Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1892, Page 9

: = Yall THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES MASKED SKELETONS. Remarkable Curiosities Unearthed From Ancient Mounds in Ohio, A FIND OF ANTIQUITIES. ‘They Demonstrate the Existence in Former ‘Times of «Great Aboriginal Population in ‘That Vicinity—Two Opposite Anthropolog- kcal Types—A City of Pigmies in Peru. ‘Written for The Evening Star. .UNDREDS OF SKEL- letons, many of them wearing copper maske, re among the euriosi- ies newly obtained from a group of an- cient mounds near Chil- icothe, Ohio, and form- ing the most remarkable find of antiquities ever made fn this country. Bpecimens illustrating the discovery have been on exhibition this week at the National Museum, but only a few out of the vast number of objects secured have been packed in thousands of soap boxes for shipment by the exploring party, under direc- fion of the world’s fair commission. Not so fauch on account of their value and beauty Rave the treasures dug up excited astonish- Ment as by reason of their immense quantity, @emonstrating the existence in former times of ®great aboriginal population in the vicinity. Among them are pearls, not merely by scores a but by hundreds of thousands— ns of them as big as English walnute and for crown jewels, were they not spoiled by yy and blackened by fire. Together with the great multitude of other @jects found illustrating the character and fuode ef living of this ancient people are thou- fends of sk Respecting them there is @uoh mystery, inasmuch as they represent two ite ty; anthropological; Rome of tht are round and “bullet shared have rarely made nse of any embalming Instead, they have usually stored the corpses away in caves, where, in* of decaying, they have slowly dried up. Some years ago Dr. Ball of the Smithsonian Institu- tion visited certain burial caverns in Alaska, which were fairly packed with theusands upon thousands of mummies, each one swathed in wrappings and bound with cords into = com- pact bundle. Some of them he brought back with him to Washington. They are not agree- able objects to look upon when their wra pings are removed, the knees of each individual being drawn up under the chin and the faces being horribly distorted. CASTS OF CHINESE PIRATES. Not long ago the National Museum reeeived from the French government a most interest- ing series of casts. They were forty in number and were taken from the heads of as many Chinese pirates recently captured, These pre- datory persons were all of them decapitated, and their heads were reproduced in plaster as fast as they were cut off. Such a horrible- looking assemblage do they form that they havedeen ranged on a long shelf where they are not exposed to public view. Not in any civilized penal institution or colony can one behold such frightfully ferocious types of criminal physiognomy. While others have an elongated form betoken- Bere sitterent race. Scattered thickly among remains were pieces of jaw bones, pre- PEted by mannfactare in an extraordinary tush. for which there seems to be no reasonable sccounting. Not only the jaws of human beings, but those of meny other species of Animals were thus treated, the bone being cut wh so as to leave the alveolar part in a im slice holding the row of teeth. Whether was s wolf, a bear or aman whose maxil- was thus operated upon, the method fol- was the same. Evidently the work was done with a saw, which must have been so ex- tremely thin and sharp that the marvel is how favages could have obtained the necessary folk, ist could such things have been in- for? COPPER TOOLS AND ORNAMENTS. Among other curiosities are tools and orna- ‘ents made of copper. Doubtless they ob- tained the metal in a primitive manner familiar to many savages, namely, by building a fire @bout s piece of rock containing copper and water upon the hot stone, thus causing it in fragments and release the valuable gubstance it held Afterward the copper was and beaten out into sheets. Some of e objects manufactured from this material end found in these mounds are of strange forms, the uses of which can hardly be imagined. For ple, for what purpose coulda hollow metal ird with many perforations be intended? ‘There are things which look like small vessels of various shapes also, but likewise with a num- ber of holes in each. ‘Nota few of these are wonderfully artistic in design, and the same ‘®ay be said of numerous carvings in soft stone, @ch as soapstone and serpentine. One of @em represents with exquisite detail a duck upon a fish. This last is a pipe. Notraces we ever been discovered of any savages in America who did not smoke tobacco, and some Gotion of the extreme antiquity of the deposits described may be got from the fact that they sontain no buffalo bones. When the people who built the mounds were alive the buffalo bad not yet got so far east as Ohio. Evidently, from the remains they have left be- y had no domestic animals and lived ‘the chase. ‘& CITY OF PIOMIES IN PERT. Bome relies are expected shortly by the ‘Smithsonian Institution from a wonderful city of pigmies which has been discovered in Peru gm the summit of a mountain in the Andes mountain is believed by the natives to be the home of wicked spirits and ghosts, which ‘eccounts for the fact that it has never been ex- Until recently. According to the story was once a race of very little people which fnhabited the lowlands on the Pacitic coast, but they were driven to the mountains by other tribes and built a walled town for protection “gainst their enemies, who were cannibals. After being boaleged for & long time they were AUMAN FINGERS ‘The ruinei citr is surrounded by a wall welve fect in height and three feet thick. In the middle is a natural rock towering upward 200 feet, on the top of which was the citadel. The elevation of the summit is about 15,600 feet above the sea. An a rule these pigmics Built their houses around quadrangular courte, about twenty feet long ty eight fect wide, Sometimes the dwellings were two stories high end sometimes three. The three-story are about nine feet high, the Dasewents being below ground. In’ most @ases the rooms are not more than three feet square and are nicely plastered with some sort of cement. Ordinarily the doors are little Wore than a foot in height. MUMMIFIED ADULTS Dto UP. The houses roofed with fiat slabs of Stone, well cemented, over which earth was Spread to keep out the rain. Each room con- tains a flat stone in the middle, which was pre- sumably used as a center table. Each court has & gateway opening into the street. The streets average about two feet in width. In three of the courts were discovered holes o fing into circular rooms below ground, each six feet in diameter, which were very likely util- as dungeons, Several mummified adults ag up, wrapped in some sort of wicker- ‘The tallest was not