Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1890, Page 8

IN A PAWNBROKER’S. Where Money was Raised on Jew- elry and Other Valuables. ——_—_— ALL SORTS OF CUSTOMERS The Changes im the Business—Society People Who Pledge Their Belong- Wedding Ring— LEASE, sir. can I get $3 on this?” aker was & woman with a tattered dress and a pale, careworn face. and she was standing behind the littie screen in @ pawnbroker’s office on Pennsylvania avenue that obscures the unfortunates who are forced to raise money on personal property The from the outside world. As she finished speaking she took from off the third fin: her left hand a broad, plain gold ring and held it forward in a half hesitating sort of a way as though she were loth to part with it. “It is my wedding ring.” sho went on. addressing tho man who stood behind the counter, must have mo: Pay my room re will be turned out of doors. This ix the last Piece of jewelry I have in the world, and I feel | | a8 soon as the; 2 HER LAST PIFCE OF JEWRLRY. as though I would sooner part with my life than give it up forever.” But the man behind the counter told her in aa gentle a manner as possible that he was not conducting a pawn shop now and only bought and sold goods. “Of course.” he said. “if you desire to sell it i will give you its worth as old gold. Three dollars and twenty cents,” he continned, as he took the ring from a small seale near by. ‘What! sell My wedding ring for $3.20! Why, it is worth ten million times that amount.” So replacing the ring on her finger she leit the office. Tura- ing to a Stax reporter who stood near the ex- wnb-oker said: “No business in the world a greater field for studying human natnre than the pawnbroker business, and I might venture to without fear of contradiction that no one hears so many tales of desolation and despair as the man who stands behind the counter and aivances money on personal prop- erty. Nota day goes by but that we hear some itiable story, aud really a man must have a eae of stone to withstand some of the xppeai which these people mi But our business not contined to the poorer classes alone. No; not by a large majority. For I have among my patrons many people prominent in society ire! Why, look at these, for instance,” he continued, as he drew from a safe near bya small plush box in which a pair of large dia- mond ear rings spurkied. -‘Tlese belong to one of the most prominent society women in Was: ington; but, of course, I cannot tell you her name. Now, these eer rings probably cost when new about 22.000. They were pledged before this new pawnbrokers’ law went into effect, and up to the present time, as you see, have not been redeemed nor even the interest vat I will not sell them and she knows it. You see, where I know parties I never sell any- thing that they have left with me until after I first notify them. You cannot imagine what a varied assortment of articles are brought here to be pledged every day. One man wants to pledge @ pair of suspenders with gold buckles; snother a silk negligee shirt; a third brings in ® pair of worn-out shoes; a woman probably comes in with a dress; some one wants some money advanced on some toreign coins. So you sees mau to bes essful pawn- broker must not only be keen in a general y, but must have au accurate idea of the value of almost everrthing. Just at this season of the year,” continued the ex-pawnbroker, “iadies are pawning their sealskin coats. You see there isa double advantage in pawning a seal- skin coat in the summer time, for you not only insure them against moths, but you get the use of probably one-third of the money they But come in the back room,” he continued, ‘a1 Iwill show you some of the things that are pledged. Understand everything in here was Faroe before the new pawnbrokers’ law went to effect and these have never been redeemed, Had I continued in the business under the new law this room would have been crowded toa muuch greater extent.” ‘THE BUNDLE Room. Through « little swinging door the reporter found himself in adark room crowded with shelve,s from which protruded bundies, each bearing a little tag with numbers upon them, These bundles, so the dealer informed the contained wearing apparel. On top of the shelves were clocks. guus. cornets, musical instruments of all kinds and several old beavers, one of which was the property of an ex-Congressman. Through another little door at the end of the bundle room the reporter found himself in what the dealer termed his cloak roo Here at least 100 seal skin cloaks, frora th ort visite to the long dolman, were arranged in regular order, covered with a long black cloth. A strong odor of camphor per- meated the atmosphere and not even a ftv, much less a moth, could be seen about the room. “You see we have to be very carefal about these goods. ined the dealer, ‘and every day we have a man dust them.” There were ether cloaks in this room, but for the most part it was taken up by the seal skins. THE JEWELRY Sarr. Emerging ouce more into the stcre proper the reporter found himself before a large safe, in whi a the jewelry was kept. Swinging back the heavy doors and opening a number of drawers marked consecutively the reporter thought fora moment