should not be entertained for ® moment. The Yale man will be “game” from the crack of the pistol to the breaking of the tape; but it is questionable whether he has the “bottom”—the endurance—which Cary's quarter-mile running has cultivated for him. The latter will run through from start to finish at the same pace, and ought to win by overayard. Vredenburg of Princeton should beat Robinson of Yale for third place. In the quarter milo, as in the 100 and 220- yard dashes, there are two men who completely Gutelass the rest of the field. W. C. Downs of Harvard and W. C. Dohm of Princeton, should ‘they meet in this event, will make a grand race. ‘The latter last year broke the intercollegiate quarter-mile record, doing the distance ir 50 seconds, while only a fortnight ago the Har- yard man covered it in 501-5 seconds. With Doth in good shape, as they now are, each would lower bis own best record, but it is doubtful whether they will meet, and if Dohm does not run Downs should win the quarter easily, with Connell of Columbia and Roddy of Princeton fighting for place, the chances favor- ing the Princeton man. half-mile, with such a field as Dohm, Downs, Vosba: § f Columbia, Reynolds of Yale and Fearing aud Wright of Harvard, wili afford the best half mile that bas been seen for a fong while. Dobm is almost a sure winner for this event, he holding the American half-mile record of 1 minute 5534 seconds, while no one of the other competitors bag ever ran in two minutes. Should Fearing not confine himself to the high — and hardies, be should take Second, especially if Downs has already run « hard quarter. With Fearing out of race, however, Downs will tske second and Wright of Harvard third. Vosburg, Reynolds and Wright are all three evenly matched, and the race for place between them will be one of the batercsting features of this event, are further improved by Bates’ absence at Harvard, the result of over-study. Bardeen, who at the Harvard class games walked s mile without any one to push him or make e in 7.20, will hurry him every step of the way, though. Collis of Columbia, who at the Manhattan games walked such a plucky race against Lange, ought to beat Mitcheson for third place At these same Manhattan games Columbia no doubt sustained a severe shock to her belief that H. Mapes had a “sure thing” of both hurdle races, The way he will have to skim the sticks to beat Williams of Yale and Fearing and Lee of Harvard will . tion. With two yards handicap Williams beat Mapes out very cleanly in the low hurdies,while Lee, with eight yards, easily won the same event in three- fifths of # second faster than the world’s record. Two days later Williams ran the 120- yard hurdles in 16 2-5 seconds, within one-fifth of a second of the American amateur record, and the same fraction of » second faster than Mapes’ best time. Fearing, too, has taken a hand in breaking har- dle records, and at the Har- vard spring games broke the Harvard record by doing the high hurdles in seventeen sec- onds. While all this goes to show that Columbia has not the ‘sure thing” she thought she had, Mapes still stands the best chance of scoring s doubl steady and reliable and will lead Williams past the tape in the 120-yard urdies by a very small mar- gin. Fearing of Harvard will be thifd. The low hurdles will be the counterpart of the high, except that Lee of Har- vard will take Fearing’s third lace. New records should made in both events. The rule passed by the In-, tercollegiate Association lasta. mapzs, coLUM- February barring ‘“‘safety” bi- BIA, cycles from the championship has deprived Harvard of what was almost surely a first pl Davis cannot ride an ordinary wheel as fast asa ‘safety, and for this reason Clarke of Yale should win. Davis ought to be second and Greenleaf of Harvard or Weare of Yale third, JUMPING. For the first time in five years there isa pros- pect of the high jump going elsewhere than to the University of Pennsylvania, Webster, who has jumped 5 feet 1134 inches, is still in college, but has not jumped so well si Page, who taught him how to jump, left college. Fearing of Harvard, who won the high jump at the handicap games of the Boston Athletic Associ- ation by an actual jump of 5 103¢ inches, will win, and Webster will beat Green of Har- vard for second place. The running broad jump, H. FEARING, HARVARD, too, will probably go to Harvard. V. Mapes of Columbia, with a record of 21 feet 9 inches, will not jump as far as Green of Harvard, who re- cently broke his college record by jumping 21 feet 7 inches. Dohm of Princeton, who holds his college record, 21 feet 4 inches, and Welsch of Columbia, who took third last year, will be close behind. Welsh should, however, win the pole vault. He was third last year to Leavitt of Harvard and Shearman of Yale, and both these men e left college. Crane of Harvard, who has a record of 10 fect 1 inch, will take second, and Ryder of Yale third. Vague rumors have for some time been floating around concerning the doings of certain pole vaulters at Amherst and Lehigh, but neither of these colleges runs much of @ chance of sending # champion to the Intercollegiates in this event, Yale, Columbia and Princeton will send the best tug-of-war teams to the games, and the places will be divided between them. Colum- bia won the championship lest year after a desperate