more than twenty- seven inches in height. Although there are known to be tribes of small people in Africa this is the first recorded discovery of # pigmy Pace on this continent. ‘The National Museum has alrendy a very re- markable colleetion of mummies, obtained from all parts of the world. Not least inter- of them is oue of young child, which was found in acave im Mexico. So perfectly bas it been preserved merely by the dryness of the sir, no artificial process having been re- Sorted’ to, that the very eyeballs are intact. iy if 18 were dissected the internal or- ioe ould all be found distinc and merely Many races on this continent in times ‘end even up to the present day have s ‘fractice of mummifying their dead, but they MEXICAN SACRIFICIAL STONE. Among other horrors which are stored in the same establishment is the skull of a victim of the inquisition, whose skeleton was found chained in a dungeon at St. Augustine, F In his despair he had scratched with his nai writings on the wall, which are legible to this day, stating why he had been accused and punished. There isastone altar from Mexico, with cavities hollowed out to fit the human form. Together with it is exhibited the keen- edged knife of obsidian, with which the heart of each living human’ sacrifice was first cut out. Also there is a gruesome ¢ ction of scalps taken by Indians from white people. some of women and one of alittle child with yellow hair. Likewise necklaces of hu fingers and tecth. formerly worn by aava a pair of boots made of human skin, the d hand of a colored woman used in voodoc practice, and a hollow pewter snake of the employed as a punishment in Ch being twined aroun’ the body of the criminal and filled with boiling water. ee Written for The Evening Star. When the Hawthorn Blossoms. “When the hawthorn blossoms in the spring”— So you said. The grass was brown and dry. Just a bit of curving golden light Shone the moon, from out the autamn sk; Village lights were flashing here and there; Frost was creeping through the dusky air. “When the hawthorn blossoms, and the foam On the elder boughs is blown about, And the bloom, as pink as April's dawn, On the thorny crab-tree opens cut So you said. No eaf was gr! Frozen vines were dark against the wall. “When the hawthorn blosso Ah, but that was many m Ihave watched the = And the dreary winters et) Watened the hawthorn And the loosened petal: “When the hawthorn bi ‘That I listened now ui And that all the smoothly cvilin Of the years were F uuwe That the coming spring would brit nd— to me More than blooming of the hawthorn tree. “When the hawthorn biaesoms,"—I will wait Patiently; the time will I know, TASTE IN ORNAMENT. How the Judgment of a Good House- wife is Guided. “GOOD FORM” IN DECORATION Honest Work Always Commands Honest Praise—Sham and Imitation Usurp the Place of Merit—What Some Eminent Critics Have Said on the Subject—A Definition by Ruskin That is Misleading. ——— ‘Written for The Evening Star. WRITER ON “AT- tractive Homes” {ns recent issue of Tar Stan expressed a truth which many instantly recognized when she said: “When 0 person feels doubtful about having the right ideas herself and has to de- pend on some one else for help and sug- gestions she seldom has the discrimination to pick out the tasteful from the tawdry in writ- ten descriptions of things.” It is hoped that in this article some teste may be pointed out which may often determine the | “bad taste” (so-called) of a thing, even if it may not always decide whether « thing is “good taste” (so-called). And in the first it is better to dropaltogether these terms which Ihave just used—good and bad taste. It is generally agreed by writers on taste that there is no such thing as “good” or “bad” taste, just as there is no such thing as ‘good’ or “bad” merit or “good” or “bad” beauty. An ornament is either in taste or itis not in taste, just hing may be said to possess or beauty. It may possess much or it may have much or little beauty. Lord Jeffrey in fact detines taste as “the capacity of perceiving beauty” or “it is a peculiar sense or faculty of which beauty is the appropriate object, as sight is that of the sense of seeing.” He alsosays: ‘Beauty is that which gratifies the faculty of taste and taste i that by which we are made sensibie of beauty This certainly looks like defining in a circle. Let us accept his definition of taste and find elsewhere what beauty is that we may define his definition. BEAUTY NOT AN ABSOLUTE ATTRIBUTE. It is not anything absolute and established. If it were actually and inseparately attached to certain forms, colors and proportions it would not be perceived in the most opposite forms nd proportions in objects of the sume de- scription by different persons. Beauty, how- ever, consists in reminding us of certain natural sympathies and objects of emotion with which they have been habitually con- nected. Thus we can understand Low the most different forms can be equally beautiful. Beauty.” Dresser in his Art of Decorative n. “is that quality of an object which de- lights (satisfies) the mind through the agency of the ey The Leaaty that reigned among the Greeks is often spoken of as absolute or conventional, but, as Kuskin says, “the Greek statues are not they are types of the buman shape.” Jeauty is the symbol of the ideal. WHAT OWNAMENT 18, In using taste in the ornamentation of a dwelling, a room or a wall, one should bear in mind what ornament is. Dresser gives us probably as good a definition as can be made when he said rnament is that which, super- 1 to utility, renders the object more ac- ceptable ough bestowing on it an amount of beauty which it would otherwise not possess.” itgives to that which it invests a new charm, as color bestows upon the flower a new love. #, and as the color, cannot be said to be tial to the existence of the flower so the lication of ornament to objects cannot be suid to be absolutely necessary. ‘Ihe progress of ornament from days of the Greeks is a growth to that higher form whose object is to express, as Seddons in his “Art and Ai ecture says, “Lhe feeling of delight which the artist has taken in the subject of his choice.” ™ 4 architecture addressed itself not ct of men, but t first to touch the more spiritual chords of his being to excite the sympathy of his soul. Ornament grew out of mere iimitation, but it 208 disowned its parent, though even as high uskin says: “Everything theu is hich is imitative ton is ornament then in truth he tis the best ornamenter and | photogrgpher must outrank the painter | 1 the maker # supersede the xculptor. caus is what is suggestive ment. Ornament dees not represents, suggests, typifies. pitying nature ornament went on to ideas andemotions. That is why even amental put af imit who imitates + the When the words shall surely be fuifitied Of that promise given long ago, When no forest leaf was green at