Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1895, Page 11

11 The second of Mary biographical articles, THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1895—-TWELVE PAGES: Anderson’s auto- in which she tells of her first trials, her first failure and her first success. In the January LADIES’ HOME JOURNAL Ten Cents on Every News-stand The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia COPYRIGHT, 1806, SY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY = THE HOURBON WHISKY OUTLOOK. Eighty Million Gallens on Hand and a Hard Winter Coming On. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. ‘The aspect of the fine whisky market is by no means cheery, in spite of the fact that stceks are being gradually reduced by the consumptive demand. In the Cour- ijer-Jourral yesterday there were published some statistics which indicated relief in prevailr.g conditions,but nevertheless there remains the ugly faet that consumption ap- pears to have decreased and overproduc- ; tion continues. June 1 there were in bond nearly 75,000,- 000 gallens of Bourbon whisky,and October 1 there were a little over 7,000,000 gallons in the hands of wholesalers. The amount in bond has not been greatly lessened, and it Is fair to say that the entire stocks are between 75,000,000 and 80,000,000 gallons. ‘The withdrawals during October were 1,- 200,657 gallons, and the distillery produc- tion 31,000 gallons. The most conservative estimates are that the production for the current year will be from 23,000,000 to 25,- 000,000 gallons. The withdrawals indicate a consumption of about 15,000,000 gallons per annum, so that the end of the fiscal year will probably find us with larger stocks than ever. That prices would be cut and demoraliza- tion prevail are not surprising under the circumstances. As the demand for Bour- bon has lessened that for spirits has in- creased, and while the jobbers are busy, the distillers are made the victims of the depreciation in prices that results. Here- tofore the holder of Bourbon whisky could always make himself easy with the reflec- tion that every year added enough to the value of his liquer to pay the carrying cost. It is not so when the demand is lessening and the consumption of “blends” and “qnick-aging” goods is increasing. The distillers lay the blame on the in- creased tax which most of them thought such a good thing two years ago, and are Giscussing plans to bring about legislation that will relieve them of the situation. It is questionable that Congress will listen to any more amendments in the laws, and the evils so complained of will have to be left to cure themselves. Manufacturers are unwilling to cease production, which they argue would only go to increase the value of the stocks they have already sold. The jobbers would lke nothing so well as a general shut-down, but all efforts to secure one have been unsuccessful. In the meantime the spirits distilleries ought to be making money. Se ae SLAVES INSURED IN LOTS. Old-Time Way of Protection From Loss in Human Property. From the New Orleans Pleayune. Recently the Picayune was shown by a Prominent insurance agent a life policy, which, in the light of the present methods of insurance, Is a curiosity in more ways than one. It was sent here by a Memphis agent, headed ‘Negro policy,”” numbered 365, is- sued by the Phoenix Insurance Company of St. Louis, dated in that city the 10th of March, 1851, and signed by John B. Cam- den, president, and W. H. Pritchartt, secre- tary. The premium paid was $85.39, and the risk was for $8,000 for three months from noon of March 4, 1851, to noon of June 4, 1851, on sixteen slaves, as follows: Tom, Frank, Sophie, Eviline, Jordan, Daniel, Ann, Hester, Henry, Lew, Zelina, . Nelson, Mary, Charlotte and Ann, in favor of Bolton, Dickens & Company of Memphis, Tenn., being at the rate of $500 the life of each one who might die dur- the continuarce of policy. restricticns in the decument read that the said slaves “shall have only the privilege of traveling in the usual convey- ances on land, rivers, lakes or inland sea: and of residing in sny of the states or te ritories of this Union, or the British prov- irces of North America, north of 30 de- grees ncrth latitude and 20 degrees west lor gituds from Wasnington city, except that frem the 15th of July to the Ist day in each and every year, it lawful for the insured to visit yuth of 34 degrees north lati- ) degrees west longitude from en city, or enter into the military of Novembe shall not b or reside or naval service whatever*(the militia not in actual service excepted), without such permission previously obtained and indorsed pelicy, or im case they shall die in nce of a duel or by the hands of or in the known violation of any law of this state or of the United States, or of the said provinces, or if the said slaves shall be engaged in any capacity on a steamboat, raft or vessel of any descrip- ticn, withont the permission of the said company previously obtained and indorsed on this policy or shall run away or be kid- naped, then and in all such cases the said ccmpany shali not be liable for the pay- ment of the sid sum insured or any part thereof, and this policy, so far as