Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1891, Page 7

‘ HELEN. WRITTEN EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE EVENING STAR BY CONSTANCE HAMILTON. 66S THIS MY AUNT HELEN? AMT REALL like ber «bel Mortumore looked lon before her and then sely at the port: Ito survey herself in a long oval mirror | sat hung on the opposite wall. She made a retty pictare as ood there, the dark ¢ and room forming ground for the slender, girlish figure in the soft white gown streaming through the low windows burs great fireplace and played with the golden tints inher soft brown hair. Yes, there was almost a startling resmblance between the face in the picture and the oue reflected in the mirror. It was Mabel’s first visit toher father’s home, had been born in the gay city of Paris. Since her birth her fa' had only crossed the Atlantic on flying trips, never bringing his fo | more | thi adirons in the | | the doorw: he seemed to belong more to the older people than to the young folks. ' “Well, the days rolled by and rumors of war hick and fast. All the young men in the y were fired with enthusiasm and has- ed to form various militia companies. Fred was captain of a troop of terrmy foe looked andsome than before in his gray uni- form. One day there came news that the first biood bad been shed at Bull Run. The call for | troops was quickly answered from our county the next day was one of busy ratio Doron the following day the troopewere to march, That night wo were all sitting around the fire in the hall, the excitement of the hurried aration waa over and we were all sadly think- g of the coming parting and hardly daring to ik what might happen before we met n. Suddenly the silence was brokea the sound of horses’ hoofs then a step on the porch. ‘an’ cried Nell, asahe flew to meet him. With one accord we rose to our feet und stood look- ing surprised askance at the picture framed by ¥, Against the black night—a tall figure in the ‘uniform of a Union officer and a slender girl clinging to him. Allan was the first to speak, and he answered the inquiry of our looks by telling us thet bis sympathies had always been with the north and when the call had come for surgeons he had hastened to headquarters to respond. ‘It was hard,’ he went on, ‘because I knew that none of my old friends would stand by me and you, who made your home mine and been nearer and dearer to me than all others, would not ap- CHILE'S GREAT DAY. Compulsory Patriotism and Sponta- neous Jollification of the People. LINES OF CASTE DRAWN. Religious Celebrations for the Rich and the Enjoyments for the Common Pcople—Reck- Jess Riding of Both Sexes—Brilliancy of a eee ‘From The Star's Traveling Commissioner. Santiago pe Carte, Sept. 12, 1891. HE CELEBRATION OF “LITILE EIGH- teen” being safely over—except for those who find themselves with broken bones or in durance vile because of over-much boisterous- ness incited by chicha—the Chilian world now turns its undivided attention to the real Diez y ocho, the greatest festival in the country’s calendar, which, though supposed to commem- orate only September 18, rages with more or leas violence from about the 5th of that month daughter with Lim. When Mabel wasin her aine- teenth year he was called to China and it was jndged wisest to send Mabel to America during ‘two years’ absence. She had never seen ther s relatives and could not help shy as she drew near the ead of 'y. But all shyness vanished warm welcome. ‘Even the serv- tt. Annt Liza harried from the preparing one of those irginia, and mam- take a look at Masser while old Uncle Jake nd, g and grinning with ight at the sight of “Little Missy.” ithad been too late to see the place that night, but next morning she began her investi- Let me find out things for myself, she said, “and I'll ask you to ex- vlain them afterward.” She found the ho’ one side i, by pine other it rolled in a gentle white beach, where the wat! ct and rippled beneath the few spruce trees that drooped over the bank. The mansion was built of little irregular bricks, the windows low and 1 with small diamond panes. A Eat traversed the center of the house and ended in square porches, oue facing the bay, the other commanding a view) of the road winding through the cornfields until lost to view among the pines. The rest of the house straggied off into long passages, anexpected wings and great chimueys, break- ing out in the most remarkable places, while over all climbed the creamy fragrant mycrofilla roses, winding their clinging tendril@ around the oid pillars, shedding their fragrance through the wide sunny halls and peeping in the dormer windows. Inside the house was a wilderness of spindle-legged tables, heavy carved furniture and dainty egg-ehell chix After fully examining all these charms Mabel had at last come to the family portraits, before one of which she now stood. It was truly a beautifal face, the face of a young girl not more than eighteen. ‘The rosy lips were parted shghtly in a smile that dimpled the fair cheeks, but in the deep violet eyes there was a half- thoughtful, half-sad expression that was ting. Mabel, yielding to its stood for some time though trans- prove.’ ‘Appro my father, straggling between rage and sorrow. ‘These doors are closed to you forever. Allan did not answer, but grew whi to the lips and turned to Nell as if expec hear her echo her father's words. But never faltered. She looked straight into ow eyes and told in her sweet, simple way of ke: love for Allan, of her promise to’ marry him, | and then her voice grew firm and calm as she said, ‘And I will wait for you always, Allan.” Then followed a stormy scene, but through it ail Nell was firm and caim and Allan gentle but resolute. In the end he bade Nell a long, loving good-bye and rode off into the dark, stormy night. y dawned gray and cheerless. We the hall early in the morn to see Fred start—a sorrowful, heavy-ey: group. Nell stood alittleapart, pale and silent. When he bad bid ft us farewell he turned to her. you can prove yourself worthy of your blood by giving up that fello me good-bye, but if you do not I no longer count you as my sis- ter. Ob, Nell, my beautiful little sister, won't you give him up for me, your brother?’ to But Nell only closed her lips’ and shook her So our brave boy rode away without one rd from the little sister he loved so well. Those were dreary days that fol- lowed. A leaden weight lay on ail our hearts. The only one among the whole household who was not sad and gloomy was Nell. She went about the old rooms hum- ming gay tunes, bright asa lark. Mother's eyes grew glad as they followed her lithe form, and iather's face was less anxious as he listened to her clear young voice. She had so entirely gone back to her old sunny ways that the night of Allan's departure seemed like a dream. But sometime would find ber sitting thinking by herself, with such an expression in her eyes that for days afterward sound of her laugh and her merry son| gave me a sharp pang. In those days, when 1 saw the brave little heat, the little heart so untried, so tender, battling to be brave aud cheerful, 1 knew that our Nell had on that dark night when she bade her lover good-bye stepped across the line that separates girlhood from womanhood, and I knew, too, come what might, she would never ‘give up Allan. “So the days passed by and the war that had at first been far away Legan to come nearer. on into October. Outside barbarians may marvel why this arrogant but puny republic should consider its birth worthy of so much more rejoicing than is indulged in’by the most Powerful nations of the earth (aave for the miracle that it could have been born at all from such unsuitable elements), yet the true Chileno, if poor, will sell all he possesses to Taise the necessary funds for this prolonged holiday, and then contentedly scrimp along the | reat of ‘the yenr, assisted by his hard-working wife and bare-footed children, to accumulate enough for the next Diez y ocho. Distinctions of caste are nowhere more clearly defined than in Chili, and though the whole population abandons itself tox general jollification and rich and poor jostle in one vast spree, yet the gulf between roto and rico, plebeian and aristocrat, remains impassable ns ever. Sunrise on the 17th will be proclaimed by the firing of cannon from the forts of Santa Lucia, with . simultaneous display of the national flag, and soon every city, town and hamiet in the land will sy with banners fluttering from the house tops. There is a fine of from $1 to $20 for failure to display a flag | on this occasion, and though foreign ministers raise the colors of their respective govern- ments, resident foreigners, undistinguished by official rank, are allowed to flaunt none bat the Chilian standard. CELEBRATION FoR THY RICH. When thesun peers above the mountains on the morning of the 18th his first beams will fall upon a choir of one hundred little boys and girls in the plaza Independencia, singing the national anthem at the top of their voices. Then there will be a grand mia de gracia in the cathedral, which will be decorated with flags outside and inside with ribbons and gar- lands of flowers wound around the pillars and thousands of burning candies on the altars. is special display of rico patriotism is not for the lower classes, and at every door soldiers will stand to prevent the entrance of any roto. By 20 o'clock the enormous structure will be crowded with ladies, the elite of the proud caj ital, dressed in superb black silks, with bia lace mantillus on their heads, di curs und white gloves on their hunds—all kueel- ing upor prayer.ruge spread on the stone loi At 11 in. or thereabouts the president and je shouid arrive (this year it will be the ‘ures wore waltzes, mazurkas, and quadrilles, the istter with the ends and sides sometimes doubled and trebled. At midnight they are ‘st all times panorama of strange sights. For example. here in the plaza are Groups of women selling shoes—a piece of cloth or bit of old carpet thrown upon the ground near the curbstone, and the vender sitting on n low stool with her stock in trade arrai ina big shailow basket before her. Her “line” inclades women’s gaiters in all coltrs, children's slippers and coarse brogans for men and boys. She sits here all day long, shifting her stool to keep out of the sun, and octasionally resigning it toa purchaser who wishes to try on ashoe. Having no rent to pay she can afford to undersell the merchants in shops by @ few cents on each article, and pub- licity is no drawback to her class of customers. ‘THE WATER CARRIER AND HIB DONKEY. ittering down the street comes the water carrier—a little donkey with » wooden frame on each side of him, which sustains a keg hold- ing about eight gallons of water. ‘The donkey ‘hae no bridle, but is followed by a man with ® ice he knows and dreads. hind quarters thet it is hard to tell to which ani- mal the tail beionge, 2nd away they goons hard trot for a new supply, the kegs banging noisily in their frames and the driver belabor- ing the donkey over one ear or the other as be desires him to tarn to the right or to the le Hardly has the water carrier disap) fore the bread man heaves into view. In Chi se in most southern countries, the staff of life is not baked in private houses, but is supplied from public bakeries. Menon mules traverse the streets, bringing bread of excellent quality to. people's doors every morning. The mules ore equipped with two square panniers, wade of ox hide or canvas, and they often carry baskets and bags full of bread on top of these. The rider sits on the mule's ahoulders, with his legs dangling among the loaves, and the entire ¢s- tabluhment occupies nearly the whole width of the narrow streets. ‘The milkman brings bis milk im two small tin cans, suspended on either ide of his doukey, and often comes so fast and far that the fluid 1s partially churned into but- ter before you get it. Your laundress fetches the clean ‘clothes on her back, grasping the bauds and holding the garments at full length— drawers, skirts, drosses—so that they may not Le wrinkled en transitu. The other day I noticed a donkey load that excited my ciirfosity—dirty-looking lumps of something yellow—and inquiry developed that it wae lard “brought from the country, put up in the stomachs of cattle. We buy our butter au hogs’ bladdery, @ skin at a time. It iw ver: nd the method of preserving itis excel- we could only xnow that the bladder hud been thoroughly cleaned During their season (December) strawberries are brought fixed, and turned with astart when a shrill little voice at her elbow said: “Oh, miss, she One day we were wakened by the sound of cannon that could not be far off. ‘Throughout ivania-born president of the rebel every day to the door, and, like all other fruits hereabouts, are sold by’ number, never _b says please fur to come to you’ dinner.” In the afternoon grandma went to take her nap and grandpa nodded im his chair. Mabel stole out to the porch, where Aunt Prue was knitting. “Tell ‘me about Aunt Hen, a “I saw her picture today and paps said I looked like her.” Her aunt vised in her work and looked intently at the Ente giri seated on the broad white and then let her eyes drift dreamily out on the blue waters of the bay. “You know, Mabel, that there were four of us. Fred was the eldest, handsome, kind and generous, but proud and hot-beaded; I came next, then your father,who spent most of his time with one of my mother's brothers in Franc petand pride of every om father down to the humblest She was the very life of the place, always bub- bling over with fun, always sweet and care free us the very dance so gaily over your head. But sometimes there was an expression im her eyes that I could not understand, and even in the midst of her fun she was far more thoughtful than girls of her age. She was beautiful and many suitors came beg for her hand but abe only smiled half sadly, sent them away‘ and went on her sweet, bu fred was the day the sound continued and news came that a great battle was being fought near us. Later we learned that Fred's troops were en- gaged. About #1 et the war of the cannons ceased and the night settled down quietly, save now and then, when the report of a rifle broke the stillness. ’ We had gathered around the fire and were silently watching the dying em- bers, when we heard a sharp clatter of hoofs, and & moment after Fred stood before us pale and haggard, supporting on his arm a young officer in the federal uniform. It needed no second glance for Nell to rec- ognize him, and as Fred __ gently laid his burden down she knelt over it, softly calling ‘Allan.’ Mother and mammy hurried to apply restoratives, while Fred with a broken voice told the story. ‘he coniedcrates were slowly retreating. pursued by the federai troops. Fred had been wounded and leit on tue field and must shortly have been abot to death by the bullets of the two combatants, it was then that Allan sighted him with his glass and brought him off, straight in the face cf the deadly fire. He dressed his wound, gave him stimulants and then when be had finished staggered and fell unconscious d sorely wounded im several 8. the troops had pressed forward; Fred and Allan were alone. Fred found a horse punta”), navy, the forei of them in superb mili batiation of soldiers aud a Threading their way through the kneeling thi that have been set fr them in of the great Ligh aliar twovokdierswith fixed bayonets will take position on ember side of the man who represents the legal president, and for a time the moldy old walls will ring with the blue of trumpets and the music of a thousand voices in choral service. Later a cross and a book will be Presented to the presidential figurehead, whick he must kiss, and the osc be repented Ly each of the offi while all are being fumigated 6 and deufened by a triumphant crash of music and the clatter of prese arma. And my while “sed eyed memory” will be busy with recollections of last Diez y ochoand other simi- when many who now fili uatimely and dishonored graves kissed tie cross amid plaudits of the nation—the late president, riven to death by his own hand to escape be- ing killed by bis countrymen, promiuent gen- erals, whose savagely mutilated bodies were not even buried, but burned on the gory bat- tlefield near Valparaisg, and men who a few months ago were the foremost in the republi very proud of her a bringin his friends home with him trom college to see: his beautiful sister. We had gay times in those days. The house was always full of young people. Great entertainments were given and they danced in the halls to the notes of fiddies played by the negroes. How it all comes back to me—the blazing tapers shedding their soft light on the merry danc fairest of all the girls; ndsome as Fred; no lad at merry- never | enjoring them ith the selfish enjoyment of youth. Was ther any responsibility to be assunied, it was always shifted to Allan's shoulders. itwas Allan wi: cared for the plain girls who did not receiv much attention; Allan who talked with unfail- ing patience to the deaf old ladies; Allan who was the confidant of all. He never seemed like the other young fellows of the coun round, but life had n icketed, by come chence, near by, and, as our ouse was as near as any other, painfully and slowly made his way heme. In’ the meantime the restoratives “at hand had been tried in ain. Allan lay quite still. Presently be slowly opened his eyes, with a wistful look that quickiy chuziged tea glad one as he saw us all bending over him. For a moment his face was illumined by the sweet, glad smile we knew #0 well. elen,” he said, and that was all. re isn't much more to tell. We buried Allan beneath the trees on the lawn yonder. When Fred recovered he went back tohistroop, he was a changed man, far older aud nd gentler. Nell tried to be her old in, but, though w8 did all we could for ler to make her life a bright and happy one, we saw that day by day she grew paler and thinmer. One day I found her fast asleep be- side Allan's grave. She never woke up and there she sleeps now. ‘That's all, dear.” a Lowell as Poet and Citizen. From the Ceatury. now penniless exiles in strange lands. ceremonies, which usually continue about three hours, will be personally conducted by the archbishop, in all the glory of cardinal robes, assisted bya train of bishops, priests and “other clergy,” in their choicest ‘The attendance of military these observances is eniorced by the loss of a month's salary at every failure to be present. Any dereliction im patriotie duty would be especially dangerous this year, for the jealous junta would interpretit as an evidence of lake- Warmness in their cause. On the 19th a military review will take place, soldiers whose bloody curvos were so lately the throats of their countrymen marching couutermarching, with music and ste. banners and glittering bayouets, and afte! grand feu de joie of the troops the usual races ‘will come off in the presence of ail the fashion- able world, followed by a dress parade in car- On the 20th, the city still wearing its holiday aspect, there will be another grand military His office was in the ee, he lived at Pinewood, a lonely old place out on the seaside, that had once been one of the finest im the county. The Kainyeas lived there, and wheuever Dick, their only child, was at home from his nort! lege there was con- tinuous round of entertainments, presided over by Madam Rainyea, his mother, beautiful French woman of noble descent. The year before Dick took his degree the old faze died, and when his son returned in June e brought with him his young wife. [have seen her picture, Mabel. She was tail, slender and graceful as a lily. A New England girl, frail and dainty. The madam was bitterly dis- appointed. delica| urness of her aughter could not be con beauty of the young southerner; her shy, eserved manners did not please the warm: heated French womam. And then, too, that Diek! Dick! with bis handsome face aud his nobie blood, should bave married a poor tittle school teacher was more than Ler proud spirit could bear. It was « poor welcome that the litte bride received when she crossed the threshold of the home that Dick had deseribed iz such glowing terms. Dick was furious at the coid reception his mother re were hot words betwee: m. As for Marg: 3 more quiet and reserved than ever. She had been a friendless orphan when Dick married Ler,and now she lived only for him and for her’ litte boy. When Allan was fi cld his mother died, and then his father, wi over her loss. sought to drown his gricf in ke. oe malaem became more sot heaped reproackes on her son glceied bis child Her death follow year after her daughter's, and then tke only Occupants of the great, house were Allan, his father and an old uegress. Mother tried to see the ebild as inuch as possible and to coax him and never left his side when he It was a strange life that the in the great desolate house surrounded by the uncultivated fields and the thick pine woods. Often all day long, and ometimes far into the night or for week: me, Dick was away on some wild spree and spent his time amid the grandfather's library. far beyond his years or When night Dick was coming home late riage was overturned. ‘They brougi aome and ali night be lay quite still, Without moving of opening