Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1894, Page 20

“from the coast to prevent possible contact “tific knowledge, j fremendous responsibility. They risk their “ists In other Brazilian ports continually. It * @arine hospital bureau are in thorough ac- 20 GUARDING THE COAST Agains‘ Spectral Foes That Fly Over the Sea. THE MARINE OSPITAL SERVICE| The Outposts That Keep Cut Cholera and Yellow Jack. THEIR EFFECTIVE WORK ene ‘Written for The Evening Star. 4 HE United States government is look- ing after the health of the people. That an ounce of preven- tion is worth a pound of cure is the maxim that has been adopt- ed by the marine hos- pital bureau, which has all national san- itary matters in its charge. Supervising Surgeon GeneralWal- ter Wyman and his corps of expert assistants have been par- } tteularly wacchful of late, and the prospects | @re that the country will bave but Little to fear from epiderzics this season. Yellow | fever, cholera and smallpox are the three iseases upperniost in the minds of the ma- | Fine hospital bureau at present, and their | felative importance is expressed in the or- | @er in which they are named. Last year | Pholera was the chief impending danger at this season, and the means taken by the | Service, both foreign and domestic, to pre- Yent this dread scourge from visiting the United States are too well known to call for anything further. than a mere refer- Disinfecting — Reddy I Del. ence. Of course, no one can tell what the | Summer may bring forth. The bureau has | &n experienced surgeon, who has now been | abroad more than a year visiting various | European points and collecting information, investicating rumors and keeping constant- ly im touch with the Washington headquar- ters by letter and cable. The latest reports indicate a decrease of | the threatening danger of disease in those localities where it had recently appeared. ‘There is no doubt that cholera is now bet- ter handled throughout Europe than ever before, and less doubt of the fact that the Presence of medical officers of the United marine hospital service last year in the principal ports had a marked effect. Tt induced other nations to pay attention ® preventive measures in @ manger never before attempted. The influence of the United States regulations in regard to the exportation of emigrants and merchandise | from cholera-intected districts had a most benefic al effect on the civilized world. They came to understand that the United States was not, and would not be, a dumping a for foreign garbage; that the United tea would not receive with indifference | fmmigrants and bagsage irrespective of eleanliness and freedom from contagion. Even today all immigrants and e must be inspected and properly labeled at the ports of departure—if infected, disin- fection is required. Yellow Fever. Yellow fever, however, is geographically Rearer at hand. Its cause is less perfectly ‘understood than that of cholera. It is more } Insidious !n its approach,and even last year, ‘mithough the cholera was severe, yellow fever proved 2 sreater menace. A severe epidemic has been raging. until within a short time since at Rio Janeiro, and it ex- 4s always in Havana and other Cuban ports ‘and special and extraordinary measures have already been put into operation to pro- tect the southern coast of the United States | during the present season. In the first place, in order to relieve the southern quar- — stations ef the presence of yellow féver infected vessels, instructions have | been sent, through the Department of | Btate, to all consular offices in Mexico, Cen- | tral end South America and the West In-| dies to warn masters of vessels bound for | the United States that in case yellow fe- ver breaks out during the voyage they ; should go direct to one of the outlying United States refuge stations for quaran- tine, before entering the port of destina-| tion. These outlying stations have been! established with a view to accessibility and are at the same time sufficiently distant ‘with other shipping. The Retage Stations. One is at the Dry Tortugas in the Gulf of Mexico. These islands are the most south- erly possessions of the United States, and ere directly in the line of travel from South America. The marine hospital service has | @ most complete quara::tine establishment | there, including a large steam disinfecting chamber, a sulphur fumigating furnace, a streng fron pier, and a powerful ocean tug for towing vessels in and out of anchorage. Further up the coast is another complete station at Black Beard Island, off the coast of Georgia. The bureau possesses and has entire control of this island. All vessels sailing from certain ports in Cuba, Havana, among the number, which are regarded as suspicious and subject to treatment, even though no yellow fever has actually been on board, are required to put in at Black | Beard Island. Many of these vessels are warned to perform their quarantine at the outlying stations as a precaution and con-| sequent relief to the quarantine stations at | ports of destination. These stations are commanded by experienced officers, thor- ushly posted in the scientific as well as fhe practical nature of their work. A most | thorough and rigid discipline is maintained. | ere is no work more manly than that performed by quarantine officers. It re- Quires physical bravery, powers of endi mee, firmness of purpose, vigilance, scien. and, of course, involves Yves, and some have been sacrificed in this Under National Surveillance. National supervision of quarantine has been developed beyond the genera! expecta- tion of those who but casually examined the law which was approved February 15, 1806. In accordance with that law every seaport of the United States is under the surveillance, as far as quarantine is con- cerned, of the general government. The whole coast, from Maine around to the state of Washington, ts divided into districts | and quarantine stations. State and local, well as national stations, subject to periodical visits of mspection by detailed | officers of the Marine Hospital service. far as