vcr wf. te Si V- 18 Count Perowsti hung his head. "Evidently, Tour Majesty." "As to Scnelm, we do not know exactly bow far he is to blame, although he is no doubt very guilty, even if too great zeal should have carried him too lar. "We shall hold him strictlr to account, however, and punish him if be deserves it. He shall not escape what is due to him. "To-day, however, we have a more pleas nnt duty to fulfil. Do you know, Countess, how I have come so suddenly to the con clusion that your husband is innocent? Count Moski 'assures me that they hare never ceased to persecute and torment him in my name. Uojr I B'Te yQ mT word as a monarch that no complaint against him has ever lallen from my lips. I have never even mentioned your husband's name. The Em peror ol all the Rusias punishes, but he is tnot in the habit of taking revenge." Jana folded her hands. ''Your Majesty, we have never lost confi dence in the justice of our most gracious .master, and this hope alone has sustained us, as it has not deceived us." "That was all very richt," said Nicholas. "Count Vladimir Lanin" , Jana once more threw herself at the Em peror's feet, tor she knew that the use of 'this title by the Czar was equivalent to an absolute pardon. "Count Vladimir Lanin is at our com mand herewith restored to his rank and title. We ask you. Countess, to encourage him to re-enter our service, and we shall try to make amends for the injustice by which he has teen victimized." He raised her in the kindest manner. "At the same time we aopoint him a chamberlain at our court. The Empress, to give an evidence of our hich esteem of yourself, has expressed a wish to have you among those nearest her person. "Will you, Countess, accept the place of a lady of honor which she offers?" Jana answered In some confusion: ' "Most cheerlully, Your Majesty. First, however" "First," said Nicholas, smiling, "you wish to return to Siberia, don't you? I know your heart too well to doubt that for a Sioment." "It is so. Tour Majesty. My husband is still an exile, and before he receives the news of his pardon " "We have anticipated your wishes and prepared for it, beside selecting a good escort for you. Count Lanin, pray, you and dear Count Moski, come here." Both the generals advanced a step. "Dear Moski," said Nicholas, you will not take it amiss, I hope, if I send you this time in company of an Inspector General ot my own selection?" ""Your Majesty knows how gratefully I accept whatever my most gracious master is disposed to do for me." "This is not to be a Eevisor," continued the Czar, smiline at his jest, "of the Gov ernment affairs in East Siberia but an in spector who will keep his eye on the Gov ernor General." "Has Your Majesty received more de nunciations against me?" "Yes! Count Orloff brought me yesterday a whole pile of them. They have given us much pleasure. Yon are evidently not pop ular there. On the other hand, you have warm friends here, even if you will only count upon Count Orloff and myself." "I know th.it well, Your Majesty." "You will at once investigate Schelm's conduct. As he is, however, your personal enemy, I shall not trust your severity, and as an example must be made, it is my will. that if guilty, he shall be properly pun ished. I leave the direction of the affair to you, dear Lanin. Both of you will accom pany, the Countess and return with her and her husband as soon as you can. As to Schelm, I give you full power. Judge him yourselves. If he has sinned only lrom ex cessive zeal, he will remain in Siberia as an exile. If he has committed a crime or done it on purpose, you will send him back here and I will punish him myself, and this in a way to make an example o him. But I do not want the people of Siberia to witness the downfall and the punishment of their . superior. Principle first of alll Countess, lo you accept the escort?" Jana raised her beautiful eyes, in which tears of gratitude and deep emotion were shining like pearls. "Your Majesty. I swear we have always been loyal subjects of our most cracious lord and master, but our loyalty wjll henceforth be admiration. Heretofore we have revered Your Majesty from a sense of duty,but now we shall love the father of his country with all our heart." The Czar offered her his right hand. "And you will do well, for I need true devotion and indulgence." Once more a cloud rested on the Czar's brow, as had recently been often noticed, for he seemed to anticipate his approaching end, when political cares should have con sumed his owerful organism. uoum janin, aiso a Dorn courtier, no sooner saw his niece occe more restored to favor with the Emperor, than he also masked her to forgive him what had really been but the error of excessive devotion to his beloved master. She told him that she had nothing to forgive, knowing that he had only done his duty, but she added a request that he would hasten her return to Siberia. Lanin looked at her deeply touched. "I am proud of you! From this day you may count upon my devotion and my good will. If His Majesty permits, we can start to-day." "No, General!" said the Czar, "the Conntess will excuse a short delay, because I must consult with Count Moski and have your own instructions drawn up. I assure you, however. Countess, that we shall all of us hasten our work!" Jana had another idea that pursued her, and she fell once more at the Czar's feet. "Your Majesty has so