The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, February 01, 1887, Image 3
Tlifl Cry or tho Dreamer.
I am tired of plann'ng and toiling
In tbo crowded hives of men;
, Heart weary of building and spoiling
And spoiling and budding again.
And I long for tbo dear old river,
Where I dreame I my youth away;
For a dreamer lives forever,
And a toiler dies in a day.
I am sick of tho showy sesming,
Of u lifo that is half a lie;
Of the face? lined with scheming
In the throngs that hurries by.
x1 rum iho sieypiess cnougois' enueavor,
I would go where the children play;
For a dreamer lives forover,
And a toiler dies in a day.
I feel no pride, but pity
For the burdens the rich endure.
There is nothing sweet in the city
But the patient lives of tho poor.
Oh, the little hands too skilful,
And tha child mind choked with weeds!
The daughter's heart grows wilful,
And the father's heart that bleodsl
No, no! from the street's rude bustle.
From the trophies of mart and stage,
I would fly to the wood's low rustle,
And the meadow's kindly page.
Let me dream as of old by the river,
And be lovod for the dream alway;
For a dreamer live3 forever,
And a toiler dies in a day.
?John Boyle O'JReilly.
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HUMOROUS.
Cooks should settle in Grcece.
A hard thing to sharpen?The water's
edge.
The old chaps who wore armor were
tiie lirst mail carriers.
A turtle is a lazy fellow, and yet ho
doesn't have a soft snap.
A guest at the marriage of a deaf-anddumb
couple wittily and gallantly wished
them unspeakable bliss.
A man of short stature gives as a reason
for his stunted growth that ho was
brought up as a child on condensed
milk.
Frog's legs are said to be unusually
high. This is not on account of the
French influx, but because the legs were
always on the jump.
Prof. Wigweover: "Robert, what was
it that made the Tower of Pisa lean?"
^ Little Robert Rocket: "A famine in the
land made it lean, sir."
An exchange gives a long list of reasons
why you shouldn't snub a boy, but
omits the principal one, which is that
nine times out of ten it's a waste of time
to try.
The sting of a bumblebee contain?
only a fiftieth part of a drop of poison.
You can't get the average boy to believe
that. He'll insist on at least a
a fluid ounce.
A Pittsburgher has taken out a patent
for a machine to crimp flour bags.
. That's all right. Why shouldn't the
flour bag -wear crimps so long as the flour
barrel has hoops?
w Astronnmpra t.nll lia in + nirn aim.
pie, intelligible way that thf gradual
lengthening of the days is due to the
"obliquity of the ccliptic of the terrestrial
horizon." This ought to set at
rest the foolish idea that the days are
longer because the sun rises earlier and
^ sets later.
The Czar Sends Tor Ills Uniform.
"When Prince William of Prussia visited
the Russian Emperor on the occasion
of the rceent imperial hunt at BrestLitovsk,
the Czar found himself without
Prussian uniform, and the consequence
was that a messenger had to
travel all the way from St. Petersburg
by special train to repair the deficiency.
The Czar discovered his loss the afternoon
before Prince William's arrival.
Sending word to his valet to have a
Prussian uniform in readiness for the
morrow, the man appeared to say that
by his imperial master's orders all uniforms
had been left at St. Petersburg.
An aide-de-camp was sent for. "A
Prussian uniform must be here by 1
o'clock to-morrow morning." It was
then 4 o'clock. The aide-de-camp despatched
two telegrams, ono to the master
of the imperial wardrobe at St.
Petersburg, and the other to tho railway
authorities, and about 6 o'clock a
loeomotive set off from the Russian capital
carrying the messenger entrusted
with the required dress. Fresh locomotives
were in readiness at Dunaberg and
Wilna, and the distance of 950 kilometres
was traversed in thirteen hours, a
rate of 73 kilometres per hour, so that
tho uniform was in readiness for the
Czar at the time fixed.
Sweetened Mortar.
