THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 189i;r 17 fWBXTT13r FOB TICE DISTATCIH On a high mountain in Hessenland, there stood rears ago, a 6tately castle, -with strong walls and lofty towers. The rays of the setting son fell through one of the nar row windows and rested lovingly on the blonde hair of a little girl. The child was kneeling on a large chair before the win dow, and with her head leaning on her plump, dimpled arms, wept silently, bnt bitterly. "O Margaret, Margaret, why do you stay to long?" sobbed the little one at last, as she glided from the chair and ran toward the door. Hut the latch was bevond her reach, and no sound pieced the thick open doors. Finding that her cries were vain, she climbed into the easy chair attain, and Fppportinjr her arms on the broad window Eill, watched the sun until it sank from view, and thought the little clouds floating in the ky looked like whits swam swim- mine in a purple ;ea. Then it grew darker and darker, and finally the stars began to jieop out, still Margaret, the nurse, did not come. Mechtild, Mechtild," suddenly cried a voice, and turning around, the little girl Far the fire on the hearth burning brightly, tnd in its light stood a little Brownie, nbt nearly so large as Mechtild. The little fel low had long, golden curls, lnughii.g blue eyes and a rosy face. He wore a scarlet lelret suit and boots studded with pearls, vliile in his hand he earned his little green cap. "Who are von. and how did you get here?" asked Mechtild, half frightened, but greatH- pleaded at 'lie sight ntai isitor. "Don't jou know mo"" laughed the Brownie, "why. I a-n Pack. You- certainly ha ve heard of inc. But pcrhap you expected tofce a different looking person. And I am not always so handsome. "When I am DON'T YOU KNOT ME? with cron, disagreeable people, I look wrinkled and old, and my voice is shrill and unpleasant; but with you I shall al ways be aslamto-dav. I shall serve you when 1 can, and play with you when Mar garet leaes you alone. How will that please you?" "How glad I am," said Mechtild, "for it has been very lonesome since dear mamma died, and now pspa has taken brother Gero traveling with him, and they will not be Lome for a year. Do you think that Mar garet will soon bring me my supper? I am getting very hungry." "Margaret is too busy chatting with the other servants to think of you," was the re ply, "but I shall soon bring you something good from the pantry " And Puck ran so close to the fire that Mechtild ened. "O, do be careful, or you will burn your pretty clothes." The Brownie only laughed and in a mo ment disappeared. It was not very long, however, until he njiin stood before'the lit tle gir He had his hands and pockets full of cakes. To Mcchtild's astonished in quiries as to where he got them Puck laughed heartily and said: "Whenever I lace this little green cap on my head I at once become invisible, and can be where I wish. When I left vou I went directly to the kitchen, where the servants are having ii feast. It was great fun to see them gaze 5n surprise when I snatched thec cakes just e they were about to eat them. I wish I could have brought jou some of the other good things they had." But Mechtild" was very well satisfied with the cakes and the enwg parsed rileasant lv with her new friend until the little girl becan to grow 6leepv, and then the Brownie said: "Curl Hip m that big chair, and I shall sing you to sleep " "When, "late at nigl-t, Ma-gaet returned, expecting to find her little charge in tears, she found Mechtild sleeping sweetly, while the moon rays falling through the "window Hssed her soft hair and rosy checks. For te eral davs the nurse was very attentive to the child; but she grew careless again, end ran off to the kitchen, leanne Mechtild alone. But Puck did not forget his little friend. ".Now Mechtild, we shall have some fun to-night," said the Brownie, "I have brought a little cap for you, and we shall help ourselves to whatever we want." The little girl was in high glee over the thought, and putting on their caps the two little people wished themselves in the kitchen where the servants, seated around a table, were eating and drinking. Puck and Mechtild went fiom one plate to an other, taking a piece of meat here and some bread there, enjoying all the time the startled looks the thefts caused. Once, as the cook was raising a glass of wine to her lips, Puck took the glass from her hand, and, after drinking the wine, put the glass on the table. When Mechtild taw how lnghtened the cook was, and what a queer face she made, she could not help laughing aioua. At tne souna ol cer voice juargaret arose from the table and said: "1 think Mechtild is calling me." "When the nurse entered "the room, she found the little girl looking out of the win dow, and laushmg heartily. Puck proed a faithful friend to the lone lv child. During the long winter he was ith her nearly every day, and by means of the green caps, the two made visits into dis tant lands, here the sun shone bright and warm and the sweet flowers bloomed. They also went into the cold lands of the north, where only snow and ice were to be seen. "When spring came Mechtild and her friend wandered over the mountain on which the castle stood, and many happy hours tliev spent together. It was not until late in the summer that Gero and his father returned home. Upon the arrival of the travelers, the nurse" became so attentive to little Mechtild that Puck ceased to visit the castle. While Mechtild wondered that the Brownie did not come to her, she was not lonely without him; for Gero was 'very fond of his little sisttr, and was her constant NMsnoniim. I fee eral jears passed by, and Mechtild jI-a ill WA W &J fMvm ' grew to be a toll, handsome girl, and was renowned throughout the country for her beauty. One night she was aroused from her slumbers by a voice, crying: "Mech tild, Mechtild, awake, danger is near." Springing up, the girl called in a fright ened tone: who speacs, anawnatistne matter?" "It is your old friend Puck who calls," was the