THE PITTSBTJHG- DISPATCH, 'SUNDAY OCTOBER 11: 1801: 1 KING HARD TO GET, onmania's Crown Has Gone a Beg ging Heretofore and Is Yery Likely to Do So Again. lATUEAUZATIOI OF CHUTAHEIf. Glimpse of the Wonderland Which liea Xortb. of India and 'Which Is Snoirnas Pamir. ATITES OF LAXE TCHAD EJ AFRICA M&srUie Kin? cf Wnrtralrarjr and the Accident Which Ended a J. Dixon's Iifs. tWEU'IU rOB THB MSrATCH.l On the great plain to the south of Russia a fiae country, watered by Fplendid rivers and affording excel lent opportunity through its soil for the production of grains and fruits. It is also an almost un- sunassed region for the rsisinrr of fine r32a& 1 .i. (. -W f,f Th country is fa- 1 miliarly known as Prince yerdinaitd. ltouniania. It has ting Charles L a scion of the house of oheuzollcrn, who was elected to the posi iOn 23 years ago. The powers had gome ifScolty in getting him to serve after sev ral other princes had the refusal of the onor. Now the trouble begins again. 'or some reason or another no one nct the crown of Roumania. ell known, King Charles and his seems As is queen re childless. Thev had one child, born in C0 a little girl but she died four years iter. It was then settled by the Govem lent that in the event of the King remain ig childless, the crown should at his death j to his eldest brother, Prim Leopold. The latter seemed satisfied with the nor conferred upon him for a short time, ut suddenly renounced it in favor of his in, Trince Wilhelrn, the powers that be ltifying the arrangement in October, 1880. ("ilhelm amused himself with his toy until iree years ago, and then tiring handed it rer to his brother, Prince Ferdinand, a oung man of 26 years, who does not now xhibit the same signs of ennui displayed y his brother or father, but prefers to larry the woman of his choice to having crown, and therefore notifies the Rou aiiiaas of his determination to relinquish s claims if the sacrifice of his sweetheart, He. Vr.careco, is the price of his retain e them. There is still another brother ft who will be given "a whirl" at the onor, after whom the Roumanians will av to begin somewhere else. However, ' they run short of material over there we ave still a few nood ones left on this side ho would be willing, I think, to accept ne title, to say nothing of the modest ages connected therewith, which amount i nearly five time: that received by our 'resident in a year. The Ittgbta of the Chinese. Once before I have had occasion to refer 3 this column to Wong Chin Foo, the re aed and highly educated Chinamaa who dopted this country years ago and now re., ides in New York. "Well, "Wong Chia Poo a a grievance. It relates to th-i new nti-Chine.se bill, and its effect upon him nd his countrymen now in the United lates. In correspondence with an Eastern ewspaper he tells his story and tells it elL It remaias for intellfgent American i izeno to determine if under a literal ren ting of the Constitution of the United Ststes he is not right. He says: I have 3 nt Hcoveied that I am the only ndlvtdual In New Yort that hasno country. The verv thought of it knocks all the light nd hope out of a fellow. A man without a ocntrv, kicked out of China, disowned by h" United States, and all for what? What ind of a Ooverament is this, anyway, that as its allatra so mixed that even Its serv ntp rto not know how to net They would t.lUnclv and unhesitatingly take a "n 'Daman's cash when presented, m 1 irive him a guarantee pa w for his rirht-", and then their 'upertor officers proceed to confiscate those wpers and rtpprjve tho holders of the rights l.at h lenlly paid for. Tno authorities in i public crrt m the Statu of Michigan in lierar 174. jrranted me my naturalization ape' anil DUblie'y and solemnly declared jj tibea citizen of tho United States and o have the san-e ri-rhta as any other man ie-v. which conditions I havo been per Tittff" toCDjoy fo- IS years until yesterday, w r.rn I we suddenly deprived of tho privil-L-e above ro'-.-vifd to by the Federal au L' rius, said to come from Washington. f to the legalltv of mv naturalization 1 would ask this question: Has the Federal "iirt of the United fctates the right to make & law which would bo retroactive as in this -c, to strip me of my citizenship and fran--biT I wa-" naturalized in a court of com petent Jurisdiction. If I h-id no right to be opie ft citizen of the United States, then that court has enmm'ttted a misdemeanor or i felony in takmc my money or fee for such U1tral naturalization There is food for profound meditation in 'Ms. It is time that intelligent Americans 'hoild have a voice mthe definition of their National Constitution. Politicians have molded it to suit their own ends for years, n lone, 2nd so often, in fact, that more than the Chinese are asking n common sense translation of the article upon which this (joverament is founded. Tho Mysterious X-and of Pamir. There is probably no sum: before the public at present that is heard as often as. trat of Captain F. E. Tounghusband, the anng i.nglish trav eler, whose czperi :ace on the frontiers X Pamir, at the '.ands of the Russian Government, has set ruite a large part oi the world's popula-. uon to talking. Few men attain such fame at 24 years of age as that now enjoyed by this voung soldier. w Captain Younghnsbcmd. Three years ago he made a daring journey from Pekin to the Northern bordera of India tc-jomnanied bv no one but a servant. For t'ns feat he received a short time ago one of the two goid meda s awarded yearly by the Royal Geogranhical Society to the most dis tinguished of recent explorers. On this ci jKfl'tion the traveler passed over 7,000 m'les of territory iulcstedby wild and eemi fc"ile tribM of Mongols; through the Ii.'ert of Gobi and over the summit of the M.'nagh Pass, which had never before been t-o'iuen by man. From thc cable dispatches it is learned that Captain Younghusband is on the f-mitier of Pamir, but, the Russians have forl.idden him to enter that countrv. These pt-onle have an object in everything they do nd their act of lorbidding foreigners trom rntering to see wnat they are doing, is evi dence that they are engaged in important work, although a first glance one can hardly iniierstand what it can be. II anyone wants .ntormatiou concerning Pamir, he will have wnsiderable difficulty getting it Our best yrlopedias have but a lew lines, and they tre only seeping generalities. Chamber's ays it is a mountainous region of Central Asia, forming the nucleus of the Central 4sian highland system and thatlt is appro priately called Bam-dunya, "Roof of the A'orW." It is the place where the lofty angesofthe Himalaya, the Kuen-lun, the .lindu Kush and the Tian Shan meet, form ing a tremendous conclave of mountain witsmlsm apypii TOKW heights of some 30.000 square miles in