all, And the vines were black against the wall, Harrie Waits No, 2857 Arsenal street, Louisa. HEISE Even the Druggist From Forest and Stream. Astraight whisp of faded hair stuck out from the small coil at the back of her head. “Air you the druggist?” she asked. am, madam,” he replied. Lendin’ druggist o' the city? “Withogg doubt, madam.” “Keep Mi the moierndest remerdies, I S'pore paired. -¥ 0° this yer bi-chlorate 0’ gold?” We have the bi-chloride, yes, madam. are Dr. Keeley's exclusive agents.” “Same thing they gives to drunkerds to break ‘em o' drinkin’?” Precisely.” Does it cure drinki lukesa man hate it” ‘Will it cure fits?” “ertainl: Sure a man 0’ chawin’ terbacker?” ‘Our guarantee goes with every bottle, and is an hypodermic syringe in every pack- We "wea ‘es, indeed. This is a most wonderful dis- There have been thousands of cove! reverent are awed on entering the cathe- Urals of the old world. OUNAMENT NOT MERELY IMITATION. ‘The idea that ornament is imitation has bad a mighty grip on the world. Ei , writing thirty years ago, said: “It is an established principle in the theory of design that decora- ive art is degraded when it passes into a direct imitation of natural objects.” Then he goes on to spesk of some of the ornamental mon- strosities of his day, which, unhappily, are to be seen even at the present time. “To an edu- cated eye a literal reproduction in wood or stone of the forms assumed by vegetable life is by no means agreeable. ‘The truth is that un- der such circumstances nature may be typitied or symbolized, but net actually imitated. We copy the bronzes of France, the mosaics of Italy, the pottery of China, the carpets of Tur- key with indifferent success, but, not content with this, we jumble, we invest objects con- structed of one material with the form and or- namental character which should be the attri- bute of another. By this means decorative art has been degraded in this community to a level from which it is only now beginning to rise.” ‘Truth and common sense must rule in orna- ment. How often have all of us seen unpro- tected statues placed on the most exposed parts of buildings. Common sense would suggest a canopy which may form a pinnacle, as on the cathedral of St. Mark's. Regarding the renais- sance vases stuck upon parapets, it has been said that if they are not intended to catch the distilled dew of heaven for the use of the cases——" “Does it makes man come home reg'lar o' nights?” “If it, does not we will cheerfully refund the money.” “Jest nacher'ily breaks @ man o' every bad habit be ever had?” “Madam, the moral renovation experienced by patients submitted to this treatment is com- parable only to the absolute purification and rejuvenation of the entire physical man.” Doar me suz “Most cases yield to a few bottles, but it is well to be safe and take along about——” “Til take six bottles ef you think it help my husband.”” as en jam, what is the matter with your hus- sd? ‘DMattec with him? Say, man, do I look like you could insult me? I’ guess I orter know him. Yes, but what is the trouble with him?” “Trouble? I guess I orter kuow. He's more trouble than the hull rest of the fambly, an’ they’s nine of us now. Trouble! I sb'd think he wuz! ‘But what is bis complaint?” “Complaint? Look at here, now, man, dol look like a woman ‘at ’d stand talk like this? Complaint? He ain't got no mortal complaint in the world, not with a wife like me! It's me 2 got the complaint lat what's wrong with your husband—what does he do? Does he use tobacco?™ “Wuss'n that” ‘Drink’ “Wuse'n that.” Goce antin’ t heaved a I “Madam,” said he, “I foar the case is Lepelcea.” ——+e- ____ How It Might Mh: Originated. From Harper's aca sae Phrases and slang terms are frequently born of interesting episodes, as witness the follow- ing Peter the Great, while off driving in the neighborhood of Moscow on one oecasion, seized with the pangs of hunger. “"What have we in the hamper?” he asked of his aid. “There is but one candle left, your majesty,” replied the aid, “but I think I can exe if you wish.” am famished, habitants, no other object for them can be con- ceived, and the sooner they are knocked off the better. REQUISITES OF ORNAMENTS. Common sense requires that regard should be given to the purpose for which the orna- ment is designed, the material of which it is constructed and the object which it represents. A class of decoration peculiar to one material is misplaced when applied to another. That always is best which is simplest and least affected. Fretwork in stone loses the solidity and massiveness suital tone, yet the cob: web-like tracery of the stone ceiling of the chapel of Henry VII in Westminster Abbey has been highly praised. It has been written en- thusiastically that “stone seems by the cun- ning labor of the chisel to have been robbed of its weight and dengity, suspended aloft as if by magic, and the fretted roof achieved with the it sees no it if it does not ‘Taste at once it in it ‘There io no beansy light the eye.” azzle, to be seen of itself, as many With this false notion they have to make their ornamentation i er possible. When they lacked the means to have really handsome ornament they imitated. Or- nament is something “‘superadded to.” It must ender another object attractive, not draw at- tention to itself. A ceiling may become so handsome that it ceases to be an ornament to the room. It becomes a work of art This distinction it is well to bear in mind, for an pn- certainty as to the functions of ornament caused more displays of Isck of taste than al- most any other condition. ‘MISUSE OF THE WoRD “Tasiz.” Doubtless the word “taste” is often misused. Harmony of colorsor proportions is frequently meant. That is something absolute, something bey oe ee by.study. But ee of e e figures in the carpet, the orna- ments on the mantel, the pictures on the walls, the chairs in the room, the curtains at the win- dow—these call for the exercise of Fleet | the use of taste. The housekeeper must the purpose of the ornament, its material and the object it is designed to ornament. For in- stance, taste would hardly approve of « clock ina reception room. Its ticking is a too ob- trusive hint to callers of the flight of time. Taste would also require that pictures be hung on a level with the eye of the average sige man, not elevated to a height at which only a giraffe could inspect them. Taste would ask that they be hung as nearly as possible at a right angle with a line drawn from the eye and not tilted forward from the wail, as is so often seen. Why | this is done even those who do it do not know. In picture galleries pictures hung high are, of course, tilted forward so that the eye will not see them at an angle, buts room ina dwelling is not a picture gallery. ACQUIREMENT OF TASTE A MATTER OF GROWT! Undoubtedly the acquirement of taste is a matter of growth. Things that once pleased | the eye the eye in time discards,not because they | are old, for often we like old things best,but be- | cause the eve has perceived more beauty in | the new. ‘The art of ornament is not tobe crested. It is tobe learned. It was estab- | lished in all essentials long ago. All beauty is common to the artist, whether a painter or a decorator. “Lofty and graceful proportion, vigorous light and shade, fancy tracing and fretted vaulting are not a Gothic patent,” it has been said, “though each cathedrai, with its own crisp foliage and quaint imagery and curious penetrations and varied details, iett to us throughout the length and breadth of our land as a record of the labor and zeal and lo of these builders is, as it were, a sign manu which it is forgery for us to repe: The well, however, whence they drew open to us and’ we may do more and| better than they since they have shown us how | and we have not all that lesson to learn for ourselve Beauty of all ages and epochs is ours and in our ornament we can go to Queen Anne or Queen Bess, but what we apply must be guided by taste. a ALL LIVED IN GLASS HOUSES, And 80 Every One Saw the Impropriety of Throwing Stones. From the Youth's Co..panion. In the days when firearms were part of the personal ontfit considered necessary in certain very youthful and very active western towns, cely bear testimony against another in this respect, since all were alike guilty. The author of the military experiences entitied “On the Border With Crook” sped an eccentric cbaracter named Dafiield, a_i who was oue night persuaded, in a good-hn- mored mood, to produce all the weapons with which he was loaded. He drew them from the armholes of his waistcoat, from his boot legs, from his hip pockets and the back of his neck; there they were, eleven weapons, mostly small Derringers, with'one kisfe. Comment was useless, for none of those present thought it wise to criticise, The next day, however, Judge Titushad Duf- field arrested and brought before him on the charge of carrying concealed deadly weapo The court room was packed with « very orde! crowd, list to along exordium from tin judge on the cnormity of the practice o! y- ing concealed dewlly weapons. When this very sensible address was concluded he said: all the first witness. Call Charles 0. Brown.” Mr. Charles 0. Brown under oath stated his name, residence on and was then | direeted to show nd jury how the ju prisoner had drawn bis revolver the day pre- viou: ell, jedge.”” jiast thi ‘ay he drawed the action to the word. this n wwe for the prosecution lrew @ wix-snooter, fully cocked, from the aolster on his hip. Ihere was a ripple of laughter through the courtroom. Every one saw at ouce the ab- surdity of holding one mau responsible for the misdemeanor of ‘which»a whole community was guilty, and the trial proceeded no further. ECONOMY IN LITTLE THINGS, Take Care of the Pence and Then You Can Spend the Pounds, From the New York Tribune. “My shoes cost me a great deal too much money,” moaned a club man to his friend the other night, as he admired his newly polished footwear. “How much?” asked the other. “I can’t get along on less than $15 a year for ordinary, every day shoes; and that is only two pair, ‘That does not count dancing shoes, slippers, &c. Whatdo yours cost you; I mean your business shoes?” “Nothing,” said his friend. “Nothing?” “Nothing now. They used to cost me about the same as you.” “How do you manage it?” “Always wear patent leather.” “don't understand.” “How much does it cost you to keep your sas they are now?” bout 5 cents a day on the average. “How much is that a year?” a ve times 365. y $15 in round numbers.” sh: well?” . |, you don’t have to have patent leather shoes blacked, and that saves about $15 a yenr. If they get muddy, rub them yourself with « wet sponge and a little vaseline afterward, and they're all right again. By this mea save €15 in nickels for blacking and tual about what your shoes cost you. See?” “Yes, [ses. Is that why you wear that con- foundedly unbecoming beard and let your hair grow long, drooping on your coat collar?” “No, that is not the reason, and yet I have calculated that to get shaved every other day and tip the barber every time would cost me #45 a year, and to get my hair cut once a fort- night would cost me about €6 more. I tell you there are more reasons than the artistic one for actors, authors, musicians and painters weur- ing their hair long. Economy 1s an admirable characteristic, and I wish [could induce you to practice it. In the unconsidered trifles of shoe polish and shaving I save about €65a year, enough to pay the premiums on life insur- ance policy. Give up your little extravagances, my boy, and save money.” All must indeed admire the skill of the work- man, but one cannot help feeling that it has been a Stone has indeed “been robbed of its weight and density,” but those attributes should havé been allowed to remain. Yes, it is cunning labor; and when that is said all is said. ORNAMENT SHOULD NOT DECEIVE. ‘That ornament which is not what it pretends to be is not truly ornamental. It is a sham. Stucco work is probably the most frequently ountered sham. But we see less of it than we used to. Eastlake says that it was an evil hour when stucco was invented. This is how he bewailed its prevalence in England fete | years ago: “Not only 1s plaster or cement ‘as a covering for inferior brick work, but it is boldly employed for columns, parapets and veranda balusters in place of stone. It is not at all an uncommon thing to see a would-be Doric or Corinthian shaft truncated of its base ban to the side of « house “Billy, my wise, economical and artistic friend, is your life insured?” asked the other. “No—not yet.” “What did your house bill at the club amount to last month for liquors?” Will you have s dcink with Bul ou have a me '’ “T radher think the drinks are ov me, tia man. ‘Very well, a cock and then I'll goand PE ng | a bt ——_—_+e-______ ‘The Spectroscope in Astronomy. From the London News. a Bir Robert Ball in bis interesting article on the new astronomy in “The Fortnightly” waxes justifiably enthusiastic on the triumphs of spectroscopic photography in extending our knowledge of the heavens. The movements of the stars ina direct line to or from us, which were not noticeable on merely telescopic exam- ination, are now measured with Stars at such a LIFE IN CHINA, CHINA $5 A MONTH IS A FAIR SUP- port fora family. That is about what the average workman earns. However, this in- come is added to in certain small ways. First is the universal pig, which is the popular do- mestic animal. He, or rather she, sleeps in ‘the vestibule and, when the house is too small to possess this luxury, in the living room. The pig recognizes her name and displays in her intelligence the inherited results of centuries of training. She litters twice = year. Of her offspring, the males