In Mexico
Gity
(Special Letter.)
Tliero Ih much of Intercut to bo seen
liy an American In tlio Oily of Mexi
co, mill to isco everything worth Booing
liorc will tako works. Tlio great ca
thedral Ih an object of raro InterfHt,
ami iib It Ih opnn nt all bourn many
viHltors go thorn each ilny. It Ih a
Very old edifice, part of It having hoen
liullt by Cortcc tlirco hundred and
inoie years ago, and additions have
been nilded until now It Ih ono of tin;
great buildings of thin age. It front a
on h bonutltul pnrk which wuh utilized
liy General Scott as a camping plnee
Hftor hn had taken tho city in 1847.
I, of couthc, visited t tic catlicdrnl
ml observed thoso at worship, each
, lief ore a favorite shrlno, (nnd oamo
away wiui u tooting tnat I lii.u aomom
or never witnessed a more Impressive
Hceno.
Mthorttt Ifytun In HpmiUh.
Later 1 wont to tho Methodist nhiirch
which Vnu tilled with natlvo member
mid It waa a great. Ichhoii to hear these
people flinging old familiar church
hymns In tho SpanlHh language I
1 1 ml a fancy an 1 auw pcoplo nhout the
city during Sunday that all o1ihch had
a great regard for tho third command
utont, uh there was quint everywhere,
Hlbolt thero wqh a clanging of church
hells with notlecablo frequency.
It Ih only lato In tho afternoon when
the people become notlvo and then
THF: PABA DH
Ihoflo who have horses and carriages
take a drive uloug tho great Imulovard,
tho Paseo do la Itefornm. It la a
magnificent driveway, and on a Sun
day afternoon tho ellln of tho city aro
to bo scon thero In great splendor.
Ab I watched tho parsing equipages
It seemed that nowhere, could there
ltd n finer display of turnouts. Thero
woro vIctoiluB, laudatiH, doughams.
and nil the styles of fine voIiIc.Ich that
might be seen along tho bouluvards
of Paris. Then the young gallant was
often seen jn horseback, kls stood gaily
caparisoned, while ho wiih dressed gen
erally In rich velvet with gold laco on
tils short coat and pantaloon leg?,
leaching to a spur often fiiHhlnned
with a small bell that tinkled to tho
movement of tho home. He wuh all
gracefulness as herode down tliu boule
vard, knowing that tho ouo he most
loved would suo him nt mimo point
nlcing tho way. This great highway
IculH from tho heart of tho city out to
Oinpultopcc, tho summer homo of, tho
President. It Is two hundred feet
wlilo und lined with curnlypt.iH trees
nml at points thero are ImmeiiHe flow-
n,nsra8isai
BSUiUl
' TUI3 CATHEDRAL.
er beds called glorlotliiH. In these
lilnces are often placed i.iiiiiunientH to
tlio dead, tho most coiihpIciioiih being
ono to Cuantemoe, tho laM of thu Aztec
Kings, n nil another to ChrlHtophor Co
lumbtifl. Then at frequent points along
lxith sides of tho wuy are ntittue:i of
lierooa of a more modern time. Thoro
In mi equestrian statue ot Oharlea IV.
of Hpnlii, of heroic mold ami probably
tho largest cast of Its kind on this
hemisphere,
Tim Mother TniRiit.
Kcw proplo in the City of Mexico
have any Interest In anything pertain
ing to Spain, as there Is an Inborn
J.rtred among the masH'K or tho peo
nlo hero for the mother country It
Is true they speak the Spanish
Ini'giinge, but thlu only Iteepw In tholr
ii lie nibvanrc th' oppression of the
Rpapjsh rulers for iwitiirlet past. A
ni'e In the public schuolh iiii'l.li.g the
U-c' !ng or tho ISuglfeh I.ulUiu; com
jiii' uvy will bo the tiwlo'ng of tho
Hpaiush innguage hero in ,t genem
tlcn or two. Thla shows thai there 13
an aw-ikonlng In those quUd people,
who, now having taHtert the Hweotn ot
Hb'.ty of conscience, will never rest
ui'ti' they are far removed from evory
v.tKt of the bonds that mice held
t'ipsi. Every one takes a pride in be
ing i"lc to apeak tho English language,
on! lu their assiiinnco of prog
ress ofton make ludlclous mistakes.
