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SUNDAY EDITION.
ESCAPED FROM
"ROMAN NOSE."
HoW a Soldier Managed to Get
Out of the Clutches of a
Cheyenne Chief.
COLLECTING BEUSH FOR A FIRE.
That He Would Be Burned at
the Stake Was the Information
a Prisoner Received—A Provi
dential Shower Which Took the
Enthusiasm Out of the Indian
Braves.
f<X the 16th day of June, 1867, a
~ small body of Indians appeared to
* the west of Fort Wallace, aud from
tlieir maneuvering teemed to ba spying out
the chances of cutting out the stage station,
half a n.ile from tlie fort. The station was
guarded by four or live men ut the time, and
the corral held about thirty-five horses. 1
had just come in that morning from a long
scout, nod was asleep when the Indians
were liist seen. As soon as routed oi.t 1
took two men with me and rode down to
the station. We picked up a fourth man
there, and headed direct for the redskins,
who were then a mile away. Wo were not
a quarter of a mile from the station when I
became suspicious that it was a plot to
draw us away. We brought our hoises
down to a walk, and after getting half a
mile from the station we turned to the left
as if to ciicle back. At that moment thirty
Cheyenne warriors, lea by old Koman None,
burst out of the dry ravines, where they had
been lying euncoaled for two hours, and
liinde straight for the station.
The plan would have done credit to a
Brigadier. About 200 warriors threw them
selves between the station and the fort, so
■a to be ready for any mo ye on the part of
the soldiers. Thirty nttacked the adobe
huts constituting the station. About fifty
made for the inciosure where the hone.
were lap", and the others rode to cut us four
off from Iho fort. Only one part of the plan
miscarried. 'Ihe men at the station made
such it fight that the Indians could not
break in on them. They killed three war
riors and wounded seven, while the; sul
feicd no loss themselves. Tl.ey uot the
horses, partly destroyed ihree stages and
kept the soldiers nil, and the four ol us, see
ing that escape to the tort was cut off, rode
to the west In hopes to outrun our pursuers.
I Btortunate ly for me, writes a contributor
tothe New York ."sun, 1 was mounted on my
own horse, who had done sixty-live miles
the day before, at J was jad;'d. For three
miles he showed a good leg, bu' 'len he be
gan to weaken. We were then on level
ground and 1 held him up with voice and
spur for another mile, or until we had
gained a spot covered with outcroppiugs of
rock.
Those who wrote of this incident at the
time held the three station men un to con
tempt for deserting me. I did not blame
them at all. 'lhey were only employes of
the stage company. None of them had ever
been at clo'-e quarters with Indians before,
and it would have been strange if they had
not been rattled. They were ahead of me
as my horse went down, and Ido not be
lieve they missed me. l'cor fellows! Had
the four of us been there in the natural
rifle pit among the rocks we could have
stood the redskins off in a handsome man
ner. As it was I was captured, and they
were shot down one by one as they con
tinued their llieht.
Only thirty-five ludians took up the pur
suit.
WHEN MY HOBSE FELT.
With me fifteen of the warriors remained
beh nd to eff. ct my capture. 1 rolled Into a
natural hollow, pulled saddle and blanket off
my horse, and iheii, as he strugglid up, I
drove him limping sway. It was an unfor
tunate thing. He was only thirty feet from
me when they shot him dead, anil as he fell
1 saw that he was In line with adtyditch
up which the enemy could creep aud shelter
themselves behind the body. That was
iu*t what they did do. They didn't dare
charge me, although fifteen to one, but they
secured positions frcm which they could
shoot me if I raised my head six inches
from the ground, and when I real'zed that I
was helpless I surrendered. There was lit
tle formality about it. Among the be
siegers 1 recognized an Indian named Dark
Uay. I called out that 1 would surrender,
ami the fifteen walked in on me.
When an Indian is in luck he is good
natured. Those who had pursued my three
companions were now returning with their
scalps, horses and guns. I had not hurt
anybody. Koman Nose had defied the fort
nnd got away with the station horses.
There w as every reason for rejoicing, and as
they formed a circle about me every lace
wore a smile, and several of them greeted
me with a "howdy?" They knew me for a
Government scout and rider. They knew I
had killed three Clieyennes on the Smoky
Hill F..rk only the week before. They
knew that 1 had balked two of their raids
on statii ns, and that 1 had once ridden
right through a camp of 200 of them and
carried off the best horse Koman Nose evor
had.
An Indian sizen a man up according to
his deeds. They took my rifle, revolver and
knife, but were very respectful about it. 1
was th-n mounted on a station horse, my
feet tied uuder his belly, nnd be was led
behind a warrior's pony. They headed to
the northwest, aud about an hour after dark
w« came up with the main body, whicli was
encamped in a grove of Cottonwood on a
siiuill creek. I hud no sooner dismounted
than I wa* taken into the presence of Roman
Nose. History has said that he was one ot
the smartest chiefs any Western tribe ever
had. He was smart only as an iudian. He
wns a liar, hypocrite and assassin. He had
the sniHriiiess of a coyoto in avoiding a su
p-rior force and the cunning of a serpent in
appioaching a foe. I knew he could hold a
conversation in English, but as he did not
know that I was aware oMhe fact lie called
up a hatforeed to act as interpreter. I was
I relty well up in the Cheyenne tongue, but
Koman Nose did not know-it. He began
the conversation as follows:
"How many soldiers are there in the
fort?"
"About a hundred," I answered, giving
him the correct number.
"Why didn't they come out and fight us?"
"They were hoping that you would come
nearer."
"You are called Night Shadow?"
"Yes."
"You have killed some cf my people?"
"AFTKIt THEY HAD SOUGHT TO KILE ME."
"Hu! The ludian has a right to defend
his own lands. The white man wants every
thing, even the diy rivers and the bare
ruck*. In an hour I shall burn you at the
stake."
I had not the slightest reason to hope he
would not. The Cheyennes had an old score
to settle with me personally and their loss
of men at the station tbat day must be
avenged. I was turued over to a guard of
three warriors and they gave me something
to drink aud eat. I was hungry and thirsty
ai.d I made as good a meal as if I expected
to live fifty years, instead of ouly au hour
longer. A •-take was driven while I was
eating and before 1 had finished tbe warriors
had begun collectinz brush.