tussle with Princeton, and although she has but one of their last year's team left it seems that she will win again. Princeton dur- ing the winter showed remarkable strength in her 600-pound team, having defeated even the Varunas, while later on her 550-pound team defeated the Berkeley light weights. Over- confidence on her part and hard work on Co- lumbia’s, however, brought about a change, and the result was that the biue and white pulled the re id black by nine inches at the tournament given by the Jersey City A. C. Yale, with the famous Kling brothers to coach them, have also worked hard, and although their team Is composed of new men they will pull hard for second place, but will probably be defeated by Princeton. hammer and shot competitions are about as uncertain as any events on the pr2- gram. In the shot Janeway of Princeton holds the championship over from last year. Shea of Harvard has twice early in the spring put the shot over 38 feet, but been going back steadily ever since, and Yale is very quiet about Elcock, a bad sign for other colleges. Then Allen of Harvard has put it 36 feet 11 i: aud Am- berst, Lehigh and the Uni- versity of Pennsylvaniaeach haves man able to over 36 feet. Whatac! to pick a winner! The or- ange and black counts on Janeway for the event, and a8 he is the best public per- former he should take the first, Elecock of Yale will probably beat either Shea or Allen of Harvard, and either of these will defeat Bowser of the University of Pennsylvania, Janeway is also throwing the hammer in good shape, and although 28 080 It will thus be seen that Columbia's chances are a very email trifle the best. Then, has the chances ead of defe jum) ably decide the championship. reasonably sure to eating in and it is this event that will prob- ie Harvard is win second Princetow and Yale will be's good fourth, with a, a the University of Pennsylvania and. Amberst looking for @ stray third to help them into fifth re ‘Althouge: eight records were broken in the Berkeley Oval last year, and that meeting was nae odds the most successful athletic meet- ev ev. and 320 yards dashes, the hammer and shot, the tug-of-war, the running broad and high jumps, and the quarter-mile run were prac- tically foregone conclusions, while this year there is not an event which will not be fought for by from two to half a dozen athletes, and every one of them first-class men. And the in- terest aroused by the games will fall short only of that created by the Yale-Princeton foot ball match of last Thanksgiving. ———cee__- LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE, The Colored Normal School. To the Editor of Tax Evento Stan: The school board at its last meeting acted, in my judgment, rather hastily in adopting reso- lutions reducing the membership of the Colored Normal School from forty to twenty, The Normal School is s professional one and should not be limited to the rule of actual supply and demand. If the number, twenty, be sufficient to meet demands to fillvacancies in teacher- ships, why the necessity and expense of holding an annual examination for applicants? The cost in this instance is an oaper as factor, With « membership of forty and present rate of teachers’ salaries the cost per capita, for tuition alone, is $115. With a membership of twenty and present teachers’ salaries the cost per capita would be to pay for one year’s instruction ig learning how to teach. In regard to the annual dissatis- faction referred to he 8 the debate I would submit that most of it chargeable to the method of appointments rather than the dis- appointments. The system in vogue—for which I am in Pare responsible—in naming the present and future teachers for our publie schools places that very responsible uty exclu ud in the control of the principal of the Normal School without revision—supervision or anything else from ing principal, superintentant, trustee ‘ict commission, except through an ip ion instituted by the parents or frien: of some dissatisfied pupil, Experience outside of the school board has made itclear to me that the rr of the Normal School should not be placed ina position to be attacked annually; the trustees should share the respon- sibility and not be content with accepting from her a “class standing list,” to be taken numer- ically and mechanically as the ultimatum to select our teachers from, but should eo change their rulesas to piace them in a position wherein they could exercise their judgment in the selection and assume their share of cen- sure. Harry Jounsox. entree Se cet A Villainous Practical Joke. To the Editor of Tur Kvunine Stan: It would seem that the tying of a strong cord or wire across the public highway should be made a heavily punishable offense, for there is no knowing the harm that may result from it, There seems to be a set of youthful scamps abont town who evidently think it great sport to set this fiendish trap for the injury of their fellows. One evening last summer they tied a heavy cord line across the sidewalk corner of 4th street and North Carolina avenue south- east. Fortunately it was discovered and broken by a full grown man. It was tied about three feet from the ground, and had some child or small person come in contact with it the result would have been severe, and bad the person been running at full epost there is no knowing