area: but, few places being Wow 6,000 feet and many as high as 25,000 feet above sea level. That is the best information our usually re liable books of reference afford. Soma other source must then be sought out for the desired knowledge. It is limited. I know of but few, the most important of which is, I think, .a book entitled "Journey to the Source of the River Oxus," written by Captain John Wood of the Royal Indian Navy, who made a trip into Pamir 63 years ago, substantiating some of the seemingly absurd assertions of Marco Polo, but giving clearer information on points of more value, than those detailed by the ancient explorer. In the main, however, and particularly con cerning Pamir, "Wood agrees with Polo and this is what the latter says about it: In leaving Badashan you ride 12 days be tween east and northeast, ascending-a river that runs through a land containing a good many towns and villages and scattered hab itations. And when rou leave this country. and ride three days northeast, always among It Is said to he the highest place in the world! And when you have got to this height, you una a great lase Deiween two triages oi) mountains, and out of it a fine river running through a plain. The plain is called Pamler, and you ride across It south to north 12 days together, flndins nothing hut a desert wit h out habitations or any green thine;; so that travelers are obliged to carrv with them whatever they have need of. The region 1b so lofty and cold that you do not evenseo anv birds flying. And I must notice also that, because of this great cold, flre does not burn so brightly nor glvo out so much heat as usual, nor does it cook food so effect ually. It must be a wonderful country, for both travelers agree that there is nothing in the world to compare with the vast solitudes of I Silence reigned around silence so pro found that It oppressed the heart, and as I contemplated the hoary summits of tho everlasting mountains, where human foot had never trod, and where lay piled the snows of ages, my own dear country and all tho social blessings It contained nassed across my mind with a vividness of recolleo tlon that I had never felt before. It is all very well for men in crowded cities to be dissusted with the world and to talk of tho delights of solitude. Let them but pass one Si hours on the banks of the Slr-i-kol and it n ill do more to make them contented with their lot than a thousand arguments. One naturally asks what object Russia has for placing troops or fortifications in such a country. That can be best answered by tracing the country's history meager as it is in a limited space. As long as the time of Justinian, an embassy set out from Byzantium, bound for China, but when it reached the Colar mountains it became dis couraged, turned back, and for eight cen turies longer the land of tea and silk re mained unvUited by Europeans. But, long before that, according to Ptolemy the geog rapher, the caravans ot faerie used this val ley as a route to China. At that tima there was somewhere in this region a fort called the Stone Tower, which, from its position, controlled the entire passage of the mount ains. Geographers disagree as to its exact position, but it is supposed to have been in the defile leading down from Pamir. Know of tliis fact, the Russians are evidently de termined on taking advantage of it and will securely close the country against visitors, peaceful or warlike, for reasons politic. Death of Itopewalker Dixon. I read in a statistical work recently that few persons die of the disease or accident they fearmost. Rail road men, daily in as much danger almost as a soldier in the front rank of battle, have come to their ends from unex pected sources. The tame with mariners; the same with min ers, powder makers, etc ifothing would prove the truthful ness ot tue statistics better than the fate of S. J. Dixon, the S-J.lXxtm. Toronto rope-walker, xoronto rope-waiKer, arownea in wooa i Lake. Canada, Monday last. There was an I . .... . , , . . vt ,.. I drowned individual who had made himself famous the world over as the most daring in his business. On July 17 last not three months ago Dixon accomplished the remarkable feat of crossing the Whirlpool Rapids of Kiagara on a three-quarter inch cable, sus pended between 300 and 400 feet above it One can imagine the daring of the feet, when it is remembered that the crowd held him by force from recrostinc; their nerves being unequal to the strain of witnessing the act repeated. One would naturally expect that this man's death would come 60oner or later through an accident, while engaged in his perilous occupation. But, no, the courage ous fellow, alter all his triumphs, had to be Feized with an ignominous cramp while bathing and drown like a dog. More Than They Bargained For. About five weeks ago it was said that the English had been too dilatory in their ef forts to secure control of the region sur rounding Lake Tchad in Africa, and were likely to lose that much-coveted plum. French effort had been defeated so often by the opposition of the warlike natives that they had practically given up competition, leaving the field almost clear to the Germans, who by persistency had succeeded in advancing a strong force "so far ahead of the others that they had virtually the fight won. Xow it appears none of the countries mentioned have the slightest chance of lord ing over the Tchad region, and the coun try England that seemed to have least to Eay in the matter, was really nearest suc cess, had it been possible. The Royal Niger Company hadconimissioners quietly at work among the people in the vicinity of Tchad last year, while Germany and France were principally engaged in making a noise. The results of the British negotiations were not satisfactory, the commissioners narrowly escaping with their lives. They learned this much, however, that a population of Shu;ras and Mohammedans, numbering at least .6,000, 000, the most intelligent native tribes ot Atrica, surrounds Tchad. They are violently opposed to foreign interfer ence and will fight It will take at least 100,000 trained soldiers to overcome them. England will not try to do so. France or Germany may if they like, but it is not probable they wilL The Kingdom of "WnrtemburE. Persistence is always successful in its object, sooner or later. The King of "Wur temburg has been dying or the news paper correspondents conspiring to kill, him for the last two or three years. Either one or the other can now claim success, inasmuch as the aged monarch of the Black Forest has given up theghostat Xing of Wurtcmburg. last The death of Karl L will hardly affect the politics of Europe much. His career has been practically uneventful, with the exception of the years of 1S66 and 1870, when he fought Austria