Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1891, Page 7

.| THE EVENING STAR:~WASHINGTON, D.C.. SATURDAY. in Emerging from toward| FISH THAT ARE Goop For Foo. | & P ROADSIDE SKETCHES. A Ramble Over the Hills East of the Anacostia. HOUSE HISTORIC OLD The “Wakefield Meadows,” Where Twining City Now Stand —The Old Harshman House and the Ancient Home of the Naylors—The March of Modern Improvements. HE ATTRACTIVE HILLS THAT LIE between the Anacostia river and the Bowen Foad and between the towns of Anacostia and Benning will be the scene of this week's tramp. ‘Taking Pennaylvania avenue east, proceed to the new bridge that spans the Anacostia at ‘Twining City. Kentucky avenue, which runs down from Lincoln Park, enters Pennsylvania avenue near the bridge. Stepping upon the northern end of this structure and casting the eye about, attractive, pleasing views are pre- sented. Jmmediately in front.at the other side of the stream, is the yong and promising vil- jage of Twining. the elevated, rolling country beyond making a pretty background to the picture. L toward the right the mouth | of the Anacostia, the Potomac, the town of An- ‘ostia and the navy yard are visible. Making # full turn to the left there is had a good view of Congressional cemetery, the white monu-! ments of the silent city being conspicuous on | the gently sl: e ‘This cemeter: of the oldest and most kind in the Distric “National burying | 1 for the last resting | at the seat of gov- favored place of The land was do- he graves of deceased resting featare of the tains about thirty in 1807. The grounds walks, trees, shrubs amber of people of national here. The superintendent's lodge is at the main entrance,on E street south- east, the oldest graves being also in that vicinity. Some of the tombs te back to 184. The remains of Vice President of the United States interesting plu origin: t soon became well. ated by on: George Clinton lic in the northeast corner and are mar! 2 attractive monument. In this viemity the remains of Elbridge erry of Mas: setts, the anthor of the po- “itieal method know ‘gerrymandering,” by which legislation congressional districts are often outlined and divided in such an un- r n manner as to give to. minori- ties the control of states a Among other notables siceping here Forsyth, Commodore Montgomery, Wm. Wirt, A. P. Upshur, Joseph Lovell, Alexander D. Baxter, Commodore Richard’ Wainright and Gens. ‘Alexander Macomb and Jacob Brown and the Choctaw chief Pus-ma-ta-ha. The monuments erected by Congress to the mem- af deceased statesmen are in the middle of seemetery. The cemetery also contaims the remains of many of the oldest and best-known citizens of Washington of generations past. Pive hundred Union soldiers of the late war are buried here. One of the most interesting monuments in the place is the one erected over the remains of the twenty-one young women who were kilied by an explosion in the old ar- senal in 1864. THE OLD ANACOSTIA BRIDGE. The old bridge that originally spanned the Anacostia at this point was constructed in but was burned on the 24th of August, 1SI4, by the authorities in order to embarrass the british, who were approaching Washing- ton from the south. It was rebuilt the fol in partially destroyed by 8 afterwafd abandoned. ‘The piles of the old bridge are visible a few yards up stream at low tide. The buik of the present substantial structure was begun in 1887 under the super- vision of engineer officers of the War Depart- ment and was completed and opened to travel on the 20th of March, 1590. It cost $170,000. It isn substantial iron structure, resting on solid stone piers. Its length is 1,010 feet and consists of twelve spans. The tops of the pi @ ten feet above the level of low tide, which places the iron trusses fully three feet above the highest } thine. The floor is of heavy oak pia: on oak beams, and has a roadway t; footwalks of four fe Reaching the southern end of the bridge it sting to stop a moment and note that are taking place in the vi- cinity and *o recite some historic facts. The new settlement, extends south to the Anacostia road west to the old Naylor road. is called Twining City. in honor of the late Maj. Wm. J. Twining, who was Engineer | Commissioner of the District for a number of years. The plat n provides for two public rese One of these is called llicott Ci dat the south end of the bridge fant Square, at the junction of Pennsylvania and Minnesota avenues. more azo as an a: ‘This was | some of the oldest a of country are today. These should be leaving. Therefore, moving E ne railway track, a few hundred you to the old Nay- for road, whieh old burned bridge | tered. was the great public | shoronghfare in old times. At the foot of this the railroad now crosses, stood seventy years ago Thomas Anderson blacksnatt . Which was moved to Good Hope Lill on the dinal de the bridge. 3 along the old road, ¢! left is know tent ee he right ie opposite side of the road, th © he: as the oldest Jandmark wn one-story frame irks the site of more preten- | carries the memory back t many years. For half a dozen genera- ‘u& past this has been the home of the Harsh- tnans. The present building, which is a faded iseence only of an earlier glory, is more nt scions of own ax “Harshman’s Tavere.” . aitractive gardens surrounded the house, whieh used to bea popular resort. Old Grand: wher ieury Harshman was one of the men tulsclal by Gen. Winder to fire the old bridge in theJ RIMROSE BROOK ON N posite side of the road, is the old N now the residence of ‘Mr. Jobn Bury. | siderably more than 100 years ago two brothers, land in ti that New A few paces south of Harshman’s, on the op- ylor house, Con- ‘orge and Henry Naylor, owned most of the . the estate extending as far south as Good Hope and the Marlboro (now Bowen) road, and containing more than 600 acres. Atthe time of the visit of the British under Ross and Cockburn Henry Naylor lived in a house that occupied the site | of the pr | and ocew son Henr: the stands so: old bridge this road Bridge roa¢ while, the southern landing of which was just west of the present bridge structure and was called “Green's Landing.” now merly called “Anacostia road”) to the left, and noticing the changes that are being made in the thoroughfare, of It will beninety fect wide, seve curbs. for the work is only intended to apply to the avenues, and it will probably be several years before the work is completed to Benning. When finished it will be one of the finest drives in the District. is soon crossed, Primrose brook being just be- yond. views are presented of the country to the northward, the scene up the Anacostia being passed in quick succession. mile school is passed on the left, from the vicinity of which far-reaching views are presented. Southeast W: over in Virginia, pass before the vision. opposite the mout stands the old Pin Benning is close at hand. traveled to this point, has a good surface. It