reply. "He has come to warn you to flr for your life." "What dancer can befall me in mv father's castle?" asked Mechtild. "A great danger is very near you," paid the Brownie, "and unless you hasten you will be overtaken. A band of robbers, knowing that your father and his men are absent from home, are on their way to at tack the castle. They will burn the build ing, and expect to carry you oil as their prisoner. I have brought you the green cap, and having it, you can easily escape." Mechtild arose, and after hastily dres sing, put on the cap, which the Brownio ga e her. "Now," said Puck, "we shall so out to meet the enemy, "We shall open the doors and gates so that thcy may enter without battering down tne walls." Mechtild was too frightened to think for herself, and did just as her friend told her. She followed him out into the hall, and down the broad stairway. They had just unbarred the great doors, when the furious robbers came rushing in. "It is plain to be seen that the master of the house isnot here," said one, "orthe doors would not have been left open. X b onder what he will think when he returns and finds his home in ruins, and his beauti ful daughter gone." Puck led Mechtild to a safe plnce, where they could watch the robbers, without being in any danger of being trampled upon. They could see the men enterthe castle, and bring out what treasures they could find. tVIIV, I AM PCCK. Then the servants, having been called together by Gero, appeared and attempted to defend the walls. But the robbers were very powerful, and a bloody battle fol lowed. "Puck, dear Puck," whispered Mechtild, "save my brother from these cruel men. Take my cap to him that he may put it on, and escape She was about to" take the can fVflm her head, when Puck cried: "No, no, you must keep your cap on, or the robbers will see you, and will certainly carry you away. I shall go to Gero, and save him if I can." Then the little Brownie went sadly away, for he feared in saving Gero he might lose his own life. But going to the youth, Puck took off his cap. and placing it on Gero's head, said: "Wish to be with your sister." The moment the little Brownie removed his cap he was seen by the ruffians, who, thinking that he belonged to some band which by magic art would save tho castle, pierced the little fellow with their swords, and he fell lifeless to the ground. At the same time the owner of the castle and his men returned, and the robbers fled in haste. Mechtild and Gero grieved long for their faithful friend, and they never for got little Puck, who died while serving them. Patsie. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Puzzles for the Little Folks That Win Keep Their Brains Busy for Most of tho Week il They Solve Them Correctly Homo Amusements. Address communications for this department to E. It. Ciiadboub. Zewiston, Maine. 176C FOB DEFENCE. vli M.IL 17G7 APOCOPE. There are thoughts that like a sunbeam Clothe our p.tliway allln lijrht; There aro thoughts that like a shadow Cast o'er all a withering blight. Thoughts will come like strains of music From an unseen spirit lyre: Thoughts will stmjr the soul to madness, Thrilling total vein with Are, Thoughts are primal swiftly winging To the heart their silent flight; Some on angels' snowy pinions. Others on the wings ot night. Now the) 're Rcntly, slyly stealing iuiiiu solemn evening nour; To the spirit half revealing Glimpses of a heavenly bower. Often dark temptation comtth In Mich fair and smilin; guise That the heart almost bello eth 'Tis a vision from tho skies. So beware, and ere the tempter Cast o'er you his w Itching spclL Close the portals of thy spirit Guard the sacred entrance well. B.O. Chjsbteb. 1768 charade. As proud as first Is he. This gentleman of Lee, And that ho second in point of dress The veriest typo of lmushtiness. I donot question nevertheless Not dare to guess Whether In this same respect He second first. I reflect, Uowevei, this one thin is true. Without complete he ne'er could do C. W. 1769 BLANKS. (To be filled with names of fruit.) I saw the street to-dav driving as pretty a of horses as one often bc&j. I pgffMTfggSgg $&M D. asked him how long he had been in town, and he gave mo the of hla arrival, but I hnve forgotten what It was. His horses are like the of his eye to him, and ho says he don't caro a who has better ones. To mv question as to what ho proposed to do, he replied: " , around a while through my large orchards and them up." He told me that the man who has had charge or them was what Xasby would call a idiot, as far as his knowledge of trees is con cerned. Ethyl. 1770 TRANSPOSITION. One day the gate was left ajar. While busy with my dinner, In walked my neighbor's sturdy one, Tho wicked, gray, old sinner. All o'er my well-kept two he three. His mates all trotting after. But soon there fell upon my ear A sound like chuckling laughter. I ran, and then that gray old one And all his mates ran faster; In four most dire they made escape And sought a safer pasture. Dtks. 1771 DECAPTTATITOr. There's a last of Idle words Nowadays, Lite the twittering of birds, uer some craze. The aesthetic and complete Prompts most everyone you meet xo taic nonsense, till tne mina Is in a daze. ISitteb Swzxr. 1772 SQUARE. L Logical distinction. (Bare). 8. A title borne by every one of the daughters of the Kings of Spain and Portugal except tho eldest. 3 To command. 4. Clothing. in general. 8. To inflame with anger. 6. Au thor of "Questions on Scripture." (Allibono.) 7. Birds. It. O. Chester. 1773 NTjarEEiOAii. 1SS4 5-6 Is something which ladies ue, It has a quality that stioks, .Like soles glued on to shoes. 6--3-i 2 1 Are something sailors use. And of rare things beneath the sun Give compiehensive views. Asrnto. 1774 CUBTAILMBHT. One person who is quite complete Should claim to haveno innucnoe; He who sits in a higher seat Knows this is but pretense. Two that the person of most three. Will always wield the greatest power, But mind and manners must agree, If fame Is his just dower. Bitter Swxet. 