are fattened and sent to the market and the females are sold or kept for breeding purposes. The pig is fed at every meal of the family: the rest of the day it forages for itself in the streets, fields, drains and on the beach. At low tide hundreds are often seen devouring seawéed, dead fish and the flotsam and jeteam of the sea. The wife and children gather driftwood, edible sea ‘os, sea fungus and seaweed, small shellfish the size of pea or bean, mushrooms and tree aaushrooms. aromatic leaves for flavoring pur- poses, deed branches, dry loaves, dead grass and grass roots, cow dung and animal drop- pines, What they do not care to use they sell tor @ few copper cash or barter with neighbors and tradesmen for rice and vegetables. In this manner @ woman and several children will pro- vide all the food for a family and leave a small gurplus to put by for a rainy day. Children four years of age will hunt up the pig when he is lost, lead the water buffalo or tend a herd of sheep with almost the same success as a grown man. They work in the garden, bring water from the wells, destroy locusts, caterpillars and slugs, pull out the weeds, and in every way show themselves excellent horticulturists in miniature. CHURCHES AND TEMPLES. So says Consul Bedloe, writing from Amoy to the Department of State. He add Churches and temples cannot be owned ecclesiastical organizations. They are a manner common property. Any one can hold receptions, dinner parties, picnics and mect- ings upon the premises without fee or charge Barbers, dentists. physicians and story tellers can enter the place and there ply their voca- tion. Peddlers, traveling cook shops, curio dealers, grocers, farmers and other wandering tradesmen can make use of the church groun to exhibit and sell their goods. Even gambl are permitted to throw dice and tempt fortune in a smali way in other games within the outer gates. Only actorsare debarred from the uni- versal privilege. They must give their street show beyond the walls. A mandarin or wealthy merchant takes a vacation, and, «lesiring quiet, ease and a beuutiful resting place, goes his family and servants to some temple famous for its picturesque surroundings. He sends furniture enough for comfort, has his servants do the cooking or hires the priest for the pur- pose, receives and entertains his friends and at the end of hix holiday goes home. giving the furniture to the church as a token of gratitude or because it will cost more to transport it home than it was worth, At Lam-pa-do tem- ple I found farmers’ wives covering the stone floor of the inner yard with beans, cabbae leaves and other vegetables, in order to dry and preserve these edibles for the market. At the temple of the White Stag a laundryman was utilizing the well and the granite fences for bis business. ‘The common belief in the United States that all Chinese read and write and are well in- formed does not contain one particle of trath. The higher classes, who do not exceed 5 per cent of the popuiation, receive what might be cnlled mgood literary education. As for the Chinese linguage, there is no such thing Every province has its own language and every listrict its dialect. ‘ue native so-called wri ten language 1s not a language, but an ideo- graphic wystem and is one vels of human genius. It cuuld be applied most as much fucility to Euglish, Preuch and erman ay it is to the nuinberless languages of China, Koren and Japan. CLATKVOYANTS AND FORTUNE TELLERS are numberless in China, ‘The queeres» indus- try in the ghostly line is “grave telling.” When the average Mongolian reaches manhood's tate one of his first ambitions is to have a nice comfortable grave. The moment he has © requisite cash he consnlts ove or more grave tellers.” ‘These are old scholars, witose scholarship has not been appreciated by the public at large or who have fallen from grace by gambling, opium smoking or other vic nd who earn a precarious living from astro nyance, &e. ‘The philos- proportionate client, consults his mystic ks, draws an incomprehensible diagram hb points and straight lines, and announces che day on which it will be good iuck to visit rtain cemeteries end burial site On the lay fixed the parties appear dressed im their best clothes -and newly washed and ah Lhe grave tellers are equipped with books, dia- per anda forked rod, strangely re i the divining rod with which our a The wealth of his $ i talk, sometimes Jastiag hours. ke ‘site is finaliy picked out. Often two or three sites are selected, so, in case the use of one is prevented by wnforeseen circumstances, another will be ready. ‘ihe client arranges with'the owner of the land an and is then prepared to die in CHINESE. WORKINGMES. Workingmen in China use stimulants freely, but never toexcess. Their temperance is made all the more conspicuous by contrast with Eu- ropenns in the east, of whom nine-tenths drink heavily and a majority drink to excess, In the hospitals two-thirds of the European deaths from liver, heart and kidney disorders are of jeuts who have used stinulants immoder- In consequence of a merely nominal liquors are cheaper in China than in rope or America, the drawback system enab! the merebant tu sell Holland gin or Keatucky Lourbon for less in Hongkong than in Amster- dam or New York, A quart bottle of the former n be purchased for 27 cents, an ordinary quart bottle of fine Scotch whisky for 35 cents und the same quantity of vermouth for 30 cents. ‘The opium habit is very general. Notwith- standing its expense it prevails among the poor as well as the rich. The vice ix practiced largely in private life, nearly every house hay- gone or more “lay-outs.”” The opium busi- ness ia in the bands of Europeans, chiefly Brit ish. Itis very profitable. In the past deca: the opium evil has been increased and inten: fied by the morphine habit. It was introduced by a talented Engiish physician. who cured (?) the opium habit with pills of sulphate of mor- phine. ‘The unfortunate Chinese patients, not understanding the substitution of a more terri- ble vice for the one of which they desired to be cured, spread the praise of the new remedy throughout the district and thence to the province. The “little pills” or “little Hong- ong pills,” as they are called by the natives, are now sold by hundreds of thousands. They contain an eighth of a grain of the alkaloid and and are manufactured in England. ‘This en- terprising proprietor has realized a handsome forvane fom his novel but wicke: trade. Rev. J. A. Otte, M-D., one of the most successful i ionari in the east, re- ports that these morphine pills have ruined raore than 10,000 citizens heretofore prosperous in their callings. THE RECREATION OF GAMBLING. The Chinese Inburer loves the excitement of gambling and begins the recreation in mere childhood. Cake peddlers and street huck- sters carry dice and a bowl and at every op- portunity start raffles, in which the entry fee is 1 cash, about one-twelfth of a cent. On every street in the daytime and early evening may be seen groups of children and boys around @ peddler gambling for @ cake, a fruit or for # small amount of money. Aw older they take to dominoes and quickness of play and sight that borders on marvelous, At manhood they patronize the houses where are played fan-tan, pak-a-peo, ehi-wah and other oriental games of chance. ‘They also combine into clubs of ten, twenty or fifty and buy fractional ticketsin the Manila lottery. Although gambling is a crime in China and glamblers classed as habitual crimi- nals, the law is almost a dead letter. 