runs parallel with the Anacostia river and along the northern base of Bo hilly. ing portion of Washington is visible for its entire length. adorns its sid rich bird melody is apt to charm the ear. road, whick is narrow and hilly, but pretty even of surface, penetrates & heavily wooded ridge, entering the Bowen road a couple of miles to the southward. from various points. ai tractive r On the right, about a mile south of the Ana- costia road, will be noticed the handsome resi dence, with attractive grounds, of the late L. M. Clark, the man who printed the first green- backs and national bank notes issued by the Government—the organizer, in fact, of the bu- reau of engraving and prmting of the Treasury Department. the road, is pleasant) summer’ place of actor. here, it is taken to the right to Pennsylvania avenue, passing en route old Forts Dupont and Davis. " As this piece of road wa: described on @ previous tramp it need not be referred to again. avenue is to enter the Bowen road, and looking toward the north, the ruins of Mr. Haveuner's country place are visible on a commanding knoll « few rods distant. the Pennsylvania avenue route will be found in the Havenner byroed, which is entered through Havenner's gate, and leads down to and through the old homestead grounds to Minnesota avenue, which itenters ai ard’ roadway is rather rough, but the surroundings are interesting. The ruins of the Havenner mansion, which used tu be a handsomely con- spicuons figure, ought to be visited for the sake of the splendid landscape views presented from them. ‘the ork syndicate, ot which ex-Congressman A. M. iiss is the manager. through, the surface of the beautiful hills | becoming entirely transformed. t structure. He afterward built the house now occupied by his ver on Mount Henry, the hill to southeastward. The frame house that h of Minnesota avenne and east of lor road was the residence of George lor. MINNESOTA ANENUE. For some time after the destruetion of the as known as “Burnt A ferry was also operated for a A stranded scow arks the spot. ‘ow moving along Minnesota avenue (for- way can form an_ idea when _ completed. feet between ‘The present appropriation of $10,000 you how it will ‘look n between Harrison and Pennsylvania Now moving forward, Pennsylvania avenue 1 Naylor property, on the right as you need io this point, is now owned by a New Streets are being cut As you now advance along the avenue good eularly inviting. Poppy 2nd Pawpaw brooks are A quarter of a ast of the last named stream a public hington and Arlington Heights, Just be: \d this point Ridge road is reached, Pot which, ina fine grove, Grove M. E. Church. The old Anacostia road, over which you have s ridge. It is ining a high altitude, afford- scape views. ‘Ihe southern places at ve ls with tr: ture in Ler primitiveness exists in and a great varivty of plant life There are plenty of trees and MOUTH OF RIDGE ROAD. Ridge road is now taken to the right. This fa Good views are had there are many at- jidences on either side fed Mr. Clark died about « year 0 Half a mile beyond, on tho opposite side of situated Edgemore, the ir. Robert Downing, the Arriving at the Bowen road, ha.t a mile from ized Arriving at the point where Pennsylvania And, by the way, a pleasant diversion from ir. How- a quarter of a mile west of Twining. The ‘This hill is quite elevated and house that once graced attractive ow fashioned Shaded by nearly fifty years ago b resent proprietor. Arlington Heights and Georgetown and beyond aro visible fron reets and avenues are being cut thro very direction. completely wipe out the old house. Continuing along the lane to the westward You are soon enjoying the beauties of Primrose brook, a sparkling littlestreem that bubbles on its way to the Anacostia. This is a delighttully picturesque spot. It used to be a favorite re~ sort for song birds in the days of its seclusion, before the ax and the shovel were so industri- by fruit of a dark have classified it as ‘ligustrum lucidum.’ Early in May numerous brown, pea-shaped scales ap- ar onthe bark of the boughs and twigs. these, upon being opened. are found to con- tain a mass of small animal in appearance, whose mot imperceptible. the white wax insect, whic name of ‘coccus pe-la.’ scales and carry them to the prefecture of Chia-ting, which is the center of this industry. For the journey they are wrapped in packages containing about sixteen ounces each. The ut- ‘most care is taken to protect them from heat in order that the larv may not develop pre- maturely. “The city of Chin-ting stands in the midst of aplain which is an immense rice field. ‘The plats of ground into which this vast field is divided for purposes of cultivation are edged ornaments. shipped from the ports of the upper Yang-tve in junks. “The introduction of foreign kerosene, now 80 universally used in China, has had a dis- couragi sect wax.” Mineral oil in lamps affords a cheaper light than tallow candles. ever, that a use for the product may be found in other countries.” Soft beams the moon above, Bright ight her thin mist-robe o'er Nature has thrown. iF the cicala’s note, ee y! to Twining, either by way of Good Hope hae just been up frame, is terraced in it and well ine old trees. It was built the father of the from the now forms part of the 's recent purchase in will porch. “The p ‘ork syndicate S street south extend THE OLD NAYLOR MANSION. Afew paces will now land you on Naylor road, whence you can reach Washington either by which will take you to Twining City, from of finnesota avenue and Anacostia or Twining bridge and Pennsylvania avenue. Ggoror Siuaons. ee INSECT WAX IN CHINA, Made Not by Bees, but by Bugs Which Live on the Boughs of Trees. 66"P\HE MOST INTERESTING ARTICLE of all the many curious things which enter into the trade of China is ‘insect wax,’ ” writes Minister Denby from Peking to the De- partment of State. known as ‘white wax,’ is obtained in western China, not far from the frontier of Thibet. It is gathered from a tree culled by the natives the ‘crackling flea tree, from the poppii its branches when burned. evergreen and in the spring it bea “This product, sometimes of The tree is an clusters succeeded Botanists white flowers, which are urple color. resembling flour ‘The anim: tific People gather the stumps from four to twelve feet in height, bearing numerous sprouts upon their gnarled ds. pollard willows. ecies of ash, and ‘white wax trees.’ white wax seaies are suspended in small pack- ages wrapped in leaves, about twenty or thirty scales in each package the leafy wrappings, and the insects on emerg- ing from the scales creep up the boughs to the leaves of the trees, among which they remain for two weeks. At the end of that time they crawl back to the twigs and branches, on which the females deposit their eggsand the males excrete the substance known as white wax. “The first appearance of the wax on the under sides of snow, and it of the brane! inch. At the expiration of 100 duys from the placing of the insects on the trees the deporit 4s complete. The branches arc then cut off. As muel hand, but to secure what re are afterward boiled. 