I w a Introduced to a geiitlumnn who
fancied he could speak English fair
ly well, and as he shook hundH with
roe tnost cordlully, Instead of Maying
"H jw do you do." as lm Inloudod, ho
C-V' '"My "' Hftfjf b i tjM4iUlaHasHaaHaavv(HavlaB lw9IMM!HaRi
Sights in and
About the
Republic's
Capital
eagerly said to mo "Ooodby, salr;
goodby, Bnlrl" On another oc
caHlon I was accosted by n well
dressed, Intelllgout-looklng gentleman
who had crossed tho Btreot purposely
to met mo and with an Inqully spok
en slowly, nald: "Air you Ameri
cano?" at tho same time making a
profound bow. I auld "Oh, yen; I am
an American." ' This assured him and
now he was going to try his English
on me. "I Hpeak s,o Alngllsh," he said,
and then carofully collecting himself
continued, "How - do - you-do-today-Halr?"
With thlH ho gave a hearty
laugh at hla accomplishment and
bowod himself away with a feeling of
the utmost satisfaction.
Tlia Alameda Pnrk.
As I passed along tho Pasco I came
to n great park called tho Alameda.
It Is a popular plnco Sunday afternoon,
an the President's baud Is thero play
ing sweet music. Throngs of men,
women and children aro In tho park
and Joy seems unconflncd. There aro
dancing, eating, games by children
and these continue, until late In tho
night as tho park becomes brilliantly
lighted. Nearby the park Is tho pan
theon of San Fernando. Hero many
of tho natlon'B noble dead are en
tombed, the most noted being Dcnlto
Juarez, the first President of the re
public, tho Liberator of Mexico. His
tomb is of granlto with hlH recumbent
LA IUCFORMA.
form renting In tho lap or a female
flguro, a symbol of Moxlco, both In
whitest marblo, on top of tho tomb.
It 4b -the-ahrlno of all patriotic Mexi
cans and like our own Washington, tho
name of Ilenlto .Tuare will forever be
first In tho hearLs of his countrymen.
rolltenata or tho 1'ollrnmrn.
It was qultn dark as I walked back
toward tho city and at ovory street
corner was a gondarmo with a lan
tern on tho sldewnlk near him. Look
ing far up a Btront was u row of these
lanterns, and each represented a con
servator of tho poaco on duty. If
an officer should bo away from his post
for even a short whllo any pers:in Is
prlvlllged to tako tho lantern and de
liver it to tho Riiperlntcndeut of the
district, Tho number on tho lnntern
Indicates the negligent ollicor and ho
will bo punished in some way and per
haps sent to thu guard house, for be
ing absent from duty is a grievous of
fense. Tho result of tills regulation
makes tlio sorvlce very porfect, for
besides holng faithful to duty the
gendarme Its always pollto. If you
ask him a question In English aud he
cannot understand you ho will, if pas
sible, send for some ono to net as In
terpreter, however, unimportant the
question may be. They have an ap
parent Intuition uh to tlio character Of
strangers, and if you are all right or
vice versa they Bvnm to know It. Tho
fact that I wan neon In company with
a prominent ollicor of the government
soon after my arrival In tho city set
my standard among theso keen-eyed
fellows, and whorover I met one there
after I wns given tho raised visor.
I.atcr I rodo with General Powell
Clayton, tho American Ambassador,
Into tho court of the President's pal
ace, which meant I wns to be pie
sentcd to President Diaz, and this fact
waB noted by thoso whose buslneB It
Is to know all about strangers In the
city, and after that I was mndo to
feel that tho city was very much my
own if I wanted it.
WILLIAM P.. KOIII3RTS.
Oiilmu 1'urlfjr tlin lllimil.
Onions aro one of nature's nest blood
purltlcis. They also rogulato tho action
of the liver, kldnoys and bowels. Eat
a few every night Just before rotlring
and you will soon foul llko a now be
ing. Soma cannot oat them raw with
out feeling a burning sensation In tlio
stomach. In such coses let tho onloin
you wish to out in tho evening bo
sliced about noon. Put sumo salt and
sugar on them aud then cover them
with pure elder vlnogar and lqt them
remain In that until evening. WU a
crackor or Homo bread and butter with
them and tho result will bo most agree
able. Like any other medicine, this
should be continued for some tlmo.
