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wKUbOB^^l the exception of the aged I
La-infants )mrl tnrnpd nnt to re- U
SH^^rve him. These natives did not flee
the sight of the white man, but they
^ "welcomed him reverently and as a
messenger of the gods. Among the
Indians to this day it is common to
expect celestial visitants; and Pedro
6oon understood that there was a tradition
in this tribe of a messenger from
heaven, who was to arrive in the person
of a young and lord-like man; end,
as his appearance exactly met their
expectations, he was at once accepted
as the visible deity for whom they had
waited. Pedro had all the intellectual
acumen necessary to avail himeelf
of the advantages placed in his
way by such superstitions.
"These natives were a handsome
people, especially the women. Their
language was the same as that spoken
by the other natives, and it also resembled
in a great degree that of the
inhabitants of all the other islands;
but it sounded more musical because
of the deep, clear voices of the speakers
and the delicate modulation of
their tones. They were clothed also
and. although their costume was primi
tive, it -was evident that tho females
took considerable pride in their
drapery of bright-colored cotton cloth;
while every eye was fixed in admiration
on Pedro's scarlet mantle and fine
velvet doublet and silk hose?also
stolen from his commander's v.-ardrobe.
But what attracted and riveted
his attention was the profusion of gold
ornaments worn as rings, as bracelets
and as anklets l>y the large majority of
Ornofay's subjects, while the king
himself and his daughter displayed all
euch ornaments and others even more
magnificent, that Mendoza's practical
eye told him were jewels of price,
with a lavish carelessness that proved,
more than words could have done,
how freely these treasures abounded
in this charmed spot.
"The cacique Ornofay wore a tunic
of dark-red cotton cloth and a mantle
of the same in white. His breastplate
and coronet were of gold,studded
with precious stoneB. Bat tjje magnificence
in attire and ornament disnlav^d
bv hin davchter Anacaona
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plainly showed that she was the person
of most state and consequence on
the island. This barbaric princess was
of a beauty, grace and natural dignity
that might have commanded admiration
in any civilized court. Much
taller than the Spanish -women, with
whom Pedro involuntarily compared
her, greatly to her advantage, her
form would have served the aucient
Sreek sculptors as a model for the
Ideal Venus; and she wore* her white
tunic and mantle with the ease and
iignity of a Roman matron. All of
these Indians were much lighter in
color than any yet seen by <he Spaniards.
but Auacaonn -was fairer than
any of the others. Her featares v.ere
delicate and refined, her feeth of
dazzling whiteness, and hor targe,
dark eves of a softfMid melting luster.
Her hair, which .was straight r.nil long
and black, lit*} that of the rest' of her
tribe, hung-loose about her shoulders,
.ftpd Jw-TiTig its luxuriant tresses were
J wound strings of pearls an<i natural
( flowers. A golden coronet, studded
** with gems, much richer t;uan that
worn by Ornofay, crowned her head;
and above the coronet, and valued far
more by the wearer, was a tuft of
brilliant and many-colored feathers.
"Near the Indian princes s stood the
two young .Indians whom Mecdoza
had endeavored to prepare as interpreters,
and as she earne forward to
welcome the Spaniard, they strove to
render the meaning of her words according
to their limited comprehension
of the stranger's language. Pedro
f!* responded with all the grandiloquence
of his native tongue, raising his arms
toward heaven and seeming to embrace
all the blue and cloudless sky
. in bis reply.
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All that their vividly impressed fancy
could add; and the princess devoutly
crossed her arms upon her breast and
bent her head before him, while her
subjects kuelt and touched their foreheads
to the earth, in token of submission
and reverence to the messenger
of the gods.
"By a fortunate inspiration, Pedro
was moved to lay his hand ou the
bowed head of the princess and to utter
a benediction such as the prieste
of his own land would have bestowed;
whereupon Anacaona, with a radiant
glance led him to her father, and
from that moment he was treated not
only us an honored guest and celestial
messenger but also as a sou of the
cacique.
