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PASSING .THE ROCK,
Hurat Halstead Sails on Enchanted
Seas Into the World of the
ilediterranean.
JUBT A SUGGESTION OP 17HTTSE
Softened Ij lizy Breezes Hat Eeeall a
Itaj- in June in the rioirer-
Decied Talley of the Ohio,
6IBE1LTAB AS SEK5 BT MOONLIGHT.
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lnj Eilnr Echini
rwnnrt ron the nrRPATCn.1
LETTER NO. 2.
EOM the Azores to
Gibraltar the
wcatuer was charm
ing. The ocean
grew quiet and the
skies beautiful.
There were clouds,
but they softened
and brightened.
The new moon
came out slender
and exquisite, and
far down in the
western sky the
star of the evening
sparkled on the
delicious blue like
& diamond incom-
-3i:
f parable on velvet
The Pleiades and
Orion clowed on high in illustrious pomp,
ank all the starry legions gleamed around
them. We seemed to have left the world,
cf stormy blackness and bitterness far, far
nway. This was the Atlantic, and yet there
could be no sea fairer. There was in the
breeze a flavor of frost, keen but not savage
a crisp, elastic embrace the suggestion
that in remote regions there might be win
ter, its fierceness restrained by magical bar
riers. The Fuldais not a greyhound,but she goes
right along at a rate approaching 400 miles
a day. This journey somehow gives me a
stronger impression than the miles accom
plished warrant of vast distance. It is, "of
course, longer than the accustomed run to
Europe, as it is over 4,000 miles from New
York to Genoa.
A Brilliant Event on the Ocean.
Saturday night the second Saturday
night out the deck, was prepared on the
larboard side for a ballroom. Inclosed in
sails, decorated with flag', illuminated with
electric lights, it was a brilliant improvisa
tion. First there was a march led by the
captain. The band of mnic an indispen
sable accompaniment of a North German
jjioya steamers equipment executed a
grand march. And the procession followed a
course planned to give the greatest possible
circulation of the procession. Then fol
lowed fireworks, and we had a small Fou rth
of July. Rockets may be used for festal
'purposes at sea, but only by the discharge
of several at a time sent up singly, and at
intervals they are signals of distress.
Waltzes and quadrilles followed. The oap
tain's ball was pronounced a great success.
On the second Sunday, as on the first, the
passengers were aroused by selections from
the splendid sacred music of Germany. The
day was delightful, and at night the great
k interest in our little world was in the fact
that if our iron planet steadily described
its appointed course over the shining,
rounded face of the sea, we Ehould Ire very
early on Monday at Gibraltar. In the even
ing we saw the dim line of a coast we were
told was Portugal, though it is my impres
sion our first view of European land was of
Spain.
Drifting Into tlis Sar.ny Seas.
Then came lights in lofty towers, eaoh
with peculiarities known to all sailors of
these scat. Among them later was one that
bears the memorable name Trafalgar, where
-aeisoa settled tne question ot tne su
premacy of England over the oceans, and
Napoleon htd to find his consolation at
Austeriitz. December 7 the passengers were
early risers. (It is the afternoon of that
dav, and I am seated on deck, without an
overcoat, writing these lines, in comfort
The western sky is red and pale gold in
layers, and the silky glowing waters
of the Mediterranean are murmuring
around the thip, which is going
with greater ease than the ordinary steam
boat on a river. I feel the vibration of the
tcrew that drives us like a pulsation in the
deck. We have been looking long at the
snowy mountains of Spain, and arc now out
of sight of land. We are about as f-ar from
Genoa as Cincinnati is from New York.
Our long plume of smoke bears away toward
Africa. The yellow western light falls on
the paper as I write, and I close at once the
portfolio and the parenthesis.)
The ship was unquiet, but not .from the
swell of the sea, the night before Gibraltar.
The mighty rock, one of the Pillars ot Her
cules that stood for ages as the end of the
world, and became one of the gateposts of
the new continent when themvsterr bevond
the Atlantic was revealed, has one of the
names that strike the imagination. It ranks
with Jeru'alem, Constantinople and Eome
in the memories and fancies ot men.
All Kajcr to See Gibraltar.
Passengers w ere eager to see the reality
o often pictured. Over 20 were going to
leave the company for a tour in Spain. The
Italians were excited by the approach to
their native land and sea, and seemed to
find intoxication in the air.
By the way, I am told the price of pass
age of an Italian from New York to Naples
or Sicily is S32, and that the crowd we have
on board have a good deal of money, per
haps more than SJ50 each on the average.
It is evident that they have not wasted
much of their hard-earned money on clothes.
They are great card-players, and sit on the
deck in circles of half a dozen, and whack
the cards down in the dirt with persevering
zeal. Thev pla a sort of poker, and I have
heard the "jack-pots' estimated as high as
25 cents, thourfi I have not noticed a cae
in which the u m jt stike exceeded 15 cents.
Thce pcaple are exceedingly i ell-behaved.
There has not been a case of drunkenness
or a fight among them. As the weather has
improved, we notice women and children in
the crowd one singularly beautiful young
girl, and a curly-headed boy whose pensive
lace appeals to all hearts; and he has had
contributions ot oranges, candies and
nickels. It is only fair to say that our
Italian friends are currently reported to
have founded a colony of fleas", and some of
thee lively insects are believed to have in
vaded the sacred staterooms of the first
class passengers. Singular Btories are told
of the habit of fleas of jumping into the sea
when the Italians fake their departure.
The Italian flea is as vigorous as fantastic.
.Appearance of the Great Hock.
Long before day there was a hum all over
the riveted hive, containing 1,200 human
creatures. The Spanish lights flashed on
the left We had passed the Trafalgar
light There was a shadowy mass iu the
east over it a sparkle of stars. Low by the
sea, with eombre background, there was
seen the twinkle of many lights; on the
right, emerging from the shadows, a red
glow; beyond it, miles away, a whife spot,
like a keen star just beginning to fade iu
the eastern light "What is that?" was the
question. The answer came. "Gibraltar!"
To be sure, how the shipias pierced the
dim waters and the shadowv mists. To be
sure it is Gibraltar, a gloomv bulk! with
the distinct resemblance of the British lion I
as Landeer drew him for Nelson' mono- as the name Majorca would indicate. This
meat in Trafalgar Square! J is S3 by 41 miles in extent, and has nearly
Slowly-the portentous rock was revealed, j 300,000 inhabitants. We skirt the most in
the distance lessened, the licht increased. hospitable coast, and see but a few houses,
The red signal m rked the point projecting j and on the mountains scraggy forests of biI-
furthest into the famous strait The
spark to the right was on the African shore,
now plainlv outlined. The hill that is the
southerly Pllar of Hercules, booming on
the horizon, commands attention, and there
are grander lumps of mountain swelling to
the right. It was with a sense of something
eventtul in one's experience to catch this
glimpse, the first, and all probability the
last, cf the huge continent, the most dark
some nnd mysterious on the globe the
continent of the Nile and the Congo of
Egypt, Ethiopia, and the opposed race for
whom is foreshadowed a glorious vindica
tion in an immense destiny.
