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-W-iv 'fjft-'C Iff f W" h I f Iv. fi r 3' n ? ff ! I : Int. m I'JTH 31 ' B i 3 i ;-r --. r A Ksuve. A mine, a simple nurse; to the unthinking Only a nurse, and nothing but a name; A patient woman in her round of duty, firing-and dying all unknown to fame. Only a nurse, a messenger of mercy. An Angel sent into our suffering race. With quiet step and tender hand of healing, Dlvinest pity on her gentle face. When all the world lies wrapt in quiet slum ber, flare the poor sufferer moaning on his bed, Whose watchful eye wiih Christian lore keeps vigil Through the long night with silent, softened tread. Only a nurse, in duty all unshrinking: Before such fcenca man's stouter heart would quail; See there 1 Tuat sweet, fair girl in sorest trial Is at her pest, nor will her courage fail. The ferer wo but terrowtruck encounter. Or fly before with selfish, coward dread; White nurse and doctor hasten to the rescue And stand unflinching by the stricken bed. Hark.! That weird bell an accident at mid night. The nurse aud doctor, wakeful, close at hand. Who minister to suffering- or dying. The hospital's benic little band! There you or I may la our need find refuge. With kindly help and loving, tei.der care; Bespcctwe give those brave, unselfish wo men. And night and day remember them in prayer. Chambers Journal. IN IMMINENT PERIL. The warm tropical moon threw its rays down upon the sleepingwzci'enda, or country-place of Senor Don Pablo Maria Gomez. The long line of white buildings, enclosing within them the patio or court-yard, where the air was heavy with the scent of the orange blossoms and fragrant with the subtle odor of the limes, had in the moonlight a strange weird look, as though they were not real. The house itself was of but one story. and covered a wide expanse of ground. Built of stone, its windows, with their wooden bars, made it look something like a goal; and its severe outlines and sharp right angles gave little hint of the wealth and luxury within. For Don Pablo was rich beyond almost the dream of avarice. He did not himself know the extent of his wealth. Lying there in the moonlight, about a thousand yards from the great house, were rows of palm-hut?, heavily thatched, and in these were the sleeping slaves. His great-grandfather had received the grant from the king of Spain, and with it an allotment of Indiaus, which prac tically covered all that the Hidalgo could capture. His son, Don Fablers grandfather, had been among the fore most to urge the importance of negroes, and had added largely to the labor force of the Esmeralda ranch. Well fed and well treated, the slaves had increased until Don Pablo had now no very distinct idea of how many he did own. In point of fact, just as they were parts of his enormous estate fifty one miles long by thirty wide which he had never seen, so there were men owned by him that he had never spoken to. But if Don Pablo did not know all, his daughter and only child, Donna Carmen, knew most of them. Mounted upon one of her horses, and attended by her peon, old Juan, she rode here and there over the place, and knew almost every corner of it To say she was almost worshipped by the "people" is not to overstate the thing in the least Were any of them sick. Donna Car men would give them medicine; were any in trouble, to Donna Carmen they would go for comfort; it would be diffi cult indeed to say how many little Carmens had been named after her. When then, Don Pablo invited Don Louis Medina, a third cousin of his, to come to the ranch for a visit when his daughter returned for the last time from the convent of Our Lady of Mercy, where she had been educated, all the women on the place rejoiced; fordid they not know that their senorita had been betrothed to Don Louis ever since she was ten years old, and was not Don Louis as handsome and gallant a young feliow as you could meet? Most assured ly he wasT The older men, however, were not so well satisfied, holding, as they did, that Don Louis might be, and probably was, all very well; but he was not, in their opinion, worthy of Donna Car men. The strongest believer in this view was old Juan, who had looked af ter his young mistress from the time she was a little baby, and who worshipped the ground she trod on. However, as Juan would have felt the same, no -matter who came to woo, this was, perhaps, to be expected. To tell the truth, Don Pablo himself felt some what the same way, and therefore, list ened with great patience to old Juan's grumbling. But it was summer-time for the young people. Riding out in the cool morn ing, spending the hot noon on the wide piazza, lazily reclining in that universal hammock of the Spanish race, filling up the evening with music, with merry talk, and joyous laughter, the days went swiftly by. Don Pablo would listen to the two, happy in his daughter's happiness, and recalling now and then, as he watched them, the days when be went to see his Mercedes she .who died after a brief two years of wedded life, and left a void in her husband's heart, which had never been filled. And now his Carmen was going to leave him; was thinking mora of her future husband than of her fath er, as that father believed. Is it any wonder that Don Pablo was not offend ed with old Jnan? The moon went down, and you could