very graciously fulfilled every wish of ours that I venture to ask for one more favor." "AskI" said Nicholas. "Your Majestyl To-day my husband has been found innocent, and to-morrow his bit ter enemies may discover a new-crime in him, not as having been wanting in rever ence for Your Majesty, for that is impossi ble, but as having trangressed some law or offended some official. I know the cunning of these people so well!" The Czar interrupted her. "I understand! Your heart was antici pating and apprehending where our mind feared no danger." At the same time he raised her most kindly, went to his writing table and rapid ly wrote a few lines. "When he said: "Head, Countess! are you satisfied?" She read on the paper which he handed her: "Whatever Count Vladimir Lanin has done meets our perfect approval. No law of the empire has any further power over him. Such is our highest will. Nicholas." Jana shed tears of gratitude. At the same time Nicholas turned round astonished. Both Count Moski and Count Orloff had Kissed his hand. Moved by this evidence of the devotion of two such men whom he especially esteemed, he pressed their hands, and once more turning to Jana, he said: "Will you have the kindness to give me back that paper for a moment?" Then he added the following lines: "Herewith we extend full amnesty to all who have been .sent to Siberia on account of the conspiracy Ace of Clubs." "Thus you "will be to these poor exiles an BDgel of mercy," said the Czar to Jana. CHAPTEE XXX Spring, which in Siberia is of short dura tion, had quickly gone by, and the whole country looked a different one. The court before which Vladimir had been placed had unanimously sentenced him to death, be cause he had laid violent hands on the repre sentative of the Czar. The sentence against the Captain had been proclaimed long since, but the execution had been postponed at Schelm's express desire. The Eevisor wished to impress this double execution with greater solemnity, and personally be present. His arrival alone delayed the tor ture. On a smilinc meadow, perhaps 500 yards from Irkutsk two companies of infantry were ' standing in two ranks. The soldiers had no muskets and stood opposite ,cach other, eye J to eye JL number ot curious people crowd 1 thtwalls of the fortress. The soldiers looked discontented. Theirduty to-day was evidently not to their taste. A few steps from the men a detachment of Cossacks surrounded two chained prisoners, the former captain of gendarmes of Irkntsk and Count Vladimir Lanin. Both were deadly pale, with this dis tinction, that the captain trembled like an aspen, while Vladimir bore himself with per fect calmness and resignation. The unfortunate men were to die under the n&gaika. This fearful execution, known elsewhere as running the gantlet, consists in Bussia in the following ceremony: The criminal is tightly bound to two muskets at the spot where the bayonet is bent Two sol diers seize the muskets and with them push their victim forward so that he must march between the two rows of soldiers. Each one of these has a cane in his hand and is bound to strike with it the bare shoulders ot the condemned as soon as he stands in front of him. At every step the latter thus receives two blows. Nineteen out of 20 die long be fore the execution is over. Whether it was calculated cruelty or acci dent, but Schelm kept them waiting a lone time. The execution had been ordered at 9 o'clock; it was now 10, and the Eevisor had not appeared yet. This long delay caused the unfortunate victims additional suffering; the Captain was half dead already, and Vladimir also turned paler and paler. A repulsive woman, with disheveled hair and in ragged clothes, appeared in the draw bridge. It was Caroline. A murmur ot satisfaction passed through the crowds when at last the Eevisor was seen coming. In the city gate appeared a car riage drawn by four tnorouphored horses; a small picket of Cossack? suriounded the landau, in which Schelm and the Governor of the city were ser.ted. Palkin rode by their side; when he reached the drawbridge Caroline looked at him fiercely, and threat ened him with her fists. "You know very well that he suffers death to-day, because he has served you too well 1" cried Caroline. "Good that I hear that 1" said Schelm to himself. "I must inqnire into that 1" Palkin had only a contemptuous smile for the woman. Tbe Cossacks moved side ways, so that the carriage came to stand close by the soldiers. A priest and a physi cian stepped forward. Upon a sign by Schelm tbe captain was tied to the muskets. Be had lost all consciousness, and could not take a step of his own will. He was pushed like a log of wood between the two rows ot soldiers. Schelm wanted Vladimir to see what awaited him. We need not repeat the details of this awful ceremony here suffice it to say that before long the victim no longer felt pain, and the blows fell upon a lifeless bodv. Hiscorpse was thrown aside, and Schelm gave a sign that the same process should be repeated with Vladimir, The Eevisor leaned back comfortably to enjoy the sight Vladimir advanced without being pushed. When he stood before the Pope he Baid in an audible voice: "Father, give me your blessing; I die in nocent!" But before the priest could answer, horse men were suddenly heard to approach and a great tumult arose. A man in a red cos tume rode at their head." "Th czar of the