The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
GAL NEWS
Little lettings About
,eople and Things.

Little lettings About
people and Things.
,,;.s Bertha Kemp, Of Balti-
= | listing friends in this
,.;.. Caroline Ross is visiting
: ftta Grant at her home
Z Middleburg, Virginia.
vbab you want publicity FIR your
* or Wants, use the columns Of
'ss 4TlzrN. Large circulation in
asg'ek and adjacent counties.
I'll sewell Slingluff', Of Balti-
Z \ visiting her parents, DR..
! Ms. L. G. McSherry, on
.ona street.
Iliss Spencer, of Philadelphia,
Mo has been visiting Mrs.
a''vlss ". Ross, Jr., has re-
ned to her home.
liss Lottie IRELAND, Of Harris
3. Pa. is visiting in this city.
nqa guest at the residence of
#. s. q. Eyler, East Church
leb
AZ. DR.. L. Il. Eschbach, Mrs.
p Eschbach and Miss Mary
llrttfiu documents DUIVns--e
sMiprior to the French Revolution
II i6at at that time only one private
Kan was the lucky possessor of
'feet Oriental amethyst, the few
VA known being in royal collec
ne ancients hOnored the amethyst
Was one of the gems in the breast.
n h Judgment and the inspired
Itef places it in one of the gates of
heavenly City, which fact, COM
M With the knowledge that the He
MS REGARDED it as emblematic of
man love. planted in sorrow and
.fecipd by faithfulness, supplies a
3 beautiful allegory. The Greek
rs bid not improve upon this point
VIEW when they gave to the stone
n6me whence our English word
defIred, which signifies a talisman
lina intoxication! They believed
i he wearer would be preserved
n N irregular passions and desires
ven from impure thoughts. 1t is
safs for this reason, as well as for
nc of its ecclesiastical color, that
amethyst is always chosen for the
netrlng Of a bishop. AS the quartz
ptf5st was ohtainable in large
Int|ties, the Greeks fashioned it in
cups, believing that no IL
.clD could follow the drinking OF
e rom them. and that they would
.ieIItly neutralize poison. The orr
mthis superstition ts gives by Ia
lent writer named by his contem
ares the honey tongued." 1t is il
form of legend, and relates how
n0blp lady Heraclia, when walking
Ter garden, saw a young stork fall
iced by an arrow, upon the public
q. and how she ran to gather the
Ittfe into her bosom. She took thu
home with her, anointed it;
ands, and tended it until it grew
~ and able to use its wings.
& sday, feeling its power renewed
tered a cry of joy and sped ava!
the blue sky until it was lost tt
It. The gentle Heraclia grieve(
her pet. which had but followed it
ure and the secret call of its mates
the bird was not ungrateful
len the spring brought back tn,
ks to the North. the lady heard tn
known note again. Looking up
saw one of the great migrator,
lnany detach itself from the res
swoop downward, bearing a cul
aacthyst, which it laid gently a
Pet Then. after nesting for al
lant against her bosom, it sprea,
beat white wings and scare,
AL Never again did Heraclia drinl
n any other cup. but kept it nea
y her life, preserved by it iron
ele and sickness. untouched hi
q Rnd guarded from every danger
len at last her allotted span wa
lea and she died in peace. tn,
ming cup was placed beside he
81 that il might be buried with her
4 Nhile the watchers bent over hel
= heard whirr of wings, and
ing, beheld the mysterious, treas
Nntne away. 1t was never seer
'Qlern fancy has abandoned the
aHS of classic times, and, reverting
'He Hebrew traditions, regards the
et1Est once more as the emblem o.
Rnd fidelity. Hence the gem d
entity exchanged between be
~ lovers or parting friends.
nioys the honor of being the best
~ Jewel of the poets. Its beauty
'aered to lofty thoughts, encircled
3 dreams and ideals, associated
~ with the vision which feeds
earthly blindness, as 1t fed the eyet
% Sightless idealist, Romney, up
me- thought of perfect noon"