he was dreaming and was in King Solomon's mines, for before him, Squeezing each other out of place, he beheld bandreds of watches, gold and silver, open and b case, some with iuitialson them and itifully engraved. and all bearing a tell-tale ticket commencing with the number Pl Near by was a drawer given up exclusively to other precious stones. and there the unlucky opal, glistening with all the colors of the rainbow, lay side by side with rabies, garnets, emeralds and other precious stones. It was a beautifal sight and the effect was heightened bya ray of sunlight which came through the window «nd fell upon the gems. Below the drawer wiich contained tho Precious stones was the chain drawer, and here all manner and shapes Of gold chains could be found, some bearing lockets in which were traces of hair, no doubt remembrauces of de- parted ones, A¥ OLD CURIOSITY SHOP. In another compartment of ths safe was an- Other drawer given up exclusively to old goid and silver. but ithad no interest for the re- jorter,so he moved on behind the counter. Jere he found a veritable old curiosity shop, with music boxes, Bibles, silver-mounted coflin handies and even an inscription plate froma cottin bearing the obliterated name of some poor unfortunate, Ina pitsh noticed a medal handsomely gotten up and presented to one of th who guardedGen. Logan's tomb for dal at the lowest estimate cost about . male.” It had been sold ontr: t4. Referring tothe medal the d People make a great mistake in giving medals to poor people. Low uh better it would be to give thent money in the first place, for they will seil them just get pushed for monoy. Now, I show you in my safe at least fitty medals nalso give you a ree of at least three imes that number that have.been meited up a came from people who had received them at school. But there, you have seon the ni important things I have here.” So the1e- porter bowed himself out. thinking thet if exch article in that establisument could teil its own tale of sorrow what a sad, sad novel it would make. REFRIGERATORS AND ICE. Some Facts About One and Seasonable Observations Concerning the Uther. FGETWEEN refrigerators and ice there exist conditions similar to those between a guardian and his ward. The retrig- erator holds a protectoral interest over ice, so to speak, and just at this time when the iump Jeft in front ia the early morning is so youthful in size the guardian should have ite ward in bond without delay d keep it with a tender, jealous care, An ice man chops off piece” now said to be worth so much when the patron isa “small consumer.” The price of this piece, it is alleged, is at present no higher than last year, but somehow or other the picce itself appears to be a good deal smaller. The reputed advance in cost of jage to market from the ice fields seems, ‘ore, to be met, not by an increase in of the picee, butby a simple diminution m the quantity of the ‘article, to which no careless, improvident houre keeper is expected to object. ‘Lhe “large consumer,” however. taking say 100 pounds at a time. is expected to pay a little highe ice being weighe There beimg no the seale crop Inst season and freight remaining the same there i8 no reason to charge more on their account or excuse for causing them to indicate a less number of pounds to the hundred weight; ence the enhance: price of ice when weighed. The natural appeal, therefore. is to THE REFRIGERATOR, the driver of the ice wagon being proud and detiant. Aside from the fact that a refrigerator isthe best preservator of ica it isone of the most importunt articles of the household, often ying tor itself in one season. But for what- arpose it is used it should be kept per- tectly clean, a matter house keepers too often neglect. Cleanliness is as necessary to the economy of ice kept in it as for the preserva- tion of food placed there, A zink-lined reirig- erator, which is the be hould be washed out thorougiily three times a week at least in sum- mer. For this soap and water with a little ammonia in it shouid be used, using a pointed stick to get into the crevices. Or a few drops of niter put in clear cold water will auswer, which will reduce the temperature and kee the interior sweet and clean, Vinegar an water will take any stains off the zinc. The refrigerator should be thorougiily dried before placing anything back into it, Nothimg warm Should be put into a refrigerator, as it is sure to injure some sensitive articie of food. Th is how many good matrous make mistakes andthen abuse the refrigerator, the ice man and everybody but themselves, Tho retrig- erator should never be without ice, Many people buy ice in small quantities twice a day, morning and ‘afternoon, but the best and most economical is to get 100 pounds or a block of ice ata time, and if ¢ 16 does not care to go to the expense of buying a large ice chest A HOME-MADE BEFRIGERATOR can be easily and inexpensively constructed and used to a great advantage if there isa cellar to the house, Two dry goods boxes can be had of almost any merchant, one of which should be about two or three inches smaller than the other all around. The iarger one should be set on bricks or castors for conve- nience in moving aboat, and a hole