faintly see in the darkness some dusky figures stealing towards the house. A dozen of them, all small, looking moro like boys than men. Gathering around one of the windows, they worked at something in silence. By-and-by the wooded bars were taken out, and some of them stole into the room without a sound. A noise like a cry cut short broke on the ear, and then two figures passed through the window, taken by the watchers outside, and then the whole Earty disappeared as silently as they ad come. Don Pablo and his guest sat at early coffee next moruinjr, wondering greatly why Donna Carmen did not coinc. Call ing one of the women at last, Don Pab lo sent her to ask the reason. In a few moments she rushed into the room. "Senor, senor! the senorita " "Well, what?" "The senorita has gone!" "Gone!" exclaimed the two men in a breath, rising from their scats. "Gone where?" added Pablo. Oh, 'senor, she's gone, and the win dow " Don Pablo rushed out of the room, followed by Don Louis. . The examination which followed dis closed but little, except that Donna Car men and her servant Manuela, who al ways slept in her room, had disappear ed how, was easily; seen from the open window and cut bars. There was no trace to be found of tracks. Nothing else seemed to have bees taken; simply, as the peon woman had said, they were '.'gone.-' Don Pablo sank under the blow. He seemed as though he were in a dream. He sat in a chair staring vacantly before hirn, and nothing they could do seemed toroosehini. With Don Louis it was different Calling Juan, who, by-the-bye. was jpaxij distracted, he asked him if they -had aay tigrercs, or tiger-hunters, on the estate. IaaraiBg there wees two, he sent for aad before long tney came id with more than one scar on tbeir half naked bodies; their long, black hair twisted up into knots on top of the head, with heavy long knives hung at the waist, and in their bauds the deadly blow-guns. They stood before the young man listening to his rapidly told story" Then they begun tbeir search. Quartering the grouud to and fro, they exaruiued every inch rnrcfully, but without any result Had there evt-r been any trail, the peons trampling over it would have effaced it long before. At last the older of the two said to Don Louis: "Senor, los peros'' (the doj;s). "What a fool 1 am! Here. Juan, bring the dogs here, and get that one of mine All you people go in the house uutil we get tho trail. Josefa, briug me some dress that your mistress wore." In a moment or two Juan came out, leading live dogs. Large, with heavy dew-laps, rather short Ifgs, but long bodies, of a deep liver and tan color, they were as beautiful specimens of the Spanish bloodhound as one could see. Don Louis took the drcs Josefa gave him, and calling the dogs, gave it to them to smell. This they did for some time. Then, leading them to the win dow, he let idem loose. Generations of man-hunting had taught these animals what to da Slowly, with their noses on the ground they circled round uutil at Inst one of them lifted up his head and gave a pro longed bay. Instantly the others gathered round him, and after smelling for a moment, repeated the sound. Then they started towards the canes, the tiger-hunters following; them. and behind Don Louis and a uozen peons. Reaching the caues, the hunters found the trail, and examined it keenly for a few moments. "Senor, they are Mucyeae," said the older. "Are you sure, Pedro?" "Si senor." "It's near the great feast, isn't it?" "Si senor next month." Don Louis hurried back to the house to see Don Pablo, and to tell him the news. The Mucyeas were, in the old Span ish days, the most dreaded of all the tribes in New Grenada. Highly civil ized, brave, and most desperate war riors, the old histories are full of ac counts of their raids. Like the greater part of the South American Indians, they worshipped the sun, and once a year held a great feast in his honor, at which they always had human sacri fices. No need now to tell the two miser able men on the hacienda why the light of their eyes had been stolen away in the night Donna Carmen was destined to have her heart torn from her body as an offering to the Great Lord of the Sky. the Mighty One, the Ruler of the Four Pillars of the Earth Huana chin! There would be warriors and pilgrims preseut by the thousand; there would be offerings of gold and precious stones, there would be solemn tlauccs and hymns sung in honor of their god, and then the girl would be laid on the altar, aud the white-robed priest would offer her bleeding heart before the shape less stone which was held in such rever ence. Small wonder, then, when Don Pablo heard the name of the Mucyeas. that he threw off his apathy and prepared to fight for his own, lu a country where men habitually travel in a somewhat rough and ready fashion it does not take long to get ready for an expedition, and in less than' au hour horses were saddled, mules packed, and Don Pablo, with Don Louis and some twenty mounted peons, all fully armed, had started. As before, the dogs, followed -by the tiger-hunters, went first, and about ten 3ards behind these came the rest of the party. They passed through the cane patch, struck the wide savannah, or grazing pait of the estHte, and towards eveuiug came to the foot of the moun tains. Here they had a long consultation. The