Tl.e Middle or the Earth.
We had at la't crossed the ocean, and
were at the historic portal of the splendid
sea in the middle of the earth the sea
whose shores are thiee continent the
waters whose surf whitens the front of.
Egypt and Palestine, the isles, and
peninsulas of Greece, the venerable" mar
bles of Athens and Venice, the ruins of
Carthage, the Bav of Naples, and that re
ceive the yellow Tiber, rich with the recol
lections of gigantic overshadowing Rome.
Here is the mid-ocean that borders with
splendor Southern France and Spain, and
Alps-bound Italv, and tor a footholdupon
which the prodigious Empire of Russia has
lor centuries passionately longca in vain.
All the way over we had never heard one
hideous blast from the foghorn, and the in
experienced travelers did not know the hap
piness of the omission. The signal light
was given that the Fulda, of the German
fleet, that sweeps all the seas, had arrived.
Then onr steam whistle found its awful
voice, and such a blast was blown as would
have interrupted the thunders of the battle
of the Nile. Another big ship had just ar
rived, and was swarming, smoking and
steaming ncir us. She had four masts the
foremast withyardarms. Her name was the
Oceanic, and "she was from Australia, by
wav ot the Suez Canal and the Straits of
Gibraltar, for England. While we were
tossing in the Western Atlantio, this ship
hed been plowing the Indian Ocean and the
Eed Sea; and so we find the Bay of Gibraltar
the half-way house between the Old and the
New, and there is a feeling that the stately
rock before us is the magnetic center of the
affairs of our race.
Rejoices the Heart of tlio Briton.
When we found our waiting place the
ship was surrounded by boats, the first of
which were manned by "enterprising traders,
and soon there was a "brisk trade in Spanish
fans and handkerchiefs, pictures, with the
beauties of the land aud the brawn of the
bull fighters in their gaudy dresses, spangled
and bedizened. Close at hand was the
break water, and behind it the big British
ironclad, Thunderer, ready at any hour to
justify her name. The British colors flew
from " her foremast, and the cross of St.
George never had looked to be quite so
brilliant and formidable. Among our pas
sengers were Britons and Canadians, ladies
and gentlemen, and they were radiant with
pride. There is no spot over which the
British standard flies that so appeals to the
glory and vanity of England, or that so ad
vertises the plenitude of her power as this,
and the subjects of Her Majesty the Queen
and Empress have a right to exult that they
are of a nation whose strong hand is felt in
every land.
As one studies the rock it appears to
grow. Upon its summit the signal station
is conspicuous. The roads cut in the steep
places wiud to the summit, and as they
ascend the loftiest peak are like the threads
of a screw. There are dividing walls whose
use is not apparent, and some ot the great
cisterns that are the reservoirs for rain
water are conspicuous. The town is con
siderable, but not imposing, and the general
effect is pleasing. There are gardens in
which the palm tree lifts its Oriental head,
and even as seen through an opera glass it
tells of the tawny deserts and the immortal
rivers of the East and South, and you know
that its palm leaves whisper in dreams of
Asia.
friendships or a Long Voyajre.
There seem to be no tugs at Gibraltar, and
their absence allows room tor abundant
boats that are commodious enough, though
they seem slight belore the stupendous sur
roundings. No one needs be alarmed be
cause the landing at Gibraltar is by boat
The service is cheap, the baggage deftly
handled, and the ladies have the enjoyment
of the idea of adventure without danger or
discomfort Here began the partings that are
more acute, as a rule, than would seem to be
wholly warranted by short acquaintance,
but the companionship of long voyages and
the certainty of speedy separations are be
guiling; and there is always a sadness to say
goodby, goodby, to bright end friendly
laces, " with the consciousness that the
chances are a thousand to one that the
words and smiles exchanged arc a last adieu,
farewell forever. It is fare thee well, and
if forever, still forever fare the weiL
The British have held Gibraltar since
1701. The Spaniards took it from the Moors
30 years before the discoeryof America.
The rock is 2 miles north and south, three
quarters ot a mile in breadth, and 1,337
feet high. The signal station is 1.294 feet
high. There is communication with Malta
by telegraph, 1,050 miles. The familiar
view of Gibraltar gives the town and west
ern face. The southern nnd eastern view is
far more striking. The north is a precipice
the rock of land that connects with the
continent is narrow and low, almost invisi
ble from the sea. The general impression
is that the rock is an island. The bay was
a surprise in its extent The southern face
of the rock shows a crescent of precipices,
like the Palisides on the Hudson, but high
er. The indications are that the place is in
accessible. Here the celebrated monkeys
live, and are protected. They are the des
cendants ot those who peopled the same
steep places when the rock was the Mons
Calpe of the Phoenecians and the Gibel
Tank of the Arabs. Steam power and iron
clads have reduced the importance of the
rock in actual war, but not its political sig
nificance. Delights of the Mediterranean.
A pibture grand and lovely was in the
west as we entered the Mediterranean Sea
the "mare internum" of the ancients. The
rock was superb, its rugged outlines show
ing against a luminous sky, and framed in
fleecy clouds touched with dazzling colors.
The photographs and engravings do not tell
the whole story of grandeur and of loveli
ness. On the left the Spanish shore was
strongly defined. On the right the African
hills were presently indistinct, and then
lost There was inexpressible charm in the
quiet scintillant sea, and the soft low wind
that gave the glassy space about us a silken
ripple. Hours passed and we were off the
jviooribh coast, and knew that Malaga was
at the head of the indentation in the coast
across which we were streaming, and that
the land the Moors have mourned for 400
years was behind the Sierra, whose spurs
nere visible in the northeast
Next the attraction was a mountain range
covered with snow two remarkable sum
mits of the Sierra Nevada, nearly 12,000
feet high. These noble mountains were im
pressive in their winter raiment, and beyond
tucuj wc jwicw vus classical vireneaa and
the Alhambra. The ferry boats between
Brooklyn and New York roll as much as
our ship did this fair day, a day in Decem
ber rare as Lowell's day in June, and when
the sun withdrew its glories and sank in an
abyss of beauty, the moon took up the tale,
and the wake ot the ship was a broad river
of quivering silver. We were floating like
dreamers ot delight in an enchanted ocean.
