Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1894, Page 18

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. “gaat | A QUAINT BUILDING es A Silent Reminder of the War of the | Rebellion. ITS SIGN TELLS ITS HISTORY) oa eh oe Gruesome Work Was Carried on Within Its Walls. eeaneaitilie A ONCE-THRIVING O INDUSTRY VER THE TREES jof a little park made im the angle formed by the junction of | Pennsylvania avenue end another wide thoroughfare an old building can be seen which has a history | “y much 4ifferent from the records of most of the other old structures in Wasn- ington. Until about fifteen years ago @here was another building of equal age, about two squares distant from the one Just mentioned, with a similar history, and, curiously enough, was similarly situated, being visible from Pennsylvania avenue on @ side street that comes into the latter at a sharp angle, only this building was north of the avenue, while the other one is south of it. The spirit of improvement reached the site of the building north of the avenue and it was torn down. In its place a large ofics and newsp2per building was erected, so that now the building which still re- mains is, perhaps, ail that is left of an in- animate nature to recall a mournfully thriv. ing industry carried on in this city during the last war. une of the interesting places of Europe fs the Church of the Order of Capuchins, in Paiermo, Sicily. On the pavements of the eryy neath that edisice, piled up in what seems to be remarkable disorder, one on top of other, are boxes and coftins and } elaborate cases, with glass sides and cov- | ers, all containing the dried-up remains of | sas wealthy enouxsh to provide rt of distinction after his | ded. Then m: more lifeless the vestme and costumes of -ctive eccles or civil cttices | 1 skets ike attitudes, countenances 5 ctacle su emt to cause one to be- gruesome burial pit described by am to be a reality instead of a mere imaginary conception of a mind, pro- ng subjects not unlike the dreams of delirium. The Art Preservative. While nothing exactly of this nature ever existed in Washington, still something ap- Proaching it somewhat in Poesque weird- Ress could have been seen in either of these | tw> old buildings meativned previcusiy, which for several years during the time of the rebellion were occupied by expert Gevotees of that Egytian art pri vative— embalmins. ‘The picture heading this article shows the structure, which still remains intact. Al! day long passing and repassing it over the | ness in the hospitals in and about Washing- | temporary resting place, for it requir. nea nati vivadiangs ( P| | | rough stone pavement or grouped | near the sidewalk are mud-stained farm | wagons with the dusty teams and drivers | making a scene unmarred by violent con- ; trasts of color. All is in harmony, and the prevailing hue is a rusty red. The changes Ume has wrought have not been for the betterment of, the old building. It ts of the grim style of architecture predominant in this city years ago, and everywhere else throughout the country, and, being so se- verely plain, shows its dilapidated state the more. It is three stories high, butlt of press- el] bricks, now so shabby With age that they look as if an extra hard shower would turn them back into the primitive clay out of which they were made. The roof is a great slated gable affair unrelieved by the usual dorman windows, a picturesque fea- ture of old-time houses. The lower floor Is given up to store keepers, and they have built out over the sidewalk to protect their shops from the weather and to give addi- tional room for the display of their goods a row of ugly wooden awnings. The upper stories are pierced by a double row of win- dows. The layers of bricks have assumed curved directions here and there and have forced the woodwork of the windows out of the wonted precise upright and horizon- tal lines. A few rickety blinds still remain hanging on their hinges, while the glass panes have mostly been broken out of the sashes, leaving numerous jagged openings, through which the wind and rain find ac- cess to the dark halls that sheltered such unusual occupants in days gone by. The whol aspect of the place is decidedly mel- ancholy and this appearance is intensified rot a little by the quaintly worded sin Painted between the two rows of windows and taking up the whole length of the house. The Sign Explains. This sign explains the nature of the busi- ness conducted within in the war time, and was painted over another sign put there, no doubt, many years before. Today the disintegration of the paint of the more modern sign reveals in many places por- tions of the old lettering, and the blending of the two sets of lettering into unmeaning forms makes a curious combination of hieroglyphics not easily read at the first glance. In order to better emphasize the nature of the business, there were also Painted below the main sign the hideous black hexalinear figures so often affected by certain advertisers even in these present days of retined and elegant commercial announcements. By ever presenting the In- evitable fate awaiting the busy people crowding the pavements below, buying and selling commodities for the table, their gloomy signs become quietly suggestive of Riblicai advice to “eat, drink «nd be merry, for tomorrow ye