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ood old n odder If op titbit
nrawt iroubU C be UI
Am ih nU for hr Ilvlnc
OMm, hd lb don't kDOW wtuU to da
I It. I m UlUif yoa how ah6 nt
xrancB isuadraM uoni wit a
u trmda u Ula FuuUa and Dachoaa
runaa up ror har. Docbaaa made bar
osinaaa uader a Franca mm a . ami
la tuw-jpriea. Mrs. Murphy to bar
liar. aa oey hm a Ooarn giru
Un far dam, and all da trado day
Jo. - when aba t otat rot into troubla
making nor money daa har ax
Ma aba aenda for ma and bticbeaa
aba aaya, "Ma daara." aba : aara.
Vt wUl I arar dot Bhall I lowar
brio or rafuaa all da bualaaaa dat
pmlnf our way alnoa ma and. Mra
bby sot to ba Franca tauadi
fad of IrUb4Jnarioaa wasb ladlas.
t will I do, ma daara for all da
tlnxa wa Isn't waarlna; la fUUna; wit
y and It la a sore troubla" .....
tH you tbould aaen da ' look oa
aja faea wba44noddar talkad af
Irinv prloea ap aba waulda't , bara
ucb monay oomlns ia. i
alaa your prloaa, modder daax," aba
"Nayer lowar 'am." . . . ..
fate. . dearta." am ma i- tmnldad
er, ."wa tried dat, sad) Vie mora wa
"am da mora wolk do awajll ladtoa
k to ttaa, and da mora ffoUs wa baa
ra, Xra a bad way." ; . -irv-i '; . -,
Ichese waa so paralyaad at da way
Id ladiaa looks at da fame dat aba
Jia't apeak, so I amya: . "Wby don't
and Mrs. Murphy start a aavta
aooount, end not ba boddered wit
keep of da long araen, if dara
a kaaplna you - waJce -Mfhta. I
know what da feeling- aa ba Ilka
tar, mora Ions? arreen daa I
if a jrrencb toll for a wue tmt iz
aa bad aa all dat. put your trauhtea
aannsa banks. .
ot la dla end of town, ChlarnH
Mrs. - Murphy. "If a wort . your
to draw out your money when you 1
arev it in.--.ir you are seen roina
bank, and draw out so much as da
af a new apron, a run starts. Day
Yood eltlaans.ln dla part of
r-n. all rl-ht perhaps but day eann
lueatad to ballera dat any oaa wants
raw out monay unless da bank to
b blink and den da panto. . . f 1
)ra Isn't a Hun or a Bcaartahoorlan
a and of town dat baant a toaaand
aarlna-s bank, and what day bad It
We I don't know at all. for day
it. But let 'em tlnk dat da
la paylnr. atrt a cent to anybody.
day all basin to talk In aaaan
rudjrea to oooe, to pull out delr
f, pooV- aoola, and da ooppers wit
nlsht atlcka lan't anausH to driva
wj ircnn oa ,nanK, , nnei goav
oaay dat you don't need for rant
iteat If you keep It In a atoeklac
your daar mooder and ma ooaa. you
.raid of da robbers; and If yon put
I a, bank you oin't so near It wit-
mia." f, ;.
,i da trots aa waa ever told, ma
tr un." IDtn'i m Saoalu laid
Uoor baiow us whose rood bus-
una 10 aewlnf maoblnea In delr
xm where da also . sleeps,, and
o yob couldn't swing a full-grown
y Its poor tail and day baa. .Money
Grand street bank.' I waa dowu
I r room da odder day. giving some
rptna I sot for a little g-urrul it
old dat runs oaa of da sewing m
a. and dat had a bad troat. because
oma to wurruk wttout enough close
pep out do wind and rain and snow
iil and aloet and chill, and Z waa
.g a talk wit da leddy. It U a cruel
ry,- els, Mrs. redden.' ears do
ian leddy. Da poor baa no chance
i country, she says. 'De rich has
s money, and wa poor baa potting
buy bread wit let alone medicine
a aick rurrula we bare to pay ft
: to. .-. . .. . - ....
ya'd Never BaDcra de Way
Dat '. Poor i Dear, Rooeiaa
Bot Tell lie Why It la Dat Haxd gork lnt Two-Spot for Undiag de Loag- Grees in;vBalesUails-
i-'-'-y- , ;.v aide ot Hot Air.
. t:.y Pay
Clyda Bmlth In Chicago: Tribune.
T la not 'worth while- eoosldertixg
'diamond smugguna; as an occupa
tion.
Tet aa a physical jrdpoaltlon It
lis easier to smuggle a diamond Into the
United Btatea , than It . Is to smuggle
anything else approaching the diamond's
value, and. on the-cut stones the duty
of M percent M quite enough to make
it an attractive business proposition.
