Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1896, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1896--TWENTY-FOUR PAG in| ES. ocr is 15 ON FOOT AND WHEELS. Race of Two Brigades From Catlett’s to Alexandria. | IMPATIENCE OF KEARNEY) 4 War Time Episode as Related at a Campfire. ORDERS ARE ORDERS (brea eee OUR CLOS F ampfire for the I son. A | of com- both members | and guests, filled post | quarters to the | loor: The first ra- | of the even-| had been reading | Cuban war | hea news, wherein Ma- ceo’s guerrillas were reported to be am- bushing railway Spanish troops; also ‘wrecking culverts and bridges with dyna- mite. T recalled to comrade an am- bushing experience he ad passed through while raiding the enemy's railroads in ond speaker also knew a rail- read story and the third still another, if rot a bet r one. Thus it happened that railroad night” of it, for G. A. | s don’t grow dim until morning When the commander called upon jonel to parade a ech, or a song, the veteran horseback soldier followed the lead, but changed the subject from the contemplation of War's cruelties to something quite the re- ry is about a ride on the rail in which no one was hurt,” said he, with a smile in his voice that caused half the | gray heads in the room to project an ear sidewise, for fear of missing a point. “No one was hurt and every passenger in the party. re were 2,000 of us, at least, de- 1 that he had never in his life enjoyed afternoon's trip equal to the one we le over the Orange and Alexandria rail- of " 1_was in the | ain in Slocum's bri- | fon, so-called. divts comprising three bri- by Slocum, Kearny and ft at Cath station, Ralf- ington and Fredericks- Army of the Potomac sula to attack York- tewn and Richmond. General McClellan and e Wa- Department were at odds about ‘Little Mac’ wanting us at the front and the Washington authorities insisting that we remain on guard before the gates of the capital, hundreds of miles from the erem faniry The whele gades, led ton, had been way between W burg, when the sailed to the Pei Kearny Was Fighting Mad. “Kearny was wild, he was savage about ng sentenced to ‘masterly inactivity’ when there was fighting going on, so you may imagine his stormy wrath when an erder came one morning to Franklin to send a brigade to Alexandria by rail, and Slocum was told to put his on board the cars. Our brigade, you see, by the cour- tesy of the service, had the first chance at anything which turned up that day, and Slocum would not yield his privilege. Kear- ny was the senior brigadier, a fighter who had lost an arm in Mexico, and he was yearuing to lead those finely drilled Jersey- men—the first four regiments sent out from the state—through their baptism of fire. “But orders were orders; Slocum’s bri- gade must go first to Alexandria by train, take the first steamer to the peninsula, and join a column of assault McClellan’ was forming for an attack on the confederate batteries at Gloucester Point. We marched to the leaving Kearny at division headqu owling savagely, and, in patience, jabb ng his seabbard into r i—plotting, we Knew not what. found out, though, later on. He was s for an answer to a personal dis- k sent to his influential backers in Washingto: The colonel’s auditors needed no prompt- ing about the characteristics of Kearny and Slocum, which made the episode the more interesting for the others involved in The brave Kearny would-go out of his to find a battle. He lost his life while seeking one within the enemy’s lines, at Chantilly, entirely alone. Slocum, on’ the other hand, bided his time, carrying out the program set for him by ‘circumstances. Ha lived to command the right wing of Sherman's army on the march through Georgia. Of Wood and Scrap Iron. “The Orange and, Alexandria railroad of those days, as most of you remember,” continued the colonel, “was a very primitive affair, indeed. It was a wooden track road; that is, the track consisted of long hewn timbers topped out with strap iron. No grading had been done in laying it, and it Tan ‘up hill and down dale,’ just as nature or the great flood had left things in the beginning. It was a ‘switchback’ without the back-switching attachments. Given power to haul trains up the hills, they would run down themselves just like any- thing on wheels. But there was no such power provided for us that day. The rick- éty old engines couldn't pull the cars up empty, not at one haul. So we jumped out and pushed the cars up the heavy grades, nd then scrambled in and rode down at reakneck speed. The soldiers, officers and all, entered into the fun with the abandon of a school boy crowd toboganning with bob sleds. All agreed, however, that if y Stanton was really anxious that force McClellan he would better | should | the peninsul | from the have told us to ‘measure ties’ in covering } that distance. “Now, with Stanton, orders were orders. The edict having gone forth that a brigade ¢ brought from Manassas to Alex- by train, to reinforce the army on it would have cost the com- mission of any general disobeying the lit- eral wording of that command. Well, it took us all day and far into the night to push those ramshackle ai:airs, miscailed trains, up a hundred hills, besides stopping to fetch wood and water for the engine: The water had to be toted from distant wells and springs in camp kettles, and the country@ar and wide was denuded of fence rails—the last tithing—to keep fire under the boilers. We reached Alexandria, at last, and formed in order for the march to the ‘steamer landing, on the Potomac. It was very dark. When we struck the junc- tou cf the streets where the one running ation crossed Fairfax road we found the latter highway occupied -by a column of troops marching at a heavy swing in the direction we were to go. Sup- posing that they were bound for the steam- er landing, like curselves, we thought noth- ing of it until some of our men, with the usual curiosity to know the sort of cor pany they were in, called out: ‘Say, fellow: What regiment?’ ‘Hundred and’ fortieth Rhode Island,’ answered one of the march- ing men, while ancther chimed in, ‘Two hundred and two'th Vermont.’ Oar line stood halted, of course, for the strangers had full possession of the street. My co: pany Wes second In line, and the orderly sergeant, who the front, thought he recognized the voice of the last spe: ‘Hello, Jim! is that you? he called ot “Yes, and the whole crowd of us. How do you like railroading?’ was the answer from ihe marching line. ‘It's the fourth New by Jingo!" gasped the sergeant, ex- ‘and there's old Kearny’s empty leeve swinging along on a gallop to the front. Boys, we're sold!” Kearny's Forced March. “It was a fact. Kearny had wired to ashington and got orders to march his brigade to Alexandria and take the first teamer to the York river. There was where explicit official language came into play ag: ‘The first steamer after he ar- rivec but it had been taken for granted in Washington that Slocum’s train loads would arrive and sail by the time Kearny’ men could foot it thirty miles. They had made a ferced march and now held the right of way in the streets of Alexandria, o by the time we got into Fairfax road hat night in the wake of Kearny’s column, the leading regiment of his brigade was on beard the s R._ Spalding—our teamer—scoring the nine points of the law uinst more. Kearny and his eat in the race to the battlefiell four hours; but we had had our le according to War Depar:ment andria ONE SCOTCH, OTHER IRISH. } A Remarkable Pair of Twins Born in Two Countries. From the Chicago Chronicle. The school census enumerators who have been traveling about the city for the past few wecks have had some strange experi- enc Every one could, no doubt, tell an interesting story. “I had several,” said one of them to a reporter for the Chronicle, “but I think the funniest was that away out on Tist street. I found two men in the same flat. “We are twins ‘aid one of them. ‘Nationality?’ I inquired. “One of us is Irish and the other one is Scotch,’ was the reply. “I started to make the entry and then it dawned upon me that there was some sort of joke in the answer, and I told them I liked a joke, but that I had no time to be indulging in any persiflage. Both insisted that the statement as to nationality was true and was not meant to be funny. When they saw I was nonplussed one of them made a diagram of the situation. “You see,’ he said, ‘our mother was coming from Scotland to Ireland. When the ship was in what our mother insisted on calling Scotch waters I was born, and just then the ship crossed into what our father called Irish waters and my brother here was born just then. So we are twins, and one is tch and the other is Irish.’ ‘No argument could shake their state- ment, and I entered their nationatity as they gave it. —_—___+e+—___ The Cadi’s Wisdom. From the Youth's Companion. There is a story current among the Per- sians which sets forth the disclosing power of wisdom, whereby a wise man uncovers the thing that is hidden. ‘A certain cadi, or magistrate, was called upon to decide a curious case. A woman was claimed by two men as wife; one a peasant, the other a mirza or scribe. Each of the two men swore to the truth of his claim. The woman, for some reason, was silent. The cadl, unable to get any evidence which corroborated the claim of elther of the men, ordered the woman to remain for a time with his own wives. The next day he handed her over to the scribe, and ordered the peasant to be severely bastinadoed, that is, beaten on the soles of his feet. Then the woman broke silence for the first time and praised the just Judge. The spectators also applauded the justice of the cadi, but failed to see the grounds of his judgment. “I told her to milk a cow,” said the cadi, ‘ond she could not. Then handing her my writing case I told her to put it in order. She took the little silver spoon and replen- ished my inkstand with water. Only the wife of a man who could write would have dene this correctly. Hence my decision.” ‘The woman's act of replenishing the ink- stand with water Instead of with ink is ex- plained by the fact that a Persian scribe writes with India ink. A sponge-like ball of silk, full of this ink, ts placed in the inkstand and moistened with water to keep it from becoming dry and hard. ee Nansen Outdone. From Puck. The Playwright—“T have in this new war drama one of the most criginal characters yet put on the stage.” ‘The Manager—“What ts it?” The Playwright—“A southerner who was poor before the war, and who belonged to one of the second families of Virginia.” “Do you smoke cigarettes, Miss Bygzer?” “No, I smoke a pipe.""