trail led right up the rocks, and Don Pablo knew that about two leagues in that diiection would bring them to ground where the animals could not travel. Upon oiiiting this out to the guides, the older advised that the main road across the mountains should be taken, and the party pushed forward as fast as possible in order to intercept the Mucyeas in the valley beyond. This plan Don Louis strenuously op posed, believing, as he did, that the chance of losing them was too great After an animated discussion it was finally arranged that Don Louis, with the dogs, one guide and seven peons, should follow the Indians, while Dou Pablo, with the rest of the party, should try and cut them off Tying bands of cotton around the dogs, so that they could see them in the dark before the moon rose. Don Louis wrung the hand of Don Pablo convul sively, as the latter said to him: "If you cannot save her, my son, kill her, if you can. It is better that a Christian maiden should die by the hand of a Christian cavalier than that she should be offered up as a sacri fice to those hideou3 gods of the sav ages!" And Don Louis, as he bent over to receive the other's blessing, registered ' a fearful vow in his heart Leaving tho rest Don Louis and his little party struck rapidly up the mountain-side. The road became rougher and rougher as they toiled up, the mules being barely able, with much urging, to keep pace with the dogs. As for the tiger-hunter, he seemed insensible to fatigue, as he walked swiftly ahead of tho party. About" half-past one they camped, and, taking some food, lay down to rest At daylight the next morning they started again. At the height they now found them selves, the scenery was inexpressibly dreary; the scany vegetation scarcely veiled the dark rocks; the mountains were everywhere split into the most fearful chasms and rifts. About noon that day they had to abandon the animals, and then began the chase on foot, Climbing with Feet and hands up the rocks, they toiled on, and towards nightfall reached the high est point Here they camped again. Once more at daylight they started, and by two in the afternoon again reached trees. The guide, who had narrowly watch ed the dogs, came to Don Louis and warned him that they were close to the parry now. A word from Don Louis, and all examined their weapons to see that they were ready. Theu onward once more. When the two girls, Donna Carmen and Manuela. had waked up only- to find their beads wrapped up in cloths and themselves bouud. tbeir terror was extreme. Utterly unable to see any thing, they felt" themselves lifted up, transferred from one to another, and' finally tied in the chairs which the Indians carry on their backs. Then they were taken rapidly over the ground; it being some eight hours after their capture before the wrap pings around their heads were taken off. As soon as they saw their raptors they knew what fate was in store for them. Manuela burst at once iuto tears, and loudly bewailed her fate, but Donna Carmen was perfectly still She rode along, praying oonstantly. although, when thoughts of her father ! and of her lover obtrnded themselves. ;she had the greatest difficulty in keep- . grtt- ma am Wi. ----- . Marioela, trying to cheer her op with the hope of rescue, although poor girL she had little belief in its possibility Beyond the fact that the men made long journeys, and the girls were very tired, they wen treated well, and fed with the best the Indians had. The second night they camped in a little glade in the forest; the Indians slung a hammock for Donna Carmen, and spread a mat for Manuela, and then building a fire, began to cook. Donna Carmen was lying in her ham mock, the tears which sue had kept back ail day streaming from her eyes, while below her, on the ground, Manuela had sunk into a troubled sleep. Suddenly they were startled by the sound of guns, aud six of the Indians round the fire sprang into the air only to fall prostrate. The next moment Donna Carmen heard the voice of Dou Louis as be dashed into the open space sword in hand. "Louis, Louis!" she screamed, and in a second he, stood between her and the savages. The tiger-hunter bounded into the Elace, aud with his machete, or long nife, cut off the arm of a man who had just raised his deadly blow-gun. The dogs followed, and seizing three of the Indians, fairly tore them in pieces. In the meantime, however, two of them had got their blow-guns raised, and the two little darts flew through the air, pne striking Manuela on the arm, and the other Don Louis in the cheek. Ifewas their last shot; however, for, with savage yells, tne peons closed in on them and simply hacked them to pieces. When Don Louis was struck, he did not know it, and would certainly have died had it not been for the tier liunter. Coming up to him he cut the arrow out, and was then going to suck out the poison, when Djnna Carmen, pushing him to ono side, knelt down, and, applying her. lips to the wound, saved her lover's life Not any too soon, however. It was two days before Don Louis was well enough to be even carried in a litter, and before that time Don Pablo, with his party, guided by the other tiger-hunter, had joined them. Poor Manuela was buried in the woods. The slow journey back to the hacienda took nearly a week; but it was not more than six weeks before a bril