Hank Nolo of lIuui;fH' Rolen.
The Ulilucso havo on show lu Lon
don, in an exhibition ot early printing
from Japan and China, n bank noto Is
sued In the course of tho reign of Em
poror HuiiBwu, 1308-99 This Is 300
years earlier than tho establishment nt
Stockholm of the first European hank
which issued notes. The earliest ot
bank notes measurea eighteen Inchos
by nine.
VINTAGE IN VENETIA.
GLIMPSES OF ITALIAN VINE
YARDS SEEM MEDIAEVAL.
(imp Vlnri Line Koadu Itlch L'luntem
llnne Upon Krcrjr Wall and Italian
Courier Makes Thetu Freo Slaking
Win..
(Special Lclter.)
The first sign of vintage Is usually
at Padua. In the September aun may
be seen bore and there largo carta
with men In them, dancing vigorously.
Why they dancod appeared from tho
thin stream ot pale red that ran Into
tubs below wlno making was going
on. This simple method of wine mak
ing b only practiced, however, on a
small scale. The farmor makes his
own wine thus, and tho amall Inkccpcr,
and perhaps the Indigent landed pro
prietor who Ih far from wlno presses
and such-llko conveniences of out later
civilization. All the wine that ia like
ly to be net before the high-stomached
Slgnor Inglese Is made in the presB.
Hut the mora ancient method lu the
mora picturesque.
Urines Hack Middle Ar.
That street scono In Padua brought
back In n flash tho Italy of the mlddlo
ages. It was cloao to the great church
of St. Anthony of Padua, und a stream
of pilgrims was Just pouring out, sol
emn In their demeanor, for they were
of a staldcr, more northerly race than
tho cheerful, Irreverent Venetian after
an exposition of relics. A little earlier
In the day they had been praying earn
estly to tho saint and kissing, in the
ecstasy of their devotion, tho marble
of his stately tomb. Was It the end
of tho nineteenth century, or was It
the time when that great otutuo out
side tho church the flrst equestrlun
statue In the world, they say had Just
been set up to koep lu mind tho deeds
of the famous condottlore, whoso meth
ods of wnrfaro aro commemorated by
his nickname of "Qatta mulata," tho
patient cat? Tho hard, white sunlight
and the cool, gray stone of the urcado
can havo looked not otherwlHe thun
they do today, and no doubt tlio me
dlaevel wine-traders woro Just such
merry rogues as these, und made equal
ly witty rmarkB about the aspect of
pilgrims and the odduesu und curios
ity of strnngers.
When tho Winn Beaton Urging.
A few days later, walking through
the pleasant country that frames Ve
rona with a smiling landscape, might
bo seen the operations of the grape
harvest on every side. In tho hillside
villages, tho carpenters were hamiuer-
WTilV
GATHERING GRAPE3.
Ing away at huge tubB. Tho wind
presses were being scrubbed with a will
and huvlng their joints and screws or
dered. The whole available population
had turned out Into tho vineyards to
pick, and at every turn of the road
one met carts plied high with grapes,
and drawn by teams of patient oxen
with satin hides and enormous won
dering eyes and curly foimldablo horns
that set one marveling how they
should bear the yoke so lamely. Not
a hillside hut has Its terrace of vines,
not a cottage without its pergola, not
a garden that lacks Its burden of grape
bearing, not a foot of space that can
be cultivated from which the bounty
of Nnture Iiiih not brought forth p
gift to add to this plenteous harvest
ing. The very railway stations are
festooned witlt gracious trails, and
amid the leafage can be spied the rlpo
bunches that aro to furnish ntresh tho
station master's cellnr. And with all
this profusion of the soli thero Is a
plensant carelessness on man's part
that to a northern eye has a special
charm. Man seems to vie with nature
in open-handedness and generosity.
In tho VlnojuriU.