1775 numerical. I was once traveling In a strange oity, and was much surpiisod tonotice the black ened appearance of many of the pnblio buildings. Having a great curiosity to know more about it, I asked a resident to give me a history ot the conflagration that had served to 123 4 so many of the buildings. Ho told me that a short time before there bad been a i 5 G 7 among some of the wage earners in town, and they had flred many of the buildings. The .whole city would havo been destroyed but for the prompt action of the fire companies, whose engines went through the stieets, each looking like al2S46670Xflre. "" Ethtl. 1776 DOUBLE LETTER ENIGMA. In "affection's" quickened earj In the "reason" thou art deari In the "love" thou gavest me; In my "lot," which is to be By thy side, from year to year. Ah! thy total I know well, By mv pulses' sudden swell; with thy one before the door, Seems to two upon me mora Happiness than pen can tell. A.L. PRIZE "WINNERS FOB SEPTEMBER 8ir Guy, Alii ilczheny. Pa,: Arthur Penlev. Plttsbunr. Pa,: t.;P.D. S., Pittsburg, Pa.; Mis. P. X., Sharon, Pa.; Dwma, Allegheny, Pa.: II HUG 4bUt;iS, J. 1LL3VUI, &. ANSWERS. 1755 Ton are weighed In tho balance And found wanting. 17571 Skin-flint 8. Cloud-loss. 8. Penn ant. 175S Indian-summer. i5 Back-door. 1760 X T E A TESTS NE S TL KS ATLANTA BEXBISO STIC HE 8 AKHKLES GELAT I N SETTLES S I L I CLE NECKOS H SLOTTED ESTU KE S E E H I E DUE S 1781 Pete, pate, tape. 1762 Tramp, tram, ram, A. IL jt jauxcK. laeik. 1704 D E B A S A N A P E S I L E R T B E S S T I A W X E S A It T 1705 Paradise Lost. HEB FIEST JOB OF HEHDDJTJ. Performance or a Young Wife Who Mast Have Been From Tassar. Kansas City Times. There is a young married woman of my acquaintance whoso first wifely experience with the needle resulted in a capital joke on her. She found what appeared to be two immense rips on the inside of the tails of her husband's frock coat, and while he was down town she carefully sewed them ud. When the young man came home to lunch his wife met him, coat in hand. "I've just mended it," she said; "there were two awful rips in the tails of it." "Let me see," said the husband of the in dustrious young woman. "I didn't know there was a tear in it." "Yes, there was; right there." "But those are the " r The young man caught the look of Inno cent doubt on his wife's face and stopped. "Yes, those wero fearful rips; things were getting in them all the time," And the young man went down to his of fice and jpicked out the threads in order to get at his bank "book and a few letters that he had in those tail pookets. The Insects' Farewell to Summer. rWEITTBN FOB Tnit DISPATCH.! The Fly. Tho summer Is gome. "Alas!"saystko fly. And I must go, too. Fair Summer,. gwuuyi I've been with you Ions, Tou know my sweet song, But now wo must I Fly Away. part. So, good by, sweetheart 1'ou'vo seen me nibble tho baby's toes. And also ticUe his father's nose, Just as the latter fell into a doze. Which made him so angry that he arose And shouted "mv eve! Where is that fiv? ' But now I must dio, Dear Summer, goedbyl The Butterfly. Oh, I'm a butterfly so gay, I came about the last of May, I found tho sum mer already here. And Oh, she is so very dear. That it breaks my heart to say "good byel" Indeed, it almost makes me cry, To think that sum mer is almost J, too, must die. over And I can no longer be a rover, For liko the fly, I, too, must die; Ihen summer, "good bye, Good byo, good bye." Aunt CLAKE. Bailings, counters and shelving. Haugh & Keevajt, su 33 and 34 Water street CHILE'S HOLIDAY FUN. Much Compulsory Patriotism Spontaneous Jollification. and EIGID DISmCTIONS OP CASTE. Elaborate Celebrations Indulged the Iiich and Great. In Ij SCENES IN SANTIAGO ETERY DAT rCORRESPOIfDHNtni or THE dispatch. I Santiago, de Chile, Sept. 12. The celebration of "Little Eighteen.' being safely over, except for those who find them selves with broken bones, or in durance vile because of over-much boisterousness incited by chicha, the Chilean world now turns its attention to the real Diez y ooho, the greatest festival in the country s calen dar, which, though supposed to commem orate only September 18, rages with more or less violence from about the 5th of that month on into October. Outside barbarians may marvel why this arrogant but puny Bepublic should consider its birth worthy of so much more rejoicing than is indulged in by the most powerful nations of the earth (save for the miracle that it could have been born at all from such unsuitable elements), yet the true Chileno, if poor, will sell all he possesses to raise theneoessary funds for this prolonged holiday, and then contentedly scrimp along the rest of the year, assisted by his hard working wife and bare-footed children, to accumulate enough for the next Diez y ocho. ALL MEN ABE NOT EQUAL. Distinctions of caste are nowhere more clearly defined than in Chile, and though the whole, population abandons itself to a general jollification and rich and poor jostle in one vast spree yet the gult between Bico and Boto, aristocrat and plebian, re mains impassable as ever. Sunrise on the 17th will be proclaimed by the firing of cannon from the forts of Santa Lucia, with a simultaneous display of the national flag; and soon every city, town and hamlet in the land will be gay with banners fluttering from the house-tops. There is a flue of from one to twenty dollars for failure to display a flag on this occasion; and though foreign Ministers raise the colors of their respective Governments, resident foreigners, undistinguished by official rank, are allowed to flaunt none but the Chilean standard. When the sun peer-! above the mountains on the morning of the 18th his first beams will fall on a choir of 100 little boys and girls in the Plaza Independencia, singing the national anthem at the top of their voices. Then there will be a grand misa de gracia in the cathedral, which will be decorated with flags outside, and inside with ribbons and garlands of flowers wound around the pillars and thousands of burning candles on the altars. EXCLUSIVELY