It was written of me by a correspondent
at Foil Wallace that Providence saved my
life. Soon after the stake had been driven
it begau to rain. Although the Indian is
half animal, he dreads tne rain, and the
storm soon took all the enthusiasm out of
my captors. At the same time, almost, a
scout came in wi'h some news, and 1 was
soou told by the half-breed th.it I had been
respited. This scout, as afterward appeared)
bad discovered that the fort had neither
cannon nor fortifications, and it was be
lieved that the so'dlers were demoralized
and would surrender if attacked. At about
■uidiiight, when tiie rain begin to hold up,
■11 but live men set out in the direction of
the fort. The five were left to guard me.
They did not liesitate to tell me that the fort
was to lie attacked, and that they were sure
of victory.
I slept from midnight to daylight, being
staked out al the ankles and haviug a war
rior on each side of me. Soon af ler daylight
my guards were astir, aud when breakfast
bad been prepared my feet were tied to
gether, and 1 was allowed to sit up and help
myself. We were fully twenty miles from
the fort, ami no news was expected until
late in the afternoon. When they asked me
what I thought of tho chances I answered
that Roman Mose would be beaten off, and
wo argued the matter pro ami con without
the slightest ill-feeling.
What happened at ihe fort I did not learn
for some days afterward. Had Soman Nose
made a secret npproa<li to within striking
distance and then charged in he would have
won a speedy victory. The presence of his
lorce was beir.yed at an early date, and the
garrison threw up a breastwoik from what
ever could be had, caught up their horses
and the Bret charge took all the conceit out
Of the 300, several being killed or wounded,
and the chief himself sustaining a severe
wound from a bullet. One charge en masse
would have swept every cavalryman off the
earth, but It was not made. After an hour
Of long-range firing
THE REDSKINS WITHDREW,
Excusing their cowardice by saying that the
Evil One bad sent men with black faces to
blind their eyes. This referred to a few
negro soldiers who took a gallant part in the
defense.
About 4 o'clock in the afternoon a courier
reached us. I knew, as did all the others,
long before he reached us, that he had no
good news. He told us big stories of tho
prowess of tbe Cheyennes, but had to admit
they were driven off with loss. My guards
were directed to report with me to a certain
spot on Ked Deer Creek, abuut sixteen miles
away, to which the main party had resorted
after being driven off. When I learned that
Koman Nose had boon wounded I knew
what was in etore for me. He would j_et
some small satisfaction for hit humiliation
by putting me to the torture. The courier
did not wait to go with us, but rode off to
notify a small party which had been sent off
iv another direction.
During the eatire day I had been passive,
and betiayed uo anxiety, tel ing the guards
that 1 had Iriends at the fort who would pay
the chief a big ransom for inc. This lulled
their vigilance and they treated me more as
a guest than a prisoner. Another friend had
been working in my interest duiiug tho day.
but 1 did uot discover it until an hour befoie
the i ourier arrived. A bottle of whisky had
in some manner come into possession of the
guards. The bottle wrs Kept out of sight,
aud it was only when their demeanor be
trayed them that 1 knew what they had been
up to. None of them were drunk, hut all
were happy and quite good-natured.
It was after 5 o'clock before we were
ready to set cut. The five ponies and the
station horse were brought out, aud bridled
aud saddled. This was done by three of
the warriors, while ihe other two were
gambling lor a blauket. I sat about ten feet
away from them. There had been no time
siuce noon when I could not have cast off
my bonds at will. There had been uo open
ing fur escape, but one was made now iv a
manner totally unexpected. The two
gamblers got iuto a violent dispute and the
three warriors approucued to quiet matters.
Some one was struck and this led to quite a
row. The instant it be.an 1 cast off my
thongs, whirled about nud at one jump I was
beside a pony.
Five seconds later I was in the saddle and
dig.iug hts ribs, and I believe 1 was out of
the grove before 1 was missed. Every horse
followed mine and went to the south as fast
as horse-flesh ever traveled the plains. Half
a dozen shots were tired after me from tlie
grove, but they only added to our speed. The
run lasted lor ten miles before the pace was
drerea-ed, and when nigutfell 1 had added
six or seveu more. To midnight 1 kept on
a jog. bearing to the left lo appioach the fort
from the east. From midnight to daylight 1
rested, and sunrise next morning was ruu
onto by a w agon-train and escort proceeding
to the fort.
DANCING MARIONETTES
Fun-Making Toys for Coming
"Winter Evenings.
Marionettes, says a sanguine inventor,
must have an inherent life of tlieir owu.
The clown, the Columbine and all the fig
ures representing animals will now caper
about on their own hojk.
Worn out visiting chtils, match sticks,
these are the very simple materials with
which people who are foud of a little non
sense now and theu can fashion all the tig
urers represented by tjiese designs, whicli
can at any time be 6et in motion like me
chanical toys.
Take, for instance, a clown. First draw
and paint the figure on the back of a card—
the body and head first, then the two logs
and arms. Carefully cut out these five
pieces; place the body on a table and above
it the legs and arms in a position of rest.
Now these limbs must be joined, and this
Is how it is to be done.: Take, for instance,
an arm, mark with a pencil at the shoulder
end of the arm, the ex^ct spot formine the
axis of rotation; pierce a hole with a pin at
this point and put it through the shoulder
in the body. Bend a match-stick at the cen
ter as much as possible without breaking
and drop a little melted sealing-wax, joining
the two ligaments to the arm and body, re
spectively, making tho pait forming the
joint be in coutact with the pin. Do the
same for the other limbs, remove the four
pins and tlie figure is complete. Now we
have lo give it life.
All that has to be done for this is to place
the side of the figure on which are the
matches in a plate containing a thin layer,
so to say, of water. The beut fibers of wood
which have not been broken will swell by
means cf the moisture absorbed and will try
to regain their rectilineal position. The
figure will then make a series of abrupt
movements, which are very amiisirg. The
legs and arms will move apart as those do
which are moved by a string. Be careful to
use only large, common niHtchsticks. The
Swedish ones are impregnated with paraf
fine aud would not move as required. At
last we have found a use for home-made
matches.
Each one can perfect the mode of fashion
ing these figures as he likes best. A ballet
girl who can lift her foot to her forehead, a
rooster which can move its legs al out are
pretty easy to make. A horse with twelve
different joints is a bit too difficult for an
amateur. For the horse each leg is com
posed of three different portions.
Instead of placing the figure on a plate we
can put a drop of water on each joint with
the finger or with a paint brush, and the
effect will be same.