The great set disadvantage In diamond
smuggling to tbe-rfirat element of risk
Jf a person la caught by the customs
officers with ao. undeclared diamond on
his person, the. diamond is seised on
the spot, and aa penalties there are fines
and Imprisonment.- A. ' second serious
disadvantage ot the business Is i the
comparative uaaunooa tne customs out'
cers will get track . of the smuggling
and of tba smuggler. But In case nei
ther of these possibilities develop, there
is the .superlatively dull market for
thoae diamonds which are without, cus
tom house pedigree . r '.
Tba first difficulty In smuggling may
be encountared at the diamond markets
of Europe, . In Paris, . for instance, tbe
United Btatea . government ' baa four
agents whose duty is to keep tbe United
Btatea customs official In touch with
tba purchases of . stones .by residents
of the United States. .If John Jones
of 'New fork la visiting! Jar!a and has
bought a fine diamond or- mora from a
Paris dealer and - returns to the New
Tork port of. entry without declaring
such atones, a question (a certaia to be
asked of him. '
Tba Paris dealer, in accords ee wiui
tba custom of the trade, baa taken tbe
name and address of the purchaser, a
deecrlpUon of 'tba atone, its color. Its
relgbt, and, ' perhaps, a memorandum
of a p oaa Ibis peculiarity, let there are
European diamond dealers' who do not
recognise tba justice of protective
tariffs, or even tariffs for revenue, and
h-noma of Xbeaa rafuaa to recognise Amer
ican agents. ..
But considering that : tba weoidne
muggier makes his successful pur
chase in tba - Boropaan market and
starts boma with them. la tba first
place ba baa had .tba expense of the'
trip-; across. - oowg orer as may
gone la tba second cabin af a steamer,
but coming back. It will be to bla ad
vantage la. every way to return lb the
first cabin. . Thus, his expenses even
If ba uvea In ixew yore, or jjosTon. wui
have .bean at leant IZ01L.Whiiethey
might as easily have neen sovo xor me
mtind trio. Tba time of - the trip will
ba scarcely less than, a month, which,
for a man of average ability In cleri
cal posiUon. wiu moan siuu a ibmi.
Tba interest an toe money primarily
Invested In tba stones will need to be
considered, to say nothing or tne ele
ment of risk. i ..
Thus, in order for a smuggler to mace
bla mere expense of a round trip, ne
would need to bring In 11.200 worth of
atones and find, tba- top market tne
country for them. To cover, his time.
interest, risk, and a few otner conun
genclea and make tba profits approach
tba dignity of a business each - trip
would Involve the, smuggling 01 at least
110.000- worm 01 siouca. twittiya VJ
"Wen. as sbs waa tailing ma bar
troubiaa, a neighbor comes la de room.
trunnlng fit as aba -comes.- and she
says dat a man waa seen drawing money
out of tba Grand street bank and dat
da bank waa on da bum entirely. ' Tou'd
never bellov de way dat poor, dear
Booaian leddy acted. Sac pulls her hair,
and frota at da mout, and grabs her
baby what was sitting on a" pile . of
clodding making buttonholes and she
makes a rush for de bank, . screaming,
good lady, like aba was gone mad en
tirely,' aa I gueea aha bad, -
"De street was packed wit fighting.
screaming, cursing, fit-trunnlng gentle
men and laddies from dis end of town,
and de Rooalaa leddy holds up beg baby
to da cop dai waa trying to keep order,
and aba beg aim for de love of heaven
to let bar in de bank to got da money
for to aava da life of ber dear child.
. . "De cop gives ber a place la lino and
gets her la, and aba draws out I WOO.
and she's sitting ' up wit It now, and
hasn't moved a step away from It for
week. . Bur d era's nottlng but trouble
for dent aa baa money, as wall Mrs,
Murpby and me knows. .- But I cured de
little gurrui dat had da cold, and. we
baa bar to wurruk for us, doing light
lobs at four a week de sainta be
praised." '
Weil. I seas , dat what de old ladiea
wa wanting waa for Duchess to take
e of . delr boodle. Bba like to take
ear of mine ' too well, but she waa
shy of taking car of delra. We coaxed
nor a little, and aba baa it now In a
bankwher It Isn't de fashion to have
runa, and de old ladiea la happy again, .-
It Isn't ao very much, for it waa got
wit bard wotk. But tell ma why It to
dat hard walk lan't a two spot for land
ing de long groan la bales alongside of
not air.