bored in oue corner and an inclination arranged to that corntr so as to throw the water into a drip- ping pan immediately under the aperture. sting upon cleats nailed to the bottom of the arger box inside should be the smaller one with its bottom forated with holes, This box can be made high enough to admit a frame for holding meats, just above the ice, which will relieve the regular refrigerator. Nothing whatever should rest on the ice—it poils meats, getables flavor the is not necessary to pack between the boxe: an additional protection in the way of an ice blanket might be thrown over the boxes after the lids, which should be put on both boxes with hinges, are shut down. A slid plock of ice may be put into the home-made ice box or into sizes for the refrigerator, Aun ordina tub, in the absence of boxes, is a fair ice- g receptacle, Place some: % on the bottom for the ice to rest upon eud wrap the ice in a blanket, covering the tub over with another blanket or piece of carpet, and it wili keep well. SOMETHING ABOUT KEEPING ICE, A very little negligence causes the waste of a great deal of ice. There are two important features to be considered in keeping ice—it one is able these days to buy enough to bother about trying to keep—tirst to keep it entirely covered with a non-conducting material and second to keep it as dry as possible. The larger the piece the longer it will keep, of course—the smallest size lump that will hold out twenty-four honrs under the best condi- tious being about 15 pounds. A small piece of ice will keep some time if put in a piece of flannel or mousquetaire netting stretched across a bowl or pitcher, especially if a piece of flgnnel is laid over the ico, A ‘large number of house keepers throw away the sulted ice which comes pacaed around freezers of ice cream sent out by c! ‘ & > afectioners, This can largely be saved by simp'y washing in clean, cold water, and may be us i sjuuu as well im the water pitcher as elec: eee WILL VISIT ENGL» Prince Bismarck Conter: There Soon, Berlin Dispatch to the London Sta: Prince Bixymarck intends to v.sit England with his wife shortly and spend the greater pert of his stay there with his English friends at their country seats, as the social fatigues which he could hardly eseape if he lived in Lon- don would be too severe, ‘The prince’s health is now excellent. Plenty of exercise in the open ar has done hima Breat deal of good, and his amiability and cheerful disposition are as marked as ever they were. Ihe Hamburg ladies, who often visit Friedrichsrub, are delighted with his pleasant muanners. A dozen of these excursionists, all young and most of them pretty, went there the other day and surrounded him on his way to the station. One of them banded him an exquisite bouquet of moss roses and lilies of the valley, which he accepted with evident pleasure and showed to his wife, whom he met at the station and saw off on a Short visit to Hamourg. He talked with ail the ladies and shook hands with them on taking leave. He has several guests at Friedrichsruh, but it is doubtful if he will receive any more journal- ists. At the same time he will continue to re- fute any false stories circulated about him, and for this purpose will retain the Hamburger Nachricten as his mouthpiece. ses-- The Inutility of Grammar, From the Dawson News, In a locality near Dawson there recently existed a flourishing school, taught by a lady. The teacher, wishing one of her pupils to study grammar, told the child to get one, whereupon plates a Trip the mother sent the following note to the teacher: ALL SHOULD LEARN. The Advantages of Being Able to Swim. BUT SMALL CHANCES HERE. How the Small Boy Steals His Swim— Confidence the Principal Require- ment—In a Swimming School—Ladies as Swimmers, ——— HE boy who sat around in ‘the sun after a swim so that hair would pass the muster of tho maternal eye when he reached home is nota rare exception. There aren great many boys of larger or smaller growth who resort to n dodge of this kind or remember perfectly well when they felt obliged to do so, It was hardly a logical position assu:ned by the mother, but at is neither here nor there. Women are not y logieal to be effective. In fact, they e them and demolish the arga- led opponent at the very time that they are least logical. Of course they wanted and do still want their boys to loarn how to swim. At the same time they do not want them to go into the water, The po- sition isan admirable one from a fenunine standpoint. As a result the boys dry their hair in thesun and the mothers are free from anx- iety. The mother of the avernge boy, how- ever, represents a large constituency, There isa fear, a dread of water, so general as to be almost universal. ‘Tho ‘treacherous sea” is an expression that is used in literature whether a smiling or angry expanse of water is being described. ft is nat- ural for people to be timid abont the water unless they have been brought up on the shore of the ocean or some lake or river and their occupation has been mainly on the water. It is this fear of the water, this timidity, that is the reason swimming has been elevated to an art, Agreatmnany people, in fact the large roportion, are unable to