and Germanv respectively. The succeeding Prince "Will iam will -assume control ot a country noted lor the thrift, the industry and the wealth of its people. Its history is clear for 800 years, at the beginning of -which Conrad, Count of "Wurtemburg, possessed a castle and considerable territory in the ncighbor- noou oi v-aan5iaai. i'revious to that its chronicles are lost in the uncertain tradi tions of the Celts, Suevi. Aliemanni and ifranks. "Wilkie. Motors for Quick Tiring Guns. ' The application of the electric motor to' the working of the Gatling gun, whereby the gun is made automatic in its action, has given surprising results. With a current of 80 volts and about 30 amperes, the motor making 150 revolutions, 1,500 shots per min ute can be fired, which is far too rapid for ordinary purposes. A regulator is now ar ranged to diminish the rapidity of lire to any desired extent. A BIG BANK VAULT. How the Largest Ever Contemplated Is flow Being Constructed. LIKE THE TEMPLE OP SOLOMON The rieccs Are All Fitted So It Goes Together Without Noise. FACTS ABOUT THE BURGLAE'S ART tCORRESrOXDEITCE OP THE DISPATCH. New York, Oct. 10. Most people im agine that there is something mysterious about a burglar-p"roof safe. I confess I never look upon the internal arrangements of one of these "gigantio aggregations," as the circus poster has it, of chilled steel and bolts and time locks and beetle-browed bars, but what I feel an indistinct impression a sort of fleeting shadow of mysterious mid night visitors in black masks, of detectives "in plain clothes," of drills and jimmies and billies and handcuffs and newspaper articles with "scare heads." In some way there is associated quite pro miscuously in the mind the cracksman and his implements of trade along with the miser's gold and the combination of metal which human experience and ingenuity have devised and perfected to preserve the one from the clandestine clutch of the other. This love of gold that takes possession of the human breast can scarcely be more solemnly tynified than in this eternal hammering and bolting and welding together of iron and steel for its protection. LAEGEST VATLT EVER MADE. "With thoughts akin to these I stood in the glare of the furnaces, amid the clangor of iron plates, down deep in the bowels of the earth in the heart oi the city, witness ing the details ot how to keep money The noises that assail the ears at every step and drown the roar of the street are not more poetical than the sounds incidental to a boiler factory; but somehow the conscious ness of the wealth these same plates and bolts are being tempered fo hold forces that peculiar jumble of romanco and poetical sublimity. That one-inch slab of combined iron and steel, for instance, which is being turned to a right angle in a powerful press, is to be a part of the immense steel vault now in course of construction on- the next floor. This vault is for the great banking house of Drexel. Morgan & Co. It is to be 18 feet long by 10 broad and 15 high. The burglar who gets into this cage will want a week or two undisturbed labor and a wagon load of tools. I wanted to see this vault, which is the largest, strongest and most ex pensive ever constructed, as a matter of curiosity and in the possible event that I might want to get into it myself some day. It would greatly simplify matters to see how the thing was done. KOT MUCH 8ECBECT -AITER ALI Mr. Marvin, the President of the com pany, probably never thought' of that, for he politely turned me over to his superin tendent, who not only showed me through out the immense establishment, but per mitted me to jot down all the weak points in my notebook for future iise. This for ever destroys my former belief in a secret process, a hidden mystery or some hocus pocus about safe oonstruotion. The follow ing information may save burglars and other people who have things worth burgling a good deal of trouble. Formerly, a vault lor a bank was made of alternate sheets of iron and steel, one laid on top of the other to the required thick ness. The expert burglar could drill through the soft iron with ease and break the brittle steel with a' hammer. Now these plates are constrneted of chrome or carbon steel and iron welded a plate of steel, a plate of iron and a plate of steel, etc to J" " """ ?" r"" "v" ""' , V the uniform thickness of one Inch. This a 1 w4 tnnnl. tint -.!. 4n.AA.1 creates s hard, tough plate "when tempered that cannot be touched with a file. In con structing a bank vault such as this Drexel, Morgan & Co. affair, the entire vault is built here and afterward taken apart and set up where it belongs in the bank. HO"V7" IT 13 PUT TOGETHER. First, a detailed drawing is made, and from this drawing every plate can be or dered from the mill. These plates are yet soft, and in this condition are accurately trimmed under the powerful rotary shears and double-headed planers, heated to a white heat and bent to the necessary angles and rabbeted and punched and threaded for screw bolts. They must be laid in place be fore the latter process and carefully fitted, the rabbetted edijes closely joined and all Joints broken, both as to the particular layer and the ones beneath it. In vault architect ure the workman proceeds in exactly the re verse order pursued by the house builder. That is, he builds the roof first, and all work is done from the inside. The burglar is compelled by force of circumstances to work from the other direction at a carefully de signed disadvantage. On a thickness of one inch of steel and iron plating, laid in a bent framework and double comers of the same material forming the outer shell, are a succession of layers of lU-inch metal of the above description to the thickness of three or more inches. On top of this is a complete lining of half-inch solid steel. All of these layers are screw bolted onto the preceding one, with three-quarter-inch bolts countersunk. TE1IPEKEJO THE PIECES. Now, when the whole vault is thus com pleted the next step is to take it all apart, send every plate and screw down below, subject each piece to a white heat in the great furnace, and then dip it into the big vat of water. This is the tempering. "When it gets through this process it is found that plates have been warped and expanded by the heat The great steel house must there fore be rebuilt, and every piece refitted to place. The material has now become so tough and hard that nothing will touch it but the emery wheel. No machinery can trim it So the brawny workmen press the edges and ends againBt the whirring wheels, which cut the tempered steel into showers of flying fiery Bparks and take off the trifling increase. The vault ii thus slowly rebuilt as it will finally appear in the bank. "When it is fin ished the next step is