how serious the result might have been. Itis to be hoped that the scamps who delight in such villainous jokes will be caught and summarily dealt with, In addition to this there is another objectionable practice by oung and innocent girls in jumping = ‘hey will stretch their rope across the si wall and in order to save one hand they will tie one end of the rope to the park fence while the other end is swung by one of the number at the outer edge of the sidewalk. This prac- tice is bad enough in full daylight. but toward evening, when it is too dark to readily see the rope, it becomes a most dangerous trap, and none the less dangerous because of tho inno- cence and non-intent of mischief. NLP. beth ee For the Mount Vernon Assoctation, To Editor the of Tax EVENING STAR: The conclusion which has been reached by the undersigned after making repeated pil- grimages to Mount Vernon is that it would be,very much to the advantage of the associa- tion if the sessions of the association were in- termitted during the hours that visitors are on the premises, Many of these ace from distant parte of the country, some of whom are of in- uence in their communities, and not a few have arranged the date of their visit for the time of the session so as to meet old or make now acquaintances, The intercourse of such people with the regent and the vice regents would redound to the material as well as the sentimental interest of the association. There are every day many such visitors who should be welcomed by the ladies pres CoxTRIBUTOR, a The Bartholdi Fountain. To the Editor of Tux Evenixo Star: I notice the suggestion of H. B. in reference to this fountain and beg to suggest that what ought to be done is to take it out of present hiding piace and transfer it to the vacant space at the junction of 7th street, Louisiana and Pennsylvania avenues, That is the hottest and dustiest place in the city and also the most ublic. Any one who has ever seen the Pro- asco fountain at Cincinnati can at once real- ize what a refreshing effect it would have to locate this fountain there, where it could also be seen by everybody who visits the city. Its present location is most unsuitable. Who has the say in the matter? W. C. D. ese Industrial School for Girls, To the Editor of Tux Eventne Stan: I see that Senator McMillan has introduced a bill recommending that $75,000 be appro- priated for a ‘Girls’ Reform School” in this Dis- trict. Nothing can be more necessary than an institution of this kind, but while thanking him for the bill I am constrained to call atten- tion to the importance of changing the name, Thope itis not too late, The name should indicate something beside reform—call it Manual Training School for Girls, Home of In- dustry for Girls, something. anything that will not ha i In going forth from the in- stitution to earn their daily bread the word reform will be a hindrance to the girls, whereas industrial eee | will be a recom- mendation, yes, a diploma for them. A. M. P orton vas a A Proposed Grand Drive. To the Editor of Tur Eventne Star: Itis often lamented that we have no grand drive in or about Washington. In listening to Prof. Mason's lecture on London the other evening, during his illustrated desoription of the Victoria Embankment, it occurred to me, as it perhaps did to others, why may not Wash- ington have a Columbus Embankment? Start- ing atthe proposed “Zoo” followiag and em- bracing Rock Creek to the Potomac, thence alo river southeast to the south point of the Potomac Park, thence turning north to south end of 14th street and tothe Agricuitural Department grounds. Enclose inembankment intercepting sewer along Rock Creek and Potomac front discharging below south end of park. Inthe hands of a competent land- scape artist (Olmstead or other) the embank- ment along Rock Creex might be made “a thing of = anda joy forever,” and the *Zoo” and Columbus Park and the boule- vard around the Potomac Park would also be Lehigh has developed a splendid athlete for this ye in Detwiller, who threw it 94 feet 334 inches, siihe hee ye pe = ais weight and streng' should throw it « trifle furthor. Bowser of the Uni- raity phan nds ho oa the oven last year, bas LUTHER CARY, Fa aapaeme not yet this comet feet, and he will succeed, only taking third place from Allen of Harvard. very atiractive. It might be expedient to ex- tend the work northwesterly from Rock Creek slong the Potomac front several miles, W, —_———— Morning or Event ‘To the Raltor of Tux Kvexma Stay: of @ petition asking that the hours of delivery ‘at post office windows on Sunday be from 5 to 7 p.m. to 9:30 to 11 am. F t i g i s PRICELESS SPARKLERS| Great Diamonds of the World and Their Histories. JEWELS WORTH FORTUNES. Wonderful Stories Told About Them, Showing That Their Possession Has Brought, as a Rule, Misfortune and Death—Incitements to Crime, —_—_—_— HO is there that has not pictured to his glowing fancy the notion of digging for diamonds and coming ecross one great big gem of purest Tay serene that should be a mag- nificent fortune in itself? It was in just such a way that s man named Antoine, working with a pick-ax in a hole at the Cape of Good Hope, unexpectedly turned ups huge gleaming jewel. Fors moment or two he stood spellbound, fearing to dispel what he thought must be an illusion; then, clutching the stone, he found in his