—Life. STIRRING SCENES As Recalled by One Who Played a Prominent Part. TALK WITH EX-GOV. ASHLEY OF OH{0 He Was the Author of the John- son Impeachment Resolution. SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT T HERE WAS A MAN at the Capitol last week who has not been in the national capital for many years, and as he came into the hall of the House and tock off his broad brim- med felt hat, he walked with a per- ceptible difficulty. He looked about him as though the faces were strange to him; the place itself seemed familiar enough. He spoke to Grow of Pennsylvania, who was Speaker when South Carolina took her dol! rags and walked out of the House, and to ene or two others who were in Con- gress more than thirty years ago. They greeted him with much pleasure cvidently. He looked curiously about at first as | though to get his bearings, and then walk- ed down cne of the aisles and slipped into an empty chair. It appeared to an on- looker in the gallery that he had been at one time a member of the Hous», and was trying to locate his old seat. One sees so much of that sort of thing. Men come back and gaze so wistfully over the arras that separate the lobby and the floor at the seats they once occupied, and they never can quite hide the shadow of the great regret that lingers on their faces as they finally walk sadly away. ‘There wasn't anything about the iooks of this man, however, to suggest disappoint- ment. He was rather tail and stockily built, with large features, cleanly cut as a cameo, with long white hair tossed pack in curling masses from a nigh forehead, and decision in every feature of his pleas- ant countenance. Very soon he was ia tie midst of a group of men, who were shak- ing him by the hand and greeting him warmly. A few moments later the visitor left the House, and Judge islue of Kan a Star reporter: “That 13 ex-Gov. A: of Ohio, author of the impeachment r Iution that came near knocking Andy Johnson out.” Johnson's Inauguration. Subsequently in talking with a Star re- perter Mr. Ashley said: “I introduced the resolution impeaching Andrew Johnson of high crimes and misdemeanors. There was nothing personal in the introduction of those resolutions, as was thought at the time; on the contrary, And) Jornson and myself had bee his plans for administering aff ident of the United States; he and the republican party had part- ed company, and I thought hi Ss reered to his trust, and should be condemned in the only way that we had any power to touch him. “You do not remember guration, but I do. der my cloak spee he said time Johnson's inau- I wanted to crawl un- chair or go hide my head in tre room when he began his maudlin Oh, it horrible! The more the worse it got. That was one that the newspapers didn’t want facts, and every line that was sent in as severely edited, lest the disgraceful truth make us a laughing stock abroad. It would have been a lasting disgrace had all that he said gone into print, and into the archives. In the Senate chamber that day were the representatives of all the foreign governmen‘s, acccmpanied by the ladies of their househclds, all the heads of departments, the Supreme Court, the cabinet officers, all acccmpanied by ele- gantly attired ladies, and there were hun- dreds of herored guests. It was simply frightful, the exhibition the drunken butf- foon made of himself. “Previcus to kis induction into the office in public, Mr. Johnson accepted the offer of a house belonging to Sam Hooper,which was elegantly furnisred, to live in till the White House cculd be thoroughly reno- vated. It was in ore of the big, hand- some parlors of that horse, in the com- pany of half a dozen gentlemen, all mem- bers of the Hovse at that time, that Mr. Johnvon outlined to me his policy. I made up my mird then and there that if he meant to carry out those plans that he and the republican party were two, and I told him so in language more pungent than po- lite, und we never touched hands after that episode. I was not far wrong in my idea of how matters would shape up, either, as subsequent events proved. An Estimate of Johnson. “I began my career as an abolition dem- ocrat. I cast my first vote, in 1852, for John P. Hale and Julian for President and Vice President. They were what were called ‘free democrats.’ I voted for Fre- mont and was a member of the committee that notified him of his nomination. I was a delegate to the first republican conven- tlon, when the party was born at Pitts- burg. I was in the first convention that nominated Mr. Lincoln, and was in the second convention that nominated him, and I voted for Mr. Johnson in that convention because I had krown him in the south and believed him to be a Union man, thorough- ly saturated with Union sympathy. I lived to find him a scheming scoundrel, and I never darkened the doors of the White Hovse while he polluted it with his pres- ence. “The talk that I had with Mr. Johnson before he moved into the White House was sufficient proof to m» that he had sold his principles and was a renegade, and so I set about preparirg the articles of im- peachment 26 scon as opportunity offered