exilesl" cried the Pope, a monk from the Convent of St George. At the same time some 00 armed men came out of the forest and marched at double- quick upon the place of execution. All the soldiers, except the Cossacks, were un armed. They were utterly con'ounded and did not know what to do. The curious mul titude fled. Schelm ordered the carriage to return to the city, but the road was al ready in the hands of tbe horsemen. The Eevisor sank, almost fainting, back into the cushions. Palkin alone had not lost his head. He no sooner saw the surprise than he dis patched a Cossact to the city to summon as sistance. The Cossacks 'Surrounded the carri.ige and advanced their long lances: the soldiers hung their heads and made no at tempt to defend themselves with their canes. The Pope and the physician sought assist ance near tbe carriage. When Schelm heard the clash of arms be tainted 'once more. No one in the meantime seemed to think of Vladimir, although Ivan, who commanded the infantry, quickly loosened bis fetters and ordered a detachment to carry the Count toward the forest Soon the battle became furious. The Cossacks, in close ranks around Schelm's carriage, defended themselves bravely against superior numbers. Palkin cut down many men, looking all the time anxiously toward the city to see if help was coming. One of the exiles had, however, come up close to him and now drove his sword deep, into the breast ot his horse. Palkin fell. The exiles now surrounded the carriage. The Governor of Irkutsk was determined to defend himself to the last breath, but Schelm did not regain consciousness till loud shouts announced the arrival of succor from town. At that moment an iron hand siezed his arm. The threatening form of the so-called Czar ot tbe Exiles stood before his eyes. He uttered a cry of terror. "Do you recognize me?" cried the man to the contemptible coward. "I promised vou revenge, Schelm, but I do not want to kill you. We have the proof of your knavery in our hands your receipt of 100,000 roubles, and that is now on the way to Petersburg. You shall first lose your position, your oi fice, your fortune and your honor, and then you shall diet" "Miller!" cried Schelm, "I am lost!" "Not to-day, but soon! In the meantime I'll leave you a little keepsake, and the like you shall have every time I meet you!" He gave schelm several blows with a knout upon his face. The blood gushed forth from many wounds, and the Eevisor howled with pain. & "And now, children, let us fleel" Miller called out to bis followers. The succor from town came up at a rapid gallop, and 'the first squadron was quite. the carriage, they found Scblem lying in it fainting, and the Governor in a great rage, having been disarmed in spite ot his admir able gallantry. The exiles had fled in all directions and it was clear that to pursue them would be useless. Fifteen Copacks and 22 exiles had paid with their lives for Lanin's liberation. A few yards from them two persons were found who held each other in a firm grasp. Palkin's hand had strangled his enemy's throat. The latter was dead, but the Colonel was still alive. His face was mutilated in the most 1 earful manner; the strange wounds were evidently not caused by an ordinary weapon; in his neck stuck a pair of scissors, such as tailors use. Anxious to know who could have used such a weapon, the soldiers drew oil the hood that concealed the features of the dead ad versary. It was a woman! Long braids of light brown hair nung down behind. The woman it was who had thrust a sword into the horse and then tried to kill the rider with her scissors. Helen had had her re vence, but at a costly price. When Schelm was told that Palkin was still alive, he frowned angrily, and said: "Carry him at once to prison! Captain Palkin will have to give an account of his former actions." For Schelm bad well understood Miller's words, in spite of his terrible anxiety, aud knew now that Palkin was not in posses sion of that precious doenment Then he shouted: "By all means, let the captain's wife be loundl" On the following day the captain's wife, who had been wandering about in the streets of Irkutsk, homeless and friendless as she was, was brought to the Eevisor. He had a long interview with her and when he dismissed her he gave her a solemn promise that she should not be forgotten. Soon it was rumored that she had been appointed postmaster at an important station. Palkin was, upon Schelm's order, accused of high treason and dragged to jail. CHAPTER XXXL For nearly six days now, Vladimir had been among the rebels. Iu spite of the great danger to which the close neighborhood of Irkutsk exposed the rebels, they did cot withdraw into the interior. "Miller." said Vladimir at last, "when will vou lead us onv 'That does not depend-on myself.;', lie reply. "We must wait for our brel THE who wish to join us here. They, will arrive to-night lenar-kus will provide boats. Look around, Vladimir. Without tbe as sistance of the Tunguses we can do nothing. We count 500 men. Wc cannot use the fly ing ferry at the station. Therefore, we must wait for Ienar. He will keep his word; he is not a civilized man, and on that account I trust him. Patience, my friends. To-night we need not fearl" "But if we should be attacked before sun set?" asked Ivan. "Then we must defend ourselves," replied Miller. "Nothing, however, indicates an attack. "We can control