relates yment, shall be entirely void. icy shall be vold if assigned with- the consent of the company. There was a loss sustained under this policy, as the following indorsement will eceived of the Phoentx Insurance Com- pany $498.08 in full, in payment of negro girl, Charlotte, insured under this policy, No. levs forty-seven days’ interest. “BOLTON, DICKENS & CO. “MEMPHIS, May 21, 1851.”" ee ene The Republican Goose. From the New York Mail and Express. It is one of the nearly forgotten records of the mint that when the question came up in Corgress of providing a device for the silver Collar an orator from the Palmetto state stoutly opposed selecting the eagle. “The eagle is the king of birds,” he de- clared, “and as we are opposed to kings of ail sorts 1 maintain that it would be neither consistent nor safe to make of him an em- blem. This reasoning provoked a retort from New England. “{ suggest,” said a plausi- ble Yankee, “that we adopt the goose as the national bird. He is a tame, rational republican fow!. Besides, for our dimes, we could use the gosling."* The speech elicited a challenge from the opened fire-eater, which was promptly de- clined. THE LONG SWEET IN DIXIE. Joys of the Sugar Cane Season Down in Old Misstssippi. From the Philadelphia Times. It is molasses-making time in Mississipp!— at once a busy and festive period with the farmers and their families. To one unused to the art it is a sight of some interest, while to the initiated it seems to be the crown:ng glory of the year’s toils and pleas- ures. Of course nothing is done on 30 ex- tensive a scale as on the Louisiana sugar plantations. Both the crop and utensils for working it up are less imposing, certainly, but not less effective. Harly in the spring the cane is planted by laying it in furrows, three or four sta}ks to- gether, continuously, thus producing fom the eyes at the joints a beautiful.growth of almost impenetrable thickness, but other- wise much resembling corn in heignt and fol‘age. Very little work is required for its cultivation. Lace in the autumn, before frost, men may be seen with grubbing hoes taking down seed cane. In this case the stalks are not stripped or topped, as when it is prepared for the mill, but piled in a head and cover- ed with earth to remain until spring. If it ig not a severe winter the stubble tray be counted upon to furnish a fine crop the next year. An acre of cane will easily produce 400 or more gallons of molasses, and with less labor than any other crop, so of this commodity there is always plenty, whatever else may lack or fail From the time the joints begin to look blue or striped, according to whether it is the blue or ribbon variety, it is in active de- mand as a sort of sweet, or as apples ure further north. There are few late fruits here except fox grapes and muscadines, those atds of chills and fever, so the sugar cane fills a real want. Children carry it to teacher in lfeu of fruits and flowers, and the girl's popularity Tay sometimes be reckoned by the number of stalks she has stacked up in the corner of the plazza, Without actually witnessing It. one can scarcely cr the dexterity with which even small boys and girls armed with dull barlows can peel the hard joints, while @ grown man, arrived at courting age—not always synonymous with “years of maturi- ty"’—considers himself accomplisntd only when he can, with a sharp knife, peel a six- foot stalk completely without cutting it or breaking the strips of bark. Having ac- quitted himself of the performance, he rests assured of the adoration of all young women and very smail boys. It ‘s quite wonderful what an amount of sweetness can be extracted from it after it is pecled, cut, and split into convenient pieces. The art of chewinz gracefully in the society of her “best young man” is one receiving much thought from the country lass, while her manner of disposing of the discarded ‘‘chews” is looked upon by bache- lors and widowers as offering a key to her qualities for housewifery. CHOOSING A BRIDE. A Gay Custom in Russia That Has Its Merry and Sad Aspect Brom the New York Herald. An ancient custom is yet maintained in Russia at the Christmas season, In which the festivities of the day ure made to play @ permanent part In the lives of those who are chief in the frolicking. Some person of importance in the district announces that the annual fete will be held at his hotse. Thither, at the appointed time, hasten the young men of the country- side; thither come no less eagerly, but with decorous tardiness, the maidens of the place. There are dances and songs, games and feasting, but all else is but the prelude to the great event, when chance is made the handmatd of love. At the arrival of the proper hour the hestess gives a signal, and withdraws into an apartment, accompanied by all the girls. The lasses are ranged up- on long benches, where they pose, a titter- ing phalanx of freshness and beauty, with raught in their smiling affability to sug- gest that a scratch on blooming cheek might reveal the Tartar. ‘The hostess ts supplied with long broadcloth, and with this she straightway muffle: ch and every maiden. he ists it defuy over and about the head, until hair and features are