liant wedding saw Dou Louis and Donna Carmen made man and wife. It was then that Donua Carmen gave two of the hamdsomest Spanish guns that could be bought for money to tho tiger hunters, one of which, preserved by the descendants of the 'younger, lsaw when 1 heard the story. A Gorgeous Drawing-Room. Pushing the portieres' aside which closes the counccting rooms between the drawing-room and atrium, one stands spell-bound at the dazzling beauty around him. If there has been a seuse of solemn grandeur in viewing the high art halls, tho drawing-room dispels it and forever settles the status and approves the wisdom of Louis XV. and his flippant style. The room is rococo in white and gilt 45x50 feet The wood work, finished in ivory, enamel aud gold, rises iu richly carved pilasters to the ceiling, dividing the walls into numerous panels, which are hung in ivory-white velvet. These panels are outlined by rich gilt moulding and are ornamented with Louis XV. scrolls em broidered with silver, and chenille out lined with hoavy gilt cords. The upper part of the walls are cross-divided by richly carved brackets of gilt, each con taining figure paintings representing the muses and the seasons. Ivory and gold are the colors of the celling, which contains a large center panel represent ing "Dawn,'' and two smaller side panels with fanciful figures of "Day" and "Night" painted by P. V. Gallaud. of Paris. These figures are surround ed by a wide frame of papier-mactte. in fruit aud foliage design, the whole oval-shaped and in full relief, and gild ed to imitate the several shades of Etruscan gold. A pretty conceit makes the center of the white Axminster carpet an oval shape with the same designs in colors as is seen in the gilt frame, look ing as though the ceiling was reflected in the floor. The outer edge of tho car pet, which was in the hands of the weavers a year, is the largest carpet ever made in one piece at Glasgow, has a Louis XV. scroll to match the walls, is filled in with old rose color in har mony with the elegant plush portieres, which are a rose color richly embroider ed with Louis XV. scrolls, and edged with a massive fringe showing all the colors mentioned and is of a piece with that of the furniture. The mantel is of Mexican onyx, elaborately chiseled, sur mounted by a massive French plate mirror reaching to the ceiling, filled in between the pilasters and forming a part of the architecture of the room itself. Two large crystal chandeliers, exact copies of those in the Louis XV. chamber at Fountainblean, and eight candelabra are provided. When light ed, and the room filled with "fair wo men and brave men" on a fete night nothing short of fairyland could equal the spectacle, and those soft mellowed tints give no hint that they are not a hundred years old. Even the dainty point duchess curtains, mother-of-pearl tables and silver brocade Cete-a-tetes are in perfect harmony. J. C. Flood's California Mansion, described r Qood Housekeeping. Baron Nicolas) Kaalbar. When I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of Baron Nicolas Kaulbars he was only a simple colonel and chief of the staff of one of the army corps at St Petersburg. That rfas in the lifetime of the late czar, and the baron's rise has been rapid since the S resent emperor came to the throne, iaron Kaulbars was then a tall man, with fairly broad shoulders, but with a slight stoop and very little flesh on his bones. His voico is low and soft and his manner extremely courteous, though it always gives one the idea of being put on, and in speaking of weak nationali ties or to their representatives his tone is generally slighting and contemptu ous. He is a capital companion, for he speaks English. French and German with equal facility, and has an immense store of odds aud ends of knowledge, which he makes uso of without any parade, and with a frank boyishness that is very winning. He can hardly be called a truoborn Russian, for on the father's side he is a Finn, and his im mediate female ancestors were German and English. He has a strong sense of hnmor, and is fond of stringing togeth er French rhymes, an occupation which he describes as tres sympathique. As an instance, we were once climbing a mountain with several companion, among them a young Russian lieuten ant of the army of the Balkans, and this lieutenant, finding the July sun too much for him, was obliged to halt and give np the ascent About half way up we stopped for a short rest, and Baron Kaulbars amused himself by extempo rizing a poem on our, expeuition. out got no further than the eouplot: La paurre KhadonakaeTlicb par less cbalsurs aooable A la fin no pourait plus marcher. On the same excursion we caught a curious beetle of considerable size In the long grass; and as the baron wish ed to preserve it alive, for he was an enthusiastic naturalist, we made a pa per box oat of some old letters, and the baron actually carried the unhappy ,' speeiasea in his pocket to the top of the mountain and down again.' Of coarse 1 am only speaking of him as i M acquaintance, never having any official intercourse with him. but ccrtaiuly as a friend he was very pleasant and enter taining, though tho Bulgarian govern ment would in all probability give a very different account of him- Still, from his tone of voice in giving orders to his subordinates