Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1894, Page 19

—oKeoepEOorReK{*""eEE THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. PERSECUTED PEOPLE ——__<-+-- -—— The Terrible Slaughter of the Chris- tian Armenians. a A SERIES OF ATROCITIES The Inhuman Treatment Practiced by Their Turkish Masters. re bs eee eee RACE CHARACTERISTICS ——-— HE SLAUGHTER of 10,000 Armenians by the Turks and Kurds, which has filled the civilized world with horror during the past few days, is merely an- other of a long sertes of incidents of this character to which this remarkable peo- ple have been sub- fected since thelr adoption of the Chris- tian religion Immediately following, if not during, the presence of Christ on earth. ‘The details thus far received come from misslonaries located at Bitls. It is a curious and interesting fact that this people, occupying the cradle of man- kind and the spot on which Noah's ark 13 said to have landed, claims also to have been the first to recognize Christ and to have received from His own hand tangible evidence of this fact. At Edessa are two letters preserved with the greatest care and reverence, which are claimed to have - nS The Late Bishop Nerses. Passed between King Abgar of the Arme- nians and Jesus. According to the belief of the Armenians two envoys of the king | who saw Jesus and witnessed his miracles at Jerusalem breught such reports to the king, who was afflicted with a disease re- sembling leprosy, that he wrote the follow- ing letter to Christ: “Abgar, son of Arsham, land, to Jesus, the Savior and benefactor of men, greeting. I have heard of Thee,and ef cures wrought by Thy hands, without remedies and without plants; for It is said ‘Thou makest the blind to see, the lame to prince of this walk, the lepers are healed, evil spirits are cast out, Thou healest the unfortunate, afflicted with long and inveterate diveases, and Thou dost dead. As 1 have heard of all the wor Ss wrought by Thee, I have concluded that Thou art either God, come down from heaven, or the Son of God, sent to glo such thing herefore have L written, beseeching Thee to deign to come to me and cure my also heard that the Jew and lay snares to desi tle city ple: ntly situated, and sufficient for us both. The messengers who carried this letter to Jesus, the Armenians claim, received the following reply: “Happy is he who belleves on Me with- out having seen Me. Those who see Me belleve net, and those who see Me not be- lieve and live. As to what thou hast writ- tem of coming to thee, it is necessary I sent, and when I have accomplished all I that ulfill hero that for which | was shali ascend to Him that sent Me. But af- ter I have gone [ will send one of my dis- ciples, who shall cure thy malady and give life to thee and thine.” It is further asserted that Thaddeus, in of Christ, and that he healed the king and performed other miracles, and that other disciples preached the word in that country during the years tmmedi- ately following the presence of Christ on earth, making many converts, founding a church, it is sald, in the year A. D. 34, and om of th religion, to wh ing all the su they have suf- ition from the Romans, Perstans and Mohammedans down to the sent time. A People Without a ntry. Armenia, tt may be not improperly firmly lay in the Ch does not exist. The Armenians are a peo- ple without a country, clinging to their former homes and religious beliefs, hoping for better (hings, thelr land divided among | the great nations, themselves ground t tween the upper and nether mills | relix red and pe | tion, as the news | of the » depict | become frequent © rence. radie of the human race,” | its boundaries, when it ay cluded what was claimed to have been the fen 0} and the spot upon which Noah's ark re and where his descend- ants established their 3. Thus the Armenians claim ended tn di- rect line from Japhe son of Noah, | | » than ¢ esents th ‘ try, wh Yocatel western the Caucasus in th tains of Kurdistan Ss n sea in the The ce part an elevated table mise, was sent after | | the stag | whi feet above sea level, culminating in the peaks of Ararat. The people are largely pastoral, though living in towns for mutual Protection and going out to the surround- ing conntry with their flocks by day. The slaughter of thousands of the peo- ple bearing the name of Armenians is not a new incident to those familiar with their history. The latter part of the sixth century gave the Armenians new trouble, in the development of Moham- medanism, which has been their greatest enemy since that time, and with its per: cutions, accompanied by those of the P. sians and Kurds, the Armenians have lost An Armenian Priest. control and many of their people are scatte! all parts of the world. Turkey, ond Persia