"It was soon evident to Pedro that
lie hail only to express such a wish to
become indeed the son of Ornofay;for
lnacaona was as madly in love with
jim as his own little Juanita in far-off
Spain?Jnanita who had become no
nore than a figure in some half-forgotten
dream, and the recollection of
*hom, in the infrequent moments
when ho thought of her, would not
!ur uu instant stand in the way of a
carriage with thiB Indian girl. His
one thought now was to rivet his
power over this Indian tribe and become
permanently their guamiquina?
a word signifying 'great chief over
all.' He speedily learned why
Auacaona was regarded with special
reverence and why she occupied in
their regard a place even higher than
that of her father, the cacique Ornofay.
They believed her possessed of
occait ijoivers and revered her as an
t supernatural being. Pedro oliMev.v
.1 t ilia with sonie alarm, for he
perceived, that this beautiful barbarian
wi'.k '-if ". i intellinence that would have
been romarkable even among his own
ouutry\vomen; aiid he suspected her
'eupernatr.ral gift*,' te be a pretence,
ftfsumed for tlie purpose of holding
greater sway over her subjects, lie
jtittsuucd that it' she was shrewd
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enough for this, she would soon suspect
and oomprehend the extent of
his own celestial claims.
"All the more reason, then, that
their interests should be made one;
and he determined to avail himself of
the advantages of Anacaona's evident
preference for him.
"The 'Golden Flower'?for that
was the meaning of the Indian maiden's
name in the language of her people?showed
love's own quickness in
learning the soft, melodious words of
ihp ftnaniah toncue: and as she never
tired of listening to his voice, Pedro
found no difficulty in his wooing.
Even her name, when he learned its
meaning, was fascinating; and when
she showed him a small, star-shaped
flower, telling him that was the *Anaoaona,'
he pressed it to his lips and
declared that henceforth it should be
as dear as any-gift of the gods.
<4 ^But why do you call it the flower
of gold?'asked Pedro, his gaze intently
fixed on the pretty blossom, which
was of the brightest crimson?a true
blood color. Though as he turned it
about in his fingers, the sunlight,
gleaming on its velvety leaves, seemed
to strike color like orange flames from
the heart of it.
" 'Not for its color?for the mean"
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answered the girl, in the broken
phrases that Pedro always understood
as well as she now felt the
meaning of his glowing looks.
"And, pointing over the mountains,
she explained, by eloquent- pantomime
when words failed, Bow the
flower grew only where gold was
found, and that she had boen ever the
first to find this rare flower, till the
people had bestowed its name upon
her.
"At these words Pedro's heart
beat quick with joy.
"From the first he had been assured
that gold was plentiful on this island,
and that it existed in vast quantities
among the mountains, and it had
been a severe discipline for him to
keep his avaricious desires under
control until the right moment should
arrive.
"Since he had come to tb? city of
Ornofay, he had often spoken of gold;
but the Indians had always looked
toward Anacaona, and he had supposed
this tQmean that they were not
free to speak in tier presence. But
now he speedily guossed that it indicated
some peculiar and special re
latioc between her and the precious
article he so coveted; and while this
was, to a certain extent, reassuring to
Pedro, it was also alarming. If the
Indian girl really believed him a ?upernatural
being, she would deny him
nothing, but if she snspected him of
playing a part, how should he be able
to influence her? He had only to
look in her eyes to answer his question;
and meeting her soft, adoring
gaze, Pedro felt that she could be
won and mauaged like other women.
" 'Shall we not search together for
the golden flower?' he asked, with a
smile that made the girl's sensitive
being thrill with joy; 'answer me,
sweetheart.'
'.'Ah, yes, mio querido, and pluck
the flower from the ground!' and she
showed him how, when ehe had
wrenched the plant from its bed, sbe
bad found tiny lumps of the yellow
metal clinging to its roots.
"The eyes of Mendoza glittered
witb a far from heavenly light, but.
Anacaona did rot see it; nor would
she have understood the avaricious
glow that now overspread his faoe.
To her the gold was a wonder-.
ful thing, because she alone had ever
found its precious flower; .And
that was a gift bestowed on
her by the gods?for some
great purpose?.as she had always
believed. That purpose was now revealed;
it was to enable her to lead;
their messenger to the places where
gold could be found, that she and her
people might build an altar to the enngod,
bright and beautiful as his own
glorious faoe.