The vines are trelllsed even along
the open road, and the purple clusters
with their delicate bloom, the breath
of autumn upon them, hang within
reach of any hand that should think
It worth while to pluck them. It is
their very profusion that keep thors
safe. After all, if a few bunches nro
picked, what matter "It Is but a
spoonful out of the sen." This Is, at
any rate, the view of a peasant propri
etor who Is working In the midst of
his grape-pickers, a laughing band of
ptHant girls, nnd who Invites passers
by with a grace of manner that would
do credit to an archduke, to enter and
help themselves. The pickers are more
Interesting than the grapes, but the
Informal guests take a handful, and de
licious they are, warm with the sun,
and ripened In the soft air to nn ex
quisite delicacy of flavor, Still, as It
happens, their aim Is not the satisfac
tion of their palates. Would It Incom
mode the slgnorlne If their pictures
were made? So for from Incommod
ing, It would delight the slgnorlne be
yond everything. Then might ono pre
sumo so far as to ask tho slgnor to In
vite the slgnorlne to stand with their
baskets-so! and next, scissors lu
hand, under the large vino-plant
glusto! aud yet again upon the ladder
set against the treo, which supports
the trelllH exactl It Is dono, thank
you. And so the guests go on their
way ngaln, more than Bumdently
thanked for the buouo mano they have
left for h03t and his helpers to drink
their health with, and pursued by the
salutations and good wishes of them.
Italian CharacterUtlrn.
Everywhere you go In Italy you find
this Bamo gentle courtesy of mannor
smoothing the apperltlca of life. Even
whon he cheats you and tho town
Italian, at any rate, never loses an op
portunity In this direction he dors it
with a flmillng grace that Is well worth
tho money. A Loudon cnbman who
grumbles at your shilling, grumbles
llko a bear, leaves you irritated by his
bearishncsM, makes you think HI of tho
whole trlbo of cub-drivers. An Ital
ian cab-driver better still a gondolier
of Venice swindles you with an ex
quisite charm. Ho will rapidly paint
a picture of tho wrong you do him by
not allowing yourself to he swindled.
Ho will call to witness tho bystanders
and will appeal from earth to hoaven.
Ho will overwhelm you with a torrent
of words, cajole you, and finally, with
some pennies over and above his due,
will drive off, protesting he bears you
no Ill-will.
From Vino to Wlno.
Prom tho picker's hand to the
baskets carried yokewlso across tho
shoulder or else on the back, from the
baskets to the huge tubs on the oxwag
oub, from the tubs to tho press or tho
treading cart. Theso nro tho stages In
the transformation of grapes Into wine,
red or whito. White, If you separate
akhiB and stalks before the grapes go
Into tho press; It everything goes In,
red. Tho Italians are careless wlne
nmkers. They are not so particular as
the French about what goes into the
press. Therefore Is their wine rougher,
lacking tho quality of sllklnesn which
wine merchants do so extol. Flnnlly,
tho press yields Its oozlngs Into the
tubs, aud then comes the work of
caBklng. After this, nil that remains
ts to dispatch the casks to purchasers;
or, if tho wine Is to travel far, to fill
ono ot the enormous tanks upon wheels
that ono sees at the railway stations.
Tho Italians do not do much with tho
Industry of bottling their wines. Ev
erything goes Into casks and Is dis
posed of that way.
W. M. STANTON.
THB WRONG BOTTLE.
Why Ono Touug Woman' Hand Are
IllUtered.
Grace is afflicted with a sonsltlvo
skin, and when cold weather arrives
useB up more bottles of soothing lotion
for her poor, chupped hands than
would Block a small shop. The last
tiling before she goes to sleep she cod
dles her white digits with a liberal
doso of tho liquid that best suits them.
Sho did this tho other night, and as
she "rubbed It in" observed that It
took a long time to dry. Finally she
gave It up. She had a most uncom
fortable night. Whenever Bho moved,
the sheets stuck to her hands, and she
fought them off much after the fashion
of n cat standing on four ploccs of
sticky fly paper. Once her hair got
tangled around her left hand, and It
nearly camo out hy the roots beforo
she loosened It. This thoroughly
awoke her, and sho got up nnd lit
the gas. She had the most remakable
looking putr of bauds In Cook county.