have divided up their country, graciously permitting those main thy ble by of public attention to them. The Pi and Their Religion. Mr. M. C. Gabrielian, an the constant educational institutions, estimates millions, of which number a litUle over one- half are in the Turkish empire, partly within their old country and part in Eu- ropean Turkey. Nearly a million and a halt are in that portion of their country the orthodox Greek Church about the end of the fifth century, but its general doc- trines are almost identical with those of that organization now. Its priests marry and rear families, live among ‘he people and are dependent upon voluntary contri- butions from the people. They always wear the full beard, The Armenian Church, cays Mr. Gabriellan, differs from the Church of Rome tn denying the supremacy of the bishop of Kom Jects the doc- trine of a purgatory, rejects also indul- ences, does not withhold the Bible from any class of {ts people, but encourages them to read it. Prayers are said for the dead, baptism is performed by immersion followed by anointment with holy olf and confirmation; confession*must precede the taking of the eucharist, which ts admin- istered in both bread and wine to all mem- bers of the church. In personal appearance and language they have lost many of their original clar- acteristics by intermixture and assocta- tion. The language, which was originally Indo-Germanic, has now many Persian and Turkish words intermingled. Former Masseecres. The story of the atrocities which have been visited upon these peaceful people would fill columns. Probably the most notable is the story of Tamerlane, who, after reducing town after town to ashes in 1887, and slaughtering thousands, ac- cepted ‘the surrender of Sivas upon the promise that “no soldier of his will lift the sword upon them,” and kept his word lit- A Porter In Erzroum. erally, while he violated it in spirit by tying the hands of young and old and trampling them to death with horses, bury- ing others alive, and burning 4,000 soldiers to death. The Seljukian Turks, after cap- turing the city of Arzu, tried, apparently, to rival Tamerlane, for they massacred in cold blood 140,000 people, carried as many When the Mongolians, under Genghis Khan, made their appearance in western Asia they spread over Armenia, commit- ting wholesale massacres, destroying the towns and cities and ¢: dreds of thousands into captivity. Then followed the Mohammedans, of whom it aid that “no city, town or vil- has been 1 no building of any value; no human being of any age or sex, was spared; th slaughtere y human being and burnt to ashes e building or razed it to the ground. execution of the unfortu- nate victims falling into their hands they did t leave any mode untried; the de- human heart could not have sug- any new method of torture that of the country, fearing that they might be compelled by the Turks to cede the coun- try to them, proceeded to make {t valuelass by driving the people out of the cities and burning the buildings, sending the people Into captivity, excepting those who escaped to caves or mountain fastnesses. Many cf these found a watery grave by being driv- en into a river and drowne Meantime Russia was not idle, and while she did not visit the extreme eruelttes upon the people, she wanted a slice of the land when the last Armenian ruler passed from of action, and opportunity was offered to divide the spoils among the great nations adjoining. She got some of the land, but not sufficlent for her pur- pose, until after the Russo-Turkish war in 1878 she compelled Turkey to disgorge some of the Armenian territory which she had taken. The other European powers, however, were on the alert to see that the division was advantageous all round, if possible, and at the Berlin conference, which was attended by that distinguished Armenian, Bishop Nerses, the. following clause w Inserted In the treat “The Sublime Porte engages to realize without 4 y those ameliorations and re- forms which local need require in the prov- inces inhabited by the Armenians, and guarantees their security against the Cir- cassians and the Kurds. It undertakes to make known from time to time the meas- ures taken with this object, to the powers, whe will watch over their application.” How well this agreement has been kept ig seen by the frequent troubles and slaughter of Armentans, of which we hear at frequent Intervals in't The Kurds and Turks about armed in that a Christlan doe per- antr mitted to g if into om. It will be remembered that | ther numerous incidents of this kind Jin 18m, the iuropean papers taining frequent reports of the m r men and women half-starved Turkish sol- dlers, who roame Armenian untry, committing sorts of crimes upon the people. ‘The recent