hand what actually was a diamond weighing 28% carats, or very nearly two ounces troy. For two days after- ward he was unable to eat anything and came very near dying of sheer excitement. This superb crystal, of a slightly yellowish tinge, is now known as the “Stewart” and is numbered among the great diamonds of the world. There is something fascinating about the very condensation of riches that a diamond of size represents, To hold between your thumb and bean ag @ gem no digge than « walnut that is worth a cool $1,000,000 is a pleasure posi- tively sepeuoe. Gold is precious, but $15,000 worth of it wouid weigh considerably over 100 pounds, and you could not very well carry as Touch as that; it is not value sufficiently highly condensed to impress the mind in at all the same way. It would be worth payink a good rice for the privil ge of once handling iggest diamond in the world—the ‘“‘Braganz: of eee is the size of a goose egg and ey eleven ounces, still uncut, being valued at no less a sum than €25,000,000. This stone was found ina rivulet a short distance north of the Rio Plata, Brazil, by three out- lawed criminals, who handed it over to the governor of the district and received a remis- sion of theirsentencesin return, Subsequently the gem was sent to Lisbon and deposited in the Portuguese treasury, where it now is. However, the authorities will not consent to show it to any one, and grave doubts are ex- essed by experts as to its being a genaine iamond, the notion being suggested that it has been found not tobe real and that it is kept hidden in order that Portugal may not lose the financial credit that is given by the LSrapsees of a $25,000,000 gem. One theory eld is that it is in reality a white topaz. The German Aulic Councillor Beireis of Helmstadt, who died in 1809, hada white topaz as big ag an ostrich egg, which he always claimed and many believed to be a diamond. After his death it could not be found, aud it was thought that he destroyed it rather than that his repu- tation should suffer by a discovery of the stone's true nature, THE FAMOUS KOH-I-NooR, Nearly all the great diamonds have romantic histories, but none of them approaches in this respect the “Koh-i-noor," now among the royal a of England. Tradition traces it back five thousand yeara to a semi-mythical source, but it is known to have been the prop- erty of the rajahsof Malwa for many genera- tions before, In 1304 the Sultan Aladdin— himself the actual original of the Arabian Knights’ hero—overcame the then rajuh in bat- tle and captured the gem. However, Aladdin restored it to the rajah, and it remained in the hands of the rajab’s descendants until the rise of the Mogul dynasty, Mohammed Shah of that dynasty was on the throne as emperor of Hindostan when his country was invaded and his capital city, Delhi, was taken by the Persian Nadir Shah. ‘The greedy conqueror promptly cabbaged all the jewels in the Delhi treasury, but the famous Koh-i-noor was missing. “A woman of Mohammed's hurem gave in- formation that the emperor wore the gem concealed in his turban, and Nadir finaily secured it by a clever ruse, offering to exchange turbans with Mo- hammed as a token of amity in connection with the declaration of peace that had just been made At the death of the Persian war- rior Nadir the Koh-i-noor passed into the hands of his son and successor, Shah H®kh, who was soon after overthrown. Aga Mo- hammed, the usurper, put Shah Rokh to the torture to make him give up the stone, but Shah Rokh would not, even when his eyes were put out with knives. Finally Aga Mo- hammed ordered his victim’s head to be shaved and encircled with a diadem of paste, thus making a receptacle into which boiling oil was Soured: But even this did not induce Shah Rokb to giveup the Koh-i-noor. He died soon after in consequence of his injuries and gave the gem that bad brought him so muck misery to Ahmed Shah, founder of the Afghan empire, who had come to his assistance, WHAT BECAME oF Ir, ‘The Koh-i-noor descended from Ahmed Shah to his grandson, Shah Zaman, to whom it did not bring any good fortune, for Shah Zaman was deposed from the throne and had his eyes put out by his brother, Shah Shuja, Shah Za- man was shut up in asolitary prison cell for many years, where he concealed the Koh-i-noor in the plaster of the wall. By the merest acci- dent an officer of the guard scratched his hand upon one of the angles of the diamond which jr ee almost imperceptibly, and this led to its discovery. Shah Shuja wore it then, but had not had time to do so very long before he himself was deposed and had his eyes put out by his next brother, Shah Mahmud. He with- drew to the court of Runjit Singh for protec- tion, but Runjit wanted the Koh-i-noor and persecuted Shuja and starved Shuja’s wife until he gotit. Runjit had it sct in a bracelet and it was confiscated at the close of the great Indian mutiny and sent to England. It weighed 186 carats and was reduced to 106 carats by re- cutting. Though not of the very finest water, having & slightly grayish tinge, it is worth | ANOTHER GREAT DIAMOND, brought by Nadir Shah from th ‘k of Delhi, is the “Taj-e-mah,” or “Mountain of Light,” now in all probability the finest gem in the Persian treasury, where it has ever since mained. It was considered an important item in the 200,000,000 worth of treasures