An Englishman writes to tho mayor
of Charleston communicating some newly
discovered facts regarding tho making of
mortar for building, which he believes
will bo of great importance in a city
subject to earthquakes. lie says that
the addition of saccharine matter, such
as molasses, infusion of malt, etc., to
the mortar, increases its strength to an
extraordinary degree. Tho hardness of
the old Roman cement, which is equal
to that of the stono it binds together is
believed to bo duo to tho addition of
saccharinc matter. Water to which
sugar has been added will dissolvo fourteen
and a half times as much limo as
pure water. R.-ccnt experiments with
sweetened mortar have proved that walls
may be built so strong thoy cannot b?
torn down with anything but explosives.
?Botton Transcript.
"diamond cutting.
I
The Art as Practised in the
Great Diamond Centre.
Various Processes Requiring Uniformity
and Nioety of Touoh.
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent
who bus visited the diamond quarter
of Amsterdam, Holland, says : It is
strange to think that tho art of cutting
the diamond, though tho stono itself has
been held precious from a period which
] antedates history, should only have been
| discovered in the sixteenth century. Before
that time rough diamonds only were
used, and those were preferred which presented
naturally a pyramidal figure, and
which were set with the point projecting.
In 1576 Louis de Bcrguem discovered the
art of cutting tho stone and of polishing
it with its own dust. Then for the first
time its true beuuty was revealed. It has
from time to time been cut in many
forms, as an .0 may sso who examines
models of ttioso most famous,, but
only two are now employed
by skillful lapidaries ? the rose
and the brilliant. The rose cutting is
only for thin stones. It presents on one
side a pyramid of triangular facets and
on tho other a flat surface to be hidden
by tho mounting. The brilliant, on tho
contrary, presents on one side a flat surface,
surrounded by triangular facets,
and on the other a pyramid of facets, intended
to bo placed openly in tho setting
and to reflect tho light. Most of
the diamond cutting and polishing cs
tauiisnmcms arc in Ziwanenourger straat,
and unless one has a guide he finds the
locality with difliculy. Ouco found,
there is no trouble about seeing the
operations. The proprietors arc only
too glad to rcccivc visitors, who may become
customers, for there is a good deal
of rivalry in the business. The concierge
conducts them through the place, receiving
half a florin (21 cents) for the
service.
The work is carried on several floors,
and the processes, though nice, are
simple, uniform aud easily understood.
The power is supplied by a
handsome steam engine in the basement
in a very simple manner. By means of
cogs it is transferred to upright shafts
running up through the different floors.
These have great horizontal pullics from
which it is conveyed to the polishing
! wheels ranged alonjr tho sides of the
rooms. These are also horizontal. The
first operation consists in dividing the
diamond as many times as is deemed
necessary. Technically this is called
cleavege, and it is one of the miraclcs of
nature that the hardest tubstanco known
is capable of such minute separation. It
is the business of the skillful
workman to find the cleavage by
following the seams of its
crystalline forms which run parallel to
the faces of a regular octahedron. Having
found it he fixes the rough diamond
on the end of a stick, or mandrel, by
means of a cement which is easily softened
by heat, but hardens quickly, holding
the stone in its place with the
requisite tenacity. Then by the aid of
another diamond having a cutting edge
and fixed to another mandrel in tho same
manner, he traces a line along the face
of tho hard crystal. It is only necessary
then to apply tho edge of a small sharp
instrument to tho lino ho has traced,
give a smart blow and the diamond
quickly separates at the point desired.
The first cutting is done by a workman
whose hands aro protected by thick
gloves, who, having fixed two diamonds
immovably in the manner just described,
rubs them briskly together, which results
in giving the form roso or tho form
brilliaut, according to tho nature of tho
stone or the preference of the master.