Tne. winter evenings are coming, which
cause young and old to assemble round the
family table. Tne time seems favorable to
recommend to our readers these new dancing
marionettes.-*-><. Y. Herald.
A Dor With a Memory.
The following, remarkable at all events as
a feat of memory, was told me by the owner
of an Irish water spaniel, the only dog I
ever knew who would perform tricks and
was good to shoot over at _w same time.
His master was out walking with him at the
beginning of the long frost in tho year 1855,
which set in about the middle of January.
He went ou a frozen mill dam, where the
water was of course very deep, and acci
dentally dropped his snuff-box through a
little round hole in the ice. The dog was
dreadfully distressed at not being able to
get it, but was obliged to go home with its
owner, who thought no more about the mat
ter. Two mouths afterward, when the frost
had goue, he and the dog passed by the
same place. The dog paused opposite the
spot where the box had disappeared, seemed
to think intently for a minute, then plunged
in, dived to the bottom and returned with
the suulT-box in his mouth.—The Quarterly
Beview.
Value of Old Shoe*.
The Italian scavenger who rakes up your
ash-bairel ai:d sends the dust flying over
your doorstep knows this well, and his
black eyes glisten at the sight of old leather.
If the soles are not worn to shreds he sells
them to a second-hand dealer, and they are
patched up and resold, but if they are past
mending he takes them borne to his cellar
and rips them all apart, or his wife and
children do. Tlio pieces he sells to a man
ufacturer. From the larger pieces, after
being soaked till soft, Die uppers of chil
dren s shoes are cut. The soles aie cut
into small pieces to make up the layers of
the heels of other shoes, the iron pegs that
are not bent can be used over again, and the
littlo scraps that are left after all this are
subjected to a treatment that makes them all
one i liable mass, from which a kind of
artistic leather is rolled out. This is used
for covering chairs, books trunks, boxes,
etc. Many fancy patterns are stamped upon
it, and the trade iv this kind of "embossed"
leather in the United (states is a well-estab
lished one.—N. Y. Tribune.
THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES.
RUHAMAH'S
LETTER.
Notes of Interest From the Busy
Citj of Washington.
Departun of the Brazilian Admiral — The
Woman Who Sid Hot and the One Who
Sid Harry Stanley.
Eptelsl to Thi Bus day 0x...
¥(||piTJASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 1890.-There
fVf*/ ''" WBS a 1:l!'k °* olllluisiasin over the
__U—&l reassembling of Congress after its
two months' recess, and the shoulder
slapping and hand swinging between the
statesmen was not the usually grotesque
prelude to the solemn opening of a first day's
session. There were flowers on many desks,
but without these trophies taking the shape
of crosses and broken columns, their pres
ence was funereally suggestive.
The Brazilian Admiral and his officers
had a busy five days in the city, each day
rounded off with a groat dinner, and two
days given to visits to Mount Yernon and
*"* ' v; „ _v*
X. B. ilitner.
the Annapolis Naval Academy. Secretary
Tracy's household is still oneof deep mourn
ing, so that he cave his entertainment to
the v.sitors the form of au official banquet
and reception at the Arlingtou HoteL
After the high official, who were present
at the banquet the guests invited at a later
hour to meet Admiral da Silviera and his
staff were the naval officers on duty in
Washington, with the lauies of their fami
lies. When the visitors were taken to
Mount Veiuon they sent ahead a iloral
tribute for Washington's tomb, which
greatly surprised the rest of tlie company
when they arrived there aud fouud it in
place. As a Quale, tha Brazilians them
selves gave a banquet and then left for their
ships at New York. The fleet Is hurrying
to tho West Indies, for although the Brazil
ian tars put on all the clothing they had and
could nflord to buy, one thing on top of
another, the ships themselves were so mauy
ice-boxes. The vessels had been built for
tropical aud southern cruises, and there
was no means of healing them. Luck, of
course, had it for a cold wave and a snow
stnrm to come during their stay in New
York, and the poor officers who had to re
main
WITH THE SHIPS
Were less fortuuate than the gilded staff
who put up at a steam-heated hotel here
with the Admiral.
Beyond the little flurry occasioned by
tlieir coming and confined entirely as it
was to the official ciicle it is very dull
socially. Eveu the younger people have
not begun to dance, and their elders do not
display the average Washington frenzy in
paying their first culls. The Cabinet and
Senatorial families are not keeping tlieir
regular afternoons at home and the few
who do stay in claim that tliera is no one
calling. This argues nothing more sureiy
than an extia zeal when the season really
opens. The Vice-President's family are
only now coming to the city, this having
been such an exceptionally clear and
brilliant autumn and Indian summer in the
East that many besides Mrs. Morton have
chosen to remain at their country homes.
The Wanamaker family are at their coun
try place near Philadelphia, and society
does not anticipate this winter the round of
hospitalities at the Postmaster-General's
home which marked it last year.
The interest of the week lias partly cen
tered in Henry M. Stanley, who came,
lectuied to a crowded house at .3 a ticket,
and, naturally, went away charmed with
Washington. The President, the British
Minister, the Belgian Minister, Senator Mc-
Millan, Mr. Loiter *nd Mrs. Stanley had box
parties, and the house was crowded vyith
everybody who was anybody and interested
in the explorer, A year or so ago one read
a great deal in the papers about Stanley be
ing a woman-hater and having always been
shy of women, etc. Next came a crop of
stories telling of the many young women he
came very near marrying but did not, until
the story of any ingrained shyness or
woman-hatiug was well exploded. On* of
these ex-sweethcaits has lately come to be
a Washington winter resident and is put
ting up a costly houso in Venetian style,
and she is chiefly biographied to those who
ask about her as
II KING THE WOMAN
Who was once engaged to Stanley and who
married while he was in Africa. That is
fanio enough nowadays to launch her in any
society.
The woman who did marry Mr. Stanley
has not seemed lo wholly satisfy ihe ex
pectations of those who had read of her as
being such a beauty, and who thought they
knew her from the Millais painting of that
long ago time, when dressmaking was not
so five an art as it is to-day, and sleeves
were sewed in on another plan entirely.
Lady Dorothy Tennant Stanley is tall, tre
mendous aud fine looking, but not a beauty.