1) the cage. thu: making necessary the bringing of fres! locality, us above described. ‘A pound of scales, it is said, will produce four or five pounds of wax. These stumps resemble ata distance ‘The trees, however, are a se called by the Chinese Beneath their branches the Hok re punched in boughs and twigs resembles radually spreads over the whole 8 to the depth of a quarter of an of the wax as possib! s removed by 3 the branches boiling destroys scales the following year from another he wax scraped off is put into boiling water, where it melts, and, rising to the sur- , is skimmed off and it solidifies and the wor! complete. bottom of the pot, are’ preswed out, and, when the wax has all been extracted trom them, are ut into molds. Here of manufacture is ‘The insects, which have sunk to the to the pigs. A ton of the wax is worth at Shanghai about $1,060. “‘4 tree from which the branches have been removed is not available again for purposes until the third year following. If the wax is left on the tree the male insects buried under it undergo a metamorphosis, emerging with wings in the autumn und flying away. “This white wax isa substance of great utility in China. perature, 160 degrees Fabrenhi employed to cover candles ma: vegetable tallow to prevent them from burning too rapidly. sizing for paper and cotton goods, a glaze for ik and polish for furniture. productive It melts only at a very high tem- it, and is chiefly ‘of animui and It is used in some localitics as a Also it is util- olish for stone uantities of it are in southern China as a Immense g influence on the production of “in- It is possible, how- a A Serenade. hear, and now remote, its summit was destroyed by fire a couple of | _ Strikes, with monotonous shrillness, the edr. yearsago. The ruins have quite an ancient | The night bird's song, so sweet, appearance. On one of the walls of the neat | Silent is, and at thy ieet, summer hon: itor, either through iguorance or waggishness, enciled the followin; yy Ross and Cockburn in 1814. if the byroad or path, which is now known as Pennsylvania avenue. The roadway is merely which, with the outhouses, was red the fury of the flames, some recent vis- “This PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. Continuing the tramp, turn to the right on winding pass through the woods, and, while it is decidedly rough, a buggy would find no difficulty in traversing it. It wild woodland and by rugged wes through ills and deep declivities to Minnesota avenue, a mile or more distant. In sprin ¢ the surroundings are charming, time and summer fine views being presented from various elevated points. The air is laden with the sweet fragrance of the plants and the rich melody of the forest min- strels. At Poppy brook, the choice of one of two routes is presented, which flank the stream’ gorge on either side. The one to the left, which the shorter, runs close to the avenue, while the right fork circles through the woods, enter- ing Minnesota avenue a quarter of @ mile east of Twining. It will be noticed that consider- able progress has been madein Pennsyl- Taub avenue in the viacinity of Wisnseces avenue. bridge, or, if you desire to further commune You can now return home by way of Twining with nature, an inviting field is near at hand. Assuming that you are anxious to visit new scenes, we will turn to the left and climb Nay- lor’s Hill, or Mount Henry, one of nature's loveliest retreats. A couple of hundred yards east of Minne- sota avenue, on the south site. From its front half a century ago. It has jeury Naylor over- . of the to the northward is secured. The phys which has become quite dilapidated, was built ‘appearance of having been once attractive. road for! and shaded, leads up Bowen road, which it Atew south of the ol The iett fork, the hill ters at the outskirts of Good Hope. handiwork—towers, J alone sing to tiee, Chita, so dear. Sul ts her casement dark. ‘0 #ign—ah! doth she hark? Will she not ing e’en a rosebud to me? Well, she's my heart's delight, ‘Tho’ she ix “out of sighi Both in slangpartance and reality. Policeman one dollar to help bury a brother WILLIAM BARCLAY DUSUAM. Not « Friend of the “Force.” From Puck. “Would you kindl; — ibe CAPTAIN KATE. WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE EVENING sTaR. |CUDDING RAIN CLOUDS, WHICH RE- fused to yield their moisture, flew before » strong east wind which blew overs thriving New England village. The light from the torches beside a wandering peddler's wagon il- luminated the features of a young girl, the center of acrowd of half-curious, wholly in- terested spectators. Her costume, consisting of a full, short skirt, bright red jersey and broad sun hat tied under her chin, told the observer that she belonged to the now widely known Sal- vation Army. A few of her followers, dressed in loose trousers and red fiannel shirts, filled in the pauses of her address with shouts and revival gongs. - Ina voice clear, sweet, yet piercing to the urging on her hearers the importance of laying down all sinsand burdens and taking up the “| cross of Christ. Her great, dark eyes shining with emotion, her cheeks glowing and her face reflecting now anguish at the thought of a lost soul, now joy over the repentance of a, sinner, she formed a picture which first arrested an finally fascinated the gaze of a young man drawn thither by idle curiosity. 7 He stood listening to the sweet voice, which, though somewhat strained from constant use in open air, lent interest even to the hack- neyed phrases in which she spoke. Mentally wondering at the delusion which could nerve « young girl, apparently refined, to face such crowds night after night and expose herself to rudeness, even insult, he heard the young voice exclaim: “My friends, you say it is very hard to give up all for Christ, but try! All hardne: and suffering become sweetest pleasure when borne for Him. é “Thave given up country and kindred, and have crossed the great ocean to bring to and share with you the great happiness He has granted me.” ‘ommenting mentally that the accent before noticed by him was an evidence of birth in some north of England village, our friend, Graham Pierce by uame, started to leave, but was once more detained by the sweetness of her voice, which in the damp New England air rang out in the notes of a familiar Salvation hymn. ‘This closed the meeting and as the crowd pushed impatiently down the street Graham found himself directly behind the heroine of this little adventure, who now leaned rather heavily on the arm'of a young Salvationist whom Grabam had before noticed as remari able for his extraordinary height and size as well as his beauty of face. ‘As they passed a suloon, from out a crowd of loafers D haltaeanken