These manipulations of the diamond aro
performed over little boxes, that not a
narticle of tho powder bo lost. Thn
A A - ?
men engaged in it sit ab a little table or
bcnch adjacent to the main room, whose
appurtenances are all of the most primitive
description. The polishing is performed
with great exactitude. The horizontal
wheels or disks used for it aro of
steel, about a foot in diameter. The
diamond dust is mixed with it before
being applied. The diamond is firmly
fixed in an egg-shaped piece of lead in
such a manner that only tho surface
to bo applied to the disk is
exposed. To the lead is attached
a 6ort of stem or short handle,
which is taken by the polisher by means
of a pair of pincers. When touched to
the disc the pincers arc held immovable
by two pieces of iron, one of which
presses it firmly on one sido and tho
other on the other. Tho polishers sit at
their wheels in a long row along cither
It 1 A. _ ?. _ 1'lil. / *i
wau, out at a miio instance irom it ana
facing the middle of the room. The diamonds
arc fixed in the leaden eggs by a
sot of workmen, much less in number,
who sit at little furnaces along the wall,
j It takes a keen eye to determine when
the facct has been cut just enough and
not too much. The workmen are mostly
Jews, some ol them withered old men
who have passed their lives over these
steel discs. Others are mere boys, to
whom tho less important work is confided.
Hero and thero may be seen a faco
of tho Holland and Flemish type, but not
many. Tho most adroit workman in the
establishment it an aged Hebrew, who cut
I
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tho famous Koh-i-noor, for which Queen
Victoria paid 10,000 florins ($4200), beside
a handsome douceur to the polisher.
Cooking nt Sea.
The first thing that naturally
attracts the attention of a
landsman is, what a fearful state of contusion
there must be in the
galley during a rolling sea! Imagine an
ordinary kitchcn gruto covered with
saucepans, etc., were it suddenly to begin
to swing backwards and forwards
like a sea-saw. This difficulty,however,
is easily overcome. Every galley fire is
fitted with a number of iron bars fastened
to a rod at tlio back, and which fit
into little grooves in a rod in front.
Consequently, when tho sea is rough
these bars arc fixed, and each cooking
utensil is held tightly in its placo between
the bars just tho same as a saucepan
could bo held over an ordinary
fireplace with a strong pair of pincers.
Another difficulty is when the saucepans
on the fire aro at all full?when tho
ship rolls they run over. Tho remedy
for this is as simple as Dr. Abcrnethy's
one for tho old lady who complaincd of
having such a dreadful pain in her arm
when she went "so." lie pocketed his
guinea and said, "Don't go so." So
with tho saucepans, the simplo remedy
is, "Don't fill the saucepans." No
saucepans on board ship should ever be
more than three-quarters full when the
ship is rolling.
My first impression in watching tlio
cooking on board ship was?how many
practical lessons might be learnt from it
by cooks on shore! How often do cooka
complain that "there is no doing anything
in this pokey kitchen;" the pokey
kitchen beinj; probably quite four timc9
the size of the galley in which I am
standing, in which breakfast, lunch and
dinner have to be prepared daily for over
200 persons. The requisite qualities
required for success aro early rising, an
entire absence of fussiness, and, by no
means the least important, the power of
looking ahead and seeing that each person
minds his own business without interfering
with another's.
Tlie Star of Soatli Africa.
In a farmhouse, with its large table
and bureau bearing a bible and two or
three old Dutch books, and the clumsy
rifle leaning in the corner, after the
evening reading of a chapter in the Boer
fashion, a trader named Niekirk, who
chanced to be present, told the vrouw
Jacobs that the great white shining stone?
they had just been hearing of reminded
him of tho pebbles the children played
with, picked up along the banks of the
neighboring Orange River. As he spoke,
there entered O'Reilly, an ostrich hunter.
They tried one of tho stones on th(
window glass and scratched it all over,
the scratches remaining there until this
day. It was agreed if it turned out ?
diamond all were to share equally. Oc
his way to Cape Town O'Reilly showed
the stone, and was laughed at for his
credulity; it was even taken from hin
and recovered with difficulty from the
street where it had been thrown, but
"he laughs best who laughs last," for ir
flano Town tho nnbhlo from thn hnnka
the Orange was pronounced a diamond,
and bought by Sir Philip \Vodehous(
for ?500. Ten more such were easily
found by ;he vrouw Jacob, snd early ir
the next year, 1868, several wero picked
up along the banks of the Vaal, among
them tho renowned Star of South Africi
by a Hottentot shepherd, who sold it t<
Piekirk, the trader, for ?400, who disposed
of it on the same day for ?12,000.
