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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , * PKPEMBEIl 17 , 1808-TW KXTY 10
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR BOYS
Jlaril to Please Urn Boy "Too Old for His Past
and Tco Young for Hii Future. "
JIVE CHAMELEONS FASHION'S ' LATEST FAD
lion- nil Antrln-lndlnn Ilrlilo Dcfentrit the
Iron \Vlll nf a I'ntlior liy ( living an
iintilintlo : "Nn ! " nt tlin
Altnr.
Perhaps the most difficult person on
the holiday list is the boy of tlio family
thocno who is just about quitting
knickerbockers , but has not qtilto
reached the stage oj long trousers. Ilia
tastes are as uncertain as his clothes.
JIo Is in tlio transition , state in moro
than his garments. There is plenty of
tlic boy in him still , bat there is as well
moro than a hint of the coming man
\vhich reduces him to a condition llmt
may be summed up as too old for his
past and too young for his future.
And now to mnko happy his doubtful
present is tlio problem which is distract
ing ills elders at the moment , nays the
Now York Times. The boy's mother is
the only member of his clrclo of ac
quaintances who iinilcrstatids what to
iflvo him. Depend upon her knowing
Ills closest and most unsuspected ambi
tion and gratifying it , too , ' if it bo a
possible thing.
His other parent , however , and ins
grandparents , with his sisters and his
cousins and his aunts , and all the rest
keep a blank against his nn mo on their
holiday list , groaning uvory tlmo they
como to it , in an agony of helplessness :
"What shall I give Tom1-or Dick , or
Harry , as thecaso may bo-"What in
the world do boys want ? "
The mistake lies at the very outset in
thinking that ho wants something en
tirely dilToront from the rest of the
world. They don't want a sot of china ,
certainly , nor a pair of bracelets , but
many things that occur readily to an in
tending giver to bo bestowed upon their
eisters would equally delight them.
Ono boy rejoiced for months over
Christmas gift of llowering bulbs , which
ho tended with patient care , finding am
ple reward in watching their growth
from the moment the tiny shoots ap
peared. Another boy was so delighted
last autumn with a pair of fresh curtains
iu his rather shabby room and has
shown such interest and admiration for
a brass bedstead that has lately been put
In his sister's room that Santa Clans has
been instructed to bring him a duplicate.
Tlio Bister , too , is making a pair of pil
low shams for it , getting her suggestion
from a remark of his , on seeing hers ,
that those "gimcracks wore lino. " 13oyn
like pretty things much oftcuer than
they got them. And they try in their
blundering , cubbish way to live up to
them.
"Say , mother , " whispered a boy in her
car once , "I want n ring with a blood-
etono in it. Will you got me one ? "
" .On that hand ; " ' laughed the mother ,
significantly tapping the ono which
rested on the arm of her chair , as ho
leaned over her shoulder. Such a grimy
hand it wasl
Tlio boy laughed , too , and drew it
away a little shamefacedly.
"Oil , I'd keep 'era clean , " he said , "if
I had a ring. "
The next holiday'thb coveted ring was
forthcoming. Tlio boy was delighted ,
and the leaven of that ring was soon vis
ible all over his toilet.
*
"What . "
a lovely pin.
"How well they get up those things
now. The little reptile looks so per
fectly natural ono would almost swear
-ug ! "
"All , It's alive. Horrid little bcastl"
"Oh , don't como near me. How can .
yon wear such creopj , crawly things ? "
The Stanford university girl , to whom
those remarks were addressed by a ,
couple of less strongmindcd companions ,
Bin 11 oil calmly and oven stroked the soft ,
eliky skin of the creature that was
struggling wildly in the folds of her
dress. It is the latest fad to wear a live
chameleon in lieu of a pin , and she know
> it and was happy , says the San Francisco
I Call."Now what is there to bo afraid of ? "
i eho asked , an the two frightened girls
1 paused in the doorway and looked with
J round eyes at the chameleon as though
< k it was a rattlesnake at least. "All the
K university girls are getting them and
> f they are just as harmless as Hies. See
{ ' hero , " and as she spoke the girl from
j , tlio classic shades of Stanford loosened
J- a tiny gold pin , which was attached to a
I ] chain around the chameleon's ' neck ,
I , throw tlio little reptile bodily onto the
table and pricked the pin in the clpth.
i "Why , it's green , and it was brown a
IL moment ago , " paid ono of the other two
1 girls , drawing a stop nearer.
