nra3r; "" agyg . (.," -, f ' y; ; ."? ',,- J i ii.V. tk '.' ?i''-:Sin! DJrf Sjff m m m ' IRK MAM GREAT. TMtrOHMIAOTtMTtCt OP UtlftH AM ADVSJtTNMEO. IN DMM M Hw Oat tfc Om Hllta- WaMMIO. Mew . What Is fane? fc toaxttte taitatieM nor definition, MttAaf W rate. It thrives en any Mkf Miferarythtat;, from ambrosia te ft;fMaiglM te eccentricity. Itdlf- Mwta'raeea and anon people. Tlie poem nay be the Saxen's feed, Aatertcaa may new famous en thtt wWch wwM but bted the Britisher ?iMawraeen)y la the chains of ob '' rtty."il, America teems with famous .aMatl'i. Wall way trams, steamers, hotels. full, of them. In no ether are there se many "well known" whose names, spoken or are recognized as familiar by a f ' MelIm! Ifcf hArnta rr MtAiter iu In thta (ateassa republic. Perhaps It would be eeaesU te say we have se many raall vrnut tnfn than Emrlnnd. h FVattee of Germany. In point of fact I ,4am believe we have half as many, but -Ml tiaWMaim iSsW-tef nrviiiftlritn1 t?Iti mir 'aetaMe men, and we nete men ter 'assalter reason. This Is a fraternal, com panionseto people, tew arDitrary ear- riars are erected between classes. Oar' great statesmen, great law yers, great railroaders, great pugi lists, great Inventors, great journal ists, great gamblers, great wits, great orators, great baseball players, great atinieaaires, great actors, great poll tides, great herse trainers, great mer chants hobnob together like brothers. And we are, tee, such travelers that tlie GsHfernian Is almost as well known in Mew Yerk as the New Yerker. Men from all the nooks and crannies of tlie land are constantly meeting and com mingling in business, polities, ofllce seek ing, summer resorting, conventions of n thousand kinds, anniversary gatherings inch as the presidential inauguration nnd the Washington centennial. ) But mere than all we tire n nation of gossips. We talk tnore about men than things. And the secret of it all our newspapers are greater gossips than we are. They se deftly mix their news nnd their gossip that you can't tell ene from the ether. Yeu don't wish te. Only, if you step te think about It at all, you nre likely te realize that the cessip is the Mim a H bast part of the feast. Without the ges- fa' aid. nawa U llke miHitlne- nnKniuHwl. If jfS rw .- -, ---.,- at your bread minus butter, but you liv" a aaf snn lafa-MO mJ tKiAMte-, m 14- ?f f-iv-vn tuu imuui, mm jit:uijr vi it. ; 'It is the newspaper that makes our great men. It is the newspaper that cans hotel registers, sets Argus eyed ob servers in hotel rotundas; it is tlie news paper that makes the nnme of Cel. Slap dash, of Texas, well known in Bosten, and the nnme of JudgoQeodboy, of New Yerk, like unto n household word in the states of the Mississippi valley or the Pacific coast. Tlie English newspaper does net gossip, except in the most lim ited and frozen fashion. The French .newspaper does net gossip, except nbeut actresses, Beulauger, and the three or four conspicuous figures momentarily before the public eye. Tlie German newspapers never heard of such a tiling lp, and I doubt if their laniniuce contains a synonym ier me worn. In this'ceuntry the man who docs or becomes anything a little out of the common run is introduced te the public iri detail as boy, collegiate, early smug gler for distinction, winner of fame or success, We are told hew many girls he courted befere he married, what clothes he wears, what he cats, what sort of neckties he likes. Ilia wife and children are introduced along witli him, and a geed many of his ether relatives. 