die.” During the war the desire of so many people to bury near their former homes the bodies of their soldier friends and rela- tions who had died on the battlefields or succumbed at last. after a lingering sick- ton, caused the services of the embaimer to be in demand, so much so, in fact, that at times had one occasion ‘to go into the dingy old building described above the scene presented, with the remains cf sol- diers boxed up and awaiting shipment, must have caused sensations similar to the effect produced by a visit to the crypts of Palermo’s queer old church ese places in Washington, too, it was only the remain of the rich or distinguished that © small expense to carry out the w those who probably never anticigac grateful act of the government in ing its dead defenders in such beautiful cemeteries, but who apparen-ly feared that death on the field or in the hospital meant a@ nameless grav*. The men who engaged in this work of respect to the dead so netimes were put to severe straits and eve: personal danger on their missions to ine battlefclis, and at times had to rescrt to a flag of truce tnat they might pass threugh the lines to se- cure the dead body of one of the herses that would have received otherwise the hasty attention bestowed on the mor al remains of so many of the brave fellows who were placed in a trench, along with many another, a slight covering of carth, and perhaps a stick, mosi often unmarked. to show that there reposed a soldier. A DAY DREAM WRITES SRS FOR THR EVENING STAR BY M.G. PLEMING. eee The hot August sum was pouring its rays fm lavish slory over the ripening corn fields and broad meadow lands, making glancing Yellow patches on the btown, pebbly bottom of the noisy little creek and sifting down through the rustling leaves of the trees ; which fringed its banks. It was almost Troon, and there was a drowsy stillness in the air, which was only broken by the lazy hem of an insect now and then as it flew ly by. ures Seated in the shadow of these vd by the quietness wr the girl sat silently, with her | leant be ainst the tree trunk and her hat tilted down over her face, only now » drawing her fingers across the guitar in her lap, and the st her feet was as silent as she. 1 buried in thought, and from the t smile which pleyed abe ut her h and the happy light in her soft, dreemy blue ¢: her thoughts at } least were pleasant ones, It was more ditieult to judge of the man’s, for his was too far over nis face to s9¢ his eves, and his mouth was hidden by a} rus you had asked him : nul not ¥. Drives, xpeditions, pic: rie sions which go to make up a: tin the country, were coursing threugh mind, but in them all the face €f the girl beside him stood out like the face in s inting. It was such a bewillerir t little face, with its big, dreamy, innocent blue eyes, and the golden h tambled curls always reminded him somehow of the halo saint. new he loved her now, and he had owing ft from the first her at was the to him one etiful dream. When he knelt be- shureh he likened her to the inted windo: when they in th rr moonlight of ive this moun- er to phick the anc 3 seo8 wore Jack is going to marry me in the fall. It is strange have never told you before, but we have been engaged so long, from the time we were smail children, that it seems as though every one must know about it.” “T did not know,” he aaswered, and then, holding out his hand to help her up from her comforiable seat, “It is nearly time fi luncheon; suppose we return to the hotel.” He carried her guitar and held her para- sol to shield her from the sun, just as he had cone many times before, but somehow his conversation had lost the brilliancy which usually characterized it, and several times she raised her eyes half questioningly to his face, as though wondering what bad caused the change. Later in the afternoon he followed her inte the music room of the hotel, and, standing beside her at the piano, watched her white fingers as they wandered over the keys, calling forth the sweet wild strains of Somnambula. Never did the man's heart forget that picture. The room was darkened to keep out the afternoon sunlight, while the perfume of a large magnolia blossom in a tail vase filled it with a delicate fragrance, and in the semi- gloom sat the white-robed figure of a fair- haired girl, her blue eyes raised to his face, while the passionate, plaintive music seen ea te breathe out her sorrow and sympathy ‘or him. Suddenly two tears roiled down her cheeks, the music ended in discord, and turning her face from him, she hurried from the room, never stopping until she had reached her own. Then, sinking on her knees by the open window, she bur her face in her hands and sobbed out, ‘Oh, Jack, Jack, my darling, why fs it that fool piece always makes me think cf you No one in the hotel saw the man she had left bow his head upon his folded arms as she passed through the doorway; no one w him press his lips to the cold tvory keys her fingers had pressed, and it was alone that, later in the evening, on the summit of the morntain, he fought out one of the hardest battles of his life. The golden glory of the setting sun, seen throuzh the screen of spruce pincs, seemed | to hang like transparent jewels from treir | extended arms, and the sweet evening air blew scothingly over his brow, trying to whisper peace