fl "What a cute little tiling , " added the
| ( othor. isn't its bite venomous ? "
k "It can't bite , " replied the young indy
from Stanford. "There is not anything
I more harmless than chameleons. They
i just live on Hies and soft candy llcas ,
A lee , if they can get them. Why , [ just
| j keep this chained to my pincushion
M when I am not wearing it , and the little
thing sleeps most of the time. It
changes color , too. "
fl "Poor creature"said ono of the other
girls pityingly. "How different the pincushion -
cushion must be from its native grass. I
am sorry for the little beast , particularly
[ f it bo so gentle. "
"Ah , but it is the fashion to wear
thorn , replied the othor.
And the little lizard-shaped reptile
M raid nothing , for the good reason that
the ] > ewers of speech are denied it. Tlio
probability is , however , that it limit ) its
, m gold chain just about as pleasant a
bauble to carry as some kings are said
' to have found thotr golden crowns. The
; dignity is great , but the happiness !
I However , no one asks tlio chameleons
; what they think , It is the latest fad to
, I wear them , and consequently they uro
i Worn ,
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fc ' * *
' m If all young women wore like Miss
* 1 Amy Lnmlwrt It would bo a training tel
l | parents in the way tliey should go. Mr.
rfl Lambert , the father of Miss Amy , was a
> - signaller in the government telegraph
NB ollico at Allahabad , India. Probably ho
had been inllnonccd by what ho saw of
life in India , says the Now York Sun.
At any rate , ho regarded his diuightnr
much as ho did the t 'ephono ' instru-
luents in his ollico. t.'Mh ' those he
pressed u button and it recorded whnt-
ever lib wanted it to. Ho expected Miss
Amy to do the earno. Filially Mr.
I'asfiiini , u dusky gentleman in the em-
Dloy t > ( a native prince , met tlio daughter -
tor of the signaller and she pleased him.
Bho was so eminently satisfactory to his
M fancy timt ho forthwith announced to
I her father that ho wished to marry her.
I The telegraph operator thought it
I over. Court gentlemen , even if rather
I Hwartliy ones , were not to bo had every
I day , and it behooved the father of a
if family of duugiiters to allow possible
t | wooers to como early und often. So ho
, ! announced to Miss Amy that her future
, was arranged for , und to prepare for the
| ] tvudding on snob and such a day. Wiion
I the astonished young woman recovered
1 from her surprise two assured her father
that she liked uot the rnjuh'a brunette
courtlor , and that to the best of her
knowledge the wedding would not nome
olT. Her father pooh-poohed this out-
hurst , told her to draw on him for all
she needed for a suitable trousemi , and
took himself off to drink with his future
Bon-ln-lnw.
Then it was that Miss Amy Lambert
"
made up her mind ns to "a course of
action. During the succeeding weeks ,
although she repeatedly and decisively
told her father that she could not and
would not bo hnppy with Mr. Passnnn ,
she nevertheless , finding that no heed
was paid to her remonstrances , joined
with interest in the preparations for the
wedding. At last the day of the ceremony -
mony arrived. Miss Amy Lambert ,
dressed in n beautiful now eown , and
with a pleasant consciousness"that she
had mere now clothes at homo than she
hud ever dreamed of possessing all at
once , redo to the church In company
with her father , who , beholding her
placid and satisfied face , told himself
what a wise father ho had been.
"All ono needs , " said the telegraph
operator to himself , "is a little firmness.
Silly girls should never bo allowed to
have their own way in those matters. "
And all the time the bride-elect smiled
softly to herself , as If her thoughts were
peculiarly pleasant , The clergyman ,
Kov. I3rook Dccdes , thought ho had
never seen a happier looking couple , and
began the ceremony with the warm ox
pectatlon of a goodly fee. llo bowled
merrily along until he reached the ques
tion : "Will you have this man to bo
your wedded husband ? " Ho expected a
faint " 1 will , " but was almost paralyzed
to receive an emphatic negative from
the young woman , who at the same time
handed him a document setting forth
some of her objections.
Of course , the wedding did not eomo
off. The guests dispersed in various di
rections , some of them going to condole
with the determined young woman's
father , who was expected to bo much
downcast Strange to say , however , ho
was so delighted with his daughter's
strategy that lie was quite hilarious
over the alTuir , and did not oven bo-
grudge-hor the flno now wardrobe she
hud acquired. What became of the
bridegroom , history ( in the shape of the
Allahabad News ) does uot record , but
after this ho will probably not attempt
to marry un lingtish girl against her
will.