'All the newspapers gossip, ami then swap gossip, and thus the new man be fore the public eye, or the new woman, becomes as well known te the whele 'American people as if our country wcre a suburban neighborhood and we iiad n new settler with his washing out en the line and the first calls made by ull our geed but Inquisitive iinil observing .wires. I Ner is this all. We have dovclecd an amazing fondness for printing men's ectures, and for calling men by their tptlamal appellations or tiieir nick - names. Thus we have "Jim" Bltdne, ,MBeb" IngerseU, "Ttcump" Sherman, "Mat" Quay, "Charley" Farwcll, "Tem" Bewen. "8am" Cox. "Joe" Cannen, "Tem" Reed, "Chance" Depew, "Unde Jehn" Sherman, "Grandfather" Payne and many ethers, just as we used te e "Andy" Jehnsen, "Chet" Arthur, "Jack" Legan and "Abe" Lincoln. All these are aids te the memory nnd pro moters of familiarity. Going still further we are prone te maice men great for lit tle things. In making its famous persons gossip uses a wonderful variety of ma terials. This man is known the country ever for his old hat, another for his cra vat, a third because he is in lere with an actress, a fourth because he killed another man, a Qfth for his funny stories, and a jnan may gain fame at ene fell sweep by a slngle remark, like Flan nagan's "What are we here for?" ' There are centers of ceminei ce, manu facturing, learning, railroads, culture, horse breeding, natural gas, litcrature and ether material and immaterial tilings, but Washington is tlie center of gossip. In ether places gossip isun amusement; here It is a business. And it is hr-ie tlie methods, trends and iutlucnce of tlie national characteristic of gossiping are best studied. Ilere is it seen as en a housetop hew gossip makes a public man mere widely known for lib personal traits or eccentricities than for his genius or statesmanship, hew go&Jp gives fame, or at least its common equivalent, noto riety, te men who have no ether claim thereto, hew reputations are manufact ured out of trivial incidents and names are sent thundering down the uged with nothing but inconsequential idiosyncra idiesyncra ate te propel them. There is Kentucky's favurue beii, Sen Sen aeor Blackburn, surely a famous man. Yet he is better known for his bonhomie, bis breezinees and as "Joe" than for his eloquence or statesmanship, great as wese are. If ex-Senater Bewen had net a poker player it is doubtful if his would lmveuten bnrend f.inillluilv teaU parts of the country, and his for fer BMr colleague, Taber, is te this day bet tar known for his two bundled dollar Mght shirt than for his millions and his business ability. Ex-Senater Cliace. of Rhede Island, became quickly known for hk Quakerish origin and appearance. 0 ens ter Davis, of Minm-Knin ti,r,i,,.i. $. brilliant man, has been helped te a gen- t reputation ey tlie beauty of ids wife. 'i- 2 ,, Dven as great and learned n man as Seiiv :-4,ier EvarU would never have bc-comeas ErvflutUkr tn tkn Mmn.A ..l I 8? - ' . m'wwum lwiiu us no lias EMxMt for the joke about his interminably ,'uwejr sentences and the popular notion -hJfcat hie hat was left in the ark by Neah. CAsnnd ifaal nt & dl.Lm,n i. c : f" - - .-"-,,, M juiiiur but bis personal beautv has I Me tuuae further than lib ubllitv have done, had it been twice as The fact that Senater German ace a wx in the seuate and nfir. nnl a bail player lias contributed much tetaeeaMand rapidity with which his nasae ha become ae familiar aa a aonea aenea aonea heMword. Senater Ingatkls mere fa mous for his uivectlTethaafer his state manship and eloquence. Senater Morgan la net well known the country ever, but In many places that he U known, 'tis for hit long, continued-in-our-nest speeches and net for his general worth as a senator. Minister Palmer U known as the nun who gives such enjoyable dinners and tells se many geed irteriee. Ex-Senater Riddlcbcrger has become famous for his eccentricities. Senater Sawyer Is noted for bis cor cer pulency and geed humor. Even In a really great statesman like Jehn Shcr man.hisallegcd characteristic of frigidity of manner is the first thing that comes te mind when his name is spoken. Who has net beard of