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tTEASSLATED rOB THE DISPATCH. 3
In the northern part of Germany there
are no very high mountains -with snow
capped peaks extending into the clouds;
'but a lonp range of hills, covered with dense
forest and separated by wide valleys, forms
a ery charming landscape. In the midst
of such a country is situated a small city,
whose inhabitants are mostly farmers or
lowly trades people. In this quiet town
grass can he seen growing in the middle of
the streets, and ivy has crept over the old
city wall, almost hiding it from sight. A
( tranger passing throught the place at noon
time, when each citizen is within his house
and every family is enjoying the midday
meal, would think he had entered a deserted
city, where life was nolonger to be found.
But quiet did not always thus reign in
this little German city. Grandmothers and
grandfathers told of a time when a stately
castle had stood on the hill above the city.
Then there had been great comings and go
5me nnd once the Kincr. rith a laree com-
, 0, - o-
pany of nob.le ladies and brave knights, had '
visited the count Then sounds of music i
were to be heard at all times, and every
where were life and enjoyment. But one '
day the castle, with all its vast treasure of i
AT THE TABLE SAT
gold, suddenly disappeared, and it was said
it had sunk beneath the hill as a punisn
rncnt to the count for his wild ways. Many
ttories about the buried castle were told iu
the city. Some said that they had seen a
column of blue smoke rising from the hill
-nndervnich the castle was supposed to lie.
Others declared that a little old man who
guarded the great treasure had been seen
v alking in the forest. Xearlv every inhabi
tant of the city, both young and "old, had,
at one time or another, attempted to find
some trace ct the buried castle, but every
effort was vain.
In this city lived a number of mischievous
boys, vho, with Bertram, the saddler's son,
as their leader, had formed themselves into
what they called a robber band, and spent
all their play hours and half holidays in
plundpring orchards, robbing birds' nests
and stealing small articles from the shops.
The prues nhicli they obtained thev carried
for safe keeping into a little cave in the
hillside, and -were afterward distributed
umong the members of the band. One day,
when these boys had met in the forest,
Eoland. the sou of a poor widow, who lived
not far from the city wall, passed by, carry
ing a basket of strawberries. Bertram spied
the boy and cried: "Now we shall hae a
feast, for here comes Eoland with fresh
berries."
Eolaud held his basket more firmly and
said: "Do not touch them, for I have
hunted nearly all day for them, and I am
going to tell them in the city and carry the
money to mv mother, who is very poor."
"Xfiey will taste just as good to us as to
the people in the city," cried the unfeeling
crowd, "and it will be an easy matter for us
to take them, if you are unwilling to give
them to us."
Eoland knew that he was powerless to
re'ift the rough boys; but a sudden thought
came to his mind.
"If you will promise not to touch my
berries," he said, "I will show you some
thing for which yon have been looking a
long time. I have found an opening in the
hill, which leads into the buried castle."
"How could you have found it," asked
Bertram, scornfully, "when we have been
searching for months for it?"
"Only listenj" said Eoland, "and I will
tell you about it On the hill, there is a
place so covered with thorn bushes that one
can liardly push tlirough, but the sweetest
and largest berries grow there, and I nearly
hlledniy basket in that one place. This
morning, while gathering the lruit, I saw,
not far away from me, smoke rising as
if coining out of the ground. I
thought the grass was on fire. Then
I smelt something good cooking. At first I
va-j alraid, thinking I might be near a
w itch's den, but I look courage and drew
ncarpr. When I had cleared away the
bushes and vines I saw a large, black hole,
from which the smoke was pouring forth,
and I am sure that it is one of the chimneys
of the buried castle. I listened, but could
hear no sound except a low hissing, or more
like boiling water. Bnt if vou will give
me your promise not to touch" the berries 1
shall Bhow you how you may enter the
castle." ,
The boys willingly gave the desired prom
ise, and the whole company at once started
toward the hilL Eoland led the way to the
thicket, and after some little searching
pushed aside the bushes and pointed out the
dark, round hole. Ifo smoke ias visible,
and the boys peered curiously into the
opening, but could see only black darkness
For a moment not a word was spoken, then
Bertram said: "Great treasure is buried
here and we should go in search of it"
But no one ottered to make the descent,
and again there was a silence. Then Bert
ranij after whispering to several of his com
panions, said: "Eoland, jou discovered
inis opening; you snail ne tne nrst to enter.
See. n e ha e "here a long rope, which we
shall tie around you, and then we can easily
draw you up again."
Eoland was very much frightened, and
wished that he had given up the berries and
had Said nothing about his discovery. But
there was no help for it now. The rope. was
quickly tied about him, and with" his
basket, which he still firmly grasped, he was
soon being lowered into the dark hole, and
in a short time was lost to the view of the
bojs gazing after him. Suddenly the rope
gave a twitch, and then seemed to lose its
w eight It was hurriedly drawn up, but no
Eoland was to be seen. Bertram and his
band were now thoroughly alarmed, and
cried, "Eoland, Eoland, where are you?"
But when no answer came to their "calls,
pale and trembling, they left ihe place, and
vowed they would never again go near the
hili
In the meantime, Eoland, not a little
frightened, and clinging to the rope, went
down, down, what seemed to him a great
distance. Finally he noticed that it was
becoming light, and he could see that the
wall which surrounded him was built of
stone. Gradually the space became wider
and brighter, and at last Eoland felt the
floor under his feet Without thinking, he
loosened the rope, which was beginning to
cut him, and looking aronnd he found him
himself on the hearth of a large kitchen,
where hung many shining copper and tin
vessels. At the table sat a little old man,
dressed in gray, and having a great bunch
of keys fastened to his belt When Eoland
thus appeared in the kitchen the old man
arose and, with his small black eyes flashing
angrily, he said: "Who invited you to
come here?"