slaughter {3 said to have been com: as a punishment for the con- duct of some Armen! > resisted an attempt of some of the Kurds to drive off their herds, several of the Kurds, who were enrolled as ‘Turkish troops, but not ider authority, having been Killed in the contest over thé possession of the herds. of their country and government ed to Russia ho are will ing to submit to their government to re- , but making their lives misera- recurrence of evenis the character which has just drawn rmenian, who spent scme time in this country attending the number of Armenians in the world at four more into captivity and burned the city. | rrying away hun- | they had not tried.” Thousands of chil- | dren were torn from their parents and 1 for the Mohammedan army, form- ing that terrible body of troops known as the Janissaries. At another time the Per- sians, who had obtained control of a part do he ts thrown | REAL ESTATE GOSSIP The Year’s Building Statistics and What They Show. FAVORABLE INCREASE SINCE JUNE The Pressing Need of a More Thorough Inspection System. ee SOME IMPROVEMENTS Pee aan sangeet Those who are accustomed to depend upon the figures contained in the annual report of the inspector of buildings for their esti- mate of the prosperity of the city did not find the report just issued especially en- couraging. The number of buildings erected during the year, as given in the report, as well as their aggregate cost, shows quite a falling off as compared with the same fig- ures of last year. A further comparison shows that there was less money spent in the erection of new buildings and fewer new buildings erected last year than in any year during the past decade. While, of course, this falling off in the building oper- ations is due largely to the general finan- cial depression which has been felt through- out the country, yet it should be remem- bered that during the two preceding years more money was spent and more build- ings erected than in any previous years in the history of the city. In the opinion of men whose judgment is good, the ex- tensive building operations of those two years had resulted in what 1s known as “overbuilding the city.” It 1s probable that eve? if the financial conditions had not been unfavorable there would have been quite a decrease of building last year as compared with preceding years, However, such statistics constitute but cne item in the enumeration of the causes which contribute to the prosperity of the city. It does not necessarily follow that because there were but few buildings com- paratively erected in this city last year the record of the year should be characterized absorbed by Russia, 2 few hundred thou-|as unfavorable to the busin interests. sand in Pers India, ete. and*the re-| The fact is that in spite of lack of an ac- mainder scattered over the world, rot a] active interest on the part of the public few being residents of this country. toward investments of all kinds the situ- ‘dhe Armenian Church claims to date| ation of the real estate n et here has back to A, D. 34, though its carly history | been extremely favorable. There has been is largely legendary. it separated from|no slump or panic and values have re- mained firm. While there has been practi- cally no demand for property, yet own- ers have not been forced on the market, and the result is that Washington estate has passed through the storm and y stress period of the last pairment of value or the on the part of investors. Increase in Building. The tide has turned and during the fall months a marked improvement has been experienced and the progress toward the restoration of a reasonably active mar- ket is regarded® as encouraging. There was one paragraph in the report of the building ‘inspector which — substantiates this statement. He said that he could ad- vance the information that the records of the office show that since July last there had been a decided increase tm building over the corresponding period of 159. More Inspectors Needed. In some cities there fs a demand for a more general adoption of fire-proof meth- ‘ar without im- 8 of confidence ods in the construction of private resi- dences than is the case at present. This largely due to the destructiveness of fires when once started in the residence portion cf the average city. It is then found that the walls are thinner than good judgment would commend, and that there has been great care sness, not to use a stronger term, in th ection of material | use of this characte erected se, in the first instance, mor is saved, but of course in the end, the w and tear of years is taken into account, or the visitation of fire, it proves mere costly. While in this city a sy and cheap construction is prevalent tent, yet it is belli as com- pared with