swim. They would like to know how, but they find it difficult to learn. The experts tell them that they don’t have to learn how, all that is necessary is to swim. In other words the professors of the art of swimming say that ail fs needed to make a person to swim is confidence. The average boy bas this quality in abundance, and so it is not necessary for him tobe taught. But when he gets older he has little mind to become the food of fishes, and so he keeps well near shore and within sounding distance of the bottom. BOYS STEALING A SWIM. In this city, where there are good facilities for swimming as far as the water provided by nature is concerned, there are comparatively few who enjoy the sport. There is a preja- dice against secing nude forms along the banks of the river or of Rock creek. As there are no bath houses of course it 18 not convenient to wear bathing suits aud the result is that practically no one swims here except the small boy. He appears on the scene as soon as the warm weather only abandons this sport when winter ap- roaches. He bathes at any time of the day. He is not particular about hours or even [noes providing he can getaswim. But the law, which, in this instance, supplements to some extent the commands of the parent, pro- hibit bathing within the city limits. The smali boy has neither a proper regard for tho city ordinances or a bathing suit, still he goes in when he happens to strike the river. A group of boys sporting in the water is a spectacle comes and that is full of animation. The dives, the du the water battles and ’ the combat over the clothes—all there little incidents are strangely familiar to the grown-up boy. ‘The youngsters are having lots of fun. ‘They swim like ducks, They are not afraid of water. When they learned to swim it would perhaps be difficult for most of them to tell. If you asked them how to swim they would no more answer your question than those that they are expected to answer the next day at school, They are, however, ‘‘on to the police,” as they say, and when these guardians of the law make a descent upon the scene of innocent pleasure they manage to be out of reach, although, of course, their clothes are within the reach of the law. But what are clothes? The police bout patrols the river front dui the bathing season and with the assistance of the officers on shore they probably interrupt a good many bathing parties, NO CHANCE FOR THE MLS, It is hardly necessary to say that while the boys are thus enjoying this sport in epite of the law the girls of this city aro obliged to wait until they go away from home to take a plunge in the water. There is no swimming place for them in this city andit is ashame that there is notsome provision of this kind. There are a great many ladies who have become ex- pert swimmers. Thoy have acquired the art during their summer stay at sea shore and lake side. Itis now fashionable for women to know how to swim and swimming schools are am vogue in the various largo cities of the country, It is common enough to hear of the champion female swimmer. There are many women who become very ex- pert in the water. As a rule they are more agile then men; their movements are more graceful. After the art has been acquired to excel involves great physical endurance and strength, and in contests of this charecter the men are apt to win, But as far as grace is con- cerned there is no movement so attractive as an expert lady swimmer making a dive. The —_—— artist has endeavored to do justice to the sub- ject, and to those who are not familiar with what women are doing this may seem to be an impossible position for any lady to attain with success. But they doit nevertheless and look extremely graceful, and then come up after the plunge shaking their heads like a wi ter spaniel and smiling 18 SWIMMING SCHOOLS, For beginners there is a broad belt which goes round the body, with a ring in the back. , which is eit Ergin Stef pl Te pep 0 first ition is to He flat in the water, with the seen om out in front and the palms of the hands —f FIRST POSITION. in one or two lessons, then the belt is taken off, aeork jacket adjusted under the arms and the first attempt is made at an independent swim, This is the method employed in the swim- ming schools, where the pupils insist that they must be taught. The theory. however, is maintained that there is nothing to learn, thatitisas natural fora manor woman to swim as itis fora dog. The only reason that human beings struggle and finally go down in the water unless help comes is that they are afraid, They Inck confidence, Every man aud every woman has the power to swim if they only think so. SRCOND POSITION. Probably the most expert swimmer in this city is Mr. Edward A, Moseley, the sccretary of the interstate commerce commission. He swims for tle pleasure of it and takes keen de- light in being in the water. He is not only a master of the art himself but he has been of assistauce to others who are obliged to learn how toswim. He is very enthusiastic in re- gard to ladies acquiring this art. He thinks that the great difticulty with those who don't know how to awim {s lack of confidence. He believes, therefore, that the first lesson to be given. and