She and her mother aie old friends of Sir
Julian Pauncefute aud his family, and they
remain here for a week as guests at the
legation, while Mr. Stauley goes on with
his lecture tour. To-morrow the Stanleys
Xomvafdo I*w,hre*,.
lunch with the President and Mrs. narrison,
and to-morrow night the Belgian Minister
and the next night the British Minister give
dinners in his honor. Mr. Stauley gives
only the one lecture here on the "Rescue of
Emm." The "Disc very of the Dwarfs"
has not been made so miich of as a feature
of the leitiire season sluce Paul dv Chaillu
has reminded the lecture-gome and book
reading world that he also "discovered" the
dwarfs and made his discovery and pub
lished his accounts some fifteen years before
Mr. Stanley's latest expedition.
General Miles came to the city, consulted
the powers about the liitle war now on
hand, and returned to Chicago without his
friends having litue to see him and renew
that remarkable campaign of dinner parlies
whith which they marked his stay last
winter. Every one's interest wasnrouscd in
the ghost dauces and the war when Buffalo
Bill was known to have started on his spe
cial mission to capture Silting Bull. There
was deep disgust at the ending of that pic
turesque bit of real wild-west business when
he was recalled thiough the Interior De
partment's efforts. To-day.
SECRETARY NOBLE RETRACTS,
And there will be uo more interference with
General Miles' plans by the civil branches
of the Government, and the Indian trouble
is to be subdued by military methods. No
two beings are less in harmony with each
other than the average Indian agent and the
regular army officer. The. latter's claim that
the agents raise the rebellions and call on
the army to put iheui down Is proven again
by this Sioux outbreak. The discovery that
this great Government, with an embarrassing
surplus ou hand, has been economizing ou
Indian rations for a couple of years and
keeping red men on hnlf diet, is enough lo
disgust any one and to arouse all the Indig
nation of the great body of sensible phllan-
thropists, as well as the cranks, who make
the Indian Commissiouer's lot a troubled
one.
The recall of Minister Mizner met with a
warm and enthusiastic approval all around
that is only equaled by the naming of ex-
Governor Pacheco as his successor. If the
administration never makes a brilliant
stroke again it has distinguished Itself
enough for the whole four years in choosing
Governor Pacheco to fill that most difficult
diplomatic position and to restore American
prestige along that narrow neck of land be
tween the two great oceans. A more popu
lar man in every way, a more polished, tact
ful and charmingly courteous man could
not be found by the Department of State,
and we may count upon tbe Central Ameri
can republics fcr as long as Minister Pa
checo remains there. A handsome wife
with marked social genius Is a rare combi
nation under the roof of any United States
legation, and the new Minister will be doubly
a persona grata to the Governments he is
accredited to with Mrs. Paclisco accom
panying him. Such general approval nas
hardly succeeded any other nomination of
the year, and if the new Justice of the Su
preme Court is as fortunate and exactly as
right a choice as the Miuister to the Central
American republics the genius of the Presi
dent cannot be questioned. nun am au.
FOR HOME
DECORATION.
Pretty Designs That Hare Been
Submitted by Clever Women.
Ornaments That Are Easy to Make and Good
Enough for the H.me of Any One—E*c_
Has the Element ol Utility.
15J-.OLLOWING are four designs from a
VfyJ number sent to the New York Press in
5 V response to a call to the clever women
of the United States for such:
I.ADIES' DBKSS-X- CASE.
The shelf In the design Is made of wood
placed on a bracket. It is covered with blue
felting and trimmed with blue China silk. A
looking-glass is placed upon this, the frame
being painted with two coats of blue enamel
paint. A barrel-hoop, cut in two, is fastened
to the top of glass and to the shelf (oue-half
ou each side). These are covered with blue
cheesecloth aud festooned as shown in the
design.
COMBINATION WALL-TOCEET.
This article is suitable for a dressing or
bed room. Take a sheet of cardboard and
cut it like the outline indicated in the draw
ing. Strengthen it by fastening across the
back narrow strips of thin wood screwed
from the front.
For the whisk-broom use a piece of card
board covered with material or a piece of
celluloid. Bend the edge half an inch lo
give spnee for the broom.
Cut a square piece of the same material
nnd fasten to the cardboard with either
cord or ribbon, aud fit up a corner with
another piece of material as a kind of
envelope for letters and engagement cards.
The slipper-holders are made of cardboard
covered with material and painted or
worked.
LAMBREQUIN.
The material required is one and a half
yards of plush, three-quarters of a yard
wide, and three-quarters of a yard of silk
bolting-cloth; three and a half yards of
cord and two tassels.
I (fathered autumn leaves of bright yellow
and pretty browns to harmonize with ran
roon-colorcd plush, pressed and drew them
on the plush, then embroidered the designs
with the same shades of silk as the colors in
the leaves. The bolting cloth I painted
with a pretty spray of arbutus. Soring and
fall were thus represented in a very delicate
way.
HOUSEWIFE.
This housewife is to be hung upon the
wall. It is entirely my own idea, and is a
beautiful as well as a handy article. The
'l| ( V».S-^U _>SILK '/
top part can be made of either plnsh or
linen, scalloped and buttonholed. This is
placed over an oblong bit of board covered
with silk and fmving a puff of silk around
the edge. The effe; tof the silk through tlie
scallops of plush is very pretty. The upper
right-hand corner is turned over (if plush it
must he lined), and the papers of ribbon
are arranged on this flap by means of a rib
bon. The drawing, though crude, will ex
plain the rest, I think.
Tbe II ml nf _ nlherlue de Medlols.
Catherine de Mt-dieis had a " mourning
bed made of black velvet powdered with
crescents and suns. Its curtains were of
damask with leafy wreaths and garlands
figured upon a gold nnd silver ground, and
fringed along the edges with broideries of
pearls, and it stood in a room hung with
rows of the Queen's devices ln cut black
velvet upon cloth of silver."
A WALK OVER
THE ALPS.
Some of the Wonderful Sights of
the Simplon Pass.
The Sake of Savoy's Apartments in the
Frii.n of Chillon—An Ancient Ewiis
Villags-Tte Rhone Valley.
I 4 T> E lelt the boat at Ten i ret Glion with
•_»/'_[ the falr D'cture °* tnu euu oi "le
___Pl lake and Its little old castles on
the water edge at the foot of the great
mountains, above which rose the still greater
Dent dv Midi. We had seen in the distance
the gray towers of the prison of Chillon. An
electric street railway of the overwlre sys
tem runs from Territet to Chillon. We
crossed to the prison entrance over the nar
row and rather shaky wooden bridge, which
a vendor of photographs and cheap wood
carvings had plenteously decorated with his
wares, and finding the iron gates open en
tered the small outer court of the chateau.