hepelessly veiled she winds it about the neck, the shoulders, the waist and on until the sprightly and lis- some figure of the girl is merged in the rude outlines of a pappoose. This is the preparation. The action fol- rips of lows, when one by one, in an order deter- ned by lot, the young men of the party er the room. Each in turn approaches the veiled row of loveliness and examines it. Eyes and ears are useless; touch 1s hing. The puzzled suitor seeks to penetrate the baffling folds and locate the personality of his idol. When at last he has trade his cholce, he is privileged to re- move the swaddling clcthes and behold the identity of his prize. Then is the consum- mation—the moment of rapture or despair, when soul answers soul in the love light of the eyes, or when disappointment speaks in the stifled sigh, or shows in the averted e. It is the law of custom that this twain should become man and wife. If the cus- tom is broken, a heavy forfelt must be pald by the unwilling person. But it is rarely that happiness fails in the result. Chance, it is well known, is open to a bribe. And the lovers who would fail to offer her bribes would hardly deserve happiness. In their whispers befcre the hour of trial amorous conspiracies for the cheating of iN fortune are made, and the lover may de- pend upon his ingenious inamorata to con- vey to him the concerted signal whereby will be determined her Identity and their mutual happiness. ° How He Wen His Title. From the Boston Globe. A Charlestown naval officer tells the fol- lewing story of an old fellow who was familiarly called general. He was in company one evening, when a hero-worshiping young girl asked: “How did you get your title of general? “I cut my way into it,” was the proud reply. ‘Oh, how beautiful! On the field?" No; in Bill Wiggins’ hotel. There were only two men in our town in Kentucky that had ever been in the army at all, so ve cut the cards tu see which should be gen- eral and which colonel. I won.” (Copyright, 1805, by BacheHer, Johnson and Bacheiler.) (Continued from Saturday’s Star.) SYNOPSIS. The junior member of a private firm of detectives in New York becomes irterested in a deserted house, opposite which he hap- pens to take a room. While watching It during a convalescence from Illness, the blinds of one of the windows are opened suddenly, disc'osing the figure of a small man, who waves his hand and disappears. Three days later the detective receives a mysterious letter, appointing am hour to call. He looks acres at the deserted house, | shading his eyes with the letter. The figure reappears and repeats its signal. That evening the detective aris himself, pushes open the iron gate of the deserted house and enters. PART IT. There was not a glimmer of light in front of me, but, as I advanced into the passage- way, I was distinctly conscious that I was not alone there. Weakened as I was by my ilness, and at the cisadvantage under which a man must always be In a place which is both strange and dark, I found myself for the moment quite ready to turn tail and make good a retreat. I knew well, however, that as great danger (were danger near) would attach itself to such a course as to go forward, so I cursed mysetf inaudibly for @ coward, and, dashing aside the drops of perspiration which had gathered om my face, reached out boldly and gave a re- sounding rap with my stick upon the near- est wall. At the same moment I detected a soft movement near me, like the swish of a woman's gown. Something gently touched me, and I wheeied rapidly about. My left hand instinctively sought my trousers pocket. It was empty. I tried the other. That, too! Both my pistols were gone. For the space of three or four minutes, as it seemed to me, I stood still and breathless, | not knowing what next might come. And then, suddenly, a burst of strong light struck me full in the face. A door, against which I should have been brought to a standstill in a moment more, opened, and upon the threshold stooa the same figure which I had already seen upon two occa- sions. Blinded for an instant by the sud- den iNumination, my hand went quickly to protect my eyes. The man who confronted me went through the same performance. He then began to back away from me into | the room beyond, motioning me to follow. Once inside, with the door closed behind us, he took in either hand a lamp from one of the tables in the room and guided me up a flight of steep stairs which led from it to the room above. As upon the former occa- stons when I had seen him, he was without coat or waistcoat, and still wore the cotton nightcap tied closely under his chin. A pair of baggy trousers, worn and shiny, completed his attire. I noted that his hands were discolored with stains of brown and yellow, such as are left by contact with chemicals of certain descriptions. There was a slight, searcely perceptible Imp in his walk, and when he turned to- ward me I saw that he had recently lost the brow and lashes which properly beiong- ed to his left eye. No word passed between us, but now, as we reached the top of the stairs, my gulde wheeled suddenly about, and, flashing the light full In my face, stood gazing steadily ito it. Then he turned and went on