yellow fever is concerned, the ous coast is from Virginia to Texas. officer of the Marine Hospital. servics has deen specially detailed for the present sea- son to do nothing else but inspect the quar- | antine stations on the coast of North anc | South Carolina and Georgia. Another has | the Florida coast; another the gulf coast of @ portion of Florida, Alabama and Missis- sippi, and another the Louisiana and Texas coasts. Each of these officers has been se- lected with reference to iitness, and is sup- fed with most minute printed instructions. He transmits to the bureau reports of each station visited. In addition to these, two special experts have been detailed. One of these remains In Brunswick, Ga., where the yellow fever prevailed last year, for the purpose of prompt action should any suspi- Cious case of fever appear. ‘The authorities of Brunswick and the cord in this matter, and are moving in per- | it. | fac who immediately extended the invitation for the assignment of this officer, as it would thereby relieve the municipality of any doubts of the presence of suspicious disease, and give the necessary confidence to neighboring cities and states. A further officer, a sanitary inspector, appointed es- pecially because of the pre-eminence of his scientilic knowledge of yellow fever, is vis- iting the various cities of the southern coast for the purpose of examining their mortuary records, and of calling attention to any unusual mortality from fevers of all descript ons. It is held that epidemics of yellow fever are generally preceded by such | immense mortality. This inspector is also in readiness to respond immediately to an order to investigate any reported suspi- cious case. Experience has proven Tepeat~ edly the unwillingness of local physicians to give due credit to suspicious cases, know- = « ee Sear ic Ua Fath s, Dry Tortugas, Disinfecting Build Fla, ing full well, as they do, the serious dis- turbance to trade and commerce which their report might cause, and being some- times in honest doubt, they give their town the benefit of the doubt commercially. Health officers of neighbot tates, how- ever, quickly learn of these icious cases and report them to the bureau, and it is then ail important to have an officer, free from local fear or prejudice and so skilled | that his decision is final, to pass upon the t case. Last season a number of towns in the south were thus inspected, causing much local resentment and chagrin at first. The sentiment quickly changed, however, to Sratification when the disquieting rumors were definitely settled, the result showing freedora from suspicion and correspon: commercial advantage. Smallpox. With regard to smallpox, which has re- cently so widely prevailed, especially in Chicago, the bureau has been called upon to act, and especially to aid in preventing its spreading, particularly to the Ports on the great lakes. A regular medical officer has been detailed at Chicago, with seven sanitary inspectors, to vaccinate the crews of outgoing vessels and inspect the same. ‘on = or ja been stationed at Sault ‘e. Marie to inspect vessels from Chicago bound for Lake Superior, also one at De- troit for ports on Lake Erie. Inspectors have also been sent to several interior Places where the disease hag been reported to exist to see whether the proper precau- tions have been taken to prevent its spread. At the request of the state of Pennsyl- vania a supplemental quarantine station has been established by the marine hospital service at Reddy Isiand, Delaware, which works in conjunction with the one at Del- aware Breakwater, in Delaware bay. It gotten happens that owing to storms in the bay vessels cannot be boarded at the break- water. In such cases they pass on to Reddy Island. This is of great advantage to shipping, and affords additional security. Reddy Island is fully equipped with all the modern appliances uow in use. The work of the marine hospital bureau fs constontly increasing, and the services of its trained corps of officers are being con- Stantly sought in ail matters pertaining to sanitation and the ‘vention and suppres- sion of contagious ASES. WILLIAMS C. FOX. BOSTON’S PUBLIC ART. Sargent’s Decorati Exhibited at the Royal Academy. London Letter to the New York Post. Perhaps the greatest surprise the Acad- emy has to offer is the prominence accorded to Mr. Sargent’s decoraticns for the Bos- ton Public Library, hanging them not merely weil, but in much the same position they will occupy eventually in the building for which they are designed. In every way Mr. Sargent’s is the most important work of the year, important net only as ar interesting new departure of an artist who has so distinguished himself in encther branch of art, but because of its own vigor and impressiveness, The com:pesitions shown are for a lunette and a section of barrei-vault ceiling (in the en- trance hall of the special library fluor), which is to be entirely decorated by Mr. Sargent. & The religious of the world give the sub- ject, or motive, he has chosen for the whole design, or series of designs. The one por- tion now completed represents the oppressed ebildren of Israel in the hand of the heathen.