to reach Fim, which fai'ed because of the remissness of a Kansas man, who defeated it in the teeth of oppositicn from his whole state. Kansas was against Johrson and for impeechment to a man, except in so far as her representation in Congress was concerned, and I believe the tried her best to control them, but couldn’t. I know that wher. Ress of Kansas voted against im- peachment there was iying or. his desk a telegram from Kansas, signed by D. R. Anthony and one thousand others, telling him to vcte for impeachment or come home prepared for political death. I know also that on his desk there lay a telegram ready to send in reply that he would vote his convictions, regardless of what the state instructed, and it was signed in full with his name. A Memorable Scene. “The men who were in that chamber the day the vote was taken will not soon for- get it. Among the Senators was Grimes of Iowa, who was at the time stricken with death, but in his desire to do what he thought was justice to Johnson, carried into the Senate chamber a dying man to cast his vote against impeachment. The Hovse had adjourned to permit us all to go over, and the President's cabinet, all the foreign ministers, the Supreme Court and other dignitaries, with elegantly gowned women, were in attendance. Chief Justice Chase presided, as he had all the time, and you could have heard a pin drop as the names were called alphabetically. “It was known positively that eighteen Senators would vote against the resolution of impeachment, and a single accession pole defeat my resolutions. For days we d labored in season and out to get an expression from each Senator, but many evaded us, and Ross said flatly that he would not tell a living man how he would pees Ace his name was called, and he n't. “When ths day came we felt perfectly sure exactly how each Senator would vote, who for impeachment and who against, ex- cept Ross, and his vote either way wouid carry the day. ‘e tried to build courage on the sentiment of Kansas, which was yarely and sroreey for impeachment, fut all the time we felt that Ross was go- ing to bolt. hen his name was called a deathlike stillness came over the chamber, and the faint whisper of his response was he was" not heard ten feet away. A Senator asked how he had voted, and he repeated in a clear, loud tone, “not guilty!” It was not much use to go on with the roll call, for ‘there were oniy two more votes that way, and we knew them; they wéré'Trumbull and Van Winkle. All the othets were for im- peachment, and it only needed Ross’ re- sponse to decide the matter, “That was the 16th day of May, 1868. I don’t think Mr. Rces ever much satis- faction, except a clear conscience out of the matter. I will do him the :dustice to say that he thought he was right, but his ideas of right and mine differ. Mr, Johnson was whitewashed, but it didn’t Wear well.” Slavery in the District, Gov. Ashley was a noted figure in Congress during the war. He wrote and introduced in the Thirty-seventh Congress in 1864 the resolution to free the slaves of the District of Columbia. The bill read simply, “To abolish slavery in the District from and after this date,” but Mr. Lincoln didn’t like it in that shape. He wanted to pay the owners of the slaves for their property. “I wouldn't recognize the right of any man to claim property right in human beings,” he said, “and so wouldn't change the reso- lution, ‘but It was amended so as to give the slave owners of the District compensa- tion for their slaves.” Goy. Ashley also introduced in Congress what afterward became the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution, which pro- vides that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color or previcus condition of servitude. —__. HOT WEATHER CYCLING. Some Words of Caution Given by a Physician, A physician, in the New York World, gives the following advice in regard to cycling in very hot weather: With the advent of extremely hot weather it behooves the cyclist to have a care and avoid the numerous indiscretions to which so many are addicted. About the first thing noticed after riding for some time is an intense thirst. The habit of stopping by the wayside and in- dulging in a drink of iced water, ice-cold beer, lemonade or any one of the numerous other beverages kept in such places is one of the bad habits common with wheelmen. ‘The cyclist should sit down and get thor- oughly cooled off before drinking anything that is cold. Many cyclists avoid an intense thirst by chewing gum. This habit may be indulged in with perfect safety, provided the pure and old-fashioned spruce gum is used. It is an open question as to which will prove the more injurious to the stomach—the cold drinks or the saliva impregnated with all sorts of powerful flavoring substances con- tained in some of the modern “chewing gums." ‘The process of manufacture of most of the so-called “gums” is secret, so that one cannot tell what he is chewing. It is quite evident that the fair, fat and florid people one sees on the boulevard and in the parks are not aware of the danger of heart failure, embolism, apoplexy and va- rious other troubles, or they would not go pedaling along the roads and up the hills at the furious pace which some of them employ. Such are