again, muttering audibly to himself: “Three times he has given the signal,” I heard him say. “Yet he should not be trusted. They are growing careless or desperate. They have— T could not catch the rest of it. “A subdued murmur of other voices reached me from a room beyond. My guide deposited his lamps upon a table rear at hand, and, pushing open the door of this room, again motioned me to enter. ree more the extreme brilliancy of th light which flooded it struck my eyes pain fully, and again, to shield them, my hand went quickly. up. The three people who were !n the room languidly mimicked me, and I began to ‘perceive another light. ‘Three times he has given the signal,” my late guide had sald. Apparently T had now raised the count to four. It was a handy thing to know, but this knowledge also in- formed me that, through some misappre- henston, I was looked upon by my new ac- quaintances as a covfederate. Should I be unable to keep up the delusion, it occurred to me that my sitvation might not be an enviable one, and I began to have an un- comfortable longing for my revolvers. The room into which I had entered was, appar- ently, the large drawing room of the house. Rich and heavy draperies hung at all the windows, so arranged as to carefully pre- vent any ray of light from within being vis- ible from the street, and making the air hot and stifling. This was further intensified by the all-pervading odor of Turkish cigar- ettes. Of the three occupants, two were men in the full regalia of evening dress, the third was a woman whose superb white shoulders fairly glistened above the folds of black and gold lace which outlined them. All wore half masks of black satin and held cigarettes between lips and fingers. For a moment they scrutinized me with insolent coolness, the taller of the two men taking the cigarette from between his lips and emitt:ng a delicate wreath of smoke. which curled and curled into ever-widening, swaying rings. We watched {t in silence until i: had all disappeared, and then, com-— ing forward le‘surely, he addressed me: “You may as well sit down,” he said. I deposited myself upon the nearest chair, My guide remained stand:ng near the door, Madam of the White Shoulders tossed aside her cigarette and leaned forward in an attitude of strained attention. The other man fumbled a:mlessly about the mass of papers which Ittered the piano. My inter- locutor had stationed himself upon. the stuffed arm of a lounging chair in front of me. “You have the correspondence with you?” he said. I answered simply “No,” awaiting my cue. “Then where ts it?” he continu “It was not given to me finally,’ at random. “And your instructions?” ferely to wait for a chance to tell you this." ‘They seemed surprised, and madam made some rapid remarks to the other in a tongue with which I was unfamiliar. Then, mov.ng with a long, graceful step, which made no sound upon the heavy rugs with which the flcor was covered, she came in her turn and confronted me. “Why did you come armed?” manded. She was standing before me, her mag- nificent figure drawn up to its full height, and I arose and faced her before answer- ing. “I thought tt only a prover precaution, and one which I habitually “ake.” “Then you should also take care to be less easily disarn« she proceeded, with some impatience. “How long have you been waiting for this opportunity to tell us that you have to disappo!nt us, after all?" I told her ten days—the length of time I had been in the house over the way. “From whom did you receive the signal?” she demanded. For a moment, as her eyes flashed into mine, something impelled me to throw up the game I was playing and confess my im- pestorship, but a second thought nerved me to go on. fs better,” I replied, mention no names. She shrugged her white shoulders slightly. Your caution is admirable,” she said. “See that you cont’nue it. Meanwhile, will you explain yourseif more fully? The message announcing your arrival with the letters we expected you to deliver tonight was re- ceived two weeks ago. You have watched your chance to communicate with us well, and wtth commendable caution; but new that you are here you bring us nothing. Explain, if you please.” I stamraered blincly (for I could not see which wey matters were tending) that it had, at the last moment, been considered unsafe to send the communication for which they were looking; that certain things were discovered; that another message must be wated for. Madam regarded me for a mo- “ment with no attempt toward concealing her suspicion, and I saw her eye flash darkly through the black mask. I stood narrowly watching the three peo- ple before me, my back toward tlie Guor and both bands behind me grasping the black-' I replied she de- to ven here, thorn stick of which I had kept a jealous hold. As I saw the glances which they ex- changed, my hands involuntarily tightened their grasp. At the same moment a touch of cold steel made itself felt against my wrists and a sharp click broke the momen- tary stillness of the room. I tried to sep- arate my hands and found taat they were cuffed. I made no struggle, for I knew in other cases, where I had been the operator and another the victim, that the man who submitted quietly to his fate stood the chance of best treatment from his captors. I turnad just in time to see the man with the stained hands moving back to his place by the door, and then. without a word, brought my eyes back to meet madam’: She let a low, deliciously rippling bit of laughter escape her lips: “You take it well,” she said. ‘New, Jack- son, search him!’ The stained hands made a rapid exploration of my pockets, but, thanks to the precaution I had taken be- fore starting out, nothing of a nature to excite further suspicion of my good faith was discovered. The search, however, seem- ed scarcely to satisfy their fears, for they held a hurried conversation together, where- in the two men seemed to hold an opinion differing from that of madam. She finally turned from them and commanded the man she had addressed as Jackson to release me. “I have for you a further commission,” she began, the words falling quickly and tersely from her lips, maxing the slightly foreign aecent with which she spoke charmingly perceptible. ‘“Tomerrow you will take the train which leaves the Grand ntral station at 10 o'clock for P——. In two hours you will arrive there. You will be met by a man to whom you will give the usual signal. You will find him await- ing you with a light wagon and a pair of black horses. He will take you to a cer- tain house whither further orders will be conveyed to you within the twenty-four hours which follow. Should you by any means fall to receive them’ within that time, you are at liberty to return. As be- fcre, be prompt, be sure, and, as you valuc yeur life, be silent. Do not’ thmk that 2 mistake on your part will escape detection, or that a blunder will pass unforgiven. I will return to you your pistols. When next you are inclined to suspect a possible dan- ger take better care of them.” Her voice ceesed, and she stood close be- fore me, her eyes blazing into mine. “I have sren you somewhere—somewhere,” she added, slowly. “You will be true e to ourselves or to our enemies. For own sake, let it be the former She took out my pistols from a drawer In the table near which she was standing, ard half held them toward me, when sud- denly there pealed through the room the leng, shrill quivering of an electric bell. Madam drew back—a revolver in either hand. We stood in silence, staring into each other's eyes. She raised her right hand slowiy until the weapon covered my face. “If you have Ween false,” she said, “if you have dared to speak, your own bullet shall repay you.” I bowed a silent answer. The revolver followed the bending of my Lead, down and up. The bell pealed again; this time in two short, quick rines, with a distinet pause between. One of the men let fall an oath. The other breathed a sigh of relief. Madam Icwered her weapon and turned to my late guide., “Unfasten the door,” she said. “It is one of us. Perhaps a messenger from the same source, with the letters at last. There was no one to expect, though, but this stranger. What—"" She changed her speech to the strange tongue she had used previously, for the moment speaking earnestly to her fors. All four stood, listening in Presently the door opened and “If you have dared to spenk, Jackson, with his yellow hands, pushed a ender, girl-like figure into the room. The mall gloved hand, which trembled slight- ly, went twice across her darkly veiled face. The signal was quickly answered, and the four, Jackson included, collected in a little group about the new-comer, leaving me for-a moment forgotten and apart. : “Why are you here?” one of the men began, abruptly. “Through no wish of my own,” the girl replied. Madam brought one of my pistols carelessly into position, and she shrank back. Again the laughter rippled lightly from madam’s lips. “You are a coward still! Always a cow- rd, and the child of a coward!” she said. ‘ow, once more, why are you here ‘The girl made an effort to control herself. “I have a message,”she replied. appelver it” madam impatiently demand- ed. I saw through her vell, which she had not raised, that she glanced timidly in my di- rection, befoi “It is this,” s “You are to trust no one who comes tonight, or any night, as a messenger, but bringing no message."* I had thought my danger was—just begun! IT saw slowly toward me and as s y take aim with my own weapon. I saw the three men, 3 n with his yellow hands outstretched, oward me with fierce oaths upon their U heard the girl who had warned thems gainst me cry out for fear and merey, and saw her with a frantic effort throw herself against madam’s white arm. Then, as the biting snap of the pistol rang through the place, I eavered the space which lay between myself and the door, with a violent eifort wrenched it open, and, before madam could get a second aim or others inter- fere, had gained the passage and a short relief. ‘The lamps which Jackson had left upon the table were still burning, so that I could dim- ly see my way. It seemed to me, as I after- ward thought of it, that I cleared the stairs at a single bound, and that my hand touched the knob of the street door at the same mo- ment that my late compantons issued from the room above. The door resisted my ef- forts to Gpen it, and I saw that it had been