De moat. VaJuablest ting dere Is. 1s
hot air, . It don't make no difference
wedder you want to beat a house or
make a reputation, or a fortune, or sail
book, or get to congress: what vou
most need to bot air plmty of it and
red hot' . ' ' '
Dat'a no fairy talk. ' for wa has da
boodle Duchess has to ' prove . It
Dochess. make, a dlnkrv kind af I mania' nnr ul Hot air.' ."Tfa " it
candy dat all da kids, and most of del honest level. It s do trtjck of blowing
grand dames dat comes to out place,.! da mess up like' aa omelette "eouf flee
is crolsy . about. -- Bba won't - tell no-;
bodjrbrw-nonpskaitraougiifTJi-ofteB
give 'em a crooked Steer when dey say
day wants to know. What dey make
from do rule Ducbeaa tells 'em la vary
on da blink, and dey cornea back for
mora of de real stuff dat she makes.
Well, d odder day Miss Fannie baa a
crowd of ladles, in for to drink tea and
talk cprayand soma of 'em says, "Can't
yonr maid make us soma of : bar
candy!"
I wonders" what was up when I takea
wold to Duchess and flnda aba baa a lot
of d stuff all made up.
Bhe khowa moat of 'am Ilka day .was
slds partners of hers, aha being - wit
Mis Fannie ao long, .and she says to
'em dat If evr dey wanted , soma ot
ber candy dey? could get It at de shops.
Dey was all so tickled to deat you'd
tough t dat dey bad found a gold brick
and maybe dey bad. ' '
: Ltst ma teu you: - wnen i gets a
chance I asks Duchess what Vail, and
she aaya she waa. going to make a tor
tuna for our kiddle. EmmetC ' What do
you tlnk dat goil bad donet
She'd gone to a swell candy shop and
done business wit de boss. He'd beard
about da dinky stuff Miss Fannie 'a maid
give. t . Miss Fannie'a frena, and be
aaya ' to Duchess dat he'd ' gtva ber a
rake-off on. all ba sold if ahe'd jihow
'em how to make ft. Well, p'ebae, dai
gofl had a 'Patent out d name it's a
dinky French nam 1 couldn't pronounce
In 'i a touaand years and a patent oa
how to make It, and aba drives a bar
gain wit --de candy boas and now she's
drumming up trade. ,
Bay, you should see ber get busy.
All of Miss -Fannie'a freng, and ail of
little Fannle's frena, Is staked out for
to bull de market, Dey makea a game
of It; and If ahop doesn't keep It to
de woods wld) dat shop. - She's buying
real estate in dq Bronx now, and by
da time Em matt grows 'up he'll' have
a glass arm-cutting off coupons.
What baa dis to do wit hot air. Well,
well! .Dat candy la made of cornstarch,
f TEKE Is a-
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pause to
a-trua story of the oven-
Monday, December,.' 1.
story llahl to give
pause to those who are prone
to declare the old usages to be dead and
gone, merely because old usages do not
come q their way. I was sitting In my
smoking-room, part at o ancient tene
ment In a sequestered village of north
ern Berks, When tjiere came a aound Of
crunched gravel' and Of muttered con
voraatlon from Without, followed by a
modest capping at the ball door.- A
rosy-cheeked Berkshire maid waa heard
in colloquy with 'the visitors, and,-'In
another moment, entered with the an
nouncement that the mummers wished
to know It we. would bear sad see them
plsy. By a curious coincidence I' waa
at that --moment reading .a' learned
article on a Dorset Christmas of the
oiaen time,- ana learning inai me ais-v
mal twentieth century mummer,, wlthl
bla tawdry; flnary, cheap cigarettes and
musio-hsll 'songs, r who- makea -night
hldeoua In some of our more . remote
western villages on Christmas eve. is a
very - poor - substitute for bis mirth
loving eighteenth century ' predecessor,'
who played Old Father Christmas, 8t
Oeorge or, Captain Bluster to
the infinite 'amusement and delight of
the rising generation- of both aexee, and
who never tired of the familiar legend
handed "down by word of mouth (for
there was little writing-done in those
days) 'from, generation to generation;"';
So. nothing . loth.- and being .well
aware from previous experience that
mumming waa by no mean dead in
Was sex, and that there waa no need
to regret "the olden time" In this prT
tlcolar connection, Z caused tba mum
mers to be Invited Into the smoking
room, on bait of which served for
stage, while la the remainder, tba house
hold waa grouped for audience. "
The players were atx in number, ana
fantastically attired, not In paper caps
and rlbbona, .as In tbe dayr when Tom
Brown wa written, but In bablllmenta
which It would ba unfair to call tawdry.
Enter first Father Chela Unas, white-
bearded and quite free from aelf-con-
sciousneaa, to recite tbe "time-honored
prologue In tba "true . alng-aong ver
nacular" beloved oz - tne late judge
Hughe .Ha, was. like the others, a
carter's lad or a plougbboy of li years
or thereabouts, and, bard aa bla word
were to follow, enough of thorn could be
caught corresponding to tba version that
haa been printed to abow that tradition
bad been faithfully kept;, and It ended
Bo if walk In Rooen, again I nay.