fellow reeled heavily against the girl. Turning to apologize he pe ceived her dress, and instantly shouted her name, “Captain Kate,” coupled with a most in- sulting epithet. The young Samson escorting her instantly drop} er hand from his arm, and with one blow lifted her assailant from his feet and hurled him into the gutter. amid the applause of a crowd too thoroughly American not to appreciate the justice of the ruds fellows punishment. Drawing his companion’s hand once more through his arm he hurried her away, and Gra. ham heard him answez her remonstranci against this exhibition of anger with unmistak- able love and passion in his tone, and sympa- thized through all his six fect of manhood with tho young Salvationist's word: touch with their dirty tongues an; you, Kathie, but I'll wring their cursed necks if they ever dare to mention your name with anything but respect.” ‘As the young conple passed from ham was conscious of a keen desire to know more of the history of this pair, who had so thoroughly won his interest. He wondered at the well-chosen language of the young girl, at the shapely hands and feet, at the poise of the dainty brown curled head, until he suddenly realized whither all this was tending and laughed outright, thinking, “Weil, Graham, a little more and you will be in love with a Salva- tion Army captain. What would your mother m Pierce belonged to one of the old fami- lies of Boston. With plenty of money,n thorough collegiate training and most winsome manners, he had long been a favorite in exclusive Boston circles. ‘The young man was indeed worthy of the liking be inspired, for he was both honor- able and manly. His mother lived for two things, her son and the various charities which occupied all ber Jeigyure moments. She was loved and blessed by many a struggling soul, and was ever ready to give help and sympathy to the poor and suffering of the great city in which she lived. f . Three months have passed since Graham's adventare and the old Windsor Theater in Bo: ton is packed to its utmost capacity. The Sal- vation Army excitement has reached Boston with the November winds, which are sweeping the leaves from the trees of the old common, and Boston has gone mad. Conservative pas- tors and rectors from their pulpits have thun- dered out approval or denunciation, and the old theater in which the army holds its meet- ings is occupied night after night by all classes of people desirous of seeing for themselves these strange workers. Ni Mrs. Pierce, accompanied by her son, sat in the front of the thenter, drawn there.like many others, partly by curiosity, partly by the strong desire to see if there was anything in the move- ment which promiyed help to the long-suffer- ing lower classes of her own city. As Graham waits half impatient, half fear- fal for the opening of the meeting he is telling his mother of his little adventure with the Sal vationists. “I had nearly forgotten the whole occurence,” he says, “when the words, ‘Cap- tain Kate,’ in large’ letters on a bill ‘board brought to my mind the blonde giant's ‘Kathie.’ [have a great desire to see her in these strange surroundings.” “Poor girl!” his mother answers, “and you say she really seemed to bea lady. so young, too—not over seventeen. I wonder, should she worthy of it, if Icould not help her to josition more suited to her age and In another moment Kathie stood before them and in the voice 60 well remembered by Graham began her exhortations, by her simple pathos moving to tears many a hardened man or woman. It was a strange evening that fol- lowed and Graham, for one, never forgot the weird scene enacted in the dingy old theater. The red-shirted men rocking themselves to and froin an ecsiacy of religious excitement, the sudden beat of the drums, the noise of shaking tambourines, the lond shouts of “Glory to God!” “Amen!” “Amen!” mingling with tears and groans produced an effect more easily imagined than described. ‘As the evening advanced the excitement in- creased; women’ screomed and fainted, men tore off their watches, chains and ev coats from their shoulders aud threw the the stage, shouting: ““A sacrifice for Jesus; singing grew wilder and louder; the drum beats more heavy; and the scene would have been nnendurable to G:aham but for the fa i ung woman, who seemed to him more more out of place in the atmosphere of degradation and dirt. She, however, was thoroughly in sympathy with ‘the excitement, and at the close of the meeting dropped on her knces on the front of the stage, and offered a simple prayer of thanksgiving that brought tears to all eyex. When the meeting was over Mra. Pierce climbed the steps leading to the stage accom- panied by her son and her pastor, and Graham was once more beeide the girl who had so utrangely interested him. Kate Brown, for such her name proved to be, was soon telling the sympathetic woman beside her something of her lite, : was left an orphan when only six years ola,” she said, “but my good friends, Fred Edgerton and his mother, have cared for me since. When this movement first started in the English village which was my home I de- cided to accompany Fred and his mother in their journey to this country to form a branch of the army here.” With quiet grace she presented her new friends to Gi "s old nequain e young Salvationist, and his mother, Mrs. Edger- ton. a guiet, respectal ‘woman, wno evivently worshiped Kate. = Graham went from this meeting thorough! confused. What meant this feeling towarda girl laced in this position against which his every fastinct rebelled? Why this desire to snatch her from the eves of all and rotection? He Korma 2c T891-SIXTEEN PAGES. 7 Mra. Pieroe's interest in hich ed deepened soon awoke many moesspey pie ple Eo collection of an amount of money sufficient to defray her expenses f0r several Years at a good At the close of one of the Mre Pierce drew Kathie aside, saying: “My dear child, many of us have watched you di Past weeks seeking the best means of You, for your ‘and ‘the self-sacrifice Prople have thoroug! love. We come to you now to ask you to this work, for a time at least, and sccep' ae ao well Atted wo enfoy, Go to somatoary are so it to joy. Goto for afew nd if you then wish to retars to this work you will be all the better prepared to help your followers.” “How can I ever thank you for all your kind- ness to me?” said Kathio with voice choked with tears. “Why have you been so good to me? I surely do not deserve it, and I cannot even do = You wish, for I cannot leave m F peo} They need me even more than {need an educe- tion.” With a face white as death Fred had listened to this effort to take from him forever the woman he loved, and as the last words fell from her lips the gladness of his face was indescrib- able. After some argument Mrs. Pierce was obliged to leave Kate, after gaining her promise to come to Mrs. Pierce's the following night when she was at leisure and thoroughly