There was an atmosphere of tender light
The ship was caressed by the brilliant
waters through which the Btcady screw,
whose task seemed no longer one of strug
gle and anxiety, drove her with ceaseless
energy; and if I may be pardoned for speak
ing ot the stars again, they never lent to a
gentler scene a kindlier illumination, and
ou the Spanish rocks were lights from the
lamps that guide aud warn the navigator of
these transcendent wastes, in which the air
and the water are so beautifully blended.
A Panorama or Surprises.
With morning came the Balearic Islands
extremcir rocky and wild and desolate as
we viewed them. The first wasIvosa,whose
southern point resembles a colossal cathe-
draL Later was the larger oue of the group, l
THE
ver pines and wild olive trees. The pan
orama ot the coast is almost startling, it
is so picturesque. Every moment the eye
finds some surprise, and each change is a
pleasure. The next island that interests us
is Minorca, with 200 square miles, near 60,
000 people, a mountain Toro 1,200 feet
high, on which is a castle visible in fine
weather 40 miles.
There is a schoolboy recollection of
Majorca and Minorca "that haunts me
some imaginative constrnction of a king
dom in the days of youth in the heart of
the Mediterranean. It seems like a song
heard so long ago that all but two or three
words are gone. What were Majorca and
Minorca to me? What was "he to Hewha
or Hewha to him?" It is a conundrum
that needs not solution, a puzzle the clew
to which is not worth finding; but the re
frain was on Majorca, Minorca. There is a
voice in the air I can neitherextinguish
altogether nor quite interpret. Already it
is perceptible that we have been runnjng
north. Still we are far south of the warm
Blopes of France next the Mediterranean,
but on the shady side of the boat we have a
chill that, though not eager or nipping, is
not inappropriate to the season, and on the
sunny side t'll-rs is the mildness of May in
southern O.iio or June in France. It is too
cold on one side to write on the deck, and
on the other it is too warm.
The X.3tt Evening on the Ship.
We have steamed 4,000 miles, and fed
more than 1,000 people ten flays. The cargo
was not heavv, and the ship stands high
and is easily lively. The last dinner on
board was to be a festivity, but there came
a sharp breeze that ruffled the surface of the
sea and touched up the ripples with occa
sional dashes of foam. The ladies said with
looks of alarm: "This is the horrid gulf of
Lyons; it is always dreadful 'here." The
ship was so high in the water that she
seemed to work on spiral springs, and took
a fancy to swing and plunge that emptied a
good many chairs. There was the concert
for the benefit of the seamen's fund (there
is always a concert for those seamen). Three
of the performers were dizzy and slightly
demoralized; but a brave girl from Brook
lyn, with a rich, sympathetic, thrilling
voice, clung to the upright piano, and had
the nerve and the art to smile and cough and
sing, and carry the entertainment to suc
cess. The moon was at the end of the first
quarter, and appeared to be rising up to
follow the ship. The night was not un
happy, though the ladies were resolved
that there should he a great storm. When
the morning came the sea was again serene,
and we were in full view of the shores of
France, near Toulon. The next develop
ment was those most famous Southern re
sorts of the world Nice, Cannes, Monte
Carlo,San Eemo. It is au Indian summer
nir, minus the smoke, and vonder is It-ily.
as Hannibal and Napoleon remarked when
crossing the Alps. Speaking of Napoleon,my
eyes have sought in vain in the blue tints
of the blended sky and ocean in the south
the lines of the mountains of Corsica.
Mukat Halstead.
CLIMBING UP A ROPE.
The Best Exercise to Develop the Upper
Tart or the TJody A. Trick About Getting
Down Cllmhicc With One Arm The
Records.
WKITTEH FOR THS DISPATCH. 1
Yon boys who have been sprinting and
running across country all spring and sum
mer, and playing football during the fall
have probably decided that it is about time
to go into gymnasium quarters for the win
ter. Your calves and thighs, thanks to the
exercise yon have given them, have de
veloped in a most gratifying manner, nnd
you notice with a great deal of pride that
after forcing the air out of your lungs you
can expand your chest like a pair of bel
lows. But what about your forearm 3nd biceps?
And have you any muscle worth mention
ing on the back and chest? If not, then
don't begin your indoor work with rope
climbing. -Or, if you prefer, do try it, but
the chances are that trying is as far as you
will get To "akin" up a rope, hand over
hand, requires a considerable degree of
strength, and no boy shonld attempt it be
fore he is able to chin himself on a horizon
tal bar at least three or four times. So,
unless you already have a fair muscular de
velopment above the waist, you mnst re
strict your work for a while to light dumb
bells and chest weights, before you can be
come a rope climber.
Jnit as Hard to Come Down.
Even then yon must proceed slowly. And
neermake the mistake of seeing how high
you can climb until you have learned how
to come down, else you will be worse ofl
than the kitten when she climbs her first
and has to wait miawing helplessly for some
one to bring her back to the ground. Of
course the kitten could come down without
help, and so can you only too easily when
your muscles are so tired that you can't de
scend hand over hand as you ascended, and
you haven't learned the secret of taking a
twist in the rope with your leg and sliding
slowly.
I sull remember very clearly mv own
first experience in climbing a rope. It was
only about 20 feet long and it seemed a very
simple matter to skin up. Half way, and I
got very tired, but the jeers and laughter
of the fellows who were watching me kept
me at it I did finally reach the top, with
every muscle aching and my arms feeling
as long as a baboon's. I would have liked
it very much if some one had brought
me a ladder, but I knew that was
out of the question. I couldn't hold
fast any longer so I started to come down.
And I couldn't stop myself by the friction
of my leg on the rope for I wore a running
snit and my legs were bare below the knees.
So I came down very fast My, how hot
that rope did get 1 When I had six or eight
feet more to go, most of the skin was rubbed
oS my hands nnd I let loose. Of course, by
this time the blood had settled in mv feet.
and you can imagine my feelings when X.
alighted with n great thump on theard
board floor. I didn't meet with any sympa
thy from the onlookers, either. They
seemed to regard it all as an excellent joke,
and even asked me to give the exhibition
again.
Developing the Upper Body.
There are few exercises that will more
quickly than rope climbing develop the up
per Dart of the body. The forearm, biceps,
and the large muscles of the chest and back
especially will be increased in size. All
athletes who practice this game much have
unusually powerful arin. Kobcrt Stoll
and Frank Hartshorne, of the New York
Athletic Club, for instance, easily "chin"
themselves with either arm. Stoll, in
faet, hanging at arm's length from
a bar or ring, can bring up the chin
even with the hand six times. One might
suppose that such heavy work would de
prive the muscles of all their snap, and
make them slow. Such, however, does not
appear to be the case, for both Stoll and
Hartshorne are very clever gymnasts, a
branch of athletics which requires the
greatest agility. Stoll was at one time one
of the best half-mile runners in America,
and Hartshorne still runs a quarter mile in
close to 51 seconds.