—Psalms evi, 21, et seq., being the text he prints as explanation in the cata- logue. The Israelites, naked and martyred, are crouched in the center of the lunette. On one side is an Assyrian, the figure bor- rowed from ancient sculptures, and the conventional Assyrian Hon. On the other, an Egyptian and the Egyptian bis. Above, emerging from what is apparently an ar- rangement of wings, is the army of the Almighty, whe regarded the afiliction of His people “when He heard their cry.” On the ceiling are the idois after whom they strayed; to the right, Astarte, veiled and terribte in her beauty; to the left, a herrible colossal monster, meant, I imagine, for Moloch; between are the signs of the zodiac and strange allegorical figures. It is sufficient te look at the composition to realize the amount of research and study necessary to enable the artist to undertake It suggests a patience and a delibera- tion with which, judging from his usual brilliant and rapid methods, one’ would scarce have credited Mr. Sargent. And not only this, he has also adapted bis technique to his motive. His treat- ment is as archaic as his subject; only in the children of Israel is there something of realistic rendering—a realism which, truth to tell, seems to strike a discordant note in the prevailing conventionalism. A barbaric splendor is produced by the gold of the armor and weapons and orna- ments, all modeled in high relief and set on the canvas as nimbus and decorations are in the old Italian altar pieces, by the stones and jewels glistening in the robes of Astarte, by the brilliancy of the red wings. No doubt this wes the effect Mr. Sargent sought. Otherwise it would not be easy to account for what seems a want of harmony in the color scheme. The wings are so many unattached spots of red. The filmy blue gauze—a marvel of cleverness in the painting—that envelopes Astarte, is in al- most too violent contrast with the more somber adornments of Moloch. But, as I say, this probably is intentional, color har- monies not being characteristic of archaic art, Besides, until one sees all the designs to- gether in their proper place—there Is a frieze of prophets, I believe, to go under the Ivrette—it is too soon to speak of the decorative success of the general scheme. ‘The comparatively small fraction exhibited amazes, by the knowledge revealed, by the vigor of drawing, and the virility and strength and fearlessness of the composi- tion. ——_+ee_—_____- Curious Properties of the Ruby. From the Jewelers’ Circular. The chief scientific interest of the ruby corundum flows from the extraordinary pecularities of structure that It presents, as well as from the mysterious qualities that determine its striking color. it is found in crystals of great variety of shapes, but all having a tendency to the peculiar habit of growth known to crystal- lographers as “twinning.” By testing crys; tals of corundum with polarized light, its structure is found to pe wonderfully com- plex, and under the microscope its exterior is covered with a strange network of sculpture, indicative of molecular changes. But probably the most interesting thing about the corundum crystal is the fact that it is nearly always found to have inclosed and surrounded some foreign body or other, which lies imprisoned in its midst. Stranger still Is the fact that these “included” for- eign bodies lie generally disposed of in planes meeting each other at an angle of @ degrees, the result being to produce the phenomenon of “asterism,” Which is the term given to the white star of light which is observable on certain jewels cut with a rounded surface. Very frequently the im- prisoned body is a minute bubble of gas or drop of liquid, containing sometimes little crystals of its own. The microscopic cavi- ties containing these things are often very numerous. For a long time the nature of the gas and fluid contained in the cavities remained a mystery. The Snglish philoso- pher, Brewster, was induced to investigate the subject by hearing that a ruby which an Edinburgh jeweler had placed in his mouth had exploded while in that position with unpleasant results. Other investigators fect harmony, which is the greatest guar- enty of successful and beneficial work. The a@dvisability of co-operation was represent- @d to the local authorities of Brunswick, i | followed, and it has now been made cer- tain that the fluid is no other than liquid carbolic acid gas, reduced to that condition by being under great pressure, THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. THE JUNGLE TERROR Tncidents of a Hunt for 5 Dreaded Man Eater. TRACKING HIM THROUGH THE FOREST The Skill of the Natives and the Cunning of the Brute. A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE Written for The Evening Star. N BARODA THAT night there was ter- ror and despair. The villagers rushed about aimlessly. They blasphemed against the gods and be- sought their mercy; they -nourned and cowered and cursed as only these orient- als can. Ample cause existed for this intense, if transient, passion. The tiger had come, not as before, to seize some ryot going home from his fields, a post runner upon the road, a wood cutter in the forest or an ill-starred gwalla amid his herd— Seeta, wife of Bribu, the carpenter, was carried off while crossing the street. A Hindu community is perfectly helpless under such circumstances. They rave. for an hour and then sink into apathy. This is why, to’ go no further, we read in: the Imperial Gazetteer for India that ‘man- eating tigers destroy eighty persons here, @ hundred ‘there and more somewhere else. The forest officer, Capt. A., had just come from leave at Ootoocamund and I with him; otherwise what was now dore would have been attempted before. Next day we saw the whole history of this mur- der in the trail. This beast’s foresight and purpose, its infernal cunning—stupidly called instinct—were there perfectly por- trayed. Before dark the tiger came down from the hills within sight of their village well and stood looking. As cover failed in front, he made a detour and came up with- in rushing distance on the right. Some- thing prevented him from killing anybody then, but we saw where he crouched, Watching those who drew water about sun- Set. When the spot was deserted the beast turned out again to avotd any stray pariah dogs that might give an alarm, and cn- tered at a gap where two houses had been burned. There it remained, ambushing the street, up to the time when Seeta crossed from her dwelling to visit a friend. She was not struck down and killed instantly. The tiger seized her near the middle of her body, for as she was borne away her hands and feet dragged; bushes had been broken and tufts of grass torn up along the path, She was certainly alive during that inter- val between his attack and their arrival at the place where we found all that was left of her. From there his trail led away to the hills, Experience proves that there is but one way to hunt @ man-eater. This is the highest development