discuss the matter. Very glowing pictures floated through th brain’ of Graham Pierce that night. Hi dreamed of Kathie educated, his mother reco ciled, himself—here imagination itself failed, for his was a very enthusiastic, emotional na ture, and the position in which hi placed arroused all his affection and cl But poor Kathie’s night was a very different one. Only God knew the bitterness of the re- fusal to her. Naturally gifted, her one ab- sorbing destre had been for an education, but how could she tear herself from what she im- licitly believed a God-appointed work, her old friends, and live simply for No, she could’ not! While life and health lasted her duty was to the tallen ones around her. ‘To add to her sorrow and perplexity she had for the first time guessed that the love that changed so terribly her light-hearted, happy friend when he thought her about to leave him was not the love of abrother. To him, too, must she give pain whatever she did, for his wife she could never be Mentally she asked herself why the thought was so distasteful tc her, and the crimson swept over cheek and brow as’ she realized that with all her heart she loved the man so far above her in position, Graham Pierce! Vith this came another thought, more won- derful and sweeter stil, the knowledge that her love was returned. Hers was a heaven thated- ucation only could oper toher. Could she give it up? The battlo-was long and fierce and many times Kathie eried ont that she must yield. Life looked ¢o l-ng and bitter if she held to her resolve. Morning found her weak and ill from the conflict, but strcng to da the right, and the followers of Cap. Kate found in her that day an : tender sympathy for ills of either mind or body. ‘The next night the temptation was thor- oughly conquered, and when Fred Edgerton with aching heart, left her at Mrs. Pierce's door she was ready to meet and answer every argument used to convince her that her duty lay elsewhere than with her people. The even- ing in the lovely sitting room passed all too quickly, but its end found Mrs. Pierce con- vinced 0f the hopelessness of her plans, Gra- ham more in love and more miserable than ever and Kathie conqueror, but with a sad heart. All were happy compared with poor Fred. For years devoted to his playmate and friend witha greut, unselfish love, demanding only the right to serve her, the past weeks had been to him ore long torture. Love helped him to read only too surely his durling’s heart, and he doubted her strength to give up the new life opening before her so temptingly. Restless, miserable, seeing no hope for any of them, he found himself ata late hour wandering up and down the street by the quiet house which to- night held all that made life sweet to him. — jack and forth, now fighting his own passion, now striving to see what was best for her hap- piness,he was suddenly startled by sinoke pour- ing from the basement windows of Mrs. Pierce's home. “My God! is this the solution?” broke from his lips. “Must she die before I can reach her? Screaming “Fire! fire!” with all his strength, he rushed up the steps, pulled the bell fiercely and struggled to batter from its hinges the door which separated him from Kathie in her danger. Even his powerful muscles were un- equal to this task und be quickly broke the ilass from the lower sashes of a window, sprang throngh the opening, and rushed up the broad staircase almost blinded by the smoke already filling the halis. The fire had stazted in the basement and crept steadily up. As Fred’s feet touched the upper stairs he saw that the flight was well burned away underneath and must soon fall. By this time the clanging bell and crashing of the glass had aroused the servant, and at the first landing Fred and Graham met. “Where is she?” Fred almost screamed, and as Graham instinctively started forward he shouted: “Go to your mother! It is my place now to care for lier.” Graham silently pointed to the room Kathie occupied, realizing. the justice of what was said, and in another instant Fred was knocking at Kathie's door, calling: “Dress quickly, Kate, the house is burning Ina minute, which seemed an eternity to him, Kathie slipped on her dress and stood be- fore him, pale but eelf-possessed, and laid her hands in his with the ol child-liks trust, feel ing tha: he would surely save her. Hastily snatching « blanket from the room, he wrapped her in it and rushed to the head of the stare, now actually blazing. There, taking her in bis arms like achili ani facing the flames and choked by the amoke, he had nearly reached the bottom when the whole framework gave way and they were thrown headlong into the very fire. For a minute the strong man was almost con- quered, but as he rose once more to snatcl: her trom tilis horrible Jeath strong hands seized them both, and with the blessed knowledge that Kathie was saved hesank into unconse1ous- ness, When he woke again it was to the bitter reali- zation that for him life was almost ended. In a luxurious room on a bed softer than he had ever dreamed of, but alas! not soft enough to soothe the terrnbie suffering from burns and bruises, he found himself with his mother and Mrs. Pierce by his side. His mute questioning eyes asked for Kathie. ‘She is safe, Fred, saved by your strong arms, but you, oh! my poor. poor boy!” his sorrowing mother cried. Breaking down ut- terly, she knelt by his bed sobbing. Even then poor’ Fred's brave heart did not fail him. “Don’t weep for me, mother,” he answered. “It is better so, better for us all. Now I want to seo Mrs. Pierce alone for a few minutes.” His mother left them and Fred quietly told the story of his love for Kathie and his gladness at being permittee to die for her. “Mrs, ierce,” he said in conclusion, “you havea sacrifice almost ax hard as mine to make. Wil you give my girl willingly to your sou as his wife if both desire it after she bas w you wished, for two years at school?” ierce was utterly unprepared for this, and her every thought and instinct rebelled against this sacrifice of her son, as she felt it tobe. But the voice pleading with her grew fainter, the face whiter and the brave, sud eyes besought her, till at last she consented. “God bless you for what you have done,” said the dying man. “Now, piease send Kathie to me. '8 the door opened to admit the woman he loved Fred for the first time realized what death meant. He felt that he could not give her up. Why must this’ other man, already rich in all that makes life faig and sweet, gain Also the love of the girl whom ho. had yielded even his life to save? It was hard, bitterly hard, but his was no coward soul, and before Kathie's hand lay in bis he had conquered even the bit- tg ay = death. hi e clung to him weeping, unnerved, no longer brave little Capt. Kate, but a weak, iow ing woman about to lose her ‘best and truest friend. “Oh, Fred,” she cried, ‘can't you live? “Live for me! I will love’ you so ten- derly and be