The boy, trembling with fear, told all
that had just happened. Then the old man
laughed and said: "Since you were forced
to come, and did not try of yourself to
enter here, no harm shall come to you."
Then seeing the berries, he asked: "Will
you sell your strawberries to me?"
Eoland pitied the old man, who must
always live under the ground, and replied:
"I shall make them a present to you.
"You are very kind," said the old man,
A LITTLE OLD MAN.
"and I thank you many times." And he
ate the delicious fruit with great relish. He
then gave Eoland his basket, and said:
"Follow me."
He led the boy through the splendid halls
and rooms of the castle, until he came to a
larre iron door, which the old man opened,
and disclosed to the astonished Eoland the
treasure chamber of which he had heard so
often. On the floor was heaped gold and
jewels of all kinds. From the ceiling hung
countless lamps, whose rays, gleaming on
the treasure produced an almost blinding
light The old man entered and filled the
basket until it was so heavy thafBoland
could scarcely carry it He then led the
boy to a little door, through which, when
opened, bright daylight streamed.
"ilany thanks "for the strawberries, little
boy," said the old man, "I have not tasted
anything so good for a hundred years."
Then the door closed,- and Eoland was
standing on the hillside, and there was no
sign of the castle nor of the door, through
which he had just passed. On his way home
he met Bertram and the other boys, who
were delighted to see Eoland uninjured,
and when they saw the treasure that he had
brought they ran home for large baskets,
and hurried to the hill; but, although they
searched diligently for several days, they
could never again find the dark hole.
But Eoland and his mother became,
through the generous gift of the treasure
master of the buried castle, rich people, and
had great plenty all the rest of theirlives.
Paysie.
SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS.
Puzzles for the Little Folks That Win Keep
Their Brains Busy for Most or the "Week
If They Solve Them Correctly Home
Amusements.
Addrcst communication! for this department
to E. E. CHADuotnuf, Lewistown, Maine.
1554 A "WELL-KS-OWir LOCALITY.
JlAirrr L. Ixster.
1555 ANAGRAMS.
I.
What the Country Boy Said.
"The choicest pleasures of the earth.
Riches and Vnow ledge, joy and mlrtn,
Fore ervbody and his wire
All may ue found In 'city hfe? "
IL
What the City Boy Said.
"A. treadmill round of sordid cares,
A street nil stone, n house all stairs,
The mighty dollar's savage strife
That's what I find 'in cityltfe.' "
m. as.
1556 CHARADE.
A man from fogy Ixmdon once
The stormy ocean safely crossed;
"When landed in Isow York he took
A first to keep from being lost
The driver was a drunken wretch,
And ran into a loaded van;
Besult a broken second for
. Our worthy friend, the Englishman.
A hospital received our friend
Ills tale of woo the doctors heard
His blood was thin; they said they must
Transfuse to him some from a third.
His fracture by their treatment heals.
And soon he moves to his hotel;
His wife rejoices when she gets
A whole Informing her he's well.
1557 CTPHEB MARK.
John Smith, the notion dealer, chose the
name of a certain nocturnal bird to Indicate
the cost price of tho various articles In his
store. For example:
Cost Prices.
Ss
. Each. Ferdoz.
Lead pencils T TG
Envelope open era U CG
Pocket knives A A ACS
Hatch safe - K E8
Pocket books OR AAE
Cigar cases OU s- OKp
AOGG
What is the name of. Mr. Smith's favorite
"night hawkT" B. E. A. Dnto.
1558 TRANSPOSITIOS.
To sit up one, and hear a tost
Of hobgoblins and ghosts
Will prove the one of courage vast
Not always he who boasts.
For when he creeps away to bed,
After tho eerie lasts,
Brave Is the person, be It said.
Who backward glance ne'er casts.
BrrxiBSwirr.
1559 DECAPITATIOir.
L Walkedwith gigantio steps Indeed.
8. Walked with such steps as he might need;
8. Walked not but mounted on a steed.
4. Had many feet but none for speed.
5. Before French names we often read,
6. In sweetest flower and vilest weed.
M.C.S.
1660 HALP SQUABE.
1. A bad custom, 2. Disgust S. Covered
.with wax. . A plaintiff in a bill in chan
cery. 8. To impede. 6. A pinafore. 7. A tray
for carrying mortar, s. Hair an em.
9. In
Pittsburg.
EUOE2TE.
1561 KIDDLE.
We are a rather hardened set,
And dwell within a cave;
And all the booty that we get
We droptnto a grave.
"Wo are a firm, united band.
And labor out of sight;
And whatsoever we demand
We hold imprisoned tight
We sometimes labor in a mill,
All armed with glittering steel;
And, though w e cut and slash at will,
Wo ride upon a wheel.
We're sometimesusedto capture game
In silent paths unseen;
But woe to him who balks our aim,
Or comes our ranks between.
inn.
1562 NUMERICAL.
Who has not heard of Sirs. Jarley'i 4,
2, 3, 1, 5, 6, 7, 8? A store
Of most illustrious and renowned complete,
Much, it Is safe to say, cannot be beat
Botes Sweet.
1563 BEVEBSAL.
" Thlsrrt is fit drink for a king I"
DeBray exclaimed. "No such thing!
It Is not last at all," said Fitzurse;
"Indeed it is Just the reverse."
JL C. 8.
1564 btxgs -wrrmx a buto.
A word that w ell describes a ring
Contains within its bounding lines
Part of a ring, however small,
As common use the word defines.
It also holds, 'mong other things.
What wo may call successive rings.
Ethvl.
ANSWERS.
15U A re-bus.
15 1. Wind-mill. 3. See-saw. 8. Kite.