Several other visitors were there, and
within a few minutes mere arrived, so that
when a bright-eyed young woman appeared
from within with a string of huge
keys on her arm she had a flock
of fifteen or eighteen representatives of
Germany, France, England and America
to follow her. We were shown first the
public dining-ball of the Duke of Savoy,
where, in the huge fireplace, I observed the
thrifty people who now succeed the duke as
residents of the place were performing the
rites of the fcinokuig house on several
healthy hanu. The party rambled through
the duke's apartments, sat down on the old
carved benches in the big court-room and by
questions inspired our guide to all sorts of
llichts of Imagination in the torture-rooms,
the last bedroom of the condemned, and the
dungeons. In the larg» underground hail,
where Bonnivard was imprisoned, the after
noon sun cut pathways through the narrow
slits up near the ceiling and threw an
accommodating and irradiating halo around
the lost to which Byron's hero was so much
attached. To some of our party, who
thought they owed it to posterity to scratch
their mimes"beside those of Byron, Sheliey
and Victor Hugo on the pillars of the
prison chamber, our guide suggested that
upstairs in the little chapel of the Duko of
Savoy they would find a record-book in
whicli they could subscribe tlieir names,
occupations, derivations, destinations and
affiliations and such other peregrinations as
future historians would hunger for.
A TIIItEF. HOURS' ItIDE
On the cars through tlio Khone Valley
brought us to Sion at 8 o'clock in the even
ing, where we passed the night. One does
not tire readily of these quaint little Swiss
towns, with tpeir curious streets and his
torical ruins. Three castles and the walls of
a once stately church cover two rocky
promontories that extend out from the
mountain side a thousand feet above the
roofs of this little village. We found there
the nice, clean hotel, with its table flowing
with uiiik and honey that one finds every
where in Switzerland. In the morning we
reached the end of the railroad at Brigue at
10 o'clock, after an hour's ride. At tho
diligence office we went through the long
formula of arranging to have our ba_.agn
expressed over the Italian line to Homo
d'Ossola. We then started on foot to cross
the Simplon route.
The dust was thick on the vlllaee streets
and the day was hot when we set out. We
wete soon on the hard diligence route
mounting the gradual ascent. Not f>r from
the first ref u_e, four miles from Brigue, we
chose a shady and sightly place beside a
swift little stream at 1 o'clock and ate our
lunch. Soon afier this we turned a curve
around the mountain side andleft behind us
the view we had had of Brigue, with its
basking cf snow mountains aud the Khone
Valley, and continued the ascent on a road
cut out of the rock of the nearly perpendieii
lar side of the mountain. A thousand feet
below us ran the stream that contributed
most to the Khone Biver. We found the
second refuge, a fairly decent two-stoiy
house, perched on the mountain side. Wo
reached the end of the 100. gorge and the
place where the river had its origin in roar
lug streams from the snuw-tops of the
mountains about '■'■ o'clock and crossed tlie
end of the gorge on a bridge suspended at a
dizzy height. Making a long curve on the
other side of the gorge ou the face of a
-mountain that we had seeu from Brigue and
had had our eyes admiringly on for the last
two hours of our walk, we came to Berisal.
the third refuge of the Simplon Pass. It
had begun to rain iv spite of the fair prom
ises of the morning, and we made arrange
ments to pass the night at the comfortable
hotel, the prourietress of which, who was
also the Postmistress and chief manager of
the settlement of eight or nine iiuuses,
spoke English and French as well as she did
Italian and German and
THE DIALECT OF TIIE CAXTOX.
Though tilted on tlie mountain's side up
near the snow level and accessible only by
the road on which we reached it, the hotel
at Berisal and its dependencies had enough
guests to supply the long dining-room with a
cheerful company, principally of American
and English travelers. When the diligences
and their little procession of cabriolets ar
rived, which occurred tothe damage of our
repose several times during the night, horses
were changed at the refuge and the pas
sengers alighted to stretch themselves and to
take a drink or a bite at the hotel restaurant.
When we arose vapory masses concealed the
snow peaks of the mountains that closed
us in. We continued our journey oo foot.
The fifth refuge, a plastered stone-house in
habited by a family, three acrobatic
goals and two razor-back hogs, with legs
like nnteloues aud suouts like Christ
mas cornucopias, brought us within
view of the Kaltwasser glacier and the
long stone galleries built to keep away the
avalanches and dislodged rocks from the
lofty heights. Here, at au altitude of 7000
feet, we had the last superb view of the
Bernese Alps aud the now distant valley ot
the Khone. All about us snow-peaks were
visible, the Altschorn, the Schreckhorii and
the beautiful peak or theFletschhorn among
them. We passed Napoleon's huge hospice,
and lunched on the side of the mountain
above the gaunt old eight-story buildiug
known as the ancient hospice, sur
rounded by well-cultivated, level fields.
Tlio only evidence of human life
that we saw about this place was
au old woman cairying a huge bunch of
faggots who, followed to the door of the
hospice by a group of hungry, razor-back
hogs and gnats, entered the present home
of the bergers.
It was 3 o'clock when we reached Simplon
village. Two hours later we were speeding
along down the wonderful gorge, with its
roaring stream from the Rossboden glacier,
through which the road completes its course
to Italy. Tbe lumbering three-compart
mented diligence, drawn by five horses, was
filled before its arrival at Simplon, and we
had a place in the first of
THE CABItIOI.ETS,
A four-horse vehiclo similar to the diligence,
but lacking the buggy-topped seat behind.
On this trip I made my first acquaintance
with a diligence conductor of the good old
fashioned slock. His bearing and uniform
and gray mustache gave him the air of a
Brigadier - General. A seedy gentle
man in the second cabriolet in
vited this august personage and bis
three drivers to take a drink nt the first
stop we made after bimplon. At every suc
ceeding stop the conductor's anxiety for
fear the second cabriolet should not arrive
in time was something terrible. When the
cabriolet lagged behind—its driver probably
having an eye out for himself to tho ex
clusion of the three other hard drinkers—
the old fellow used all the four languages to
vent his indignation. We entered Dnino
d'Ossola at 8 o'clock with a fusillade of
snapping whips. When we alighted from
the diligence Ihe closely built Italian town
seemed as devoid of air worth breathing as
the unsheltered thoroughfares of New York
after a hot July day. The people were all in
the streets.