*
Mrs Cleveland has been interviewed
by a LJoston Globs correspondent as to
how girls should bo educated. If the
small Huth and Esther are brought up
according to their mother's expressed
opinion ] they will bo taught , abwvc all ,
everything that it is possible to know of
homo duties. "I do not mean , ' ' says Mrs.
Cleveland , "that they should necessarily
bo made to scrub floors or go into the
kitchen to scour pots and pans. I think
if a girl enjoys thorough opportunities
of observing her mother's methods of
managing domestic afTuirs she will ac
quire all that is necessary for the mis
tress of a household to know of such
matters. Of purely ornamental educa
tion , I think a knowledge of the modern
languages highly advantageous , as Euro
pean travel is now very general and the
pleasure of a trip abroad is greatly
heightened if one knows something of
the languages of the different countries
visited. "
*
In spite of the fact that men poke fun
at what they call "women's fixings , " '
they know full well that it is these very
"fixiugb" that make the hpmo so pretty
and delightful after the day's work In
store and factory is done. e Lamps and
cushions , especially , add to the cheerful
ness and c07iness ol the parlor or sitting
room , in which a man can read , lounge ,
and if his wife isn't too "fussy"
smoke , while his gentle partner
explores the contents of her
dainty work basket. Some of the
now lamp shades arc made of many
rulllcs of silk muslin , each edged with
narrow black lace. They are laid over
a cover of China silk and overlap each
other in a sort of billowy fashion , lied ,
yellow and pink nro the prettiest colors
for these shades , lUbbon rosettes are
the newest decoration for cushions and
work baskets. The pillows are made of
India sillc in pale shades and arc cov
ered with a sheer piece of lawn em
broidered with a border of small flowers ,
done in wash silks. This cover is at
tached to the silk cover at each corner
by the little rosettes , which can bo
made to resemble double hollyhocks ,
4t V-
The twelve dresses which the town of
Lyons has presented to the empress of
Iviissiu arc : A dross of palest green yel
vet in Henry II. style , trimmed with
black feathers ; a dross of pale dead-
blue satin embroidered with trails of
heliotrope flowers and green leaves ; a
dross of heliotrope velvet ; another of
pale blue moire trimmed in such a way
with half crushed roses that they look
as if they wore lightly strewn over it ; a
gown of cream-colored cut velvet ;
another of ivorv silk , and a satin dress
of "suiibet" shades , that Is enough to
make any woman who looks at it sick
with envy ; also one of reddish pink , vel
vety silk stitched , with golden stars , and ,
finally , a dress of silk that , looks exactly
like silver.
Fiishliiii .S'otiix.
Large buttons in horn or nickel arc in
high favor.
Two-toned laces with insnrtings to
match are fashionable.
Some newly imported costumes of flno
black India cloth are trimmed gn bcdice
and sleeves with ermine fur.
Bourdon , Venetian , a flno imitation of
thread , Spanish guipure , point do Gone ,
and real duchess are the luces in great
est use.
Tiny collarettes for the theater , opera ,
and like dressy uses are made of watered
silk , embroidered or braided cloth , fur
and luce , and brocade.
Small ostrich tips , about a finger long ,
backed by feather aigrettes mounted
upon gold hair pins , will be worn tills
winter witli full dress.
Now opera wraps are of ermine in
loose box shape with very largo sleeves
of black , green or ruby , with collarette
to match , edged with the fur.
Hats turned up in front and those with
brims cut in the middle and rollcd'lmck ,
BO as to give a hrimlesa olTcut , are popu
lar , pretty and very becoming to some
faces.
faces.Wide
Wide bias pieces of velvet drawn
through "jowoled" or jot buckles and
slightly puffed to give them a broad
oll'ect , trim the fronts of small primrose
bonnets and toques.
Added basques and paniors , also
panels and apron overskirts , continue to
appeal for patronage , but , notwithstand
ing this , a certain roburvo is being
Bteadily maintained.
Jot in every form will bo more in
vogue than over crowns , bunds ,
aigrettes , buckles and sprays being
eagerly sought for hat and bonnet deco
ration by both young and old.
Cream-colored crepe do Cliino com
bined with fuchsia red velvet forms a
very pretty theater waist , and another
dainty creation is pink cropon made up
with black velvet and jotted bunds.
