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Dr Nature, the Best Healer
r HE twentieth century may put on
gauds and fripperies and be a very
affected entity in many respects
In one, at least, it is going to stand
out as marking the most remark
able return to first principles in the
history of civilization. And that is
in the prevention, the treatment and
the cure of diseases. Throughout
the ages that have marked the
progress, the stagnation and the re
advance of humanity this topic of
'isease has absorbed the attention
* some of the best thinkers our
kind has produced. The healing
art, in its many chapters, has run the gamut of
humbuggery, superstition, charlatanry and experi
ment, continuing in some of these counts, until
today. But the latter part of the nineteenth cen
tury and all of the present one has witnessed the
awakening of the medical profession to one very
salient fact. That is, that the processes of nature
are in themselves the best agencies offered*for
combatting the hosts of disease; that, invariably,
disorders of the human system are the direct or
Indirect result of the violation of one of nature's
more or less understood laws; and that the only
logical treatment of the result lies in depending
upon the normal forces of the mind and body to
restore the wonted balance. With the realization
of these facts there has come into existence a horde
of fakers, more or less specious, who have not
scrupled to take advantage of the trend of the pub
lic mind to coin livelihood and fortune out of the
misery of gullible people. Such developments
were inevitable. But they do not affect the fact
that the legitimate practitioner is, today, doing
more for those who come to him in confidence and
good faith through the pursuance of natural
methods, than at any previous period.
Writing on this line and specifying one of the
greatest physical scourges of history—tuberculosis
■—The Detroit Free Press says:
In the new system of therapeutics It Is as essential
that disease be prevented as that it be cured. Nature
Is the healer and if given proper encouragement, it has
been discovered that she will right the wrongs committed
by ignorance and misunderstanding. If we know of no
drug that will heal affected lungs we have learned that
right living will prevent the lungs from becoming af
fected and we know that, in the Incipient stages fresh
r.ir will work a cure. It is singular that the most de
structive of all diseases should he curable or preventable
by the simplest, cheapest and most readily obtainable of
aii remedies. And yet it is necessary to drive this simple
fact home to every individual in the land by the adop
tion of an elaborate system of education and’the expendi
ture of vast sums.
The methods outlined as to consumption apply,
broadlv, to the treatment of many other diseases.
This does not, of course, mean that the open air life
will cure ever)' malady. It means that such disor
ders as kidney and stomach trouble, of anatomical
derangements or advanced chronic diseases of any
variety will yield to such simple procedure. It
does mean, however, that the main activities of the
medical profession, nowadays, are being directed
toward depending on the natural energies of the
body as against medicine, though, of course, in
acute stages and in milder disorders drugs must
still continue to play a decisive role.
The principal lesson that stands out from this
reasoning is the one that points to the prevention
of disease on the part of the individual. And it is
notable, in this connection, that the average man
and woman have a more thorough knowledge of
hygiene today than ever before. We know, that
is most of us, that foul air is a provoker of mischief
and pure air and plenty of it a promotor of health
and stgength. We know that ar^hour of exercise
a day may mean saving six months in a sick bed
at some portion of our lives. We are finding out
that the practice of spending in work the time that
should be given to sleep or recreation is a fatal
economy which will, in the end, exact a fearful
penalty.
Our remarks on this topic should not be con
strued as advising people to ignore physicians
when they are actually ill. When genuine sickness
has developed, the patient should be in the hands
of a competent doctor, who will decide just how
far nature and its artificial aids shall conspire in
the treatment. But we do contend that nine-tenths
of disease, acute and chronic, can be forestalled by
ordinary observance of the laws of nature on part
f the individual. It may be a little irksome at
first, but the rewards are sufficiently rich to justify
the effort.
Development and Exclu
siveness
HE man with a knack for the life
social is to be congratulated. To be
of a gregarious disposition, commu
nicative within discreet bounds, and
responsive to the personality of
those whom he daily encounters is
a gift of undoubted efficacy in life's
pursuits, and ever a lightonier of the
monotony which must creep into
the existence of the most versatile
and energetic. Contrariwise, to be of
an exclusive nature, is to court, not
alone unhappiness and unpopulari
ty, but a stunted metal and spiritual
development as well. From the va
riety and depth of the gifts^of Providence, it seems
patent that this proclivity is guarded against by
nature in every possible way, and this failing, its
presence is made a relentless scourge.