" 'To-morrow, then, shall we hunt
the flower of gold together ?' asked
Pedro, responding with enthusiasm to
tb e innocent words whieh showed him
a way to realize his wildest dreams.
" 'Even as thou savest, most beautiful,'
answered the Indian girl; and
again sue eroesea ner arms upon ner
breast and bowed her head, as she had
done when they first met
"Pedro was tempted to take hey in
his arms and press his suit like any
mortal woer, but something he did not
understand still held him back. He
merely placed his hand on the bowed
head and blessed her.
"Notwithstanding the favor shown
him by Anacaona and the certainty he
felt of being able to win her for a wife,
Mendoza had never yet put his feel- j
ings into any form 01 declaration.
"He spoke, indeed, the languegeof
love, and the Golden Flower responded,
but he could never feel quite sure
whether her evident adoration was the
devotion of a worshiper to its diety,
or the love of a woman for a man. And
the more he learned to know Anacaona.
and the better she learned to express
herself in his language, the morehe
became puzzled. Sometimes she
told him of visions tLat came to ber
on /I /\^ iltof eV?/i li tn'ouilic
U11VI U1 VVll/VO tUub OUO utui U I tnivuo |
of angels with which the nir seemed ;
peopled, and strains of heavenly music
that wrapt her whole being in delight!
And when she spoke of these things
she seemed transfigured; a light
Hashed from her eyes that caused her
face to shine, and a star-like radiance
gleamed above her brow.
"Pedro felt, a chill creep over him,
and though he had never been a re|
ligious man, he furtively crossed himI
self and muttered a prayer to the Vir
gin. Sach visions and voices as these
j described by the Golden Flower were
v.vll known ii: the church into which
! Itfendoza had been baptized, and those
i t j vj;vlu tbev came had been cauon'
17.ed a? saints; but outfcidethat church
j ail such experiences were uncanny and
I souHJ vccur to su?? qs were in
league with Satan. At first the Indian
girl's visions and mystical tales had
only startled Pedro by a depth of duplicity
even greater than his own; but
as the conviction grew on him that she
was in earnest he became afraid of her
?for he was a sailor and a Spaniard
and therefore doubly superstitious;
and though he was determined to fortify
his power over this tribe of In*
dians by marrying their chief's daughter,
he was often more rebelled than
attracted by her.
"The beautiful Anacaona was a being
of a purer and loftier type than
nny with which Mendoza had yet been
nnrfonf nTnort /Inririfr hi a
brief association -with Col ambus; and
the evil in bis nature now recoiled
from all that was fine and noble in
hers, for the same reason that he had
instinctively hated the admiral.
"Though incapable of comprehending
these subtilties of feeling, Pedro
recognized their existence by a frequent
irritability and peevishness in
tho presence of the Golden Flower;
but all such thoughts were now utterly
cast out by the one strong passion of
his life?tho thirst for gold. He could
think of nothing else, talk of nothing
else; and when at last he parted from
the Indian girl, it was with the prom*
ise to meet at the earliest dawn, to set
out in search of the flower of gold.
"They had traveled many miles before
the Spaniard discovered that they ,
were followed?constantly, but always
at a considerable distance;'and by
stealthy watchfulness, in whioh no
Indian could exoel him, he-was able
at length to satisfy himself of the
identity of the spy.
"This was a stalwart young Indian,
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? relative Oi wits tuunjue, wuu uau cuu- !
sidered himself, before the advent of !
Mendoza, a favored suitor for the
hand of Anacaona. Pedro had often
noted this man's jealousy, without
giving much thought to it; but now
this ospionage connected itaelf with
his own fever for gold, and it* infuriated
him. He felt a murderous
desire to fix a quarrel upon the intruding
Indian that he might put hira
out of his way forever; and while he j
kept a keen watch he redoubled the
ardor of his devotion toward the Indian
girl. The day advanced; they
had traveled many miles, and had ,
met with many specimens of ^fir
golden flower; and once, on pulling
the plant up by the root, Pedro haa
seen, the glittering grains of gold
clinging to it. Anac lone, laughed and
clapped her hands at his delight, and,
pointing to all the rocky hills around,
assurred him that gold could be found
there anywhere for the'digging.