Then the rush began in earnest, first tc
Pniel and the river diggings on the Vaa
?Pniel, which stretches with its sea oi
tents, its hive of men and checker ol
_1 Ji i. i.1. . i 1 .1 i
ciaims, qowd xo ine iouu una uusy river,
ond up again to the "populous hcighti
of Klipdrift. Hero and there, but rarely
upon the slope, a cantecn]of dirty canvas,
or a plank-built storo with roof of cor
rugated iron; upon the slope, all pockec
with holes, so that all looked like som<
rudo and careless cemetery. Withir
three months of the first discovery then
wero 5,000 digging there?CornhiU.
Popcorn a Novelty In England.
I am going over to England next yeai
to introduce popcorn to the unfortunate
natives, who have been brought uj
to regard corn as food for horsos anc
chickens only. Every English visitoi
to the exposition goes wild over popcorn
and declares he never saw it before. 8c
I have taken the contract for the Ameri
can exposition in London noxt spring
and have 5,000 bushels of corn ready tc
ship over.
It has always been supposed that corr
wouldn't pop if it got damp, and to tr]
how a sea voyage would affect it I sen1
a barrel over to London and wroto th<
consignees to send it back. It poppec
nicely.?St. Louis Olobe-Democrat.
Pleasant for Featherly.
' 'What was it that ma said to you, wher
you camc in?" whispered young Bobbj
to Featherly, ono .of the guests.
"Oh, simply that she was delighted tc
see mo; that was all, Bobby."
"I'm glad of it," said Bobby, and i
look of genuine relief came over his face,
"'cause she said this morning, that sh<
hoped you would't come."?New Ytrl
Bun.
THE LITTLE CAPTAIN
An Ex-Confederate'3 Story of
the Civil War. on
on
How a Oomp\ny Was "Kittled" in One ^
Fisht and Redeemed Itself in Another.
rr
An cx-confcdcrato tells this story in ^
the Detroit Free Press: In one of the 111
first battles that dccided McClellan's
career on the Peninsula company "G"
' of a certain southwestern regiment, hav
11^
nig been stationed to hold a particular ^
point, became rattled under the artillery
fire of the Federals and broko back in
wild disorder. The case was so marked, U'
. ni]
occurring as it did in sight of half a
SI J
mile of battle-line, and 10,000 reserve ^
( troops, that the company was guyed,
sneered at and ridiculed without mercy.
Had it been losing any number of men ^
under the tiro the ease would have been x
tr
| different, but they broke back without
oven having a man wounded. I was
personally acquainted with many of 90
! the men, and I had thiscxcuso for them. riJ
It was their first fight, and their officers
tli
Ijad no experience. Under a veteran ^
( captain they would have held their place ;
? and cracked jokes about the screaming c 1
\ shells.
j The epithet of coward was applied to Ir
every man in tho company, and the tc
colonel of the regiment was so indignant oi
, ? ?
over tho matter that it was whispered ri
about that he had requested our Briga- G
dier-General to have tho company dis- si
banded in disgrace. Nothing of that A
sort was done, however, as we had already
begau the pursuit of MeClellan. al
In tho fights up to Malvern Hill the
regiment was in the rear, or supporting d:
artillery; but it came to the front when
we swept up to Crew's farm to find the
Federal army posted on the plateau beyond,
and waiting to give cur victorious ^
legends a bloody check. We were form- tr
ing battle lines in the woods when tho ni
gunboats at Turkey Bend opened fire ?*
' with their great guns, and three or four bi
different times the falling limbs crashed b;
. down to break our formation and throw ki
us into confusion. 01
By and by the order came for the ad- T
vancc across tho level meadows. My *r
company was in tho second battle line, P
and directly behind "G." Just before f*
the order was given, the captain, who g1
was by fnr the smallest man in his com- ?>
pany, and had all along been known as tl
the "Little Captain," stepped to the i b;
front and quietly said : ?1
"Men, we have a chance to redeem S
ourselves. We have been called cow- p
ards, and our good name has been taken oi
away. Let us regain it here or die on t<
! the field." p
The men did not chcer, but I saw o;
them settle themselves for desperate In
work. Away went the first line, sweep(
ing along like a giant wave, and then li
wo got the ordor to follow. w
Just as we broke cover the Federal nr- w
' tillcry opened on us with over fifty guns, li
1 and the echo of the first gun had not li
died away when a shell blew three men s<
1 of "G" company to pieces. I had to
I step over one of the mutilated bodies as
wo followed on, but the living showed
' O
no signs of dismay. Shot and shell ^
^ plowed through that front lino without *(
1 mercy?grapeshot hissed as we got nearer ?