the total amount of’ building, the ntage is quite small, noticeably so in comparison with other cities, more stringent building regulations which are in force-here have a good deal to do with improving the general char- acter of construction. It Is believed that the only reason, or rather the main reg- son, why the standard at the nation's cap- {tal is not so high as the regulations pro- vide 1s the lack of a sufficient corps of as- sistants to the building Inspector. The board of trade has taken this matter up, and no doubt, with the aid of this repre- sentative body, Congress will be induced to take some action. Some Improvements. S. M. Burgess fs to erect a residence at 1620 18th street, from plans prepared by Pitney & Lradford, architects. It will be three stories in height. The front, twen- ty feet in width, will be built of press brick and Indiana lime stone. John Mc- Gregor ts the builder. Four houses will be erected by Dr. W, P. C. Hazen on Sth street between A and B streets northeast. They will have bay fronts, of press brick and brownstone. R. W. Walker & Son have had plans pre- pared by F. B, Pyle, architect, for three houses at the corner of Sth and A streets northeast. They will have two stories and | basements, with square and circular and press brick and Indiana stone fronts Miss Mary Wilcox will build a house on Corcoran street between 17th and 18th streets. from plans prepa | Brown, architect. It is to t stor | in height, with a front of Roman bric! | trimmed with Seneca sto re ts to ti a bay, finished at the third story with a reai | IN MUSICAL CIRCLES Acts From Grand Opera to Bo Given ata Private Residence, : ‘ What Prof. Maina! Will Do With the Euterpean Club and His Pupils t Rehearsals “Si-Lootah.” {2 rar The Euterpean’ Club, of which mention has already bee& mao, will make its first appearance on Wedmesday evening next at the parlors of its’ director, Sig. Maina. This will be onCthe ‘occasion of the first musicale given sby Prof. Maina and his pupils, and a prégrath of unusual interest has been prepared. The club as an or- ganization will sing Kirmess, a Neopolitan canzonetta, arranged by Wm, Rees, and a solo, with chorus, from Mercadante's opera, “Il Guiramento,” arranged hy Prof. Maina for female voices, Miss Mamie Don- nelly singing the solo. The following mem- bers of the club will do solo work: Miss Jennie Taylor will sing Godard’s Chanson de Florian and Tosti’s Serenata; Miss Rosa Cayce will sing Arditi's “Let Me Love Thee,” and Miss Rica de Vecchi will play Braga’s “Angels’ Serenade” on the mando- Un, Prof. Maina will deliver a short ad- dress on “Researches in Modern Itallan Composers” (Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Pucct- ni, etc.), and then will be given the third and fourth acts of Donizett!’s opera ‘!Don Pasquale,” with the following cast: Don Pasquale, Mr. H. C, Meem; Doctor Mala- testa, Sig. Maina; Ernest, Mr, W. D. Mc- Farland, and Norina, Miss Mary Helen Howe. The program will close with the “Star Spangled Banner” by the Euterpean Club, Misses Mamie Donnelly and Florence Grigg and Mrs. Paulina Maina being the solcists. Prof. Harry Wheaton Howard and Miss Emily Howlett will be the ac- companisis. The Euterpean Club now numbers nearly thirty ladies and they have made repid progress since they have come together as an organization. It is expected that they will appear to good advantage in their work. The idea of giving acts from grand opera in costume is a new one in this city, and Prof. Maina is the pioneer in this venture. He has rehearsed those who are to participate with great care and is satisfied that they will not only sing with spirit, but display good «dramatic power in the action demanded. Th musicales will probably be continued dv ing the winter and will undoubtedly form pleasing features in the season's musical events. i ometimes a newspaper man will per- @ a musical composition, and the t offender is Mr. N. P. Babcock of the New York World, who has written a song called “Courage, Boys.” The words are fitted to the music, which is a pleasing and stirring melody, and the song has ir trinsic merit which should make it popu- lar. All is now In readiness for the production ntah; the new Indian opera, of h Mr. R. C. Garland is composer and Mr. Taylor Grimes the librettist. It will be given its Initial rendition in this city at Albaugh’s next Thursday afternoon, and will also be performed three nights in Jan- uary. The rehearsals have been in progress for two months, under the direction of M James Watson, and the results attained a promising to its performance on the stage. Several scores of pretty girls and handsome youth well known in social and mu: circles constitute the chorus, and the entire company of Nationg neibles, under