of the most deadly of wild beasts. Ordinary devices— machans, scarms, beaters—are useless here. No animal is at once so cautious and so cruel. A panther under like circumstances may be as fatal, but his daring betrays him into indiscretions. The tiger makes no mistakes. Such a thing as a man-eater confining {ts depredations to an especial place is unknown; it infests a district, has many lairs, travels constantly and may be expected by day or night anywhere. That is why the helpless communities whose peo- ple he massacres give themselves up to despair. The strain of living in the shadow of such a death is too great. When A. and myself stood on that trail we both knew perfectly well it must be followed till the monster gathered himaelf for his death rally, and we did follow it until both were half dead with heat end exhaustion, our attendants worn out and our animals almost broken down. The ti- ger traveled by night principally; our pur- suit could be conducted only during the day. More than once, also, his track was lost. ice we made a cut-off and were close to him. On the first occasion he kill- ed a pilgrim carrying Ganges water in the road leading east from Baroda. This man was eaten, and while his destroyer lay by in a nala news came to us and we pushed forward at once. The second time a Brin- farri was struck dead in his camp, and again we got near. Now, on the third even- ing of our hunt, it became tolerably cer- tain that the next day would bring us face to face. News of the Tiger. It was one of those intolerable Indian nights, more exhausting than the blazing noon. Our angareps were placed under a rely fig tree, but these sacred boughs brought none of that peace Gotama. Buddha found beneath them. We sat and gasped, aimlessly looking out upon the mcon-light- ed scene. Suddenly a dark figure rose from the nulla in front, and a man approached with the metal badge of a government peon glittering on his breast. Cheeto. son of Soonaryan, was a superior native. and ac- quainted with the elegancies of Oordoo, having consorted with Moonshees, Cheetoo said that it was in a propitious hour that he, a person of small consideration, found himself in the presence of our highnesses. It had befallen him to bear a letter to one Sikander Singh—the same being a patel backward with his rents. While returning, by the pecullar mercy of Allah, and because his destiny was not yet accomplished, weariness, and a heat greater than that of Gehenna, overpowered him, so that he rest- ed by the wayside, and his life was saved. For, behold, this tiger, offspring of infidel ents, came forth from the jungle but a fttte beyond, and walked down the road to- ward that broken land encircled by a waste cursed with barrenness and scorched by the sun. What need of further words? We, who knew everything,would certainly know this abominable one intended to stay there, it not being in the nature of tigers to cross uncovered plains. That was what we hop- ed for, but there was always a possibility before he got into the peninsula of jungle in front that our game might double. ‘The Elephants and the Trackers. We had only two elephants, Motee, who showed herself worthy of her name, and a pearl indeed when the time came, and Ti- poo, a leggy underbred beast,with too much of the Meerga about him to be trusted. Ours was no sporting expedition in which beaters could be employed, and men might choose their own positions. We had to run the tiger down and meet him wherever he made a stand. Starting at dawn, the place described by Cheetoo was reached early, and there his great square pugs might have been followed along the road by anybody. He soon turned off, however, and got on ground so diflicult to traverse that both of us thought we should be at last forced into the most desperate of all undertakings in which a hunter can engage, that of attack- ing a tiger at bay on foot. It did not hap- pen so, however, and our trackers went on with but little delay from finding them- selves at fault. Wonderful was the skill of these lean, dark, silent men, who moved on, eovered bs our riffes, communicating with each other by gestures, a few inaudi- ble words, hissings like those of cobras, or by giving the low croaks of a jungle crow. They trailed the tiger with scarcely a pause over sheets of nen — te dease brak inting with gleaming eyes tu places ‘where he had stopped to listen. for the fierce yet wary beast well knew he w: followed, and at length, after midday, Go- gooloo, who led, straightened himself up, gazed intently down a deep and narrow glen that opened before us, came swiftly to the shoulder of A.’s elephant, and said, while he motioned toward some dense cover in its midst, “Sahib, the tiger is there!" Truly it was a likely spot, and we were also near the jungle’s edge, but some- thing more than those circumstances and signs appreciable by civilized man went to make up the certainty of his decision. Very soon, however, our elephants told the same story, for we had entered but a little dis- tance into the ravine before Tipoo signaled danger by his trumpeting, while Motee, less nervous, stopped, cocked her ears, snuffed the faint draught of air drawing down the valley,and then beat softly upon the ground with her proboscis. In elephantine gesture language this meant “Lookout, gentlemen; 1 know there is a tiger here, though I don't see him just at present, because if I did, and he was coming this way, of course I should curl up my trunk and get it out of reach.” Brought to Bay. ‘There was scarcely a chance of our quarry breaking into the open country. Fagged as he must have been with that long chase, the animal could hot have gone two miles on this burning soil without breaking down from blistered feet and we should then have come upon him with every advantage on our side. He knew that just as well as we did, and his mind was made up to fight then and there, “Suppose you charge,” said A. ‘hat cur Tipoo will bolt, but you may get a shot, and Motee, who is stanch, will give me a chance as he bursts out.” Then he offered to exchange ele-| phants and go himself. The