In the morning we continued our journey
to Milan by a route slightly deviating from
that of the orthodox tourist s, but which we
found very pleasant. An hour's ride by
cars and two entertaining hours in a dili
gence brought us to Stresa, on Lake Mag
giore. From here we took a lovely ride
down the lake to Arona and thence by cars
to Milan, aniving there early in the after
noon.
The tales of tourists returning from Italy
had taught us to fear that if we escaped be
ing melted by day in Milan we would be
devoured in the night by-ravenous wild
beasts, picturesquely ddcribed in the guide
books ns gnats. These Baedeker recom
mends the traveler to exorcise with the
burning of incense over one of the sacerdo
tal candles provided by the hotel proprie
tors for tho ostensible purpose of lighting
the tourist to bed. But excepting . a few
toothless mosquitoes who sang the familiar
tunes of the New Jersey tribe, we left be
hind us all insects on quitting Switzerland
and without burning incense were not
troubled by them in Milan.—Correspondent
Brooklyn Eagle.
Cnlfc SimiifM Mount"!. In Gold.
Travelers who have penetrated into the
easternmost part of Southern Russia find
some strange beliefs as to the power of fish
charms. Many fish found in those countries
; l-tve two small, hard, round bones on the
side of the bead. They are believed to have
the power when worn by the owner to pre
vent colic, and they are termed colic stones.
The more wealthy of tbe peasants have
colic stones mounted in gold, nnd they are
worn upon tbe neck as a valuable addition
to a necklace. The bones of the common
bullhead are much used among the Russian
peasants as a charm against fever. Among
European nations in the Middle Ages doc
tors of medicine had faith that two bones
found in the head of the tench have medici
nal virtues. The bones were applied to the
skin in cases of fever. The tench is a Euro
pean fish, and the United States Fish Com
mission is endeavoring to introduce it to
American waters.—Jewelers' Review.
CHANGEABLE STONES.
Peculiar Acl ions of Paradoxical
Pebbles in the British Museum.
Among the thousands of wonderful things
in the British Museum none is more deserv
ing of a description than the three little
pebbles known to the geologist of that In
stitution as the "changeable stones." The
largest of the three is about the size of a
cherry stone and of the same form, perhaps
a little more ovate. Living in»the little
glass case it appears to be perfectly opaque
and of a yellowish color. Paradoxical as it
may 'seem, it will scratch glass if it is drawn
across it, but can itself be scratched with a
common penknife. The various acids have
no effect whatever upon it, but strange to
relate, placed in water it soon becomes per
fectly irauspareut and of a beautiful amber
color.
The change begins almost immediately
after the immersion at one end of the ovate
in the form of a minute shot or bead, being
in this way wholly unlike the two smaller
"changeable stove*," in which the transpar
ency begins around the edges and grad
ually envelopes the entire stone. In the
large one the little globe-like spot increases
by degrees uutil the stone becomes uni
formly clear throughout. When removed
from the water tho end first to become
transparent is the first to become opaque,
the dark colored globe gradually hiding the
transparency of the whole stone.
Bergman, Veltheim, Magellen and Buck
man, voluminous writers upon the hvdro
phanes and other changeable stones, tell us
that some of the steatites exhibit changes
quite as astonishing as those shown by
the three pebbles in England's great
national curiosity shop. Biickman and
Veltheim were the first to particularly in
quire into the nature of steatite and stones
of a similar composition. Tlieir report on
the remarkable changes wrought upon a
piece of steatite upon which they were ex
perimenting may not ba wholly uninterest
ing lo readers who have a taste for the curi
ous in its manifold forms.
It la as follows: "As soon as the stone
was placed in the water we voted a peculiar
musty smell, also that several air-bubbles
rose to the surface of the water. Soon the
first stone showed signs of becoming trans
parent, then several others were dropped
into the same vessel. Some of them became
colorless as soon as they were thoroughly
dampened; others took on a more or less deep
yellow color; some ai quired a beautiful ruby
hue, and others still tha color of mother-of
pearl or of a bluish opal. Whatever be the
color of the liquid in which the hydrophone
is immersed, it gains only its usual degree
of transparency, with the color peculiar to
it. When we look at it in its moist state we
perceive a luminous point, varying in its sit
uation as the position of the eye is altered."
The ancients also noticed the peculiar
little luminous spots in the steatites and
other hydroplianes. which was the cause of
their calling such stones Oculus Mundi,
they thinking the spot the image of the sun.
According to Buckman, it is not the imme
diate picture of the sun, but a reflection
refracted into the stone by the direct rays
of old Sol, which may serve to remind us
that the ancients knew a thing or two after
all.—St. Louis Kepublic.
ACORNS.
Orlclnal conti [billions and soluilons are re
quested Irom all the readers. Contributions
must be wiltlen lv Ink, on one side ol ihe paper,
lira separate tram communications. The name
and address must accompany them as a guaian
tte ol good i.iiiii. Addiess I'uzzie Editor Daily
Morning Call, GO. Clay street, _au Fian
clsco, Cal.
-__Wat_,
No. 23. In-come. No. .5. H-anrt.
No. .4. GEKAH No. .6. AUECA
ci.ode ravel
KUKAI. EVADE
AiiACK CEDAR
HELEN ALERT
No. 27. D
DEM
SLTAS
STHENIC
DEHORTRBB
DETERMINATE
MANTICITY
BIENITE
ci;a i c
bTY
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SOLVED S.
H. V. Frost, HarvieO. Babcock, Olive E. Tur
ner, Ileltle Borne, Belle Vernon. Merry Mack,
J. H. Mngulre, Lvnceus, Little Tuck, K. B.
f aulsen, W. Lambert.
Complete List—H. Y. Frost, Lynceus, Merry
Mack.
No. 40. ENIGMA.
1 come frcm the South and ro over the world,
I was cradled In robes of llie whitest:
Am tomid wherever a Hag Is unfurled.
Can turn a dark place to the brightest.
While not swirt nf foot, I've passed an express,
Though old, am but recently known:
My name you win have uo trouble to guess, _
If you come frout where cottou Is grunu.
San Francisco. SCOTT.
No. 41. SQUARE.
I—Latin proper name (Web.). 2—Pertaining
to tlie ocean. 3—Draws away. 4—Latin proper
name (Web.). 6—Disconilori. G—Ale at I lies.rue
table. AsriKo.
Dubois. TIL
No. 42. ENIGMA.
____. I'm found in many lands,
And many a garden __r.