the leadership of Cagg. Cus. S. Domer, will be upon the si vay to ‘urnish the military feature. The opeka f an American India romance and will depict captive life among the Stoux of the!Rockies, with all the gor- geous trappings of Wir paint and feathers, The opera inclufles.8 number of original dances, and the. costumes, as well as the scenery, are costly and elaborate. Mr. Rufus C. Gark son of the ex-At- ney General, Will Act as the musical dl- r, and Mr. Prank Rebstock is the bust- hess manager. ‘The cast is as follows: Si- » Mr. us. Watson; Yellow Bear, | Mr. Frank’ Rebgfock,. Harold Byrne, M Will Mooney; Bristling Bob, Mr. Felix Ma- honey; Edward @ulligford-Garden, Mr O'Connor; Rose * Garden, Miss Mae I ; Laughing Eyes, Miss Alice Judsot Woman-wh . ‘Miss Kate Lack Heap Jag, Mftony Sousa; Lump-on-th | top-of-his-h« «. Theodore bus, jr ‘Tonic Bear, Mr. Charles Roberts; Litile- wagol Master Arthur Cilif- first wagon driver, Dr, John Daly; Iden, Miss Lillian | wagon driver, Mr. Paul F. Grove, and C , Capt. ¢ . S. Domer, with the full ccmpany of National Fencibles. The cho- rus consists of the following singers: Miss- es Nellie E. MacNulty, Lucy Mortimer Blanche Mutr, M. Mundell, kelly, Blanche Higgins, Bessie Haz Hobson, Margaret McAlwee, Maud Sharpe, Ina Co- ie Cook, Marie’ De Ron- eray, Marie Triplett, Daisy Joyce, Belle Smith, Nannie Callan, Jessie Kappeler, Arendes, and Messrs. Fredertc Sillers, Charles S. Ramsburg, James Nolan, William Watson, Henry A, Conner, Charles W. Eliason, Alfred T. Clifton, Sam Bruck- heimer, T. ‘A. Fitzgerald, Charles Murphy, H. K. Hodes, William C. Looker, S. Hartley Wheatley, F. L. Wollard, R. G. Kirtland, Willam P, McKee, Fred. Kappeler, Paul Evans, C. Haight, Edward Turpin, B, Stu- |rinne Emery, Be: art and Thornberg. A large number of prominent society la- dies have interested themselves in the opera and have engaged boxes for the en- tertainment. Considerable Interest centers In the per- formance of Miss Alice Judson, who will This ance in decided do the part of “Laughing Eyes young lady made her first appes the “Three Dukes” and made a hit, not only by her excellent sir by her bright and ited acti comes of a musical family and inher talent, but she promises to be partic clever In soubrette parts. She has studie for several years under Mrs. Mills at that lady's musicale last sprin | tracted much attention by her singing of as fon from “Mignon The first concert of the rbund this | logwia. | season wHI be held on the night of the Two thr ory houses are to be e Oth instant at the Academy of Music, and by A. Behrend on ith street betwee Prof. Wm. Waildecker, th 8 | and’F streets, from plans prepared by Ps “da program of unus | Schulze, architect. The fronts will be of | The I buff brick and blue stone. tival Plans are being prepared by R. Stanley | Schub Militaire. | Simmons for an apartment house to be | will sir s by Mendelssohn, ar- erected on 11th street south of New York chorus hestra by avenue. It is to be elght stories in height, | Van Mr. singing | 4ixv7 feet. the Attenhofer’s * Swal- The plans for the apartment house to be | low ssenger,” Spicker’s “The northeast corner of 7th and | Linden and Gernsheim's “Salamis,” | ze Lowery have been re- | Mr. er singing the baritone solo. the architect, T. F. will be seven ste as originally Schnetd os bi contem- by building instead of elght, plated. vA. three brick dwellings at Kenesaw avenue north three storles high, 16.83 throughout by furnaces the architect. John Becker has commenced the erection of a bakery in the rear of 630 11th street northeast. It will be 20x15 feet and built cf brick by Theodore Harbeck. Charles Sickels will shortly commence the erection for himself of a frame dwell- ing on Frankfort street between 13th and 1ith streets, It will be two stories high, 17x10 feet. | Moses A. Stevens has planned the erection | of a frame dwelling at Hillsdale, near Mor ris road, It will be two stories high, 1 feet and heated throughout by James Pinn is the builder. Harding ts building for himself “i, 1508 and 110 st. They wiil b feet and heated L. Harding is John Hurdle is the bullder. Francis Miller has been granted a permit | John W. Collins is buliding two frame | dwellings on Broad Branch road. They | Will be two stories In height, 14x28 feet. tion of a warehouse on E street between 18th and 19th streets northwest. one story high, 1x00 feet and built of brick by Samuel H. Edmonston, who is also the architect. Huilding Record, The building Inspector's record for the | past week, ending yesterday, shows that three permits for the ection of new buildings were ta Z leost $3.00. This v idec sections of the city one permit, $2,000; nort $700; and county, one aining. From Truth Situation Wantel.