This was not altogether surprising,
when she found sho had used the bot
tle of furniture polish for a lotion.
Aud, not content to let a bad stato ot
alfalrs alone, she put on Tteroseno to
tako off tho polish. The kerosene has
blistered both hands to a lobster hue,
and she has three card parties on
hand, aud Ib going to act as bridesmaid
within a wcok. Chicago News.
American Salesmen Hot.
Consul Hossfeld of Trieste, after an
nouncing that cheap lamps could be
sold In Southern Austria to great ad
vantage If American manufacturers
would imitate tho tactics of Viennese
lump makers pud open stores ot their
own, continues his report as follows:
"No native can sell American wnreh
In a foreign country as successfully as
an American who Is familiar with tho
language and customs of the country.
This has In recent yearB been demon
strated In evory large city of Europe.
The American knows what most re
tailers In Southern Europe, nt least,
still havo to learn, viz.: how to ad
vertlso, how to display goods, how to
moet competition, how to gratify and
at tho same time to educate the popu
lar taste, and, above all, he knows
how to 'hufctlo.' It la, moreover, dif
ficult to Induce n native retailer to
buy foreign wares as long ns tholr
Bale la still In the tentative stage."
Heven Days' Itrot Annoclallon.
A curious society exists In tho town
of Bradford, England, Its name is tho
Seven Days' Rest Association. It Ih
composed of men who mnko It a rule
to do no work, and yet they are held
In tho greatest esteem by all. They aro
men who, born In humblo life, havo
by Btoady labor saved a modest com
petence. Now thoy spend tho evening
of their tlays tn tho parks and other
places of rest far from tho roar of tho
forgo nnd loom, with which their early
life was associated. Nor aro the en
joyments of tho Seven Days' Best As.
sociatlon, ns they aro stylod, entirely
selfiBh. At tholr second annual dinner
Just held they entertained some of the
comrades of their youth who had fail
ed to attain so satisfactory n share ot
tho world's goods, combining n quiet
self-gratulntion on their own eecuvo
position with a kind and cheery hos
pitality to these less fortunute brethren.
CYftUS "THE GREAT."
FEW CHARACTERS ACCORDED
SUCH A TITLE.
They May Ho Huamerittetl nn tho Fin
ger of tho Hand Why Were Thoy
(treat? Oyru, tho ritnt In tho Mat
III C'haractrUtlr4,
(Special Letter.)
Among the names that Time has not
effaced from the annals of history but
few arc followed with the title "Tho
Great." They can be enumerated on
the fingers of the hands Cyrus. Alex
ander, Charles, Alfred, Iouls XIV., Pe
ter and Frederick.
Cyrut tho Great.
Of these great characters Cyrus was
tho flrst to appear. Ho was born about
590 B. C., nnd was tho son of Cambyses,
King of Persia, nnd his mother waa
Mandunc, daughter of Astyngea, King
of the Medcs. This Aatyagea Ih known
In the Scriptures us Ahasuerus. At
this tlmo tho Perslnns were divided
Into twolvo tribes and Inhabited only
ono province of the vast country which
has Bince borne the name of PcrBla,
and they numbered less than 120,000.
Through tho valor und prudenco of
Cynis this small province became tho
great Pcrulan empire and tho Persian
population reached the millions. Cyrus
wns of fine appearance, possessed noble
qualities of mind, a gentle disposition,
was full of good nature and humanity
and had a great desire for learning. Ho
was novor ufrald of any danger, or dis
couraged by any hardship or difficulty.
He was brought up according to tho
lawa and customs of the Persians,,
which were excellent In thoso days In
respect to education. Tho training of
children was looked upon as tho most
Important duty and tho most essential
part of government. Boys wero
brought up In common nnd everything
was regulated by law for them tho
place and length of their exercises, the
times of eating, the quality If their
meat and drink, and their different
kinds of punishment.
Modeit and Tompornte.
All through his life he was noted for
his modesty and temperate habits.
Pride, luxury and magnificence reigned
around him whenover ho went beyond
tho confines of the Persian province,
but cever did they In any way con
taminate him. Ho always followed tho
simple, frugal life of his youthful
days. Wherever he went his modest
but noble bearinir, IiIb affable manners
and hlB generosity procured him gen
eral love and esteem. His desire to bo
Just led him to be looked upon as the
great arbiter of all serious disputes.