1546 Hone-y.
1547 Toque,, quote; sleeve, levies; cape,
pace; laces, scale; robe, bore; hose, shoe;
shawl, shaw, wash.
154S Grievance.
1M9-Be(e) set .
1550 Lad, ad; ape, peal, leap, pal.
1551 Dire, Ire.
1553 Genealogies.
1553 limes, items, smite, mites , ei4t
HOLTKE'S LONG UTS.
The Held Marshal's Answer to Questions
Regarding His Habits.
Very characteristic of the late Field Mar
sha v6n Moltke are the following data of
his lffe, written by himself, which are now
of particular interest The Austrian Asso
ciation for the Promotion of Popular Knowl
edge, addressed a number of interrogatories
last year to all European celebrities of great
age, which were to explain the circum
stances and conditions under which an ex
ceptionally long life might be attained. The
answers received were collected in a book
and published.
Field Marshal von Moltke answered the
questions submitted to him in his peculiarly
terse and drastic manner, as follows:
First In -which year of your life, and on
which date, did you begin to learn, and for
how many hours a day? 1808, in my eighth
year, with four; after 1810, with ten hours va
day.
Second Was your health in your youth
delicate or robust? Tough nature.
Third Did you grow up in the country
or in town? TJp to my tenth year in the
country.
Fourth How many hours did you spend
in the open air? Eegularly? Irregularly,
and but few hours.
Fifth Did you cultivate hardening
games and other exercises? Not methodi
cally. Sixth How many hours did you sleep in
childhood? Ten hours.
Seventh Special remarks: Joyless youth,
scanty nourishment, absence from the pa
ternal home.
Eighth Where did you complete your
studies in town or in the country? In
town.
if inth How many hours do you devote
to mental work? Very different
Tenth Do you attribute to any particu
lar habit of your life a favorable influence
upon your health? Moderation in all
habits of life. In all weathers exercise in
the open air. 2fo day altogether at home.
Eleventh How long did you sleep at a
mature age? From eight to nine hours on
an average.
Twelfth What alterations have you made
at an advanced age in your mode of life?
None.
Thirteenth Howlong did you work daily
in your 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th years? Quite
as circumstances required it; often,' there
fore, very long.
Fourteenth What were your recreations?
.Biding on horseback up to my 86th year.
Fifteenth How many hours do you spend
in the open air? Now, in summer, on my
estate, naif the day.
Sixteenth How long do you sleep at
present? Always eight hours stilL
Seventeenth What are your habits with
regard to eating, etc.? I eat very little, and
take concentrated food.
Eighteenth To what circumstances do
you particularly attribute your stalwart old
age (whicn lioa may long preserve!; to
God's grace and temperate habits.
ITEEB FB0M THE EAMLE.
A Fortune Awaits the SlanTFho Invents a
Machine for Getting It Out
The Department of Agriculture has just
received from the United States Consul at
Hankow samples of the six varieties of
ramie grown in China, and is going to
experiment with them. It is a great
jity that no means have thus far been
found tor obtaining this wonderful fiber
economically. The plant is one of the most
prolific in the world, and will yield from
three to fiTe crops a year without replant
ing. Accordingly, there is no limit to the
available supply. But to reduce the raw
material to the marketable product is the
difficulty. For 60 year past machine after
machine has been devised for the purpose,
but none of them have been able to do the
work cheaply enough.
Nowhere save ih China and Japan is ramie
grown at a profit on this account In those
countries laDor is so very cheap that the
fiber is turned out by hand. It forms the
inner bark 6f the stalks, and the people
scrape the outer bark ofF with bamboo
knives and then strip the inner coat from
the stalks in ribbons, which are
boiled "in lye-water, and finally
dried upon the roofs of the houses. Among
the commercial articles made from ramie are
most beautiful cloths for dresses, carpets,
upholstery stuff, white goods, laces and
drapery. There is a fortune waiting for the
man who will produce a contrivance by
which the fiber can be obtained at a small
enough rate to render it possible to sell it at
a profit
Why a Mule Lasts So "WelL
The chief reason why a mule can nearly
always wear out a horse when it comes to a
trial of endurance is that the former always
lies down to sleep, and the. latter, in a large
number of cases, sleeps standing up. The
liabit seems to come to horses which have
been hurt, especially when in the stable,
and they cannot be broken of it
Portmanteaus.. . O xfTTJ
THE PITT3BTJBG- DISPATOH.i
A THEATER AT HOME.
Mrs. Sherwood's Useful Hints
Ambitious Amateur Actors.
for
HOW TO 1LAKB A PAEIOE STAGE.
Mystery of the Curtain, the Bed Fire and
light Fit for Ghosts.
PUTS TEAT CAN BEST BE UTILIZED
rwnrrnui fob the dispatch.
A poor thing, my masters, not the real
thing at all, a base imitation, bnt still a good
enough mock-orange, if you cannot have the
real thlng.-OW Ptay.
Some of our opulent citizens in the West,
particularly in that wondrous city Chicago,
which is nearer to Aladdin's Lamp than,
anything else I have seen, have built pri
vate theaters in their palaces. This is tak
ing time by the forelock, and arranging for
a whole family of coming historionic geni
uses. But when the whole arrangement
be improvised (and indeed, it is greater
fame to play in a barn than on the best
stage) the following hints may prove sea
viceable: Wherever the amateur actor elects to
play he must consider the extraneous space
behind the acting arena necessary for his
theatricalproperties. In an ordinary house,
the back parlor, with two doors opening
into the dining room, makes an ideal theater,
for the exits can be masked and the space is
especiaUy useful One door opening into
another room is absolutely necessary, if no
better arrangement can be made. The best
Btage, of course, is like that of a theater,
raised with areas all about it, for the players
to retire into and issue from. However,
drawing up the big sofa in front of the foot
light and arranging a pair of screens and a
curtain will do, if nothing else can be done.