The human mind is a peculiarly constructed
thing. If the comparison may be permitted, it
resembles a magnificent mine in which are con
cealed and separated from each other gold, alloy
and precious stones. The gems and the treasures
are there, hut there must be favorable conditions
for their exploitation. There are three accepted
methods by which this development may be ef
fected^—study, social intercourse and by conscien
tious use; the encouragement of each symptom of
ability as is appears. He who conforms to the
first and last, and neglects the other, does himself
and the world an injustice.
Any one who has mingled, even to the slight
est extent, with his fellows, if he be loyal to truth,
must confess himself benefited. Topics in which
minds are mutually interested ar^ discussed, ideas
which neither possessed in the beginning are gen
erated and make their lasting impress; sympathy
which smooths off the rough comers of worry and
sorrow is exchanged: humanity is seen through
another man’s eyes and you learn how narrow and
circumscribed is your own mental sphere.
The mercenary phase of the matter alone pos
sesses sufficient inducement to tempt the hermit
into friendly relations with his fellows. No one
may predict at what hopr or critical moment in
life the services or influence of a friend will be
helpful, or tide over a difficulty of formidable pro
portions. But the self-isolated man must depend
upon himself in every emergency; his ideas become
cramped and his mind incapable of broad thought,
and his usefulness to others hopelessly hampered.
Through diffidence, frequently, he gains the repu
tation of being unduly supercilious or self-keeping.
And the only recompense for his mistake is the
misery lie finally brings on himself.
So, if you find yourself drifting into the habit
of locking your door daily and hourly on the “other
fellow.” bring yourself up with a quick halt. Some
day you may regret that you didn’t.
Reciprocity.
(From The Cleveland News.)
One day a learned professor wag ac
costed by a very dirty bootblack: "Shine
your shoes, sir?"
T'he professor w r a s Impressed by the
filthiness of the boy's face.
“I don't want a shine, ray lad," said
he, "out tt you’ll go and wash your face
I’ll give you a sixpence."
‘‘A’ rlcht, sir,” was the lad’s reply, as
he went over to a neighboring fountain
and made his ablutions. Returning, he
held out his hand for the money.
"Well, my lad,” said the professor, "you
have earned your sixpence. Here it is."
"I dlnna want it. auld chap," returned
the boy, with a lordly air. "Ye keep it
and get yer hair cut."
Short Story.
(From The Tatler.)
Chapter I.
'Lonely maiden on the beach.
Chapter II.
Carried far beyond her reach.
Chapter III.
Shark attracted by the sound.
Chapter IV.
Saves the maid from being drowned.
A Species.
(From Life.)
“Mrs. Kwivvery is one of these antici
patory people, and I simply can’t carry
on a conversation with her without get
ting so nervous I feel as though I should
fly to pieces,” says the lady with the
jade brooch.
’Anticipatory?" asks the lady without
any long gloves. “How is that?"
“She listens faster than you talk to
her."
Preempted.
(From'Youth's Companion.)
Mr. Grooby is confessedly stout—but
he is kind-hearted, an<j a great lover of
children.
“Come here, Mabel," he said to his lit
tle niece one day. “Come sit on Uncle
Charlie’s lap.”
“I can’t," said Mabel, eyeing him crit
ically. "Your stomach's sitting on your
lap."
The First Thing.
(Washington Star.)
"What is the first thing to learn about
running a motor car?" asked the curious
friend.
"Economy in everything else," an
swered the man who is always getting
into trouble.
A Western Saint.
(Cleveland Leader.)
"A Michigan millionaire died the other
day leaving twentj’-seven different wills.
He will be canonized by the Michigan
bar.
The Melancholy Dane.
(Exchange.)
Polonlus—What do you read, my lord?
Hamlet (dejectedly)—The Six Best Sell
ers.
Don’t.
(Life.)
"Do not profess too much friendship
for any woman—she is always likely to
resent It.
A Bore.
(Punch.)
The man who talks about his own
motor car when you want to talk about
yours.
Leaves from an Old (Scrap BooK
By A GEORGIA COLONEL.