Bope-climbing was first introduced on the
championship programme of the Amateur
Athletic Union iu 1888. The rope is usually
22 feet long, and is suspended from a beam,
to which is fastened a bell or tambourine.
The athlete grasps the rope with one hand
at a point less than 4 feet from the floor.
He is told to get ready, and then, at the re
port of a pistol, up he goej, kicking nnd
wriggling, until he looks Ii8e a frog. Soon
as he gets to the top he slaps the bell or
tambourine. The time keepers start their
watches with the pistol and stop with the
belL The climber who can "skin up" in
the least time is, of course, the winner. At
the first competition Stoll climbed 22 feet in
5 3-5 seconds time which has never been
beaten in a championship contest At
Princeton Stoll once climbed 39 feet in
10 1-5 seconds. "Waltee CL Dohm.
PTTTSBUKG- DISPATCH,
PULSE OF THE WOELD.
As It Throbs in Onr Own land and
the Lands Beyond the Seas.
LORD HAETINGT0FS ENGAGEMENT.'
Swift Strides of a Farisienne In the Fath
Blazed fcj Bernhardt.
EGTFTS CK0WH HAS2TT AKT THOBflS
liuat roa ram dispatch.!
Lord Hartingtonr, the sturdy English
statesman and one time stanch ally and
lieutenant o f
the Grand Old
Man, is cot des
tined to disap
pear from pub
lic view alto
gether under
his new title of
DukeofDevon-
j- shire. He is
'$, not exfcc'ly ke
.n man you d sus-
Peci ' being
the hero of a
long-drawn-out
., . . T... n. j love romance,
Hartingtorri't Betrothed. , , ,
of his engagement to the Dowager Duchess
ofManckcster.has revived the gossip about
the couple, which tickled London society
before the sheep-raising Duke of Manches
ter retired from the Upper House, 'tis to be
hoped, to one yet higher, last year. Lord
nartington paid the Duchess, whose por
trait appears near-by, a good deal of atten
tion before she lost her lord, and widow'
weeds doubtless have not made her any less
attractive.
She is a lively woman with a strong
liking for English country life, with its
hunting and open air existence generally.
Both she and her sister, the Empress of
Austria, are renowned as .cross-country
riders. Perhaps it was this love for horses
and the saddle that bronght Lord Hnrting
ton to her feet, for he has alwavs shown a
keen interest in the turf, and has even kept
a racing stable without winning the blue
ribbon of the Bankruptcy court The
Dowager Duchess is lucky to be able tb in
dulge her taste for dukes twice in a life
time, and her good fortune is more unusual
still in getting such a good-natured, honest
gentleman as the Duke of Devonshire for
husband No. 2.
rictorla nnd Dramatic Art Wedded,
Hans Holbein, the younger, wheu he was
painting the 87 portraits which hang in the
galleries of Windsor Castle, could never
have dreamed that they ould furnish a
mere play-actor with designs for a theatri
cal representation ot the court of his
patron, Bluff King HaL A miracle play
or the rude comedy of a court jester cer
tainly never suggested to the great German
painter that his art could have anything in
common with things theatrical. Yet from
Holbein's portraits cf the lords and ladies
of Henry VIII. 's court all the costumes
and armor used by Henry Irving in his
magnificent revival of Shakespeare's Henry
VIIL have been copied. It would have as
tonished honest Hans to see such distin
guished artists as Mr. and Mrs. Seymour
Lncas designing the costumes for actors, or
"mummers," as he would probably have
contemptuously termed them.
The costumes themselves are probably
finer that the originals, for the damask for
tne dresses lias been specially woveD, and
the gold and silver isssue used in one of
King Henry's dresses cost no less than $80
a yardl Ail London is talking about the
splendor of this the latest of Irving's many
Shakespearian revivals, and the pictorial
Ecems to have rather cast the dramatic art
in the shade, for the critics don't say very
much about the actors, and some of the
little said is not complimentary to the
gifted Henry and the adorable Ellen Terry,
who plays "Katherine" at the Lyceum.
By the way, people are prone to forget
Henry VIII. 's patronage of the arts. Hol
bein found a good living and plenty of
honors at Henry's court when his native
land was too much taken up with religious
reform to care whether a painter Btarved or
not. The fact that the 87 portraits referred
to above were all painted between 1528 and
1543, and were only a tithe of his work in
that period, shows that Holbein repaid his
patrons with hard work. The painter was
engaged in immortalizing Henry in the act
of confirming the privileges of the Barber
surgeons when his fatal illness overtook
him.
A Slystcry of Rhodo Island.
Little Bhode Island is to contribute a
genuine curiosity to the Chicago 'World's'
Fair. It will De an
exact copy of the "old
stone mill" which
keeps Newport, the
fashionably exclusive,
in touch with antiqui
ty and makes the
loyal Bhode Island
er's bosom swell with
pride every time
looks at it It isSigSS
merely a plain stone
tower, some 24 feet in -CJP-5'
height and 23 feet in
diameter. The walls Old Mill at XTeuport.
of unhewn stone rest upon arches supported
by eight columns, and the whole structure
appears to have been originally covered
with stucco. Nobody knows for certain
who built it Its origin has been long a
choice morsel for New England antiqua
rians, some of whom will prove to vou that
it is a relio of the Vikings' earliest visits
to these shores, and vou may read in Loner-
fellow of the Viking old, who boldly asserts
There for my lady's bower
Bmlt I the lofty tower
Which, to this very hour.
Stands looking seaward.
Others more plausibly claim that It is
"the Btone-built windmill" to which Gov
ernor Benedict Arnold referred in his wilL
This would make the will antedate 1677,
surely a respectable ace. Peter Easton, an
early settler, notes in his diary for the vear
1663: "This year we built our first Wind
mill," and some think the lamented Mr.
Easton was here referring to Newport's
great treasure, although sceptics want to
know why the good Puritans builtr"wind
mills of stone when they were content to
dwell for the most part in homes like that
to which John Alden took Priseilla,
Solid, substantial, of timber rough hewn
from
The firs of tbe forest.
Still the fao smije of Newport's "old
stone mill" will be a capital and a character
istic curiosity in the Chicago collection of
stale treasures, whether the spectators at
tribute it to an unnaturally poetic Viking
or a thrifty Puritan farmer.
Discovering a Pittsburg Invention.
"With a terrific air of wisdom an English
paper remarks that the heat of puddling
furnaces is often so great as to seriously af
fect the health of the workmen and dimin
ish the amount- of work done, and then al
ludes to a protective device in use in Ger
many as a novelty. Tire device is described
as a rectangular iron screen suspended from
an overhead rail so as to cover the whole
working side of the furnace. The lower end
of the shield is bent into a gutter haying a
slight fall in the direction of its length
while the upper edge is provided on the
side nearest the fnrnace with a pipe per
forated with small holes about three-quarters
of au inch apart, which is connected
with the pipe supplying water for cooling
the sides ot the furnace bed.