I should imagine that he could be sufficiently brutal aud overbearing should occasion offer. FM Mall. Gazette. FORTUNES IN THE MOON. Mora Ukely To ha Foand There Thaa la the Baak of Kaglaad. What are the facts of unclaimed fort unes in the Bank of England and iu chancery? The bank has issued au official statement which says: "There are no large amounts of unclaimed stock or dividends standing in our books. There are few amounts of 1.000, and probably none that exree-1 this sum by more than 100 or 200." So much for the bank. Statements like this have been issued since the days when James Buchanan, then our minister iu London, made some inquiries about the mythical Evans estate. As to unclaimed funds in chancery, the secretary of our lega tion prepared last year a statement, un der Minister Lowell's direction, in which .he said that there was in tho custody of the court only 1,000,000 in unclaimed or dormant funds. So much for the court of chancery. Where, then, are the Jenneus estate (9500.000,000). the Mosher estate ($32, 000.000), the Bradford estate ($122,000, 000), tho Lawreuce-Townley, or Chase Townley estate ($800,000,000), and all the other enormous estates that so many persons in America are trying to ob tain? Unquestionably they are in the moon. Those who think they are entitled 'to real estate or personal property in En gland should near in mind the follow ing declaration made by our legation and sent to congress last year: "Any attempt to recover real estate from the crown or individuals after a lapse of twelve years, (which may be extended to thirty under certain cir cumstances), and personal property aft er a lapse of twenty years, however valid the claim of the person making the attempt may have been originally, is certain to end in failure." Persons who have been led to believe that they are entitled to estates or funds in Holland should read a report recent ly made by Mr. Bell, our minister at Tho Hague. Ho describes the law of 1&2 which provided for the escheating of all unclaimed estates within a speci fied time, and adds: "The law has ef fectually and finally disponed of all un claimed funds and estates in this coun try originating prior to March. 1852. There has, therefore, since 1852, been no such thing in Holland as an unclaim ed estate originating prior to that date." H thousands of deluded Americans who dream of enormous estates in for eign lands to which they are the right ful heirs would only consult an honest and intelligent lawyer or diliguutlv read some good newspaper they would save some moucy and a great deal of time. There are nicu wlio for many years have made good livings out of the delusions of thfse people, but the swin dlers can be defeated aud exposed it those whom they live upou will only ask at the right place for information and then use the facts for lh.ienlightt.-u-ment of others who have been duped. Account tr for tbe M '-. "When 1 was a ,iiiiig lh-utenant iu the th Massachusetts" battery." said the professor to a writer in the Boston Record, "I was Matiom-d with the battery on the railroad track between Lake Ponlchartraiu and New Orleans. It was Decenary to guard the linn at that point, and there was jut enough solid ground on the embankment, which at that point ran through an almost impenetrable swamp infested by alli gators, copperheads and bushwhackers, for us to hang ou to. My tent was E itched so near the track tiiat there was arely enough room for the trains to pass without tearing the lent to pieces and smashing its iK-rii-tnii'i-. There was a freight train that passed through between S and 5 o'clock every morning, shrieking as it did so. For tire or six times I woke up ouch morning with the impression that the train was going straight over my body, and was- on the point of leaping iuto'the middle of the track or anywhere olse, but alter awhile I began to grow accustomed to it "One morning, however, the train came through with such a series of wild and unaccustomed shrit-ks that I start ed up with a sense that something aw ful was happening, aud, just as 1 was trying to renlize what it all was, the tup of my teut-pole gave away with a snap, and there came crashing do'wn through the roof of the tent the mangled body of a mule that had been straying on the track, aud had been casually thrown my way by the locomotive. The poor animal was not dead but was badly done for, and I ordered the guard to knock him in the head aud drag him away, it was done. "This might have ended the inci dent, but, as any soldier will know, it didn't That day the cor-xmil of the guard who had killed the mule came to me and said: " 'Lieutenant that muie has got to be accounted for. What shall we uo?' "'I suppose we can put him down as "lost in an engagement," ' said 1, 'But I don t supposu that will work, after alL' " 'But must 1 pay for him?" asked the corporal. "I told him I would think about it, and did think about it a littie, but the next day the corporal came to mo and said: "''Lieutenant, we've got that mule all right' " 'What mule?' said I. " "Oh, that mule that was hurt,' said he. 