especially in the caso of ladies, is to teach them not to be afraid in the water. This is accomplished, in his opinion, by enabling them to acquire THE ART OF FLOATING. To lie on one's back in the water appears to be a fent rather difficult to accomplish, But it isnot so in fact. The body is lighter than the water, and when the lungs are inflated and the body is under water, with the exception of the face, floating is an accomplished fact. Mr. Moseley would first teach the novice how to float. When this art is acquired, then a person feels contident that he can't go to the bottom, for if in attempting to swim one becomes weary all that is neces- sary is to turn over and float. In learn- ing to float it is not necessary for the beginner to go into deep water. A friend can be of as- sixtance in the early stages by placing a hand under the back and giving the necessary sup- port until the proper position in the water 1s secured, An accomplished swimmer can rest as much at ease when floating as if in an arm chair at his Nome. As an eaay method of learn- ink how to swim flonting is commended to the attention of the novice. WHY GIRLS SHOULD LEARN To SWIM. The advantages of the exercise of swimming for girls is conceded. A gir! will stand, walk, run and even dance better for being aswimmer. In the action of swimming there are muscles brought into piay in the thighs and lower part of the back that are exercised by no other sport, and this adds groatly to the strength and grace of the figure. A word about bathing costumes, terial that will not cling to figure when wet, such as flannel, serge, bunting or mohair is always in vogue, and blue and white are the usual colors. According to one authority, the height of fashion for a suit of this sort is one _ 4 black sil trimmed with rows of silk ri Some ma- c ai Ponenetcrnense . WATCHING JOCKEYS, A Way Proposed to Make Good Even Starts, From Turf, Field and Farm, As every jockey in an important race where the distance is under a mile goes tothe post with emphatic instructions to get off in front, the starter has plenty to try his patience where fields aro large. Some jockeys hang back in hopes of breaking through with a running start, and others are continually in front. The field is seattered over a good deal of ground, and the starter waits in vain for an opportunity togetit bunched before throwing the flag. ‘The starts are straggling, aud owners, trainers and backers are filled with disappointment and soreness of spirit, Two or three years ago the Finnegan inven- tion—a start from portable stalls—was tried at San Francisco and abandoned. A substitute for it has been suggested, Erect a high porta- ble fence a few yards back of the starting line and compel every jockey to keep belind a mark drawn across the track. ‘Tus will bunch the field and better enable the starter to pun- igh the jockeys who cause trouble and delay. le willbe relieved of watching the ones that hang back, and with his eyes fixed on those who rash away in advance of the signal will know for a certuinty who to fine and suspend, Asa matter of course, wherever a device of this kind is used, the track will have to be made wide enough to allow all the horses to come abreast. The widening of the track will entail expense on some of the jockey clubs, but the question of expeuse should not stand in the way of improvement. The important matter is to ‘give satisfaction to owners and the public. When a start is made away from the judges’ stand a member of the executive committee should attend and officially note all that occurs, This will inspire general confidence, eae Smuggling Jewels From Mexico. Commenting upon evidence in a recent smuggling case tried in San Antonio, Tex., District Attorney Evans told his experience in the trial of men charged with bringing goods across the border without having paid duty, ~The government,” he said, “might as well abolish the duty on jewelry and precious stones, so far as its value along the Mexican border is concerned, Great quantities of such are brought into this country, but itis very seldom that duty is paid on them. Of course, the smaller an article is the easier it is to escape detection. Fine jewelry and precious stoncs are safely smuggied on this account, and quite a number of the smugglers are known to the custom house officials, who, however, cannot be detected. “Men and women almost known to have jew- els in their possession are stopped and searched, but nothing dutiable is revealed. A thousand dollars’ worth of precious stones might be hid- den under a plaster. False pockets in clothes and wearing apparel are common, 1 do not believe that as many precious stones as form- erly are brought from Mexico, but there is Bicaty ot Mexican jewelry smuggled into the nited States, —————_-e+___ A Penny Cure for Slang. She was @ very nice-looking girl; she had CROSSING THE ANDES. A Race With the Grip Among the Towering Southern Peaks, AMONG THE MOUNTAINEERS. Adventures in a Journey From Pera to Bolivia—Primitive Mode of Life—Dit- ficulties of Traveling—Where Horses Cc t Live, ———_—_ Special Correspondence of Tae Evexixe Star. La Paz, Bonivia, June 1. a E HAVE been fleemg, far and fast, yyypbetore the dreaded