to take it all down again. The pieces are transferred to the bank building, and there in its place of trust the structure is again and for the third time put together. DOOB OP THE BIO VAULT. In the meantime the construction of the massive door to this vault, a double, inner and outer door, with its 24 bolts of two- inchsteel, has been going on. There is a detail drawing of this door showing every piece and its relation to every ether piece. The frame is of steel, 3x2J inches, and the combination ot bolts and locks is about the same as that of the plate vaults of the United States Treasury; in Washington. The Sargent-Greenlcaf time lock, with its double combination and divided responsi bility, forns the key to the financial situa tion in this case. From '30 to 40 men are at work on this single vault, and it requires six months of their labor to finish it This independently of the mills that furnish the plates. There are similar, but smaller, vaults in course of construction and a little further advanced, on the next floor. "It is a race between the manufacturer and the burglar," said Mr. F. S. Pownall, the Vice President of the company, "and the manufacturer is always a good distance ahead. An ordinary burglar-proof safe is supposeu io ue prooi again&t mc operations of a burglar lrom Saturday afternoon to Monday morning. If it won t stand that it isn't a burglar-proof safe But OnE A BUEOLAE TIME ENOUGH, two or three days; or two or three weeks, without interruption, and he'll manage to ct into auy safe. So with that steel vault To burglars ever lived who could get into tliat vault in a week, unless they were per mitted to work openly and allowed plenty of necessary tools. But a vault must also present reasonable- defense against a mob. I The millions of dollars cash and .securities that will be stored in such a vault would be the first object of attack from a mob. But when a mob can hold possession of this city long enough to enable anybody to crack that Bteel vault the city" is gone there won't be anything else left worth having." Five hundred men. running lathes, and cutting steel and pounding plates of iron ond goading emery wheels to red-hot anger and guiding powerful planing machines and other machinery can make a great deal of noise. And this noise began loudest at the bottom and tapered off to cabinet workers and painters at the top of the building. One noor is set aside lor ure-prooi saies in siock, another for burglar-proof; other floors for the construction of each. Then there is the combined burglar and fire-proof. BURGLAR AND riRE-PBOOI". "A great many people confuse the one with the other," continued Mr. Pownall. "A fire-proof safe is nothing like a burglar proof. The former is nothing but a light cTinll IiVa iliio ' nA i fnftlr m in Ihf tin!- low castings that were being filled with a combination of asbestos, plaster of parisand alum. "The lighter this iron shell is made consistent with strength to hold together when it tumbles o the cellar of a burning building the better. It will keep shape and not retain the heat But a burglar's drill will sink right through that door, and a little powder and a fuse and all is over. Be fore the modern tongue and groove edgings and air cushions and when theoldtfashioned beveled edges prevailed even a drill wasn't' necessary. "Still, the fire-proof safe is not a burglar proof. Nearly all of "the safe burglaries you read about are cases of opening fire proof safes. A merely burglar-proof safe would not resist fire successfully. It takes a month to put the bolt work on a burglar proof and the Holt work on the fireproof can be done in less than a day. The best safes, of course, are the combination, burglar and fireproof, and these -are now generally used by small banks and other es tablishments where safety from burglars is just as important as safety from fires." A NOVELTY FOB THE HOTELS. One of the novelties I noted is a sort of combination hotel office 6afe and depository. It is about two feet deep and as hitrh as a wardrobe. The greater portion of the in terior is divided into small iron compart ments, the same as in the vaults of a safe deposit company's vauU, and the idea is to permit a guest to hold the key to his own strong box. Instead of passing over his money and diamonds to the hotel clerk to be chucked into a safe that stands open half the time, the guest gets if private box and a key. To this lock the clerk holds what is called the "master key" with which the lock is set so the holder of the other key can open it. The clerk can't open the box at all, nor can the guest, except with the assistance of the master key. This safe and miniature deposit company arrangement is constructed for the new Hol land House on Fifth avenue. There are tiers of the regular vault boxes of highly pol ished steel on one floor enough for a city postoffice being finished for various trust companies. You can get a box in one of these outfits just about big enough to hold a couple of deeds and a marriage certificate without any coupons on it, or big enough to hold a set of books. There are 900 completed safes stored on the top floor of this building. They come up by elevator, in the row, soto speak, and here "receive the interior cabinet work and that artistic stripe and landscape finish that is apparently necessary to the safety of the modern safe. One mau does a certain line of work only and the pay-roll of the paint ers alone runs from (500 to $600 per week. On the office floor nre lots more safes, and on the ground floor some two or three dozen more packed for shipment. They ran all the way from a little fire-proof at $50 to a combination eight-ton burgular-proof bank safe at 5,000. Charles Theodore Murray. MALARIA, CHILLS AND FEVER, JTEVEK A"D AGUE, DT73IB AGUE, ETTEBI S11XTENT FEVEB, A. -Brief Synopsis of a Medical Lecture hy Dr. Hartman at the Surgical Hotel, Colnmboa, Ohio. Malaria is a poison generated by decay ing vegetable matter, especially prevalent in the hot months of late summer and early fall. A sharp frost generally stops its rav ages. It may be taken in the food, drink or air. A large dose of the malarial poison produces what is known as chills and fever or fever and agne. The chills may occur every day, every second day, or every third, or even fourth day. Large doses of quinine in many cases will break up the chills and restore the patient to health, but more than half of the cases quinine fails to cure, or even benefit It is not only the uncertainty in which quinine operates to cure chills and fever which makes this drug objectionable, but tho in jury which this drug is capable of doing to the -nervous system and brain. The remedy Pe-ru-na, which i3 by far the most reliable chill cure to be found, not only can be de pended on every