so true to you. You must get well! Fred's own calmness finally quie ‘he told her all his heart, then grant his last wish—to give w Unfitted toher nature, ‘and make of herself th {he suffering and her tender helpful rar erring, remaii 1o merited his life for her when she was “Capt. Kate.” dishonor, or shame, of discredit (whatever may be understood by the word “dlagrace Herr Sommerfield and his ing. lett thought to be fatal, the theory of the report, the; their crime. They had’ will- consequences fully violated the confidence reposed in. them by their depositors, and when concealment was no longer possible they preferred to go out of the world rather than face the anger of their victime. We often hear this expression, “death before disgrace,” but it applies, where it has any meaning or force, to a case wholly different from the one presented at Berlin Its usual form is ‘death before dishonor,” and it de- scribes a situation where the death thus delib- erately chosen prevents the dishonor. A sol- dier is in the line of battle, and at the first assault his recreant comrades turn to flee. He Will not be thus faithless to his duty, and he presses on alone or with a chosen few, pre- ferring death to dishonor. If fall he must it shall be with his face to the foe. There is no cowardly blood in him and if he dies there is no brand on his forehead, no stain on his name. And many a virtudus woman when she bas been assailed has faced what seemed to her the lesser peril and lost her life to save her honor. Death in such cases can prevent disgrace, and thon- sands of heroes and heroines whose mortal re- mains sleep under costly marble or in nameless graves chose the tomb in preference to a dis- honored name. But where the disgrace has come a self- inflicted death but deepens the shameful brand. A man who has betrayed his tr not hide his reproach in the grave. The clods may cover his decay’ but the shame clings to the spirit which _con'find no refage in the deepest vault, nor drown in any Lethean wave the remembrance of itscrime. "The judg- ment of men until the story fades from human recordsand the great assize where no act of man will be forgotten are still awaiting the wrongdoer. The disgrace does not attach to the slumbering dust. Many would be so thank- ful if it did, andthus by shuflling off the clay tenement they could ‘escape the penalty. When one -ommits a deliberate wrong the stain is on the immortal being, and no human art can cleanse the blot or efface the inscription. fter happens that the wrongdoer covers 8 from the eyes of his fellows, and does not suffer seriously for a while from any im- posed penalty for his transgressions. With many the only thing to be dreaded is di covery, and they goon without much tremor in an evil way, because they can hide it from Reyes. It ought to be written ineffuce- ly in every memory that the guilt is in the act and notin the discovery. A.case once came before us where a broker was intrusted by the owner, who was to spend three yearsin Europe, with $10,000 to bo deposited trust cem= pany and to be kept intact, abiding a given event. in which case alone it was to be used. Just at the end of the three years the event occurred and the money was. properly with- drawn and expended. But it came to our Knowledge that many'a time in the interval, when the trustee of the fund was cornered, he had in the face of his pledge checked out th deposit and used it for his own needs. Ve characterized these acts as so many de- falcations. ‘There was no difference in our Judgment on the score of honesty between the unwarranted taking out of its proper place the fund of another and paying it back after the need Was over and the many ex cases where the defaulter had used such # fund that did not belong to him and was not able to re- turn it. The crime is i and not in the inability to restore the money. It is probable that in almost every case where money is thus appropriated the trus- tee has no intention of ultimate robbery. He is in,sore need, and he only proposes to make @ present’ use of another's funds for his immediate necessities, and to return the same when the crisis is past.. He may do this several times, restoring in each case all that he abstracted. At last he is caught and cannot make the restoration. Then he hangs his head in shame and goes wearily to prison to suffer the penalty of his crime. To himself and to many others the great offense is often reck- oved as the inability to make the final restora- tion. Thére was really no wrong in that and no biame should attach to it. A man is not to biame for that which heeannot do. ‘The crime was in the taking of the money that was not his to use, and that was just as real in the first case as in the last. If this was more thoroughly understood there would be fewer breaches of trust. Those who are guilty of the crime persuad. themselves that if they intend to make full restoration of the fund thus appropriated and have a reasonable prospect of carrying out this intention there is no dishonesty in the act. This is a great mis- take. It is stealing to take the property of an- other without hisknowledge or consent and the crime is committed when the property is taken. The intention to return it when able does not alter the character of the offense; the crime is the taking and not the failure to restore. Bank presidents, cashiers and tellers, confidential clerks and’ trusted salesmen and all the long line of defaulters who illustrate the infirmities of humax nature, do not as a rule intend tosteal the funds they take for their personal use. It is only when they give up the hope of making restitution that they go on sinning recklessly with a full appreciation of their crime anda constant dreud of discovery. If they could be made to fee! the brane that is on their brow when the first dollar is taken they would often be checked on the threshold of a vicious career. And more ought to be said by all who tread of this theme of the penalty that is visited upon the transgressor. It is not_an exposure in the newspapers. It is not a loss of his good name in the community. It is not the falling away of his friends. I* does not begin nor end with his arrest, trial, conviction and sentence. All that publicity can do and the law can effect is but the shadow of that retribution from which there is no escape. This is in the criminal’s own knowledge of his wrongdoing and of all that must follow it. It often sits lightly on him at first, and when he is caught, if he is a little hardened in guilt, he puts on an air of bravado, and sometimes will glory in his wick- edness. "But the hot irof is on him and it will leave its mark Heartfelt penitence may bring him a sense of the divine forgiveness and he may find some portion of the peace for which he is longing, but no mun ever forgives him- ely. He cannot if he would, and if he does not under the burden of ‘remorse he must carry always with him the