barred and bolted. Long before I could undo the fastenings my four assailants would have reached me. I had sense enough to know they would not stop at murder were there danger of my escaping with any part of their secret. I could do nothing, still weak as I was and unarmed, against so ny. Even my stick had been dropped in ht. An instant still I wavered, and then the remembrance of a door I had noticed at the other end of the passage, when Jack- son’s first appearance with the lamps had made surrounding objects visible, returned to me. Turning back, I groped tor it blind- ly, for they had extinguished, in their haste, one of tne lights above, and the other gave it turn Always FIRST Gail Borden Eagle Brand CONDENSED. [MILK For 35 years the I-ading brand. It is ths Best and the most economical. A PERFECT FOOD FOR INFANTS: Sovcccecocccsccoccooooess ‘put a feeble flicker. The men were rushing | ships, headiong down the stairs, and madam’s voice rang out distinctly. “No struggie,”” she cried. “Let there be no noise. Stun him and bind him, The po- lice wilt be upon us.”* ‘My fingers touched the door. It was fas- tened Ike the other. Frantically I threw Frantically I Threw Myself Against the Door. myself against it. It yielded slightly. Once rrore, with all the strength that comes at the need of a desperate man, I put my shoulder to it. The wcod creaked—splinter- ed—gave way. A-breath of soft night aii struck my face. A step more, and, looking up, I saw that the stars were shining. (To be continued on Tuesday.) ———_ IN BEAUTIFUL BRAZIL. Scenes in the Empire State of South Amerten, Rio de Janeiro Letter in Galveston 3 Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the empire state of South America, the New York of the tropies. No wonder that the Swiss, looking for the first time on the native splendor of the Brazillian bay and its cir- AB. clet of mountains, exclaimed: “C'est VHelvetic Meridionale.”" (It is the south- erland Switzerland.) The winter com- mences in May and lasts till November. Tke dry months embrace June, July and August, though the occasional showers in the months of September and October are far from being unpleasant. They are the cooling signals that beckon the coming of summer. To say that the winter has been a pleas- ant period would be but a tame expression for the summing up of four months’ cx- perience in this delightful climate and Wonderful region. The thermometer has ; Tanged from WW to 90 degrees. Suppose you meet me in Rio in the smil- ing, rosy month of May next. You can take a steamship at New Yorx with freight for the intermediate ports. You will have a few days at Bahia, Pernambuco and Victoria. The winter months will scarcely give you time enough to explore the city and its suburbs. You will be curious, of course, to walk through the ouvidor. The most of the faces, I am glad to say, will reveal the Caucasian features in their purity. The gentlemen are scrupulously dressed an the ladies would feel at home in Paris or New York. An hour's ride will bring you tu the Na- tieral Muse: formerly the emperor's palace. As you approach the favorite re- sort of the scholarly and good-hearted Pedro, admiration excited by the enchant- ing scenery will be mingled with sadness as you recall his sudden and forced leaving for the ship that-was waiting his arrival to bear him to Europe. Here he had lived for more than a generation, a happy father and a faithful husband, and we may add, a conscientious ruler: A day passed at Nichtheroy (Sleeping Waters) will add to your experience a joy hitherto unknown. Every half hour the steamer waits to accommodate pleasure seekers. As you glide by the foreign including the freights of several nations, you will become convinced that Brazil needs cnly development and a pro- gressive government to take her place by the side of the first nations of the world. The miles of beautiful beach and the over- hanging mountains combine all that you can enjoy in Galveston and Newport. Kio is the city of parks and gardens. Santa Anna ccntains a grotto covering an acre of ground. It is the work of an artist still living among us. In my simplicity I took it t> be-afreak of nature. It is a pile of immense boulders with galleries, streams of running water, with here and there a petrified tree. The Botanical Garden is perhaps the most pepular resort. Two rows of royal palms, a quarter of a mile long, furnish a most inviting promenade. Some of these palms are 12) feet high. My eye was quick to discover in this almost paradise a willow and a proud northern pine. The director 1s an enthusiast in his way. Like the late Mr. Shaw of St. Louis, he encourages his agents and friends in ail parts of the globe to ald him in collecting exotics. Are you wearied with your first week's explorations? Well, tomorrow we will go to church. There ‘will be at least fifty chances. We will visit one where. Loyola is enshrined and where images are crowned with fresh roses, or seek a plainer chapel, whose walls are bare, and whose creed was written by Calvin; and in the evening we will drop into the Candelaria, commenced @ century ago. It will take a good part of angther century to complete it. I used to thifik that the cathedral in