his eyes. Then just as the ay began to break be looked up into Allan's face and said: “Grow to be like your mother, Asn. God bless you,” and that was all. Ii War then that an old’ friend of Dick's came dows,and fiuding that the boy bad nothing but the farm. and not ali of that, offered him work da one of the large cities, and Allan, then in his sovevteecth year, went. There he worked hard and finally entered a medical college. iu three years he graduated st the head of bis class and came back to his home to practice. What a splendid fellow be wus, till and sicnder, with his mother’s eyes, ered, brave, ine eyes. was strong as & giant, but gentle a» a woman, and it was not dong before he had won the respect aad iove of ak He was often at our bouse, but, as i said, his t it As a poet, whatever comparisons may be made with his predecessors or contemporarizs, at home or abroad, whatever just criticisms may be recorded, we believe it will be found at the end that a large part of his verse has passed into literature, there to remain. ‘The original- , Vitality, intensity and beauty of the best of it are veli-evident. Although a true, spontane- ous poet his life had other strong interests and engrossing occupations, and the volume of his verse docs ‘not equal that of others whose careers have exiended beside his own; his im- preseion as a poet upon his time Las notequaled that of others. it may, indeed, be saia that if as strongiy poetic in nature as they, he would have been dominated as exclusively as were they by the poetic mood. However this may be, the quality of his genius, av shown in “his best work, was, we believe, quite as fine as that of any poct writing Engliou in his day. No one can read his last volume of verse without being impressed auew by the vigor, variety and spontaneous character of Lowell's poetic gift. Even his literary frults are of such # nature asto testity to the keenness of his thought and the abandance of his intel- lectual equipment. But, atter all, perbaps the most stnking thing in Lowell's cateer was not the brilliancy of his mind, his many-sided and extraordi- nary ability, but the {act that in every depart- ent of his intellectual activity was distin guished the note of the patriot. He loved lst- for arty sake; he used letters for «rts stke, but also for the sake of the country. His poetic fervor, his unique humor, the vehicle of his pithy aud stren- nous prose, his elegant and telling oratory—all these served fearlessly the cause of American democracy, of which he was the most com- manding exponent in the intellectual world of our day. His keen sense of the responsibilities of citizenship, added to iis native genius, made him from a ae oe ts papi graded sense of the word—a politician, ou effective one, as well as a statesman whose writings are an arsencl of human freedom. Why Horses Stumble Going Down Hill, To the Editor of The Evenine Star: disseminating the fact as forced upon me by observation and experience. Many horses stumble, and are whipped therefor, because persons baving them keeping ‘are careless in ‘hitching them up.” The most flagrant and common error in eloth- ing a horse is the placing of the breecheu, bold. back strap, at the proper horse's hind iegs, In fact every third horse hitched wrong in this respect. ‘The breechen should be so buckled that it will not alip up ander the horse's tail, and never so that 1¢ the horse is going down hill or hold a load, slip nearly down to Eis hhind legs, or Leute an Oe — parade and ash:m battle, followed by more Faces and a dazzling pageant of elegantly dressed ladies, Chilian officers in splendid uni- forms and foreign diplomats in court dresses. And so on for many days, each eveuing marked by balis, illuminations and fireworks HOW 1HE COMMON PEOPLE ENJOY THEMSELVES. So much for la creme de la creme—the “com- mon people” will enjoy most of it toan even 8 extent in their own crude fashion, be- sides many other simple pleasures from which Jos ricos are debarred, There will be thousands of happy creatures on horseback, in birloches and & joyous rout on foot, swarming the pui- perias and contectionery skope that dot all the plazus and hurrying hituer and thither with ihe resilessnest of crowds. Uhe country peo- ple are out ii. full force and high feat de- Eigated to display horsemanship and dance the zamacuaca, the natoral jig of Chili. An equestrians they are remarkably skilled and there is ne feat of horsemanship which. the; cannot perform. Indeed, it is dangerous te be in the way when they become a little elated by chicha. The men delight to run their horses at fall speed upou a mounted gentleman and as they pass to deftly catch a knee inside of his when, uvless he is also ou the ales he is bound to be unLorsed i an tant, te the unbounded amusement of the rabpe - It is equaily com: Mon to see the women racing together on Lorseback. ‘They bring theit horses into line, apply the whi eee at a furious Gallop. ly less of pedestrians orany curt ‘These 4 “4 y por and, the everlasting cusca, dauced in booths anc on elevated piatforms—the rustic beanx in spurs and ponchos, the belies in stiffly starched wi by cheap but, colored dresses, their black hair f braids down the buck—each couple to the music of two women with harp and guitar,accompany- ing their instruments with strong nascl voices, while a man beats time with board and the rhythm. e guasos and tos (country lads and tne ap Tote Geeta homes on horseback, while their elder rela- tives follow more sober; The bod; his palms upon s eatorn, clap. their haede ia | Gar is fastened on the page also, with « GA IEE: | description ofthe important characters of the measure. At tirst we are obliged to pay « dol- jar per buudred strawberries, and later they come down tc areal (twenty cents) for the same number. The Chilixu strawberry is not much like that of the north, here being very large aud pale red an color, but deticient in flavor. At the close of ali commercial transactions it ‘4 the custom of the country for the seller to throw in a litde extra of bis coumodii what ig calied a lapa (pronounced yap-ah), answering to the Yankee's “ivot.” Chickens are brought to town tied together in bunches, by the legs, like onions, slung over the shoulders of the venders und peddled from deor to door, aud the mercuant continuaily pinches the breasts of the pvor fowls to assure people of their flesh and tenderness. ‘TRE LOEBY BRIGADE. At the theater, where light opera is usually en the boards and_good music is the rule, the gentlemen anlly en’ fhto the vestibale be- tween the acts to indulgo in the universal cigarite. When the curtain is about to rise a il is rang to recall them, and then for a few moments the house is vo tilled with smoke that one can hardly see aeross it. At the close of a formance all the gentlemen who have no ies in charge hurry into the vestibule and take up their positions in rows, leaving a nar- row lane through which the ladies must pass, and stare at them with great earnestness, com- menting freely aud audibiy upon their beauty and taste in dress. So far from thinking this an impertinence, the