Avoid Change qf Scenery.
It is hardly necessary to say that all these
arrangements for a play depend on the re
quirements of the play and its legitimate
business, which may demand a table, a bu
reau, a piano or a bed. The very funny
piece, "Box and Cox," needs nothing but a
bed, a table and a fireplace. And here we
would say to the youthful actor: Select
your play at first with a view to its requir
ing little change of scene and not much fur
niture. A young actor needs space. He is
embarrassed by too many chairs and tables.
Then choose a play which has so much
varied incidtnt that it will play itself.
The first thing is to build the stage. Any
carpenter will lay a few stout boards on end
pieces, which are simply squared joints,
and for very little money will take away
the boards and joists afterward, so a per
manent stage can he built for a few dollars.
Sometimes ingenious boys build their own
stage with a lew boxes, but this is apt to be
dangerous. Very few families are without
an old carpet, which will serve for a stage
covering, and if this is lacking green baize
is very cheap. A whole stage fitting, cur
tains and all, can be made ot green baize.
Footlights can be made of tin with bits of
candle put in, or a row of old bottles of
equal height, with candles stuck in the
mouth make a most admirable cheap set of
footlights.
How to Slake the Curtain.
The curtain is always a trouble, especially
in a parlor. A light wooden frame should
be made by the carpenter, firm at the joints
and as high as the room allows. Joined to
the stage at the foot, this frame forms three
sides ot a square. And the curtain must be
firmly nailed to the top piece. A stiff wire
should be run along the lof er edge of the
curtain, and a number of rings be attached
to the hack of it, in squares, three rows of
four rings each extending from top to bot
tom. Three cords are now fastened to the,
wire, and, passing through the rings, are'
run over three puilfiys on ihe upper piece of
the frame. It is well for all youngmanJ
agers of garret theaters to get up one of
these curtains, even with the help of an
upholsterer, as the other draw curtain never
works so securely, and often hurts the de
nouement of the play. In case of the drop
curtains above described, one person holds
all the strings, and it pulls together.
Now for the stage properties. They are
easily made. A boy who can paint a little
will indicate a scene -nith black paint on a
white ground, and tinsel paper, red flannel
and old finery will supply the fancy dresses.
A stage manager who is a natural bcrn
leader is indispensable.
College Boys Spare no Fains.
Young men at college get up the best of
all amateur plays, because they are realistic
and stop at nothing to make strong out
lines find deep shadows. They, too, buy
many properties like wigs, dresses, and to
the make-up of the character give study
and observation. If they need a comic
face, they have an artist from the theater
come and put it on with a camel's hair pen
cil. An old man's face, or a brigand s, is
only a bit of water color. A pretty girl can
be made out of a heavy young man by
rouge, chalk and a blonde wig. For a
drunkard or a villain a few purple spots are
painted on chip, cheek, forehead and nose,
judiciously.
Young girls are apt in essaying private
theatricals to sacrifice too much to pretti
ness. This is a fatal mistake. One must
even sacrifice native bloom if the part re
quires it, and put on unneeded rouge, if
necessary. As amusement is the object,
the plays had better be comedy than trag
edy; and no such delicate wordy duels as
the "Scrap of Paper" should be attempted,
as that requires the highest skill ot two
great actors. After reading the part and
committing the lines to memory the young
actors must submit to many and long re
hearsals. After much study and rehearsals
they must not be discouraged if they grow
worse instead of better. However, perse
verance conquers all things, and finally they
get to the dress rehearsal. This is gener
ally a disappointment, ana time should be
allowed for two dress rehearsals. This is a
most excellent and advantaheous discour
agement if it leads the actors to more
study.
The Bane of Private Theatricals.
The stage manager has a difficult role to
play, for he may discover that his people
must change parts. This always leads to a
wounded self-love and the tempers get ex
cited. However, if everyone will bear in
mind that he is only a part of a perfect
whole and be willing to sacrifice himself, he
can do this and more.
If the amateur stage ceases to amuse and
the play is given up it can be utilized lor
good tableaux vivants, which are always
pretty and may be made very artistic. The
principle ot a picture, the pyramidal form,
should be closely observed in a tableau.
There should be a square of black tarletan
or gauze nailed before the picture, between
the players and the footlights. The drop
curtain must be outside ot this and go up
and down very carefully at a concerted sig
nal. Although the pure white light of candles and
kerosene or lime light is the best for such pict
ures, very pretty effects can be easily intro
duced by the introduction of colored lights,
such as can be produced by the use of nitrate
of strontia, chlorate of potash, sulphuret of
antimony, sulphur, oxyinuriate ot potassa,
metallic arsenic and pulverized charcoal.
Muriate of ammonia makes a bluish green
fire, and many colors can be obtained by a
little study ot chemistry.
How to Blako Bed Fire.
To make a red fire: Five ounces nitrate
of strontia, dry, and one and a half
ounces finely powdered sulphur; take
five drachms chlorate of potash and
four drachms sulphuret of antimony.
Powder these separately in a mortar,
then mix them on paper, having mixed the
other ingredients previously powdered, add
these last and rub the whole together on
paper. To use, mix a little spirits of wine
with the powder and burn in a flat ironplate
or pan. The effect is excellent on the
picture.