FOB ABISTOCOATS. This special display of rico patriotism is not for the lower classes, and at every door soldiers will stand to prevent the entrance of any roto. By 10 o'clock the enormous structure will be crowdei with ladies, the elite of tho proud old capital, dressed in superb black silks, with black lace mantil las on their heads, diamonds in their eara, and white gloves on their hands all kneel ing upon prayer rags spread on the stone floor. At 11 A. M. or thereabouts the President and his suite should arrive (this year it will be the Pennsylvania-bom President of the rebel "Junta), with tho officers of the army and .navy, the foreign Ministers and Consnfs, many of them in superb military dress, escorted by a battalion of soldiers nnd a band of music Threading their way through the kneeling throng to chairs that have been set for them in front of the great hlwn oltap 6m a1.?.j.w. i .mil. r.a.1 hn An.ii will take position on either side of the man who represents the legal President: and for a time the moldy old walls will ring with the blare of trumpets and the music of a thousand voices in choral service. Later a cross and a book will be presented to the Presidental figure head, which he must kiss, and the osculation will be repeated by each of the officials in turn, while all are UEING FUMIGATED "WITH INCENSE and deafened by a trinmphant crash of music and the clatter of Tjresentinsr arms. And meanwhile "sad-eyed Memory" will be busy with the recollections of last Diez y ocho and other similar days, when many who now fill untimely and dishonored graves kissed the cross amid the plaudits of the nation the late President, driven to death by his own hand to escape being killed by his country; prominent generals, whose savagely mutilated bodies were not oven buried, but burned on the gory battle field near "Valparaiso, and men who a few months ago were the foremost in the Bepub lic, now penniless exiles in strange lands. The ceremonies, which usually continue about three hours, will bo personally con ducted by the Archbishop in all the glory of cardinal robes, assisted by a train of bishops, priests and "other clergy" in their choicest vestments. The attendance of mil itary and naval officers at these observances is enforced by the loss of a month's salary at ecry failure to be present Any dere liction in patriotio duty.would be especially dangerous this year, for the jealous Junta would interpret it as an evidence of luke warinness in their cause. On the 19th a mil itary review will take place, and afterward the usual races will come ofl in the m-esenca of all the fashionable world, followed by a dress parade in carriages of "everybody as is anybody" in Santiago society, as well aa many who are nobody at all. On the 20th, the city still wearing its holiday aspect, there will be another erand military parade and a sham battle, followed by more races and a dazzling pageant of elegantly dressed ladies, Chilean officers in splendid uniforms and foreign diplomats in court dresses. And so on tor many days. DISPLAYS OF HORSEMANSHIP. So much for la creme de la creme; the "common people" will enjoy most of it to an even greater extent in their own crude fashion, besides many other simple pleas ures from which los Ricos are debarred. There will be thousands of happy creatures on horseback, in birloches and a joyous route on foot, swarming the pulperias and confectionery shops that dot all the plazas, and hurrying hither and thither with the restlessness of crowds. The country people are out in full force and high feather, de lighted to display their horsemanship and dance the zamacnaca, the national jig of Chile. As equestrians they are remarkably skilled, and there is no feat of horseman ship which they cannot perform. Indeed, it is dangerous to be in the way when they become a little elated by chicha. The men delight to run their horses at full speed upon a mounted gentleman, and a9 they pass to deftly catch a knee inside of his, when, unless he is also on the alert,' he is bound to be unhorsed in an instant, to the unbounded amusement of the rabble. It is equally common to see the women racing together on horseback. They bring their horses into line, apply the whip and set off at a furious gallop, totally regardless of pedestrians or any other earthly considera tion but the goal These performances are varied by many other rude sports, and the everlasting cuaca, danced in oooths and on elevated platforms the rustic beaux in spurs and ponchos, the belles in stifHy starched white petticoats topped by cheap, but gorgeously-colored dresses, their black hair falling in two braids down the back each couple to the music of two women with harp and'guitar accompanying their instru ments with strong nasal voices, while a man beats time with his palms upon a board and the spectators clap their hands in rhythm. RIDING ESTO THE TOWN. The older country people ride to town in primitive carriages, the body and roof of each made of boards, or of hides and bamboa poles, with windows inthe sides and cur tains shielding the openings in front and rear, while the interior is made comfortable with straw and skins in lieu of seats. The ponderous vehicle is drawn by a yoke of bullocks, whose driver, with his conical straw hat, poncho, sandalled feet, and goad 15 feet long, is in himself a cos a de ver. Mingled with the creaking and groaning of every carriage, as it bumps along over the stony streets, may be heard .the twanging of uaiua ana tne strumming ot guitars, accom panied by very bad singing in high pitched voices. Aior the balls that are going on among los Eicon, one that I recently attended will serve as a samp. Tickets, admitting a gen tleman and his family, were $20 each. The pit of the principal theater was floored and tarpcieu, ana tne first tierot boxes, screened with velvet hanging', served as dressing rooms, while flags of all nations gracefully draped the upper galleries. Two fine bands of music were stationed at either end of the room. At 10 o'clock hardly half a dozen persons