and comfort to his sore heart. But it was long before peace came. Did she mean it, had she purposely ied him on, simply to push him aside at last like a broken plaything? No, no, anything rather than that; he could not give up his faith } in that sweet, child-like heart, and vet—and yet. Well, what did it matter? It was on a ride awakening from a long. sweet day dr. a, only a hexrt thoughtlessly br but sometimes it takes so long fc uwers of hope and trust to sprias up when they been trampled upon, ———_<. Swimming Cavalry. Broad Arrow. me Very interest ming cavalry took p) ‘The Thirteenth D.C. ©, | etleing th © of the | fl their arm soft pink er s letters . if I mey 2 cm £ have bi s name Is Geof, in ierge coun heir h taxing 9 who THE AZURE FIELD Proposed Additions to the Constella- tion of the Republic. UTAH, NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA Something Abcut the Material Re- sources of These Territories. ee Written for The Evening Star. Te." NEW STARS are shortly to be added to the Ameri- can flag. It is safe to predict that In a few months not only Utah, but Arizona and New Mexico as well, will be trans- formed from impo- tent territories into vigorous and sover- eign states of the Union, each having two able-bodied Unit- ed States Senators and one Representative in the popula> branch of Congress to start with. The admission of Utah, for which the enabling act was approved by the President the other day, is already a foregone conclu- sion, and will be consummated, no doubt, in November of next year. On the Ist of August proclamation will issue for an elec- tion of delegates in November to a terri- torial convention to be held in March next, and if the constitution and other ma- chinery then adopted is ratified by the peo- ple in November next year, the President will promulgate his proclamation admitting Utah into the sisterhood of states. As for Arizona and New Mexico, the enabling acts for their admission passed the Hot of Representatives on December last and June 28, respectively, and both acts are now receiving favorable conside>: tion in the Senate and being made to con- form as respects their provisions and dates for holding elections and censtitutivnal con- ventions with the terms of the Utah act. No doubt is ente>tained that if they do not get through before the adjournment of the present session of Congress, they will at least before the close of the next and short session. The most recent experiments in state building, preceding the present efforts, were conducted by our national lawmakers in 1890, when Idaho end Wyoming were ad- mitted, and just before that, in 1889, when Montana, Washington, North Dakota and South Dakota were received into full mem- bership in the Union. By the triple admission of Utah, Arizcna and New Mexico a domain of 320,570 square miles, equal to all the original thirteen states excepting Connecti- cut, and nearly as great as California, Ore- gon and Washington togethe-, or as great as the area of Ohio, Indiana, Kentuck Illinois, Missduri, Arkansas and half of Louisiana, will be added to the area of the United States proper. Utah alone covers M4970 square miles, Arizona 113,020 and New Mexico, Ties Utah De able Ground, If it had not been for the institution of polygamy Utah would have become a state years ago. She had been knocking urgently and clamorously for admission into the Union for a number of Congresses back, but each time until now she was met at the threshold with the declaration of our statesmen, “When ycu conform to the laws of the Union, and do as other people do, then we will consider your application.” But in September, 1s, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints published a manifesto disavowing and renouncing polygamy, and a year later petitioned Presi- dent Harrison for amnesty for past offenses in that regard. The d d amnesty was granted in January, 18M, and the Peopie's or Mormon Church party was disbanded Both the republican and democratic ter- ritorial conventions of 182 resolved for statehood, and the last national democratic platform, drawn at Chicago, as well as the last national republican platform, at Minne- apolis, declared in favor of Utah's early ad- mission. Both political parties believe the new state will be debatable ground, and thus all these considerations served to re- move the obstacles that had hitherto barred the way. The population of Utah is much greater than is needed for mere admission as a state, and now numbers 240,04) souls, nearly per cent of whom are native-born Ameri- ah’s wealth and material develop- ment also are much farther advanced than mest people think. The value of real and personal property in the territory amounts to $200,000,000. The annual value of her agricultural products is about $10,000,000. ‘These include all the cereals, potatoes, hay. vexetzbles, alfalfa, cotton, wool, dairy product: hon. sorghum, sugar, wine and cider. Resides, in 1801 the ter- ritory produced $8,000,000 worth of silver, $2.34),000 of lead, $725,000 of gold, and $100,- 000 of copper. Great Natural Resources. In adgition to these metals Utah ebounds in fron, coal, sulphur, salt, slate, onyx, marble, granite and sandstone. Moreover, Utah already has 3,000 miles of irrigating canals constructed, owned by communities and operated for agricultural purposes. She