And bear a lovely blossom, too,
That .scents the summer air,
Within my name the lover may be found,
with hope for him for love does there abound.
San Framurtsco. Alius. McK.
No. 43. SQUARE.
I—Clad tldlnzs. 2—Consisting of eight. 3—
Sltipid. 4—An Inctosuie. s—To make evident.
G-Au account-book.
Sau Fianclsco. Hei.le Tejnos.
No. 44. TRANSPOSITIONAL BKHEADMESI.
Transpose enough and you will see
A kind of tree.
Behead the . ord an-J then transpose
It will disclose
A color. Once again behead
Ami liml a beverage Instead.
Ean Francisco. Ben TJshkb.
NO. 45. BEHEADMENT.
Through night to light, ami through to mortal eyes
Creation's face a pall of horror wears:
Uood cheer! good cheer! The gloom of midnight
flies.
Then shall a sunrise follow, mild and fair.
Through itorni to calm, and through all thunder
car
The rumbling tempestdrlve through earth and sky,
Good cheer,good cheer! The elemental war
Tells that a blessed healing hour— last nigh.
San Francisco. I. M. Stanford,
No. 4G. DIAMOND CROSS.
UfPER Left: I—A lel'.er. 2—Stake. 3—A
species of pepper. 4—Early. 6—To venture on.
6—Hindrance. 7—A le.iei.
Upper Eight: I—A letter. 2—Trace of a
harness. 3—A small wax candle. 4—Verbal
ii on ik. C—A -mall horse. G—To sepaiaie. 7—
A letter.
Center: 1-A letter. 2—A label. 3—Gen
eral course. 4—Perlaluing to a thin, watery
fluid. 6—A (alloi's utensil. 6—A very bitter
plant. 7—A letter.
Lower Left: 1-A letter. 2-To fit with
points. 3—To discipline. 4—Poems containing
severe censures. 6—A prickly shrub. 6—To
puzzle. 7 -A letter.
Lower Itkhit: I—A letter. 2—A cloth
measure. 3—A mate name. 4— A light shoe.
5—A fall. G—To discover. 7—A letter.
San I*runcisco. Captain N. Fa_■__
STRAY LEAVES.
Correspondents will please follow tbe caption
of this coluii.u. We are forced lo Insert it there
by reason of their sending us coiumuulcailous
lv which ihe puzzles were interspersed wltb
other mater.
Belle Veinon's square will not prove very dlf
flcull ol solution, yet It must have been very
hi rtl lo coustiiii'i. Let him uoi keep us "wait
lug for So." lor lhey will find a rapid insertion.
Asplro will please scud his address. The puz
zle above his noni iv this Issue was seat us by
CEdipus, for which we extend our thanks.
Wo lijd slight misgivings ibal tha numerical
puzzle of a lew issues ago would uot ba accom
plished, hut aie delighilully mistaken, for wo
had no sooner published It than Captain N.
Frank tent us three modes of obtaining the an
swer, viz.:
2 3 2
15 16 17
36 87 36
47 45 46
100 100 100
He has also sent us a larce puzzle that will re
quire much thumbing of Webster to answer.
There Is always space reserved for such ener
getic posers.
Ml9s Carrie Wbltmore's manner of obtalnlug
the answer 100 Is Ingenious, hut alter perusing
the above she will possibly agree with us that it
Is Incoriect. Diamonds must read acioss and
down the same, except wbt'io they aie doubled,
but I hen the words must be bona lide. This Is
ihe reason why Giace milliard', is unavailable.
The ceulei words are dinicult lo build a loim
upon; nllernn'.e vowels are much easier.
Merry Mack calls attention to En Geer's dia
mond, and says she Is mistaken by pluralizing
"aeu" Willi au ■ _." Webster shows that "se" is
the moper manner. We are sure Ihe young lady
did not use the letter lo mislead the solvers.
Latin words are very often plurullzed Willi the
English con-ouanl, as pergolas; but we liust
that our conespoiideiits will he guided by Web
ster's dictionary, for It U our authority, and ibe
rules laid down as guides for spelling must be
correctly lollowed,
Mrs. McK. aud Scott puzzles have been ac
cepted.
Miss 1. M. Stanford Is Invited to call again.
Her "good cheer". Is Invigorating, and like her
we believe a "_l-9_ed hour Is utgh." Tbe youug
ladles are far alieao of Ihe young men as "wooers
of the muse." We trust a leactlou will soon "set
ln" lv favor ot the latter. kernel.
EVERY GIRL HER
OWN GYMNAST.
A Practical Method of Develop
ing All the Muscles.
Exercises for the Bcudoir That Will Give
Health and Strength Without Waste of
Time or Money—Try Them.
I! _37|^ EliE any proof needed both of the
«#•/■-'£ vallle and the popularity of gym
__|l_>l nasiums for girls it would be found
in the fact that of the many in this city there
Is not one that is not obliged daily to turn
away applicants.
For these girls, as for others whose lack of
that antiquated institution, the chaperone.
■=et:;^-\.'sJ N'
The (tort-Wheel Arm Movement.
or whose scantiness of time or pceket-book
compels absence from athletic halls, I would
explain a system of calisthenics from whicli
quite as much benefit may be derived. It Is
systematic training and yet entails the use
of no dumb-liel's. clubs, weights or other
nppnratu« that go to make up the modern
gymnasium, says the New.York Press. '£ke
outfit costs nothing. Your bed-room will
suffice for the exercises and tho implements
which the household' affords will amply
suffice.
Just let the girls who would be strong as
well as beautiful, full-chested, rounded per
fectly in arm and leg, square of shoulder
and graceful of carriagp, adopt some of the
suggestions given below and see what good
results will follow. Health aud symmetry j
Arms out full lenoth, then back to chest.
of form are essential rather than muscles
knotted like a pine tree. Tlie gymnasium
may make a man uf a girl, to use a Hiberni
cism, but modern calistheutic exercise alono
can make the perfect girl.
It is chic and all that for girls to array
themselves much like their brothers, to
strut about clad after the style of the Koman
gladiator, to punch a bag, whirl about a
trapeze and turn a hauilspring with great
agility, but that is an exercise which woman
must soon leave off, unless, indeed, she
would be a maid forever. And once left off,
theu conies the reaction, followed soon by
most 111-shaped mothers —women developed
abnormally in some directions, perhaps suf
fering from strains in others. Active, and
what may be called masculine gymuastic ex
ercises, are not what women waut. Let me
suggest some.