The amusing thing about this -Rnis.i,
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has been in use in this country for about a
dozen years or longer. Pittsburg can take
pride in the fact that the shield was in
vented by one of her sons, a Mr. McDonald,
at one time' manager of the Sligo Mills on
the Southside. The shield has been a
great blessing to -puddlers, and its inven
tion , ought to have made, Mr. McDonald
rich, but I am afraid it did not
New Star In tha Firmament
The friends of the legitimate drama are
finding comfort in the pronounced success
of the revival
of Shakes
peare's "Tam
ing of the
Shrew," at
the Comedie
Franeaise in
Paris, but
probably it is
cot so much a
sign of popu
lar revulsion
from farce
and frivolity
Mile, de irony- bs it is the
rush of the Parisian public to worship a
new star. Mile. Marsy is the Katharine of
the play, and it is her beauty, and still more
her emotional fire which Jim inflamed tho
Parisian heart. She is a remarkable young
woman, till now hidden in un
suitable parts, as often happens in
that peculiar institution, the theater which
the French Government supports and a
band of old fogies contrives to rule. It is
time that someone appeared to help fill the
large place in the public eye which Sara
Bernhardt has monopolized for so long, and
Mile. Marsy seems to have all the qualities
for the role of everybody's sweetheart
She has learned "already to spend 10,000
francs for a dress to be worn but once; her
love, affairs are the talk of the boulevards,
she is not married, but more than one gen
tleman of noble birth has put his relations
in a cold sweat by swearing to marry the
beauty of the Comedie Franeaise, ana" she
has. it is said, all the wild ideas about pets
that the divine.Sara has decreed shall be a
true mark of histrionic genius. Only in the
tudy of her art- is she docile and Datient
The great Coquelin has been her tutor, and
it is due to his training, no doubt, that she
has passed from the inferior plane of a stage
beauty to the glorious level of emotional
star.
Very Decent For a Turk.
Except as it brings the English and
French rivalry into activity again the
death of the Khe
dive of Egypt does
not amount t o
much as a political
event The Khe
dive was really a
figurehead, and
little more. He
had sn easy time,
$500,000 a year,
nl....nf H.T....
enough pomp and Wa.
show of
state to '.
satisfy the Oriental
"i-
mind, and very few
of the cares of Gov
ernment to bother
with. His Cabinet,
chosen for him by
the foreign powers,
who literally cre-
T7ie Dead Khedive.
ated him and guaranteed his existence,
looked after the management of his
realm, and the sub-ministers nnder
the Cabinet officers, all foreigners in
reality, saw that the aforesaid powers' and
most of all England's ideas were carried
out. The Khedive appears to have been an
amiable person, with a larger amount of
decency in him than the average Turk in
office. Most extraordinary to relate, he
actually lived within his income; and he
might have shone in the Y. M. C A., for he
neither drank nor smoked. '
If you saw him driving in a barouche
about Cairo's streets, you'd have seen little
kingly or ornamental about him. He wore
store clothes, as we should call them, a
black cutaway coat, trousers in the latest
London style, and his red fez in place of a
stovepipe was the only thing to distinguish
him irom a well-dressed American. His
son, who succeeds hiny has been carefully
edncated in German and Austrian schools,
and doubtless has no intention of throwing
off the British yoke which his father found
so comfortable to wear, although France is
likely to try hard to disturb the entente
cordiale which limits so disagreeably her
ambitions in the East.
JonNS-KAurMAsir.
How Chinaman TJaed to Go Docking.
According to an old story the Chinese
would cut a hole in a pumpkin large enough
to admit the head, scoop out the inside, cut
a hole to see through, and donning tbe
pumpkin like a helmet, wade ont into the
pond, keeping the body under water. The
unsuspeoting ducks, seeing no danger in so
harmless a thing as a floating pumpkin,
would remain quiescent till the "heathen
Chinee" could gather them by the legs and
yank them nnder water.
A WHOLE VILLAGE ATTACKED
BT I.A GBIPPE-HOMES DESOtATED
AND STF.OKG MEN PEOSTKATED.
One Tamlly Only Escapes Without Serious
Results.
A SHOBT HISTOBY AND ITS tESSOH.
WnfOlTA, Stark Co., Ind., Deo, 28, 189L
During the winter of 1891 1 fed my fam
ily of six were taken with tha la grippe. The
disease was very prevalent at that time in
the village where I resided, nearly every
one being sick with it. Our doctors treated
it as best they could, but were very unsuc
cessful in their treatment of it As soon
as my family were taken sick I went to the
drugstore and bought six bottles of Pe
ruana, and we all took it according to the
directions given on the bottle; and, al
though our cases seemed to be more than
usually violent in the outset, yet our recov
ery was prompt, and we were all well much
sooner than those who were treated
by the regular physician. In the begin
ning of the attack we all had a violent
cough, bleeding at the nose and spitting of
blood, but the Pe-ru-na promptly relieved
us, and we took no other medicine during
our sickness. Many people died of the la
grippe during this epidemic, and few, if
any, were sick bo short a time as myself
and iamiiy. .alter we were an sound and
well again we still had one bottle of Pe-ru-na
left in the house.
I can cheerfully recommend the Pe-ru-na
as acnrefbrtheiagrippeandageneral family
medicine. I shall not be without Pe-ru-na
in my house again unless I am absolutely
unable to get it
I will answer any letters of inquiry from
any one wishing to know more of the par
ticulars. C T. Hatitjild.
The above is the unsolicited testimony of
an honest laboring man. He did exactly
what hundreds of other parents have done,
and what hundreds of others are doing and
what hundreds of hundreds will do as
soon as they find out the value of Pe-ru-na
as a family medicine. Not only did Mr.
Hatfield save money by resorting to Pe-ru-na,
but his family recovered much sooner
and more perfectly than those treated in
the ordinary way.
The fact is, there is no equal to Pe-ru-na
for la grippe, catarrh (acute or chronic),
coughs, colds, bronchitis and consumption
in the early Btages. Pe-ru-na is the pre
scription of a renowned physician who has
been in constant practice over 35 years, and
this remedy has been Used in four epidem
ics of la grippe previous to this one with
nndeviating success. Complete directions
accompany each bottle, and is kept by most
druggists.
Send for a free copy of The Family Physi
cian No. 2 on la g'rippe, catarrh, and all
climatic diseases of winter: Address Pe-
ru-na .Drug juanuiacturmg uo.. uoium.
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IT, ' -1893.
A REVIEW OF SPORTS.