Ulovcti tills winter follow the shades
of the toilet or street costume. White ,
primrose , flesh pink and Spanish yellow
for evening , and gray , brown , tun ,
green and fawn color for the street.
Apparently "fashion said , lot there bo
eoqulns and there were sequins , " for nil
of tt Hudduu they have flushed out 011
bodices and yokes , sometimes entirely
covering the waist down to the belt.
Some of the new molros have a ribbed
surface which does not preclude the in
troduction of satin dots , or the addition
of floral or other ] mtcrn.i In chine effects ,
or stripes and bars of velvet.
Many fashionable women Continue to
wear the white and yellow chamois
street gloves , as they are warmer than
dressed kid , or oven suede gloves , and
when they lit well arc rather dressy lu
effect.
Uorthns , collarettes , Inco frills , jabots
and fichus are peremptorily demanded
by present fashion. The style of arrang
ing the boditio just now greatly favors
the elaborate use of these dainty and be
coming accessories.
Honnots this winter are diminutive af
fairs indeed , and elderly women who
seek in vain for a genuine protection for
the head are obliged to take up with the
iJinpiro round hats and have strings
added to give them a bonnet effect.
Decided contrast In color and fabric is
the order of the day among fashionable
winter gowns. Light hues are combined
with dark shades < on out-of-door cos
tumes , and dark dyes in velvet , fur , bro
cade and moire are Introduced into
pale-tinted tollots for evening wear.
That triumph of thriftiness , the black
silk gown , has not in years been so much
seen on smart occasions as this winter ,
whore it appears nt all sorts of func
tions , from the hysterically ecstatic 5
o'clock tea to the gorgeous pageant of
the swell wedding.
Black lace Insertions are in great use
thia season in inch and two-inch widths
laid flatly on the dross fabric and not in
serted as formerly : so that at present
they appear with a tiny purled finish.
Lace edgings to match are sold from
thro * to ten inches in black and like
wise in cream , ecru and milk white.
A fabric which lias been taken up
with much favor is line Uarlin feltwhich
in cream white , rale yellow and golden
olive is made into table covers and sofa
pillows. Thcso are bordered with
flowers , arabesque designs , and garlands
in shaded silks or wools mixed with gold
and bronze threads.
I'emlnlnn Notes.
Sir Edwin Arnold says that there are
about . ' 10,000 "poetesses" in Great Brit
ain.
ain.A
A fever thermometer is now made in
chatelaine form for the use of trained
nurses.
Dental inspection lias been introduced
in the public schools of Detroit by Mrs.
S. G. Holdon.
Heidelberg university has formally
opened its doors to women. A daughter
of the late Prof. WindscncUl is the first
to avail herself of this privilege.
Mine. Tolstoi , the wife of the eminent
reformer and author , received a diploma
from the Moscow university when she
was 17 years old. A year later she was
married , her husband being twenty
years her senior.
At last the identity of the author of
"Tho Heavenly Twins" has been re
vealed. Mine. Sarah Grand is.known to
her friends as Mrs. McFall. She is "do-
scribed as a slender , graceful young
woman , possibly , ' ! 0 years old.
Mrs. Amelia 1C. Barr has taken the
place formerly occupied by Mrs. Bur
nett as the best paid female author in
America. She otton receives $5,000 for
the serial rights tb a novel and her
shorter work is proportionately well
paid for.
While female suffrage lias carried the
day in New Zealand It has experienced
defeat in South Australia , where the
adult suffrage bill , which embodied the
principle , was rejected in the popular
house on the third reading , but only by
a narrow majority.
A young1 woman named Horace
Oreely Perry is the editor and pro
prietor of the St. Peter , Minn. , .louriml.
For a long time she and her sister did
all the work of thu nuncr. and did it M >
successfully that they finally received
the contract for the county printing.
Mrs. Maddern , an English writer , has
been making fun of Chinese for wearing
pigtails. She , no doubt , is ignorant of
the fact that it is not so long ago since
Englishmen sported pigtails aud English
women wore hair cushions on their
heads.