Martin, of Texas? His name is known from Maine te Oregon because the newspapers have told stories of his peculiarities, eome of them apoc ryphal. When asked, recently, hew te win fame, Martin replied: "Blew out the gas." Merse, of Massachusetts, was In con gress a number of years nnd enjoyed but a local reputation till McKlnley illus trated his tariff speech with a suit of clothes bought for $10 in Merse's Bosten store. An able and admirable man is William Walter Phelps, but his hang and red nccktie are better known than anything Phelps ever did or said. Allen, of Mississippi, has wen fame as a story teller and net as a statesman, and his namrsake of Massachusetts will go down in history, net as the brilliant young member from the Old Bay state (though this distinction be may be fairly entitled te), but ns the man who carried a camera unde,' his vest nnd took snap shots nt his fellow members of the heuse in all their various and undignified attitudes. A witty, brilliant, eloquent, useful and industrious man is the Hen. S. S. Cox, but his fame is twice as bread with the nickname "Sunset" ns it would hare been without It. Se great is his reputa tion ns a wag that ene of the trials of bis llfe is te cenvince people that be is sin cere. Springer, of Illinois, is known te funie ns the man who nlways wears n pink boutennicro, though he, ,tee, is a hard working nnd useful legislator. Con gressmen Bayne nnd Adams are known asHhe men who Bit side by side In the heuse nnd leek like a (iair of twins. Frank Lawler, of Chicago, n very clever Irishman, has bad bis name sent te the four corners of tlie country en account of his peculiar use of the president's English. Bacen, of New Yerk, carae down te congress and became known almost instantly and very widely as the man who looked like Shakespeare. "Seino men nre great, seme nchiove greatness und boiue have greatness thrust upon them." Gibsen, of Maryland, is well known as the Adenis of congress, Spinola ns tlie man with the wide cellar, Jehu Ba ker ns the statesman witli n milt of clothes of the pattern of Henry Clay's day. Bland, of Missouri, will 11 ve in history ns "Silver Dellar Bland." Sow Sew deu, of Pennsylvania, became u national flgure becuuse President Cleveland vo ve vo teed his bill te build u government post pest post efrico hi Allentewn. Feran, of Ohie, wen mera fame ns the reputed author of "The Bi cud winners," which he didn't write, than as ;i inelder of his country's laws in tlie halls of congress. Helman, of Indiana, will be celebrated Ihieugh nil time ns tlie great objector. Jehn Wannmakur's strides toward fame are much accelerated by his Sunday school suKrintuudeney nnd his innnufactuin of trousers. Congressman Masen, of Chi cago, is becoming famous ns n story teller nnd wit, rather than us n great public scrvunt, and the fact that nil his friendj call lihu "Billy" helps his progress amazingly. Weaver, of Iowa, wen much notoriety ns u filibuster. Kil Kil Kil gote, of Texas, had his name printed in every American uewtjpapcr lccaiit.e of his stubborn resistance te the bill te make Sheridan gciierul of the army while that popular lieie wnti tying en ids death bed. Thus it gees thieuglui long list of men whose names nre familiar in thecais of tlie eople. Ven can count en your lingers tlie publie men new living who have a fame ns wide us thoceuntry itself and who have net been helped thereto by ene or ether of thee little things en which tlie popular uye or ear seizes with sucli uvidity nnd the popular memory holds se tenaciously. Twe conspicuous instances, and only two, ceme te mind ns I write. One of thexe, und the most notable one, is Senater Allisen, who lias been n quarter of n century in congress, whose fame Is ns biend us the domain of his country, nnd wIim linn no peculiarity or characteristic of common noterietv. The ether is Congressman