has 2,300 miles of railrcads within her borders—besides 74 miles of street railways in Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo, and she has $1,200,000 invested in public school property. Considering the vast natural re- sources of the territory, and the thrifty and industrious character of the people, it is likely that the new state will forge to the front with surprising rapidity. Neither Arizona nor New Mexico has achieved the degree of progress equal with Utah, but both are declared to be well fit- ted for statehood. Mareus Aurelius Smith, delegate from Arizona and member of the House committee on. territories, prepared the report upon which the House weted in passing the enabling act for that territory. Mr. Smith is a ureat wax, despite the parent seriousness and even solemnity of his official demeanor, and in his report he has piled Pelion on Ossa in a deliciously humerous and innocent way, to the in- creased advantage and celebrity of his constituency, Arizona in the Superlative. It is refreshingly rare to encounter so much quaint drollery in a formal congres- sional report as his report presents, In ing it one can picture Mr. Smith stand- Ing on the lecture platform, pointer in hand, before a stereopticon view, explaining in rapturous language the merits and beauties of the subject delineated on the screen. Everything he says of Arizona is super: Arizona hes more fresh air, more good more mineral wealth, more varied products, more of natute’s gifts, more of everything—except water and peoplo—than can be found elsewhere In the world. She is capable, he says, “of producing every va- riety of fruit,vegetable and cereal known to the temperate zones; she has mines of gold, silver, copper, iron’ and coal inexhaustible in extent; lakes of sait, springs of leum, and {orests cf pine, cedir, spruce, juniper, arh and cak of as’ great extent yy state or territory of tke Union. 'T! wet lying south of the thirty-fourth paraile tined to beceme the most amously wluctive pertion of the globe. There the date, the oliv: » the grape, the lime, the iemon and the crange g profusion, Arizona carries within inere of all the reso’ s of a xr morwealth than any other state or ierri- Arizona is the of the olive, the fix, the pricot, pomegranate, the prune, nectarine and water Arizona's population ts over 100,000, largely of nish or exiraction, Her reTTY at $28,000.00 ent lines Js, and she h: childre c her silver product, $2,200,000; copper, $4,500, 000; and her lumber, ete., $1,500,000, The famous Mogollon forest, covering 10,000 square miles, is one of the most valuable tracts of timber in the world, and it has never yet felt the stroke of an ax. The entire timber belt of northern Arizona com- prises an area of 20,000 square miles. Perseverance of New Mexico. This is the seventh time that New Mexico has applied for admission into the Union as a state, the first effort having been made in 1850, before the organizatien of the terri- tory. The climate is goted for its salubrity. The population numbers 175,000, similar in character to the people of Arizona. The assessed value of property for iN!1 was $45,200,000, The people of New Mexico own a15,KA,U00 Worth of catile, 000 worth of horses and mules and $5,000,003 worth of sheep. The value of precivus duced in 1890 was $3,000,000. has 1,445 miles of railroad, con ten companies, Forty-! r thousand dren are enrolled inh which cost $248,000 annually tenance. The value of her public buiidings is $2,090,000, and ot her y schoois $1,500,000, The territory has a spent $600,000 on public builaings Ww asking for federal aid. Large areas ¢ ber exist in the mount great deposit been unearthed, alc warbonate and sulphu clays and alum in abunda in many districts, Isat products of New i and semi-prec emeralds of briluancy, opals, agates Traditionally ndwned for ha able gems, eof soda. ce are the mos are her pr hich embrac es of rare recent Thernt cording to Gov, are proving the correctness of tion. The foremost proble: to be solved by Ariz y their admission and of the Indians. government can by to aid in building sy works remains to be characteristics of the sure to render them troublesome Uers in the new states, f 20.000, one-third in New } thirds in Arizona, and thoug su a pastoral avocation, they a warlike and given to thieving and violence on slight provocation, des these, the are in Arizona the Ut proverbial fe their murderous and unregenerate instinets, and the Pimas, Maricopas, Yumas, P Haulpis and Co! dos, all on reservat In_ New Me: » also Pueblo: . Jicarilla Apaches and M calaro Apaches. likewise en sei vations. In Utah are the Utes. As usual on such occasions, there Is to be a large influx of people into the three territories just before they byossom into statehood. When the new states shall have finally been admitte? there will remain but one more available territery—O% to serve a probation, and the c! that it will not have to wait long. there will be forty-eight stars in the blu field of our flag, and that number wi mobably remain unch 1 for a long time to come. There are reasons why Alaska and the Indie will net be admitted for fifty : years, if ever. and if any more states are ted at all it will be by the partition of ones now organized—the creat and ext sive ones. such as California, Texas. Colo- rado or Montana. J WOMEN