'He's all right now.' "I went with him in amazement, and he showed me a handsome luttJe-with a fresh 'U. S.' brauded on his flank. I did not say a word. What was there for me to say? "Within a day or two after- that a poor white 'planter' came around look ing for sometbiug. He said be bad lost a mule, and somehow he got into camp ana succeeded in running down an ani mal that he swore looked exactly like bis. But there was one circumstance that was dead against him. His mule didn't have 'U. S.' branded on bis flank." - ."Well, what did be do about it?" "He didn't do anything about it He couldn't swear the U. S.' off tbe mule's flank, could he?" m i m i Oar Unmarried Daachtera. Thomas Hughes says there is a pecu liar charm about the words "one's own" which it takes a man or boy long to find out but I doubt savs a writer in the Philadelphia Press, if there is a wo man who from babyhood has not recog nized that charm. Let as then think with more consideration than has been our wont of those women who have never taken upon themselves the pleas ures and cares of wedded life, but whose lives have been given up to others far more than have those of tbe majority of tbeir wedded sisters. One such woman- has charge of a household whose inmates are an invalid mother, a feeble grandmother, and a bachelor brother. She makes the home happy for them, and with what return for this sacrifice of her girlhood? Wha are her privileges? She can not order a dinner exactly to suit herself or have it served according to her own ideas; and to change the boar of 'a meal or ask a friead ia without first holding a family coasaltatiea would be consider- ed high treason. It is possible that even mothers ate a little too selfish and exacting toward their unmarried daughters. There is a widow with three unmarried daughters of "uncertain age." It would be a de- cided convenience to the musician of the family if the niano could be moved . .i .- .i. ol. to another part of the room. She speaks to her mother about it The re ply is: "1 see no reason. Emy, why it should.be moved; it has uo trials and difficulties to overcome," aud of them it is required that they shall be always cheerful and amiable. There is another family with oue un married daughter still at home. She does much of thu housekeeping and the family sewing, hut tier recreation, that she lores above ali elso, is her palette aud brush; and yet even her time is not her own. She 'has not one uninter rupted hour during the dav. Patiently day after day she nuts aside her canvas to lit on mother's dress or sew on fath er's buttons or see that the spare 'room is made ready for mother's friends, and day after day aud week after week the work she longed to do has bad to be put off till some future time, which never' comes. This young woman is a type of a class whose burdens are heavy because made up of numberless trifles. Can we not by a little more thought for her who thinks so often for others add some thing to her pleasures? A Hosp'b' Greeting. . An imposing im-wii stone wall cap ped by a bronze railing, and pierced by three massive bronze folding gates sur round a gentle sloping lawn, above which rises tbe mansion itself, which faces California street and is 106 z 190 feet The walls are C4 feet high and 25 inches thick, placed on a massive podium with a portico in front 50 feet long and a port-cocherc in the rear of similar dimensions. In keeping with Mr. Flood's well known aversion to ostentation, the outside gives no hint of its internal luxury. The stvle of archi tecture is Roman' classic, the windows of the first story being finished with pilasters of Doric design, and those of the second story with Ionic pilasters. This variety of ornament greatly re lieves the effect of the flat walls, which are capped by a classic balustrade. The invisible roof is of wood covered with copper. Tbe splendid portico, which stands out from the -facade in perfect symmetry, is the principal exter nal ornament to which sixteeu Doric pillars lend dignity. The brownstone monolithic steps are composed of a sin gle slab, and measure 23 feet The doorway which is 9 feet wide and 14 feet high is closed with massive double doors of English oak which 6Wing noiselessly open and reveal the vestibule, the floor and ceiling of which are Pompciian mosaics marble, of ex quisite design of foliage and grapes in quiet neutral tints. The high wainscot iug is of Numidiau marble, surmounted by a richly carved marble frieze in full relief, which completes the tunnel shaped ceiling, again of mosaic lighter in tone, with graceful designs of wreaths and ribbons lorming mottoes of wel come in Old English script, the one on the right reading: C ue iu it- Vf !! ik "r corao in the morning-, C iiih wi.rn l.iokt-U lor ur come nl'.hout warn lijr. To lifikit this hospitable greeting the other side says: Forvvrcll, a word that must and hath been; A sound whlcii wakes us linger: yet' fare well. J. C. Flood's California Mansion described in Qood Housekeeping. A Millionaire's Hobby. Senator Stanford's $20,000 stable is rapidly approaching completion, and the contractors expect to have it ready for the senator's horses aud carriages early next month. Tbe at a bio is a model one. For months past the senator's represen tative here has been overrun by cranks and inventors with all sorts of new ideas for the comfort or discomfort of the horses. It has been the hardest thing to convince these people that Senator Stanford is not building a dime museum for the exhibition of freaks or crank in ventions. Men who have an idea