THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 189i;r
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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