time to stop the chills, but it does no harm to the nerves or brain, even though it be taken in very large doses and repeated a long time. The dose of Pe-ru-na sufficient to break chills is a wineglassful every two hours for lour doies during tne intermission or remis sion, followed byatablespoonful every hour until tiie symptoms cease, and then a table spoonful every two hours until the enre is permanent No other medicine whatever is required. Any medisine in this disease is better received by the. stomach during the remission than during the hot stage." It is seldom that a second chill occurs after this treatment is begun, but the above treatment should be repeated after each chill, if any do occur. Pe-ru-na is the surest and safest anti-periodic, anti-pyretio in existence, and there is no need for a single failure in the use of it if it is used with persistence and judgment But malaria is not by any means always so pronounced in its symptoms. It often will pester a person lor months without making him sick abed, but making him gen uinely miserable. Creeping rigors, coated tongue, appetite changeable, cold, sweaty hands, and many indescribable sensations of genuinely disagreeable kinds. Melancholy feelings, a discouraged, listless state of mind, mental depression and confusion of the mind, surely indicate the presence of malaria. This form'ii called malarial bil iousness. For this "walking malaria," which nenher puts one to bed nor allows him to work or study, without great effort, Pe-ru-na is a safe, prompt and efficient cure. A course of Pe-ru-na will entirely cleanse the system of every particle of the malarial poison. Therefore, if you have any kind of bad feeling which you attribute to malaria, by all means follow this treatment It at once restores the appetite, clears the be fogged senses, and brings bacic tbe nopeful state of mind which malaria is sure to de stroy. In all forms of irregular malaria like the above, which are unaccompanied by a dis tinct chilh Pe-ru-na should bo taken pxact ly as directed on label of bottle. A person taking a course of treatment with Pe-ru-na for any malarial affection will find not only that he will be relieved quicker than witn quinine, but that his system is not deranged in the slightest particular by the drug. Pe-ru-na gently stimulates the nervous sys tem to resist the malarial poison, and at the same time gradually eliminates the poison itself from the system, which quinine or similar preparations cannot do. In old cases of malaria, where the victim has gone the round of all kiuds of treatment, has hopefully swallowed everything recom mended for the chills, and still continues to have them at the slightest exposure to cold, wet or fatigue, Pe-ru-na demonstrates its superiority over all other medicines byper manently curing all such cases. For a complete treatise on malaria, chills and fever and ague send for the Family Physician No. 1. Sent free by the Pe-ru-na Medicine Co., Columbus', O. Parlor furniture rcupholstered. Haugh & Keenan; 33 "Water street. Su FOR TOUNG PEOPLE. Charming Fairy Story From Paysie About the Mountain Gnome. AND IT-HAS A USEFDL MORAL. How the Industry of a little Girl'Brought a Beward to Be Proud Of.- . E. CHADBOTIRN'S PUZZLE DEPAETMBST WltlTTKN FOR THE DISPATCn.J Three children, Theodore, Sidney and Florence sat under a wide-spreading oak in the forest, and talked over the trouble which had befallen them, and the bird3 listening to the conversation pitied the little sufferers. The father of these children had been obliged to leave his home and family to fight in the fierce war, which was then raging in the land. Shortly after he had gone away, news came that he was severely wounded, and the mother, leaving but scanty provision for her children, went to the distant camp to nurse the dear soldier. Theodore and Sidney soon found work, and could keep their sister from want; but they were idle boys, disliking all kinds of 'labor, and they complained bitterly that they must support Florence. The little girl was much grieved shat she should be such a burden to her brothers; but although she sought everywhere for work, she was unable to find any. , On this bright summer day, Florence, with her brothers had wandered into the forest to spend their half-holiday. As they sat under the oak tree, Theodore said: "This is miserable life. "We have not had a good meal since father went away. I am tired of porridge and potatoes. If we could only have meat and wine." "Or some nice white bread," said Flor ence. '.'What I need is a new coat," grumbled Sidney. "See how ragged this one is. I don't see why the great Friepold cannot help us. "We hear that in some places he has changed the coals in the stove to shin ing gold and the Btones in the yard to dia monds. I am sure we need help." Friepold was a mountain guome who was ever ready to help those who were industri ous, but he had a great dislike for lazy peo ple. Scarcely had Sidney ceased speaking when the birds in the tree began to sing merrily, the branches rustled, and 'before tne astonished eyes ot tne cnuaren lay tne meat and wine for Theodore, the white bread for Florence and the new coat for Sidney. "What sweet wine," cried Theodore, as he raised the flask" to his lips, "and this meat is fit for the King." "Eat some of this bread," said Florence, as she gave each of her brothers a generous portion, "I never tasted anything halt so good." But Sidney could think only of his new coat, which he put on, and proudly walked up and down. "When the children had wondered over the gifts, and enjoyed tho food given them, they cried: "Many thanks, good Friepold, for yonr kindness to us." As soon as they had pronounced his nanre the mountain-gnome appeared. He wore a long, gray robe of the finest silk. He carried no scepter as a sign of his power, but in I1I3 hand was a red rose.whichflowerhe loved bet ter than all others. On his head was a crown which sparkled as all kings' crowns do; but the gems were tears of joy of those whom the good gnome had befriended. Friepold looked earnestly at the children for a moment, and then said: "I have granted your present wishes, and now you may each make one other,request, Which I shall fulfil." "I wish for money," cried Theodore. "And I wish for fine clothes," said Sid ney. ' 1 "I should like to find some work," said Florence, thinking that she wbiild, no longer be a trouble to ber brothers. "You have chosen best," said the gnome, as he laid his hand lovingly on the little girl's head. "Hero are three candles. As long as you sew by their light, you will never grow tired; but rememberto use them only when working, and at night" As the three children walked home they talked of their meeting with Friepold. "I think he is a stingy old fellow," said Theodore. "With