MuKinley; but even he has been helped bv his some what theatrical nnd clut it display of a pair of treuseisns emphasis te his speech en tlie tariff. There is an old saying that it is the little things that maLe tlie man. Surely it ia tlie little thing iu this country and en of gesaip that make tlie man's repu tation. Wai.teu Wkixman. flood Alctltr, A ceitain well knew-ii cellege professor began his career ns a teacher in n coun try school distiict and, following the cus tom of the time, "bearded around" ene winter. His arrival nt ene rural home took place just nt dinner time, and he at oncesat down with the family te enjoy the repast. He does net lemember that his oppo eppo oppe tlto was particularly sliaip that day, but attliocles-o of theine.-.l the mlstiess of the heuse looked across the tnhle tewaid her husband nnd remarked: "Well, Jehn, I guess you'd better kill that heifer ufter nil." Youth's Compan ion. . ClUO 4lf Cetlltl1, It is icmurknble hew moral ceurage will almost ul ways overcome brute force. When Geu. ClarLe wiui subduing hestile Indians he onto had lnfore him n chief whose record was ene of bloodshed nnd pillage, nnd who made it n beast that he fenied no man Clai l.i treated him with contempt, uccuscd him of being a hquaw who would never light, nnd had nil his hiblgniaef rank MiippedelF him. The savage, whohadnhvavahi-eii iieciistiiiiinl te being winged te, wus nweil by tlie in trepid bearing of the wliite man, and begged for peace nnd pardon. He never gave any mera trouble. St. Leuis Globo Glebo Globe DemocraU tVuntetl tu Knew cr Kplivre of Dill). "Are you the girl w he was te come te our heuse as n nurse?' asked u foshiona feshiona foshiena bio ledy of the healthy looking girl who had just entered the room. "I am, ma'am." "I have examined your references nnd I find them satisfactory. Yeu may be gin next week." "But if ye plaze, ma'am, I'd like tensk yez wan question." "What is Iff" "Is it u baby or a poeg deg Hint I'm te leek afther?" Merchant Traveler. The Grapheiliin In SIcfcnrM. A Dr. Ilichardsen lias achieved seme Instructive experiments iu tlie use of the graphopheue for recording physical symptoms, such as coughs and pulses. A cough of today can always be receided and compared readily with eue of days before. NEW IDEAS IN DRESSES. COSTUMES WORK AT THE CENTEN NIAL BALL IN NEW YORK. Katnuwlnc Jeney That Am as Cvufort Cvufert bta as Thy Are Prttr Newest Welk ins Cknrns Picturesque flirting HeblU and Riding Rata General fiuhlen Geetlp. Spsclsl Oorreependence.1 New Yerk, May 9. Nothing has been thought or talked about among the femlnine portion of New Yerk during the past ten days, except the gowns worn by the ladies nt the great centennial ball, and I suppose the information would be as acceptable te these who did net nce them. There is a certain pleasure, chas tened and melancholy though It may be, In hearing hew royalty attires Itself en state occasions, and ns we have no royally we like te knew what our president's wife nnd daughters were Mrs. Harrison wero n splendid dress of pure white silk, se thick It fell in heavy rich folds. The front was covered witli finely plaited tulle, nnd this fastened with silver spangles, which wcre cut with facets se that they sparkled like f rest work. Tlie back was cut en prin ccsse, and the train was square On ene side n panel was worked with silver. Tlie ether was made of marabeut feathers. The corsnge was cut V shape and tlie points filled In witlt tulle. Tlie sleeves wcre of silk te the elbow with n deep fall of tulle below them. Her gloves wcre white nnd she wero diamonds. Tlie president's daughter, Mrs. McKoe, wero a trained gown of thick wliite nrmurenilk with draperies of embroid ered crepe llsse. The gloves wcre whlte, nnd be wcre the slippers and stockings, nnd the whele dress was much admired. Mrs. Ilussell B. Harrison wero