5 ?musket balls were striking far beyond *3
us before wo changed our "common f<
1 time" to "doublequick." "We could not t<
get there. Such a fire was opened upon 4
' us as seem to whirl us about In a mad st
1 circle. Amidst the hoarse shouts of n
) officers and the crash of musketry I heard v
tho Little Captain calling: fi
"Steady, boys! Tho enemy is there in ti
y front?come with me 1" t<
* We went forward as a mob would eo, 1<
[ halted, whirled round and round, and ai
then the order was given to retire. We si
' retreated to cover to form again, while h
3 a fresh batch of victims moved up. I b
r had a scratch, as did almost every ono ti
' else in my company who camo off alive, a
but this did not prevent me from looking h
* about for Company 4,Q." Our colonel p
J came ridincr down the lino to rrivn ord- i it
. ? -- -- o -
e^8 to tho captains, and he halted near
" me and called:
"Whero is Captain Blake and Company
"Q?" ^
"Here, sirl" replied the little captain, ^
as ho saluted. ^
Ilis left arm had been broken by a ^
bullet, and thero was blood on his faco ?
from a sccond wound. Lying at his J?
feet, with a ball in his shoulder, was his
second lieutenant. Standing beside him
was a private with two fingers shot off. v'
Every other man in "G" was lying dead *
or wounded at the front. Indeed, tho ?
company was blotted out. The men ir
who had broken back in a panic in thoir
first fight had died tho deaths of old vet- ^
. erans in their second.
i m
3 Willing to Accommorintc. S
* It was a very ragged but an exceed- s(
ingly polito begejar, who took off his al
greasy cap to a gentleman on Broadway b
and said: a
^ "Pardon me, sir, will you plcaso grant G
mo tho favor of a gratuity of ilvo cants; I
) havo not yet dined."
"Neither havo I," said tho gentleman,
4 moro to himsolf than to tho beggar, be- K
causo he was hurrying homo for that pur'
pose.
"Then mako it ton cents," said tie y
beggar, "and wo'll diao together."? 01
Btflingt.
, : . - *. 'V. i yJ'
A Plucky Ambassador*
Gen. Pierco M. B. Young, Consul. neral
to St. Petersburg, tulls men new
ic on Gcu. Cussius M. Clay, who was
ir Plenipotentiary to the conrt of the
surs under three adininistrations. Said
2i). Young: "Soon after G . . Clay arfed
in the Russian capital he concludI
tn nffnnrl flw? tlmnfrii niul nnnnnrofl
? v.,
his dress suit. !
The Imperial box ha3 an ante-room, i
larded by two tovering soldiers in
ittcring uniforms and with bayonets
cod. They arc splendid looking felws
and lock like giant statues.
During an interlude Gen. Clay mado
> his mind to go into the Imperial box
id chat with the Czar of all the llus- i
is. The noble guard did not know j
cn. C!ay, and stopped him at the
ircsliold, thinking, no doubt, that he
as a Nihilistic intruder seeking the
ood of the autocrat. The General
ied to identify himself in his Kentucky
ialect, and started in again. The
ntincl pushed the General back rather
idely. Quick as a flash that big Madi n
county fist flew back and stretched
ic giant soldier at full length toward
ic Imperial box. The fall of the solicr
and his heavy gun sounded like'the
.lilding was going down, and the
nperial coterie rushed from their stall
> tho scene. The other guard advanced
1 Gen. Clay, and was in the act of
inning him through when one of tho
rand Dukes recognized the General and
louted to the cuard to "ston. it is the
merican Embassador."