"Transported with joy, he caught
her in his arms, her hands clung above
his neok and their lips met in passionate
kisses. The man forgot every- j
iU'w... liin I /-vTTrt -P rtr\\r\? 4-V* A I
tiling UUL UIO 1U?C XV/X ?U*V4, VUG nvuxan
remembered only her love for him.
It was not the beautiful Indian girl
that Mendoza held in his arms, but an
enchanting embodiment 6f all his
avaricious dreams; but to the Goldon
Flower the god she had long worshiped
was forevermore the man she
adored.
"Pedro was entreating her to promise
that she would at once, without a
day's delay, set men at work to dig
the yellow treasure from the earth;
and ehe was promising 'Yes' to everything,
when they were rudely interrupted.
The jealous Indian had
reached their side and, with a yel! of
rage, he precipitated himself upon
Mendoza. At any time, the sailor, as
strong and agile as his assailant, could
have wrestled with him effectually,
and, at first, he was content merely to
proteot himself. But when the Indian
a second time flung himself on the
Spaniard, he was, re'ceived on the long,
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iiteeii uja,ue ui u iuiouu unggu, wm^u
pierced straight through his heart till
the point appeared on the other sideAs
Pedro withdrew the dagger, the
spy fell backward without a groan.
Tlie warm current of his life Bowed
out on the thirsty ground, a ghastly
stream, and the white mantle of the
Golden Flower was stained by it?the
first blood of the native shed by the
hand of the white man and the spring
of a crimson river that has flowed for
Jour -centuries between the Indian and
his paleface brother!
"All was over so quickly that Mendoza,
willing and desirous as he had |
been to rid himself forever of the j
spying Indian, scarcely realized what
he had done till a sharp cry from j
Golden Flower rpused him to it
"He turned toward her, but she j
buried her face in her hands and .
shrank from him in horror. He ap- !
proached and tried to take her hands
in his, but she thrust him from her
and fried out:
TO BE CONTINUED.
Old-Time Word*. ,
Old words survive to a remarkable j
degree in north Derbyshire,,and the |
country districts bf Lancashire. Per- j
hnns thfl moat interesting is "Yah." i
which the rustics of the Peak frequent- |
ly use for "Yes," and which they em- '
ployed exclusively thirty yearfi ago, !
when many of them had never seen a |
railway. Sounded exaotly like' the i
German "Jah," it is evidently a de- i
scendaat of the Anglo-Saxon "Gea,:* ;
and must, therefore/ be more than a
thousand years old. In Lancashire
the commonest antiquity in speech is
"Gradcley," the meaning whereof is
1 'Really,genuinely;thoroughly/' Both
counties are happy in the u*e of
"Nesh" (Anglo-Saxon: Ncsc,, an admirable
word, which ought to be reinstated
in polite speech, for modern ,
English contains no exact equivalent. |
It means unduly sensitive to cold,and !
is correctly represented by the French, J
"Frileux."?London News.
Washington's Shad Man.
The shad man is getting in his fine j
work right along, too. He knows i
that his season is comparatively short, [
and so he atones for it by added
I vociferation. One of his peculiarities i
is that he dwells with considerably
more insistence ny.on the "roe" end '
of his double-worued cry than he does
upon the "shad." It is "roe-shad?
roe-shad," with the name of the fish
uttered in so inaudible a tone that if
T)GOlilfi within hoorincr iTwIn'fc ItnCixv
differently they might reasonably con- i
elude that he was calling '"roe-rock" i
or "roe-perch" or "roe-eels." He j
does business *and sets the money, I
however, for Washington folks know j
a good thing when it comes their way, ;
and this is a shad town.?Washington
Star.
In the United'States, with ft population
of about 7.",000,C00f tliere iue
120,000 physicians. i
Pnewmk
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If Designs For Costur
usui r ?^>u'ar 'n
New York City (Special).?The |
long box coats are being more and
mnva -tunrn everv dav. and nuite as
fashionable for the juveniles as for the
their teeiis^ffl of gray brOadclothr?^
the indispensable stitcWbg;; iixui^utge; i
white pearl buttons. ? fihroad,-.'
double, shawl-like 3olter is a ,# aftjk
attractive feature, distinguishing tnBi
coat from the usual run. .