1 shawl came back in due time, but Hie
! New York lady bad probably obtained the
T HE following was published in The ; articles in suclh a manner as to render
Baltimfe Episcopal Tdethodist in It too unpleasant to divulge. No more
July, 1866 ! was said about it. Moral: If southern
"Most of t lie fashionable churches in : ladies want <o know where tlieii articles
tfhis city are being closed during the warm '
weather, while the pastors and flocks '
(have shalren the city -
«eet and gone ’rusticating.' seeking re- the men want to know what has become
freshment in a short vacation. Speaking of all their line horsey shipped north by
of fashionable churches reminds me of
May her breathings be sweet and her
wings soft!
Mr. Davis is yet denied the use of pen,
ink or paper. He violates the parole that
allows him a walk inside the fortress
if he even gives his autograph. During
missing jewelry and wardrobe lurni- ; the day lie has little, except as prisoner,
ture are, "let them attend some fashion-! to complain of. During the night lie has
dust from their, able ’up town’ New York church, and if grated doors, guards and an officer to
an Incident that occurred lately in one
of the fashionable Episcopal churches
here.
’’Thinking it might bs of interest to
some of your readers, I will give you
the Incident in fulls
"A southern lady on a visit to this city
■went to worship in one of the up town
churches. Soon aster, an elegantly dress
ed New York lady, of high social stand
ing, entered the same pew, and remained
during the service; after which the south
ern lady calleg her aside into the ves
try room, amt in the presence of the
rector, with whom she was well acquaint
ed, thus addressed her, ’Madam, I do not
wish to offend you, but that shawl you
are 'Wearing belongs to me.' (The shawl
was a superb one.) The New Yorker
pretested and 'declared that uhere must
be some mistake. ’If,’ says the southern
lady, 'you will examine a certain corner,
you will see my initials worked In It, and
the reotor knows my name very well.
The corner was found as well as the
initials. The southern lady then remarked,
'That ring you have upon your finger Is ,
also mine, and If you wul take the trouble I aral °
to examine she interior, you will see the: writ .... . .. ,
same Initials engraved in the ring.’ Sim- ten n e ° any 1
liar movements as above described took man 8 re P° rt u on th ° "*»««*
Davis’s weight can be ascertained. His
army officers and ’bummers,' let them
spend an evening in Central park."
JEFF DAVIS IN PRISON.
I find the following In regard to the
prison life of President Davis:
The Hon. G. M. Hillyer, editor of the
Natchez Courier, visited Jefferson Davis
on September 7th, and has published an
account of the interview: We quote
wlint he says of the prisoner’s physical
conodition:
It w'ould be difficult for an old friend
of Mr. Davis to recognize him were he
not presented to him as the great state
prisoner! Emanciated to the extreme;
almost a walking skeleton; little left but
a great and stately form; a gray beard
covering that peculiar style of features
and of mouth, which in other days has
given life and thought to a nation; an
eye undimmed ,and full of the fire of
intellect; lie yet might pass upon our
street unknown to former friends. His
physical condition is such that in walk
ing he is obliged to use a cane, and the
friend or attendant. The
writer does not know what a skeleton
watch every time he turns over in bed,
or changes the position of his pillow!
In conversation, Mr. Davis’ intellect
Is as brilliant as ever. Unable to write,
and until recently to talk to others, it
seems that the rich stores of his gifted
mind are only now allowed full expres
sion. He is hopeless for himself. He
sees not, nor can any friend see for him,
why he is kept in the anomalous condi
tion of a state prisoner. He is the first,
and for God’s sake may he be last, the
country ever knew? Army headquarters
know him not; he cannot be reached by
any order General Grant can give. The
civil tribunals know him not; he cannot
be reached by any process of habeas
corpus! And yet law and civil authori
ties are said to pervade the land! What
a mockery!
In all probability Mr. Davis will never
see our people again. He is an indiv-
ual victim, whose life by confinement
will be sacrificed to solve a great politi
cal embarrassment. Like the man who j the misfortune to dwell elsewhere, says
It Does Not Rain But It Pours.
(Woman's Home Companion.)
Each man around the store had told
his tale of "hardest rain he ever saw
fall out of the sky.” Tom Limkins was
an easy winner with his of the great
harvest rain in ’93.