Gen. Clay was promptly admitted
:ter that.
lie was from Kcntuckv, and tlicy
idn't forget it.?Louisville Times.
IIow Missletoe U Growa.
Mistletoe is well grown at Streatliam
odge, in Surrey, one pyramid apple
ee in particular, some seven feet high
id six feet through, being n dense masr
I it from top to bottom and laden with
crries. The apple tree thus smothered
y the parasite does not bear any fruit,
ut this loss is compensated for by the
rnamental character of the mistletoe,
hose who wish to introduce mistletoe
ito their gardens should devote an aple
tree especially to it. The berries
om which it is to be grown should bo
atliered in March or April?not earlier,
r success may be doubtful; earlier in
%? \ : i. mi..
iu Ki-usuii nit: (jerries uru nut ripe. 1110
ranches on which they arc to be placed
lould be from three to four years old.
electing a clear bit of bark on the nper
side of the branch, rub the berric
it, and they will be found to adhere
) it. Blackbirds and thrushes are very
artial to them; therefore trees thus
pcratcd on should be netted. After a
ipse of some three months the seeds
ill be seen to have thrown out suckcrkc
claws, when all danger from birds
ill be at an end, and tho young plants
'ill after that rapidly increase in size,
oung apple trees with mistletoe estabshed
on them may also be bought in
>mc nurseries.?Tjondon Garden.
Could l'rovc nn Alibi.
There is a deaf-mute in the Treasury
epartmcnt who has been there for a
>ng time and is an excellent clcrk. The
thcr day he had a scare. He wasbusir
nmrrnrrni? n f 111 a rlnolr tri-Uini* wlmw o
?b"o ? ?** " '"""o " "
;llow-clcrk came up to him and began
) talk to him in the sign language.
'The secretary is going to go for you,"
lid the clerk, with his fingers. The
mte clerk looked up surprised. ""Why,
'hat have I done?" he asked with his
ngers. "Oh, the secretary has heard
lies about you, and I hear you are about
> be discharged." Tho deaf-muto
>oked bewildered. "Why?" his fingers
sked. "Some people have told the
icretary that you have been around the
otel corridors talking in a loud and
oistcrous manner against the adminisration."
An expression of relief camo
cross the mute clerk's face when he
card the reason, and his fingers relied:
"lean prove an alibi."?Baltimore
American.
The Powor of Acquiring.
The power of acquiring quickly and
roll is a distinctive trait of the American
eople. It seems to bo our natural incritance.
From the hour when an
.merican child begins to talk, straight
n through the entire educational
roces?, the power of acquisition mani59ts
itself in a remarkable degree. Inced,
so rapid arc the unfolding, the dcelopment
of a child's mind with us,
mt we are outgrowing the old method
f education. The child seems to grasp
ltuifcivcly much that was formerly arved
at by slow, mechanical processes,
or instance, American children now-aays
lenrn to read by the "word
icthod"?taking in a whole word at a
lance, instead of analyzing it into its
jparato letters. In fact, the English
Iphabct in tnis country to-day, as a
asis for instruction, is almost as much
collection of "dead letters'' as tho
reck alphabet.?Penman's Art Journal.
What He Got.
"Thomas, of whut fruic is eider
lade?"
"Don't know, sir."
4,Why, what a stupid boy. What did
ou got when you robbed farmer Jones's
rchard?"
"I got a thrashing, sir."?Sifting*
"THE PALACE."
Onn r-if tho lVfnQf Infopoodnn
Buildings In Mexico.
The Official Home of Mexico's Presi*
dent and Senate?Aztoc Remains.