from here the whole country for three miles aronnd. Our out posts are trustworthy and on the alert Schelm is a miserable coward, and, for tunately for us, General Moski is absent And now, men, leave me a moment alone; I have to speak to Count Lanin. The exiles obeyed, and the two old friends were alone. Both sat down on tile soft turf under a giant oak. ' 'Have you forgiven me, Vladimir?" asked Miller. "Miller, how can you ask? You have saved my life. That thought absorbs all others. Only tell me what you intend to do." "That depends upon circumstances. First of all I must cross the Angara, to put the river between us and Schelm. I do not fear him, to be sure, but I want to know you are in safety. Look at that station; my eyes are fixed upon that point From thence lenar-kus is to come with 100 boats to carry us across to the other bank. Then we are safe." "And then we surely go to China! Now the whole story of that document of which you told me, has no meaning any longer. Yesterdav I was innocent; to-day I am in rebellion. Even if Jana has been success ful, I shall have to remain in exile. I want, on that account to get across the frontier as soou as possible, and forever bid adieu to mv fatherland." "Alas! 1 think as you do. First, how ever, we must have our revenge. I shall not leave Eussia till I have made my ene mies tremble." "Miller, I beseech you 1" "Not another word, Vladimir ! I warrant your freedom, and shall carry you across the frontier; then we shall never meet again. Yon are not armed, I believe ?" "Oh, yes! But why should I ? Beyond the frontier I shall need no arms." "Who knows? We mav have to fight a battle first ! With whom ? you ask. "With the garrison of Irkutsk 1" "Then I shall also need no arms, for I do not mean to fight against the Czar and his soldiers." "Would you rather be caught and beaten to death?" asked Miller, with a savage laucb. "I shall flee as fast and as far asl can, but I shall never take part in a battle against the Czar!" Miller.suddenly sprang up, seeing a man hurrying up the hill on which they were sitting. It was one of the exiles who came, quite out of breath, to bring the evil news that .the enemy was approaching, aud that in an honr the battle would begin. "Then we must de'end ourselves," said Miller. "I foresaw this." "A hundred mep to the edge of the forest! They must check the enemy. Ivan, carry the order. You there watch the river and give warning as soon as vou see the boats coming. Let some one get a rifle for Brother Lanin." "By no means. I have told you I will not fight against the Czar. I am under your protection, that is all." Now began a scattered fire of tirailleurs. Hidden among the trees and shrubs the ex iles received the regulars with a .hail of balls. The detachment of Cossacks, amazed at' this sudden explosion, stopped a moment, but as from their low place near the river they conld sec nothing of what was going on beyond, they trotted rapidly up to the little white bouse. This they surrounded, while the travelers left the carriage and went' into the room. A quarter of an hour later Miller's de tachment came down like an avalanche, upon the station. Suddenly their leader uttered a desperate cry. He had now only seen the 20 Cossacks who had held the bank of the river. For the bed of the Angara lies deep between steep rocks; the post sta tion itself is built against a rock, and hardly two men can pass between the rocky wall and the house. Thns the exiles could not rejoin their comrades on the other side of the house nor could they, from where they were, reach the boats. The Cossacks barred the way. "We must not be stopped here!" cried Miller, furiously. "We must sell our lives as dear as possible. At them, children! It is a matter of life and death now!" Despair doubled the strength of the ex iles. Besides, they were 100 against but 20 Cossafks. They rushed down upon them and created boundless confusion. At first the Cossacks tried to defend themselves, but tbe exiles fell upon them in ever increasing numbers, as the regulars from town drove them down to the river. Before them they saw the boats and the Tunguses, and this in creased their valor. The Cossacks fell, one after the other, and at last the road was open. In the meantime, however, the firing had also become more lively, and large numbers of fugitives came running down from the forest. Miller was near the station house, and cried: "Now quick into the boats. No fear! No confusion, men! "We'll protect your rear and keep the enemy in check. Vladimir, get in! Farewell, perhaps we shall never nieetagainl" "Do yon think me a coward? I told you I could not ficht with you, but that does not mean that I shall leave you." "Are you mad?" "Enough Miller. You will not make me think differently, and I will not leave you." "Well, the times are ,not such that we should vie with each other in generosity. Do what, you like." Every station house contains ordinarily two rooms, which are separated from each other by a passage about six feet wide. On the right hand is the office of the imperial post, on the lett a room tor travelers. Miller opened the door to the passage; through the house it led down to the river. "Ten men into the office," Miller ordered, "and let them watch from tbe window the path down to the Angara. "Iena!" he then called, after (earing open the dooic' 'I am awaiting your orders!" answered the