How the Grimm Case Has Humiliated
the Local Ball People.
THE INTERNATIONAL AMATEUES.
Plans of the Leading Pngilhts and the
Coming Contests.
UfTFAIE TEEATMEST OP F1IM1TEE
The week just ended has been notable for
its dullness as far as sporting events of inter
est have been concerned. In no branch of
sport has there been anything of prominence
in a national sense; indeed, taking every
thing into consideration, it has been a real
mid-winter week.
If not the most important, certainly the
most interesting-event of the week, locally,
has been the local ball club's unconditional
surrender of all claims to Grimm. I have
known the local club a long time, and have
watched it pass through many vicissitudes,
but I have never known it to play a more
humiliating part than its part played in the
Grimm case. After almost going to the ex
tent of threatening to blow everybody from
the face of the earth who said Grimm
didn't belong to Pittsburg, the officials of
the local club suddenly collapsed and ad
mitted they had no claim to Grimm at all.
It therefore follows that all the noise and
bluster and abuse have been uncalled for,
and, what is more important, very unfair.
It mnt go on record that in this Grimm
case the President of the local club has
played one of the most foolish parts ever
played in baseball, and he must have
learned a lesson that ought to be profitable,
both for himself and the club, if he is to
cefntinne as its head. The facts of the case
are so extremely simple, and so very, very
clear that one cannot but wonder at the
local club's President allowing himself to
be made such a mark of. That official was
at the Indianabolis meeting when agree
ments were made; he also had, and I sup
pose has yet, in his possession ail the rules
and condition's agreed to at that meeting.
One of the conditions was to the effect that
all players having recently signed two or
more contracts, that is, having signed an
Association and also a League contract,
should be at the disposal of the Committee
on Players. This was put exceedingly
plain. Grimm had signed two contracts
and this paper was the first to note the fact
that Louisville claimed him on that ac
count Some Very Foolish Conduct
But no sooner was it noted in these
I,; irpXT ito c,lJ"a"0-
ally claimed Grimm, than the head of our
columns that the Louisville club emphatic-
local club began to declare all kinds of
things. Others aided him in these wild
declarations and nothing short of the power
ano. majesty ot tne court was to be invoked
against the robbers of the new league. The
most wonderful thing of the whole business
was that thes? persons who were making
all the noise did not see the very plain
and prominent fact that Pittsburg had no
claim at all on Grimm.
It was only after all the noise and abuse
had taken place that the local club dis
covered its very foolish position, and on the
advice of a very wise man like President
Young withdrew from the case. And now
the local President has only himself
to blame if the club is the laughing stock of
the country. But he is quoted as saying that
he has relinquished all claim on Grimm,
and still thinks the local club had a rlzht to
hi services, Great heavens! think of this."
Is ft possible that President Temple is such
an eay mark as to quietly give up to other
people what belongs rightfully to tbe local
club? I had thought the interests of the
local club wereTnoro secure than that. But
I don't think there was a grain of sincerity
in the President's statement when he said
the club had a right to Grimm. The
statement was made to somewhat covor np
the very humiliating surrender. It would
certainly have been better had the President
openly and manfully said: "We have been
entirely wrong in this Giiram matter. He is
not ours and let him go at once to those to
vjiom ne Deiongs.
Or course, President Boblson's letter had
something to do with the matter. I have no
fault to find with Mr. Robison for pointing
out what i and what is not truth;DutIdo
claim that it might have been better had he
privately written the Pittsburg club on the
matter before he wrote anybody else.
And now lot me say that the Grimm caso
is proof conclusive that thero has been
Amplo reason for my writing as I have done
on tbe matter duung the last few weeks.
What I have particularly urged has been
the foolish and ungenerous plan of abusing
evorybody and everything who claimed
Grimm irom Pittsbnrg before one-half of
the facts were known. Depend upon it men
like President Young are more likely to De
in the right on matters of baseball law than
men like President Temple and at any rate
it is always bet to hear both sides before
making a dedislon. Because I have tried to
enrol ce this point I have been very roundly
abused by ono or two people who now m.iy
De able to see the very large and plain fact
that they have been in the wrong.
A policy such as has recently been in
dulged in by the local clnb and some of its
dangerous friends is tbe same policy that
was carried out by the Association magnates
wnen they launched into anarchy because
the Board ofContiol awarded Blerbanerand
Mack to Pittsburg. Fi om first to last I have
assailed the nolicvand methods of the asso
ciation magnates and surely I cannot sup
port those methods now simply because
they are indulged in by the local club.
We'll Come Oat 411 Eight.
But although thehocal club has lost Grimm
and mny lose Lyons, don't let us for one
moment think that the clnb is ruined or
anything like it. I really don't think the
loss of Grimm, or at least his absence, will
affect the club at all. Without either Grimm
or Lyons we will still have a good team, that
is, I don't think that either or the plavers
mentioned make the team one whit better
than it would he without either of them. I
fail to see where Lvous at tbirdand some
body in center and Hanlon in left, would be
any improvement at all on Farrell at third
and Corkhill in center and HnIon in left.
Depend upon it, the services of Corkhill
ore being treated too lightly by the local
clnb. It will be no surprise to me if he is
greatly missed. The truth is many people
are wondering why he Is not rated much
higher than he lsbytbelocil cluh. Let me
state here that the local clnb will not get a
better fielder than Corkhill, and Juststirka
Sin in this. A day or two ago Vice President
iir stated that no more players would ba
signed by the local clnb for some time at
least. This is a sensible resolve, that is, ex
cept a real flist-rater comes our way. The
directors have worked energetically for a
good team; tney deserve one, and l am in
clined to think they will have a much better
team than many people expect
A Great Athletic Scheme.
During the week many announcements
havo been made regarding a gigantic inter
national athletio scheme that is to be pro
moted in England. The idea is to have in
ternational athletio contests of all kinds
every four years, and have prizes ot suffi
cient value to attract nil the best amateurs
In the world. Of course, the contests are to
be solely for amateurs.
The Idea is a good one, and the way in
which it has been received by the public
generally gives promise of it being curried
into effect. Nothing could be better lor
amateurism generally than the proposed
plan. Amateur athletes In America are at
a very high standard, of course: but still
inoie is room lor improvement in many re
spects. International tournaments, such as
proposed, would allow comparisons to be
made as to stjle". etc., and that would cor
tniuly be a benefit to every country. While
wo could teach others many points on some
things, thev would be aolo to teach us in
some other branches of sport. It seems to
be that .the amateurs are going to be more
active tins year thun tlley navo ever been,
and the sign is a hopeful one.