that horses would be better if they slept in beds have come to Senator Stanford to ask him to put folding beds in his horses' stalls. One man bad an idea that the senator wanted to buy his pa tent fly-driving machine and erect it over each horse to keep the flies off him. Another crank wrote a letter stat ing that it would be good idea to paper tbe ceiling with fly-paper, and then the horses would not be bothered. But such ideas were not listened to. There are inventions and improvements in the stable which are great innovations. The edifice is an imposing one on L street The walls are tweuty-two inches thick, being built with a large air-chamber in the centre so as to prevent the least bit of moisture or dampness from penetrat ing tho walls and giving the horses cold. There will be ten stalls, all fitted up in hardwood, elaborately carved and em bellished. At each trough is running water, so that tbe grooms will not navo to carry water about the building and slop it over the floor. The arrange ment for lettingfeed down from the bins above.isanew invention, and a good one. One of the great objections to nav ing a carriage-house near the stable proper is the odor absorbed. To obvi ate this, the carriages are run into the stable and on to a largo elevator and carried up-stairs to a eealed room, where they will be free from odor or dirt The stable is decorated in hardwood and is finished in elegant 6tyle. Wash ington Letter. m m "Joe" Brown and "Bob" Toombs. Another story I lately heard of Sena tor Joseph Brown relates to his quar rel with "Bob" Toombs, which liked to end in a duel, but which failed because Toombs did not send the challenge. Brown has a great reputation all over Georgia for being a very strict Christ ian. He has been noted as a temper ance man, and he is always to tbe front in any religious movement Some of the old women in Georgia expect to see urown translated some uay, ana it is said that he can make as good a relig ious exhortation as he can a stump speech. Well, when Toombs was at one time especially angry at Brown bo sent a military friend 'of his to ask Brown whether there was anything in religion which would prevent him from accepting a challenge. Brown received the strutting colonel and listened to his question, looking him in the face with his cold gray eye and stroking bis long grav beard as be did so. As the colonel concluded Brown's big mouth opened like a trap, and he slowly and articulately said: "I have carefully considered my duty to man and to God. I havo canvassed my religious belief and have come to the conclusion that you may tell Gen. Toombs that I can really find nothing either in it or myself that will prevent me receiving a challenge from him at any time or under any conditions. I shall indeed be most nappy to oblige him in any way which he shall see fit to ask." The colonel said good-day and left Brown, and for some tiroethe'duel hung fire. During this time it is said that Brown was busy six hours out of the twelve firing at marks with a Win chester rifle, and that he finally got the aim to such perfection that he could snuff a candle about eight times out of ten. Toombs, for this 'reason or some other, failed to respond, and the matter dropped, but the congressman who told me the above story asserts it as hfs be lief that bad the duel come off Brown would have killed Toombs with no more compunction than that he exhibits when heearyssone of his enemies on the A Diecoaraged Shah. The Merv correspondent of the Jour nal ties Dtbais writes: "Everybody in Persia admits that the shah is animated by the best intentions, and that he wouio. resiore to ma country its ancient , , splendors: but at the same time every- Twwl bam that luivnnd intAtitmna am body sees that his good intentions are never carried out, and that no sovoreign ' ever met with less support Such is the discouragement of the shah that he has completely given np control of the slate, just as he allows the fortified walls sur rounding his residence to crumble and fall into the ditches. During our sojourn in Teheran., wo witnessed the curious spectacle of the minister of fine arts taking possession of one of the out buildings of the palace, and declaring that he would not leave until the salary due him was paid. The shah, who loves a good joke has the obstinate vizier well taken care of, and asks him every time he meets him on his walks whether he is satisfied with the cuisine.' The vizier declares that it is excellent, and swears that he will end his days near the person of his majesty. His majesty laughs, thanks him, and proceeds ou his walk. Would to heaven that this comedy may not end in tragedy! This is a fair example of the condilion'of things in general. The wages of the soldiers are a source of iucoine to the colonels, who send three-fourths of tbe men on furlough and pocket their wages. The lower officers allow the soldiers to prac tice a profession on condition that they divide the proceeds with them. Many a soldier who guards in the evening the door of the palace in the morning sold lettuceinthe streets, or patched slipper in the shadow of a mosque." - The Hand of a TbieC The present rage for palmistry recalls an incident which occurred half a dozen years since at Bar Harbor. There were staying at one of the hotels a pretty young: widow from