voice of tbe Tungns from below. "Make haste, I hear the balls whistle." "At once!" replied Miller. In close ranks the exiles pushed through the passage and jumped as soon as they reached the river into the boats. "Death to every man who leaves the ranks,"" cried Miller. Then he wanted to enter the rooms of the travelers, but found it not only locked, but apparently barricaded from within. "What does this mean, I wonder? Have we here, also, enemies? Listen!" he cried to the closed door. "We do not mean to hurt you, if you leave us alone, If not, you are lost Ivan, hand me a musket and aim at the door." In the meantime the crowd in the passage bad grown thinner. A number of boats took the men, as their turn came, across tbe Angara. The balls of the regulars whistled overhead, but did n harm. Tbe last de tachment of exiles had left the hill and the victorious regulars pursued the fugitives. Several hundred of the exiles were already marching along the opposite bank in perfect safety, and tbe space between the forest and tbe station was almost abandoned. The last troop of the czar of the exiles surrounded their leader. The regulars appeared at the edge of the forest Miller, Ivan and Vladi mir were watching the fugitives, keeping in view, however, the door ot the station room. (To be concluded next week.) CHEAP TUIP TO WHEELING Tla tuo Pennsylvania Line, on Monday, June 30, When the American Flint Glassworkers will hold their second annual reunion in tbat city. Special train on the P., C. & St L. Ey. will leave Pittsburg at 7 a. m. Round-trip, rate,-.l 33;, tickets gqodjxeturn-i ing until tfuTy 1 . "f wsu FITTSBimG- DISPATCH, HARMONY OF C0L0KS. The Reason That Furnishings Worth $8,000 Didn't Look Pretty. ORNAMENTING A BILLIARD ROOM. The Latest Crazs is Fret Work for Tran soms and Hantlepieces. P0PULAEITI OP THE WALL BALCOKi rWMTTBN rOB THE DISPATCH. I find the great trouble and expense which arises from furnishing va room, or a honse for that matter, lies simply in the fact that the occupant has Btarted with no definite ideas on the subject A friend of mine has an insurance ot $8,000 on his furnishings, and it rather surprised me till he explained it on the ground that it cost that much to furnish his house. He figured it in this way: He had bought, originally, a de cidedly handsome carpet with blue prevail ing. Later on he bought curtains with a dark green prevailing. His turniture he bought regardless of the other surroundinss, and then being dissatisfied with the ensem ble, he had changed this or that and shifted them all till naturally with such experi ments the cost was at its maximum and the effect at its minimum. In this way, adding a little here and there, he had put $8,000 into a house which could be furnished in much better taste and with a much richer effect and with less of the crazy quilt sug gestions about it, for less than half that money. If a woman starts dressing herself by look ing through her wardrobe and bureaus, and selecting anything that happens to look pretty, she will not have the chic appear ance of the girl with the 25-cent lawn and the 52 hat to match. The same principle applies to house dressing. Start out with a purpose. If it's a drawing room and you wish beauty as a main factor, determine vonr general color harmony and select everything to lead up to it If it's a living room and comfort the main requisite, don't litter the place with things breakable and small chairs and tables that are everlast ingly in the way. Have a definite purpose. A CASE OP BAD COLORING. "When a woman selects a dress she thinks, first of all, "will it become me." The color and design she considers for their special adaptability to her complexion or style. This same care and judgment should be exercised in her house lurnishinir. Said i-n -SsT Dressing or the B1. a well-knnwn decorator the other day to me: "1 called up recently at Madam X's, to see what suggestions could be made for the refurnishing of her house. She was thoroughly dissatisfied, but couldn't tell exactly what the trouble was. Everything was charmiuc and well balanced, but it needed a glance only to show me that the color schemes of the entire establisnment had been left to some short-sighted furnisher who had not considered the character of the occupants. "Here was a bed room got up in yellow and black, the very backgronnd for a Spanish beauty, but hardly the thing for a red-headed girl. The entire house was fur-' nished with sage-green shades which, when the sun played on them in the morning, threw a bilious green tint over the bed room occupant and frightened her at the sight in the mirror of a face apparently pale and cadaverous. It was all wrong. The folks in that house had spent thousands of dollars in the furnishings, but while the epochs of design were conscientiously followed, they had thought little or nothing of the color effects." A CASE OF HARMONY. Out in one of the many delightful suburbs of Philadelphia is a most appropri ately furnished billiard room. The por tieres in the doorway are particularly odd gray with a small dark red and dull blue curtain ball fringe; long stripes of deep drab felt, appliqued on in the shapes of bil liard cues; tbe whole suspended from a cue and rest, instead of the ordinary curtain pole; a valance across the top of fell, the same color as the curtains with .heavy ball fringe of various colors, with the size