trackers climbed trees and we opened out to an interval of about twenty paces in advancing to within Short rifle range of the thicket, There A. halted end my mahout goaded the unwilling Tipoo forward. His footfall made no sound. The shadows of cliffs and foliage fell darkly upon us and a deathlike silence wrapped the scene as my elephant breasted the heavy undergrowth. Inside the scrub was not s0 thick, but I did not get far. A savage roar echoed through the ravine and the air rocked and trembled with its volume. That Was enough for Tipoo; the brute spun round as ff he had been pivoted and fled for his life. I saw the tiger’s fiery eyes for an in- stant, but had no chance to shoot. Neither did A. get a shot. It was a false attack— one of those feints tigers often make to in- timidate their adversaries; but & a ball had struck him he would have come on in earnest. Motee stood firm as a rock, and A. pushed ; as her into the cover, but I, knowing it hopeless to expect anything from my co ardly creature, drove him toward the jungie and stepped into a tree. We had neither rockets nor earthen bombs, and the bushes would not burn, so there was nothing for it but to tramp the beast up. In front that failed, because a little beyond the point to which I had got we found a narrow but deep gulch, with vertical sides. It was very narrow, but too wide for Motee. An ele- Phant may be made to cross any place it ean span with its stride. More than this it cannot do, since the animal is unable to jump. A flank movement was now necessary, and Tipoo, having been brought up, iauch against his will, I rode round and got into another tree, commanding the line of A.'s advance. Now, barring one of those acci- ents always liable to befall in tiger hunt- ing, the man-eater’s outlook seemed to be gloomy enough. The Last Charge. Soon after A.'s entrance the tiger tried another false charge, but swerved and got a bullet in his side, after which the end may be said to have become assured, for it was tolerably certain that, so far as he was concerned, all stratagems were now over | and what followed would be plain, straight- forward, desperate fighting. Motee worked beautifully, her little bright eyes twinkling as they rolled round. She stepped out cautiously but confidently, winding the faint breeze occasionally and throwing stones as the mahout directed. Suddenly she stopped and pointed dead th her trunk to a clump of bushes growing around a blasted tree, as much as to say, “He is there.” So he was, no doubt, a moment before, but I knew his whereabouts then, being high up and able to see. That slow, sinuous movement of the grass 1s unmistakable. The unimal was stealing up toward the elephant's side. No- body, after their first season, fires without a sight. I called to A., and as I did so the tiger rose and glanced like light before me, getting as he went the contents of my right barrel. I saw him spring high in air and roll in a heap amidst a cloud of dust, flying leaves and branches. But a moment after his form crashed through the thicket with the rush of a storm, and he stood rearing against my tree, devouring me with his blazing eyes. The dark blood gushed from his mouth as he uttered a gasping roar, hoarse and broken; and he looked at that moment like nothing on this earth but only himself. That was the end. A heavy bail taked his body from chest to flank, and with & few tremendous convulsions the tiger's deep-seated life passed away. Was this a wornout, mangy, toothless brute, messieurs mes amis, who have set- tled it to your own satisfaction that a man- eater must be incapable of killing game before he will so far fly in the face of nature as to shed human blood? He lay there, with his mighty limbs outstretched, ten feet long from tip to tip, in the highest condition, his coat glowing between its inky stripes, perfect in destructive power, and — eye splendid and terrible even in ea , ——>___ REVOLT OF THE DAUGHTERS. The Modern Relations With the Moth- ers Discussed. From the Nineteenth Century. Why cannot mothers and daugiters, like any two other women, enjoy themselves alongside, without driving each other crazy? If people’s brains are not of a size, their tastes not of a kind, they can live their separate lives without evii-speaking, lying and slandering, can’t they? No, history says, not in one house. “Two in a house” must entirely sympathize, or one must rulc. And the head of the house cannot be the daughter. Funny enough, and most incon- clusive, are the explanations given in the recent racy discussion—a most useful dis- cussion, too, for it has put revolt into the heads of a few unreyolting daughters, who were still benightedly honoring and obey- Ing, it has been a ray of comfort to many a puzzled parent and a glorious illumination to many au innocent young eligible. Some people say the mothers are too strict, and Barbara, with her latchkey and her Zola, has their full sympathy. Others say the mothers are too lax, and try to drive into hideous marriage the shy, refined Virginia, who only asks, as she has a right to ask. whether: the man she is expected to love has “a past to bury.” {n my opinion, the mothers have very little to do with the matter a: all. Many girls at @ certain age seem to like a grievance, and when they feel bored at home hunt around for an excuse and mistake it for a reason. They are sure to find something that will serve, and most likely in the handiest target ymamma. She is usually most innocent. But when this unfortunate parent really 'does enter into the question of revolting daughterhood, Mrs. Fitzroy Stewart hits the nail right on the head—it is the pretty Parent. She actually fs, in a manner, in her daughter's way, though not knowing it and not wishing it. There is not the slight- doubt that the daughter is oftener jealous of the mother than the mother of the daughter; I know scores of cases. “Give us back,” cries one kind of jealous daughter, the portly, dowdy mother of old. She is not very wide-awake. She noticed nothing but the key-basket, and that is how it ought to be—she has had her day.” That is the note