Sulnhate of cornier. wMen dissolved in
water; will give a beautiful blue. The com-
I
StJNBAY, MAY 1W1
mon red cabbage gives three colors. .Slice
the cabbage and pour boiling water on it
When cold, add a small quantity of alum,
and you have purple. Potash dissolved in
the water will give a brilliant green. A
few drops of muriatic acid will turn the
cabbage water into crimson. These put in
globes with a candle behind will throw the
light on the picture. ,
Again, if a ghastly look be required and
a ghost scepe be in order, mix common salt
with spirits of wine in a metal cnrj,and set
it upon a wire frame over a spirit lamp.
When the cup becomes heated, and the
spirits of wine ignites, the other lightB in
the room should be extinguished, and. that
of the spirit lamp hidden from the observer.
The result will become like the witches in
"Macbeth:" "That lboknot like the inhabi
tants of the earth, but yet are of it."
Plays That Flay Themselves.
To return for a moment to the first use of
the stage, the play. It is a curious thing to
see the plays which amateurs do well. The
"Eivals" Is one these, and so is "Every
body's Friend." "The Follies of a Night"
plays itself, and "The Happy Bair" goes
very well. "A Eegular Fix" one of
Southern's plavs, the "Liar" in which poor
Lester Wallack played, and "Woodcocks
Little Game" are all excellent
Cheap and unsophisticated theatricals
such as schoolboys and girls can get up in
the garret or the basement are those wnich
give the most pleasure. But so strong is the
underlying love of drama that youth and
maid will attempt hard and sometimes dis
couraging work even in cities where the pro
fessional work is so very much better. The
private amateur player should study to be
accurate as to costume. No pink satin
Marie Antoinette slippers with a Greek
dress. Classic sandals are easily made.
It is an admirable practice to get up a
Dlav in French. It helns so to conquer the
delicatesse of the language. The French
repertoire is very rich in very easily acted
plays, which any French teacher can recom
mend. Imitation negro minstrels are funny
and apt to be better than the original. A
funny man, a mimic, one who can talk in
various dialects, is a precious boon to the
amateur. Many of Dion Boucicault's Irish
characters can be admirably imitated.
Uses of the Art Divine.
But in this connection, why not call in the
transcendent attraction of music? Now
that we have lady orchestras, why not have
them on the stage, or have them play occa
sional music between the acts, or while the
tableaux are on? It adds a ereat charm.
The family circle, where the brothers have
learned the key bugle and cornet, trombone
and violoncello, and the sisters the piano
and harp, is to be envied. What a blessing
in the family is the r"an who can sing comic
songs, and who does not sing them too
often.
A small operetta is often very nicely done
by amateurs. Would that Sir Arthur would
write another "Pinafore," but alasl there
was never bnt one.
Tableaux vivants are a very favorite
amusement. 4They arc easily gotten up at
the end of a long parlor, requiring nothing
but a movable stage, raised three or four
feet from the floor, with curtains of green
baize for a background and a draw curtain
to go up and -down. A row of common
lamps is placed in front for footlights, and
the lights can be thrown from behind. As
to dresses it is the easiest thing possible to
invent them from the cheapest cretonne or
the most cottony of velvets. The house
hold will furnish discarded curtains, aud
odd old dresses which a clever girl will in
stantly .find a use for. Thegetting up of the
tableaux will occupy a rainy week to great
advantage.
A Clever Woman Necessary.
Private theatricals will call for more
brain, but there is nothing so remunerative
if well done. A clever woman to manage
them is all that is required at the start.
Some one who will select the heavy father,
the light and gay hero, the stately heroine,
the singing chambermaid, the delightful
soubrette ot the French stage, the humorist,
the Irish or Yorkshire or Yankee character
as desired. Some people are- born with a
dramatic instinct; it is a great boon. Others
have it not. These last must be reserved
for the tableaux.
L, Activate theater is a great addition toa
narge country houseand it can be doneso
cheaply ana wen by a modern architect,
used as a ball-room on off evenings, and
perhaps a library, a dining room or any
other gathering, that it is a wonder it has
not been thought of more frequently. And
nothing can be more improving to young
people than to study up a play. Observe
the faces of the Oberammergau peasants,
their intellectual and happy faces, "in
formed with thought," and contrast them
with the faces of the German aud Bavarian
Seasants about them. Their old pastor,
eisenberg, by training them in poetry and
declamation, by founding his well written
play on their old tradition, by giving them
this highly improving recreation for their
otherwise starved lives, made another set of
human beings of them. They have a motive
in life besides the mere gathering in of a
livelihood.
A Center of Ecal Culture.
So it would be in, any country neighbor
hood, howev6r rustic and remote, it some
bright woman would assemble tne young
people at her country house and train them
to read and recite, lilting their young souls
above vulgar gossip, and helping them to
understand the older dramatists, and even
attempt Shakespeare.
Funny plays might ba thrown in to en
liven the scene, but there should be a good
deal of earnest work inculcated as well.
Music, that most divine of all the arts,
should be assiduously cultivated. All the
Oberammergau schoolmasters must he musi
cians, and all the peasants learn' how to
sing. What a good thing it would be if our
district schoolteachers would learn how to
teach their scholars a songl
When the art of entertaining has reached
its apotheosis, we feel certain that we con
have this influence emanating from every
opulent country house, and that there will
be no more complaint of dullness.
M. E. W. Shebwood.
VON MOLTKE'S LAST BTJBBEB.
Be and His Partner Took All the Thirteen
Tricks at the Game of Whist
It is interesting to note that Count von
Moltke, who was always a great whist
player, should have had special luck in his
last rubber. His partner, who usually held
bad cards, was also more fortunate on that
fatal- Friday evening, while the "Field
Marshal himself was in high spirits. "Nun
haben wir siel" "Now we have them!" he
said, smilingly, as he played his last hand;
and, indeed, he won the rubber by scoring
what is called grand-schlem that is, he
and his partner took aU the 13 tricks.