were present; but at 11 the dancing egan. .a. more brilliant company could hardhr be gotten together in any part of the world officials, native and foreign, in their rich uniforms and court dresses, the beauty and fashion of Santiago attired in gauzes, lnces and dainty silks, made in the latest Parisian fashions, aud a blaze of diamonds that was fairly dazzling. THE BALLS OO ALL EIGnT. The figures were waltzes, mazurkas, gallo pedes and quadrilles, the latter with the ends and sides sometimes doubled and trebled. At midnight a room for the re freshment of tea and cakes was thrown open, and at 2 o'clock a magnificent supper was served, consisting of every delicacy to be obtained in the country. We retired shortly after 4 a m., being among the first to go, but were urged to remain because another supper was about to be served. I should not omit to mention that besides these frequent repasts a table on the first floor, "for gentle men only," was spread with cold meats, wines, liquors, cigars, etc., and kept re plenished all night. But it does not require a fiesta to render the streets of Chile interesting to foreign ers; to us they are at all times a panorama of strange sights. For example, here in the plaza are groups of women selling shoes a piece of cloth or bit of old carpet thrown upon the ground near the curbstone, and the vender sitting on a low stool with her stock in trade arranged in a big, shallow basket before her. Her "line" includes women's gaiters in all colors, children's slippers and coarse brogans for men and boys. She sits here all day long, shifting her stool to keep out of the sun, and occasionally resigning it to a purchaser who wishes to try on a shoe. Having no rent to pay, she can afford to undersell the merchants in shops by a few cents on each article, and publicity is no drawback to her class of customers. HOW BREAD IS DELIVERED. In Chile, as in most Southern countries, the staff of life is not baked in private nouses, out is supplied irom puDiic DaKeries. Men on mules traverse the streets, bringing bread of excellent quality to people's doors every morning. The mules are equipped with two squars panniers, made of ox-hide or canvas, and they often carry baskets and bags full of bread on top of these. The rider sits on the mule's shoulders, with his legs dangling among the loaves, and the en tire establishment occupies nearly the whole width of the narrow streets. The milkman bring"! bis milk in two small tin cans, suspended on either side of his donkey, and often comes so fast and far that the fluid is partially churned into butter when you get it Your laundress fetches the clean clothes on her back, grasping the bands and holding the garments at full length shirts, drawers, skirts, dresses so that they may not be wrinkled en transitu. The other day I noticed a donkey load that excited my curiosity dirty looking lumps of something yellow, and inquiry developed that it was lard brought from the country, put up in the stomachs of cattle. We buy our butter in hog bladders, a skin at a time. It is very sweet, and the method of preserv ing it is excellent If we could only know that the bladder had been thoroughly cleaned. At the close of a theater performance all the gentlemen who have no ladies in charge hurry into the vestibule and take up their positions in rows, leaving a narrow lane through which the ladies must pass, and stare at them with great earnestness, com menting freely and audibly on the beautv and taste in dress. So far from thinking this an impertinence, the ladies consider it com plimentary, ana atterwara repeat to one an other the remarks they have heard. In Valparaiso the price for an indifferently located box is $10, with an additional en trada, or entrance fee, of $1 25 for each per son who occupies it Fannte B. Wabd. A WHALE OH AN ANCHOB. Tne Remarkable Catch of a Sea Monster on the Anchor of a Boat Hwper's Young People.J The crew of the whaler Judson are in great glee over an unexpected catch recently made by them in a hurricane. Their vessel was riding at anchor when the storm came up, and so terriffio was the wind that the anchor dragged. A whale, seeing it, sup- IVU in IU UUtCW BUUUJU..UU AUVUObt, and proceeded to fight against its supposed enemy. At the first attack the whale's tail was severely injured, and the great fish, whirling about, opened its jaws and snapped at the tremendous bit of iron just as a troui snaps at a baited hook, and with the same resnlt The sharp fluked arm of the anchor caught the whale firmly, and held him fast The next moraiDg, when the anchor was hauled in, the whale was found, still struggling to get away, but without avail. The great creature was quickly killed, towed to the side ot the vessel, the capstan, run by steam, greatly assisting in the operation, cut up, and the oil secured. Altogether, this is said to have been the most marvelous catch of recent years. A PECITLIAB OHKAHENT. Something Abont tho I.abret, Which Is Stll Seen In Remote Countries. The labret is still to be seen by travelers in odd parts of the world. A labret is a piece of bone or stone carved into a button shape and inserted into the lip or cheek. It is for ornamental purposes usually, nut The Zabret and Bine It Is Worn. with some tribes it has a religious signifi cance. The illustration shows an Eskimo with the labret in position. Belowthe face Is an enlarged picture of thelittle ornament. Sometimes the wound closes tightly around the stem of the labret, but usually the opening is large enough to allow the wearer to button it or unbutton it as he wishes. An Icy Invasion Of the back and shoulders announces the approach of chills and fever. Yon go to bed, it lucky enough to sleep, you nwako in a furnace, or fancy so. Fierce Is tho heat that consumes you. Thenconnwi mnftian sweat ing. This over, you resemble a limp, damp rag, Alter tne nrst paroxysm, proveni E&an2flBKij9MililHKz!tt which knocks risaslssrt,,!p fo,eft' and u-Gmi 3 tipatlon and kidney complaints. ' complimented by the Court BUTTONS OF ITORT. toost of Those