Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15

a young woman, pretty and nicely dressed, APP
peered 70 be suddenly taken very i'll with sea-
sickness and groaned and screamed in apparent
agony FOR some little time. At length q gentle
man, who appeared to be q stranger to her. ap-
preached and asked her whether she would like
to take lozenge, which be guaranteed would
ease her Of her pain. The young lady demurred
little at hrst but finally accepted the offer.
Never was cure so instantaneous. Some pas
sengers we're so struck with the incident that
they inquired what was the remedy tina. had
had such wonderful effect and the gentleman,
who, AZ he said, was the agent for the sale Of
the lozenges, 10 which he gave French name,
disposed OF q considerable number of boxes at
10 francs each. An hour later saw the young
lady and her preserver arm-in-arm on the beach
at Folkestone, and subsequently learned from
one OF the victims>that the lozenges were COM
mon jujubes.
MEANLY THRIFTY DUKE.
The Duke Of Argyll with whom Mr.. Glad
stone has just been amusing himself in the
pages Of the North American Rerie,r is q very
thrifty nobleman. Scotchmen are proverbially
thrifty, but particular example Of that quality
in his grace Of Argyll is enough TO make
even Judge Holman blush. gentleman in
Johannesburg, south Africa, says paper from
that place which have Just seen, wrote to the
duke calling his attention to the neglected con-
dition Of the grave of his son, Lord Walter
Campbell, in the Johannesburg cemetery His
grace was much obliged for the letter and went
on to say: at is impossible for those on this
side Of the globe to do more than trust to the
common interest Of the whole local community
to look after the seemly custody of the graves
Of those who die and are buried among them.
Possibly the surrounding Of my sons grave
with permanent iron railing would effect all
that can be effected by instructions from home
Could this be done at moderate cost? If so, /
would be greatly obliged il you could arrange
for its being done" Naturally the recipient
was astonished for the duke, as you know, is
ono Of the wealthiest men in the united
kingdom.
TRANSPORTATION OF A HISTORIC SPOT.
American visitors to London hereafter wil
have to revise their guide books and the intel
ligent guide will have to make material alter
alton in his parrot-like recitation. Whitehall,
or Parliament street. is to be enriched with an
other conspicuous building and a famous En-
glish institution will, as the result, find home
more worthy Of its treasures and it's national
purpose. The banqueting hall in Whitehall has
experienced many vicissitudes and been wit
ness to many historical events. There was for
merly palace there, which was built In the
early part Of the thirteenth century. In 1880 it
became the residence of the court and in 1857
IT was, with the exception Of the banqueting
hall, destroyed by fire. This hall was added
by James from designs by and under the di-
rection Of the celebrated architect lingo Jones.
The magnificent paintings attached to the Gel, :,
ing Of the hall were executed by Rubens anu
are almost as bright and perfect when they
left the hand Of the great master. 1t was from
one of the windows of the banqueting ball that
Charles walked to the place of his execution
near by. Oliver Cromwell lived and died in
Whitehall palace. For q while the hall was
used as q royal church, but for some reason or
other religious services were discontinued and
the place closed Now it is about to undergo
mn has TO-,
signed the banqueting hall to the use Of the
Royal United Service Institution, which. with
its unique and interesting museum, has long
struggled against most inadequate accommoda-
ton. 1t is now proposed to build q new insti-
tute by the side of the banqueting hall and util-
ize the latter for museum purposes.
PUNISHMENT FOR LITERARY LARCENY.
The proprietor of illustrated Bits has Just
escaped a danger into which not q few newspa-
pers, both English and American, have fallen
victims. He received manuscript which he
discovered in time an almost verbal copy
of an already published novel. He demanded
an apology and q subscription Of f5 for a trade
fund. or in default threatened to institute pro-
ceedlngs. The apology and the f5 we're both
promptly forthcoming. although innocence of
the piracy was strenuously pleaded. The
money has been handed to the organizing fund
OF the News Agents Union. About two years
ago young lady not then unknown to Wash
ington newspaper readers sent TO a well-known
paper short story so interesting as to receive
immediate publication. She received a check
with equal promptness and everybody seemed
satisfied month or so later, however, the
newspaper editor received a note from the
editor of the Century Magazine calling at
tention to the fact that the story. with the ex-
ception of the Introductory part. taken al
most bodily from issue of that publication
of about year previous. Tie newspaper man
explained matters to the Century man and
wrote sharp note TO the young lady who. in
stead OF returning the check and apologizing.
became highly indignant The editor. of course,
thereafter excluded her from his columns, but
had he been less good-natured. and taken ac-
ton somewhat like that of the Londoner, it
might have had more far-reaching effect
FRANCIS J. O'NEILL.