The Xew Spring Clonse*. !
The new spring blouses are looser
in front than last year's, bat as it is
t ?
' so mi: spud
their sweet will always to be of infinite
variety aud capriciousness, it is
not possible to say that otherwise
they have greatly changed. They are
made with cape collars aud boleros
aud epaulets, like other bodices, and
tAbey are tucked, plaited and covered
with lace and embroidery.
At a matinee this week, writes Ellen
Osborn, I Doticed a crossed blouse of
delicate rose-tinted silk with a yoke
of white silk and lace that was marked |
in diamonds with the narrowest of j
black velvet ribbon. .fr'rom tiie yoke
ami crossing froats liuug a deep black
silk fringe.
A coral-red blouse shoulder to
fdioulder with the pink one cost both
their best effect, just as the dark,
brillianfcfcheeked girl who wore it
made he^-blond neighbor look faded.
Yet tfeeworal blonse could not be
blamed for its pretty* tucked and
plaited front, its pleeves tucked for a j
few inches below the shoulder and its
white silk corded revers.
A simple and very attractive evening
blouse is of cream-colored mousseline,
with a deep lace collar decorated
with gold embroidered rosettes. IN I
flowing cravat is of white silk with j
lace ends.
A more elaborate evening blouse of i
golden yellow silk has a .small bolero
of cream-colored laco and a frout of >
plaited mousseline. The crossed !
ends of the yellow silk cravat are cav- !
vied out to the sides and held tigh! j
by moussfeline rosettes and stiassbut- {
to!23.
4Jllmp?fe of Sprlngj StjJon.
If one may trust the harbingers oi
fashion, which liavo all the air of
.swallows iron: the Riviera that in due
time will make a summer, the Easter
hat' of 1900 will have a liigh, formidable
looting square crowiij or else one
that is practically fiat; its brim will be
swathed iu cloudy rolls of tuile and
its chief ornaments will be large,
wheel-like rosettes of laoe or ribbon
or velvet, and flowers of a delicacy *of
coloring and texture that is new to j
millinery. Apple, peai'Ii and cherry
blossoms are tirsfc tavuvites, and >:;e
sues en tiro strawberry ?loaves,
(1 jwers and fruit'.
The friuged.scarves cm* Tn^t ant!'.:::;;
have given place ?> 1w!!e stream-".-.
that we Jii'uugh'i fiom thy back 01 the ,
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>.a . ti
hmTI
nes That Have Be- f?
the Metropolis. M
crown to cross upon the Lair and then
knot in front with long floating ends.
A Dress to Be Itetnembered.
A dress that may be remembered
beyond the close of the season was
: lately worn by Mrs. George Gould, at
Georgian court. The underskirt of i
exquisite silver gauze was plaited over
pale blue mousseline de soie, which,
in turn, had an underlining of paleblue
taffeta. The overskirt, which
opened in front, was of palestblue
satin, incrusted with silver embroidery,
and the low round bodice
had wreaths of tiny roses fdr shoulder
straps. The belt, of pale-blue miroir
velvet, fastened at one side of the
front with a big velvet rosette. Mrs.
Gould wore pale-blue slippers and
gloves, and her hair was dressed with
roses:, 1,
fThe Flare Will Not Diminish.
The flare around the lower portion
of the dress skirt, which continues .to
cling ,about the hips, will increase
rather thaft diminish as tlie spring
and summer styles ..appear.' \ Around
the bottom of some of the French accordion-plaited
models rows of narrow
plaited frills are. arranged, and
these give a decidedly wavy spreading
effect to thetsjrirt below the knees.
Mushine stitched or piped ruffles
will also aid' in producing this flare,
and not only will these trimmings,
plain or lace edged, bfr'flet upon the
skirtj but they;,will likewise appear
upon the silk orfinuslin petticoat worn
with the frilled gown. j>The
MilitaryJ^Lnd.
-Epauletted dresses show -the military
tastes of/the hour, the epaulettes
serving the double purpose of giving
to.tftl'shgdlders the breadth denied
by the close sleeve and of displaying
gold*'8ligree and jewels. Another device
far broadening the shoulders is a
deep 'oape collar of lace, which,
'though""not new, will be seen on a
gTeitjser number than ever of the
$ttia*ie?t spring gowns.