grip, but with in- \gi gaifferent sucecss, it was hoped that the indetatigable traveler which has nearly cireumuayigated the globe might some- how miss South America, but like a thief in the night it came, appearing simultancously on both sides of the contineut, in Buenos Ayres, Valparaiso and Lima, coon making sad havoc in all the coast cities, Stopping awhile in Areqnipa.a lovely old city in eastorn Pera, it happered one day that the whole garrison of wretched soldiers fell down as one man under the stera grasp of the grip. Then we fled to Bolivia, the geeat but almost unknown republic that lies cornerwiso between t, Brazil, the Argentine oommtry and Chili, in the vain hope that the disease might expend its force near sea level and not cross the intervening cordilleras of the Andes, the seven successive walls, snow topped and sky piercing, with the deserts and great lake that lie between, A RACE WITH THE GnrP. Leaving the eternal summer of Arequipa in the morning we took mid-day lunch in a snow- storm nearly 15,000 feet above the sea, and the some vightreached Puno, the last town in Peru, on the western edge of Luke Titicaca, at the height of about 12,500 feet, But the grip went faster than we, and two days after we arrived in Puno that town was almost as bad as Are- quipa, Crossing Lake Titicaca, the highest navi- gabio water on the face of the earth, as well ag the coldest, stormiest and most disagreeable, whose “Sacred Islands” of the long dead Incas yet show their rnined temples of san worship and moon worship, we came to La Paz, the melancholy city, which is not really the capital of Bolivia, though at present its seat of govern- ment. But ono fine mornmg we awakened to he knowledge that fully seventy-five per cent of the city’s population were wrestling with the scour; There was but one way of escape, to run away into the interior, beyond the borders of civiliza- tion and almost beyond the haunts of man. ‘There is but one such pathway leading out of La Paz, except in the direction from whence came the enemy, and that is to tho tropical valley of Yungas, where are raised most of Bolivia's cocoa and coffee, fruits, wines and usar. An arriero or muleteer was quickly engaged, who supplied a mule for each person and several for carrying our beds, provisions, hampers and other luggage; a mozo or man servant was taken in tow, and carly one morning the flight into Egypt began, But alas! The enemy from which we fled went with us, in the throat of the arricro. The second day out he developed the grip in its worst form, which s peed ‘tq into pneumonia, We were compelied to teave the poor fellow at # farm house, after doing all that was possible for his comfort, leaving medicines and money with the people who took him in charge; but in iittle more than a week he was dead, A MOUNTAIN ROAD. ‘The round trip between the cities of La Paz and Chulmunani, the latter being the capital of the department of Yung: distance of about 272 Yankee miles, reck+ oned by reducing the Bolivian league, which i8 6,100 English yards, Though most of the products that ate used in and ex- ported from Bolivia come from the narrow Yungas valley, and though the government aunually expends a large sum on leged road thereto, the only highway of centuries is mostly a narrow trail, cut round and round the edges of the mountains, sometimes zigzagging toand tro over their perpendicular faces, like the tacking of a ship, in ged where neither man nor mule could walk, straight up like a fly on the wall. But few places are wider than barely to allow two mules to walk abreast and many miles of it compel single-file processions, Horses are never used on this journey, for they cannot survive the rapid change between the regions of eternal suow and perpetual summer.” While a horse might possibly reach the lowlands, if sufi- ciently sure footed, on the retarn he wouid surely die of sirroche, which in reality is heart failure brought on by lack of oxygen in the air. Mules are employed instead and the sturdy little donkeys of the Indians, hundreds of them being constantly on the road laden with every imagmable commodity. Llamas, those strange animals that are found only in the Andes, are also used as beasts of burden in the mountains, but as they cannot live below a seis elevation they are never seen near sea level, ‘The wonder is that any road at all could ever have been made in these stupendous heights, On the first dey out, about eighteen miles from La Paz and 4,000 feet above it, the highest point is attained, called Alto de! Cruz, which is 2,400 feet higher than the very top of Pike's Peak, or about 16,000 feet nearer the stars than youare at home, The “Alto” extends almost on a dead level for seven miles before a grad- ual descent begins. At any time of year the traveler away up here is apt to encounter a snow storm, the big, round flakes that look like hail melting as they fall, wetting his garments throngh and through, while a sting- ing wind chills him to the marrow. In addi- tion to the usual program a thunder storm wa: thrown in for our entertainment, lightning laying in the clouds below’ and hol- low echoes reverbcrating from peak to peak, Of course our animals suffered severely