taken from the emperor of Hindustan. After Nadir's death it was extorted from Shah Rokh by tor- ture. It is eet at present in one of a ca of bracelets worn on occasions of state by the resent Shah of Persia, the other bracelet be- ing set with a diamond of 186 carats known as the “Sea of Light,” a rose-cut gem that was also carried off from Delhi by Nadir Shab, THE BIGGEST DIAMOND of which anything is positively known is, or rather was, the “Great Mogul.” It was found im the year 1650 at the mines within the terri- tory of the Nizam of Hyderabad known as the Golconda diggings, and such of its history as is known is remarkably romantic. It fell first into the hands of adealor in jewels named Jemla, who wasso rich that he was said to count his diamonds by the sack. He gave it as ® propitiatory offering to the then Mogul em- peror of Hindustan, Shah Jehan, It weighed uneut 787 carats and was somewhat the shape of half an egg. After it was cut it still weighed 280 carats and was about the bi; of a ban- tam’s egg. The stone may be said to have wit- nessed u great many dreauiul tragedies, includ- ing tf murder by poison and otherwise of a majority of the princes of the court at Delhi by the hands of theirown immediate relatives, end finally it ssw Shah Jehan deposed by his own on, Aurung-zeb, and made a prisoner for yeareat his palace, ‘The usurper permitted his ther to retain most of his jewels, among them te er} Mogul.” wee Ty ; oe tly with a notion o! posvossin ‘imself o: em. ip! -zeb several times caked Shab Jeban to lend them tohim. Shah Jehan, per- ceiving what was meant, was very wroth, and lared that he wi yand all bis id have done d by his Ly uade: daughter, The “Great Mogul” is thought to have been stolen at the sack of Delhi and broken up into two or more stones to conceal its identity, It is thought by an authority writi Mogul,” “Koh-i-noor" and the ‘Orloff’ Giamonds were ail originally parts of the BEMABEABLE STONE. mond is now the principal the imperial Kussian scepter. size of a pigeon’s egg. THE Famous “PrTr” OR “REGENT” DIAWOND ‘was found by aslave in the Parteal mines on the Kistna in 1701. To secure the treasure for himselt the man cut a bole in the calf of his leg and concealed the stone in the wound. Having escaped to the sea coast with it he made a bar- ——-< English skipper, who afterward jung the slave into the ocean in gem for The ornament of It w about the i sul ently sold to Regent Duke of Or- leans for about $750,000. While Pitt had the diamond in his he was so frightened that he would not sleep two nights under the same roof, went about much of the time in dis- and never gave notice of his departure m or his arrival ata port The gem was cut to « faultless brilliant and is valued now at $2,000,000. In 1792, together with all the other royal jewels, it was stolen from the in Paris, but was subsequently found in a ditch. i" Tux “STAR OF THE SOUTH” was picked up in July, 1858, by « negress in Brazil, who was given her freedom as a re- ward, Any slave inthe Brazilian mines who finds a diamond weighing as much as 80 carats is freed, according to law, lesser rewards be- ing granted for gems from 10 carats up. This does not prevent the diggers from stealing quite one-third of the product and the methods they adopt for concealing stones, by swallowing and otherwise, are so ingen- ious as frequently to defeat the extraordinary system of physical search practiced daily by the authorities in charge. As for the ‘Star of the South,” it was reduced by cutting from 254 carats to 125 carats, being thus trans- formed into a beautiful oval-shaped brilliant It was purchased for $400,000 by the late ex- gaikwar of Baroda, the famons East Indian prince, who was one of the .two greatest dia- mond fanciers in the world, and so interested in his hobby that he was accustomed to de- stroy those of his subjects wno were obnoxious to him by poisoning them with diamond dust, He tried in the same refined way to get rid of Col, Phayre, the British resident in his domin- ions, who had interfered with his sanguinary pleasures to some extent. But the colonel did not die and the gaikwar's attempt upon his life resulted in deposition from the throne of the notorious Mabratta ruler. THE “MOON OF MOUNTAINS,” now among the jewels belonging to the Rus- sian crown, which was originally the property of the Mogul emperors, was taken from Delhi by Nadir Shah, and when that Persian con- juerer was murdered and his treasures looted this stone was secured by an Afghan soldier and taken to Bagdad, where it was sold to a trader for $2,500. An Armenian merchant and his two brothers murdered the traitor to get the gem and killed th idier to suppress all evidence, throwing the two bodies ina sack into the Tigris. Then the merchant, to make himself more secure, killed his two brothers and threw their corpses into the Tigris also. After winding up things thus neatly he sold the diamond to the government at St. Peters- burg and was afterward poisoned by one of his own sons-in-law, After all it doosn’t pay very well to own big diamonds, The “Austrian Yellow” diamond, weighing 139 carats and now in the treasury of Austria, forming part of a hat button, was once the property of Charles the Bold of Burgundy, who lost iton the field of battle in 1476. It was picked up by a peasant for a piece of glass and