Used on Coats Nowa days Are of Vegetable Growth. MADE FKOM A WONDERFUL NUT. It Grows Wild in the Equatorial Regions of Bouth America. TEE SHAPING AND THE COLORING rcoanKSPOHOEifCE OT tub DISPATCH. New York, Oct 17. Do you know of what material the buttons on your coat are made? Well, perhaps if you did you would never recognize it in the raw. For in four cases out of five it is a material vulgarly known as vegetable ivory. To the trade it is the ivory nut Down on the pier of the Pacific Mall Steamship Company will be seen long rows of sacks made of jute which bear the ap pearance externally of being filled with po tatoes. These are stacked up at the head of the pier in the open air. There is no danger of them being carried away, for they aro as heavy as lead, and in their present state these nuts are not extremely valuable. Potatoes would not remain in that exposed position untouched a single night The ivory nut, however, is valuable only when it comes from the hands of the manufacturer in the button or the ornamental state. Tho ivory nut is grown in the equatorial re gions of South America. The principal point of shipment is Colon on the isthmus. HOW THE IVORY GROWS. Like the banana the Ivory nut is perennial in its native clime, and may be found in all stages from the bud to the ripened nut at all seasons of the year. It is brought to the United States by both sail and steam vessels, so the trade is now sufficiently heavy to war rant a specialty of the article. Very few peoplehave ever seen it in its natural state, which is in great bunches incased in a shell which outwardlyresembles in diamond rough ness the surface of a pineapple. The entire cluster of nuts in this shell is as big as a man's head and looks like well, it looks like no other variety of nature's products. This shell or outward protection of the ivory nut comes off easily after the nuts are ripe. At this stage they fall from the trees, which are about 14 or 15 feet high, and are packed on the backs of natives to the points otship ment The nuts themselves are grouped together within the covering somewhat like chestnuts in the burr, which nut thev re semble in shape. They are singly about the color of an unwashed last year's potato, and as hard as an elephant's tusk. THE THEE ISN'T CULTIVATED. The grain of the ivory nut is white and even of texture so that it is easily carved, sawn and worked into any desirable shape. It should be said that there are about 50 nuts in one of these clusters. The ivory nut tree is not farmed or raised artificially as is the banana tree, bnt grows in its natu ral state and after its own manner in the forests the same as the hickory or the chest nut or walnut About four thousand tons of the ivory nut are brought to this country annually. Owing to the cheapness of the raw material there is not more than a hundred and fifty thousands dollars per annum involved in the traffic From Messrs. Snyder & "Wheeler, in Pearl street, I learned that perhaps fifteen hundred persons in New York were employed in the handling and manufacturing of the Ivory nut and its products. "The principal use of vegetable ivory now," said Mr. Wheeler, whose firm of bro kers deals in the a rtlole incidentally, "is In the manufacture of buttons. A good many people probably think that the buttons on their spring clothes are made of rubber or bone and so they used to be. Now.howHvnr vegetable Ivory is the prinoipal material used. The nut in 'Its green state Is filled with a milky substance whioh hardens upon ripening into a fine, even grained, tough substance. In this state it is sawn Into slabs of the neoessary thickness and turned Into buttons by machinery. MAKES A CAPITAL BUTTON. "Unlike the rubber button and bona H Is not affected by heat or cold.and is less liable to break In the eye. The manu facturers are located In a number of Eastern cities, though the raw material that comes to this country Is usually landed at this port. The ocst of manufacturing is the principal Item of expense. About 80 per cent of the cost of tho manufactuied article is In tho labor. The greatest production in this coun try was in 1SS9 and 1890, but the Germans having the advantage of cheap labor aro now able to successfully compete with American manufacture. It is true that most of it is used in this country, bnt we aie now getting a considerable amount of the manu tactured article from Germany. The duty Is 40 per cent, too, 15 per cent of that being a raise under tho McKinley act. "No, they do not enter into the question of competition as to pearl buttons, with $150, 000 repiesenting the annual outlay on the raw material, and 20 per cent of the entire American product, you can figure out to yourself about tho amount of money in volved In both handling and the manufact ure, in tne earner Ntacres ones nsn ve-rntniiin ivory was principally known in the shape of ornaments of various kinds. If you win re member a number of years ago it was ex tensively handled by train men and street fakirs who peddled baskets full of little trinkets made fiom the ivory nut At pres ent practically the whole product of the ivory nut goes Into buttons. CAN COLOR THE BUTT OITB. One of tho peculiar features of the material In relation to buttons is its susceptibility to coloring matter. It can be oolored anything that is desired by the manufacturers. Ton will notloa that the artistic tailor makes use of this to great advantage In his adaptation of buttons to garments. In the Scotch tweed suits of light and mottled texture, or garments of any color whatever where a solid button Is used, one in perfect harmony with the material may be selected. The vaiietics in shape and color are almost countless. The material takes the color finely, as I said. The buttons made in this countrv from it are just as cood as those made abroad, the point of competition be ing In the cost of labor." Above the door In the broker's office bangs one of the great clusters of the ivory nut in its native shell. There is probably not a man in 10,000 among the most intelligent who