and appearance of pool balls, and the triangle, pouch, small balls and other details of the game appliqued on in sharp colors. A good thing for summer drapery is a "yacht curtain,'" hanging from a couple of small oars gilded over the doorway top; momie cloth with reefing points caught here and there in ecru or some other quietlv colored cord fringe. The whole thing is sus pended back by a chain and anchor. These aetails, though of course realistic, are sub dued by enameled paints and a liberal use of cilt The fret work craze bas seized us with tbe firmness of that other contagious mania, the machramo cord fever. Transoms, over-door schemes, window valances and mantel work is done in fret work, ad nauseam. Some of the Japanese fret is worth S2 per square foot, some less, but it is all expeusive. A very ciever sort of fret is made of rope, which when gilded or painted bas a beauti ful effect Ordinary clothes line is used and the designs are made by marking off tbe figure on a board and driving nails at the corners or turning points in the design. Aronnd these nails you draw your rope, on the principle employed in making cushion lace. When the design is shaped up a stiffening is used to preserve the form till put in a frame. SOME SIMPLE FOEMS. Another good fret is made by interlacing ordinarv rattan within a wooden frame. $tiH again w.ireinejting, colored orbronzd, mates a cue; d pretty fret for transoms,,1 PRETTY SEASHOEE DKAPERY. IU 1 I I I Jll W-IIJL - HI SUNDAY, , JUNE 29r the frame, of course, being in good taste and to match the curtains or surrounding wood work. J have sketched here a most original form of seashore drapery. It is made of -fish net dved a pale soit pink. Tbe rope decoaj tions and anchor are pure white. The cur tain material can be nought by the pound and in any thickness. The rope is coiled, The Ifretwork Craze. stiffened and gilded with no difficulty, and if the netting is caught up eracefully it forms a very pleasing and decidedly original bit of decoration. The French have a form of dressing a bed which is a great improvement over the way we do things here, when frequently the quilt or spread doesn't come far enough down on the sides to hide the unsiglitii blankets and sheets. They employ a side drapery which frequently comes clear to the floor not a bed valance, but, as can be seen by the illustration, something entirely dif ferent THE WAIL BALCONY. A few years ago a wall balcony was sel dom seen in a room. Now the style is quite prevalent The balcony is briefly a shelf about three inches to a foot deep (propor tionate ot course to the size of a room) and edged with a brass or wood railing. Its purpose is purely decorative, and being located usually at a point upon the wall at the bottom of the frieze, it serves as an ex cellent receptacle for brie a brae Acorner dono with interior wall balconies can al ways be made an interesting place.. I the universal servant girl had only one huge ear I wou'd like to shout an admoni tiou that would indent tbe tympanum and leave an impression forever. I would like to admonish this awful terror to never wipe the edges of the wall woodwork with a damp lag, for she will surely smirch the paper and rub the delicate water colors in a horrible streak. I saw a house yesterday that had been "gone through" by this rabid creature, and wherever her cleansing instinct had led her destruction followed along the walls. She is worse than the match scratcher, lor she does her dire work under the cloak of cleanliness. Beware oi" her. C. E. Clifford. TRAVELING OK HANDCARS. Scheme of a Plucky Theatrical Troupe to Defeat a Washout. Boston Globe When Verona Jarbean was plavincr here a few weeks ago, she told me a number of interesting stories about her exciting experi ences while traveling in the far West earlier in the season. On one occasion the com pany was "held upf by a washout, 40 miles from Yuma, Ari. They were billed to play that night, and, as the water station where they were detained, offered neither sleeping nor feeding accommodations for the troupe, Miss Jarbcau determined to get through to Yuma at all hazards. That no engine could be run on the loos ened rails or across the tottering brjdtre, over which the waters of a swollen river flowed, was plainly evident, but it was thought that handcars might get through. Only three handcars were obtainable, and, as each car could carrv but two passengers, how to transport the 18 members of the com pany was a problem not easily solved. But the plucky actress was equal to the emer gency. She had three long, strong planks placed across each handcar, and on the ends of these boards the Thespians, most of who were women, were instructed to make them selves comfortable, seesaw fashion. It was necessary that they should balance them selves exactly, otherwise the heavier actors would topple their lighter confreres over into the ravine below tbe rails. . To ride 40 miles through the dark in such a fashion was a risky undertaking, but all were willing to take their chances. So off they started tbe cold wind whistling among - " ," uun.va uuu fwuuug ram I soaking through their clothing to the skin. iniwo nours ana a Jialt xuma was safely reached, where, it is needless to say a warm welcome awaited them. THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE. How the St. I.onls Brewers Aro Taking Advantage of the Decision. "We are doing