svld for a florin. The “Akbar Shah” dia- mond was in the Mogul emperors’ Jewel coljec- tion up to the time of Shah Jehan, who had it engraved with beautifully executed Arabic in- scriptions. It then disappeared for hundreds of years and turned up in Turkey a short time ago, At one time it formed one of the eyes of the peacock that adorned the jeweled throue, valued at $100,000,000, which was captured by that bad man, Nadir Shah. OTHER CELEBRATED STONES, Among other celebrated diamonds is the “Matan,” which is one of the very biggest ever discovered, having the shape of an egg in- dented on one side, weighing 367 carats, and being valued at $1,350,000. It is about the size of a walnut, of a bluish metallic luster, was found in 1787 near the west coast of Borneo and is the property of the Rajah of Matan, Near; large is the “Nizam,” which weighs and is worth $1,000,000. Like the ,” itisuncut. It belongs to the Nizam of Hyderabad and was found in the Golconda mines. It is almond-shaped and originally weighed 440 carats, but was broken by an acci- dent in the year of the Indian mutiny. The “Great Table” diamond weighed 242 carats, but disuppeared in the Indian wars and was proba- bly brokenup. Near where the “Braganza” stone was found, in Brazil, was also discovered the “Regent of Portugal,”” now the property of that government, which weighs 215 carats and is worth $2,000,000. One of the biggest diamonds found in modern times was dug up in the Kimberley mines at the Cape of Good Hope in 1880. It was called the Porter-Rhodes and weighed 150 carata. The Cape mines were themselves discovered in a very curious way. A man named O'Reilly stopped over night at the house of a colonist named Van Newkirk and during the evening noticed a little daugh- ter of the family playing with some bright pebbles on the floor. He examined the stones, suspected them to be diamonds and suggested the idea to his host, The matter was investi- gated the next day and such was found to be the case, the biggest one of the lot weighing 22 carata, THE CITY’s TREES. Mr. Smith Explains Why They are Trimmed—Work Done This Season. A Srar reporter this morning called on Mr. Wm. R. Smith, superintendent of the Botanical Gardens, who is a member of the District park- ing commission, and called his attention to some complaints received by Tue Star in re- gard to what was called the “shameful” trimming of trees along some of our streets, especially I street from New Jersey avenue to North Capitol street. Mr. Smith said that Mr. Saunders being a less severe trimmer than himself was chiefly in charge of that work; that what the commission was doing was deliberately and skillfully done, and the public need only wait till August to compare the trees that are trimmed with those of the same kind that are not, He said we have fifty different kinds of trees on our streets, and that some of these, such as the oriental aud American lane trees, the poplar, the ash- leaved and soft maples and others, must be trimmed when used as curb- stone trees, for with the surface of the ground covered with pavement they cannot get enough moisture during the summer months to sustain the early growth. If not trimmed they will, he said, lose their le: and become Sinsightly objects. But other trees, like the elm and the sugar maple, will not stand trimming. TREES PLANTED THIS SEASON, The commission has planted this season along the 7th street road about two thousand oriental plane trees, such as Alexander watered and Socrates taught under. On the east side of the Peace monument oriental plane trees have been planted and on the west the Ameri- can variety. No city on earth, Mr. Smith con- tinued, has such magnificent foliage as the streets of Washington possess today. , ‘The poplar, like its first cousin, the willow, is an anti-malaria tree, ebsorbing miasma and giving off a balsamic odor. Our American Poplar is now planted about Rome to provent malaria, being there known as the black Ita!- iaa, The essence of willow is given for ague. As an anti-malarial agent, Mr. Smith said, the poplar is equal to any eucalyptus tree of Au ia, Nature provides it and the willow about swamps and along streams to prevent disease, but the poe Unwittingly remove them. With a nowledge of this miasma-absorbing b property Mj. Haines, the engineer in charge of the im- provements, is E emery these trees on the re- claimed lands along the Potomac. TO HELP TBE CIGARETTE TRADE. ‘Written for Tax Eveyrvo Stan. ATTRACTIVE HOMES, How Decorative Talent May Be Utilized Ou a Tea Service, 4 TEs “cozr” AND HOW ONE MAY BE MADE— THE ADORNMENT OF CARRIAGE RUGS 4¥D CUSHIONS—TARLE LINEN IN THE LAUNDRY— HOW To PRESERVE FRINGES. URING a visit to Montreal some ten years ago I saw for the first time a tea “cozy,” so much used by the English and comparatively seldom seen here. By some tes lovers this is considered an indispensable adjunct to the tea tabie, and undoubtedly it adds to the good- Rees of the tea as well as to the decoration and completeness of the table, There isa regula- tion way of making a cozy, though occasional variations are seen. The size of course de- pends on the tes pot it is to cover, but one of Good size will sccommodate almost any tea pot in ordinary use. One sometimes sees beauti- ful decoration either in painting or embroidery on the cozies displayed for sale