bitter mem: lapse of time cau soften or extinguish. ‘This is the lesson of the hour, and if it cannot be spoken from every tongue it ought to be engraved on every heart. = sal Patsy's Bolivar, From Puck. tean- | the breach of trust | How They Compare With Meats in Point of Nutritive Value. SOME REMARKS ON THE MANNER IN. WHICH THE HUMAX BODY 18 NOURISHED—FISH NoT #0 FUTRITIOUS a8 BEEF—IT HAS NO VALUER as BRAIN Foo. INCERNING THE NUTRITIVE PROPER- ties of fishes and aquatic invertebrates a most interesting report will soon be issued by the United States fish commission. It will comprise results obtained by analyzing fifty- two finny species. together with eleven kinds of edible mollusks and crustaceans, chemi- cally, that is to say by subjecting the flesh of fresh specimens to investigation in the labora- tory. This has been done under the direction of Prof. W. O. Atwater. and his researches on the subject throw light upon a branch of knowledge which has been somewhat neglected hitherto. The ingredients of fish flesh are the same in kind as those of beef and button. Meat and fish both depend for their power to nourish on the protein and fat which they contain. Protein is an albumen-like material. It makes the blood, the muscles, the bones, the nerves and all parts of the framework of the body. Fat is used for fuel, to supply heat and muscle energy for keeping the pliysical machine going. Fish and meat have about the same proportion of protein, but the former contains less fat and | more water. Therefore it is not so nutritious. Lard. olive and other vegetable oils and butter are fats. The nutritive part of very lean beef is almost wholly protei NUTRIMENT IX Fi Codfish contains 18 percent of nutriment, while lean meat has from 25 to33 per cent. The fatter kinds of fish, however, such as herring, mackerel, salmon, shad and’ whitefish approach more nearly to beef. Dried and salted fish also have good proportions of mu- trients, salt codfish possessin, per cent, salt mackerel 47 per cent and desiccated cod—an | article as yet not well known commerciall per cent. " In oysters | nutriment is found, wi | percent. Canned fish comp 3 3 | With meats. The latter, as to nutritive prop- erties, range from 30 per cent in beef to 46 per centin mutton and 87 per cent in very fat bacon. Curiously enough, oysters are very much the same as milk in composition. There is a widespread notion that fish is par- ticularly valuable as a brain food, owing to the @upposed fact that it contains large propor- tions of phosphorus. “Unfortunately for this theory Prof. Atwater's analyses show that the flesh of fishes is not richer in phosphorus than that of other animals. Even if the prevalent belief were correct respecting the percentage of phosphorus in fish there is no proof that it would be a better brain food on that account. | he question of the nourishment of the brain id the sources of intellectual energy are not sufficiently settled yet to make it possible to jump at such a conclusion. VEGETABLE FOODS AS NUTRIENTS. Vegetable foods contain less water and more nutrients than animal foods. Flour, cornmeal and oatmeal have from 85 to 90 per cent of nutritive material. But this material consists mostly of such “carbohydrates” as starch and sugar, which are of inferior nutritive effect, their protein being less digestible than that of animal food. Ali these things are found out by complicated processes of analysis in the chemical laboratory; yet the every-day handling of food materials often involves very effective analyses. The New England boy who on cold Winter mornings goes to the barn to feed the cattle and solaces himself by taking grain from the wheat bin and chewing it into what he calle “wheat gum” makes without knowing ita rough sort of analysis of the wheat. With the crushing of the grain and the action of the iva in his mouth the starch and sugar are ated and the gluten which holds the pro- in and constitutes what he calls gum is left. When, in the natural order of events, the cows are cared for and the gum is swallowed the protein enters upon « round of transformation im the boy's body, being changed into other forms, such as the albumen of the blood, or is converted into fat, or is consumed with the sugar and starch to yield heat for keeping him Farm and giving’ him muscular strength. Other carbohydrates are found in animals, such as “muscle sugar’ sugar” in the liver. ALL CLASSES OF NUTRIENTS REQUIRED. For the nourishment of the body all of the different classes of nutrients are required in Proper proportions. When one este meat its protein serves to make blood, bone, muscle, ndon, brain and nerve. It also’ is trans- formed to some extent into fat, for fuel; but the fuel for the body is chiefly supplied by the fat of the meat and fish and vegetable oils that are consumed. Bread and vegetables genor- ally serve as fuel chiefly, though they also yield fat. A day's food for an a man doing moderately hard muscular work ought to supply about four and a third ounces of protein, a like quantity of fats and sixteen ounces of sugar, starch and other car- bohydrates. The ‘edible portion of an average beef ___sirl contains 60 per cent of water, 19 per cent of protein, 20 per cent of fats—much of the fat being distrib- uted through the lean of the meat—and 1 per cent of mineral matter. Fish, as found in the markets, contain more refuse, bone, skin, &c., than meat. Thus a flounder will have 67 per cent of worthless material, 28 per cent of water and only 5 percent of nutritive material. But, as every one knows, that is not avery profitable fish. Salmon will average 23 per cent, salt cod 22 per cent and salt mackerel 86 per cent of nutrients. Among the fishes which are par- ticularly rich in nutritive properties are hali- but, canned sardines, mackerel and eels. FOODS OF THE POORER CLASSES. It is an interesting fact that the poorer classes of people and communities almost universally select those foods which chemical analysis shows to supply the actual nutrients at their lowest cost, but. unfortunately, the proportions of the nutrients in their dietaries are often very defective Thus, in portions of India and China, rice; ix northern Italy, maize meal; in certain districts of Germany and in some re- gions and seasons in Ireland, potatoes; and among the poor whites of the southern U; sal, se) tel States maize meal and bacon make a large part and in come cases almost the sole food of the people. These foods supply the nutrients in the cheapest forms, but are all deficient in tein. The people who live upon them are ill- nourished and suffer physically, intellectually and morally thereby. On the other hand, the Scotchman finds a most economical supply of protein in oatmeal, haddock and herring, and the rural inhabitants ngland supplement the fat of their protein of beans and the carbo- ydrates of potatoes, maize and wheat flour with the protein of codfish and mackerel and, while