out with one object in view, and that is to reduce weight. Some of them do “lose flesh,” but they usually take it on again when they discontinue wheeling. Riding uphill is always a dangerous thing, but particularly so in warm weather. It causes the heart to overact at a furious rate, and this overaction, when continued for any length of time, gust eventually | cause an enlargement or, dilation of the organ, with such symptoms. as shortness of breath, rapid and feeble heart action and loss of flesh and strength. The wise bicyciist never rides uphill, He dismounts at the foot of the hill and wheels his machine to the summit, thus avoiding the risks involved were he to ride to. the top. Ancther dar ger to the in riding The whe aealth of the cy: immediately afte a i shculd 1ever be mounted uniil after the process of digestion is well | under wa to two hcurs The eye is also apt to be wffected as the | result of indisereet riding. “There are cases recorded in which the vision was very ma- terially irterfered with through the rup- ture of a minute blood vessel. The trouble in each case was attributed to “scorching” in hot weather. Long-distance runs should never be In- dulged in unless thé’cyclist has had a pre- vious training for them, as théy are highly productive of the different troubles men- tioned above. When one compares the rumber of peo- ple who start on a “century run” with the “survivors” it becomes quite apparent that a very important percentage cannot stand the prolonged strain. Another danger to cyclists—particularly those who go for long rides in the coun- is surstroke. It is always best to ride before noom and after 4 o'clock in the af- ternoon. The danger of sunstroke Is al- ways much less during these hours. When seized with a feeling of exhaus- tion, fatigue, headache and faintness the rider should discontinue riding at once and lie down in a cool and shady place. Riders who are subject to attacks of faintness and headache will do well to carry a small quantity of aromatic spirits of ammonia. A teespoonful of this preparation taken in a little cold water will afford almost in- stant relief. The “run,” tinued at once. y from an heur and a half | however, should be discon- —+e+—___ Written for The Evening Star. Sing Me to Sleep. Sing me to sleep, a weary child of earth, With windy volces rising from the cloud, Deep in the night; With waterfall that ectoos long and toud, Neurer the hour of death than hour of birth, A child of earth— Sing me to sleep. Sing me to sleep with whispers Iyw and light Of dewy vine that to the lattice creeps, Deep in the night: From the dim mold, the dainty blossom leaps, ‘The odors of the wold wing from the height, Day fs all nig! Sing me to sleep. Sing me to sleep, a wakeful child of earth, A loving child of earth, I long to be Deep in the night: Lapsed in light slumber, moving on with thee A part of a great planet till the birth Qf the new light— Sing me to sleep. MARY BUCKNER SPIERS. ies ie Condensed Before Delivery. From the Buffalo Times. “Do you use condensed milk neighbor of Mrs. Eastside. “Yes,” she replied. “I think the milkman must condense it. If he didn’t, I don't see how on earth he could get 59 much water ie [add asked the THE TREASURE OF GWALLOR By ©. B. Lewis (M. Quad). Six or seven years previous to the out- break of the Indian mutiny, the rajah of the province of Gwallor was dethroned for treason to the English. He had long been a ruler over one of the largest provinces in India, and was known to be one of the wealthiest in the empire. He had an army of two thousand men, a herd of two hun- dred elephants, and lived in a style no European monarch could approach. While professing to be friendly to the English, he plotted against them, and when this was discovered steps were taken to curtail his power. His army was reduced to a body guard of one hundred men; his right to issue edicts and make local laws was ab- rogated; English civil officers were sta- tioned here and there to collect the taxes, and the proud and powerful rajah held only his empty title. He bowed to the terms imposed by a superior force, but be- came one of the bitterest foes the English had to deal with, and was first and fore- most in bringing about the mutiny. The date of the outbreak was known by the de- posed rajah weeks in advance. It was af- terward charged that he set the date him- self. At any rate, he was so well prepared that his troops were almost the first in the field against the English. Although his army had been disbanded for three or four years, he had retly purchased and stored away large amounts of equipment, and for two months previous to the out- break he was secretly enlisting and arming his subjects. Two weeks before the uprising the rajah made preparations to secure the safety of the great treasure. In his palace, thirty miles from Gwallor, he had a secret cham- ber, in which the wealth had been store for’ three generations. No European had ever set foot in the palace, but it was cur- rently reported that the value of the gems and jewels, many of which had been handed down from his great grandfathe aggregated $10,000,000, It was afte ward believed that this sum was too small by half. One day the rajah left his palac with an escort of ten of