I trust that our local amateur organiza
tions will he np and doing as much us any-
UV14JT. AUG .LIIDUCUy kbl' W V1U JlBUCiailOn
has lots to do this week. The annual meet
ing or that organization, which was held
last evening, gives promise chat the mem
bers Intend to be working this year. It is
necessary that they should if they want to
keep in line. All these big schemes now be
ing suggested mean that athletes throughout
the country should try and make as much
improvement as possible. It is possible for
our local clubs to be represented
in international contests, and also pos
sible for them to come off victorious.
A Needed Reform. (
People who are opposed to heat tettinjin
troting races do notmean to be silenced in
their opposition to that system. It is an
evil, and well-wishers of the track are light
ing it with a persistency that foietells its
death. Mr. Taste, the Cleveland authority,
has during tlio week stated in very concise
and forcible terms hy the system should
be abolished. These reasons are really so
strong and clear that I now reproduce them.
Here they are:
First It is the easiest and, therefore, the
most tempting way of swindling the public,
especially the army of small betters. Ke
movo the temptation, thcn'Uayingupheata"
cannot he objectionable.
Second It is the very hardest matter for
the Judges to reach and control, so as to
pi otect the public, of any of the duties im
posed upon them.
Third It U recognizing a system of bet
ting differing from all previous customs
(wagering on contest of any kind being the
main event) and in direct opposition to the
fundamental law of betting, that "a bettor
should not lose without a chance of win
ning." Fourth Even though a heat is "laved up"
innocently for the commendable purpose of
enhancing the chances of winning the main
event and not for robbery, a certain portion
of tbe betting public would lose their money
u Ithout an earthly chance of winning.
Fifth Because as a matter of fact the sys
tem has Deen for years the means of more
swindling, more robbery, Ave times told, in
trotting mces than all tlie other methods in
racing. Next to it are "second money
plays." Abolish both. If one horse is so
ceitaln a winner that pools cannot be sold
against him for the main event, let betting
stand still in that race. Do not make a repe
tition of the Hannis-Tord, tlio Walter E,
Honest George scnndals, and hundreds or
others like them that might be cited, possi
ble. Recent Sheffield Handicaps.
Too nunh water willalwayi drown the mill.
That is a very old and true saying and its
force has amply been illustrated by the
recent sprint handicaps at SliefHeld, Eng
land. These handicaps are better known to
Americans now than they ever were simply
because everv year the best sprinters of this
country are takinz part in them. But thero
has been too much of Sheffield handicaps
this time, that is, Inst Chriatma', and as a
result they were financial failures. The
Britishers as a rule are very cautious busi
ness people and it is a wonder that these
Sheffield enterprises shonld he received as
they have been. Experience has shown
that tliere cannot be two "real" Christmas
handicaps and despite this (act of history
there were three last Christmas two at
Sheffield and one at Manchester.
Acomnctition of this kind Tint onr? Mils
the business bnt it tends to degrade the
sport, as all kinds of inducements will be
made to get the best talent to perform at
that or this giound. It is competition of
this kind that nearly swamped base
ball not long aso, aud if it is not stopped in
Sheffield we will soon have no Sheffield
handicaps at all.
Points on Amateur Boxing.
Some time ago I had a few words to say
about the degeneration of amateur boxing,
and I expressed the opinion that the ama
teur boxers of to-day were'vastly inferior to
those of a few years ago. Two or three days
ago Dominlck McCaffrey, who ia now boxing
instructor of the Manhattan Athletic Club,
verified to the letter all that I said on the
matter. McCaffrey, who certainly is in a po
sition to know of what he Is talking, states
that amateur boxing it entirely done lor
and that those who indulge in what tlfey call
boxing won't be tausht to box at all. As a
result professionals are being introduced to
the respective athletic clubs. This in time,
will certainly have had renlf, and it might
be better ir extraordinary inducements were
ouereu to develop goou amateurs.
Although boxing is ore of tho best of ex
ercises, as far as I have een there is not an
amateur boxer In Allegheny count v worthy
tbe name. Manyyonng men would like to
learn to box, but there is little or no oppor
tunity. If some local athletic club woald
take the matter np it might be a success. A
week or two ago Inrged tho East End Gyms
to try and arrange amateur boxing contests.
This suggestion may be acted npon, and ir
it is there may be a revived interest in box
ing. Abont the leading Pnglllsts.
Slavln and Mitchell have declared that
they do not intend to make any matches
until their theatrical engagements are over.
In doing thl they are strictly following the
example of John L. Snllivan, so that we can
not grumble about tile foreigners except
finding fault with John L. at the same time.
Slavin continnes to state definitely that he
will be ready for John L-Just as soon as the
latter Is ready forSlavln. and that is Just as
far as snybody'need go at present.
The directors of the Olympic Clnb, New
Orleans, have come to the front with re
markanly big offers for contests between
the "great" men, but so far little has re
sulted. As usual, every "star" i3 standing
on his reputation, whatever that may be.
Some won't fight Maher because the latter
has not beaten some flrst-cla'o men. That
ousht to be a good reason why he should get
lots of fights, but it isn't among our glove
fighters. Corbett won't fight Fitzsimmons
becanso tho latter is not heavy enough.
That's a vory strange reason aIo, bnt they
are strange people, these show boxers. Alto
gether, there is not much prospect of any
very important contest being arranged at
present.
It is, indeed, singular that Fitzsimmons
continues to refuse to meet Jim Hall. So rar-
the former has not advanced any sound rea
son for his relusHl. and the opinion Is gain
ing ground that Fitz is not very anxious to
meet Hall. The latter has convinced many
people that ho is a much better man than
was thought some time ago. Fitzsimmons
may think that Hall is good enough to let
alone; at any rate ho is acting as II he
thought so.
That Good Old Golden Hale.
Many and many a time I havo beard very
wise men dispute as to the originator of
that good old rule, viz: "Always do to
others," etc. Confucious or anybody else
may have laid down that golden principle,
but it is a fact that those having in charge
that glove contest Tuesday night between
Billy Pliramer and "Kid" Hogan at Brook
Ian did not do to the Englishman as Ameri
cans would nave .Englishmen in England do
to tnem. riimmer was simply robbed of a
well-merited victory and every account of
the contest proves it. From start to finish
Hogan was never "in it," and the decision of
the referee, Mr. Lewis, was Indeed a irreit
surprise to eyery lair minded man.
Just for a moment let us Imagine that the
contest had taken place in Birmingham,
England, Plimmer's native place, and that
Hoan had oeen so mnch superior to Pllm
raer as the latter was to nogan at Brooklyn,
and that the referee had declared the affair
a draw. Just let us imagine this, I sty. and
wouiun s lucre nave oeen one ot tnese
tremendous howls about British fair nlav.
Certainly there would. But the only thing
we hearin this instance is that riimmer had
the better of hi man from start to finish
and many people were surprised that the
referee declared the affair a draw."