—A gentleman, late cen- ter rush on a foot ball team, will attend ladies on thelr Christmas shopping. Ad- dress Rush Line, General Post Office, New York. ~—— ee ase A big event next week at Moses’.—Advt. furnace. | by the inspector of buildings for the erec- | It will be | The soloists will be Miss Lotta Mills, Miss Mae Whitesell and Mr. Perry Turpin. Miss Mills will play two numbers, the first in- | cluding Rub carole in BF min- Jor and Lesche urka, and the | second being I me and varla- | tions. will sing ‘I'he Maids of C by Delibes, and, with Tur- | pin, Goring Thomas’ ‘“Neath the Stars, and Mr, Turpin will sing an aria from “Don pvani.”" A rehearsal of the cantata with full chorus and_orchestra, will be held this evening at 7:30 o'clock at 1003 Oth street northwest, Mount Vernon Church. |‘This cantata has been in rehearsal for | several weeks, uftder.ithe direction of Prof. Geo. W. Lawrenee, and the work accom- plished in so shert a time has been very | gratifying. The first performance will be | given in January next, and will probably | be one of the most’ enjoyable musical events of the déasoB, as those who will participate have,heen carefully selected by | Prof. Lawrence,. and include some of the | best local musicians. The cast will be en- sional. Mme. Kate Doane, Bal- vorite soprano, who {s so plea: mberéd in this city, has been ed as one of the soloists. Mme. Doane “Rebekah,” 1 to sing with theWalter Damrosch ra in New York next month. ‘The | tenor and baritone soloists have not yet been selected, but they will undoubtedly be singers of ‘ability. EES Va The Maryland Militia. Capt. Walter L, ninth cavalry, | has been orderad to report to the governor of Maryland at Annapolis for temporary National Guard ef THE ONLY COCOA WITH RICH CHOCOLATE FLAVOR oc6-s6m THE CIRCUS IN PARIS It is Hold in a Theater and is a Novel Show, ‘The Ring is Covered With a Rug, Then Transformed Into a Lily Cov- ered Pond. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. PARIS, November 15, 1804. A small friend of mine went to the circus one day, and when he came home and was asked if he enjoyed it, said: “Oh, yes; it was very nice, but the elephant’s skin didn’t fit!” In Paris no such criticism of the circus could be made. Not that the elephants’ skins, like the Parisian dresses, fit “like the paper on the wall,” but because there are no elephants—no animals, in fact, ex- cept the talented horses and the inevitable trained dogs. The circus here is a refined and modest affair as to size (I cannot say as much for the actions and talk), is held in a theater, and 1s a permanent institution, not an excitement of a few weeks, once or twice a season, as it is at home. This theater has one small ring completely covered with a large straw-colored mat, like our front door mats. No common tanbark rings here! This mat locks like old gold plush, and makes one feel it is quite too fine to be trod upon by ordinary feet. Unlike the other theaters of Paris, which have four or five galleries, like ladders to the sky, this place has but one, Im- mediately below it is a row of boxes, the electric lights therein shaded by soft pink glass. Below these boxes are seats all round about the ring. The one gallery is @ very wide promenade, with no seats, where one can get “standing room only.” There {s nothing very unusual about the first part of the performance, except per- haps the number of clowns and the very gorgeous costumes that they wear. Strange to say, they are all Americans, and speak the most atrocious French im- aginable. One of them is an African gen- tleman from America, as black as the ace of spades, who rejoices in the name of “Chocolat.” He has been there so long he is a part of the institution, and the circus wouldn't be the circus without “Chocolat.” There are two “entre actes” during the evening. In the first every one gets up, and a Visit is made to fhe stalls where the horses and ponies are kept. These stalls shine with nickel trappings, and the beau- tiful, sleek beasts have their names posted up over them, and, as you pass, they put out their noses to be petted. Japanese Pantomime. In the second “entre acte” the lights are lowered, an army of lackeys appear, the great heavy mat 1s rolled up, an arrange- ment consisting of four tall wheels ts brought in, the rug 1s suspended between them and rolled away. Then the ring, which has a wooden floor, is fitted up with rugs, a Japanese idol, Japanese things of all kinds to make a room, the lights go up and a play commences. This play, of course, they change often, but at the time I am writing it is a Japanese pantomime called “Papa Chrysantheme.” Naturally the play is ridiculous, but the dresses are brilliant and the general effect 1s good, There are the usual “lover and his lass,” who, toward