a big business in Kansas now, thanks to the original package de cision," says a St Louis brewer in the Globe-Democrat. "We do not sell directly to the dealers, but make each one a man ufacturers' agent He is required first to giye a bond, indorsed byat least two responsible men for $2,000. Then we ship him a carload of beer in assorted packages, the favorite styles being the pony keg and the "trinity," the latter a package contain in? three bottles. The agent must pay for this carload of beer before he can get an other car, we holding tbe bond as security for the second, and so on." WON THE QUEEN'S LOVE. An Explanation of the Attachment Between Victoria and Jnnie Ely. The Marchioness of Ely, who has just died, was the dearest friend of Queen Vic toria, if a Queen can ever be said to possess friends. The Queen became deeply at tached to her at the time of the Prince Con sort's death. When nearly crazed with grief, the royal household, not knowing w?at to do or how to act, Lady .Ely. with true womanly tact, carried the little Prin cess Beatrice to the Queen's bedside, and laid tbe child in her mother's arms. Since that hour "Janie Ely" has been the close companion o'f her majesty, who confided in 'her.-aithJul j.iuirrmi!nt,-RTlrl cannrt. 'rnnd wnse without regret for,30 years.. ,' 1890. NO BOOMS IN PARIS. Eli Perkins Finds thd French Real Estate Men Yery Hnmble. THE SURRENDER TO MUNICH BEER, Look at Ancient Ilonnments Proves Bronze the Host Durable. EXPEKIMBKT1NG UPON A HUMORIST fCOBKKSPONDKNCE OT THE DISPATCn.l PARIS, .Tune 19. It seems strange to be in a place where there is no boom'. Eeal es tate agents do not come to ns in Paris with options on suburban property. There are but two real estate men in Paris, and they aro as quiet bs pall bearers. One of them told me to-day that he had rented a good many flats at from $40 to $200 a month, but he had never sold a house. There are not a dozen signs of "For Sale" to be seen on houses in all Paris, and I have seen bnt six houses being built. Paris is finished and is now going to decay. The city is not as beautiful as it was 2U years ago, and every year takes from its splendor. Bjii Nye writes me that he is living just opposite me in Tacoma and Seattle, and that real estate there is brisk. He says that, hav ing exhausted Oregon for suburbs, they are going to bore through 8,000 miles and locate choice corner lots in France. While they are building bouses in Tacoma, enterprising citizens are tearing them down here. That is the difference between a new aud an old country. TEMPERANCE IN FRANCE. I have seen bnt one drunken man in Paris in two weeks, jind two gendarmes matched him straight to the police station and locked him up. It was so unusual a sight that a great crowd followed the poor man through the streets. One cause for this temperance is the fact shat the average French laboring mau can't afford to get drunk. It takes about a bottle and a half of ordinary wine iu get a man arunk', ana tbat costs 30 cents. A man cannot get drunk on French wine. When a Frenchman wants a great spree, he puts absinthe in his wine or brandy, which gives him sweet visions and then puts him to sleep. But wine drinking is diminishing. In fact more Munich beer is drank in Paris than 'wine. Twenty years ago the people sat in. rows four deep on the boulevards evenings, all drinking wine, smoking cigarettes and sipping coffee. Now the beer mug'is everywhere. Twenty train loads of beer arrive lrom Munich every day. When Paris surrendered to the Germans, it also surrendered to German beer. Munich beer is thin. It is impossible to get drnnk on it It is really a prohibition drink. Alter a man has drunk several gallons he goes home stupidly sober. He don't get drnnk; he gets full and sends for a cab to take it home. He don't fight and discuss the tariff question. He simply loses his identity and oblivion sets in. NOTHING BUT BRONZE ENDURES. Twenty years have made sad havoc with Versailles. The beautiful trees planted by Louis XIV. have grown scraggy. The splen did Louis XIV. palace and the gorgeous fountains which bankrupted the Treasury of Fauce to build, are crumbling away. The Madeleine and the Arc de Triomphe will stand 500 years; but the only monu ments that will stand forever are the bronze columns of Vendome and July. The sphinx has lost its nose, the Coliseum has been patched up, the Palace of the Caesars has gone to decay, and our obelisk in Central Park and the Obelisk of Luxor in Paris are crumbling, but there stands in Eome the bronze column of Trajan. There is the pic ture of Eemus and Eomulus, Alexander and the Ccesars, and the history of Eome, written on that bronze' column, will outlive the Pyramids. The Paris Column of Vondoma was modeled alter the bronze Trajan Column in Eome. In erecting a monument to Grant it is foolish to use stone. The Parthenon of Athens and the Forum of Eome are in ruins. The Trajan Column still stands. Grant's monument should be of bronze a bronze column with the history of the Ke public from Columbus to Grant engraved upon it On it should ajso be medallions in bas relief ot all the Presidents, and Grant and his Corps Commanders. In solid bronze should be engraved the Declaration of Inde pendence, and Lincoln's Proclamation of Freedom to 8,000,000 slaves. Let it be a succinct history of the Eepnblic up to 1900. and, if in bronze, it will live a million