**aRe For
fsPii elaborate costumes an eighteen'jnch
Wringe^J* not uncommon, and,
binges art made in twd ov three layers
iKdiffereitt colors, or differ en frlflHB&Mfc
m^the same color, tLat iu them^Gres?
?almlp3fc constitute costumes.
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- , Tlie Bolero in HIrIj Favor..
The oldest of old friends that has
just taken ,a new lease p( favor Tiptoe
bolero, many, many new editions of
which appear every day. EijHTesB
variations are worked noon this theme.
The FushiOD in Aprons.
The role of sirufplioity applies to
maids' aprons. There should be no
huge bretelles nor "flaring flounces nor
"trimmings' of embroidery and lace.
A nurse's apron may indulge in a few
t;ici:s clustered upon its deep hem, a
parlor maid, housemaid, waitress and
chambermaid, all of whom have sub
stantially the same uniform, must wear
perfectly plain aprons. Shoulderstraps
and a bow in the back are common
to both brands of aprons. Somo
mistresses permit an untrimmed bretelle,
but tlie narrow shoulder-strap
is better taste. Long streamers in
the back are preferred by some. You
can hardly go astray in the matter of
servants' dress as long as you insist
upon iilainness. It is the woman in
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seavi-Ii of novelties nut] extras'' *"l:o '
makes the mi*jta!ie9. j
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flowers made from candles.
A Pretty Experiment That May Tried
at Home.
Take a lighted wax candle and incline
it over a glass of water, so that
little drops of melted wax fall into
the fluid. As each drop strikes the
Ill :<i*
CANDLE FLOWEBS.
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surface it undergoes a beautiful
change, and takes the form of a wonderful
white cup, somewhat resem'
bling the white bell of the snowdrop.
These little oops can be varied in size
according to the angle at which you
hold the candle.
No^.we have got our flowers,but not
our stalk.' For every snowdrop you
must take at ;pi'ece of fine wire and
slightly curve one end. Heat the
straight end o{ the wire and pierce
the dentre & the wax flower -while it
is still in/the; w&ter. Having made a
hole throughjhe flower, push it to
the curved ei^^Prepare a dozen
I wirea in mo SSTj nAtiJ
^Dh. they'll do." sail .the C?iifor?
portfolio of views to be thrown open'
to public view {he biographical-jwcrfe
of our future historians an& writers
woulct be substantfally assisted; au3r
oue ventures to think, uniquely bene'
fited. At the time of Prince utiarlei
I of Denmark's visit to England.' before
| his marriage, Princess Maud's earner
was kept continually ous.y. ^ - ,
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Florence Nightingale's Work,
What Clara Barton has been" to tb?
American soldier, Florence Night*
ingale has been to his Brjgfeh cbnj
rade. These two noble jroioien.sel
THE 'SumSlNG-CAriieffllB^SSBICH AC
COMrANJED MIS^J??fj^IQHTIXGALB
TUl;OVGH THE CRIJOiSf^WAB.
examples of self-denying heroism of
which both countries1 may well be
proud. Floreuee Nightingale has just
completed her seventy-ninth year, and
aithough now an invalid she retains
all her faculties, and her interest in
the work she inaugurated continues
unabated. Forty years ago :;11 Eug- j
laud raved about the young woman I
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wuo, uuiu 01 [>.t> cru..-. i-i
city of Florence, from which she tool: J
her name, set out :o alleviate the suf- I
lerings oi' the wounded and fever- |
'stricken soldiers of her native land
far away in Crimea.
During the Crimean War nine of
her nurses succumbed to ihe fever,
ami many were invalided horse.
Florence Nightingale lievself s 1 i 11 st:i
fers from the great and continued j
mental and 'noddy strain that her j
Crimean services put unci: her. but
by lior unseliisli sacriiicy sbe Liu" j
made it impossible for the armies <>i
Great Britain t<> ever snli'er
from such horrifying calamities as
those iu::t she witnessed, suUVvedauJ
endured.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER,
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SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
flow My Boy "Went Down?The U*? "t '
Liquors in Decreasing Among Men, I5nt
It S?em? to Be Increasing Amon*
Women?An Alarming Symptom.