at decorative artrooms, A cozy is nota difficult thing to make, and for a gift it is less hackneyed than anything else about a tea service. Whoever spreads a tea table to refresh her friends really Rets attached to the belongings of her pretty outfit, and takes an interest in any novelty that she can provide herself or that may be be- stowed on her. HOW TO MAKE 4 cozr. A good description of how to manufacture a cozy is the following: “The shape is much like @ bishop's cap; to make one cut two pieces as large as you wish the cozy to be, of silk, satin or plush, as you fancy. If they are to be inted or embroidered that should be done fore making up. After the ornamentation is done, seam together at the rounded edges ana finish the straight edge with a band of contrast- ing color, The two pieces are thickly wadded and lined with silk, quiltea with a thin layer of wadding. A pay: silk cord 18 sewed on over the seam with a loop or pompon to raise the cozy by. Of course plain or figured material may be used without any band decoration, but this is a thing calculated to make a et display of any artistic ability or skilled workmanship. A dainty cozy to be used with china and tea cloth of the same design is worked with arbutus sprays on white satin and edged with a band of pink plush and lined with pink silk, Something less delicate, but very pretty, would be to have old pink satin ermabroidered with s rather fine all-over ttern in gold thread, four strands of the very Eee being used. An edgeof plush a shade or two deeper and lining of pink would add much color to the general effect of the table and yet be serviceably dark. Yellow, of course, is much used asa tea table color, and s cozy of canary or ecru, touched ap with a plush band ofa onizing tone of brown, would be pretty. Gold thread would be equaily good on Yellow, or small flowors powdered all over are pretty. If preferred a farge peony-shaped or chrysanthemum-like flower with a few leaves might be used, nearly covering the satin with the one spray. Either bold or fine designs are effective. ‘THE TEA SERVICE. ‘The cozy is used, as is probably known, to putover the tea pot while the tea is steeping and to keep it hot after it is made, in order to supply people as they come and go. The tea pot should always be of china in preference to metal, while no two dishes in use need match if it suits better not tohave them. If one paints china, nothing more effective ean be found for decoration than the different articles in use on the tea table. Small flaring e the ones most used here, instead of ig English ones; they seem dainter and a tea maker is only too pleased if a guest will have the eu refilled. The tea cotly is generally of metal, with the double cover, of course, closely fitting. Any heirloom in this line is bizhly prized. The silver ones are the favorites, though some pretty ones are seen of bronze and oxidized silver. Once in a while one sees old-fashioned ones of heavy cut giass, with silver mountings, which are very taking. Tiny silver strainers hanging from the spout of the tes pot are as useful as attractive. These are not as common as one might suppose from their prettiness and convenience. ‘Tea scoops, small odd » little sugar tongs are all considered neces- saries for the proper setting forth of the table dedicated to ‘‘five o'clock tea.” When sliced lemon is served, as it so often is for Russian tea, a second pair of bonbon tongs is the easies thing to pick up the slices, We have not yet settled down to the thin bread and butter and tea of the English tea tables—“crumpets,” too, are unknown luxuries to untraveled Americans, Our tea tables must have more variety, more dainties and “sweets,” to suit our different tastes, All these fancies, however, are only accessories to the tea itself, and to have that & success one has only to remember that “boiling, proportion and attention are the three magic words of tea making,” as Leigh Hunt pute it, AMENT AND CHARITY. Opportunities for hand embellishment are Bot lacking in these days, and with all the crowded rush and hurry of modern life time is found to lavish decoration on all household and personal belongings. Sometimes this fullness (even leading to superfluity) of ornamentation represents ‘a beautiful charity,” as I have beard it called. Woman’s exchanges, decora- tive aid societies and other associations of a similar kind offer a medium for ladies whose thoughtfulness for others ix supplemented by wealth to do much o Exquisite work can be and is ordered through these societies, which many a successful and needy contributor bas cause to bless, CARRIAGE RUGS AND CUSHIONS. This is the time of year and this the city of cities for driving, and there are drives by the dozen that lead out from town when one tires of tae smooth delight of the asphalt. Open carriages are the favorites. For Victorias cushions for back and feet are used, and for cool evenings a rug of heavy cloth is provided, all of which display more or lesa embroidery. The colors are dark and subdued, but quite an effect may be gotten up by having tones and designs harmonize. For a carriage uphol- gtered in dark green leather the rug is of heavy broadcloth of the same color, lined with sur. Across the middie is a wide band of embroidery, so that it lies across the Inp as the rug is spread. The silks used