years. If in stone, 500 years will see it crumbling to dust Nothing would be surely known about early Eome were it not for her bronze monuments and her coins. SAMPLES OF FRENCH HUMOR. To-day, I met M. Bricaise, the humorist of Figaro. I tried hard to get to the bot tom of French humor. We exchanged our best stories. I find they have a different idea ot humor tnan we Americans bave. All French stories are true. They never exaggerate, and the paradox is not lunny to the Frenchman. It exasperates him. I asked M. Bricaise to tell me the fun niest thing he could think of. "You Americans," he said, "are always funny to us. You do such unnatural things. Why, an American recently came here witb a steam fire engine. He was wild to have Paris" adopt it. We said 'why, we never have any fires. Our buildings are fire proof. " " 'No fires, he said. No fires in Paris?' " 'No, never.' " 'Pshaw,' he said, ' you are behind tbe times. It's because you bave no steam fire engines. Get the engines and the fires will come.' He made me laugh, ha ha! HIS BEST SAMPLE. "He was like a Frenchman," continued the humorist, "who claimed to be a great inventor. When the Academy asked him what he had invented, he said: " 'I have discovered how to take the salt out of codfish.' Ha, ha! that is our best joke." Then I told him a lot of onr old stories. but he never smiled. He would onlv shake his bead and say: "C'est impossible." Then I told him my story on Ben Butler in the hospital during the war. "The Gen eral," I said, "passed by the cots where lay many sick and wounded men. Coming to a yonng soldier who seemed in great pain, he said: "lou seem very sick, my brave boy. What is the matter with you?'" "I have gangrene," cno'aned the soldier. " 'Gangrene,' " said the General tbat is a terrible disease. I never knew a man to have gangrene tbat it didn't kll him or leave him an idiot. I've had it myselt." ' "Cestimpotsiblel" exclaimed M.'Bncaise. The paradox was too much for him. Eli Perkins. TEE ORIGINAL PACKAGE IDEA. Boston Bai a Heavy Welclit Lawyer Who Claims to be the Orlslnator. Boston Globe. The heaviest member of the Boston bar is Harvey D. Hadlock, who has his office in the Chadwick building. He is hardly 40 years of age and weighs over 300 ponnds. There does not seem to be au ounce of super fluous flesh on him at that. In times past he has lifted 1,800 pounds, and thiuks be can do it now. Hadlock was the originator of the "origi nal package" idea in selling liquors. It was along in 187G, I think, that a dealer in Bncksport, Me., by the name of Joaquin was arrested tor selline liquor. In his plea be ore the court at Ellsworth, Hadlock cited from the Statutes at Large, showing how these original packages did not come under the Heal Dow law, 'using the same argu ment that the Supreme Court embodied in its late decision. After several trials Joa quin was acqnitted, and Hadlock got so much famoont oMheicase thathe'moved to Portland and thence to Boston. A PRETTY AND CONVENIENT BOAT HOUSE. Just the Thing for the Athletic Clubs of Pittsburg, and the Cost is Put Down at $1,000. f WlUTTJUT TOR TnX DISPATCB.l Some form of physical exercise must be regularly practiced by everyone desirous of retaining good health. Boating is one of tbe best forms. Pulling an oar exercised the whole body and stimulates tbe brain, oltcn with the most pleasurable excitement Herewith are given illustrations of an inex pensive and attractive boathouse. 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Taft, whose name and fame as caterer of the first class, is suggested by the very mention, of Point Shirley, intro-duced-this obscure strip of pebbly beach to lovers of game food in the summer, of 1848, and every season since, up to tbe present, his table has tickled the palates ,0: thousands of eminent men and women. He is as thorouch a naturalist as Audu bon. He says: "I went into the kitchen when 13, and nevergot from nnder the tabfe. I always loved sport, and the ecbo of my gun has been heard in every part of this country where game stays for any length of time. I have hunted with Daniel Webster and many a time have we vied in bringing down partridge or snipe." When he opened Point Shirley he made several trips abroad for tbe purpose of studying European methods of serving and of noting the qualities of game and fish scarcely heard of in the New World. Can ada and tbe far North, the Southern States and Mexico, were also visited, and the per sonal observations made on these trips proved of great advantage. His custom has always been to superin tend the preparation of every dish ordered by his guests. What labor this necessitated may be inferred from the fact tbat an average of 80,000 birds alone were served each season, and that frequently the orders aggregated 130.000. Thousands of fish and gamewere bought directly from the hunters and fishers,while the great bulk of mer chandise came from dealers in the imme diate vicinity of the source of supply. In reply to a question concerning the profits of fish and game dinners the veteran caterer said: "The demand for them is not what it used to be. The invention of so many new dishes has turned many epicures from the favorites of their forefathers to fancy mixtures. Therefore, tbe profits in my line, while satis factory to me, are not such as to encourage many to enter the field." 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