lidies con- sider it compiimtntary, and afterward repeat toeach other the remarks they have heard. Sundays and Yhursdaya are the fash- ionable nigats, Sunday being uie favorite, when the best pieces are rendered. ‘Iheater-going, so universally indulged m, is an expensive amuscmeut in this part of the world. In Val- paraiso the price Tor an indifferently located box ), with an additional entrada, or en- trance Lee, of £1.25 for euch person who ocet- piesit. In Santiago the prices of the great dbeatro Manicipal are much higher. so that Jos ricos who design to go often with their families find it cheaper to buy a box by the year for some liundreds of doliars. ‘The boxes ‘sre sold at auction to the highest bidder on a certain date at the beginning of the season. Fassre B. Wann. ——_+0+ —___ FRUITS FOR THE FAIR, What the Bureau of Pomology is Do! Peaches and Plums in ‘Wax. UST AT PRESENT THE BUREAU OF pomology here ig making for the world’s fair at Chicago an exbibit in wax of all the rep- Teagntative fruits of the United States. Already the series of citrus varieties—oranges, lemons, &c.—and the apples, pears, peaches and piums have been completed. The material employed is the purest white wax, which costs 50 cents a pound. Ordinary wax can be bought for only 12 cents a pound, but it is xdultezated with parafiine and melts at @ low temperature. To begin with, a wax cast is made of the fruit in a plaster of paris mold. Then aground tint is washed over it with the proper color, and on this background the artist reproduces with oil paints all the hues and speckles of the original given him to copy. Finally the stem is added, ud in the caso of the plum or peach, a bloom is put on with dry white or witha thin solu- ti white, through which, the colors show. tl hi Pomological Society met here the other day a tom: quantities of fruits are continually arriving from every part of the Union, sent by growers for examination, identification of varieties and opinionaon their merits. On an average 100 ies “are rpprevented evory day in the con- [gnments whivh reach the oftice. ‘Zhe identifi- cation; of varieties is apt to be i pencil Apri of vee tree or of blooming, the time of frue' and other portions Nats and seeds of fruits are preserved, because they help in determining varietier. Serres George All Right, in- | From the Chicaro Tribune. is drawn by a yoke of with bis conical straw hat, ponel feet and fifteen feet long, is in himself a sieof «ined wh te’ creaing_ snd ede ey Minit wih over the stony streets may be heard the twangt ing of harps and the strumming of guitars, 46- companied by very bad singing A SWELL Bart. “When asked. yon to be hie wito,” in- quired the mother, ‘wasn't he a good deal flus- tered and confused?” “Yes, mamma,” replied Laura, looking ad- miringly at something that on ber shared ange, bet wits be old th rgat THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON.-D.c. SATURDAY, OCTOBER“ 17, 1891-SIXTEEN. PAGES SAVAGE ART IN SHELL. ‘What Peoples of Old Used to Make Out ef Sen Shella. (SE AGE OF SHELL AND THE AGE OF stone may be said to have gone together. Probably the shells of mollusks came into use ae utensils at a very early date in the history of mankind, and mutually with products of the vegetable world afforded natural vessels for For along time doubless no one thonght of altering their form to render their employment more convenient, but later on the edges and points were sharpened: and useless parts were broken away. The farther articles of this material were carried inland from the source of supply the greater the Value that must have attashed to them. To the superstitious savage who had never seen the ocean sea shell with the roar of the breakers sounding in its coiled recesses was necessarily an object of mystery and veneration. As vessels for food and Grink and as cups for paints many species of shells are most con- Veniently shaped. Clams formed a very im- portant food of the ancient seaboard tribes, and the emptied vaives were utilized in a great riety of ways. Many of them were largeand deep, #0 as to be readily available for cups and dishes, and as such they are not scorned oy tee modern clam baker, who, like the savage inbabi- tant of old, makes periodical visits to the sea- shore to fish and feast. ‘hey were also used as knives, scrapers and hoes. Shells of the Great family of fresh water mussels called “unios” have always held an important place in the domestic and mechanical arts of the aborigines of North America. Their chalky remaius are among the most plentiiul relics of the mounds and other ancient burial places, and they come from graves that are centuries old with all the pearly delicacy of lining which they when first taken from the water. SHELLS FOR SPOONS AND CUPS. The valves of many varieties of these unios are well adapted to the uses of man. Not large enough for foud vessels they make most sat- be- | istactory spoons and cups and are frequently found to retain portions of the pigments left from the last toilet of the primeval warrior and destined tor his employment in the spirit land. Probably, however, they were much more fre- quently utilized as knives and scrapers, and as such have played their part in the barvaric feasts of the primitive village, or have assisted in the bloody work of scalp taking and torture. Buried with the dead, they were desigued to servo in the spirit land the purposes to which they wore put in life. ‘The ubalone'of the Pacific coast affords one of the best examples of the varied uses to which natural sheils have been applied by savage Peoples. Ite shape adapted it admirably for the purpose of a vessel for food or drink. Probably it formed as important a factor in the commerce of tribes along the western shore of the continent as did the large conchs of Atiantic in that of the mound builders and their neighbors. In recent times they are known to have had a high value at- tached to them, and a few years ago a gle fine specimen was considered a fair uivalent in payment for a horse. The homely oyster shell has alyo found wide empioyment among eastern Indiansin the past and has doubtless served many important uses, such as would only be suggested tc those who were unacquainted with metals. ‘The nautilus anda greut variety of other large univalve sea shells were also to serve as vessels. After a while, when long experience had afford its suggestions, bundles were carved out of the shells or added to them, holes were bored. margins were ground down, useiess parte were broken away and suriaces were pol- iyued. Various portions even came to utilized for ornamenta. SEA SHELLS AS DRIKKING CUPRA. With many nations of old which were bounti- fully supplied with convenient veveels of clay ad stone, as well as with others of the bard basks of fruits, sea shells wore, nevertheless, favorite receptables for drinking purposes. When the whitey first brought such merchan- dise to Lake Superivr the astonished Ojibways listened in amazement to the roaring of the ocean in the big conchs and paid for them from €80 to €40 apiece in ture, “For wandering peo- ples, such as the