all his wealth he has given me only this one bag of gold. I can easily use it all in a month." "And I am to have only three new suits when I wanted dozens," complained Sidney. "I think you are both very ungrateful," said Florence, as she carefully wrapped her three candles in ner apron. The two boys now decided that they would not work until they had used the money which the gnome had given them, and the little girl was distressed over her brothers' idle ways. Florence again deter mined to seek for work, and this time she was so successful that she had almost more sewing than she could do. All day long she stitched steadily, and when night came she lighted one of her candies, and was sur prised to find that it gave more light than a score of ordinary candles, and although it burned several hours, it did not waste. Sid ney and Theodore were very much inter ested in the magic caudle, and wished to have it burn during the day, but Florence remembered Friepold's words, and used her candle only.'at night. One day Sidney and Theodore prepared a grand feast, to which they invited nearly all the people, in the village. "When the company nad assembled Sidney saidi "My friends, we have a great wonder to show you. I shall place a candle on the table which shall give as much light as 20 other candles and will burn all evening without wasting." Florence begged her brother that he would not take her candle, as the gnome had intended her to use it only when work ing; but the boy would not heed his sister's entreaties, and snatching the candle from her placed it on the table. The feast lasted for several hours, and all the time sounds of gay laughter and merry voices could be heard, when tbe guests were about to de part suddenly a brilliant light flooded the room and the gnome Friepold appeared. He carried the red rose in his hand and wore his sparkling crown, but his face was stern and angry. Fixing his gaze on the two brothers he said: "I have come to punish you for your ingratitude, your indo lence, and your unkind treatment of your sister." The gnome then disappeared, leaving the company greatly frightened and wondering at his words. Very soon after the departure of good Friepold, the flame of the magio candle grew larger and brighter. The boys tried to blow it out: but although all the guests joined in the effort, the flame grew higher and higher until it reached the ceil ing, and a moment later the house was in flames. The fire raged fiercely, and those who bad come to the feast barely escaped with their lives. As for Theodore and Sidney, they gave no thought to their money and fine clothes, but ran as fast as they could to the forest Florence tried to get the sewing which-she had left on a table near the window, but the fierce flames drove her back, and she was obliged to abandon her efforts, but she did not cave the spot until the house was entirely destroyed by lire. Seeing that the little girl was deserted by her brothers, some kind friends oflered her shelter for the night. Florence slept very little. She feared that some accident might befall Sid ney and Theodore, and she thought how dis tressed her father and mother would be if they should return and find no home. Early the next morning, after passing an almost sleepless, night, the little girl arose and walked slowly toward her home. As she made hpr way through the village, she shed many bitter tears, and wondered if her trou bles would never end. Once she thought of seeking Friepold and asking him forhefp.but when slie remembered her brother's ingrati tude, and that it was her candle which de stroyed the house, she was ashirmpil to an- ' pear before the good gnome. Thinking such jjxuuuij muujjuia me -iiiiie gin continued her way to the spot where her home had stood. Here she was almost overcome with astonishment and thought she certainly must be dreaming, for instead of smoking ruins, Florence saw a neat, white cottage, almost covered with vines. On the roof sat two white doves, who said: ""Welcome home, Florence, this is the good jferiepoia s gitt to you. Florencetimidly entered the house, ad mired the pretty, comfortable rooms, and was pleased to find her sewing just as she had left it, but her joy was unbounded when in a cool, shady room, opposite the one she had selected for her own, she discovered her mother and also her father, who had entire ly recovered from his wound and returned to his family. Later in the day Sidney and Theodore entered the house. They had gone to the forest and begged Ffiepold to appear. When the good gnome came to them the boys, after promising to be better in tho future, entreated forgiveness, which was readily granted. It was a happy fam ily that lived in the cottage, and the gnome, Friepold, was a frequent visitor at their home. Patsie. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Frizzles for tbe Little Folks That "Win Keep Their Brains Busy for Most or the 'Week If They Solve Them Correctly Home Amusements. Address communicaUona for this department to K. Ii. Chaduoukx. Lewiston, Maine. 1756 TO A BACKSLIDER. 1757 COMBINATIONS. 1. A piece of rind or outlola With something hard unite, And find a man whose money-bags Compose his chief delight. n. A mass of hazy, vapory mlit Add to a small degree. And clear, unspotted azure dome Above you you will see. m. A friendly man of olden times Place with an insect busy, And then disclose an ensign small That floats from niaBthead dizzy. lira. E. 1758 ADMIRABLE AT LAST. Very, very few admire the first, so hard, cruel and remorseless. Many admire the second with its heat, and many charming eights, and sweet sounds, although soma Seople more admire its cold, stern brother, ut none have vet been found who do not admire the total, so soft and dreamy, like the happy departing of some soul whose earth-iife has been a joyful one, yet not un mixed with pain. Ethyl. 1759 CHARADZ. Xittle Jack Horner sat in a corner, Engaged In an infantile cry: flis mother came in with a big rolling-pin, And out at the total he went on the fly. She chased him around an acre of ground. And he dodged like a wild kangaroo; But she caught him at last, and the licking was vast That he got era the drubbing- was through. Ho has never since run from his mother In fun, Or to save from his primal a blow, Kor slips through the two, the town to go through. Without leavesfrom his mother, O no. Abfieo. 1760 OBLIQUE RECTANGLE. 1. A letter. 2. A beverage. 8. Shells. 4. Cherishes. 8. A genus of small mollnsks. 6. Inflictine. 7. Hows or trees. 8. Pants, (obs.) 8. A glutinous matter obtained by boiling animal tissue. 10. Decides. 1L A pod-like seed vessel. 12. To cause the death or. 13. Furnished with holes for the reception of pieces sliding into it. 14. Soilings. 13. Affrighted. 16. A laka In Scotland. 