"It began with big drops kinder seat-
terin’-like," he said. "Then l t got to a
shower, and I jost thought I’d crawl un
der the canvas on the reaper till it was
over—knowd the team would stand. But,
sir, when the lightning took to hittin’
right at that binder I concluded to get
out from there, d had a gallon-and-half
bucket on my arm and I lit out for the
mule shed. When I was about half way
there the thing began to get heavy. I
looked down and If the blamed thing
wasn't half full of water I'm a"
The lank individual who had been lean
ing against a barrel broke in:
"Well, now, I reckon that must ’a’
been the day I am thinkin’ about. What
made me know it was rainin’ some was
secin’ a flock o’ wild geese go over.
Gents, them ducks had folded their
wings and was just naturally paddlin’.”
For the space of two minutes not a
sound was heard save the purring of the
cat alsleep on the counter; then silently,
with bowed heads ,the crowd dispersed.
From the German.
Within the chambers of each heart
Are dwelling Joy and Pain apart.
When Plain is sunk in slumber deep.
Then Joy his revelry doth keep.
O Joy. sing softly, have a care.
Lest you wake your neighbor there!
Even at Last.
“In the dark, still hours someone
shouted: 'Burglar!' "
"You don't say?"
"Yes, and then we all rushed out of
our apartments and down the steps. In
the shadows of a corner we saw a
crouching figure.”
"Gracious!"
"And we pummeled him until he was
black and blue. Then the lights were
turned on and everybody gave a cheer
that could be heard a block.”
“Horn- exciting! And it was really a
burglar?"
“No, it was the janitor. We had made
a mistake, but everybody got the chance
to settle an old grudge.’’—Chicago News.
A Real Celebrity.
The local pride of the natives of Cape
Elizabeth, Me., Is so intense that it takes
the attitude of pity for all who hav
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY.
Since those we love and those we hate,
With all things mean and all things great,
Pass in a desperate disarray
Over the hills and far away:
It must be, dear, that late or soon,
Out of the ken of the watching moon,
We shall abscond with Yesterday
Over the hills and far away.
What does it matter? As I deem,
We shall but follow as brave a dream
As ever smiles a wanton May
Over the hills and far away.
We shall remember, and, in pride,
Fare forth fulfilled and satisfied,
Into the land of Ever-and-Aye,
Over the hills and far away.
—W. E. HENLEY.
Sail:
The Flight, Capture and Imprison
ment of Jefferson "Davis
By HELEN HARCOTTRT.
Written for The SUNNY SOUTH.
kwwasgjs ERETARY 0,F THE
§ TREASURY REAGAN re
mained behind In the lit
tle town of Washington,
Ga.. for several hours
ter the president’s depart
ure, in order to transfer
the government treasure
in his hands to Mr. Sem
ple, a bonded officer of
the navy, with instructions
as soon as it could be
done safely, to send It
abroad, and deliver it to
the commercial house
which had acted as the financial agent
of the confederate government, and had
incurred heavy liabilities on its account.
This treasure was probably part of the
fabulous "thirteen millions” that Presi
dent Davis was said to have taken with
him out of Richmond for his own use. .
Secretary Reagan overtook the retreat- 1 nized as that of his private secretary,
ng party in due time. But General j The latter confirmed the report of the
Breckenridge did not then or later, re- ! vicinity of the party of marauders. An
join t le presidential party. He was , attack was then momentarily expected,
following In its tracks when he heard of The nliscrealUs had been seen near lurk-
its capture, and at once changed his
his pHans and pushed as rapidly as pos
sible across the country to overtake and
■protect Ills dea-r ones. It was a hot ride
and a rough, and by sundown the in
ferior horses of his escort gave out, so
that the president was compelled to leave
them behind, and press on accompanied
only by Secretary Reagan and his per
sonal staff.
It was a bright moonlight night, and
just lie fore day, when the moon was sink
ing below the tree tops, and it was grow
ing dark, the party met several men
on the road. They had belonged to a
surrendered Alabama regiment, and were
on their way home. They stated that
they had not long bqfore passed mt en
campment of wagons with women and
children. Then, a* "ships that pass in
the night,” the two parties separated,
eaoli going its own way.
A BASELESS STORY.
A short but sharp ride in the direction
pointed out as that of the encampment
wag suddenly ended by a challenge in a
voice that the president joyfully recog-
place, with similar results.