(t was not on tbe field of battle,
It wns not with a sjip at sea,
But a fate far worse than either ,
That stole him away from me.
Twas the death in the tempting dram
That the reason and senses drown;
He drank tbe alluring poison, s
And thus my boy went down.
Down from the heights of manhood
To the depths of disgrace and sin;
Down to a worthless being, S
From the hope of what might have beeaV For
the brand of a beast besotted
He bartered his manhood's crown;
Through the gate of a sinful pleasure
My poor, weak boy went down. ||
Tis only tbe same old story
That mothers so often tell
! With accents of Infinite sadness.
Like the tones of a funeral bell; ij
But I never thought, once, when I hear J it ^
I should learn all its meaning myself;
I thought he'ii be true to his mother,.
I thought he'd be true to himself.
but, alas, for my hopes, all delusion!
Alas! for his youthful pridel
\1rs! who are safe when danger
Is open on every side?
Oh. can nothing destroy this great evil?
No bar in its pathway be thrown,
To save from the terrible maelstrom
The thousands of boys going down?
Women and Wine.
That the intemperate use of stimulating
and intoxicating liquors ia decreasing
imong men Id this country is frequently -yM
asserted and is sustained by a very good: 'ri
showing.
But now the alarming theory that the H
abuse of alcoholic liquors is increasing
among women is advanced by some medijal
journals and finds endorsement fromjome
students of economic questions and.
^fiftj-newspapei-s in our great cities.
$ It is said that there were more women oa
the streets of Atlanta under the influence <
>ot liquor last Saturday night than the police
nad ever observe J before in all their
sxperience, and in our exchanges from
v3ther cities we see frequently accounts of
women who have been arrested for drunlt3Dnes8.
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The Chicago Journal declares that the,Increase
of intemperance among women la
i that-city is very noticeable, and adds: ! a
,.V"The explanation of this phenomenonknot
difficult. A3 life has become more
tense, more strenuous for woman, tbe need,
real or funded, for stimulants has come
dpott'her as it did upon men. It is the ex- ;j
cepttOJMl woman to-day who is not in some A
sense a business woman, for even tbe pur- ./a
I suit Of. society bas become a business. .3
With greater independence, heavier cares, ;
and a livelier intellectual life than lier ?j
grandmother enjoyed?or suffered?the- j;
twentieth^etitnry sirl may be expected to
Mek muOTtthesame method of securing re? life!
or stimulus as her brother does. , v>';
"Doubtless this will be bad for the race.
The alcoholic taint inherited from one
parent hns wrecked enough lives. If the
afluger ue uuuuieu mo (jtnmj m mw nr
suits will be enhanced. But it is an irre?
futable proposition that if women are compelled
to do an ever-increasing sbure of
;man's work, they will ultimately contract
a share of man's vices, too."
The rather free indulgence of women in ;
wine and even stronger drinks at entertainments
is one of the deplorable- events o(
'modern social life, and we fear that it is on
the Increase.
The proprietor 6f a fashionable New York a
hotel is quoted as saying that women- 2
' guests give his bar a very large patronage
by orders from their rooms, and that th? V
drink habit among women of the higher aswell
as the lower classes is growing.
It Would be pleasant to believe that sue!* Pstatements
as we have referred to are ,
jeitber entirely untrue or grossly exaggerated,
but the frequency and emphasis with
it they are made will not permit them k,
^brushed aside merely because It Is /J
ifulto.give tbem credence. ; vtw
hat are we going to do about It??At? '- ?
a Journal. vM
Lincoln's Temperance Prophecy.
(Lincoln's Washington's Birthday Speech, "3
Dellvewd February 22, 1342.)
Of our political Revolution of 1776 we are -J
justly proud. It has given us a degree ol , J
9-nnAr,rY\ for thftfc nf fLDTT J
jpyiUiViOi J -, 1
other nation of the earth. Ia it the world -'i
has found a solution of the Ions mooted)
" problem as to >he capability of man to
.govern himself. In it was the germ wblcb
has vegetated and is still to-grow and exBind
info the universal liberty of mannd.