early Indians mostly were, Vessels of this sort wouid have a grent superi- ority over those of sther matcrinls, because they were ‘uut heavy and could U8 “trans- ported without dager of breaking. Vessels of shell have also served as models for the priuii- tive potter. ‘Ihe ancient peoples of the Mis- sissippi valley were extiemely skillful in the reproduction of natural objects in clay and the forms of shelis were among those which they most frequentiy imitated. ‘Ihe handles curved out of ur added to <be shell utensils seem to have been intended chiefly for enabling the holder to eat hot food without danger 0. burning the fingers. It is a fact very interest- ing to observe hut most of such utensils have becn made from the left valve of the shell, which gives such a position to the uandle that they are most conveniently used by the right huud. Vessels in graves nave quite commoniy been found with swaller spoon shells inside of them. AS KNIVES AND WEAPONS. From u very carly date shelis must have been employed by the ancient Americans as iniple- ments, as weapons for war and the chase, as eve for fishing, as agricultural tools, as gers, setupers, perforators, &e., and i ety of arts. Indians eheils artificially shaped and «hi ened were utilized for forming obj-cis in wood und clay, in dressing game, iu pre- parmg food and in the butchery of human beings. It is related that when the all-power- ful Powhatan wished to puniss an encmy he caused him to be tied toa tree and an exeen- tiouer cut off his joints one after another ;| W-th mussie shells, throwing the parts thus "| severed into the fire, after which the skin was a sd irom the head aud face with keen at sheils, Such knives were ulso usea by Powhatan s women for cutiing off their hair. A number of au.hors mention the uso of sells The Indisns encountered ‘k Hudson during his tirst voyage, in making him welcome, “kilied a tat dog und, skinued i: in haste with shelis which they had.” FOR HORS AND Fist HOOKS. ‘The first explorers of the Atlantic seaboard found muny of the tribes cultivating the soil to 4 limited extent with shells us@d as hoes. On the Pac:fic coast hooks of the same material were much uscd for fishing, many of them most admirably shaped. hooks and other fis in whoie or in re il, extensively ewployed to this day by the tribes of the uor-hwest chore and smong the natives of the Fucific Islands, although bone and ivory are in much higher favor for those pur- o:es, The natives of ‘Tahiti make fish ooks of mother which serve the double — purps hook and bait. Shells of the more massive varieties were much employed in those choven for such @ heavy, but provided with might easily peck out the brainsof an adversary. A novel use of shells by the ancient Indians mentioned by early writers, of smail neols ola 8a. bodi tweezers made of clam shells. Iv ia stated that the Virginia Indians for cutting hair. YOR PURPOSES OF ORKAMENT. e A part of the univalve shell which in early times served importantly for the purpose of or- nament was the little column around which the spiral winds. This, when the whorl was re- moved, could be turned into a very serviceable —_—-_—_ WATTERSON ON GRANT. His Recollections—An Eloquent Tribute te the Great Captain. Henry Watterson, the brilliant leader of the southwestern democracy, at the Army of ‘Tennessee banquet on Friday evening at Chi- cago made the following eloquent address: I believe that, at this moment, the people of the United States are nearer together, in all thatconstitutes kindred feeling and interest, than they have been at any time since the adoption of the federal Constitution. If it were not so I should hardly venture to come here and talk to yon as I am going to talk to- night. As it is, surrounded though I be by Union soldiers, my bridges burned and every | ¢ avenue of escape cut off, I am not in the least discouraged or alarmed. On the contrary, I never felt afer, or happier, or more at home. Indeed, I think ‘that, supported by your pres- ence und sustaine:! by these commissary stores, Tconld stand @ siege of several months and hold out against incredible odds. It is wonder- | ful how circumstances alter cases, for it was not always so. CONFEDERATE MEMORIES. Tam one of many witnesses who live to tell the story of a journey to the moon and bacl It may not be that I have any marvels of per- sonal adventure or uny prodigies of individual valor to relate, but I do not owe my survival to the precaution taken by a member of the con- federate battery commanded by the brave Capt. Howells of Georgia. It was the habit of this person to go to che rear whenever the bit- tery got well under fire. At last Capt. Howells called him up and admonished him that if the breach of duty was ropeated he would shoot him down as he 6 gave y opportunity to try,and Iam much your debtor tin my case your marksmanship was #0 defectiv. ROSES AND GUNPOWDER. You have been told that the war is over. I think that I, myself, have heard that observa- tion. Tam glad of it. Roscs smell sweeter than gunpowder; for every day uses the carving knife is preferable to the bayouet, or the saber; and in a contest for first choice Letween canuon balie and wine corks I have a decided prejudice in favor of the latter! ‘The war is over; and it is well over. God reigns, and the government at ington atill lives. Iam glad of that. 1 canconceive noth- bn, ge for ourselves, nothing worse for our children,than what might have becn if the war had ended otherwise, leaving two exhausted combafauts to become the prey of foreign in- tervention and diplomacy, setting the clock of civilization back @ century, and splitting the noblest of the continents into five or six wenk and warring republics, like those of South po eee ke ga in the new world the mis- takes of the oid. ‘The war is over, truly, and, let me repeat, it is well over. If anything was wanting to pro- claim its termination from every housetop and door post in the land that little brush we had last spring with Signor Macaroni furnished it As to the touch of an electric bell, the whole people rallied to the brave words of the Secre- tary of State, and, for the moment, sections and parties sank out of sight and thought in ‘one overmastering sentiment of racehood, man- hood and nationality. ABE WE BETTER OR wonsk? Tshall not stop to inquire whether the war made us better than we were. It certainly made us better acquainted, and, on the whole, it seems to me that we are none the worse for that better acquaintunce. The trath is, the trouble between us was never more than skin deep, and the curious thing about it is that it Was not our skin, anyhow! It was black skin, not a white skin, that brought it about. As I see it our great sectional controversy was, from first to Inst, the gradual evolution of ‘a people from darkness to light, with no charts or maps to guide them and no experience to lead the way. ‘The framers of our Constitution found them- selves unable to fix decisively and to define ac- curately the exact relation of the statey to the Seaerel aa On that ‘point tbey left wins may. be bed as an “open clause,” ‘and through