New York could not be surpassed in the western world, but this edifice is attempting to rival the old churches of the ccntinent. It has already cost $1,000,000, and it will soon consume another miilion. The huge blocks of Rus- sian and Italan marble with their rich colorings and matchless chiseling leave the critic nothing to do but to admire. —s0- Making Artificial Marble. From the London Decerntors’ Gazette. The example furnished by nature ‘in the prod:ction of marble from chalk by water— the latter percolating gradually and steadily through the chalky deposits, dissolving the chalk particle by particle, and crystalizing it, mountain pressure effecting its char- acteristic solidity—it is now found may be the basis of accomp! milar results by a resort to chemical processes. Slices of chalk are for this purpose dipped into a color bath, staining them with tints that will imitate any kind of marble known, the same mineral stains answering this end as are employed in nature. For instance. to produce the appearance of the weil-known and popuiar verde antique an oxide of cop- per application is resorted to, and in a sim- ilar manner green, pink, black and other colorings are obtain The slices after this are placed in another bath, where they are hardened and crystalized, coming out, to all intents and purpo: les, Pancake Flour. A combination of the great stuffa of life a of Genuine Aunt Jemima's Self-raising Pancake Flour, and if you do nof find it makes the Lest cakes you ever ate, return the empty box to your grocer, leave your paine, and the grocer wili refund the money nd charge it to us. BUY THE RED PACKAGE. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTES. Selentifically Prepared and Manofactured only by R. T. DAVIS MILL CO., St. Joseph, Mo. 0¢30-w.t&m17w Locos asd Chocotnves 7 pire unexcelled fee for Purity of Materialand// Deliciousness of Flavor. Their Pink: Wrapper Vanilla Chocolate is a favorite for Eating and Drinking. Grocers everywhere. To Make Your Skin White —remove pimples and binckheads—tuke — out wrinkles—and remove all facial distleurements: there’ hing like RRIGHTWEI COMPLI JON CREAM. box, Samples free. Evans’ Drug Store,938 F St Wholesale and Retail. 28-80 “disappeared two weeks ago. For Th LDP nooo nO R DD e Club, For The Bar, For The Table, That peer of all waters, absolutely pure to begin with, then there is added just the ri dium Bicarbonate and Sodium ight amount of Lithium Carbonate, So- Chloride, to make it valuable for Stomach, KIDNEY and RHEUMATIC Troubles, and the reason why physicians recommend it—it’s what they've sought after for years. Its freeness from an excess of salts and a superfluity of ob- jectionable ingredients, commends it for its excellence as a mix- ture with liquors, hence its desirability for club and bar use. Its great effervescence qualities, due to our own peculiar methods of charging with natural spring water gas by a cold process, ad- ded to its great palatableness and the manner we put it up in bottles thoroughly, sterilized, makes it invaluable as a home table water. Its name—see you stitute—is are not imposed on by a snb- ‘AERATED LITHIA WATER. Better, purer, cleaner, healthier than any water ever before ey dealer for it, if he hasn’t got it h put on the market; but try it for yourself, you'll agree with us and will never be without it. See if this is not so. Ask your e will order it for you, or send to us for terms and pamphlet giving full particulars. Our Club Soda finds favor wherever used. HYGEIA ICE & WATER CO., 881, 883, 885, 887, 889 & 891 State St., NEW HAVEN, CT. JONAS & CO., 1824 F st, Distributing Agents, BURIED THEMSELVES. Fate of His Dogs Who Chased a Rab- bit Into His Ho From the Tudiarapolis Journal. A queer story, showing animal instinct, ccmes from Santa Fe, a small town nine miles south of Peru, Ind. "Squire Thorne of that place is the owner of two dogs which be valued highly, and which mysteriously It was taken for granted that some person had stolen them, and the family thought no more of the matter. Yesterday the ’squire was surprised to see one %f the dogs staggering into the house. A few moments later it was followed by the other, both in an exhausted condi- tion. - Investigation revealed that William Hahn, a neighbor, was out hunting, and on the banks of Pipe creek his dogs commen-ed to whine at a hole in the ground, and nothing that he could do wold make them move away from the spot. Satis that there was something wrong, he procured a spade | and commenced digging. The dogs assisted | him. About six feet of earth was taken away when he came on the imprisoned dogs, who kad lain there for fourteen days. It seems that they hased a rabbit into his hole, and while burrowing after him threw the dirt back, thus closing up the hole and preventing their escape. Both dogs are living. eS A Tall Family. From the Richmond Dispatch. Mr. John W. Williams of Chase City is 6 feet 6 3-4 inches high, forty-five years old and weighs 195 pounds. He had six broth- ers; four are now living, and none of them less than 6 feet 2 inches. His uncle, Pat- terson Jennings, was 7 feet. On his mater- nal side all are very tall people. EVERY FAMILY SHOULD KNOW THAT VEX bh » VR VEGETABLE Isa very remarkable remedy, both for IN= TERNAL and EXTERNAL cserand wens derful ia its quick action ts relievedistress. Pain-Killer 5, re cuce for Sore. t. owe Chills, Dias Dynentery, Crasa a umpusin aa holera, and ali Bowet Cam; Pain-Killer 37Gb RES "oe: Sickness, Sick Headache, Pain in the Back or Side, Rheumatism 2nd Neuralgia. Pain-Killer $27 give 28 MADE. It! brings arent and permanent retiey in of a Severe Baran anne Cutts Sprains is the well tried and Pain-Killer "°°, friend of the Mechanic, Farmer, Planterg Sailor, and in Bt ull laces Wants w medicine siwaya at nd,and safe co use intermally or externally with certainty of relief. 