17. A letter. Sexex. 1761 TRANSPOSITION. JPtrtf Is a fuel prized by some Who, lacking its warm pungent smoke Would have no Arc In their rude home, These simple peasant folk. Keit may be foolish or be wlset Be full orempty, a wo hear; Sut every roan his own does prise As more than others dear. A narrow band or fillet three, For strings and such like comes in playj Just mention wbat each word should be. And there's no more to say. Bitter Sweit. 1763 MT CONFESSION. A beggar came to my door one day to ask for food, and what do you think Ididt In stead of granting his request I cruelly took off his foot. Of courso my remorse was great as soon as the deed was done, and as a vehicle (which he in his cripnled condition represented) was at that moment passing, I helped him into it, and told tho driver to take him directly to a surzeon. But, in Bcme way, one end of the vehicle was lost on the wav, anda ferocious domestic animal appeared on tho scene, The driver with one blow removed tho animal's head, and by this time the forenoon was so far advanced that he resolved to pursue his Journey no farther. Ethyl. 1703 DECAPITATION. Those who mourn in all. Show a two of taste, Vulgar as 'tis small, Ir their garb is laced, Flounced and furbelowed, Bugled, feather, bowed. Those who mounr In all. Should do told that crape , Only can we call Mourning; it should drape. With its somber folds, Those whose help It holds. A. S. 1764 SQUARE. 1. One who degrades. 2- A hydrous arson late of copper. 3. Invitations to a poor man's house. (Prov. Eng.) 4. A metrical foot. (Pros.) S. A twilled cotton labric. 6. Annual. 7. Persistent. (Bot.) Tullt "W. Hoocn. 1765 ANAGRAM. "Lot a sad priest" Is be Whose teachings load a soul Fnr from tho path nf right His fate at last is whole. Mzsa. ANSWERS. 1715 Is a bi Jew sharper that a tall Yan kee? 1740 Lights, slight. 1747 Sailed, Delia's. 2. Tinker, reknit. 171S I'ear, trap, peat, tape, reaper, tare, tear, pet, Pat, tea, tree. The watch Re peater. ma-root-iight-iight-root. 1750 James G. Blaine. 1751- R B E T A C DISGUSTFUL INCUBTAI2 SCRIBING GU I D I X G TUTtBIXAt B A 8 T I X.A D E IHCIASfiLED FIG US L 175 J Congressman. 17&J Because it is chased. 1754 tip, slap. 1755-jFiilr, air. n Badges for lodges and societies at Mc Mahon Bros. & Adams', 52 Fourth avenue. su Via D. H. H. f - - r?. !m an WRITTEN FOB THE DISPATCH Author of "The House at High Bridge," "Romance and Reverie,M "The Adventures of a Widow," numerous song3 and poems and several plays. SXNOPS1S OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. The story opens with a ball Alonzo Ltspenard has given in his palatial residence ia honor of his betrothed, Kathleen Kennatrri, the daughter of a cold and calculatin" mother. In the midst of the festivities, Alonzo's Uncle Crawford arrives and informs him that by the rascality of a member of his firm who has just committed snicide, his Immense fortuns has been swept away. After the ball Alonzo Informs his sister, Mrs. Van Santvoord a frivolous socioty woman who has set apart an allowance for her husband on condition that he leave her free to enjoy society without his company. The news almost prostrates Mrs Van Santvoord. At her home, Alonzo and her husband. Hector, qnarrel, the latter claim ing Alonzo's neglect of tbe business made the defalcation possible, ilrs. Van Santvoord restores peace and Alonzo goes back to his home to meditate. chapter rn. At about this time, as it happened, Mrs. Kennaird committed the crowning mistake of her life. Among the persons of note who had most cordially greeted her on her return was a stanch former friend, the Marchioness of Dendndlon. The Mar chioness was a woman of large heart, though quick temper. She was famed for the sincerity and tenacity of her likes and dislikes, and Mrs. Kennaird had long stood high on the list of the former. Lady Den dudlon thought that Sir Frankland had treated her friend with a sorry stinginess, and very, freely vented this opinion. She fell in love with Kathleen, and encouraged an intimacy between herself and her only daughter, Lady Guinevere Poindexter, one of the reigning London belles. Twice she invited the Kennairds to come and visit her at tho most delightful of her several country seats, Dendndlon Hall, near the Devon Cliffs. It was during the second of these visits that Mrsv Kcnnaird's fatal blunder occurred. Besides Lady Guinevere, the Marchioness had two other children, both sons. The rIHMIf 111 nf, 1 Ml f THERE'S AN END OF EVERYTHTNO BETWEEN TOT AND ME. eldest, Lord Armitage, had lately married and was traveling on the Continent. At Dendndlon Hall, when Kathleen and her mother made the second visit there, was the younger son, Lord Egbert Poindexter. Neither of the ladies had ever seen him be fore, and for an excellent reason. Although in his latter twenties and ot a marked per sonal beauty, he lived a most retired life on account of his lameness. An accident in childhood had partly deprived him of the use of both lower limbs, and he never moved himself except with the aid of crutches. His mother was almost fanatically fond of him, and guarded him as the apple of her eye. She confided to Sirs. Kennaird that he was immensely rich, and would in this respect far outshine his elder, brother, even after he should becomo Marquis, for an elderly aunt, pitying his juvenile misfor tune, had left him a great property in Sus sex, besides ample moneyed capital, to-the rage and disappointment of a bevy of wait ing heirs. "It is a great chance," proceeded the Marchioness, "for Egbert to show his fine humanitarian spirit. He will.I am certain, send his name ringing through the centuries as a noble and wise benefactor of his race. His marriage, you know, is impossible, and" "Why Impossible, my dear Lady Den dndlon?" broke in Mrs. Kennaird. The Marchioness' pure-cut, patrician face hardened a little. "Oh, I should not have said impossible, perhaps, but surely in no sense probable. At least, not for years yet. Egbert is still young. If he once reached an age of sufficient discretion to make him realize that the woman whom he asked to become his wife might give him fidelity, companionship, affection, without a gleam of the sentiment which younger men expect and demand, and if, so realiz ing, he married as much with head as with heart, why, then, I should put no obstacle In the way of such a union. But now!" And the Marchioness lifted one hand, wav ing it before her face. "Plenty of giris might say that they cared for him, yon un derstand, but" here with a self-conscious little laugh, she paused. "However, my friend, let us talk of something else." Mrs. Kennaird thought her prejudice a most perverse and ill-advised one, which no doubt it was, considering the gentle charms of .Lord Egbert s conversation and marked