that open clause, as through an open door, the grim specter of cisunion suiked. It was attended on one hand by African slavery, on the other hand by'sectionst jealousy, and between this trio of evil spirits tue houschold flower of peace was toru from the lintel and toesed into the flames of war. ALL GUILTY. In the beginning all of us wore guilty, and equally guilty, for African slavery. It was the good fortune of the north first to find out that slave labor was not profitable. So, very sen- sibly, it sold its slavesto the south, which, very disastrously, pursued the delusion. ‘lime at Just has done ats perfect work n@w, us the nozth sw before it, that the tem of #laver: the clumsiest aud that when" we took the ficid We set out upou a fool's errand. labor the yield of cotton never reached tive mution bales, Under iree labor it has never fallen below ily ascending to is about to ‘This teiis che whole story. I am not here to talk politica, of course. But whetuer iuat is no. free Di other than jist and kind t biacks, widhout whom, indeed, the south would be a briar paces, and half our national gold in- come a gapiag ale in the groun Gentimen, 1 bez that you will not be ap- prehensive. I know iuil well that this is nether @ time nor place for abstract ecouoinies, and I am not going to aitlict you with a dissertati silver. I cume, pri- to Low my head and to pay my measure ~~ ‘Life Passes Very The | Pacitle 4 LAND OF SUNSHINE. Pleasantly in the City of Monterey. TREES—sToPs NORE" wearer's | * Comm Bro AT INE ANGEL'S ANDI rope bog =<? INCIDENTS oF THE JOURNEY. Special Corepondence o' The F¥ening Str. Mowrenry, Car., September 30, 1891. Tt must be an ideal existence to live in a land Of perpetual sunshine and flowers, but as it is | Rot always possible for the working classes it isa pretty good thing to get a few weeks in the midst of such luxur.es. Ido not want to make any reflections on Washing- ton sun, for I ati j the last ¢hance it had at mo, the 12th of August, and I feel glad to have since excaped its | warmth. Here the weather does not enter in | toone's calculations, for it is absolutely cer- tain to be perfect, and it is a outdoor life and amusement. At the mammeth hotel the fashionable season for Cali- i wer, and the eastern tide of visitors has not yet set in. ouly eeiioes the tread the N the Consequently the hotel fitt guests scattered over the big dining room. San are affording plenty of few eastern people. Th | shore every morning, mi | ticed in the whitest of ” wh | shading their with the dain | horn flats and carrying tho prettiest jparasols. For the afternoon game ‘awa tennis the girls are gowned china silke or light mly mention theso trifling accessories of | tolie: just wo ax to show up the sort of climate je are enjoying. If you go driving around | Cypress Point, the Tamous seventeen-muiic | ative, in the afternoon wraps you own and still feel that the can send a shiver through you. | ‘THE CIrY OF MONTEREY. The city of Monterey is a quaint old place, | With just enough of the Spauish architecture left to tell the story of its founding. It has the oldest brick house on the Pacific coast ai few other landmarks in civilization. Sund: morning at the San Carlos mission a congrege- tion made up of many nationalities, but _Span- ish, Mexican an Indian predomiuating, were gathered in the old church, the third of the missious founded by Padre’ Junipero in_ 1770. In the parsonage, where the old priest, Father Casanova, has lived the thirty-one years o: his service, I saw the ke bound in hide, the parish records of Baptisms, marriage and deaths in the handwriting of the founder, Padre Junipero. It was to fitly mark the spot where this lowly Franciscan iwonk be- gan his labors in the new world that Mrs. Stan- | ford bas erected which | represents him Indian musement for the joli about the sea- bui monument, cance “ie which be inciod Just overlooking tho Bay few rods from the exact §; dill. Itis now one of Mouterey, only tat the foot of the | memory of Junipero among the old Spanish and Indian women that they have gladly volunteered to keep the grass about it green, though todo sothey must carry the water a aif mile and work from the level to the summit. THE no TREES. Thad the box seat (where I could hold on) ‘and all sorts of flattering attentions the other day when I eesayed an all-by-my-little-loney journey to the big trees. I was impressed with the big trees. would have been if they were not half as big, — considering the hard tug it was to get in their vicinity. Of course, I was two or three months later than the season when the average tourist crossed the Sicrra Nevadas and the mountains did not seem to heve expected me. The! dust was pretty bad, bat it was haif as bad as the rocks in the road. This is the way to get to the big trees in Calaveras: Take anafternoon train from San Francisco and you get to Stockton by bed time. You sleep well aud rise early. By 10 o'clock zou are through your ‘iiton. here you take the “fun begins. Up ill, = oe the former, aud with four horses ot you, though you can't | always see them tye ae 20 map you manage to cover about half of itty-four mile ride, when you reach the station— « bit of s mountain cottage, where your eppe- | tite finds abundant material to appease its | demands. ‘The next important station where | the dust bas so beided that you can see the houses is Angel's Camp. Angel's i name int general use, and my innocent query as to when aud bow such celestial visitors were entertuined revealed the fact that the piace w named after a uoved individual cailed Jim Angel. J Auvotker no less noted Jim, ex-Senator Fuir, also spent fifteen or eighteen years of his | eventtul career there and hada little sometning in the way of money with quantities of ex- perience when be left it for greater finds Nevada, It was at Angels he mar- ed the hotel keeper's dnughter, and all ree that in the ups and dowfs of @ miner's life he and his wife spent happier years than taey did when fortune smiled her brightest on them. The people in Angel's have a very soft spot in their hearts for the memory of bar. 4 STOP AT MURPRY's. The long stage ride ends at Murphy's, where @ gentleman of Hibernian birth once dwelt all alone and where 600 persons of many nationali- ties now peacefully abide. The hotel is a nice, clean mountain inn and the star boarders are two lady school teachers, by whose efforts the educational statistics of the wext census will be meusurably increased. The telegraph operator, « 'Friseo girl, formed the other wing of this much-respected, ladylike syndicate. Attor supper the oldest’ school teacher had a } il in whose brain she was try- i 4 the mysteries of book- keeping. The pupil had seen thirty and better, and in explanation of her late acquaigiance with this special branch con- fided ww me that she had left school at fourteen, ate VISIT TO THE OLD MissION ESTABLISHED BY FATHER | whit perfect paradise | 47, © improve bra: will be run this year on about the same plan as d the:a, excepi at meal last year with the single exception of the Night enlarged. Applicants for seats in the High