"furni-i b w iiur a^aiii, tile southern
lady said: .Madam, that bracelet you
hav® on is mine also, and 'by pressing a
spring on the Inside it will unclasp and
•how you my portrait,’ The New York
lady did as requested, at 4 There wa* Ah®
lady's portrait. s?n® promptly retuliiea
the ring and bracelet, as she was con
vinced beyond the power to controvert It,
that they were the property of this uoutn-
ern lady, and remarked as she did. ‘They
are yours, and you are welcome to tnem,
tout as I wore the shawl to church, I
must beg the privilege of wearing It home
lower limbs are as a man’s wrists, and
the prisoner's seps tooter as he walks!
But, yet he is reliant on Ills own integrity
and on the God whose fovor and mercy,
with beautiful simplicity, he asks at
more hours than the Imprisoned iDnoiel
did!
Mr. iDiavIs, confined rs he Is, will not
live long. Emaciated in the extreme,
without appetite and without hope, he is
gradually going down to the long home
where a million manly and womanly
tears wil! follow him. The first chill, the
first attack of any sharp disease,, will
carry him away to the great Judge who
again. The southern lady acceded, of; ri ,i e th over all. Tempered may be the
•oune, and they excliauged cards. The j -wind that blows over Fortress Monro®!
drew the elephant in a lottery, the gov
ernment knows not what to do with him
—should not death, less remorseless than
power, consign him to a tomb which
■will be hallowed for ages as that of a
martyr sacrificed for a people.
WHAT P. O. AGENT SAW.
Said The Mobile Register, In 1866:
“An agent of the postoffice department,
of the republican (persuasion in politics,
after extensive peregrination* through
the south, has returned to Washington
with his impressions as to the extent of
rebellious sentiments now prevailing In
Dixie. He recites. (a• reported through
The Washington correspondent of The
Cincinnati Gazette) a few Incidents of
southern travel which are full of sig
nificance:
"While Is New Orleans he made the
acquaintance of an ex-confederate offi
cer Jn whose company he .soon after en
tered one of the fashionable restaurants
of the Crescent City. Observing a card
Continued on Fourth Pag®.
The Lewiston Journal. This is known
to regular summer visitors, and by mosi
of them is respected.
One rainy day a newcomer, who had
joined the gathering at the store, com
posed of fishermen and summer visitors,
ventured to enumerate some of the dis
tinguished men who had come from
Maine.
route, finally reaching the Florida coast
without molestation.
When President Davis left the little
town that had given him a brief shelter,
his abject was to reach a point far
enough south to enable him to get below
the federal troops, and then strike across
tlie country to the west. Ills hope was
to cross the Chattahoochee river, and
join tli e forces then supposed to be op
erating in the field in Alabama. Then,
having attained this object, if It seemed
impossible to make a successful fight
east of the Mississippi, he intended to
cross this majestic river, and cast in his
fortunes with Generals E. Kirby Smith
and Macgruder, who, he felt sure, would
uphold the cause of tiie confederacy to
the very last. The event proved that
the president had not misjudged the stay
ing qualities of these two generals. They
did hold out to the very uttermost, yield
ing only when to do otherwise would
have been worse than folly.
LEE’S SURRENDER.
Events were now moving rapidly to
wards the inevitable end of tlie strug
gle. General D. H*. Maury, after an
heroic defense of Mobile, was compelled,
on April I7tli, to withdraw his forces,
while Commodore Farrand, commanding
the confederate navy at Mobile bay, re
moved his vessels into the Tombigbee
river, first planting torpedoes in the
Alabama river. Before this withdrawal,
news of Lee's surrender had been re
ceived. Following close upon this came
the tidings of Johnston’s surrender of
his command of over eigthy-nine thou
sand men. Next, like a thunder clap,
cam e the news of President Davis’ cap
ture. The latter report was untrue at
the time, although that misfortune did
actually occur a few days later. This
series of disasters had their effect, and
on May 8, General Macgruder surrend
ered the land and naval forces under Ills
command, on the same terms granted to
Lee and Jonhston, the mounted men re
taining their horses, the officers their
side arms, and all giving parole not again
to bear arms against the United States.
On May 16, a small encampment of
confederates at Brazos Santiago was
attacked and captured by a force of
federals. Learning of the icontemplted
attack. General J. E. Slaughter hastened
to the spot, amt drov e back the enemy
with considerable loss to them, and but
little to his command. This small
"scrap” is memorable, inasmuch as it
was tlie last conflict of the war, ending
It, as it had begun, with a confederate
victory.