and were obliged to halt every few moments, panting painfully, while we, between the wet and bitter cold, had not a breath to spare with which to urge them onward, A GHASTLY eloHT, To add tothe general melancholy of this most desolate spot, we passed the body of a dead man lying prone across the road. with glassy eyes staring up tothe cheerlesssky. Whether he had been murdered or had died from natu- ral causes we dared not pause to investigate, for if the former the finders of the corpsé might be held for months in La Paz to give tes- timony in the slow process of the Bolivian courts, A numbcr-of Indians had Just dis- covered the unfortunate and to their care we left him. From time immemorial these lonely moun- tains have been infested with bands of high- the al- bright eyes that gleamed alike with fun and| Waymen, who murder even the poor Indian determination. She had on a pretty brown dress, her gloves fitted her perfectly, and she wore the daintiest of brown straw hats, says the Ladies’ Home Journal. She paid her fare in | those o! the street car, and as she closed her purse with ry she said: ‘I'm getting very tired of it, and I don’t intend to allow myself to indul; in it any longer.” She was tired of hearing a girl say she was ‘dead stuck” on a young man when she meant she thought he was very pleasant, But it was a bad habit, and a bad habit is more easily gotten than gotten rid of. How- ever, they are doing it; they formed a little “anti ng band” —each time a slang word is used a penfty is dropped in the slot of an earthenware savings box that cost just a penny, andevery girl is put on her honor to keep ac- count when she isaway and to duly attend to her debts, ——+ee_____ Mls First Vistt, Don’t You Know. From the Chicago Tribune, A Chicago lawyer who recently returned from @ voyage across the Atlantic tells this: “One of the voyagers back was a young man from one of the universities of England. He was the most thoroughly book-posted young man I eversaw. And he knew his own coun- try as well. He was a delightful companion so long as he confined himself to his books and bis country. But about everything on his return to Yungas from the sale of his little crop of cocoa for the sake of the few dol- lars his f year's work bas gained. The In- dian ee pride though less numerons than lighter color and more cowaraly, are much more to be dreaded, for they do not fight openly, but skulk like snakes behind the rocks and throw stones at your head from a sling with unerring accuracy of aim, Their own battles with one another are always fought with stones and slings a la David and Go- liath and very seldom does an Indian fail to being down his man. Sometimes, after un- usual atrocities have been perpetrated, troops a sent out to hunt down the assas- sins, and then for a time comparative safety is insured. A general robber hunt had been made shortly before our journey, in which a large number was captured, and, as soldiers were still continuing the search, we no occasion for fear. In the prison at Chulumani we saw nine of the newly oaens a of whom were women, and a more ous-looking it were hard to find, weed SEEN OX THE ROAD, On the first day’s ride from La Paz, though one is unused to the saddle, the extraordinary altitude and the terrible roads, 88 miles must be made to reach a sleeping place, the only al- ternative being a night in open air, At in- highway the geverameut ber seca riaseaent nm shelter for men and beast to be are called tambos (fac-similes irs | there, mixed with a good deal of rice, various seeds and vegetabics, prominent which are onions. all made hotter than 80 many spoonfuls of live coals by means of red peppers amd aji, Itis the national dish of Delive, among all classes, high and low, and thousands of families subsist entirely upon it. Of course the chy varies from bad to worse according to what the cook is able to put into it, but is really “not half bad.” as the English say, when one gets used to it, Sometimes another dish is added to the menu, bat. asa rule. if you are so unreasonable as to imitate Oliver Twist in calling for more, You must supply it from your own stores, LUXURIOUS QUARTERS. Now and then one finds a tambo which boasts the rare luxury (in these parts) of wooden floors, but generally mother earth serves that Purpose. Each room is furnished with a dirt- coated deal table, a bench or two, and perhaps achair may be had for the asking. Most of them contain the barest outlines of u bedstead, made of poles lashed together and “corded up” with rawhide thongs. But these are such abominations in the way of rolling toward the and of being infested with every of bugs known to beds, that the - perienced traveler prefers the floor, with notu- han fleas for company. rally long after dark before one d his tambo and thrown himself down, thoroughly exhausted, while the mozo and muletcer attend to the animals and bring inside the Inggage, eaddles and all, By and by an Indian slouches in, ged and dirty beyond degree; or a bare- legged boy who has apparently all his life entertained the aversion of a mad dog for water—who proceeds to haul out the dirty table and to spread upon it, without a cloth between, whatever may have been