It is true that he complained a little
during the course of the game, of asthmatic
uneasiness; hut as he was subject periodically
to tliis complaint in later years he neither
Said mnchattention to it himself nor were
is relations influenced by any apprehension
of sickness ordanger. He spoke of pains in
the region of the stomach, which he at
tributed jokingly to having taken too much
cake with his tea.
JUST ENGAGED.
"You are so lato, dear sonl, so late!"
She murmured, nostlinjr to his breast
"So late, deart Xo, 'tis jcnrcoly eight;
So late, my darlingt Why, yon jest"
"Xo, no, dear soul," insisted she,
"It's very late indeed, for you."
"What! Eight o'clock is lato for me?
What gives your cheeks that scarlet hue?"
"Tour -w ickedncss, you monster there!
You're late about on hour to-night"
"An hour, dear soulT Well, I declare!
Would dinner then be o er quite?"'
"Indeed it would. At half-past six
We from the dinner table riso,
So, henceforth, darling, no more tucks.
Lest you would waken dreary sighs."
"Why, certninly, dear soul: but why
Should I at seven come?" "Dear me!
You are so stupid. I shall cry.
It's heaven when you come, yoa see."
"And If it'i heaven, by my soul,
It's seven by the clock an well."
"Ah! then,, dear soul, at love's fond goal,
At finvfiii. lnvn'a murmurs I shall Que 11."
Eai I Marble in Drake's Magazine.
A EICH MS MONET.
light On the Question of "What Is the
Best Use to Put It To.
ISAIAH'S OPINION ABOUT IT.
There Will Be No Trouble When Men Are
Talued More Tljan Gold.
ME. CARNEGIE'S GOSPEL OP "WEALTH
CWEITTEH FOB THE DISPATCH.
Here is ihe text of the sermon. It is
written in the thirteenth chapter of the
Book of Isaiah, in the twelfth verse: "I
will make a man more precious than fine
gold, even a man than the golden wedge of
Ophir."
That is written in the pages of Isaiah's
book, but Isaiah never said it The scholars
who translated that chapter in the year 1611
though that that was what Isaiah said. But
the scholars who translated it over again in
the year 1884 say that what Isaiah really
wrote was this: "I will make a man more
rare than fine gold."
The preacher was promising a day of
trouble for great Babylon. "Behold," he
cried, "the day of the Lord cometh, cruel
both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay
the land desolate." And then he came to
the very abyss and extremity of their desa
lation. Bad enough to have the land shorn
of its harvests, and all the standing grain
trampled under the feet of war horses: bad
enough to have the consuming fire lay hold
upon their houses; bad enough to see pride
turned into shame, and wealth into poverty,
and power into captivity. All that was bad
enough. But thus far hope was left, for men
were left. "Leave "us men and we may
live. Leave us men, -and you may do your
worst; the day will pass and to-morrow we
will repair the damages, and begin over
again, and get our revenge upon you
yet." But there shall be no men. The
widows and the fatherless children shall
search about the ruined streets, and a man
shall be as rare a sight as a purse of gold.
"I will make a man more rare than fine
gold, even a man than the golden wedge of
iphir." That was what Isaiah said. '
Men Shall Zovo Their Brothers.
"I wiU make a man more precious than
fine gold." I will so bring it about in the
hearts of men that a man shall be of more
value than a bar of gold. I wiU make men
love their brother men more than they love
their money. Isaiah never said that; but
God said it, and says it still. .This is a sen
tence out of the Word of God. Isaiah said
a great many things in his day, and is dead.
But God is not dead. And God says this
to-day. In the Bible, or out of the Bible,
this is the voice of God. This word is true
with aU the truth of God Almighty.
On one side, a man; on the other side, a
bar of gold. On one side, a man; on the
other side, a herd of swine. That, you re
member, was at Gadara, beyond the Lake
of Galilee. Christ had healed a poor man
there who had. a whole legion of devils in
possession of him, and, somehow, that heal
ing hgd involved the loss of a large herd of
swine. Down they had rushed over a steep
place into the sea, and that was the end of the
swine but it was the beginning of the man.
And then the owners-came. And when they
came thev altogether overlooked the man.
Thev paid noj heed to this, their brother,
clothed and in his proper mind made all
over new. Their eyes were asearch for
swine. They had lost 2,000 head of swine!
And they requested Jesus to depart out of
their coasts as speedily as possible.
I-will make a man more precious than a
herd of swine, or than a purse of gold, or
than the golden wedge of Ophir. There is
no question as to Christ's comparative valu
ation of a man and money; Men were not
for money, in His estimation, bnt money
for men.
Tho Kecent Discussion of Money.
There is an interesting discussion going
on just now as to the best uses of money
Mr. Carnegie began it; Mr. Gladstone and
Cardinal Manning and Cardinal Gibbons have
contributed to it; Mr. Phelps and Bishop
Potter are the latest speakers. How to per
suade rich men to spend money in the right
way, and what precisely is the right way at"
spending money, are the main points under
consideration.
Don't you see how the text touches the
heart of that whole matter? saying to -the
rich "Tana, Your brother is more precious
than your bank account Isn't it plain that
if a man once gets that well into nis heart
there need be no further fear about that
man? Henceforth his supreme interest is
in the men about him. Perhaps he has a
great army of them in his mill, or a regi
ment of them in his store, or a company of
them in his office. He wants to help those
men. He will spend his money. There is
no need to persuade a man to spend money
for that which interests him. And he will
spend his money well A man who is inter
ested is gping to advance his interests. You
may trust him for that This man can't
help spending his money. Spend it? Why,
he will spend it just as he eats 'his dinner.
The purpose of a dinner is to he eaten, and
the purpose of money is to be spent He
will spend his money, and spend it in the
right way.