On May 26, General E. Kirby Smith
surrendered his storm-tossed army, it
being v^rrse than useless to content!
longer against overwhelming odds and
accumulating misfortunes. His was the
last of the southern armies in the field,
and with Its dissolution, the confederate
flag ceased to wave over the land. On
the sea, however, it survived for some
weeks longer. The confederate crusier,
Shenandoah. Captain Waddell, was rang
ing the ocean from Australia to Bering's
Straits, and It was not until August that
he learned from the captain of a British
ship, that the confederacy iiad ceased
to exist.
Captain Waddell therefore sailed for
England, and oil the 6t'h of November,
1865, delivered Ms ship to the British
government, by whom it was transferred
to the United States. And thus the flag
of the confederacy, as that of an inde
pendent nation, was furled forever, furl
ed In misfortune, never in dishonor.
Merged for all time in the majesty of the
glorious Stars and Stripes, under whose
folds our common ancestors fought and
died, and won for us freedom and sta
tion as the greatest nation in the world.
"United we stand.”
Shortly after leaving Washington, Pres
ident Davis overtook a wagon train hav
ing on board public papers of great
value. They were in charge of a quar
termaster and commissary. Finding that
ing around the camp, and the secretary
and others of the company were on the
watch for their approach. In truth, it
was by a mere chance that a shot had
not preceded the challenge to the presi
dent’s party. The motive of the antici
pated attack lay in t'he baseless story
that had somehow gone ahead of the
fugitives, that their wagon train was
a “government treasure train." How or
by whom this story originated, no one
ever knew, but It had gone forth as
fact, and as It proved, its consequences
were destined to be more disastrous than
could possibly have been imagined.
The expected attack did not material
ize, doubtless because t.he arrival of the
president’s party had been observed, and
the marauders were afraid the encamp
ment would be too strong for them.
At daylight the Journey \\as resumed.
President Davis traveled for two or three
days with his family, and then, believing
that they had passed out of the zone of
danger, he decided to leave them at sun
down, and resume his own Interrupted
journey to the westward. His horse and
those of his staff were saddled, and they
were about to start, when one of his
staff for whose return from a neighboring
village they were waiting, galloped Into
camp with a report that ha d just reach
ed 'hint, that another marauding party
intended to attack the encampment that
night. The president therefore decided
to delay his departure for a few hours,
long enough to see whether there was
any truth in the report. The horse s were
left saddled, with pistol* in the holsters,
ready for instant use.
The night passed quietly, hut Just be
fore daiwn the president was roused by
his colored coachman with the startling
information that there was firing ■’list
back of the encampment. Stepping hastily
to the door of the tent, lie saw a troop
of federal cavalrymen deploying around
the camp. Turning back, lie told his
wife that these were regular trooper®,
not marauders. She beggtd him to fle*»
at once. He hesitated, not wishing to
leave her and his children, and thus
lost some precious moments. His horse
'and pistols were near the road by which
he had intended leaving, and it so hap
pened that the federals were advancing
along that very road. Tlie only chance
of escape left was to slip away on foot
in the opposite direction.
And just here we come to the true
explanation of a statement that was
at tlie time a source of much amusement
and hilarity among certain classes, to
the effect that Jefferson Davis had trie:!
to (ffect his escape in woman's clothes.
Had it been true, there was no disgrace
nor lack of precedent in it. Fugitive
emperors and kings have done the same.
It was still dark in the tent, and Mr.
Davis, who was fully dresstd for bis
journey, caught up what he supposed
to be Ills raglan. Raglans are obsolete
now. but then were much worn. They
were light, water-proof overcoats with
capes and no sleeves. The raglan that
the president tiirew over his shoulders
proved to be Mrs. Davis’ water-proof
cloak, .which was almost identical with
tlie raglan. To complete the disguise.
Mr. Davis threw a shawl over her nus-
band’s head and shoulders.
Scarcely had he walked thirty yards
when a trooper galloped up, and o.-
dered him to halt and surrender. Ut
tering a defiant answer, the president:
thrtw off the partial disguise and ad-
Material of
Which This
City Is Built
1* there is any more sur-
prising monument of hu
man labor than Wieliczka's
underground city, hewn l n
the course of ages ln gij 3 .
tening rock salt in the
bowels of the earth, one
would like to know what
It is and where It may be
found. An out-of-th e -
world place this, in the
quiet Carpathian valley jt
the Vistula, some rmles nri
Cracow-Lemberg rail
road, In Austrian Poland.