First, try a breathing exercise. Stand
perfectly erect, with heels together, head
well thrown back and arms straight down
by the sides. Then draw a long breath, in
flating the lungs thoroughly. Hold the
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breath a few seconds and then exhale
quickly. This should be done in a room
with windows open, so that the air taken
into the lungs may be pure. It will start
the circulation and be an excollent prepara
tion for the other exercises.
Then,.while still in the same position, we
come to the head exercise, which is done by
bending tlie head slowly forward and back
to the sides, aud the n quickly arotiud as far
as possible from both sides. For girls who
have slim necks this will prove very valua
ble, as it develops every muscle of the neck
and chest. This Is the favorite exercise of
nine-tenths of the actresses and the society
girls of to-day whose necks are more con
spicuous than were those of their modest
grandmothers a century ago.
For strengthening, broadening and devel
oping the chest and shoulders there are a
number of exercises, a few of which I will
give. First, in the same old position, bring
the arm, with the hand open and without
bending the elbow, around by the side of
the head and body in a circular or cart
wheel motion. Do this as rapidly as possi
ble, always being careful not to let the elbow
bend. This is splendid for girls who are
what is known as "hollow eh .-ted." a most
unfortunate condition in these days of
physical development. This exercise will
entirely do away with this if practiced regu
larly.
Another chest exercise is done by bring
ing the closed hands rapidly up to the chest,
palms out. and exhaling at th. same time.
This also is goo I for the muscles ot the arm.
Still another: Take a stick of some kind,
an old broom-handle, umbrella, anytliiug
that is handy, try bringing it up over
the head and down behind, keeping
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PAGES 13 to 16. •
the arms perfectly rigid. At first you
will find that in order to gut it over the
head the arms will have to be extended
almost at the very end of the handle, but
after a little practice it can be brought closer
and closer, until the arms will go over with
Oflttng upon one foot
the hands very close together. There are
many other ways of develM P jng the chest,
but if the four given are thoroughly tested
nothing more will be r. quired. There are
two exenises wliii'li are used a great deal
for the back and lower limb", one of wliich
is dnne.by trying wltln.ut binding the knees
to tone, the tips of the lingers to the floor
rin«s the nhe athletic exercise In whicli
wonTffn exhibits her superiority over man
>o Adam can rival an live in tliis. Try at
first to go down and up quickly, and thou"ti
fur somo time you may not be abln to get
anywhere near the Boor, vet, as the back
becomes accustomed to the strain, you can
go more slowly and finally got down easily.
The second one is done by.trying to riso
from a sitting position on the"flour without
touching the hands to the floor, usinc one
loot only. Be very careful in trying thi.
It is. not a graceful position in whicli to be
be caught, nnd, besides, is more or less at
tended with danger. Yet it is exhilarating,
and if you once succeed in netting up, try to
go back again, still without touching the
floor, but remember two or three times is
enough to do it—once is euou.li for some
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Developing the Chest and Limit.
peopla The exercise discounts all the
patent pads on the coutiueut as a hip de
veloper.
Oue more exercise may he recommended,
which must be gone through carefully:
Take a chair, use it for supporting the
hands, whicli you will have to place quite
far apart, stand as far apart as your arms
will permit, and bring the lody down until
the chest rests on the chair. Then send It
back again. This gives action to the muscles
of the arm and forearm, to the chest and
back, to the neck, and, in sfiorr, Is an exer
cise for the whole body. It seems very
simple, but will be found not as easy as it
looks. It should not be overdone.
Indeed, that advice not to overdo it is one
which is necessary for all who become inter
ested in any physical exercise. Ten minutes
in the morning and ten at night are suffi
cient. When the exercises for the day are
over take a crash or Turkish towl and rub
the body until tlie blood Is well started and
tbe system in a glow.
Of course nothing can be done by remem
bering to-day and forgetting to-morrow.
Only a systematic training can result in
good. I know a young lady who night and
morning practiced these same exercises
which 1 have given you for three months,
and found her chest broader by two inches,
her neck and arms larger in proportion,
while she assures me that she feels alto
gether like a new girl. So girls, try it.
THE KHEDIVA OF EGYPT
Her Interview Willi Miss Kate
Marsden, the Leper Missionary.
Miss Kale Marsden, the missionary to the
lepers, who is now traveling extensively to
collect information about tbe stricken pen
pie to whose service she has consecrated
her life, wasvinvitetl, during her brief stay
in Alexandria, to bo presented to the Khe
diva. Her Highuess the Fiincess Emiiieh-
Hanen, the Khediva, is the daughter of the
late Prince El-Hamy-Pasha, and the mother
of two five boys and two pretty girls. She
8 a fine-looting woman of about 30 years,
with bright brown eyes expressive enough
to interpret the thoughts she could not put
in words to her English visitor. She has
an imposing figure, whicli was. on the oc
casion of the presentation, draped to ad
vantage in a well-made black sown. The
palace of the Khedive is a peculiar struct
ure, painted entirely white, surrounded by
a court prettily decorated with green creep
eis, and paved with a peculiar mosaic made
of stones in two colors, all turned on their
sides. The maius in attendance in the iuner
hall were all simply dressed alike io plain
black and white dtesses. Not a man was
seen about the palace, whose furnishing is
extremely i lain and simple, the only pretty
room being the central one, in which wera
lovely mirrors and caudelabra and beauti
fully inlaid and polished floors.
The royal lady graciously welcomed the
plainly dressed woman, who came before
her in a costume unlike anything ever seen
In the presence chamber before, for Miss
Marsden, to quote her own words, was lim
ited to choice between ".threu severely plain
uniforms, one of which was crushed, the
second very creased, aud the thud on my
back, its freshness all gone, likewise some
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of Its buttons. Besides they were all
so warm, being Intended for rough trav
eling in Russia, and by no means suit
able for royal receptions or for the hot
climate. My bonnet had already done good
service in London for six mouths, and, its
original color being black, it was then a
rusty brown. Gloves, fortunately, I had;
but my only pair of shoes were thick travel
ing ones, made forSiberin. Fancy mv clump
ing into the presence of her lli__u_ss with
such boots."
But the meeting was pleasant. Tea was
served in exquisite little cu.s with no
handles, and ttie plain woman iv the travel
worn gown and ht-avy boots was made to
forget, by the courtesy of her royal hostess,
that she was not ia full court dress.— N. Y.
Sun.