.' And pray good people clear the way.
LWaik..tajio?m.1"
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Enter Room, having no part in tna
play, bot delivering- an oration In tbe
nature of a second prologue.'-1 His cos
tume was a kind of tunic of ancient
print or -.muslin, from beneath which
hi, corduroy and iron-bound boot pro
truded, ' H It was, too, who Introduced
St. Oeorge. or Sir Oeorga, la a cast-off
uniform of a full nrtvata la the Boyal
Berkshire regiment, who challenged all
and sundry in valorous language, bis
gaga being taken up by an equally bom
bastie "knight from furrtn parts," pre
sumably Captain Bluster, but bis name
was - never -mentioned, . Very gingerly
tba two - champion laid about., one
anotnerwttb two ; walklng-atioka -for
swords, and. sad to relate. St. -George
waa the '. first to fall greviously
dafa da secret trick,' Just maple syrup,
corn floor nnd hot air--plalnrbeai bot
air and de ready money to dere for ber
very week, . It sure make me feel like
a tramp to tlnk bow much hot air dara
to In da woUd. and dat I never made a
bean out of ft. .-". .:; -
If it wasn't for da hot' err "In
game I don't tlnk Duchess could totned
Wa trick. It's da only way.'' Bamam
ber two or tree years ago dat a torn
mug cornea over here and says be was
talking by wireless from Cape Cod to
Ireland? , If be'd Bald ba waa talking
acros -t Harlem ba .couldn't sold a
share, but when be, gives it out dat h$
had- glad band across seas by wire
less, de - stock was all took by de
wlddlea and orphans who get all de
stocks and bonds der la. When ba bad
sold out, . do 'cross sea converaatlony
waa dumb aa a clam, and now everybody
knows dat a good husky boy wit a tin
meg'phone can talk furder -dan all
Wireless der 1 Hot air. ,
-Romero, ber de top: liner dat say a
few yeara ago dat be waa goteg to run
mobile wit "lectric baUeriea only one
fort aa heavy aa da ones oa da- Aveaoo,
and dat would rur four time as Jasjg-1
Dey dian t have to waan oat stock.
waa all took by da widdiea and orpbana
who cried for mora, wnere a aa oat
teryt Ton couldn't find It wit a general
alarm from headquarters. What wa tti
Hot air. '
- But dat waaatt what I waa gotng to
tell you about. Dat boy, Etnmett, af
mine to back la hi school again, and
ha wa 'looted president of hi claaa
Dat wa. doing pretty good for a kid.
die," and I writes and aakafhtaa. how he
don It. -
"Dear Dad.-; bo writ back, "da od
der candidatae' promised d boys lea
cream treats,' chocolate, pop, and water
and every ting, but -1 ' mad a
just a hot air speech, daar dad, and 1
win In a walk."
I bop I live tn I see dat kiddle
elected president of da United Btatea
Can you heat himl What!
Dress aiicl ' Occultism
... T
THH New Tork girl to accult; which
,1 very duXerent front, being ana
ly tlcal or poetical endj lir more
: lntaratlna Immhu laftia Ane.
-m AetlatlA- AnilUr win Ait'ft Aflntrol
'dea tiny It simplifies lit.' - , ,'. 4
doe not go to Just oa famous a
rer, discover the stars that piaster
ilastiay. atady '(heir war a and b
Bba haa a aolladtion of horoscopes
omparea not aa .add. welda together
r guidance the prophecle which
please her, - ,- "- u . ' '
ha her palms read by gypalea la
flyn, and her future revealed by a
j womaa la a basement of a narrow
street, and har horoacope wiittan
Ionian In a mystical green -chamber
aahlonable quarter. . 1 ' ,
New Tork girl did not really orig-
this fad. It waa started by the
tee of Marlborough over la London,
j followed the fad for afternoon tea
I reading aa a souvenir, or a palra
Jjncheon, or an - evening with the
I until now not to know your horo
Is to argue yourself unknown,
first tested fata with tba f am bot
ogr. with whom, while th fad
I appointments must be ' mada la
ice, and kept, ton, of you may not
;elved again. While aha waited la
eautlful outer foonj. aoftly lighted,
LrlOua In color an (decoration, a fit
itntechhmber for the room of dee
' with ebroudlng of delicate graan,
i: - si "' ' '
quality ot tba lota bad. flower, leaf and
ef,- ,'.;.- . - . ,. ;-. ."-()' . ,
Tba girl studied tba room carefully.'