prepared in the line of food. The vig bowl of chup® is sure to be steaming hot, not to mention its aji: and if any other dish is fur- nished, it is served asa separate course, with all the’ ceremony of a presidential banquet, coffee coming in after the rest is removed. Bread you must bring or go without; butter isnot to be thought of, and it will be well if your hamper contains a few such luxuries, by the way of change. as canned beef, deviled ham and dulcies. Throughout the valley of the Yungns boiled bananas are extensively used place of bread and make a palatable and nour- ishing substitute. Soon as the meal is concinded nothing is to be thought of but needed rest. The Indies re- tire to their apartment, the gentlemen to theirs; the arricro and mozo lay themselves down on guard outside the door; the muies are tethered not many vards away (they probably occupy an adjoining apartment, precisely like your own, barring the beds and tables), and everybody sleeps the dreamless sleep of the | weary until aroused next morning by the watchful arriero at the first glimmer of dawn- ing. THE MORNING, Then one’s troubles begin afresh. For ex- ample, such an article as a wash bow! is an un- known quantity on the roadto Yungas, After raising sufficient riot in Spanish, English and Indian, a wooden bowl may be brought, hold- ing # gallon or more of water, in which all the guests of the inn are expected to lave in turn, gallantry giving the first chance to the ladies. Soap and towels one must provide for himself or go without, About the time youare in the most embar- tassing part of your toilet the ragged Indian or unwashed-urchin of the night before comes in without the preliminary of knocking and calmly proceeds to spread the festive board with desayuno, or the early breaktast of the couatry, which consists of nothing on earth but bitter coffee without milk, unless you choose to add to it a butterless lump of your own bread. This swallow shiveringly in the ale morning twilight of the mountains; and aving paid as much for the entertainment as for the same length of time ina New York hotel, the males are brought up, and again you sally forth, thanking heaven for having pre- served vouthus far, but feeling extremely doubtful as to the future. Almuerzo, or sec- ond breakfast, consisting also of chupe and coffee, is sure to be found somewhere along the road between 10 and 2 o'clock, and by that time your appetite is “sharp eet” enough to enjoy it. A portion of the highway to Yungas’ capital is a mere foot path running through the coffee groves of) private plantations, and between orange and lime trees crowded so closely tozether as to rake off our hats with their branches and render imminent the fate of Absalom. The lower hillsides are mostly laid out in terraced slopes for the cultiva- tion of cocoa, the great industry of the valley, Except in two or three villages there are few habitationss in all this distance but those of Indians—these latter are generally of airiest structure, being poles stuck into the ground, thatched with grass and walled with giant fern leaves closely inter- woven, ‘Where every prospect pleases and ouly man is vile,” might well be sung of Yun- was. PURSUED AND CAPTURED. There are many grottoes or miniature cav- erns by the wayside, formed by springs or waterfalls forcing their way through heaped-up boulders, where every inch of rock is thickl; covered with the most beautiful mosses au; delicate maiden-hair ferns, overhung by gigan- tic fronds and brilliant flowers, Passing one of these we saw inside a number of half-naked In- dian women washing their clothes in the clear cascade, while their lazy lords sat by circulat- ing sundry jugs and bottles among themselves. It tema | at the moment that the doctor and I were lagging in the rear, and as we rode by the customary ‘Buenos dias” (good day) on our part, avd “Ma Ma” on theirs were exchanged—the latter word not mean- iug mother, as might be inferred, but in Quichua language a token of greeting and respect, To our surprise up sprang three of the Indians calling on us to stop, and who, in spite of all our efforts at speed, kept almost within reach of us. Up hill aad down we went a mile or more, until, in a particularly bad piece of road where the narrow trail had not only the usual precipice on one side and wall of rock on the other, but turned an abrupt curve that hid us from sight of our companions, we were stopped short by the hand of an Indian grasping the bridle of each mule, Naturally we imagined them to be part of the robber gang, but while the doctor fumbled in his saddle bags for a pistol, which wasn't the third Indian, with the lowest of salaams, held up a bottle and tiny lass and ‘humbly insisted on drinking ailths with us. To resist their drunken caprice would have been folly, so we both put the dirty glass to our lips with due cere- mony and “Salud” (to your health), of course without tasting the beverage. whatever it may have been, and then, whipping up our weary nags, we tossed some small coin to the con- vivial Quichuas, and left them happy by the wayside. Fannie B. Wann. The Collegiate Education, rs rag- | 86.00, #0. 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