The text sets ihe emphasis not on the
money, but on men. And that is Christian
ity, That is what the Master taught
The Good hut Itich Young Man.
Eemember how there came to Him that
rich young man, that good young man.
Good? He was an example for church mem
bers. All the commandments had he kept
from his youth up. An estimable young
man, always at church, always well-conducted.
What lacked he yet? At once
Christ tested him. What did he think of
money and of men? On the one side money,
on the other side men. Come now, which
do you care for most, in which are you
really interested most? Take your money
and go spend it in helping men. But you
know that the young man did not do that
He made the great refusal. He went home
and added up his bank account His fine
gold was more precious than a man.
What we all nee;l, whether we have great
possessions or small possessions, is to be in
terested in men. The part of .a Christian
man or a Christian woman in this town and
in this month of May, 1891, is to set about
making: somebody's life better. I believe
that preaching does some good. Somebody
has compared it to dashing a'lot of water
over a collection of narrow-necked vessels
a drop or two gets in. But I know tliat the
most good is done when the preacher goes
down out of the pulpit and talks quietly
and privately and personally to one man or
one woman. I believe, too, that some good
is done by the general distribution of char
ity, by putting money in church alms ba
sins, and writniff figures in subscription
lisfs. But I know the best good is got at
wnen one neips one; wueu u maa goes to nis
neighbor and gets acquainted with him, and
becomes his personal friend, and sympa
thizes with him, and uplifts him. You
won't have to go far to find somebody who
is worse oft' than you aie. Take that some
body up. Interest yourself in that unhappy
life. Perhaps it will take money; perhaps
it will take time; perhaps it will take your
self. Give yourself, anyhow, and as much
else as you need to.
Brotherly and Sisterly Interest
But above all be genuinely interested,
what men and women want is honest inter,
est, real human, brotherly and sisterly in
tciest. Thev look into your eyes as you
take their hand, and they readthere whether
witli you a n'en is more precious than fine
gold, or not
There is no need to bring torward proof to
convince people that the man who lias the
strongest hand to-day to reach out and pull
up those who are down is a man who owns a
million dollars. There is no end to what
that man can do. At the same time ij is
evident to everybody, upon the simple
statement of the fact, that the man who has
actually done tho most .for men. the
supreme benefrcjor, and the pre
former, and the most availing npUfter of all
history was really one of the poorest men
that" ever lived, and had not where to lay
his head. He came out of' a carpenters
shop, and hadn't an extra dollar in his
pocket, all his life long. You don't need to
begich to be a helper. You only need to be
interested with all your heart. But if you
do have money oh what miracles you can
do with it!
One of the most helpful people I know in
Pittsburg lives in a back street, in an un
pleasant neighborhood, in a small house.
Everybody in that neighborhood knows her,
and she knows them and their children.
They go to her with their troubles and she
gives them her sympathy. As for money,
she would give that too. if she had anyto
give. She gives herself. The whole street
is better because she lives on it But ifjshe
had the means which you have, what would
she do, I wonder? Would she fall before
the temptation of a comfortable life? Would
she get, perhaps, to thinking that because
she had plenty of butter on her bread, so
had everybody else 7 And because she was
contented, all the mutterings of discon
tented people were but needless grum
blings? Human Interest Most Needed.
It isn't your money that we want so much
as your interest We want your own per
sonal, hand-to- hand and heart-to-heart en
deavor. Don't you remember in the old
story how Elisha sent his servant with his
staff to bring back life to the dead, and the
servant and the staff were no good at all; the
dead stayed dead? And then he came him
self, and the still heart began to beat We
want you to come yourselt Don't send
your servant; don't send anything. Come
yourself.
"Who gave himself?" That is the secret
of the power of Jesus Christ over the
hearts of men to-day. He went about tak
ing men by the hand and lifting them up.
Jesus Christ was more interested in men
than He was in anything else on earth or in
heaven. He cared not for reputation,
cared not for the comforts of a sheltered
life, cared not for money, cared not for
Himself; but He did care for men. And
He loved us, and gave Himself for us.
The best use that can be made of money is
to use it for the uplifting of men. If ex
travagant dinners will uplift men, give ex
travagant dinners. If elaborate dresses
wiU really help anybody, order elaborate
dresses. Mr. Phelps says .that rich men are
helping poor men when they give them em
ployment manufacturing luxuries. We
must be somewhat- suspicious, however, of
this pleasant way of helping other people
by helping ourselves. But money is for
men; that is the whole sermon in a
sentence. Money is for men; not
men for money. Any use of money
which makes better men is a good
use. The Christian capitalist is not so much
interested in getting all he can out of his
men as he is in getting all he can into them.
Fine gold is precious because we can make
use of it in the upbuilding of a man.
Geoege Hodges.
OB0VEB AS A G0HMAKB1ZEB.
Cleveland'! Gastronomic Feats "While a
Eeaident ofBuffiUo.
I wonder if Grover Cleveland eats as
much beefsteak and onions as he used to
when he was a lawyer in the Weed block at
Buffalo, exclaims a contributor to the St
Louis Chronicle. Many's the time I've seen
him with his feet under the table at Beef
steak and Onions John's, on Swan and
Michigan, a big brown beefsteak smothered
in onions in front of him and a stein of beer
at his right and John Myer, the god of the
place, in front of him rubbing his hands and
asking how he found the steak and the stein,
and tne world in general.
Grover was a fine old gormandizer in
Buffalo. So was Bissel, his partner. A
pretty pair they made. Bachelors they
were then, and living was to them an art
worth serious attention. Millard Filmore,
Jr., son of the ex-President, was occasion
ally at their board at the French restau
rant, on Main street And a happy trio it
was. Not one that tipped the scales under
200. Not one who wore less than a 17 collar.
But they enjoy a square meal in those
round stomachs of theirs. They lived to
eat and drink. Filmore ate himself into ap
oplexy and died. But Grover and Bissel
both fell in love and that saved them for a
time. They are old married men now, but
I'll bet they have both got baek their appe
tites for beefsteak and onions.