n mag nificent dress, with n long square train of wliite H.itin striped with melrn. The stripes were or namented w i t h biocnded roao reao roae buds nnd reues in natural colors. Tlie front was of blue satln.drapcd witli tulle, hand em br e I de red with silk nnd seed pearls. The waist was pointed back nnd front nnd had n bertha of tulle and blue mara mara eout f en thorn. These d e 1 1 c n t e plumes, w h 1 e h( nre ns ethereal as th 1st I e down, hnve net been' Boen for many years, nnd it wns an Inspiration te new iiipine luniT. have them en thin occasion. The nilk used in making these diesses is every bit of American manufacture, und there wcre no handsomer toilets than these, though many came from Paris. Mts. Levl P. Morten wei e n splendid Paris gown of heavy brocadewith d rap ing) of point de VenlcoBOtne thirty inch os deep, which nlone tuiist have cot un enormous price. Mrs. Morten is very hntidtteine, and makes n flue diess beau tiful by her own personality, but the pure whlte dresses of Mrs. Harrison and Mis. MclCee wcre ccitainly the most pleasing toilets at the great ball. It would net Ik portftihle te glve iylo iyle talled description of nil the dresses worn at tlJs gieat gatheiing, but thcie was ene general effect noticeable, and that wus that all or nearly all the costumes followed the styles of n century age as closely ns wns possible, and, indeed, there wcre very many dresses worn that have been handed down thieugh sucees sucees sive generations since Washington's time, and very quaint nnd pietty they woie. One or two young ladies wero the very dresses that their ancestors had worn at the inaugural lull ene hundred years ege, without alteration. There me seme ladles who don't think these old styles pretty, and prefer the newer modes of today, and for such 1 show oue of the picttiest I could sec. This die.ss has n skirt of chocelato brown fnllle nnd n very slightly draped ever skirt of striped novelty goods, in pink, giecn nnd brown. The cersage is of the blown fnllle with drapery vest of the stripe. The wrap is made of black ottoman ellk nnd black guipure lace, which is liclng luvlved veiy extensively this he.ihen. It is it rich and durnble lace, nnd lcingef puiesillc tlucndanevcr loses its ilch luster. Beth hats me laige and trimmed with many fenthcis. Os trich feathers nre veiy much used every every overy where wherever they can 1)0. MVVKLTV WALKING C30WNS. I recently saw seme beautiful new jer seys. Some had vents of velvet, broad cloth, satin, silk or jersey cloth in con trasting colors; seme wcre made with vests nnd trimmings iu clew cabhmere patterns und Persian embieidery; ethers had military effects; ethers again the empire and dlrocteiro Myles wrought out In their cellars nnd lajicls, nnd nil have loams nnd side forms, se that they nre fierfectly ndjusted te the flgure. The tacks nnd frentsnt the liottem nre better finished than u er licfore, and they i.et better nnd ute mere eruaui"iitnl. Until hew the form of the jeiK-js left some thing te Ihi desired in lluiah, but new the most carping critic cannot complain, for no waist can be made te lit like n jersey or give such Kifect c.imi nod durability. Hiding habits nre iiudtugeiiig a great change, nnd ene which fills the heart of the man dicesumkcr with dismay, l.i dies nie new finding out that jeisoysaie easier te lido iu than the stiff "habit basques" of late years, nnd they me ndepting them, and riding skirts are no longer uuilsw tight that the weaier has te button them ull the way up. Tlie skirts nre new made n yard und n half long; nnd only the front breadth is gored. Tlie rest ia plaited in nt thebides nnd liack. Tlie skirts nre two yards nnd a half around. The effect is thus far niore graceful, and pleasing te the eye. It is te be hoped, however, that ladies will net run into the ether oxtreme and make the sLUts se long U3 te Ikj danger ous. Tlie truuseni will net be iliscaidwl 1 w ( ?a I ' i St I 9 vj&Swl v7 M'll in anna ' KOMB NVW .tW!HBVS. Biding hats nlsoare te be changed, and new, Instead of the high hat or jockey, or Derby, a wide brimmed nnd soft felt hat, with n long, sweeping plume, will be worn. Of course, seme conservatives will try te maintain the present styles, but their funeral cards are out. I am net sorry, but then, it really isn't my funeral. Olive Haiut.r. CENTENNIAL ECHOES. 