the last, in some way get sep- arated. The lights again grow dim, the attendants appear, and all the appurte- nances of the room quickly disappear, Then you feel queer. It seems as If the earth were caving in. It is the stage sink- ing, and, as it sinks, water spurts up all about tt, through holes in the wood, around ‘s—everywhere! As the pond be- deeper broad green Iily pads are seen floating on the top, but ingeniously fastened to the floor underneath, ‘A pale green light 1s turned on, and a troop of fairy girls comes gliding in, their robes of shimmerir aze bright in the simulated moonlight. "They lightly step on the lily pads and cautiously wend their way about the pond, grouping themselves gracefully behind the rushes at the edges, and await the coming of their queen. The distracted lover appears at one side, and the lady of his he mes at last. She is clad Ina gown of texture,which falls rte about her in diaphanous folds, now softly tender opalescent 3 the now amber, now hues. Her dainty’ slippered foot lly pads. She taps them once or tw seo if they will hold her weight, then light- ly springs out to them, holding 'in her pret- ty hands the folds of ‘her voluminous dra- PiFigg pink, Ss Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts genily yet promptly on the Kidneys, uiver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt ia its action and truly ental in iw fleets, prepared only from the moss healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it ‘o all and have made it the most popes ar remedy known, syrup of Figs is for sale in 500 ind’ $1 bottles by all lending drug- sists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who ites to try it. Do not accept any sti ate. CAL FORNIA FIG SYRUP CO SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, tE. K VORK. &. 3 } i Monumen VERE OF ELV REFINEMENT, AT $1.75 to $15.00. Untrinmed Hats and Bonnets at half price. 0. Holiday Ribbons, fancy for work. Best assortment, x nid lowest p No. 4 5 at be., No Tc, ie] at Me. Nos. 18 M4 4 Dolls. |}4 ports. — If you want a Doll, now | 4 DOLLS. — ts the time to buy, as } DOLLS, they will be sea We {pq Dorrs: — have o [oo DOLLS. —— beantit M poirs, — 1 | pq Dow ples. in A full Hne of French Rose Plants M4 trom be. up. pPeries. This all to really lovely music. She goes from leaf to leaf, dancing the veritable skirt dance, until the other side is gained, and she js at last folded in her lover's arms. The darkened theater, the limpid water, with soft lights reflected in ft, the girl Ughtly poised upon the trembling leaves, dancing daintily across through the silvery Fie tein make a scene most charming to ehold. A Good-Natured Audience. A kind of common fun at the circus here is quite unknown to us. For instance, one night, while the lights were low and the pond was being filled, a well-dressed man and woman seated in the first row be- gan to quarrel. Their voices rose higher and higher, they stood up, waved their arms about, ani finally came to blows. The ma, apparently exasperated beyond measure, seized the woman and hurled her into the pond. Of course the excitement in the audience was great. As soon as the woman touched the water the man jumped in after her, and to the amazement of all they began swimming about gaily, not in the least concerned at their chilly bath. They were circus accomplices, and the | whole thing was a prearranged plan to amuse the pecple. Another thing I have seen done is this: ‘The clowns amuse themselves with a very large rubber ball, throwing it this way and | that, when, as if by accident, it jumps | high up, and lands on the head of some | uususpecting person in the crowd. It is | thrown down to the ring and apologies are | made. In an instant, however, it comes bouncing back, flying about and knocking off hats in the most indiscriminate man- ner. The audience then realize it is a joke, and so good natured are French crowds that all throw themselves into the fun of {t, and peals of laughter are heard on all sides. Take it all in all, it 1s a very enjoyable performarce, and a great contrast to our ultra-exhibitions, with their three huge rings, everything about them being the “greatest on earth.” It 1s a rellef, too, to be spared the big heart throbe when some one is shot from a gun or takes a fiying leap through the air, and also to escape the awful headache one invariably gets in trying to see what isn’t to be seen. For who can look at three rings at once? —— No Waste. From the Detroit Tribune, First Housewife (South Sea Islands)— “The new missionary looks dreadfully sour."* Second Housewife—“Well, he'll do for can- ning, anywa: QOSSISSSSIOIS 2 Has Upset the dld ideas, and revolu- tionized cooking—W hat? 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