A peculiar advertisement recently
appealed in an Knglish paper. A woman
describing herself as "a lady with spare
time daily" offers to play bev.ique with
invalids or other persons desiring a
partner in the game. She wanted re
muneration , and concludes by asking
"what offers ? "
Of sixty-seven queens of Franco only
thirteen have died without leaving their
histories a record of misery. Eleven
wore divorced , two executed , nine died
yotng , seven wore soon widowed , throe
cruelly treated , three exiled : the poi
soned and broken hearted make up the
rest.
rest.Tho
The wife of W. D. Howclls has always
been a true helpmate to her husband In
iiis literary labors , in which sfto
naturally takes a vital interest. Ho is
in the habit of consulting her about his
plots , and ho submits to her everything
he writes , before It ia permitted to
reach the printer.
Miss .fesslo Ackermann , president of
the Australian Woman's Christian Tem
perance union , has , during the last IIvu
years , traveled over 100,000 miles , and
converted ! ) ,000 women and 8,000 , men ,
besides writing about 700 newspaper ar
ticles and raising $ ! ) ,000 for the cause.
Miss Ackormaim is now lecturing in
London ,
At Nagoya , in China , a merchantwho
is in his U5th year , has just divorced his
twenty-sixth wife and is about to marry
the twenty-seventh , JIo had resolved
when ho was young to marry thirty
wives , and is delighted that ho has now
only throu moro to marry to keep his
vow.
vow.Now
Now It is the overworked barmaid who
is enlisting the sympathies of English
agitators of the woman question , It is
reckoned thai there are J 120,000 , young
women in licensed houses who work from
fifteen to over eighteen hours on week
days , and from seven to iilnoou Sundays ,
with one Sunday oil' in each month.
Louise Michel is expected in Now
York very soon , the European papers
say. Tills famous.woman is very dis
tingue. Mine. Seine of Paris SUVH of
her that she has a countenance like a
daylight dream , her figure being molded
to realize the soft dignity of her de
meanor. Her head is classical in shape
and her eyes mild , fearless and full of
expression ,
Little Minnie Terry , aged a , was once
taken to see her Aunt Ellen UB Juliet.
In the seeno where Juliet drinks her
potion , Miss Terry was clad in white
robes of a dressing gown or robe do unit
order. At this point little Minnie , who
hud a decided idea of thu proprieties ,
turned to Mr. Gilbert , who chanced to
bo in the box. "No , no ! " she exclaimed ,
putting her small lingers over ills eyes ,
"You .mustn't look ! "
In the tailors' workshop of the Co
operative Society of Glasgow the women
were lately taking work at lower wages
than wore generally paid to men. The
men accordingly demanded that the
women should be dismissed , and struck
when their demand was refused , The
tailors' union made peace by arranging
that the women should bo paid the sumo
wages as the men , a rather novel but
riO
' OUR EFFORTS-
To make this the greatest rug week , arc worthy your attentions
t
Fur Rugsl
Mounted animals , Red Fox wolf , wild cat , etc. , $ S , $10 , 12 $
Real Angora skins , in all shades , $ S.
White , black and gray China goat 28x64 inches , $2,50
Smyrna rugs , 30x60 inches , $2/25
Oriental Rugs.
Rare pieces in small sizes , both antique and modern at very reasona
ble prices , and the assortment is unusually large for Christmas sales.
Chenille Curtains.
25 per cent off our entire line : 100 styles : Out of town orders will be
sent on approval :
I
1&14-1G-18 Douglas St.
iV ,
essentially just way Of settling the ques
tion. " >
A medical journSlj declares that no
woman doctor over earned a living be
fore 1800. It says : "No respectable
family iu any commonly respectable
neighborhood1- would let rooms to a
woman physician. U-Jyen when friends
gave her shelter a business card or sign
was not allowed. The lack of practical
training was really the stumbling block
and the cause of all this prejudice. "
Verily , times hav6 changed.
A writer in the Pall Mall Gazette
thinks that duchesses and dictionaries
know too little of each other. "The
greater the swell , the worse she will
spell , " declares ho. "A largo gilt coronet
net on u letter has sheltered the most
prodigious blunders. Ono of the most
gracious salon homers in jjonaou com
mits literary solecisms that would
wreck train. ' 'Tis ' '
a only pretty Fanny's
way1 ! and if Fanny happens to be a
duchess her errors will not in the least
affect her position.
The reminiscent woman is now the
fad. You will hardly believe it but it is
true , that the fashion is to talk of great
things you have done or wonderful
people you have mot. Society women
expand upon their trips abroad. Busi
ness women chat of thomonoy they have
earned. Literary women indulge in
harangues about geniuses they have
met. Tide and time seem to wait for
woman while she punctuates her conver
sation with "what I did some years
ago. "
The empress dowager of China is said
to have "great influence with her
nephew , the present emperor of China.