School have deca reporting all this week toMr. C. A. Davis, the principalot the Business High School of the day eyste and it looks now as if there would tendance ou th | tow: and sixteen teachers; in the seventh and eighth division», five schools and twenty teachers; one school int Hillsdale with two teachers: one im Georgetown with one; one in the Mott build- with three: one ing teacher at the mth ING eagon, f yout ‘7 | Tom! vo certin that would-be suitors for bey band are after bet money for then first cor sideration, at sbo turns a deaf eat to all atten- ing for companies of fifty to be ‘BL Mec. ~~ TUE LAMPS OF LEARNING WHERE STUDENTS WHO WORK DURING THE DAT ‘WILL DF TAUGHT AT NromT—apour 2,500 To as re ‘THE QUESTION OF TEET BOOKS AND A FREE LIBRARY. “XT MONDAY NIGHT THE PUBLIO night schools of this city will reopen for This means a good deal to hun- ng people in Washington, for it is ches of muplina, | located in the Thomp and 7 res iding, wh ork for about 250 pup the course will bein tl force, struciors in the Various branches taught. THE NiOMT Mom SCHOOL This part of the general school system has become such a necessity to the city that there ie no longer any doubt of ite perma: it is regarded by Supt. Powell as one most important parts of his work. He said to aStan reporter that there was a time, years ago, when Washington was far behind | the rest of the country in regard to the facili- | ties it offered to the poor people of the city for large ich rudimentary edu have instituted and successfull; large systems of night schools, an had a great deal of ground to cover when it be- gan, five years ago, to provide places for the education of folks out of working houra To- day, in his estimation, there is nothing to be just stepping from the | desired, unless it she The | the fit: in the able institutions are in their work, Poweil s general instructions as to method. The general appropriation for the amounts to pay of teacher: fingent exp thinks that with a fund of €10,000 8 year he | could give to every one who good education in the rudiments. As it is the quarters are contracted on account of the small teaching force. im the regular buildings for maw but the Limits come solely trom the size of the stat. , and the High School, out of the expermental stage of the first year of its Adisten 5 m can pile on all the | of the Business H. y Opportunity that most of them have to themselves in the rudimentary an knowledge. The schools be School, which will be improved Ltuning tickets of admission, fall first night, Last year there Y ptpals at this school, which was nm School on 12th street, t Wax not eatistactory. b has ill be located in the quarters School in the Franklin wre there are ample facilities for — co eee teed ne of a teaching will include soven enceliont tor and the few tion. All of the id be a larger fund for Ing up of schools, the employment of figure is life size and cut in granite, quarried | more teachers and the offering of at San Jose. It stands in a prominent position, | Commodations. Yet very nearly all who appl for instruction are taken into the schools, and the needs of the system are but small when one attractions of the | regards the vast amonut of advance made city to strangers, and so revered is the | in the brief period of its existence. This matter of a High School for the more advanced pupils gave considerable trouble two. years ngo, when the success of the lower ranches was fully assured and there seemed to be a demand for instruction in the better mc- him an opportunity to learn some of the neces sary things. that go tomake upa man's daily fand of information, to enable him to know how to study, to let him into the way of cover- ing some of the ground irom which bis work aud taskeexcladed him. The ul taught this year shorthand, iype mathematics, 1ucluding arithmetic, as follows: iting. mechanical drawing, anelud toking covered by the higher, but in a less depth and including a study ment rather than history. Last year struciion in the night schools, | beas many this yeur. There | More, as the rooin is now all taken | are twcive schoBi buildings devoted to this pur- | pose, and the teaching farce is located there were 2,500. p as fol first six divisions, four ne ang though, following ‘Gut Mee schools which @6,000 is for te and the remainder for con- es. Superintendent Powell, €6,000, of desired it’ very ‘There is plenty of room tho ‘THE QUESTION OF BOOKS. So far it has been impossible to. do anything in the line of furnishing books to those pupile age Lo the statue that was uaveiled to- . ‘ibe career and the name which tha: siatue commemorates belong to me no jess than to yeu. When I followed bim to the grave: d to appear in his obsoquies, thougia as the obscures. of those who bore any official part cherein—I felt that [ was beiping to bury not only a great man, but a true friend. From that day to this the'story of the life and deatu of Gen. Granthasmoreand more impressed and touched me. ORANT AS A LEADER. I never allowed myself to make his acquaint- ance until he had quitted the White House. The period of his political activity was fuil of uncouth and unsparing partisan contention. It was u kind of civil war. I had my duty to do, and I did not dare trust myself to the sub- duing iniluence of what I was sure must follow friendly reiations between @ man as he was and 1 knew myself to be. In thi ‘used abells | of ite nowslic thought everybody ought to learn something well. “I have been i cooking for five months, and 1 am tired of that. 1 would just loye to play the piano aud sing like Patti. i beard Patti once. Them skinned fingers of mite got that way tho other day while I was washing” 1 never will learn okkeeping and there's no use me fool it.” ‘This as the way she rattled on e patient teacher diverted atiention, and at one point she stopped eutirely until the teacher promised wocome in the next day at 5 and get some magvaroni. From Murphy's to the Big Trees is sixteen miles more, bus the road was better and doubling the journey sameday. At this late day it say anything new or startlis lam pee satisfied that all is true and seeing is belicving. ‘ ASTAET AT FOUR A. ‘The stago leaves Murphy's to return to the im, of the big treoe, beard in advance Aig i aH Bie, E § i i i itis a be may be abie | ! it F who are unable to purchase them, although im come casts text bosks in bistoryand have been lowned from the rooms the day pupils. These works are the most in the list of text books needed in the: this small aid is of some consequence, yet there is great need for a fund for the free distribu- tion.or loan of book: large part of the pupils in attendance these schools are really unable to provide themselves with a proper outfit. of this sort may day schools there has been inaugurated a ystem book furnishing that may serve ase reason for doing the same in the night im each branch, for bel dane later.” Into aay schools next seas of Mr. Powell that some day he in to establ nection with desire to y for works would be most in brary rather than for Srculation “here now over 26,000 volumes scattered i i i il