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Turn sow to the temperance revolution.
In It we shall find a stronger bondage
broken, a viler slavery manumitted, a
greater tyrant deposed; in it more of want '
supplied, more disease healed, more sorrow
assifiaged; by It no orphan starving, no
. widbws weeping; by-it none wonnded inj j
feeling, none injured in interest?even f
the dram maker and dcamseller will have- J
gilded into other occupations so gradually f
as pever to have felt the change and will
stand ready to join hII others in the nni- ,,J
vertal song of gladness. And what a noble *
i ally this to the cause of political freedom!
With suoh.an. aid its march cannot rail to- v\lSj
h? An and on\ till everv son of earth shall
drjukln <}b fruition,the sorrow-quenching 'M
drafts of perfect liberty. Happy davwhen; Va
all appetites controlled, all passion sub- > ;
dued, all matter subjected to mind?all- ji
conquering mind shall live and move the ,i
moaprcb of the worldl Glorious consummation!
Hall,,f*11 of furyl Reign of reason ><
all hall! ' j
And when tbe victory shall be conaplete ' j
?when there shall be neither, a slave nor . '
Jrankardi on th? earth?how proud tbe <3
title of thai londtrhich may truly claim to -3
be the birthplace and the cradle of botb ' <
those revolutions that shall have ended In >
that victory! How nobly distinguished J3
tbat people who shall bave planted' and *!
nurtured to maturity both tbe political '3
and moral freedom of their species!
Progress of the Cause. 1
In no department of human thought and """?j
endeavor has tbe temperance cause made j
more notable progress in recent years tbau J
in that of medical science. Alcoholic 11quors,
instead of being regarded as a
panacea for all human ills, as they were a
years ago, are fast being excluded from J
medical practice generally. Almost with- J
out exception,-all great London physlclans,
and all trreat surgeons, are in favor J
i?i?cflnw!i,'.? S'niin murffsoiis will 3
not undertake to perforin operations upon ^
persons who have been addicted to drink; i
they value their reputations too highly to ;*<
risk failure.
T!if Crumili in Crier.
The salco~ is an 'n-nbus upon nil indastry.
The sale an Is a i^arali*:i 1 drunkard fa2In
the British Parliament strenuous ef- 4
forts arc hein^ jua ie to secure separate .,
recreation rooms for loial abstainers
the British army, all eaaips and bar*
j racks.
Die Kearney* ii tho New Tori: Evening
I World how tuev li ' H ?12 a vreeli. and 'jj
iinve tlic best ol f >o?l ar.d made-to-order
eiothes. aud sp?:ii ?5> for Christinas, and ?
j pay ?:i0 to a doct >r f.>r their sick baby, and
j yet have a siiuk uest-?.\?ir in the savings
iin.it* 'I'U.iv .Iftii'r "Yi?Y'Vi nit'!
Ov.?r S2.000 arrests w.-n rnsi lo iu Chicago
last year, and -evc:ity-!lv- per cent, of
!be:n wore duo to drink. Tiiis statement!
i- made. not !.?y a "tina;?erauc? fanatic,",
but by i-<! city j'.-v-oeutcr of Chicago. |j a
I'r? fe.-s >r< Chittenden an 1 JlaiMlan !invo,
! aiad<* many and I experiments as to . *
tbe efiV:i 01' :i!o >'i i :i ?1 so:i. jL'lj?y;
j rnji.^rt that l?>th arii i .'ial digestion and Ji-;
! <<:ion in t!.<' .-! a:;: an* eiii*'?ke,l by the
(troseu/c < ? even pt-r ^??rit. ni alcohol.
Ai'Sfainor-. Imv> long <vmsi<Iere.l tbeaii?lv
>? ?:tiiiti<jd t >i'" 'ial r?3 -ognitiou as a
; by r.i' oar}>auie?. A-tnariej.
i:: a -.'r ?!' !-?rtjisrr; ouutries have eareIt.iiy
wate'ted t a a I as a result state &
that a!W."?int't'i ar- to :v? advan*
tage'.-f ri ?i)i t*vcu?y to thirty per ccut. oa . j
length oi' !ifo * J J*.
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