1'renttcM Mill ford DUcuune About Thing Wiulilngtenlun In Wm. 6cclal Correspondence 1 Sae IUnDen, May 0. Washington's coach. Washington in wax in the coach. Murtha in wax. Sitting ns they used te en a journey for hours nfter a quarrel, looking out of oppealto windows. Quar rel in wax. Washington taking tlie oath. Oath in wax. Washington taking the oath with a "stick In it." In wax. Washington's ej es opened te the future glories of the republic. Republic in wax. Wushiiigten writing "Beautiful Snow." In wax. Washington's corns. In wax. Wushiiigten "swearing off." Swear in wax. Washington composing "Ynnkee Doedlo." Doedlo in wax. Washington's Ixiil. In wax. Washington in wax trying te talk through u telephone. In wax. "Hellel" "What!" "Who nre you?' In wax. "King up '70." "Bcwnre of entangling alliances," In wax. Washington's old clothes. In wax. Washington's bIioe strings. Wnxed. Washington's mus taches. Waxed. Washington's Derby hat. In wax. Full set of Washington's shirts. Nine dollars per dozen. In wax. Tliree pair of Washington's new breech es. Wnshington'aeilxtove. His hair oil. In wax. Fifty-two chairs Washington sat in. Foity-flve beds he slept in. Washing ton with Daniel in tlioliens' den. British liens. Wax. Washington seeing the elephant. Elephant in wax. Washing ton's trunk. In wax. Elephant's trunk. Ditte of course. Washington ntn spell ing bee. Bee in wnx. Washington's first courtship. Courtship in wnx. Washington's proposal te Martha. Pro posal in wax. Martha's-ncceptance. Ao Ae Ao ceptanco in wax. Their first kiss. Kiss in wux. His patriotism. In wax. His leve of country. In wnx. First in war. In wax. Second in jience. In wax. Third in the hearts of his countrymen. In wax. Fourth in the uffoctiens of ids countrywomen. In wax. Fifth. Net yet out. in wux. Washington's crochet needle. Wash ington's thimble. Bar of Washington's faoritesoap. Washington's telling pin. In wax. Sample of Washington's hash. AVnx. Wnshingten's bread bowl, corn cob pipe, chopping tray nnd chepiicr. The Washington sausage. In wnx. Chaw of Washington's tobacco. Wax. Wash ington en a bicycle. Wax bicycle. Martha onatilcycle. Wax. Martha Washington interviewed by n reporter. Befoie cut ting down his father's cherry tices. Re porter in brass. Washington in wax. Hatchet in parnfilne. Washington wax ing wroth with Lee ut Monmouth. Wroth in wax. Washington's leve of country. Love in wnx. The last buckwheat cake hoever ate. In wax. His faiewell sau sage. In wnx. The last bread he ever mixed. Mlxture in wax. His parting pinch of biiuif. Piuch in wax. Snuff also in wnx. Concomitant sneeze. Snecze in wax. The loveAinciicn lieurs te Washing ton. Bear in wax. The eternal grati tude of his fellow countrymen. Country men In wax. Gralitude nlse In wax. The thanks of millions yet te be for so se cuiing lis our liberties. Libel ties in vt ax. Tii'tuks iu wax. Millions yet te lie. In wax. As Wash ington tuily wild, "There's millions in it!" PllUNTICK MUU'OHD. l'rolelnjlni; Hit Life. Judge I sentence you te ten years' labor in tlie penitentiary. Piisener Ged bless jeu, judge! My physicians raid 1 have consumption and could net live mere than a year or two. Yeu have prolonged my life. Omaha World. A Story f Ven Iluleir. While playing the piano befere large audiences he has often suddenly stepped, walked te the front of the stnge and made sjieeches