could tell what that exhibit is. The nuts when taken out or even as they are brought in the sack at the pier will when scraped with a knifo give off a rich odor similar to what is known as tho Brazil or cream nut. They smell good enough to eat, though it would take a pietty poweiful set of teeth to crack one. Lying thero stacked up on the pier they aio interesting if only as illustrative of the great -variety of extraor dinary things brought to Now York from Various parts of the world and the ingenuity of those who have cloveriy adapted them to the uses of mankind. Charles Theopore Murray. TOOK A HON BT THE TAIL, A Connecticut Woman of Nerve Who Put tho King or Beasts to night. When P, T. Barnum's winter quarters were burned two years ago one of the lions escaped and entered,the barn of Mrs. Gilli gan, a widow living on Pequonnock street, Bridgeport, Conn. Mrs. Gilligan bravely entered the barn, grabbed the king of beasts by the tail and belabored him with a pitch fork handle to drive it out. Her pluck and courage were noted in the newspapers at the time, and she received many offers of mar riage fr m men in the fur West uho needed braje wives. Mrs. Gilligan has again distinguished her self. She is a great poultry fancier, aud her hennery is a standinz temptation to the lawless tramps and toughs who make that neighborhood their headquarters. Yesterday morning she heard her chickens making an unusual nofae, and, hastily dressing, she got to the coop just in time to see two men car rying off 13 of her fowls. She followed them to their camp in the wood;,, and jump ing into the midst of the gang she grabbed the chickens from tho hands of the thieves and give them a piece of her mind. Then she sent for the police and made complaint against me men. This morning mey were LU-LJIMiM' "' ' L ,r,n.ii,i ' )i'. i i ii.i.j juji.iwjw j.i mm WEITTEN TOR B"5T zej:dg-.a.:r fawoett, Author, of "The fiouse at High Bridge," "Romance and Reverie,' "The Adventures of a Widow," numerous songs and poems and several plays. SYNOPSIS OF PKEVIOCS CHAPTERS. Tho story opens with a ball Alonzo Uspenard has given in hiq palatial residence ia honor of his betrothed, Kathleen Eennaird, the daughter of a cold and calculating 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 snicjde, his immense fortune has been swept away. After the ball Alonzo Informs his sister, Mrs. Van SantvooriL a frivolous society woman who has set apart an allowance for her husband on condition thae 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, quarrel, the latter claim ing Alonzo's neglect of the business made tho defalcation possible. Mrs. Van Santvoord restores peace and Alonzo goes back to his home to meditate. After learning the worst Alonzo visits Kathleen and thinks he observes a coldness In her manner. A few days later he requests his close friend, Philip Lexington, to ask Kathleen her real feelings. Philip turns on him, and Alonzo discovers that all Phillp'a resrard forhlm vanished with his fortune. Desperate, he visits Kathleen. Mrs. Kennaird meets himand says Kathleen is 111 and, furthermore, that the engagement must bo broken. In a rage Alonzo calls Kathlee n. who comes to him, avowing love and constancv. But Mrs. Kennaird. exercises a kind of mesmerism over her daughter and forces her to repulse Alonzo. CHAPTER V. He had received a frightful blow, and what made it all the more bitter was a nascent conviction that it had been half of his own giving. Still, he must forthwith face the irreparable. He had played into the hands of Mrs. Kennaird just when the game had begun to go dead against her. Perhaps like a mad fool he had done this, and now life held no mitigant sorceries that could reverse his doom. Prido had as sumed in him an abnormal tyranny; he had expected of Kathleen preposterous things. Of this he would assure himself one minute, denying it the next "Had I been in her place and she in mine," he would passion ately argue, "would I have talked of being, 'able to bear it all'? Good heavens, what had she to 'bear? Not owning a peck or two oi diamonds, having three or four pairs of gloves at a tims instead of 12 dozen? And she called this loving I Why, if she were really true to me, really worth having for a IS ANOTHEB INSTANT HE HAD THEOWST AH" ABM AEOUITD ALOSZO'S NECK. wife, I'd love the feeling of starvation while I kept bread from my own mouth-to put it in hers." His sister, Mrs. VanSantvoord, who now and then dropped in upon him with woebe gone face and a voice which had lately ac quired several newbleatingnotes, happened to be present one morning when he spoke aloud just such thoughts as these. ""Well, Lonz," Bhe said, "you can't blame a girl who's been all her life a beggar for having a shock when she hears you're al most one yourself." "Oh, I don't blame her, Kitty. I only wish my loss of fortune would have taken with her the one form which makes perfect sympathy possible; that is all. I mean self forgettuiness, you know." He gave a quick yet heavy sigh. "But it's so absurd, I find, to expect anything from anybody. "We're a race of egotists, little and big." "You re out ot the great crowd, .Lonz; you always were," said Kitty, with that kind of drawing-room wail, which she had got into the way of using, and with each comer of her mouth a tragic droop. "I've often wondered why you didn't go oftener to church; you think so much about other people besides yourself; and that, they say, is the essence of relieion." 