OF THE ORIENT. GHN D. CRAMER Life of the Seragtio's Inmates Not Without lis Pleawnres. From the London Telegraph. Nor Set the maidens! and matrons of west entertain too much the old ft about their sisters in Mohammedan oo tries. There was always a c degre of erzor in the vi about the position of wor People even went so far as ¢ Koran, and Mohammedan denied to women the ‘possession Nothing could be a greater bi paradise of Islam is open to one s ly as the other. Among the women in heaven the py own wife, and the institutions of his lay are just and tender to a deg-ee toward males. If a well-informed pe to name the count’ has her rights mc most jealously guard taking all in all, v most safe and be in ier xi son were oa ich Wornan che defined: ais cle i—the omen are Y t contente)—he w i ame Turkey. If such a selection startl: his questione he would qvote from 1 Mohammedan ‘civil law precept after pr: cept not only favorable to women, but in the highest degree protective of them and equitable to all their claims. Ne , doubt, polygamy prevails, but p: is rare, Divorce, again, is large Z rules of the Koran, but as a matter of fact it is not so comiron as with us and the Americans, and it is with the utmost re- luctance, because of the opinion of his neighbors. that a respectable Muslim > sorts to such a step. Among many char acteristic precepts is that which enacts that if a divorced woman bears a child soon af- ter the divorce, the husband must maintain it cnd her for two whole year: t y allowed by Nor as regards social privileges have Turkish women any particular reason now- adays to envy their western sisters. In the middle and lower classes they pass in complete freedom about the towns and ¢ jes, preserving only their incognito with “yashmak,” or face Veil. In the upper. c cles this relic of the past and badge of re- spectability has been refined from a thick mask into the lightest and flimsiest muslin very feebly concealing the fair featues which often acompany their invariably Want ey A Turkish lady of the presen time does not, indeed.ride a bicycle in knick erbockers, nor read the nevels of the mord- ern woman, nor hunt, nor openly firt, but she com2s and gors almost as she pleases, she plays at bail by the “Sweet Water: shops in the bazaa>, reads, writes, embr ers, plays and sings, and, above ‘all, cor skillfully. She does not posses: for some of the liberties of the men, which she would call “lic: But better wives and mothers : to be found than in some of the m Mohammedan hoes, which often enjo such placid and established rerinement peace and dignity unknown to (he restless life of Europe. — +00 The Spread of From Chambers’ Journal. The rapid spread of be attributed to the simp mar, which is less complic any other western nation. Its marked yw erty of inflections, as distinguishel, for exampie, from the German, is a great point in its favor, and thus it is much casier f a German to Jearn English than for an Ey lishman or American to learn Ge on the other hand, the extraordinary ertho- graphic inconsistency of the languagc decided drawback, and-there is litle that if Fnglish were written on phonetic principles, as Spanish or German, its spread would be much more mapid, to say 1» of the great boon this would be t Anglo-Saxons themselves, who spend of unneci write their own language.) it is not likely, however, that any change will be made in this direction in the near anglish is largely to ty of its gram- ted than that of as a nation, ave noted for, their conse: habits,- and although) they recognize great advantages of a phone! tive the in no hurry to adept it. Any | respect miust probably Le looked for in America, where a few,inppvations have s j ready been introduced, Thus, the speiling “vigor,” “favor,” honor,” ete, are Ameri- Ss ace also “plow ri. heater,’ ete. recent forms, and “ei 2 in Ame: “program log,” are already well establish ca. but have found little English speakers may be great branches, as follows: sece: the Ameri third, the d the fourth, the Avs e branches has its y ‘tween whe the Duro- is becoming the ext! although the oldes the parent stem. sing number of American words have troduced into England, many cf whi convidered indigenous to the | large proportion of the slang spe | middle cla ed ¢ what a ad English ago dropped out of our home y \ see to the summer Smarters getting | 3 Deva. | re en} ; Paul became WINNING HIS STAR OR THE ADVENTURES OF PAUL TRAVERS, ose ees WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY SAM T. CLOVER. CHAPTER The Saturday nj institutions of Syd ed eke square at end by payin merchant his waves. Where any pare do into a worry his K's. work lon th r writ fxteenth shee ted on explain ‘ious bi ar of the ical tes th nan marched crowd sture ted. Paul hi expl t oo time every 1 with their w 1. shamet how fight; quickly s ter th e for the r if ials in hot purs: with the “Jt ow of course they trick of the to: y to ‘em, But that world, Try Ah, Suppo! r this experienc 1 digs > pair with ‘up ¢. the minin: two h. was not hat to be in insisted on reserving a sible em: ach Was 2 be cf the extortionat mined to 1 both lads we ds navel experie fing through busa, vi third the distaa-e ¢ in less they fe: s % s, whe disaster o> ich stricken © ‘or two days f the sandy r plan 2 sand blight inerea were 2ll that re tion of his e. two smait