nbselutcly antithetical te the spirit and opinions of his listeners. On ene occasion he suddenly took it into his head that it was positively essen tial for each individual member of the vast orchestra he was conducting te stand while playing. They had te stand, seme of them with heavy instru ments, for neatly tluee heuis. A PASTORAL. ( sat 1th Deris, itie chcphenl maiden; Her creek as Ivlenei nltb wrmttial Hen en; I eat nnd woeod her through euullfilit heeling, And thndewn stealing for hour and hours. And she, iny lXrU, boeO lap Indents Wild suiniinT resea cf faint pert utnt, The hile 1 hiitxl her, Lept hushed, and hearkened Till btiadnu had darkened from gloss te eloeru. Bhe touched inj- shoulder lth fearful Itnger; KheiMld: "Wu linger; weimut net May; My fleck'H tn danger, niy sheep III wander; lleheld them veuder hew far they ktray t" 1 answered lietdcr. "Nny, let me hear you. And Mill lw nenryen, nnd htlll nderu; Ne elf nor Btninser v ill touch ene ) enrllujjj Ah! stay, my darling, a moment mere." BhshUrrcil,klghlngt "There will l borrow IJojeud te morien-, If I low today; My fold unguarded, my (lock unfolded, I shall tw kCeKteil. nn1 sent nway." Kald 1, replj Ing. "If they de mlvi you. They ought te kl-a en when you git home; Vnd will ren anted tiy friend nud iielghtier, Eheuld lj the labor from hleh j en ceme." 'T hey niLjlit rememlier," she aus erwl meekly, 'That lamlj ate eakly ami bluvp are wild; Dut, If they lere me, It's none se fen ent; 1 am a servant, mid net a child." Then each het eiutx-r glen tot quick within me, And lere dll win me tesivirt reply: "Ahl de hut proie ina and n'one sliall tllnd you. Ner fray, nor llnd jeu. until I tile." She Un.hed and stdrttil. an 1 steed nwaltlne, As if (lelmtin In ilrnanu di Ine; llut I did lu-.nu Ihem -1 tuld her plainly Shedeubutd vamly ; shu inn.it bu mine 6eetKln brand, fiuiu ull the valley PiilvliisHniiil rally h.T nibbling enes. And hornet a. I ill . i , , , , together, Threughbt Hiia' ) , I anilnjiles. Tliat slmpu ilut) Irenigr.icttib 1 1, ud lier- Jly lleru tender, my lKru Inie; That I. her wanltr, tlid ahwijs ble-ss her. And often prow her te ftke her dua And ueiv lu Ivjuty she lliln my tlnt-llins-With leve fstvlllnj, uud iindefitti; And lore tleth giurtl her, ltth fa and fervent fervent Ne mero a sen ant, nor j 1 1 u child. A LOOK AT LOS "ANGELES. Marked degeneration or a enc PROSPEROUS PLACE. th Beem Was Oaly Tllf. M4 Mm ttcactlea Has M ta-Besa of the Trtels of Ostrich rarmlng, aad we VaUades Abeal OstridiM. (BpecUl Cormpeodeace. Les Axebles, May 2. This Is net the Lee Angeles of two years, or even one year, age. Then the town was in a tu mult of prosperity. A boom from the east had swept ever southern California and the storm center was this City of the Angels. Eastern capital joined in here and eastern men flecked te this sec tion by the thousands. Real estate jumped te points far beyend its Intrinsic value, and buyers were both reckless and numerous. The spirit of specula tion was abroad, and land was the ene marketable commodity. It seemed that peeple couldn't get enough of it. Like Cel. Sellers' cye water, the mero they had, the mere they wanted. The result was that out near the foothills, miles away from town, farm lands were cut up into city lets and freely sold. The transactions in real estate wcre some thing enormous. Shrewd men made lets of money by quick turn; they spent It freely, and for n time no city in the wide wet Id thre ve as did Les Angeles. Business of all kinds participated in the fictitious glory of the land. Net a store or dwelling was vacant in the entire town, and the supply by no means equaled the demand. Buildings flew up te accommodate the incoming crowds in search of the golden fleece and great was the joy of the residents. llut the reaction carae with startling suddenness. Quickly ns the boom op ep 'penred, just