ca — the tocsin of war, “she has had er day.” ——ror—_____ HERALDIO SYMBOLS, What They Mean and How They Came Into Use. From the Saturday Review. The arms of a Nuremburg family, Koch, Provide us with a man all dressed in white and holding a spoon in each hand; that is the cook. The implements, such as kettles and cauldrons, are furnished by the arms of many families of Castile and Aragon; the Pignatelli and the Montboucher give us Saucepans; Padilla, three frying pans; But- tet in Vaud, a grill; Escumont de Poislieres, a skimmer. $ We get the coals from the arms of Car- bonnieres (Perigord); an inflamed oven from those of Fourcauld (Guyenne); Salbert in Aunis supplies the bellows, and heraldic thoughtfulness goes even as far as provid- ing a broom from the arms of Scopuli of Mantau. In the dining room we find a table laid for eight, with a tablecloth, s. v. P., just as it figures in the escutcheon of the Falckenbergs, a Silesian family. The arms of Curland (Germany), Putz (Tyrol) and Argentier de Chappelaines supply candle- sticks and candles, ail lit. Those of Ker- liviou furnish the salt ceilars, the Callieres the spoons, Merivaux a fork and Pffeffer- weiss gives us @ pepper box. In case it should be objected that the salt cellars might be empty, we have only to turn to the arms of Salinis of Bearn, or those of Hall, a town in Tyrol, to find a plentiful supply of it. We find the mustard in the motto of the town of Dijon—mouit (me) tarde—which her- aldic joke was really the beginning of the fame of the moutarde de Dijon. Of other seasonings we can recommend to amateurs the garlic of the arms of Goussault, in An- jou; citrons from those of Limojon de Ton- quierettes, while in those of Babasse (Provence) we find a real truffie; one only, it is true, but a heraldic truffle goes a long way. We regret to say we do not find a single onion, despite all researches, and the absence of that lachrymose plant from coats of arms Is to be attribu: we think, to the discredit thrown on it by orga | | who will have it as a symbol of POLLY WARD ~~ “FLAGMAN,” ae BY ALB2RT M. STRONG. 4 Miss Polly Ward had a grievance. Tears of angry disappointment stood in her eyes as she sat under the low spreading branches of the old elm tree in the front yard of her pretty little home, and ali this had been caused by the big, broad-shouldered young fellow who twas now making his the open prairie toward the house, dinner basket in hand and with the usual roll of overclothes under his arm. The Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen were to give the first dance of the season that night, and Joe Quinn, the bright young ergineer, with whom Polly had been keep- ing company for over a year, had promised to take her, and now, just as the evening shades were falling, and it was nearly time to don the pretty dress made with such loving care for the event, he had come to the house and told her that it would be impossible for him to keep his engagement. He had been called to go out on No. 5, the “Limited,” and could not get off. It was enough to vex a saint, thought Polly. John Ward, Polly’s father, had been in the employ of the “Q” company for many years and had risen from a position as laborer to that of foreman of the round house. On the night of which we write he had been home to his supper and had been obliged to return to the shops again to complete some repairs to a locomotive that could not wait. Polly was alone, and, with nothing else to do, sat under the big tree and grieved over her lover's defection. Across the level prairie she could dimly see in the growing dusk the outline of the monster shops and engine house. On the turntable track, down near the water tank, she saw the bright rays of an electric head- light that she well knéw was on the big “ten-wheeler” that her lover was to run that night. She could see the flaring “torches” of Quinn and his fireman as they Worked around the ponderous machine, get- ting her ready for the mad rush of the fast limited express, The schedule bf the train ‘as very fast, and she well kaew that Joe would take especial pride in showing his superiors that he had the necessary nerve and ability to make the time. The mellow tones of the engine bell, Softened by the intervening distance, floated across the plain, rousing Polly from her reverie, and telling her that her lover had started for the passenger station in the city, two miles away. She watched the head- light until it disappeared around the curves, and was about to start for the house, when her attention was attracted by voices on the other side of the tight board fence that inclosed one side of the lot scarcely ten feet from where she sat. “Zt tell you it’s a dead sure go if we only hustle. That's Quinn hacking down now on the 57. He'll run the life of ‘em out of here, and a couple of good oak ties stuck in that trestle will d@ the Job slick enough. After the tumble they’ll get. Nobody will be watching very close, and we can sneak the safe into the woods easy enough.” “God, Bill,” said a second yoice, “I don't just fancy killing such a lot of people as that'll do. Can't we flag ‘em at the trestle ‘n go through the car same as the other gangs do? There's six of us, 'n we ought to bluff that express man easy enough.” “No vse to talk about it now, Hank,” re- sponded the first speaker. “The boys have got the thing all fixed now, 'n we can’t change it now. Come on, we'll have to run if we get to Rock creek before Quinn does.” As they finished thelr low-toned, hurried talk two men came from behind the fence and started on a run down the road toward the railroad track. Polly was a bright, quick-witted girl and generally very self-reliant, but now she stood in the bla-k shadows of the big tree, completely paralyzed by the atrocity of the awful plan these men had revealed. ‘They were going to wreck No. 5 to rob the express safe. How could she give the alarm in time to avert this terrible sacrifice of human life? It was over half a mile from her house across the prairie to the shops, and from them it was nearly as far to the main track, to reach which one