To her advice it is believed the neutral
ity of China in the Franco-Siamese dis
pute is duo She is reported to. have
told the emperor when ho sought her
advice that his first duty was to lool :
after the .security , wealth and happiness
of his own country , and that China was
not strong enough for aggression , and
should therefore leave Siam to its fate ,
which Siam had formerly done to China.
A1'ow of tlin Noluhlo Features oT Mlil-
vrlntrr Monthlies.
December Century prints a hitherto un
published ossiy : by James Hiissoll Ix > woU oa
"Tho Five Indispensable Authors. " There
are certain books , lie says , which it is
necessary to read , but they are very few.
Ivooldnp at the matter from an tusthollo
point of vlow merely 1 should say tlmt thus
fur only ono man Mad born nblo to use types
so universal , and to draw flgurcs so cosmo
politan that they nro equally trtio m all
languages and equally acceptable to tlio
whole Indo-European .brunch , at lenst , of
thn hiinuui family. ( Time man is Homer ,
and there needs , It seems 19 me , no further
proof of his Individual existence than this
very f.ict of the solitary unapproachable-
ness of the "Jliad" and the "Odyssey.1' '
The moro woncter/ul they are the moro
likely to bo the work of ono person. Nowhere -
where 13 the purely natural man prcsento
to us so nobly and sincerely as in ttics
poems.
Not far below tlicsu I should pluco the
"JJlvina Conuncdlft" ofDantc , , in which the
history of the spiritual man is akotchcd with
equal command of material and ( rraiulour of
outline. Don Qulxolo stands upon the suinu
level , and receives thq s.imo universal ap
preciation. Hero wo have tv r | > ! ritu.U and
the uutural mun set before us in humorous
contrast. In thu knight and his squlro Cer
vantes 1ms ty pi lied thu two opposing poles
of our duul nature the .Imagination and the
understanding as they appear m contradic
tion. This is the 'Only ' comprehensive satlro
over written , for H is utterly independent of
time , place and manners.
Faust gives us thu natural history of the
human Intellect , Mcphlstophulns being
mciclytho projected impersonation of that
skepticism whlchjj'i the Invariable result of a
purely Intellectual culture. These four books
are the only ones iu which universal facts of
human nature and experience uro ideally
represented. They can therefore never bo
displaced , * *
1 huvouot mentioned Shaltospcaro , because
liia works rome under u different category.
Tlioueh they tnarlc the very highest level nf
human genius , they yet represent no special
upouh in the history of the Individual mind.
The man of ShukcspcaraUalwaysthomnn of
actual life us ho is uuicd upon by the worlds
of seuso and of spirit under certain dolliilto
conditions. Wo all of us may bo in the poni-
tlou of Macbeth or Othello or Hamlet , and
wo appreciate iticlr sayings imd dcods poten
tially , so to speak , rather than actually ,
through the sympathy of our common nature
and not of our experience.
A Mexican Frontier Ilnll.
Ono night the patron gave n bailo , writes
Frederick ; Remington in Harper's. The
vaifuoros came with their girls , and a string
baud rondnred music with ; i very duncy
swing. I sat in a corner and observed the
man who weirs the Dig hat und who throws
the rawhida as he cavorted about with his
girl , and the way they ilujr up the dust out
of the dirt floor soon put mo to coughing.
"Candles shed their soft luster and tallow"
down the backs of our necks , and the bund
scraped and thrummed away in a most seri
ous manner. One man had a harp , two had
primitive fulules and one a guitar. One old
tiddler was the leader , and as he bowed his
head on his instrument I could not keep my
eyes off him. Ho had como from Sonorn , and
was very old ; ho looked ns Ihouirh he had
had his share of a very rough life ; ho was
never handsome ns a boy , I am sure , but the
weather und starvation and time had blown
him aim crumbled him into n. . ruin which resembled -
semblod the pre-existing npo from which
the races sprunp. If ho had never com
mitted murder it was for lack of oppor
tunity , and Souora is a long travel from
Plymouth Hock.