For ever since railroads cam e into the
world these peasants refused to permit
them near, fearing lest the vibration
should cause the upper earth to fall i n
upon and bury the teeming Inhabitants
of those strange. crystal, sparkling
streets a thousand feet down in the
earth, with their little horse railroads
drawn by congenially blind animals, who
may be said never to have been "in the
world" at all as we know It.
Tlie origin of the rock salt mines of
Boehnia and Wiellczka is lost ln the
mists of antiquity. They are certainly
known as early a3 the reign of Bela IV
of Hungary in 1252. During the Tartar
invasions they were somewhat neglected,
but they were restored to fresh activity
by Immigrant Hungarians from across
th e border in the time of St. KJlnga,
HEWN FROM SOLID SALT.
One thousand years of patient human
toll have honeycombed out of the solid
salt crust of tlie earth an entire city at
various levels. It consists of an intricate
congeries of winding street and dim,
scintillating alleys; of pillared churches,
diamond and ruby staircases, restau
rants, railroad stations, shrines, statues,
monuments and a thousand other won
ders—all rough hewn in the hard, spark
ling rock salt crystals which, lit by elec
tric lights, pine torches, magnesium
flashes or thousands of candles, fairly
blaze like a world of precious stones.
The salt city is not only difficult of ac
cess, but the Austro-Hungarian govern'
ment (it is state property) most jealously
guards it and all workmen are searched
several times a day lest they should be
tempted to conceal fragments of rock
salt upon their persons. It Is not clear
why mere salt should be considered so
precious, but the fact remains that all
workers are searched as jealously as the
Kaffirs In the diamond mines of Kim
berley.
The entrance is a long, low, ordinary
looking builidng, containing the admin
istration offices of the mines and also
a small museum of paleontological curi
osities found deep down in remote re
cesses. Elevators descend the abysses
leading to this wondrous c-Ity. though
many visitors prefer to go down by the
long, massfve staircase hewn in the solid
salt, which flashes emerald and ruby-
rays at every step.
ORNAMENTAL HIGH ALTAR
One naturally asks why an entirt
"city” was hewn in the salt, more especi
ally the pillared cathedrals, the altars,
statues and the like. And one learns,
naturally enough, that all this patient
work chiseled out during centuries is in
the nature of voters offerings from grate
ful men, whom the salt has yielded what
will seem to us a mere abject pittance,
ranging from 5 cents to 25 cents a day
The salt-hewn cathedral of St. Anthony
dates from the seventeenth century and
was projected by a pious foreman. Gali
cian miners are deeply religious people.
They have their own minister of religion
in the depths and touching prayer sen
ices with weird music are held in their
rock salt churches. Also they- have their
own band for festive occasions.
The high altar in the salt "cathedral"
is cunningly adorned with twisted pillars
and it is flanked by salt-hewn statues
of St. Stanislaus a.nd St. Clement. On
the altar steps are carved ln ruby red
rock salt effigies of two kneeling monks,
and in the background of the altar is a
huge salt crucifix, before which stands
the virgin placing the infant Jesus in
St. Anthony’s arms. This, the most ex
traordinary church in all the world,
contains a salt-hewn .pulpit, supported by-
salt statues of St. Peter and St. Paul,
and in a niche below stands a glisten
ing statue of the good King Augustus Xi.
GLISTENING BALLROOM WALLS.
Emulation must have been the secret
of all this gigantic work. It seems that:
no sooner was the first shrine cniseled
in salt, the first statue carved, than suc
ceeding generations of miners, fired with
zeal, resolved to see what they also could
do in this strange sculpture. Some 300
feet away from the cathedral is a most
wonderful rock-hewn salt cavern in this
weirdest of cities. This is the vast "salle
de danse,” the wonderful I>entow ball
room, lit with enormous lusters or chan
deliers of wire-hung rock salt crystals of
opalescent hues. These last were added
in honor of a visit from Russian czar
Alexander I, who (like many other royal
and imperial dignitaries) visited the city
of salt with the Palatine of Hungary.