would have‘ to cross the ‘intricate tracks of the great switching yards, which at this time in the year were crowded with grain cars. Could She get to the shops, tind some one trust- Worthy, tell her story to them, and still leave time enough for her messenger to reach the main track to stop the train? While these questions were fiashi through her brain the little clock in the hall chimed the half hour. It was half-past § and the train left the city at 9. She had only thirty minutes left. Suddenly she started toward the house on a run, crying: “I can do it! I-know I can.” On Joe's last trip in she had given a little lawn party, and Quinn, with the character- istic love of a railroad man for light and color, had brought over from the shops a lot of railroad lanterns, white, biue, red and green, to hang in the trees, and now they were stacked in the hall awaiting their re- turn to the store room. In a second Polly was beside the pile, holding first one, then another between her eyes and the great are light at the shops. She soon found what she wanted, a red one, and with it clasped in her arms ran to the kitchen for matches with which to light it. Match after match was struck, only to gO cut, but at last success crowned her efforts and the light burned bright and clear; in another moment she was speeding down the road toward the track, bareheaded, thinking only of Joe and the awful fate that awaited him if she were not in time. Leaving the city of — the C., B. and 2. read runs south nearly two miles in al- jrost a straight line, then makes a long curve to the left and straightens out to thé east. In pres ae — of this curve = company locat fe shops and switching yards, and a little farther back, and east of the shops, had laid out a little town for its employes. On the street nearest the shops was the home of the Wards, and this street crossed the raflroad nearly a mile from their house, and considerably more than that from the yards. Polly was thoroughly familiar with all the surrounding country, for, in the sum- mer just passed, on the pleasant Sunday afternoons, the big engineer would take the little maid for a long walk, and, lover like, would choose the least frequented paths. One of their favorite rambles had been down the shady street to the ratiroad and occasionally down thi track through te Rock creek. 2 “Quiniars Cut” She knew the place well. It was at the foot of a ping? very heavy mages mort as the road let e deep rock cut, nam. after the contractor whu had blasted it through, it ran over a high embankment and around a curve to Rock creek, which it crossed on a trestle thirty feet above the stony bed of the little stream. The trees in the bottom obscured the view of the bridge even in daylight, and at night no head- light would show on it until it would be 00 late to stop. : It was the ‘Thtersection of the street and the railroad at the top of the grade that Polly was straining every nerve to reach before the threatened train should arrive. Down in the city Engineer Quinn had looked over the train register and bulletin boards in the train dispatcher’s office, and was back where his engine was stand- ing, just outside the passenger shed. Torch in hand he was taking one last look at the massive machinery before starting on this his first passenger run. The train was re- ported ten minutes late, and he had in his pocket an order from the superintendent to rake up that lost time over his division. “Did you fil) these rod cups, Tim?” he called to his fireman, who was busy in the e engine. 5 emtf ald, sor.” “Say, Joe, did ye cut out th’ driver brake?” asked Murphy. “T had to. Some one got to monkeying with the pipe and broke the connection. Maybe won't need it; if we do she’s got a mighty good lever and a hundred and sixty pounds of steam, and that'll answer, I guess.” 3 “Hello! Here she comes,” called Joe, as the tight headlight of an approaching train shot into the farther end of the big passenger stztion. “Get her hot, Tim. I’m going to nail her to the cars to the cross out of here.” ‘The engine was soon coupled and in a few minutes the huge machine was drawing its long, heavily laden train out of the depot. Joe at the throttle, vigi- Jant and cautious, carefully watching the little varicolored lights on the semaphores, and running slowly until the crowded con- fines of the city should be passed. All the worry and vexation of the long wait at the tation for the delayed train had vanished, 4 now, with the cool night air blowing in his face, the engineer was filled with the exhilaration that is known only by those hardy fellows who drive the iron horse; that knowledge of mastery over the power- ful machine that seems almost human in its work; that obeys almost the slightest touch. Soon the city is left behind and as he nears the long curve at the outer yards and sees the t signals at “antety” be gives the throttle lever a light pull. Under the increased pressure the iron giant leaps forward like a thing cf life. With his body half out of the cab window, the little cap pulled down close over his eyes; every nerve and muscle in his athletic frame at its highest tension, Joe is closely Watching the track ahead for the danger that may arise at any moment. Meantime how fared it with the Nettle Woman we left flying down the street? Polly reached the road crossing out of breath and trembling like a leaf. She stop- ped in the middie of the track and listened. The train had not passed; of this she was sure; she would have seen it from the road if it had. Ai Ah! A bright light is dancing on the ralls at the end of the curve, and now she can plainly hear the low rumble of the heavy train on the rails. A moment later the brilliant electric headlight is throwing its Powerful rays down the line, and now, for the first time since she left the house, she thinks to look at her lantern ané is al- most frozen with horror to find it had gone out. A little glowing coal still on the wick told its own story: It_was out of oil. “God help me now. What shall I do?’ cried the girl in an agony of distress, as she held the glistening shape