Ilka tba ton of a deep forest, with wide
open spacea about tbe ground, she recog
nised the great beauty of tba subdued
coloring sad the marvelloua decorative
It waa to suggest color eheme for
several days t com, v
Tha woodwork wa all dull black, or
brownish black and carved beautifully.
It waa of teak wood, ebony and karl
wood. Tba rim of tbe table waa a deep
fungi ef Wild elephant, tbe back of the
straight-back chair - a whirl of lotus
flowers as though carved from a flower
In a arift currant Tba curtains were
madras -gauzo In green, with a conven
tional design of lotus pada and long
looped atema. . ,- . .. ;;r
The flower Itself In half open bud
Conned the pattern of tba rug, also in
green tone with a shading of' olive
brown. Tba light war htddea In lotue
blossom, th only touch of bright color
la th room. -
Tbe pictures ware mostly photographs,
one a fragment of tbe ancient city of
Thebes, with carving of wlae goda with
mocking amile. Under thla picture was
a typical writing machine, and under the
winged Victory a telephone. 1
But she had the color schema, and a
tighter, bold on fata, and so she went
home to send out Invitations to a "des
tiny tea." with a palmlat from England
as ths piece da resistance,-
. Her room war all grace, a bo war, at
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palma and ferna, with no color but lotus
Ilk flowers to hide the electrto light
A smaller roomi. cuHainjed -off waa ar
ranged for the palmist, 'that no, secrets
should ba revealed. . Aad betweba cups
of i orange pekoe and sake and tiny
glasses of errac, ' the fashionable Syr
ian cordial very dreadful to taste and
deadly lntoxlcatlag the - women took
turns spreading out pink palms for .the
English - fortuneteller to tell . them', of
lovers and treachery, of succee and Bor
row, of matrimonial ventures and th
final routing of their enemiea. '
Following the destiny tea was a fat
slumming party, aad groups ot girls
sought out the basement of a "negro
prapbetesa and sat in a maroon and sky
blue plush . fropt ' room awaiting their
turn.' One at time they were admitted
to th prophetess' bedroom, where her
clairvoyant powtra wer revealed..
For a week or more the New York
girl wUl go about dressed in mysterious
greens, a delicate Nile shade .for the
house, green brown for tbe street, and
tn th evening her loveliest frock will be
msde to suggest So far aa tbe modiste's
art "can ' achieve it., the lotua in full
bioom. 1 i j. . t - - , - - ' -
Her hair will be de4e ln the old Egyp
tian 'fash leln as Cabanel paints It. With
bands of flat gold and Jewel ornament
And gorgeous old rings and bracelets
will ba worn. - Old Egyptian Ornament
are rare and, Interesting, an ever pres
ent help Intlmee of conversational troa,
ble. And It seems more reasonable to be
interested In tbe. unknown when It to
combined with strange Jewela from, the
tombs af Egyptian princesses In-tour
COXOJLUrO MAS X0 atXEXXOaT.
- Colorado Is a state of vast Individual
fortune outranking perhaps any other
state In tha Union an a per capita baal
It ba th further distinction that most
of its fortunes, wars made within Its
boundaries, not alone In raining, - but
la the cattle Industry, realty . specula
tion, - fruit raising, beet culture, farm
ing and manufacturing-.'
Many pbrtons of wealth have moved
Into the- state in tha last few year aad
invested large amount In mining cor
porations, banks and other enterprise,
aad are not known to. tba commercial
agencle Still another daa are the
retired -country -capitalists who have
moved from the section In which their
wealth waa acquired to Denver or
Colorado Spring. Their ' ' Individual
holdings, too, unleoa they ax In realty,
are necessarily bidden from tba com
mercial Information source, - , !
David Moffat, capitalist, is th rich
est man In Colorado. " A conservative
estimate of $11,000,000 sa hi wealth
waa . given by two person. On . th
other band, some who ought to know and
would not allow an exaggerated esti
mate, estimated his wealth at betweea
1)1,000,000 and 110.000,000, giving html.
an easy ieaa in tne coioraao list.