1t enables policemen and ofticials to “squeeze” the pro- pepe load tables, which they do to extent of about 75 per cent of all profits. On holidays the law is repealed a tempore and the professional is permitted to ply his Tothe open streets, and even in the yards attached to the churches, courts and 4 CARNIVAL OF NATIONS. A Unique Entertainment Proposed by Wash- ington Lodge of Kike. ‘NATIONAL RIFLES’ HALL WILL BE TRANSFORMED $0 AS TO REPRESENT MANT LANDS AND PEOPLE YOULL LIST OF THE LADIES WHO WILL AID Ix ‘MAKING THE AFFAIR 4 SUCCESS. Instead of their annual benefit performance the members of Washington Lodge of Elks have determined this year to appeal to the Public in # novel and beautifal way. For some weeks they have been quictly at work, assisted by their wives, daughters and other ladies who have in past years been the guests of the lodge at the annual ladies’ social sessions, and the result of the deliberations has been the perfection of arrangements for a grand carnival of nations which is to be held in the National Rifles’ armors, com- mencing on the 22d instant. The ladies have entered heartily into the project, and have completed an organization, with Mra. John R Ellinger as president and Miss Katie Goss as secretary. They have fully com- pleted their arrangements and made the as- signment of different booths and other features of the car- nival over which they will have control. It is expected that the costumes of the different countries will be worn and at each booth there will be plenty of evidence of the nation it will Tepresent A full list of the ladies in charge ‘and their assistants is as follows: UNITED STATES. Mra. John C. Maxwell in charge. Assistants— Miss Carrie Ayer, Mise Bain, Miss Ella David- son, Miss Annie Davidson, Miss Mamie Hickox, ‘Miss Daisy Mrs. Joseph Ireland, Miss Flora Plugge Miss Lalu Smith, Miss ‘Mary ields, Miss Nelson, Miss Agnes Ulmer, M. Carrie Walker, Miss ‘Katie Walsh. amas: ENGLAND. Miss Nellie Mack in charge. Assistants—Mrs. Lillie M. Mack, Miss Annie Levering of Balti- more, Miss Fannie Brawner. These will be as- sisted by-Master Willie Ellinger, Master Harrie Lawrence. FRANCE. . Mrs. Chas. H. Clark in charge. Assistante— Mrs. Paul Hines, Mrs. Sophie Harrison, Mra. J. 8. Noel, Mra. H. Billings, Miss Kelly, Miss Ma- gruder, Miss Waddington, Miss McEwen, Miss Howell, Mrs. F. A. King, Mrs. Kistler, Mise McGinn, Miss Davis. SPAIN. Mrs. R. F. Cardella in charge. Asxistants— Mrs. C. G. Bollinger, Mrs. Nellie Royce, Mre. Nellie F. Prentice, Mrs. Annie Garrison, Mra G. MeGuigan, Miss Cora C. Curry, Miss Cora Penfield, Miss Cora Spangler, Miss Edith Per- kins, Miss Mamie Curry. Ail’ these ladies are of the Potomac Relief Corps, W. B. C., Department of Potomac, G. A. R. GERMANY. Mrs. Harry Clay Ford (nee Blanche Chap- man) in charge. Assistants—Miss Cora Me- Nelly, Miss Mamie sergman, Miss Katie Rup- ert, Mrs. Dora Berlin, Mrs. Altic Jenings, Miss May Lansdale, Mrs. E. K. Plant, Miss Emma Voigt. SWITZERLAND. Mrs. Daniel E. Cahill in charge, Assistante— Mre, J. C. McGinn, Mrs, W. H. Waddington, Miss Gertie Waddington, Mrs. J. C. Cox, Miss Maggie T. O'Meara, Miss Sallie Fogarty, Miss Elsie Sillers, Miss Nora ‘Torrens, Miss’ Delio ‘Tune, Miss Nellie Tune, the Misses Elliott. Tue Grace Rudderforth in charge. Assist iss Lilly Shehan, Miss Florence Houck, Miss Adelaide Wilton, Miss Julia McCarthy, Miss Houts, Miss Leary. MEXICO. Mrs. Geo. D. Scott in charge. Assistants— Mrs. Frank B. Clarkson, Mrs, Gen. Hubbard, Mrs. F. H. Ayme, Mrs. M. B. Johnson, Mrs. C. 0. Brill, Mrs. N. Radeliff, Mrs. R. M. Boleigh, Mias N2C, Ca # Bessie Madeira, Miss PP Sertie Martin, Miss M. A. Mitchell and Little May Blossom. IRELAND. Mary Hogan in charge. 8 Mamie Douglas, Miss Calvert, Miss Very T. 1 M tie Necdham, Miss Florence Scherer, Mzs. James L. F James MeKenna, Jolin Ke B an, Miss Madigan, Miss Limbach, M. A. Downing, Mrs. de Miss Westgate, M ud Dougiae, Miss Moliie Houtz, Miss Sallie C. Burgee, Miss Minuie Nohe, Miss Schwartz. JAPAN. Mrs. George H. Tucker in charge. Assist ants—Mrs. Nellie Bliss, Miss Alice Auld, Miss Lillian Clarvoe, Miss Mamie Cook, Miss Fanny Duffy, Miss Agnes Du: y Brick, «Lilly Deitz, Miss horn, Miss lie Court we Prosie, Miss Mary jrews, Mi v. Miss Carry Tati, 8 Geddes, Maud Burnett, Ella Dani, THE MOINTY CLUB. Earl A. Keyser in charge. Assistants—E. B. Geo. A. Mason, W. D. Mack, Jos. E. op, Wm. R. Mack, E. K. Piant, Chas. Wiley, Mrs. Clara Murphy, chairman: Miss Mamie Baumgarten, Miss Carrie Baumgarten, Miss Sadie Steinum, Miss Ernie Meyer, Miss M Assistants— Fi jie McKeuna, Mrs. anzhorn, Miss Maggie Kupper Ruppert, Miss Maggie Carew, iss Fannie Carew, Miss ire: Carew, Miss Neljie Binir, Miss Stella Peach, Miss F. E. Richardson, Mrs. A. Wili- iams, Miss Lena Stein, Miss Beckie Stein, Miss Annie Zeller, M Williams, Miss Willis TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. Mrs. R. W. Pentland in charge. Asststant: Mary Watts, Miss Mable Hermann, Miss Kate MeGirr, Miss Mattie King, Miss Gertrude Johnson. Farl A. Keyser, Miss Sadie FLOWER STAND. ‘Mrs. Lioyd B. Brooke in charge. Assistante— Mrs. Theo. Cornman, Mrs. George Engle, Miss Lillian Hurdle, Miss Leah Schneider, Mise Dolly Schneider, Miss Emma npson, Miss Maud Miils, Miss Lou Betz, Miss Marth@ Brooke, Miss Ray Walker, Mass Annie Keefe, Mise Humphries, Miss alcCauley, Mrs, Clarehos Stone. JACOB'S WELL. ‘Mrs. Wm. H. Mohler in charge. Assistants— Miss E. R. Mohler, Miss Lena M. Mohler, Miss C. O'Meara, Miss O. Seliha: Miss N. Browne, Miss E. Schmidt, Miss R. White, Miss A. Fore- man, Miss L. Steidel, Miss L. Donaldson, Miss , Miss Katie Goss, Miss M. Connor, Miss Bertie Keefer, Miss Bianche Hodges. POST OFFICE. Mrs. E. B. Hay incharge. Assistants—Mrs. W. W. Clark, Mra. W. C. Smith, Miss Maud Stevens, Miss Dennis, Mrs, Dr. Newton. SUPPER Room. Mrs. George Ackman in charge. Assistants— Mrs. Robert J. Walker, Mrs. Johnston, Miss Conners, Miss Platz, Mise Ida Lee. BEAN BOARD. Mrs. Ed. A. Williams in charge. Assistants— Miss Mamie Baumgarten, Miss Carrie Baum- garten, Miss Sadie Steinum, Miss Ernie Meyer, Miss Lena Stein, Miss Beckie Stein, Mrs. Geo. P. Ganzhorn. xECROMANO. Mrs. Thos. Rudderforth in charge. Aesist- ants—Miss Anua