Tom Bailey , the foreman , came round tome
mo , his eyes dancing , and his shock of hair
standing up like a Circassian beauty's , and
pointing , ho said , "Thar's a woman who's
prattler than a speckled pup ; mil your twine
on her. " Then , ns muster of ceremonies , ho
strajghtoned up and sang out over the fiddles
and noisn : "iance , thar , you fellers , or
you'll git the gout. "
In an adjoining room there was a very
heavy Jug of strong water , and thither the
men repaired to pick up , so that ns the
night wore on their brains began to whirl
lifter their legs , ami they whooped nt times
in a way to put ono's nerves on edge. The
band scraped the harder and the ilanco
waxed fABt , the spurs clinked , and bang ,
bang , bang went the Winchester rlllcsin the
patio , while the chorus "Viva cl patron"
rang around the room the Old Guard was
in action.
Tlio Jnriisnluin of Tnilny.
The present population of Jerusalem Is not
far from ' 10,000 , and more than half nro Jews ,
writes Charles A. Dana in McUlnru's. They
live in n separate quarter of their own , as
do also the various divisions of Christians ,
as the Armenians , the Greeks and the
Protestants' . All those quarters uro densely
built , with narrow and irregular lunos for
.streets , hut the prevailing prosperity docs
not seem to reach the abodes of the Hubrows.
The indications nro all of extreme poverty.
A synagogue was pointed out bearing un hi'
scrlptlon showing that It was the gift of a
Paris Kolhschlld ; but its moan appearance
and unattractive surroundings bore no sug
gestion of critical rclinomont In the congre
gation. The articles of food set out for sale
In the petty little shops were often squalid
and repulsive. AVe came so often upon
spoiled salt fish among the stores exposed by
the venders , that wo concluded it must form
a regular element of diet in the quarter.
There was no visible sign of industry by
which the people might earn their living ;
and no ono need bo surprised to learn that in
various parts of the world well-to-do and
charitable Jews are regularly called upon to
contribute to the support of thuir pauper
brethren in Jerusalem. * * *
As wa leave his ill-famed ravine and then
toward thu cast the lofty wall of Jerusalem
and the massive towers of the citadel are
Immediately before us. . Wo arc on the outer
sloiiQ of Mount/ion , the sanctuary and the
rbodo of David 1 The ponderous blocks
wi Ich torin the lower strata of tlio wall
might have been shaped and put in place by
some prehistoric race of giants. Moro than
almost anything else to bu found around
Jerusalem , or within , this wall bears an up-
poarance of crcat antiquity , ' Wo can
easily believe .tat its foundations were laid
in the tlin o of David , though its upper portions
tions are unquestionably modern. The hooks
vary. One says it was the work of Sultan
.Suleiman in the bixleenth century ; another ,
that it was erected much curlier ; and my
guide , a most intelligent and well-informed
Jew of Hungarian origin , told mo it was
built by the Crusaders after they had pot
possession , for the purpose of protecting the
inhabitants against the rascally Arabs , who
would rldu up iu small parlies , rub some
rich family , and bo oft' with their plunder
before anything could bu done to stop them ,
iiut , however tills may be , the wiill , from
sixteen to twenty feet In height , fully in
closes the town ; and , although it could soon
bo knocked to pieces by a 10-pounder cannon ,
It stnnds In good order , solid enough for all
peaceful purposes , and perfectly separates
thu city from tlio country about it.
Now York' * Dimth Trupn ,
Now York Is breeding a mob In her tene
ments ; a mob lhat , so far docile , ivlll some
tlmo rise , unless its wrongs are righted , und
right them for itself. Three-fourth ; ; of Now
York's population , says u writer in tlio
North American Itoviow , live in tenements ,
und ono-half In tenements of such ifnlmppy
character that their baleful inllucudo cannot
help but bu marked upon their crowds ; dorn.
idles so overcrowded that on their doorways
might bo tacked this paraphrase : ' 'All yo
who enter here leave decency behind ; "
whore only the rent and the death rate are
high , und the standards of virtue , cleanli
ness and comfort are so low as to scarcely
merit consideration ; where self-respect the
salvation of the human creature may bo
said to reach the vanishing point. There are
iu Now York 3-1,007 front tenements and ! ) , yill
rear tenements , \vlth a population given by
the Board of Health at 370,503 families , com
posed of l.SAVH individuals. The total
population of the city is l.r.Ut.MJl. Six small
down town wards may with conildimco bespoken
spoken of as forming the most crowded spot
on earth. No obtainable statistics of
English or continental cities show a popula
tion approaching that of this district of
Now York. Nowhere else on the face of the
globe are human beings packed together In
such compact layers ; no where are there so
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