subsisting largely upon such frugal but rational diets, are well nourished, physically strong and noted for their inteliectual and moral force. WASTE PRopvcts. Avery large amount of the waste products which are left from the consumption of food, instead of being returned to the soil for restor- ing its fertility and increasing i the sewers of large cities into the rivers and wea. The nitrogenous products are thus es- pecially, capased Solem. The nitrogen, how. er, is not lost necessarily in thin way. It goes for the support of marine vegetation which forms the food df fish. It may thus again be utilized by man. Fish has relativel Jess of fats and more of in than meats and Fry. COAST SUKVEY EXururT. Show to Be Made by This scientific Burese at the World's Pair. QXE OF THE MOST INTERESTING OF the government exhibits at the world’s fatr in Chicago will be contributed by the const and geodetic survey. It will include, to begin With, a representation of this country such a# no one has ever seen hitherto. This will bee segment of a giobe in fact, a counterfeit pre- sentment of that portien of a rarth whick is covered by the United States and Alaska. it will be a bage slice cut off from the terrestrial sphere, as one might take a piece off an apple with a knife. The intention is that it shall ee- cupy the middie part of the floor space devoted to the display of this scientific bureau, rising out of the floor like « round bill twenty-five feet across. Visitors who walk about it will be astonished to see what a great curve of the world’s crust lies beteen New York and Sem Francisco, so that a straight line joining the two cities would be hundreds of miles under ground at Omaha, NOVEL AND INTERESTING, To most people, who have always mentally Pictured the United States as flat, this correst representation of the country as being stretched over # big bulge of the earth's surface will ap- pear Most novel and interesting. The exterior of the globe segment will bea complete reliaf map, showing all the im) nt phieal features of this part of the world. It will be Painted — the seas, Inkes and rivers tn blue and | the land im other tints. Everything will be reproduced exnctly on the scale of nature, and the observer will be surprised to discover bew smooth and round this planet is after all, even the Rockies and other lofty ranges of moun- tains seeming hardly more than trifling rough- nesses on this scale. The latter will be ome foot to every million feet. OTHER GREAT MAPS IN RELIEF will represent the bottoms of the oceansas they would look if all the water in them were taken away. People will thus have an opportunity to see how the eastern edge of this continent ie really far out in the Atlantic, where it fale y to the vast pisin of the seas, im ion they can dive into the wonderful miles and more in depth, which one Comes across with a sounding line on the around from Newfoundland to Alaska by way of the West Indies and the Caribbean sea. Two of the most remarkable of these chasms are found in the latter place and just north of Cuba, affording suitable “re- treats for whole tribes of mighty serpents and other mysterious horrors, THE DISTRICT To BE EXaUNITED. For the purpose of exhibiting the apparat and methods employed for exploring the ocesm depths the coast survey steamer Blake, which has been engaged for years in such w. will be taken to Chicago by Sy ettes St Taw rence river, and will be anchored in the lake off the fair grounds. Not least interesting of the relief models will be one representing the city of Washington and the District of Columbia, from surveys which have been recently com. pleted. It will be attempted to make the entire exhibit both sctentitic and educational. Learned Visitors will tind in it illustrations of the newest fystems and instruments for surveying and easuring the earth » surface, while the people large will be shown the stages of progress through which human knowledge on this sub- ject Las achieved development. OTRER EXUIMITR, There will be a display of map making, from the surveying process to the engraving of cop- Per plates and printing from them. The stand- ard weights and measures of the United States will likewise be placed on view. Ona wail will be described a curve 120 feet in length, senting a cross-section of the United path ‘the ‘mountains and other features as they would be found alor netraigha line running across the continent from Francisco to Richmond, with all the big cities marked on the route. This again will give people an opportunity to observe how fat around the world Uncle Sam's domain extends. ‘One feature of the exhibit, shown in tion by water admitted to the building, will be @ gauge for measuring the mysterious “tides” of Lake Michigan, accounted for by some om the theory that they are caused by = monster of incredible size at the bottom, which alter- nately swallows vast quantities of lake fluid and vomits it up. ae MONEY IN OBSERVATIONS, ‘How « Story Writer Utilized Hite Summes Vacation on = Hotel Piaza From the New York Tribune. “Ihave been spending the summer anda good part of the autumn on summer hotel piazzas,” said a young man who isa prospec- tive member of the Authors’ Club, the other day, toa reporter. “Because I like that sorb of thing? Not at all, except for business pur= Poses. Get lots of glimpses of human nature, youknow. Pretty often the seamy side, toe, But that’s all right. If it wasn't for the seamy side of life what would we poor devils of writers do? And,asisay, you get it on the summer resort hotel piazzas. For instance—but, m won't tell that Going to use it for the plot ashort story that will make Richard Harding Davis feel envious, though they say he is nos built that way. Doesn't do to throw away the plots of short stories when they are worth bus there, I'll not give away the editor's secret. “To get back to the summer hotel pizzas, however. I have filled my note book with amusing outcroppings of human vature, which Iam going to work out into reading matter for the dear public this winter. All sorts of things about all sorts and conditions of men. There ore bon-mote and epigrams and ridiculous sayings and doings, and pathetic self revelations of folly, and occasionally of goodness, and bits of comedy, and of tragedy, and, last of all, numerous thoughts of my own, suggested by the phantasmagoria before me. A shop full of materials, you see, take the liberty of improving and up, until, in most cases, their authors wouldn't know them. to write 1m touch with real life, and way. My note book is always fi quently Lam always ready to ata mgment’s notice. Ail I have ‘open my book, run my eve over its I come across some incident that I moment hike tackling, and, presto! isdone. You see, flashes back in ny memory and all I have is to write the as, though I were am ying Tromomber nm add light and jectively°told, but with in it, tone up here, tone a: to the whole an air of unity