Malcolm, Miss Gertrude John- ston, Miss Maud Keleher and Miss Jenuie Streaks. In addition to the attractions of the various booths there will be stage entertainments each evening by both professional and amateur talent, Miss Lizzie MacNichol and others hav- ing signified their intention to appear in so onseveral evenings. Mr. John Hazel of Wit liamsport, Pa., the widely known cornet vir- tuoso, has been enga; and many other at- a which val be announced later. reas ly large legations from in Philadelphia, Reading. Williat pm a Pa., Norfolk and Baltimore and other Joch ta Go teplanich the chr hy ned hase foots t is to 1e an rice ace 4 ean theatrical entertalament heretafare given the lodge in sid of the charity funds, he ‘most & by support from of the the public generally is anticipated. Dr. Edward Bedloe, United States consul at , in China, and now at his home in Phila- is said to be a generous order and those who will have charge of the | | seen. | 4 Moorish aspect, the face of the structure be- 4 BLIND SCULPTOR. How He Fintshed the Statue of Washington Irving. From Frank Lesiie’s Weekly. There isa blind sculptor residing in Tarry- town who has just completeda wonderful statue of Washington Irving. It is one-third larger than life and reprosents Irving as sitting in an easy attitude in an arm chair, with one log crowed over the other. In the left hand ix held a pair of eyegiasses. The right arm rests for the past eighteen months,” said Jobn Mar- chant Munday, the blind sculptor, laying his hand caressingiy upon the plaster model. “I say night, because night is the same as day to me. When Icome bere in the evening the only light I have is that from within. I have lived so long with my work that I know its every feature, and any imperfections in it come ont more strongly before my mind's eve in the darknese than they would during the | day. when there is a dim glimmering before | | my eyes that distracts my attention. “You ask me how I work. By measmements | and with rude tools. The bust was first mod. eled, then the chair upon which the figure sits. | The height at which the head was to be elo- | vated from the floor had next to be determi: This, you must understand, is accomplished by the exact knowledge of the proportions of ¢ buman form when placed ina and is the basis of all other calcula: ‘I will now give you an example of howl modeled a single piece of the statue. serveasanexample. Place yourself in a «it- ting posture, throwing one leg over the other | 80 as to bring the folds in your trousers into aneasy, natural and graceful position. You will observe that 1 pass my bands over the folds so made. Inow have my idea. With it I do direct to the statue and pass my hands over the folds I have made ix the clay. If t anything wrong in my model I am en this means to detect it at dnce. No matte slight the difference may be, it will not escape me, nor will the slightest roughness in face of the plaster. Of course this work can be done by me as easily in the darkness as in the light. “It may be interesting to know how I made the pleated shirt front, which Mr. Irv ing 60 much affected. I procured one similar to the one I wished to produce and spread it upon pillow. Then I passed my hands care- fully over the pleats. I le, which were very and which were resent pleatsin the shirt frontef my Laying these upon the rough clay, I spread a thick layer of new clay over them, which was afterward scraped off by tools snd modeled into shape.” “It has beon a iabor of love with me,” con- tinued the blind sculptor, as his head drooped aud tears bedimimed bis eyes. “Knowing as I did that it must end my career as an artist, 1 have given it my undivided attention by nigat nd day. It has been ever present with me uring my waking hoursand has haunted my dreams at night. Now that it is finished amy life's work is finished also.” ‘The question of a xite for the statue bas not | yet been decided. The claims of New York to | Irving as a representative citizen are urged by many who would like to see him houored in that city. The people of Tarrytown are also desirous of securing this notable work of art for their town, to be placed either at “Sunn side,” the homestead of Irving, or some pul situation in the village. THE LEANING TOWER IN SPAIN. It te Feared That, Being Dangerous, It Will Have to Come Down. From the Brandon Bucksaw. Acommittee appointed to report on the famous Torre Nuova in the Plaza San Filipe, in the capital of Aragon, has issued a pessimistic account It is feared that this clock tower—a very fine example of the kind—will have to bo pulled down. Excessive rains and floods have caused a subsidence of soil and the structure is deemed unsafe, The construction of this leaning tower was begun in the fifteenth century. under the direction of two Spanish, one Jewish and two Moorish architects. It is octagonal in form, 300 feet high, 45 in diameter and leans about 10 feet out of the perpendicular. Stone steps, 260 in number, lead inside to the top gullery, whence a magnificent and beautiful view is ob- ained over the city itself, the fertile plains of Aragon, watered by the tapid-flowing Ebro, aud away to the north where the Pyrenees are The edifice, builtof bricks, has at a distance ing diapered with brick work, but the design and execution are much coarser than are gen- eraily seen in purely Moorish buildings; the various windows, galleries, battlements and turrets, together with designs partly Byzan- tine, partly Arabesque, demonstrates its mixed architecture. It hus been stated that the leaning tower was due to the caprice of the architects, but an old crack in ite side and a careful exami- nation of the foundation led to the conclusion that it was want of care on the part of the build- ers. The Aragonese speak of the ancient crack asan old wound in its side, of which the Torre ova is now dying. This “old wound’ was under treatment in the year 1860, but an un- fortunate relapse threatens to result in an en- tire collapse. SHE WON HER POINT. And Her Husband Gave Her Carte Blanche for Expenses. From the Chicago Tribune. “Mary,” he said, as be scowled at ber over the breakfast table. *John,” she replied featlessly. he said, “what kind of a breakfast do yot call this?” “I call it an excellent one,” she returned bravely. “You do!" he exclaimed. “Well, Idon't! I think a little variety occasionally would be a good thing. Do you realize that this is the third morning this week that we have had corned-beef hash?” ‘ertainly, John.” “And that we had corned beef for dinner yesterday and cold corned beef for supper?” “Of course, John. You wanted me to run the house as economically as I could.”” ‘ex, but—" “You said that the amount of meat consumed in this house would bankrupt @ bank presi- nt. for the ex, “Certainly, certainly, Mary; but hang it e been following your instructions.” “But I don't like corned beetf™ “I know it. John,” she said, ina businens- like way. “That's what makes it last so long. It keeps expenses down splendidly, and, if you want— “I don’t! Let Pi! don’t!” pe culate. em run up! You've got too good a busi- ness head for anything Outside of « Doarding fing house.” aa 4 CONTENTED FARMER. He Was a Down Easter, but He Was Inter- ested In the West. From the Detroit Tribune. New England is in proportion to its popula- tion the richest part of the United States. From Maine to Connecticut the country is dotted with savings bauks, and the bulk of the vast insurance wealth of the Union is owned there. Tom Keed tells a story of a Nebraska farmer who, traveling through Maine, happened to stop ata little house hanging from the side of a rocky hill, which constituted the farm. Dur- | represents and that of the finds in Meauc THE NAMPA IMAGE. Relteration of the Claim ‘That It tse Gene ine Find. From the Pittsbane Caretta, Ina room in the Seventn Avenue Hotel inclosed in a small wooden box, is an image which bas excited much discassion and interest Among scientists since ite discovery at the bot- tom of aa artesian well in Idaho two years ago. It is in the possession of the finder, Col. M. A. Kartz, a former Pennsylvanian, who served in Col. Tom Bayne's regiment during the war and went weat in 1868. Speaking of the image, Col. Korte eaid@ that itwasdrawn up by ¢ 4 pump frome th of 3: © surface of the w dave of th led th peration he f boring. 4 panned . fifteen feet clay, clay bails mixed with sand, vegetable soil and the original saud- work drill “We had been getting some of the clay it ball e wand was changing the character d been at the contents ae it g it into ind ie figure. dit was a twig, rel of water and w age evidently of a fe it to be Here ned @ wooden box and dis “It ie just tinue material os the well e anch and # half long.” be com- i clay of the same ba bai trom the tom of 1 into the rep- Looking at 3% will see that the gen- ism 3 n With the balls of « them of t the work was «topped as al parts of the y were © hands or feet, and the ths remnant of a. ito Prof nein Ada railroad, nk who Loine City rested in it and nee with Mr. abt was expres st firet as to mage had really been brought up t f the we it was hinted aiter @eare- con, wan dis ting of the Boston tory the image was ac- le relic of an ancient civil- apposed to be many thourands sat least ax old an the 325 feet of deposit which covered it, and evidence of ite age is shown by a deposit of oxide of iron over Mts surface, Col. Kurtz says that the interests ar: \ because of th fons between the *upposes there is reason to believe that the valley in which the image was found contains relics ot human beings and houses. He thinks that they may have been buried in some up- heaval of a volcanic nature Col. Kurtz has refused to give the image te any socicty, and says be will exhibit it et Chi- cago in 183. coe A Bomb Thrower. From the St. Paul Pioneer Pre A rather sloveniy-looking man entered Too Tich’s office the other day, with a box under his arm. Is Mr. Toorich in?” he inquired of @ clerk. ‘Yes. Want tosce him?” “If you please,” he answered, putting the pa- per box carefully down on a chair. The clerk left his desk and went inte the private room at the the office. “He'll see you, \d & moment Inter, com ing back into the oftice. The slovenly-looking man entered the private Toom, stoppiig first and looking back et the Say," he said to the clerk, “be careful about that box.” ’ work The clerks, three in number, sto It was jast am ordinary paper box and hed loug enough to take a look at the box. probably at one time contained candy. One of the clerks contemptuous sniff and struck the box hight h bis band instant he gave # terrible yell, and, jumping about ten feet, pointed toward the box. A peculiar whirring sound was heard, followed at regular intervals by a “thamp, thump, as of something striking against the inside of the box. ter” i machine!” yelled the three clerks inoue Lreath, and ll “three made a rush to- ward the door, which they struck et the same time, and became wedged in the doorway #0 that they ither get out nor back again, Alarmed by their yells and the din they were making Toorich and the slovenly-looking mam Tushed into the oftice. ~Wha—what's the matter?” “Bombs?” “Dynamite! , “Infernal machine!” again yelled the clerks, indicating the paper boa, which was «till emit- tng the peculiar rasping whirr and thump. At tin tant the whirr became louder, the thumps increased in rapidity, and- suddenly a dull tinkle was he Lhe three clerks let out one awful, despair- ing cry, made one desperate efiort and in some 1 to squeeze through the door. hree fell inacontused beap in the ball- , Where they lay, kicking and clawing each otucr, and momentarily eapecting the explo- sien jut the explosion did not come. Theslovenly- jooking man evidently took in the situation and, taking the cover off the box, disclosed the naked works of a clock. And the three cierks at the dinner table that each told « threiling tale of a bomb- thrower and Low by their personal beroism and physical strength they had averted « terri- Die catastrophe. rial inate What Made Him se Courageous, From the Chicago Tribune He was in @ towering passion when Qe strode into the editor's room. It was evident that be was looking for trouble. iy name is Sellers, sir! Sellers!” he ex- claime ‘Ah, the « No the stranger. office.” ” gasped Toorich. 4, Mr. Sellers. Have « chair,” said or courteously. sir, Tl not have « chair!” thundered “I've come in to clean out the jd the editor calaly. “Will tle to one side, please? You shut the light off frommy desk. The stranger was sc surprised that he moved hout thinking. That's right,” said the editor. “Stand right there. Youcan get # better shot at me from there. Would you mind my calling « reporter in?” “lt you move I'll blow your brains out.” ‘0 intention of calling for help, I assure you,” protested the editor. “But you know what sensation this «fair will make, and I alw to have # reporter on ham auy tragedy. It makes a better With your permission. He touched a bell and a young man appeared st instant = Brows,” said the editor, “this is Mr. monkey, an — | Sellers. Ieailed him idiot anda thief im this morning's he hascome up to clean out the office, this room. Get a good account of it aud let jead the paper, double leaded. it ought te make « ratiling story.” “See bere! You've got nerve!” exclaimed the stranger. ‘Not xt ali,” replied the editor. *T derstand my business, and em en in it” ‘The stranger looked about him pervously and then said: “On, well, never mind; let the matter go. I 4idn't'mind it much, and you're too nervys aman to be done up in cold blood.” He backed out of the door and burried down the stairs. Then the editor gave a sigh of re het and turned to the reporter. “Was he standing on the plate?” he asked. Peers, on it.