In plain langnaze PHmmer was rohbed,
and I sav this reirdlea nt whether he Is
an Englishman, an Irishman, Hindoo or Es
quimin. I draw attention to tbe fact sim
plv because tbe people who aid such unfair
dealings here are those who are alwavs
making a noise abont Americans getting
the "razzlo dazzle" abroad. What I want
to point out is this: It is bad policy. Jack
McAuliffe, who was aiding Hogan, intends
going to England hlmseir, and surely ho
onght to have sense to know the truth of
the old statement that "what is sauce for
goose is sauce for the gander."
Plimmer's Class as a v.antr.m.
Only a few words need be said about Plim
mer's class as a bantam fighter or boxer
either. In a real old-time light PHmmer
conld defeat a dozen Hogans per day, and it
Is not surprising that he could not finish
Hogan completely with gloves in eight
rounds. Both men were very light, and
knockout blows were therefore scirce be
fore elther's wind gave way. Hogan, while
not in Plimmer's class as t fi.'hter, was
strong and. stood the onslaught with re
markable lasting powers. But I1I3 staying
there was only a question of time. Eight
rounds were too short. Hogan Is undoubt
edly the best amateur boxer of his class in
tho country, and PHmmer is so much his
superior that without hesitation it maybe
said that Pliramer is one of the bet, if not.
the best, bantim fighter in the world.
lint there was one niinj pinicniany a none
the contcot that must have caused" every
patron or tho "manly art" to wonder, viz:
Who told Hoann to leau 011 every timez in
tho absence of a very definite explanation
thoe who thus guided him seem to have
done the very woret tnine possible. Indeed
It was shell a singular thing for Hogan to do
against a man like riimmer that it worthy
of special notice The context shows 'hat
Hogan is only an amateur boxer though he
may be a very good amateur.
Another Promising Little Pugilist.
In tal.king about the little fellows we
might as well say a few words about Tommy
f Callighan, who is to contest against Cal Mc
Carthy on the 27th Inst. Callighan Is nlso an
Englishman, hailing from Xewcastle-on-Tyne,
a city that has never re .red a, really
first-class pugilist o any weight. The city
han lots of them, and has always had. hut
first-raters have never been there. But Calli
ghan. in his class, is an exception. His late
battle with Willie Kenny pi oved Callighan
to bo a very good man at his weight; in fact,
so good that I anticipate he'will defeat Mc-
uartny.
Calllehan Is one of the modern stria fl. i
lows; a rusber like Sullivan, or wnat Ken-1
forth was among scullers in his day fast
and furious. His style, If- carried ont to the
full extent, cannot possibly he a lasting one,
but to withstand it his opponent must bo a
very remarkable man, and I don't think
anybody snort of George Dixon can keep
theKrth of England mitn at hay. Calllghan
knocked Kenny so stupid In two rounds that
it must bo expected nothing short or a Dixon
can hold him. If Callighan downs McCarthy
there will ba lots of people ready to back
him against the little colored wonder.
PEI3GLJL
KUaiXHQ GEMS 13 BTJSSIA.
Tiffany's Expert Hmd Trouble, for OHoert
Thought Him Another Konnan.
Mr. George F. Knnz, Tiffany's expert In
gems, has just returned from the famous
platinum mines at Nisjne-Tagilsk, on tha
eastern frontier of Earopeaa Russia, whera
he went for the purpose of procuring
precious stones such as are dug up in
great numbers and of manjr sorts from
the placer workings. Precious stones,
being heavy, naturally find their way to the
bottom of the surface gravel together with
the platinum, and thus they are dug ont
with the dirt which carries the metal. It is
for the same reason that gems are apt to bo
discovered where gold is mined, as is tbe
case with the new sapphires in Montana.
Unfortunately for these sapphires, they ara
not of the usual color. Although real ones,
instead of being a true blue, they are of
various tints, such as green, greenish blue,
greenish brown, greenish yellow and even
pure white. Thus it seems probable
that the syndicate which is investing
millions of dollars in them will lose its
money for want of a market
Among the semi-precious stones obtained
from the platinum placers described ara
wonderful quartz crystals, the carving of
which into the shape of nautilus shells and
other forms is performed with marvelous
art in Russia. Much difficulty was experi
enced by Mr. Kunz in securing admission
to the mines, because tbe Bussian authori
ties have become exeessively cautious re
specting strangers since Mr. Kennan's visit
Any foreigner caught sketching is peremp
torily given a certain number of hours to
leave the country.
Afraid of Her Breath.
A bad breath spoils the beauty of a
Venus. '
Don't want your lover to kiss
you, for fear he may become dis
gusted. There is a way to cure this afflic
tion. It arises from a disordered
stomach. Read what the celebrated
Doctor Hofmeister said before the
Medical Society of London:
"The unnatural motions of the
stomach causing pressure and belch
ings, the irritation of the intestines
resulting in catarrh of the bowels.and
the inflamed mucous membranes, are
the most fruitful of all known causes
of disease.
"Out of them grow most kidney
and liver troubles, diabetes, ail
rheumatic affections and gout I
have found that the unnatural motions
of the stomach cease, the intestinal
troubles become soothed, and health
results from the use of Carlsbad
Waters or Sprudel Salts. The diu
retic effect of these remedies, its,quiet
action upon the lining of the stomach,
and its healing power upon the in
flamed intestines are beyond all
praise."
The genuine have the signature of
"Eisner & Mendelson Co., Sole
Agents, New York," upon the bottle.
fVe Carit do it
but are willing to pay for learning-how ta
make as good an article as "Wolff's Acq
Blacking of cheap material so that a
retailer can profitably sell it at 10c
Oar price is 20c.
The retailer says the public will not pay
it "We say the public will, becanso tne7
will always pay a fair price for a good
article. To show botbthe trade ana tha
public that we want to give them tie best
for the least money, wo will pay
For above information ; this offer ia open
until January 1st, 1893.
"WOLPl? & BAIJDOIiFH, Philadelphia.
Pit-Ron U tho name of a patot -whloa
does work that no other paint can do. Nevf
wood painted with it looks lite tho natural
wood when It Is stained and varnished.
PAINTERS AND BUILDERS
will find it profitable to Investigate. All
paint stores seU it
Consumption carries off
many of its victims need
lessly. It can be stopped
sometimes ; sometimes it
cannot.
It is as cruel to raise false
hopes as it is weak to yield,
to false fears.
There is a way to help
within the reach of most who
are threatened careful liv
ing and Scott's Emulsion of
cod-liver oil.
Let us send you a book
on the subject ; free.
Scott& Bownz, ChezcUis, 131 South jth Avenue,
New York.
Your druggist keeps Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver
OH all druggists everywhere do. $t.
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