There ' are 101 millionaire In th
stats, and If to these could be added the
name of those who have left Colorado
after making fortune It could - ba
doubled. The wealth of tha 101 million
aire of 1 Colorado' aggregate . about
t200.000.00a. Thar la probably n. eeo
Uoa of tba world, with a population of
lea than f 00.000 that can abow such
horn production of wealth.
io,vvv voru . iuhw, j i waa' the -. first to tail greviouaiy I v wu, w ...
th customs officials would mean th w0anded on "tba knee." regardless of lib middle-age mystery, the prooesa ot
confiscation .or. mo I". (the fact that-ha waa In truth Impaled
punitive lse, and. lmOTlaonmeut f or a on . knight's sword at -about ths
greater or teas psnvv T
Aa t, th nhvsical .task Of secreting
th tone. tn smuggler .mini ""
in 160,000 worth of them as easily as
a 160 aton A cake -of scented soap in
a gripsack or the ordinary rat" under
a woman's hair would suffice for the
seorctlnr. But it 1 beyond 'the power
of human palure to have-concealed at
great rlak such valuables and not betray
nm Berturbation. - If this be ' not
enough to catch tha eye of tha customs
expert In human emotion at: tha least
it will be shaking to the nervous system
of tha smuggler sufficient to scare him
self. '
But when th nluggtr ba passed
the custom Inspection safely nie iinaa.
ri.i troubles, aa a business adventurer,
have lust begun. ' He must find a mar
ket for hi ran Tba market il one
of the most wnoertain of ail marxaia.
ai for several reaaona.-
Ia the first place, tn united ouuea
e-Awernment recomlsaa no "Innocent pur
chaser" of diamonds that have escaped
custom duties. If a government agent
hv uv nosalble means discovers that
a person aa Innocently may ba la In
pose oaaion, of gam- that ha escaped
dnt. that oeraon moat pay tha ad
valorem duty of Si per cent or the stone
l confiscated. Many times ta rrorta
of tha government agenta to prove such
illegal possession of stones are lauure
but In any oaae the method create
scandal and publicity. Neither a dealer
of repute nor an individual of standing
rear-to run sucn a -rise.
Therefore tbe reputable dealer . birrs
from the accredited diamond importer,
and whan bo makea a Bale, for hta own
nr at action ha takes th name and addreea
of bla customer and a full description of
the atone and of lta Betting. un ine
other hand, recognising th value of such
a record at a flrst-claaa dealer a, tne pur
chaser 1 inclined to buy at tbe plaoa of
nnlmneachabl Integrity, specially ss
under these clrcumstancea moat retail
house will allow tha original price on a
stone In case the customer later desires
to buy a larger one coating more money,
Th reputable dealers in tbe cities will
not buy a stone from any one not con
nected with Importing bouse - There
are two chief reasooa for thla. One la.
no mattar how the stone may have been
acaulred by the person presenting it lot
sale, ha wants more money for It than
tha eame'litene can be bought for In the
market Tha other reason is tba possi
bility ot troubl with custom author!
Tha result of these conditions Is that
th diamond smuggler needs to find his
markets among a crooked claaa of peo
ple. HI appearance' ' In one of their
plaoa of business at once puts htm more
or less in tnair power, not oniy mia,
but tba fact that they, too. are afraid ar
th autboritiea makea It neceaaary that
they make ouick sales and amall profit
Out Of these situations th whole bual
nes of diamond smuggling becomes so
much below th promise or aimoat any
legitimate trainees-that It be no attrac
tion for any one short of tha tempera
ment of the privateer and th blockade
runner. - ' '- '
But thousands of dollars' worth or dia
mond every year ar smuggled Into th
United State, which at the preaeat time
Is tha largest cousumer of 'diamonds on
tha globe. Ask a custom officer whom
he sua peers above other of thla amug
gling and ha will tall you that they ar
th wives anT oaugntere or wealthy
famille . ,
T Otvtltoattoa. .
From th Chicago Rocord-Herald.
'I have come," eaid tha white man.
"to give you th blessings t civilisa
tion." -
Uo way." replied the native, "you're
too late we already have a saloon that
keepa open night and day. and do yoa
aee ' that crowd up there? They are
trying a fellow for murder, but hi law
yer are going te get him .off en . the
plea that he was drunk when b done.
th deed."
i
point where, aa Homer puts it, ths
midriff Join tha liver.
So the doctor was summoned, with
venerable silk bat and mud-drabbled
overcoat to' denote hi, professional
statusr- full, af "comic business"?, but
rather oblivious" of his part, aad ao-'
com pan! ad by an attendant In a smock
frock, who' produced various medica
ments the lethal power of which were
extolled at large. However, such are the
unforeseen actio na of drugs and the
mysteries . of healing, ' a drop of a
cordial "strong to kill any two" enabled
St, ' Oeorge to obey tha doctor' behest
to "rise and fight thy: foe again." A
little more careful fencing and this time
th knight bit the dust Him. since
the English doctor refused to soil hi
finger with him. a foreign quack re
stored to "rise aad fight no mora." '
Bo ended th action of tha drama, but
at ; thU point Room summoned "Maid
Mcrrlari.'- a shy youth, but pretty, wear '
lng ja veailor bat and a . striped black,' '
and white skirt, a world too short to
bids her . russet cordurov. and "Merrlan"
recited a long string of verse composed" i '
ne ,n,h k.-l.--- ...J., ... ...- X-
"I s&wa erw ao black a snow,' and
so on. " . :,'.-, . . . . -
A curious old-world catch, not la iff;
least like any music-ball -song that ver
wa heard, wound ud an antertMinment'
that wa pleasant for it aim pie savor of ,
th old world. , with nothing of tawdrl-1 , '
neea and certainly nothing of tha musio
hail about It True- It la that, 'Us ot '
all. janiinviiaUbn, Maid Mar r lan pro- -duced
"the bx. and that a very modest .