During his career of conquest.although
a stern disciplinarian and often ap
pearing cruel nnd tyrannical, he was
usually Just aud generous to his fol
lowers as well as the peoples he van
quished. He sought to make allies
rather than enemies of those he con
quered, and In this aim ho was highly
Buccebsful. Many provinces surrendered
to him without resistance, when their
THE TOMB OF CYHUS.
rulers learned of generous treatment,
and others sought nlllnnce with so Just
and powerful a king. In most con
querors courage resolution, intrepid
ity, a capacity for martial exploits, and
such talents as make a noise In the
world are usually tho only ones found.
Combined with these characteristics
CyniB had an inward stock of good
ness, compassion anil gentleness to
wunl the unhappy; an nlr of modera
tion ond reserve even in prosperity
und victory; an liiblnuatlng and per
suasive behavior, the art of gaining
people's hearts and attaching them to
him more by iiffectlon than interest; a
constant nnd unnlterable care to al
ways have Justice on his side und to
imprint such a character of Justice nnd
equity upon all IiIh conduct ns his very
enemies were forced to revere. In the
oxerclHe of clemency he seemed able to
distinguish those who offended through
Imprudence rather than mnllco and al
ways left room for their repentance by
giving them nn opportunity to return
to their duty.
The rail of Hauylmi.
Before he was 30 Cyrus was at tho
head of tho Persian troops, and from
that time until ho ascended tho throne
of Persia he was engaged In many
wars of conquest, all of which proved
successful and added wealth, glory,
rttrength and territory to the emplro
which he woh founding and over which
he was to rule. Ills greatest military
achievement was In capturing tho rich,
tiopulous and strongly fortified city of
Babylon. Two hundred years before
Cyrus was born the prophet Isaiah
forotold the fall of Babylon nnd even
named Its conqueror, Cyrus. With a
great nrmy of Medea nnd Perslnns Cy
rus laid Blege to tho city, but Its strong
wall resisted the most furious nnd per
sistent nssaults. For two years tho con
test continued. Then Cyrus resorted to
one of the greatest fonts of strategy re
corded u tho history of warfare. Tho
Euphrates river flowed through the
city. Cyrus determined to turn the
course of the Htream and through tho
bed of the ehannol rush his troops un
der the walls and Into the city. Whon
tho artificial channel had boon cut, ho
wnlted until n night whon he know tho
BabylonlaiiB would bo engaged In a
general feast. Then he diverted tho
stream, his selected soldiers rushed
Into tho doomed city through tha
drained channel, killed tho unsuspocl-
Ing guards and opened tho masaivfc
gates to allow the entire Persian force
to enter. The BabylonlaiiB resisted
desperately but wero overpowered and
tlio city became tributary to tho Per- $
slin omplre. Its King, Belshnzzar, wna
Wiled early In the conflict. The hand-
rltlng on the wnll had been porten
tius. IHnth of CyriM.
Cyrus reigned until ftfD B, C, when
1 e died. Historians differ as to his
nnnner of death, but nccordlng to
: enophon, tho Greek hlstorlnn, ho died
i natural death, surrounded by hltf
fimlly nnd loved and esteemed by all
lis subjects. Up to tho fatal BlcknesB
le enjoyed vigorous health, due to hla
t;mperate life. Another version of hla
ijeath Is that he was killed while en
gaged In a battIC with the Mossagotae,
a, nation In the north of Asia, tho sol
diers of whom were led by, their Queen,
Tomyrla. She caused the head of Cy
rliB to be cut off and plunged Into a
leathern bag filled with human blood,
siylng, "Though I am allvo and havo
cinquered you, yet you have undone
J 9 by taking my son. I will how
er, satiate you with blood." Thla
eech bIiows the estimate of tho char-
alter of the conqueror, whoso work Is
tie, same In all ages the shedding of
hViman blood, .
The Inscription on lilt Toiuh.