mark the ty intoler: the thir S90 severe tha med. With his 1 little hope or immediate recevery, it was useless to think of ing the journey; to ¥y (pat Jim in the hospital treatment was clearly the only wise course rmined te pur: enough to se! to an outs y Jim's suf for near and the sum thus ob- added ir own reserve fund, ed two seats in the stage coach ney. the return fare being mucit more pnable. Poor Jim sufferel agonies dur- he two days and a half consumed in aking the trip. All that Paul could do viate the pain in any degree was t sid cloths, but the water he carrie] i fe soon became tepid, efficacy of the 1 constant applications Ji retiet, ae he endured the to: his depte: fon, ; teil loscpher was the 1 apply misfortunes an? rm ; his pet thee then he observe world treats him well, when werk lined with cash, his hi ee me ming when a char’ on hi ave des nd the s condition are awfully 2 good chance to show you ever read * inquired Paul, in Chey fter one of z ew real much of Dic rather cottoned te ote it, didn’t he? s ‘cept char- y named ngs jooked ks particularly gi grew jolly: The blacker the cloud, the more cheerful he became; rice sort of a fellow to travel with, he must have been.”. “And I remind you of him, do 1?" mused Jim, as a sharp twinge caused his features to suddenly contract. “Well, I reckon it's a heap sight healthier to grin than to groan, and Ui keep on grinning just as long as I can stand the racket.” The opportunity of studying a first-class cese of sand blight, as the doctors called Jim's attack, was too good to miss, and the sufferer was promptly admitted when Paul took him to the hospital fer examination immediately on their arrival in Sydney. As it would be many weeks, they said, be+ fore he could be cured, Paul was obliged to pert company with his friend. For the irst time since his Niness Jim displayed signs of weakness when the lad came to the edge of the cot to say good-bye. “I'd made up my mind to see you safe home to Chicago, young fellow,” groaned the invalid, “and now the doctor says I'll be bh if I get away from here fn threes Hopeful outlook, isn’t it?” Then m of his old spirit he added: ind, son; I'll be back there almost you are; see if I don’t. I'm not re but I'll be at the head of the mi to welcome you into town, so u0ve on yourself, boy.” - cheap hotel where Paul engaged a 21 pret freely by the of the Australian Jockey cf whem were touters, clerks. With one a decent enough young fel- equainted, and through 1 io a bookmaker, who e9 his accounts. The and the pay good, but emained out at the just « 28 of a racing asso « but a high opi the close of the tfully declined om his employer to make the cir- th him, .nd drawing his wages, aterially increased by a hand- from the successful book- ul abruptly ended this phase of career, ort time previous he had found a on an, Castlereagh street, Kept by an ¥ he rented a modest room. was quite popular with theatrical , ani among others with whom Paul *me in contact was a dapper iittle French- nan nomel Henri L’Estrange, an aeronaut skill and undoubted courag trange Was under contraet to make a ison ascension from the public domain D tie queen's birthday, which is always « popular holiday with the loyal colonials. aintance with the professor opened His ac 1p a new field of adventure for Paul. In to he had been many hundred feet round, on shipboard he had climbed = high as the topmast crosstrees permitte1, out a sail in the air was an altogether novel ence which he eagerly craved. 2uous cultivation of the little French- n won from the aeronaut a promise x Paul along as his assistant on the y of the fete, and until that time arrived wo were inseparable. Behind canvas 1 the commons contiguous to the al gardens, the “Empress of Night moored. For sevevul days prior to the ension L'Estrange and his new assistant at many hours splicing ropes, thten- valves, sewing sand bags, painting the ar, snd otherwise preparing the balloon or its aerlal voyage. Arrangements were » to indate the bag from the rearest rain, and on the morning of May 24 stor: s in readiness to make the attach- The balloon was advertised to id at 3 pm., and fully an hour before time the public domain and streets t were black with a holiday-making the Frenchman was not happy; the bs and the balloon rhowed no nm to soar. “Ah, ciel!” exclaimed e in despair. (ees Guas ees poor. Ket es i suffission buoy-ant; veral hours the professor and his ssistont attempted to inflate the balloon to actory pitch. At 3 o'clock the big yed in the air like a drunken man, iropsical folds, which refused to fill out, irg ¥ of a huge pair of misfit trousers, Driven almost crazy b is of the mceb, which, unlike an n crowd, w disposel to wax ¥ at the delay, the Frenchman jumped n a box. and, im his broken English, ex- laine? that he wes quite re and willin to HN bis ps ¢ e con ct, but was un- x tediy cenfronted with so in ra that it threatened to defeat bition entirely ar later the incessant chaffing of the tors » worried the aeronaut that, inst his better judgment, ne det nined 7 i meke the ascension. Mo- nto the car, he sprang lightly and orlere? the park attend- able. ‘ss of Night rose slowly to the sht ef about fifty feet, and then, deiiber- ely sulking in the air, refused to soar an teh more. “Ah! tees as I expec-ted,” mur- 1 the professor, and, pulling