Tliis great ballroom is over 300 feet in
length and towers dimly to a height of
150 feet. Its walls of salt rock glisten
and flash with exquisitely hued crystals
and there are symbolical statues her*
and there representing “Knowledge.” "La
bor." "Vulcan" and "•Neptune,” as well
as a special throne of state at one end.
of course hewn in the rock salt and kept
for the use of the aged Emperor Franz
Joseph or the imperial archdukes.
LONG BURNING FIRES.
There Is a triumpnrU archway in salt
over the entrance to the great ball room,
sui mounted by a miner saluting, and at
liis feet is carved in salt crystals the Pol
ish greeting, "Szcze sc Boze!" the equiv
alent of the German “Gluckauf.” When
ever an old working is exhausted and
closed or a new “street” opened in tho
subterranean city, the event is cele
brated by a great ball in the Leatow
saloon. Then it is that hundreds of Gal
ician peasant women, quaintly clad as a
comic opera chorus, take their partners
in the vast, rough-hewn salt cavern, while
shrill pipes, quaint-sounding flutes and
sweet violins make merry music a 3 the
couples wi.irl in wild Slavonic dance.
Another vast chamber, about 350 feet
from t'he surface, is the MIchalowice ha 1
vanced upon the soldier. The latter on the second tier of the city. Rock salt
was dug out of this for forty-four years
they did not know the country, and had
“There's Longfellow," he said, “and r.o experienced woodsmen with them, he
Hannibal Hamlin, an d James G. Blaine, j detached four men of hi s small escort
William Pitt Fessenden, Thomas B. Reed i to accompany them. Two or three days
and—’’ I later Mr. Davis was made exceedingly
Here an old fisherman looked up from I anxious by a report that a body of ma-
hls work of splicing grass blades, and
brolo® in:
"Smart? Those fellows smart?" he
questioned. “You »ust come down an’
see Josh Pillsbury skin fish!"
leveled his oarbine at him, but had no
time to aim. even if he succeeded in
firing, so rapid was the president’s ad
vance upon him. With the swift intuition
of the seasoned soldier, Mr. Davis had
formed his plan of action, which was
to put his hand under the trooper’s
foot, tumble him off of his saddle, lea>
on his horse and fly at top speed. But
unfortunately for the success of this
It is about 100 feet long. 65 feet wide
and 117 feet high. The sides and roof
are secured by hundreds of tree trunks,
placed one above the other as pillars and
strutted together. This reminds one of
the terrible accidents that have happened
In the city of salt. More than once fires
have broken out in the workings, and
have 'burned for years, until the wooden
Easily Answered.
"Here's a puzzle for you,” said Sin-
nlckson.
"Let's have it," replied Ascum.
•‘Give • woman a bunch of photo
graph*. including her own, which one
will she look at the longest and why?"
rauders. composed of stragglers and de
serters from both armies, were in pur
suit of his family. He had not seen
strutegem, which dtpended on instantnne- i props have given out. Or, again, the
cus action. Mrs. Davis ran forward and j strange-sullen-looking saline lakes, navi-
threw her arms around her husband to j gated by boats in these dark dfpths. may
V ’ ,TT ’ ,v "“ ” ‘ ' rise suddenly, probably fed by subter-
shield him from the threatening car
bine. Realizing that escape was now im
possible, Preiident Davis raised his hand
in toktn of surrender, and quietly walked
back to his tent. Although his wife’s ini-
the latter since they left Richmond, and p U i S j V e act seemed at the time unfor-
owing to the unsettled state of the coun
try, .had scarcely beard from them.
At Washington he had indirect news
of their movements, learning that they
had gone towards the Florida coast, es
corted by his private secretary and seven
paroled soldiers. Their route was con
siderably to the east of that pursued
bjr the president, hut he now ©hanged
tunate, it was probably the reverse, as
he could hardly have made good his
escape, even had he started, and a pur-
ranean springs, and drown scores of these
'patient, hard-working men.
AVALANCHES OF SALT,
Worst of all, great masses of the rock
salt, often weighing hundreds of tons,
may fall in avalanches from the domed
roofs of the streets or the ceilings of
new chambers. One notices that the ini-
" S . . . ' . ave endeJ a | mease saloons, restaurants, churches and
the nfte ' " ** ° r - ,tlany Jears | other public buildings hewn in salt, aro
™ , Pr ’ ' lighted by great chandeliers of salt crys-
The troops that surrounded the Davis | tais. There is one in the Michalowic#
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