The Pulaco is one of the most inter
estingbuilding* in Mcxico, because of its
dimensions, the cunosities it contains,
its history, and the knowledge we have
of the schemes of tyranny and bloodshed
devised within its walls. Each of
its six patios is entered through ponder!
ous outer doors, that iniglvt bo relied
1 upon to resist the blows of a catapult,
and these courts are surrounded by walls
of enormous thickness. The building
occupies the exact limits of Montezuma's
palace, and contains the official apartments
of the President and of the Senate,
the world-famed Ambassador's hall, tho
offices of the government, the post-office,
museum, and a military barracks. President
Diaz has leased a residence near to
... i il.? i ?..,i v.:?
Liiu ?L'sti'iii amu ut uiu x iti/ai, uiiu un
private dwelling, on Ilumbolt street, is
now the residence of the American Minister,
General Ilenry It. Jackson. The
starry bnnner of the American legation
floatS in the soft breezes above tlio liigb
walls and shady gardens of the private
dwelling of the President of the Republic
of Mexico.
After a call upon the Premier, Senor
Rubio, and an audience with the President,
a visit to the Hall of the Ambassadors,
and a glance at the well-arranged
general post oflice, you are close by the
entrance of the patio of the Museum.
This court is well shaded, and to the
left of the entrance you are permitted to
enter a small apartment, in which is exhibited
the State carriage of the Empire,
the gift of Napoleon III to Carlottn, and
said to be handsomer than the imperial
coach of Russia.
Opposite the street entrance to this
patio is the door of the Aztec hall; entering
this long, narrow chamber, but
recently appropriated to its present uses,
I found a few workmen erecting pedestals
for the gods, and the sacrificial and
calendar stones (removed thither from
the Cathedral walls and the patio inclosure),
and the gods themselves lying
around in the most undignified postures.
The idols exhibited at New Orleans were
arriving, and lay scattered about the
completed pedestal of the "Divinity of
Death," or, as Bindalier insists, tho
Hutzilopotchtli (war god) of Tenochtitlan.
A few feet distant, and directly
in front of this bloody idol, is
placed the sacrificial atone, on which ^
sixty thousand hearts were cut ouT* to
his honor.
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sides of this stone of sacrifice attract unlimited
attention until the bowl in the
center rccnlls its bloody uses. Into it
the heart's blood of the victim ran, and
thence aloug the trench to the side where
it was often drank by the sinister priests,
with their 4'matted black locks flowing
down their backs;" and then, horror of
horrors 1 to remember that the body of
the victim was served by his captor in a
banquet t<J friends, with the most delicate
of wines and toothsome of viands.
Ascending a flight of stone steps, close
to the fountain that throws the spray of
its cooling waters amid tropical plants,
the museum proper was reached. The
first impression was a disagreeable one;
it was made by an intentional display of
very bad taste by the commissioners in
trusting the painting of "Maximilian
and his General's," into an obscure
niche, and denying it even a frame.
Entering the first room you see
relics of Hidalgo v Costilla, the standard
of the conquest, and a noble cast of
the facft of Juarez. In the second wo
halted at the long table and tho cases
containing the one hundred and seventysix
pieces comprising the "silver plate
of Maximilian."
Tho remaminfr rooms contain tho
glasswaro of Iturbide, Aztec weapons,
musical instruments, mirrors, domestic
utensils, shield of Montezuma II., portraits
of the Viceroys, picture writings
of the Aztecs, their pottery and featherwork,
together with tlio skeletons, minerals,
birds, insects, reptiles, fauna and
flora of tho country.
Playing "Momma."
Little Florence was 6 years old, and
her brother Willio two years younger.
One evening their mamma wished them
to go to bed, and knowing tho littlo
girl's fondness for playing mamma, sho
said:
"Come now, children, I haven't had
timo yet to look over the morning paper.
You run right up to bed now and let
mamma read. Florenco you can play
mamma and put your little brother to
bed, you know."
"All wiglit," 6nid Florence, sitting
down and taking up a paper in imitation
of her mamma: "wun wight up to bed,
Willie, I want to wead the morning
paper. ? Ch icago News.
A Bright Future*
'Wo can't oil bo President of the
United States, Bobby, suid the minister.
"I know it," Bobby replied, and his
clear, honest eyes shone with lofty
ambition, "an* I don't want to be. I'm
goin* to be a drum major."?Neva York
Gun.