the escape valve, the balloon descend» amid the Jeers f the colonials, whore quips at his expense vly drove the Frenchman frantie. Ex- 1 and angry, he ordered Paul to jump t and in a few moments had detached the ar from t®e rope network above. Then, with a graceful bow to his impatient audi- tee, the daring aeronaut sprang into the netting of the balloon, ordered the men to et go and in a minute had shot high above he h s of the now breathless colonials. Another minute the crow] remained silent, hen arose a burst of cheering which wes as ontaneous as it was heartfelt, for every nized the intrepidity of the act. In © this recognition, from his peril- 8 pefch above, L'Estrange was seen to his cap three times before be pasted ond the direct ion of the excited ‘tchess who speculated freely on hig chances for descending in rafety. Iwitting south the ballcon lost Its buoy- ney and fell rapidly. On Pitt street. the ‘4g Swayed unpleasantly close to a stack f chimneys, rose and dropped again’ in erratic plunges, then took a sudden. dash er George ‘street, pumping st a hotel building, where by chance man stom! at an open window holdin: shted candle. In a second the escapins a ignited, an explosion followed aml or lEstrange was thrown on the glass lity ‘wot of the court below, where he was picked up « few minutes later with a ivoken Jeg and arm, several fractured ribs, and some severe burns as a memento ( his brave but foolhardy experiment. As for Paul, this brief experience was nite enough to dampen his ardor for veronautics, but the little Frenchman only rugged his shoulders when some one ed him if he would ever make anothe ion, be answered: “Tomorrow, ble to pull ze r-rope!”" A few ate Paul was surprised to ve a letter bearing the Adelaide post- mark, which proved to be from his moth. ther, who for thirty years had be lent of South Australia. In it the cordially invited the nephew hb: seen to visit bis Australian re! and ended by delicately hinting th al was short of funds he might draw him for fresh supplies. Fortunately, the lad was not obliged to act on his uncle's suggestion. He still had 4 fair sum left from his earnings, and this te intended should cover all the expenses oft his visit. Tharking his uncle for the sind invitaticn, he wrote that he would fo! low the letter In a day or two at the farth- est. As soon as 1/Estrange was pro- nourcal out of danger Paul secured a berth on the steamer Ly-ce-moon for Melbourne, which port he reached just in time to trans- fer his baggage to the little Aldinga, bound or Adelaide. Disappointed of a call’ on Dr. he consoled himself with the ¢ of a visit on his return, and, pleas- sing over the probable appearance f his new cousins, fell asleep in his nar- row berth, A ‘luff, joliy looking man of fifty, with a heavy beard and kindly eyes, and’a mild, sweet htue woman, with a pale, intellectual face, were the two hasty silhouettes Paul caught of his uncie and aunt at dusk, as they welcomed him to their hearts ‘and home. Two ys, about his own age, and five pretty sirls, ranging from fourteen to comprise? the younger portion ty, with whom Paul was soon on_the best of terms. Five charming girl pered and affectionate,- 2 quite ready to do @ to please their American cousin! What a delightful prospect for the lad who for so tong hid encountered chill All £0 sweet-tem- looks and cross words. Cricket with the boys, croquet and lawn tennis with the , varied with parties, picnics and ex- ions galore. A weck’ at Glenelg, the of South Aust perience, of which bathing, 2 the princip: ere extemporized in the in whicn his fair cousins and dis viel with one another to m. ‘ion more enjoyable than the } Tz must be confessed Paul di ex in ¢ did not at to deny that he the work? 9n a very oney he he@ he » though there was | for ja that gercrou: Six weexs thi Qn existence almost spoiled for further campaign the apd it was young | & | | i is rf FE et Hat i i E it i i i & i : : i lf i i 3 ge i the Life on the lower Indian river and on Lake Worth in Florida is comfortable and pleasurable in summer time, as it is lux- urious and almost ideal in the winter, says the Fort Pierce, Fla., correspondent of the New York Tribune. Most of the cleared and cultivated area lying between Titus- ville on the north and the southern extrentl- ty at Lake Werth is devoted to the raising of pineapples, and the owners of these plantations are either financially independ ent already cr repicly becoming so. For the most part their residences front on the river or the lake, and long, narrow piers run out from their yards to deep water. In the rear of the residences the Jackson- ville, St. Augustine and indian River railway skirts the borders of the plantations or cuts them in two, thus affording very convenient transportation for the “p.nes” to the jaorth- ern and western markeus. The houses are all comfo>tably furnished, and in many in- stauces the furnishings and appomtments are exceedingly fin de siecle and the Gecora- tions in excellent taste. Men, women and children are alike fond of boating, hunti and fishing, and rites, fishing tackle a other sporting paraphernalia are always conspicuous in the wide. airy halls, or om the broad porches, which usually skirt three sides of the house. The style of architec- ture is generally picturesque and always suited to the climate and