Tho tomb of Cyrus was at Pasarga-
dae, near Pcrscpolls. Here, 200 years
later, Alexander came, the next charac
ter In history to be Immortalized with
the title, "Tho Great" Ho ordered the
tomb to be opened, expecting to find
gtcat treasures; but a rotten shield,
two Scythian bows nnd a Persian clmo
tor were the only riches. Within tho
sopulchro waa this Inscription: "O
man, whoever thou art and whenceso
ejor thou comest, I am Cyrus, tho
founder of the Persian empire: envy
nw not tho little earth that covers my
bily." Thus it will be Been that this
geat man, wise, moderate, courageous,
nugnnntmous, noble nnd daring, feared,
a i men now fenr, the envy of the world
n il begged to be left alone with tho
snail piece of earth occupied by his re
n alns. Surely, death has no respect
fc r greatness.
ENGAGEMENT RINGS.
AttroM
Ciod Onetsotn Flncor
of an
i KcfcTlan Mum.ny. '
An choosirffJ engagement rings for
tbelr fiancees TJoyers at times discard
the conventilfcl Jeweled circlet In fa
vor of tho blsfc'rre, fantastic and even
grewsome. AM long since, says Tit
Bits, out ofa portion of a horaeahoo
that he had fcund, a young man had
ajrlng made, Tfhlch ho gnvo to the lady
of his choice ,on the day of their be
trothal. The rcmnlnder of the horse
shoe wus utilized in the manufacture
ot a brooch and earrings. Another tron
ring, which a short whllo since wns
accepted by a young girl ns a tokon of
hfr lovor'a constancy, was a section cut
from tho barrel of a pistol which many
yars back had played an unenviable
pitt In a family tragedy. Tho scion of
a wealthy family, whose fortunes owed
their existence to extensive tobacco
plantations, had a ring mado out of
the fragrant weed, hardened by nomo
process to the consistency of metal,
with which to encircle tho finger of hla
Injimorata. A single diamond gavo ro
llof to tho amulet'b sombre hue. Opnla,
formerly considered so Ill-omened, aro
now not Infrequently employed In the
setting of engagement rings. One gen
tleman, a nutlve of Manchester, went,
Indeod, to an almost extreme length In
his reprobation of superstition, the
ring which he gave to the lady he hna
now married being a hoop of thirteen
opals, the former possessor of each
of which had met with some serious
misfortune. The engagement ring
chosen by n well known actress had
once decked the finger of an Egyptian
mummy. Disdaining the everyday
gewSiw with Its vulgar glint of gcnia.
she H-t her fancy upon this strangely
discolored stone, which had nothing to
recommend It but its unconventlonal
lty und ago.
ABOUT ORAV maid
Noj l.,:er Itetarded with Horror by
Acinic l'enona.
Grny hair Ih no longer regarded with
horror, oven by persons who havo
reached tho age that entitles them to
It. Such people were alwaya moro apt
to hi worriod over the change than
porsons prematurely Kray, who might
be expected to mourn tho premature
loss of the characteristic of youth Now
people need give this sign or advanc
ing years no thought, for It has been
dpcieeil that Kray hair Is the fashion.
Ada Rohan w,, the first woman In
public llfo. . is Hald, to allow her hair
to turn giay without making the
slightest attempt to conceal what Is
commonly regarded In n stage career
that the end has come. or S all
events near. Other actresses haVe since
ncc.mton.ed tho public to tho Idea of
grnyheaded heroines. Miss R0n of
course, always wore a wig ,,n the sf ee
but Eleunora Dusc i,u nl" .. B.
out the least attenip't o ' o .if ho
far that her ir has grow," s B Jy
as to give her M-enes with im"
slightly maternal suggS ,; Tgnora
I mw has carried naturalness , J ?
Btago further than any other actress
Bverjlld, but Its last point ,ut boh"
refuel to act such a rolo with a wig
an.1 jer course In presenting the rathS
drlfrt 81,eC!nC,10 f n -oS ?oveJ
IrlvcQ to audi Impassioned lovo-mxk-
w zy obvlrly era-
St. n, ' hBy Ur excPtlonul, bo
Slrjoni D so Is probably entitled to
fioflon than na nn observer of theatric
caiproprioties. uuuiri-
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