comeliness of his visage. More peo ple came to Dendudlon Hall in a day or two and the Marchioness, occupied with other guests, failed to see what swift and tender havoo Kathleen had wrought in the breast of her younger son. But Mrs. Kennaird saw, and tingled with new, delicious hopes. The Kennairds were, and yet were not a portion of the present house-party, their stay had graciously been taken for granted as an indefinite one. Lord Egbert fell in love with a kind of tumultous expedition. He sat beside the object of his sudden passions as long each day as the would let him, and when not following her on his crutches he did so, as far as feasible, with his poetic blue eyes. The determination of his mother had thus far never given him a thought; now he re belled against the idea ot not being per mitted to marry -when and whom he chose. In a short time the Marquis, his father. was expected back to his favorite home in Devonshire, after a term of shooting on the Scotch moors. A certain plan had entered the head of Lord Egbert, and he at once proceeded to carry it out He had observed Mrs. Kennaird's power over her daughter; he bad observed, too, this lady's marked admiration for himself. Though youns, he was wordly wise. It was plain, to him that his parents would not sanction his en gagement to Kathleen Kennaird, even if they allowed him to wed at alL She was not, from the Dendudlon point of view, his equal, and the whole proposition would have been met with dainty disgust. So poor lame Lord Egbert stubbornly made up his mind. One morning he hob bled to the side of Kathleen's mother and murmured a few words in the ear of that lady. She listened, and even in listening Margaretta Kennaird committed a speciei of folly. But she did more; she lent her self, befora five hours had passed, to a scheme of elopement. EaTly the next morning Lord Egbert and Kathleen were to depart from the Hall together, only return ing thither as man and wife. Kathleen, when she was apprised of her mother's fixed resolve, turned very pale and declared that unless it were abandoned she would acquaint Lady Dendudloa with the entire affair. The girl was terribly in earnest, and her auditor discerned it But Mrs. Kennaird attempted no coercion. She lit erally sank at her daughter's feet and im plored her to yield. Then, with a retro spective glibness- that sometimes narrowly missed eloquence, she discoursed of her own past the privation, the injustice, and the pains of itl Kathleen barkened, and tha spell began to work. Before her mother had done with her she gave her consent, but in a mood of conscience-stricken reluctance. Of course two or three servants had to be trusted, and one of these was Lord Egbert' valet, a gentleman of conservative tenets and wily diplomacies. In the autumn dawn of the following morning Kathleen and her mother descended from their apartments, to find Lord Egbert waiting them. Outside a vehicle also waited, and the three were about to enter it when Lady Dendndlon ap peared, accompanied by her husband, tha Marquis, who had arrived on the previous evening. It is no exaggeration to state that the en raged Marchioness now covered her offend ing guest with the most furious invective. Mrs. Kennaird and Kathleen were actually hustled from the hall with as little cere mony as if they had been two suspicious tramps, and the wrathful revolt of Lord Egbert was treated very much as if it had been the clamor of a rebellious baby. Ths designed elopement did not end merely in detection, but in pitiless exposure as well. The Marchioness, having once got rid of two women whom she regarded as vipers warmed at her hearthstone, proceeded to bruit what she denounced as their wily treachery from one end of the kingdom to the other. She was an excellent hater was this noble lady, as already has been chronicled. She did not spare the Kennairds, nor did her husband, whom she notoriously ruled. Their acrid statements engendered a scandal from which sprang the most hurtful odium. Mrs. Kennaird's "matrimonial plot" was soon on numberless lips. The society jour nals had their fling at her, and she was re ferred to as the "inveigler," and again as the "American pnsher.-" To rally round her a few genial adherents meant one thing, to fight the powerful acrimony of the Den dudlons meant another. She soon woke to the fact that her attempt to connect her child with the haughty house of Poindexter had wrought for her dreadful contumely and ridicule There is no doubt that she had been cruelly treated, considering all tha circumstances; but there is no doubt, too, that in a measure she had brought upon herself the punishment which had overtaken her with such rude and public lash strokes. In midwinter of the following year sha returned to this country, settling in that "detestable little Fifty-third street flat," to which we have already heard her allude. She mentioned to her New Tork friends tha affair at Dendndlon Hall with mingled sorrow and indignation. She had always been a woman who would embellish and manipulate facts with prettiest adroitness, and ner "version" of the whole ill-starred event was both self-exculpating and pictur esque. It won her many sympathizers, too, and these clad Kathleen and herself with delicate mantles of martyrdom. "I shall never return to that horrid country again," she would say, with her grandest yet most aggrieved manner." My poor, dear husband lost his life there, in tha first place, and now, in the second place, it has made me the object of shocking slander." To certain more intimate friends she would occasionally murmur: "I don't want it to be repeated, but that Louisa Poindexter (the Marchioness, you know) is the very most jealous of women! Dendudloa (the Marquis), you understand, though for years I always called him "Charlie," had, of course, been sent off to Scotland on my account solely. His sudden arrival at tha hall was a great shock to Louisa, and well, to cut an unpleasant story short, she lost her head. But mind, now don't repeat this; T tnll it in thp strictest confidence. The confidence was frequently violated, however, and with due effect of prestige for her who had imported it; since some of the New Yorkers whose ears these neat innuen does tickled, failed to resist a kind of rev erence, not to say awe, for anv compatriot ever friendly enough with an English Mar quis and his wife to call one "Charlie" and another "Louisa." Kathleen, for her part, would keep silent regarding the whole subject It was a silence that some persons tailed leniently to construe. But the girl had said, to herself that she would not lie; and so silence, as she wisely held, was a discreeter course. OHAPTEE IV. H-ai4sxigtfia-laiex fcUcradaj its 5 'k U s-
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