the surroundings, There are many bungalows, and viewed from the river, on hillsides with castern, exposures snd completely surround=’ by the red, green and yellowish-b-own leaves of the pineapple plants, they «re decidedly: unique to look upon. Every estate is provided with some means development de- unusual with her sex, and she wan in the least bit confused by my presence, # launch not a hundred yards away. come out fur a plunge, and my grizzie® old boatman amd I were of no mote conses quence to her than a mullet o> a Without any preliminary fuss or hesita! .She planted her feet firrly upon the of the wharf, placed her hands, ims tow gether, high over her head, made @& sraceful curving dive into the green waters eight feet below the pier. When she ind ed afte> a few seconds, perhaps fifty feet away, she shook her head and shoulder, vigorously, after the manner of a Newe foundland dog, and then swam back to the. pier, climbed nimbly up the steps and rea peated the performance twice over. The last time she took in a long painter of a lite tle rowboat between her teeth before she dived, and when she came to the surface swam out a few yards, towing the boat bee hind her. Then she climbed into it ang rowed about for half an hour before returns ing to the house for a change of clothes, ———-o — AKEN INTO A TRER. The Strange Abode of Dilly Mustar@ Since Hix Sweetheart Shook Him. From the Cincinnati Bnouirer. During the carly days of the present cone tury «ne Joshua Dullaplanes came to easte erm Ohio from Pennsylvania and setiled on 0 acres of ground that now constituics a rortion of Hanover and St. Clair townships. The land was clotted in a rich growth of Frimeval forest, wetered by a rivulct now known as the Two-mile. On the west bank of the stream grew majestic sycamore that towered many feet above its most ambitious companions. The tree Dillaplanes discovered to be hollow, and it is said that the settler took his, abcde in the holiow and began clearing the representative in the mean. jand that now constitutes a farm of the Miami valley. name was William, The youth found a companion and play= mate in the person of Anna 'Malloe duvgbter of ‘the nearest neighbor ype he Indians and the scarcity: ot students prevente! the na@usurauion of @ district school, so the two grew to mam and womanhood in the blissful ignorance ot books. The buy, however, became muarver, een cient with Ube viel, thus mak- one particular that whi poe Fp Baal many others, ™ ae el in “nd in the course ine the wedding day was tixed. eis About (wo weeks dag. eppeared upon the scene. The appeared to be an olject of wonder tones simple-minded country folk. His aress was ekgant, his manner gen entertaining. He claimed to be a civ = since and’ neasacd Tet'a''ehne cil sie ’Malleys. In her environments the girf Anna had known only Billy and Lilly's violin. TI new specimen of manhood was to her like a new and pleasing dream. Soon her manner toward Mustard grew cold, but the lover was unsuspicious, gnd finally the ah ep. 3 ~ dawned. ne of the O'Malleys then informed MM. tard that Anna and the stranger had ais appeared some time during the night. Th began a search that lasted far into u night and ceased only after a waveler had said he saw the couple riding on one horse the night before along the lonely forest path. Mustard’s reason slowly fled. Hig aged parents grieved into the grave. Thi O'Malleys drifted to the same destiny an@ by the same path, few months after Anna's sudden departure vague rumors came from the east that Anna. deserted ang triendless, had died a manime jn an asylum. Taking his only remaining companion, U Violin, William Mustard followed the ex- ample set by Dillaplanes yeurs before, an@ Sought shelter in the holiow of the tall syea- more, where he has remained off and on ever since. He talks but little, and then to himseif, in a mumble, in the dark of this tree. He refuses all assistance, and those charitably inclined are compelled to resort to strategy. When Mustar@’s frame, now nearly seve enty years old, needs covering, a suit of clothes is left lying at the root of the toric syeumore. Even then the hi trudges from door to door in vain search for the owner. Fourteen years ago a de. scendant of the Dillaplines, upon selling the farm, made 2 special provixion that no harm should befall the tree or the venerable hermit. Once the latter was taken to the poorhouse, but water and sorp proved al. most fatal. and he arin allowed to roam about his favorite haunte, { Mustard is altogether a displenei {his only redeeming feature being a pair of s benevolent blue eyes, almost pathetic. peer through massive eyebrows. sured that a visitor wh» callel to sec him Was not an infirmary director, the old her- mit, in childish pride, exhibited the con- fines of his habitation. A ten-foot pole can he rune en in Its interior, the fur- hishings of which consist of a littl j2nd a bed of straw. ——— ng sight, nie tli Lien nd Dog's Cuteness, 4 the Philadelphia Times, Probably tne oldest dox in Philacerhia te & setter belonging to 8. Murray tchell, He is seveuteer, years oid, an& sh totally blind, can find bis way Well wherever he want: e has a which mee door, and anothe> ind: satin, Seepy and wa 2 be put ; tell when bis master is near, 5 crowd wili xo up to him out end caress him. sper the ibat he te bed. Me can ve’