A SACBED BABY AT THE ZOO.
Xnla is the Name Given to a Vet Uttla
Zebu in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Becora.
A sacred baby was bom at the Zoo yes
terday morning. It is a cute little zebu,
and has beeh christened "Lula" by Head
keeper Byrne, in honor of a little tot of a
girl, Lula Boldt, daughter of Manager
Boldt, who is a frequent visitor at the Zoo.
"Baby Lula's" parents came from India,
where zebus are regarded as sacred cattle.
They are characterized by their Bmall size,
long drooping ears, a large hump on the
shoulders like The American bison and
thick shaggy hair. To-morrow afternoon
the newcomer will be given a formal wel
come by a party of little girls.
The large number of babies of various de
scriptions that are now gamboling about in
different quarters of the Zoo has set Keeper
Byrne to thinking of founding a kinder
garten school for them.
Young animals, like little children, need
exercise and sunshine. Hence the five
baby lions, the baby buffalo and the other
interesting infants dare not be kept housed
too constantly.
'IECTUBE ON DYSPEPSIA.
THE BANE OP JIODEKK CIYXLIZATlOH.
4, Insidious Enemy to Mankind Varieties
plalncd Cures Discussed.
ST HE. S. B. JUBTXA2T.
Dyijvfrsia is a term that is used to cover
all chronic diseases of the digestive system
which produce either painful, irregular or
imperfect digestion of the food. While each
case presents a slightly diiferent history
and combination of symptoms, yet the cause
of dyspepsia can be traced to three sources.
Pirst, chronic gastritis (gastric dyspepsia;
second, weakness of the stomach (atonic
dyspepsia); third, sluggishness of the liver,
pancreas and glands ot the bowels (reflex
dyspepsia). 'Gastrie dyspepsia is due to
chronic inflammation of the stomach, and
sometimes the duodenum.
For this condition I find-Pc-ru-na to be an
admirable remedy. In all cases it bring3
prompt relief to the painful symptoms, and
m a large per cent, of the cases it makes a
permanent cure.
In the chronic variety of dyspepsia there
U not usually much pain, but a feeling of
great weight, and sometimes faintness, after
each meal, followed by sour erections -of
gas.
I believe Pe-ru-na to be well-nigh in
vincible in tnese cases, in my large prac
tice and correspondence I have yet- to learn
of a single case of atonic dyspepsia which
has not either been greatly benefited oi
cured by Pe-ru-na.
1'eflcx dyspepsia is due to derangements
of organs intimately connected with diges
tion cither the liver, pancreas or bowels.
After many years of experience and study
of the various liver medicines and laxations,
I fortunately hit upon the compound named
Mau-a-lin. It-restores the regular action of
the liver and bowels, and gradually removes
permanently every trace of the dyspeptic
symptoms. Taken in doses suited to the
severity of each particular case, it produces
a healtny action of the bowels, without any
physicing effect whatever, and it will rarely,
if ever, tail to cure the worst case.
In conclusion, it oiteu happens that two
or even three of the varieties of dyspepsia
above described aftect a person at one time;
in which case Pc-ru-naand Man-a-lin should
be taken at the same time according to the
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For further particulars a to the treat
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T0BTU3IHO THE SKABXl.
Cruel Methods of Galveston Fishermen to
Get Bid of' Them.
St Lools Globe-Democrat
The numerous logs of wood one sees bob
bing in the Galveston bay are monuments,
so to speak, of the people's hatred for
sharks. The bay swarms with these fish at
certain seasons. They are about three feet
long. They spoil the fishing by eating or
frightening Jo death aU the small fish.
Every once in awhile the fishermen become
so exasperated that they go out in parties
to make war on the sharks. They catch all
they can, but, instead of killing themim-v
mediately, they bore a hole through the
upper fin of each shark, and with a piece of
rope tie the Trig fish to a log of wood heavy
enough to keeo him from going far under,
water. The shark is kept a prisoner uncs
death releases him and turns nis belly sky
ward. By thus torturing to death the unwelcome
visitors to the bay the fisherman hope, by
the force of the example, to drive other
sharks away. The Humane Society does not
interfere. It is a great sight to watch the
logs go tearing through the water. As
many as 60 of them are often seen at one
time in various stages of activity. Quite
frequently two logs will collide and then a
fight between the two tortured fish takes
place that proves a most exhilarating sight
When the shark dies he is cut loose.
C0NV0LTJTI0KS 07 THE BBAIH.
A Novel Dlostratlon ofaBecojnliedractln
Physiology.
The convolutions of the brain, not its
size,rare the'measure of intellectual power,
said Prof. Otis I. Mason, of Kew York, the
other day. Taking up a pencil and sheet of
paper he added: Here is a rough outline of
the Island of Manhattan as the white men
found it originally. You could not moor so
many vessels along its few miles of shore
line. Now, this is the outline of the island
as it is at present, all fringed with Ion;
wharves protecting outward into the rivers,
at which an unlimited number of ships can
find room for their accommodation.
In the original outline you see a figure
that may represent the brain that does little
thinking. But observe, when I run my
pencil point in and eut, in and out between
the wharves which man's ingenuity has de
vised and built, how I am tracing the con
volutions of his wonderful cerebral hemis
pheres. What commerce is to New York
the blood is to the brain, and the more com
plicated the convulsions the greater surface
for the vessels- through which the blood
travels and the more elaborate the intellect
ual resources.
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