donation half a crown, to ba precise .
delighted the honeat lads so much that ,
they Insisted on rendsriag a few modern
songs, but they ware, with one exception, r
rather ot th interminable and didactic
typ beloved by eallora at aea than of .: '
tha vulgar and modern claaa. ' There wa ' ' ,
a sailor, for example, who bade hla hear-t , -era
beware of the ladies, "who have been i
the rulnga-of me," and that tha Bong waa ."
aung by "Maid Merrlan" rendered the ef--feet
all th funnier." A basket of applea
sent tbe lads away happy, aad -they left '
us distinctly entertained.
Before they departed I eroes-examlnad r '
them a little aa to tba p "nf la wbluta ."
they learned the word , .' '.
t'No. 'taln't never been wrote down, but .
it might be It ao b aa, any gen'l'man'
wanted. Us knows un." , ', t
- "But you wer not born knowing the -l-.
wordr ..
"Nay. but If there be a newcomer w ..
leama 'ee; there -hain't no newcomer i
thi year." -. -
Tha boy wa a witness of truth.' This
old-world drama' to beaded down, not.,
from father to eon, 'but from one gB-f)v"
eratlon of lads t another, new recrulta J
to the company beng carefully taught j .
by those who have passed through th
tag of apprenticeship; and tba plot, th
jests aad the paradoxes are the same
every year. , That kind of tradition la
tha most Immutable and conservative of
all. and tha fact that tba schoolmaster
abroad influence it Uttl. If at ail.
Wha$ la the origin of It ailf .Judge
ttughea somewhat airily says: "A relic,
I believe, ot tbe middle-age mystery."
Of these, however, the greatest number
that I am able to trace at tba moment
all thpaev f or example, named In Btrutf a
"Sports and Pastimes .of tba Peopla of
England" are scriptural or concerned
with tba adventure) of saints of a less
masculine- type than that of Bt. Oeorge.
Strutt quotes one called tM. Catherine,
played at Dunstable early In the twelfth,
century, according to Matthew 'Paris; b
names another called Corpus Chriati. orr
th Coventry play. jrBereof a version 1"
said to have been preserved tn the Cot'
ton. library In his day.. This waa a plain
mlrada alay: ao was oh purporting to
represent the oonveraion of Bt Paul, lii
which Calaphaa, Ansnlan. two aoldiers. a .
hostler,' a. servant andlBellal war .thai .
drama I Is persona. . ' . , '
From this, under tha-heading- "Mys-r ;
terl as: How Enlivened." Strutt goes on)
to show that tba mysteries, Ilk a sweet
ened pill, wer made palatable by comloT '-
reiiei, suppuea. as a ruev oy iee4saouB.) ,
"assisted by hi marry troop of under-, i
devils, - who, with variety of .noise,-"'
strange gestures and contortions of the).
body, excited the laughter of tha popu
lace." If. then, the origin, of tbe tradl- :
tlonal drama of St Oeorge be found in
evolutioti has been remarkable, for tha
comedy haa prevailed altogether over tha
tragedy and over tbe moral . lesson;
Moreover. It 1 reasonably dear that all
kinds of other stories have been grafted
on to tha original! legend, for tha trace
of th romance of Robin Hood and Maid
Marias, and of tha sacred rlteo of Nep
tune when th Un la crossed, are too
obvious to heed empbaai Probably tha
whole truth of the matter to that thla
one of the iriany cases In which It woo:
III i
be an error to attempt to investigate or-i : T
Igina with' tba extremity of learned pre-,. . 1.
clsion. Th - legend, i ilk l opay, nn
grown, that la all; and lta perpetuation
by purely- oral tradition (for thought ltl
-has been written out for tb curtou th
vITIa.a la4, have never seen an v text ofl
it) is a remarkable and interesting fact ' ' 1
Tba custom serves to whfle away thoae
long winter evenings which are perhaps
the most severe trial. In th lit of rurali
England, and show (hat mnmrrrtng la
very far from dey
Octopus Made ty Dr. Littlelielcl
From th New Tork Herald.