1S RECOMMENDED By Physicians. by Masionarice, by Ministers, by (Mechanics, Dy Nurses tn Hospitals, BY EVERYBODY. > 7 i is a Medicine Chest in Pain-Killer pao ves leave port without a supply of it Ba No fai can afford to be without this Invaluable remedy in the house. Its price brings: it within the reach of all, and it will annually gave many times its cost in doctors’ bills, Beware of imitations, Take none but the Genuine “Pxnny Davis.” Is a frlend Indeed.”* If Christmas buyif$ has depleted your purse—THAT minkes ro difference here; your credit is good for anything in this big house. Tell us how much you can pay, and how often—weekly or monthly— that's how EASY it is to buy here on No notes—no interest—nothing but a g00d, honest PROMISE. We sell just as fine Furniture—and Curpets—and Parlor Suites—and Bed Room Suites—as were ever Drought to Wasbington—and those who have bought here will tell you that our prices are ALWAYS LOWER-than these same qualities cost in the cash stores. [AU Carpets made and laid FREE—no charge for waste in matching figures. Grogan’s MAMMOTH CREDIT HOUSE, $19-821-823 TTH STREET N.W., BETWEEN H AND I STREETS. de24-84d | Sold ‘only in half-pound tins, \ \ ‘A Priceless iS) Boon to the Old Folks. ( “OUR ( ( ASA NATIVE A matchless LAXATIVE—perfeetly harmless—cuey to take. It acts also directly upon the LIVER, and a faith- fat course of it will make DYSPEPSIA a thing of the past: $1 a box of 200 doses. ( ALL DRUGGISTS. < d28-424 ) y ( ROO —— BEE EOQOPLOO2LOONDNROSYF_ SARARARRARARARARARER erty’s “Complete Flour.’’ The color is a_ brilliant white. Nutty flavor—appe- tizing. It has NO woody fiber (bran) in it. It makes beau- tiful bread. It is very rich (near 300 times the best flour) in the elements that nourish the BRAIN, the DIGES- TIVE FLUIDS, the TEETH and BONES. Con- stipation, brain fatigue, indi- gestion, irritable stomach and dyspepsia, caused by under- fed and starved organisms, are cured by the simple and sensible process of supplying the needed nourishment to BRAIN, NERVE, BILE, BONE. ‘The healthy ought to nee {t to escape these diseases. It has been tested by @eia! analysis. on@ by use. We bi heaps op heaps of letters cer tifying its merits, The THEORY {s sus tained Ly ACTUAL FACTS. A lot of “Complete Flour” Enowledge mailed on request. ‘Complete Flour” ts sold ip beni avd barrels. Ask your grocer for = trial Dr. ‘Hunter MteGulre, Richmond, cays: “I's value would be HAKD OVERESTIMNATE.”” G. G. CORNWELL & Sox, 1412 Pa. ave \} JNO, H. MAGRUDER & ©O., 1417 ¥. a Cc. ©. BRYAN 1413 New York ave. { Or address- Y THE WHITTLE & SYDXOR ©0., nl4-20 RICHMOND, Va. $1. "ss For sale by— GEO. E. KENNEDY & SONS, 1116 Conn. at OO OOOO Oe OO OO ey Grateful—Comforting. Epps’s Cocoa. BREAKFAST-SUPFER. a thoreagh knowledge of the natural laws us Of dixestion and nutri- plication of the fine prop- Y Mr. Epps has provided for dar breakfast ail supper a delicately ‘Mavored Deverage which tony save us aiuny beaxy doctors Uills. Vt is by the judicicus use of such articles of diet that a constitation may be gradually ballt op util strong eucugh to resist every tendency of dite se. Hundreds of swath ladies are” float nd us ready to atiack wherever there is a weak int. We may escape a fatal shaft eping curselves well fortified with pare blood aud & preperly nourished frame."’—Civil Service Ga- rette. Made simply with boillug water or milk. by grocers, labeled thus: JAMES EPPS & OL.. Ltd., Homoeopathic Chemisra, London, “Englard. eee Dentistry. ‘The association plan tan expert for eneh branch) gives the highest :kill at the lowest 2 och-8,m,tu,9in cost, and tn connection ‘with specks es insures pain- less ope invariably. We shall be mate on your gratis. of course. demtal ueeds— T7Painless Extracting, 50e. Patniess Villing, 75c. up. Best Teeth, $8 } \ U.S. Dental Assn. ALL GASES OF DEAFNESS, CATARRH, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS And Other Lung Troubles are trated by me with due regard to ench Indt- vidual condition, no detail too smail to neglect, aot one remedy for everything—that is why I am successful in curing this class of diseases. Consul- tation free. Dr. Jordan, 1421 F St. N. W. OMice hours, 9 to 11 a.m., 2 to 4:30 and 6 to 8 na del4-284 oor as DF (As a power, é 4 As a light electricity is simply unexcelied. It Is reliable, it 1s imespensive, it is clean and absolutely free from danger. Hundreds of machines are run by {t—thousands of stores and houses are lighted by it. Are you thinking of using current—‘phooe us. U. S. Electric Lighting Co., 213 14th st. "Phone 77. 416-208 nw