at arms’ length and could see no sign of light within the dark globe. Then, even as the hoarse note of the — whistle broke on the night eos Ing the crossing signal, less than te rods away, there came to her mind, as plainly as if she had seen the very inci- dent he told of, a story of her engineer lover that would save his life now. . . * : . se One bright afternoon in the summer, Polly was ‘ting on the porch sewing, while Joe lounged on the steps at her feet. He had been telling har of his past life, and of the many hardships he had endured when he had first commenced railroading. He had to!d her many tales of thrilling interest of life on the road,and many show- ing the humorous side of the men of his vocation. She had been listening attentive- ly, and while watching his face as he told of a particularly exciting event in his own life, her loving eyes had discovered a little sear, only a faint line now, on his forehead. “What did that, Joe?” she asked, as she pushed.back the curly hair that she might see it plainly. “Oh, a brakeman out on the Central Branch. Hit me with a lantern.” “Why, Joe? Were you fighting?” Fighting? Not much. Why, my dear, that man saved my life when he did that.” “Tell me about it, please Joe,” pleaded his ty Mstener. Pests not much of a story but I'll tell you about it if you want. It happened when I was running that little passenger engine on the branch, four years ago. I had been out all day on a ‘special,’ two officers’ cars full of big officials on a tour of inspection. When we got to the end of the road, they decided that they must go back to E—— that night. It had commenced to rain and it was as dark as the—" “veil, so dark you couldn't see anything. I had broken my headlight chimney and couldn't get an extra one there, so I put a white lantern in the headlight reflector, and it gave just enough light to show wny one on the track that we were coming, and that was about all. “We got orders about 9 o'clock and pulled out with, as we supposed, a clear track. I had made about seventy of the ninety-five miles we had to go, and was sailing them along about forty-five or fifty miles an hour, when something came through the front window of my cab, hit me square in the face and into my lap. I picked it up, knew what it was the minute I touch- ed it, a lantern, and a red one at that. “I set my brake, pulied the sand lever open and reversed her. She skated along a little way and then stopped with a sudden jar. When I got down on the ground J found she had poked her nose under a freight caboose. If it hadn't been for that “brakie’ g ia ipied i Bit at his feet. ! Ptwhat’s dthat? Me shoulder’s broke intirely.” A glance at the bent frame and broken glass lying in the bright light of the open firebox door told him, and the reverse iever of the powerful locomotive went back with a@ jump,a stream of sand was pouring down on the rails beneath the big driving wheels, and the ttle Irishman at the throttle was giving the ten-wheeler the full benefit -of the 16) pounds of steam she carried. Hearing the crash as the lantern went through the window, back to the c! 4 's slew form lying in the road; for the first time in her young When she opened her eyes her head was on Joe's broad breast and the blue and gold conductor, —— in — was eyeing her severely, while a small but rapidly growing crowd of passengers stood around and wondered what had Her story was soon told and as she was on her way back home under the protection of the baggagemaster, Quinn went thun- dering down the hill with the light engine, her cab and Neqee! cro} on an armed posse recruited from among the passengers, and led by that muscular little Irishman, Murphy, who sported a murderous looking Winchester borrowed from the ex:press messenger. The engineer knew where to st now, and as they slipped up to the of the trestle they saw a skulking figure make for the woods. Murphy sent a shot or two after it, but when the party searched the woods in the bottom there was no sign of any of the robbers to be found. In the timbers of the bridge between the rails the found four big oak ties so placed that they would surely have thrown the train to the rocks below. What became of Polly, do you ask? A short time ago I received a copy of a paper published in that contained among the marriage notices that of Mr. Joseph Quinn and Miss Polly Ward, aad in another column I found an extended notice of the event that gave a list of the presents and the donors thereof. Among them were a check from an English earl for one hun- dred guineas, a fine plano from a San Fran- cisco gentleman, a beautiful set of solid silver from the Adams Express Co., from the C, B. and Q. Railway Co. a decd for a handsome house and lot in the city, Many others sent beautiful and usefui presents, and I am creditably informed that the two gifts, almost holy tn the eyes of Mrs. Polly, are an elegant little watch frem the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engl- neers, inscribed: “To Polly Quinn, from the B. of L. F. ‘A memovy of Rock creek,’ and a watch chi in the shape of a shield, made of solid gold. On one side was traced “Polly Ward—Fiagman;” on the other was the crossed red and green flags,the insignia of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, who had elected the young lady an hon. orary member of the largest organization of railroad men on earth. Washington, D. C., May 22, 1894. —__—_—E_—_——____— Hundreds Have Used It With Success. C. L. Seaver of Birmingham, Conn., suffered from Bright's disease and rheumatism near the heart. “My attending physician," said Mr. Seaver, “told me I could not live. I then asked him if he thought Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy would help me; he said he had heard it well spoken of and that I had better try it. The result was I am scurd and well today and what's more, I have RAILROADS. YLVANLA RATLIROAD. ‘effect May 27, ind. 20:30 A.M. PENNSYLVANIA ‘LIMITED.- Dra’ and State Koot, Sleeping, Dinin Observation Cars Ha ianspolis 2nd : to Harrisbarg. 20:30 A.M. 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