R. CHARLES W. UTTLEFIEL.D.
a acienUat, whoa discoveries in
th Un of creative energy, spon
taneous generation and magnet
ism have attracted much attention tha
immt tma ear ha returned from New
Vnric whre ba obtained photographs
of several una specimens oi uvuuj en-
tlona which he aaya h eraatea irom
comblnationa , of chemical Ha also
brought homo a new microscopic cam
era. Ha IS now preparea to prove m
h has created animal ana vegetaoi
life from comblnationa of chemicals In
hi laboratory at Anderson,,
Among tb Strang things Into which
he aaya chemical have grown under
his handa are microscopic tree, plants
and flowsra whlcb so cloaaly resemble
type and variaUea with which the lay
man to familiar that be ha no troubl
in namine- tham. In the collection he
exhibited to callers this week Is a bunch
of panslea. and under the microscope
the chaxacteriatlcs ar vlalbl in aetau.
even to the color. ;
Others ar tropical growths and na
tive vegetation. The aame chemicals
under -varying combination ellgntiy
different environments and almost Im
perceptible changes In temperature and
oaone with which 'tha room la filled
produced animal creation. resembling
In the main extinct creature but Which
are undoubtedly possessed with life and
ability to move with agility ana weii
marked jnatlnct ' ..':'
Under a misoroscope, airange crea
ture, In a drop of chemicals, can oe
seen raclnc from id to- aioe in me
dropt careful! avoiding a collision with
each other. These creatures, he asserts,
come from a combination of chemical
none of which foster lit Amongfithe
acids In th combination ar nitric 'and
sulphuric. That th creature did not
exist in the sterilised water with which
they were mixed wsb proved by the
absence of Ufa tn the drop of clear
water, ar In any single kind of chemical.
The creatures are on exhibition from
day to day, a th comblnatk were
mad attar the chemicals bad atood la
varying comblnationa for two weeks
or more. ft
That different environment artir'dll-
fereat combinations of the elementary
chemical produce different result waa
proved by aa accidental variation in me
formulae which. It Is alleged. In time.
recently evolved something resembling
crocodile. It lived a any or ao, ana
moved, but owing to Its mux-roscoplc
else and th rlentit'a Inability to ad
minister nourishment or toj meet the
strange conditions which, life would re
quire in aucn a creature, ii aiea. j
What he regard , as tae crowniari
achievement of his work Is a .rreatulle
which waa first to te transferred to a
photographio - plate. It resemble - ait
octopus having eight arms, 'each wlthl
two row of sucker.. I
Th photograph of this "octopus" waa'
mada under difficulties by amateurs la
tha use of a micro-camera, th tulle-,
tlact tinea of tha ootopua lega being
due to. tha fact that It waa aUva and
In' motion. ;
That . lit haa not been proaooged in,
thla and other creature beyond a day,
or so, or at most a week,, Dr. little
field aaya la "tfu to the fact that b la
unacquainted., With'lhe austeoaaoa they
require, and' waa unable te feed them!
in their - micro coplo form. Vegetable
growths, on th other hand, coarnue,
to build up and grow to perfection, re
maining in all their detail an' tmWtnlt
period. ' '' ' -'" '.'.-
Dr. UtUefield haa been asked why.
he cannot create a full aiaed octopus, or
a tree, of tha sis with which peopTo,
are f am Iliac . He says: ..-
"If I hsd at my command an tb a
vlronmenta, all tha chemicals of nature,
all tbe salt water of 1 the aee, aTl th
product of dead vegetation and animal'
bodiea with which tha sea.; the- earth
and the air are filled, guided by the"
light of experience which I have had.
It la possible that I could create some
thing that would meet the expectation
of the skeptlo, However, aa it la, I am -working
with theae element. In com
paratively microscopic quantities, under
forced condition, la a room with vary
ing humidity, with aver changing light,
and with temperature ranging many de
greea In a day.- With theae condition
could the fair minded questioner expect
me to develop creature equal In Bias or
perfection .to those made In . batura a
workshop f"
T WOaT BACK TOOL. V'. '
.l.-i,- ... .t .. y-
About 10 years ago a remarlrabl bet:
waa mad between Captain . M 1 v a
racing celebrity.' and another off leer,
who waa naiad for hi activity.
-Captain M pet (10 that hla fellow
ofricer would not hop up a certain flight
of etaira "twa at a tine." '
"the, offer was, .taken, but. as ther
were 41 steps id the flight, he found,
after taking 10 hop that he was left,
only ona step to negotiate, and had lost,
H accused! Captain M rf aharp
practice, but t the latter replied: -"Well,-
I ll-wager you, snother .160 I -
dolt"
- The officer. 'thinking t get hack his
money. Again accepted. - ,
Captain M then hppd tip 4$
In twenty hnp. end, bopping hark M.
rinianed by going up in laat two . ..
and won, . . , u .
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