1 begin to believe, Kitty, that it's the essence of folly." "No, you don't, Lonz. Oh, dear, how I wish I could take the awfulness of it as you do!" "Come, now," said her brother, laying a hand on her shoulder, and for an instant gazing down cheerily into her gloomful eyes. "We've each got 6,000 a year left Uncle Crawford says so, and there isn't any doubt of it Think, Kit, there are thousands and thousands of people who'd consider that a fortune and a huge one, too." "Oh, I know, I knowl But those are just the kind of thing3 you can say to yourself and get comfort out of. I can't I'm 'only a mere little fly that dances in the sun, Lonz, and that gets torpid and dismal the moment there's no sun to dance in." "But you've got a fair amount of sun left, Kit" "Oh, don't! If if it were 59,000 a vear I'd feel able to hold my head up. Yes, I've figured matters down to that One can escape the real horrors of poverty on ?9,000 a year. But six! TJgh! it's it's destitu tion!" "And I suppose," said Alonzo, watching her with a curious smile, "that your noble Hector has been talking like this to his treasured Andromache? bh, my dear?" "Hector? I I scarcely see him. If it were not that I hate divorces and separa tions so, I'd" "Yes. I understand." As he thus spoke Alonzo settled himself quite close to his sister on the little lounge that she occupied. He took her gloved hand in his and began absentlv, yet somehow quite tenderly, to fondle ft "Now tell me, Kit, dear; you don't dream of helping him with your six thousand, do you?" "Helping h'im? Good gracious, no. How could I? Besides, he's got a position of some sort It's connected with a club in Baltimore. He originally came from Balti more, you know." "Yes. I wish he hadn't That is, I wish he'd remained loyal to the city that gave him birth. And this club position, what is it? Not a waiter's. I hope. If so. I don't believe he'd stay long in it "Waiters must be civil in ordefto please, poorfellows, and they inusn't be lazy." "Lonz! Oh, no. It's a kind of superin tendenfship. They say gentlemen take such places." "Gentlemen! Really! And he but go on." "Well, there isn't much more to telL He'll fill the poiition at least, he said to THE DISPATCH me this morning he would. It's two thou sand a year." "And that means separation?" "Of course it does, Lonz. You don't think I'd go on there with him, do vou?" "Then you'll stay alone "here in New York?" '1? "Whv, yes. Alonerin my new, hor rid quarteri " "They're not so horrid,lKitty. They're far too handsome for 56,000 atyear.you might manage them on nine." "Mercy, Lonzl I know so little about money matters! But you'llle here; you'll take care of me, won't you?" "Pay your debts, do yon mean?" said Alonzo, smiling. "So, not that Poor Lonzl how can yon? You'll only have 56,000 a year yourself." And she patted his arm, in daintj condol ence. "Kitty," came the reply, very seriously spoken, 'I've something totell you. Don't start, now, and look as if you'd heard tha rumbles of an earthquake. Promise ma that when Hector goes away you'll live so that no one will talk." "Lonz! I" "Never mind defending yourself. I don'l say that you've done wrong as it is." 'Lonz, I never have! I've only "You've only been imprudent I-alwaya knew it There kiss me on the lipSjKitty, and promise you won't be imprudent any more." She gavejiim the kiss, and wound her arms about him almost passionately whila sha did so. "My brother! my brother!" sha said. "You're so clever you always could read people so keenly! But horrible things might have happened, if "If 'it hadn't been that von're at heart an honorable woman, dear," he softly broke in. "Oh, I know, Kitty, you've had your temp tations, what woman hasn't had them. treated as you've been by such a beast as your husband?" Kitty was crying now, but ho kissed away her tears, and then brushed' away a few of his own whila ha rose and stood over her. 'It's odd," ha went on, "that you should have named just the yearly-sum you're going to get" "Goingto get?" she repeated, looking np at him in surprise. "Ye3, ninevthousand a year. I'm coinij ' to give yon three thousand out of my income." "And liveyourself on three thousand?" "Yes." "You shan'Mo lt,Lonz! Yon shan'tf-you shan't! It's lovely, it's more than lovely of you; but I can't listen to it." "My dear Kitty, everything has been arranged. Uncle Crawford will pay you over the money while I'm away." "Away? You-"regoing then ?" "To Europe, i hope to earn and save some money there,, but nevertheless, three thousand will amplycovcr my-wants, living as I mean to live." "Ob, but Lona f "Now, don't be absurd. I've told yoa before about my dear old friend Erio Thax ter's intimacy with the'King of Saliravia," "Yes." "WelLEric,Ifind,,isthe oneoi all my friends who has proved himself neither lukewarm nor totally unconcerned over my misfortunes. Long ago he wanted me, you remember, to accept an office under His Majesty, King Clarimond" "Oh, it all comes back totme. You were to act as chief adviser in thecollection of a great picture gallery. AndvJ said, 'Go, do go, and just see what a kingland court are like, even if you only stay two or three weeks.' How it all comes back tome now, Lonz! And you made fun of me then for a silly American snob. But you don't do so now." "Oh, I don't make fun of theary. It'a no laughing matter." Here he told her how much it was. and added: "So-tou see, I can afford to help you a little." "Help me a little! Lonz, yon'reran angell There was never such a brother. And you are really going?." "It's all settled. Erie has been theiangeL But I may come back in no time, like.one of Bo Peep's missing sheep. You see, I'ya never before ventured to put my faith in princes. They tell us we mustn't; you know. Kit; they've been telling us so for several centuries. I'm going to this majestyas a kind of carpet-bagger, vou know." "Ob, nonsense. You're going as an American gentleman, and the intimate friend of the King's favorite. "The King's favorite! If Eric, my inde pendent Eric, heard anyone call him that, I believe he'd shake the dust of Saltravia for ever from his feet There is no truckling to royalty with him, you may bet your life, Kitty." "But I do hope," said the sister, after a little pause which appeared to brim with congratulations joyful.though silent, "that you'll not be kept from your painting, Lonz. I mean, that you'll have time to go on with it and be the great artist you were cut out for." "Cut out for with a very crooked pair W L J j J O'T S It. ij yt. - lj Sfi" V f1uJ'til. JJ "T- A-tfA Of Bu. I W. UL, , J 3"3dlAfci.jJ('Ett J-ftft 'ijr " ,
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