in work- ing are in different shades of rope silk, all inclining to the sage " tones, A conventionalized acorn and leaves make up the design, which is inclosed in lines of couching of severe! strands of silk. The cushions have a branch of acorns in nat- ural forms worked in the same silks, the colors conventionalizing them sufticiently. They are lined with the sume broadcloth, and a heavy dark green cord finishes them plainly and suitably on the edge. Where dark brown is used for carriage linings, all the softer tones of wood or golden browns and the fawn tints are the prettiest for combining in the embroidery, Out x suggestions, as of leaves, branches, cones, acorns, &c., all make good subjects for designs for working such carriage “trappings.” TABLE LINEN FRINGES AND STARCH. One sees many funny and absurd ideas pro- mulgated nowadays in the way of advice on various themes. An “experienced” house keeper, for instance, advises “beginners” not to have fringes on napkins, as after starching and ironing they become such a trial for tem- — in unraveling that they seldom look well. ho nowadays has table linen starched, any- way? At least, enough to make the fringes troublesome, Certainly an experienced house keeper should have learned that no starch to speak of should be ever used for table linen— many prefer none, Then for towels and nap- kins may be used s wire brush—the ordinary hair bi which will, with little difficult; § it Hi ? int fe ih | t iY si HH i t ] ie i i THE iF fi iti F i i g F E } i i good for a frame for These may be bound with it on dull gimp, with threads of gold silver running throw, A Burseries especially Take feotive: novel decorations at holight oxponee. NEW PUBLICATIONS, 4 HAND BOOK OF THE TARIFF ON IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES; the Free and Bond Warehouse 8) stem N. New York: Baker, Voorbis & ‘ington: W. H. Lowdermilk & Co. WITH FIRE AND SWORD. historical novel of Poland and Russia. By HENRYK SERN wa. ‘Trausiated from the Polish by Jerem: Hin. Boston: Lite, Brown and Company. Washington: Brentano's, MIDNIGHT TALKS AT THECLUB. By Amos K. , Howard & Bulbert. Fiske. New York: Ford: Washington: Wm. Batlanty: NATURE'S SERIAL STORY. By RowannP. Row ‘New York: Dodd, Mead & Company's Library THE STATESMAN’S YEAR BOOK: Statistical and Historical Annual the States of the World ited by J. Scort Keune, 1 phical Society, : MacMillan & Co THE LIFE OF GEORGE H. STUART. Written by Himself. Edited by Kosrxr £.tts THOMPSON, D.D. Philadelphia: J. M. Stoddard & Co. THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HIS. TORY: 1660-1783. By Captain A. T. Maman, U.S.N. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Washington: Brentano's. THE CORSICAN BROTHERS: A Tale of Corsica. By ALExaxvex Dowas. Philadelphia; T. B. Patterson & Brother. AGNES: A Story of the Streets. By Lovts Pact KImBY. Chicago: Laird £ Lee, om Has Texas a Penal Code? Gen. Roger A. Pryor of New York and T. J. McMinn of Texas, as attorneys for Richard Duncan, filed an important application for habeas corpus before the Supreme Court of the United States Monday. Duncan is under sentence of death for murder at Eagle Pass, Tex. The application for the writ is based on the claim that the penal laws of Texas were never enacted. The matter bas gone over to the October term of the court, the sentence of Duncan being suspended in the meantime. The point involved is ® most important one, as on it will depend the sentence of a great many more persons under trial or sentence for capi- tal offenses, The ground on which they claim that the mal code is not validis the action of the jouse of representatives of the Texas legis- lature at the time of the codification of the criminal laws of the state in referring different sections of the proposed law to different select committees, instead of referring the whole sub- ject to one committee, as provided by the joint rules of the legislature, and further in failing to consider the matter in the house for three days separately, as specially provided in the act creating the commission which prepared the codification. Written for Tar E: The Charm of Pleasant Sounds, Among the blessings that God bath bestowed, To cheer and help us in our daily rounds And make soft music all along the road, Count that of pleasant sounds. The drip of rain just at the winter's close, When all the earth grows warm and moisture- steeped; The splash of April drops through snow, and rows Of branches biossom-beaped; The liquid notes of song-birds when the Day Parts back the shadows from her violet skies, As midway of her journey pauses May, With sunny, smiling eyes; ‘The song of summer zephyrs in the morn ‘That stir like silken wings amidst the wheat, Or send faint laughter down the aisles of corn, Like fairy-music sweet; ‘The baliads of the placid streams that sweep Through sun 6nd shade as oceanward they flee, ‘The purling of the meadow brouks, aud deep Grand voices of the sea; ‘The happy chirping in the hedges brown; ‘The sylvan wuisperings where'er you pass, As if you heard the flecting summer's gown Stir lightly in the grass, What should we miss, our life-long journey through (in all our dui/es and our daily rounds), (Of tranquil giad . oss if we never knew ‘The charm of pleasant sounds. Hatrig WaerTNey. 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