his oldest and most trusted soldiers, and each soldier had charge of a pack horse, carrying a share of the treasure. His band traveled to the northwest for two days, and then halted amidst the ruin of an ancient city between the town of Je pore and the river Ganges. So much wa learned years after. At the end of five days the rajah returned to his palace, ac- companied only by a servant who had acted as cook. This servant was locked in No one a Cungeon and never seen again. : dared to ask what had become of him or the soldiers, and {f any o1.e suspected Hae) > fro! the rajah had removed his treasu r the palace he wisely kept choughts to himeelf, well knowing what would ‘follow a werd of gossip. Two months after the rajah had taken the field against the English, at the head of a thousand men, he was killed in battle. A month later his palace was captured, locted of such treasure as the soldiers fancied, and then destroyed by fire and ex- plosion. The treasure room was found by the soldiers, but it was empty. From some of the se ts it was learned how and when the wealth had been removed, but it could not be searched for until the rebellion had been put down. During the mutiny the soldiers were permitted to loot right and left, but when peace came the government reserved the right to search for all treasure hidden away. But little has ever been writ- ten on this subject, though it is a fact he- yond cavil that money, gems and other things, valued at tens of millions of dollars, were recovered and turned into the govern- ment treasury ‘o sooner was the civil government at Gwallor in working order than a party, in arge of an official, w tarted out to search for the rajah’s treasure. By this time not a soldier or servant who knew any- thing of the matter could be found. It was sim known that the party had gone aw, t. After several days’ search the treasnre-hunters came upon the ruins, and, thinking the spot to be a like place, they Here was a spac of half a mi nding and fallen walls, with trees and bushes and vines growing in the greatest profusion, and a thousand safe spots in which to hide the treasure. The party, which numbered four Englishmen and sixty natives, went to work, however, and it was five months be- fore they quit in despair. They reported to the government that it would take a thous- and men fully two years to clear away the debris. Scon after it had become generally known that the party had given up the search a native was arrested at Delhi charged with the murder of two European women at the outbreak of the mutiny. When he was put on trial an English ensign testified in his behalf and proved that it was a case of mi: taken identity. As soon as the native wa released from custody he went to his pre- server and declared that he was one of the rajah's soldiers who took away the tre: ure. It was buried in the ruins, he said, and when the work had been finished the rajah gave the party several bottles of win to drink to his health. This wine was poisoned Every man who partook of it except th! one died within two hours. He was mac very ill, and simulated death to escape the rajah’s dagger. When the cold-blooded ruler departed, leaving the dead to be devoured by beasts of prey, the sole survivor crawled aw: and after a time recovered and made x his escape. He fought against the Engl to the last, bu ready to divide the hid- den treasure with the man who had saved his life. Just at this time the government offered 25 per cent to finders of treasure, and the officer and native proceeded to Jey. pore and made up a party. In due time the: reached the ruins, but only to find the tre: ure gone. The native pofnted out the spot where it had been concealed, and there was no doubt of his veracity, but some one had removed the wealth. As it had been taken away during the war it was almost useless to hope for a clue, but the native declared he would devote the remainder of his days to following the matter up. ‘It was three years before anything more wes heard of the rajah’s treasure. Then a native who was ccnfined in prison in Luck- now for theft told a story which laier on reached the ears of government offic: Dovring the last six months of the war th regiment to which he belonged was cn- camped for some days near the old ruins. Nearly all the natives had come to realize that the English rule would soon be re- stored, and this man and five comrades de- cided to desert their colors and make their way to the east. Believing they would Be pursue‘ if they started off across the coun- try, they secreted themsecives among the ruins until their comrades marched away. They clambered over walls and stone heaps and crept amidst vines and bushes, until reaching the center of the ruins and find- ing a hiding place. In removing some of the debris for their own convenience they came across the treasure, whick was in teakwood and iron boxes. Here the ransom of the great- est king in the world lo be divided among six soldiers, not one of whom had ever been possessed of $25 at once in lis life, but yet the devil of avarice soon entered into all hearis. In making a division of From Life. Folly and Fashion fall gu \ This's the latest U gt? Gladness Comes Wit a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish before proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasant cftorts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual d ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt- ly removes. ‘That is why it is the onl remedy with millionsof families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur- chase, that you have the genuine arti- ele, which is manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, one shoul have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. the spoils they quarreled, and within five minutes of the first hot words three of them lay dead. The thre» survivors were content that therr shares hal doubled, |v the question was w do with the treasure. They could only a few handfuls away on their pe: <, even if they could find purchasers in those turbu- lent_ times. After remaining in seclusion for two weeks, and at a time when the neighbo cod was clear of troops, the treasure carried a distance of nine miles toward Genges and reburied in a thichet. three men then started for Delhi, having a few of the gems within a week they were ca mutinecrs and two of them ‘The third ved by influen The each with him, but tured by t down. , and join- ed the troops and served to the end of the var. He was at Lucknow perty to go after the when be committed a robbery and wa. ntenced to 1 for a year. ‘The government lost no time in investigat- ing this story. ‘The prisoner retold it to ©: als, and added such detail plain ‘that he w Was promised a the value of the guide, and he led spot. The hole w been buried was spect gems and jewels not one remain «spoilers had in turn been & r before another clue was found, it came through 2 woman. She = the wife of a ryot or farmer, and from a hiding place in the thicket had e three soldiers bury the boxes and ca der husband was in the rebel arm after a few weeks, finding the sol not return for their booty, she and reburied it in one of th elds, Her husband was killed in battle, and at the close of the war, when bands of na- tives were riding about and plundering right and left, her hut was one da} by a band of six scoundrels who thi Being greatly terrific Ss she told them of the tre y were speedily in po: sion of it. ded to convey it down the Ganges taken to the river on horses boat. It w by night, but instead of pu: sing a craft they seized one by feree and murder- ed the crew of three men. This craft, with the six robbers on board, was seen by v: rious parties during the next four days, but it was a month later before the gov- ernment got track of it. Every effort was then made to discover what had become of the men and their plunder. It was found that the boat had reached two men went ashore to ies, and she was again seen payties thirty miles below the all traces of her were lost. seaport was watched and every dealer in gems notified, but it was mont before any 4 elopments took place. Then a villamous looking native offered some diamonds and rubies for sale in Bom- bay and was arrested. He had on his per- son abvul $50,000 worth of unset gems. For several weeks he refused any explana- tions, bu: at length confessed that he was the leader of the gang who got th ure from the woman. After pass habad they vide the tr As all were grasping and avaricious a quarrel arose, and in the Height of this quarrel the boat ran upon a snag and re- ceived such damages that she soon filled and went down. Five of the men and all the treasure except that found on this man went to the bottom in forty feet of water. ‘The fellow stubbornly refused to name the locality or to go with a party, and after a few weeks died in p different parties much trouble and expense, but it had been covered by mud or sand and could not be found. Of the vast treasures of the rebel rajali, computed on good authority at from 17,000,000 to $2,000,009, the trifling amount fond on the robber was alone recovered. Only last year a party under orders of the government made a new attempt to dis- cover the wreck, but after a search of four mcuths gave it up in despair. Brides Did } Wear White. From the London Chronicle, The months of May and June are known throughout the world as those in which more marriages take place than in any others. It is interesting, therefore, to note that the choice of white for wedding dre: is comparatively a modern fashion. The Roman brides wore yellow, and in most stern countries pink is the bridal color. During the middie ages and the renais- sance brides wore crimson, and most of our Plantagenet and Tudor qteens were married in this vivid hue, which is still popular in parts of Brittany, where the bride is usually dressed in crimson brocade. It was Mary Stuart who first changed the color of bridal garments. At her nfarriage with Francis I of France, in 1558—which took place not before the altar, but before the great doors of Notre Dame—she was gowned in white brocade, with a train of pale blue Persian velvet six yards in length. This innovation caused quite a stir in the fashionable world of that time. It was not, however, until quite the end of the seventeenth century that pure white —the colors hitherto worn by royal French widows—became popular for bridal gar- ments in this country. 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