The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04

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| down. saying:
| I've seen that before
Isn't il just beautiful" I exclaimed
IT'S good enough thing, 1 dare say"
was the Indifferent reply
That was TOO much for me, and sprang
TO the defense of the volume. 1 had been
| given the book to review for a Boston
| paper, and l am afraid, in my indigna-
| ton, that 1 quoted the entire review to
my helpless victim. She smiled sweetly,
and then turned away. went up to the
4 desk and sent my rejected volume to some
one who did want it, when the head Ii
| brarian spoke to me.
DO you know who that was whom you
| were serving?"
No" 1 said; I'm sure I don't"
| well, it was the author of Little Wo-
| men, Miss Louisa Alcott.
fairly gasped.
And 1 have been abusing her because
| she wouldn't take her own book from the
library"
Just then I heard ringing laugh. and.
| looking down to the front of the library. l
saw the lady TO whom had been reading
a lecture on her lack of appreciation of
my cherished book in close conversation
with the proprietor. Both were laughing
and just as 1 turned both looked in my
direction and the proprietor beckoned me
| to come to him. 1 was presented to Miss
| Alcott, who took my hand in hers and
| said to me:
My dear. that was the choicest and
sweetest compliment 1 have had paid my
little book. I thank you for it,
And that was the beginning of the most
cherished friendship of my whole life.
The prevailing idea in regard to a ros-
| airy, says the Cincinnati Enquirer. is that
| II belongs solely TO followers of the Cath
Ole religion. But take away the cross
that is hanging to the beads and we find
To fl1a din
East for the origin of the rosary, for il
IS among the temples of India China and
Japan that the first sign of the practice
is to be found Ancient pictures of the
Hindoo gods depict them with chaplets
of beads in their hands, and il is believed
that this method of keeping count of their
many prayers was in use among the Hin
docs before the era of Buddha, or at least
B. C. 500.
The use of the rosary seems especially
suited for an Eastern cline and to the re-
pose of an oriental mind. The Buddhjsts
are fond of using very smooth beads Of
glass, polished jade or coral, and il has
been thought that the smooth, cool beads
gliding through their fingers as they rnrr-
muir the holy name for thousands of times
help them to arrive at that state of holy
abstraction from earthly things which is
SO much priced among the followers of
Buddha.
The tavOrite Japanese rosaries are made
OF polished wood. crystal, onyx and chased
silver, ard the japanese Buddhists repeat
an endless devotion 'Numa Amida But
Zu" (Save us, Buddha), While their Chi
nese brothers have the blessed name 90
Mi-to-ful' forever on their lips A rosary
OF very great size was recently brought
from a temple in Kioto, Japan The
largest bead is about six inches in dame
ter, and the rosary entire is about twenty
TOUR feet long. The huge beads are of
dark brown polished wood. They are hol-
low and have each a figure of a god in
side the little shrine, which can be seen
through a lattice of brass work.
1t was near the hour of 80 p. M, and
the war department clerk still remained
within the ancestral hall of mansion not
Tar from Scott circle. The young man,
says the Washington Star was staying
longer than usual, for the girl liked him,
Notwithstanding his dilatory habits, and
he had some hopes of winning her heart
and hand, and on this night he would put
II to the test.
AS before stated, it was IL 80 o'clock
when he rested his elbow on the arm of
his chair and looked fixedly at the weary
maiden on the sofa.
Miss Ethelynd," he said, with a great
yearning, have you thought seriously of
what this terrible war is?"
Most women older than am have" re-
sponded the girl, "and L suppose have
done my share"
you have hattered me once or twice,
Miss Ethelynd, by asking me not to go to
the front until you said 1 might go. or
until the call of my country was impera-
tive. Neither of these conditions is yet al
hand and still l feel that it is my duty
to go. What do you say?'
She looked at the clock wistfully and
turned her heavy laden eyes upon him.
WELL" she said, with sublime resigna-
will sieyhE hi. T
won't say a word
And for the first time he realized the
actual horrors of war.
Among the stories of woman's heroism,
says the New York Tribune, which came
from Virginia is the one of young Eliza
beth Zane who, during The war times in
the last century, performed a feat of valor
equal to any displayed by the Santiago
heroes of to-day.
1t was during the siege of Fort Henry,
at the mouth of Wheeling creek, in Ohio
county. The Indians had surrounded the
| fort, and had kept up a steady fire from
early sunrise until noon. The few sharp
shooters intrenched within the defenses
had returned the fire with deadly effect,
until about y o'clock, when the pale wo-
men whispered among themselves: 1.-The
powder is about gone what shall we do?''
Fortunately, about this time the Indians
withdrew TO the foot of hill near by to
hold council of war, and for few min
utes there was silence. About ten rods dis
tant from the gate a the fort was
a house where a key of powder was
stored, and Col. Shepherd, the commander
in charge, raised the question as to who
should go after it. The men all bravely
offered their services, but while the colonel
hesitated Elizabeth Zane declared that
she alone would go, as her life was of less
Importance than We're those of the men.
AT first Col. Shepherd would not listen
to her. but her argument was such that
he finally reluctantly consented, and the
men opened The gate for her to pass out
AS the brave girl sped through, the In
dams evidently did not comprehend what
she was after. for they paid no attention
to her, and she reached the house unmo-
Tested; but on the return they saw the
key and suspected its contents. Imme-
diately they opened fire, but fear lent