Baltimore who was versed in the secrets of chiromancy and a young Kentuckian who was par ex cellence the lion of the season. Tho widow for some reason or other had taken a whimsical dislike to tbe popular southerner and hardly acknowledged an acqu tintanco with him; yet he one day ventured to ask her to read his mindas she had already deciphered the palms of half the people iu the house. They lady first demurred, but at length thinking. :is she afterward ex plained, that it was simpler to do as she was asked than to contest the point.she requested the gentleman to show her his hand. Ho did so, aud, with an involuntary start of surprise and a frankness which was evidently genuine, she exclaimed: "Why, it is the band of a thief!" As the interview took place upon the piazza in the' presence of a group of boarders, the position of tho young man was a sufficiently awkward one, but he did not Hindu As the lady checked herself in evident confusion he responded with the most perfect tact and self, control: "Ah! Thaukyou. Tuat suggests to me a means of making my way in the world that had never occurred to me; and since tbe war wo southerners have to be ou the lookout for opportunities." His ready wit saved the situation,and he was more popular than ever; but the interest of .tho taie is that two or three days after he vvns discovered stealing tho diamonds of a wealthy dowager, aud although the matter was hushed up as much as possible for the sake of the hotel aud of the people who had in troduced the Kentuckian, it somehow leaked out that the rouge was an old offender aud a thief long kuown to tbe S)lice of New York and Philadelphia. oston Post. Aljively Corpse. In a neighboring town death entered an estimable household at midnight, and an undertaker from this city was summoned by telegraph, writes a Bridge- gort correspondent of the New York un. On arriving at the house the un dertaker sent his lady assistant to an upper chamber to prepare the corpse. Taking her box of bandages, sponges, etc., the assistant went, as she thought, to the room indicated, but instead she entered the room of a young lady, a member of the bereaved family, who had fallen sound asleep from exhaustion caused by her constant attendance at the sick bed. The attendant had an old fashioned tallow dip. which she sat ou the stand, and depositing her box on the bed by tho side of the sleeping beauty, she began oje rat ions. Taking a soft sponge, she carefully washed the face, observing, what was uot un usual, that the flesh was still warm. The young lady slept on. but when a fine-toothed comb was drawn through some tangled crimps of her hair she awoke with a suddenness that upset both the attendant and the box of imple ments. Both ladies gave a shriek that could have been beard blocks away, and as soon as a match could be struck, for the caudle had been overturned, explanations followed. The attendant believed the corpse had come to life, and the awakened damsel thought she had been disturbed by a burelar. Tbe household below was aroused, and they followed the undertaker in quick suc cession to the scene of the disturbance. Although the death had cast a gloom over the household, there was a quiet laugh when the situation was explaiued. The StnmgerScx. Why am I a woman suffragist? Be cause I am. Because a woman has more good, hard, common sense than a man. Because she makes less bluster about her rights, and quietly maintains them better than a man. Because she won't give $1.50 for an article that she knows very weli she can get for 75 cents. Because she does uot stalk lofti ly away from the counter without her change if tbe robber behind it is a little reluctant about counting it out Be cause she is too indepeudent to pay the landlord $2 for ber dinner and then pay the head waiter $1 (b send her a waiter whft will hrinor it to hor fur 0 ranli Because she will hold her money tightly in ber own good little right hand for two hours until she first gets a receipt for it from the fellow who made her husband pay the samo bill live times last year. Not auy "just give you credit for it" for her. 'Because one day a' 'ullman porter complains to me: "No money on this trip; too many women aboard. Don't never get nothin' out of a woman 'ceptin' just her regular fare." I bad just paid him 25 cents for blacking one of my shoes and losing tbe other. And when he said that. when lsaw for myself tbe heroic firm ness of those women, traveling alone, paying their fare, and refusing to pay the salaries of the employes of a wealthy corporation, I said: "Tiieso women have a right fafvote. To vote? By all that is brave and relf-reliant and sensible, they have a right to run the Govern ment" Burdette. "James, what are you doing? After all oar hopes, and all roar promises?" "Well, what be I? takiu' driuk. ain't I?" "Didn't yoo sign a pledge, Jimmy, and promise never to drink another drop as long as. you lived?" "No; n o; n oo, I didn't jes' promise that, I'm doin' jee' wot I swore I'd do; I'm (hie!) putt'n 'way the 'ntozicatin' cap!" Washington Post. Mrs. Cohn "Solomon, ma tear, I got to get me a new dress, ain't it? Dot gafico dress ia terrible Torn oat" Mr. Cohn "Times is hard. Rebecca. Vait for a veek, ma tear." Mrs. Cohn "For, rot for vould I vait a veek, Solomon?" 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