se quickly did it vanish. Tlie bottom fell out of the bucket in n month, and the hectic, unnatural flush of yesterday turned Inte a severe and settled state of the blues. It need net Ira said, however, that Les Angeles is new dead or even Bleeping. Tlie lioem, while it lasted, helped net n little. It gave such an impetus te building, and se urged the mnrch of improvement, that tills vicinity is much larger and finer and richer than it was three years age. Feople from the east have erected elaberate homes here. Business men have invested largely in lasting improve ments, nnd there is a certain stir and go te the community that argues well for the future. But the struggle'is going te Ik n mighty hard ene. A walk through the streets of Les Angeles reveals an alarming nrray of "Te Lets," nnd the real estate eillces net forever closed are alluring iu their proffer of splendid lets nnd flue lands for astonishingly small sums of money. Sellers, however, nre many nnd buyers few. Fer my part I canuet sce hew Les An geles con eve'r hepe te be really great, in n manufacturing or even commercial 6cnse, nor can the many men in nil con ditions of life witW whom I have talked give nny reasonable hepe for that wished for consummation. They have here neither weed nor coal, and there is no raw material te be developed by the skilled artisan. A beautiful nppearing farming country iu winter, yes, nnd a climnte as le ely as a poet's dream, but water is fearfully scarce, transportation is incon venient and costly, common labor is high, and the vicissitudes of the farmer many. Nothing can be grown except by irrigation. Oranges will net preduce until they have had five years' growth. Wheat is nn unknown quantity except in certain valleys, and the dreamer who thought California a land of milk nnd honey, where the fig nnd the palm, the ollve nnd tlie date, merely awaited his plucking, finds this te be n weary work aday world after all. I dreve yesterday out te Kenllweith where is located tlie ostrich farm Ivnn Ivnn Ivnn hoeaud Glcndnle, and talked with the bmaller colenics of that delightful lo cality. Nothing could be mero charm ing, nothing seemed mero prosperous. The foothills were deliciously green, tlie valleys abundant In the premiso of rich harvests. "Yeu sce our country nt Its best," said Oranville Ducchamp, the esttich fnrracr, te me; "nt Its very best. I am a resident Culiferninu, my interests nre all here, nnd here in this beautiful state I expect te end my days. But it is net continu ous sunshine, licliove me. There ni e te v eral months during our dry season when all is brown nnd bnre nnd water is u lux ury ns well ns a necessity. During last season water was se bcarce that I had te pay $5 u day for water privilege, end, as my farm nnd birds need much of it, the expense wus greater than I can stand. As a result I am going te meve from here te San Menica, en te the coast, te a point wheru oue of the little rivers of California empties. There lean perhaps make it pay, although ostrich farming iu this country can never be very remu nerative, unless en a large scale. If two or three men with ample menus found an inexpensive tract, rich in alfalfa, and imported a let of first class birds from the Cape and could afford te wait until uature brought the returns, meney could be made. I de net make meney, nor de cither of the ether two ostrich farmers iu California, but I like the novelty of the occupation, it is healthful and interesting. I de net knew why I like it, for tlie ostrich is a menu mid vicious biul. It will as teadily attack und kill the man who feeds it every day ns the stranger. It kicks for fer waid nnd does all its damage witli its long, iron like feet. The ostrich pro duces remarkuble feathers when four years old, nnd then it is geed for feath ers annually until it dies, and it lives te agreatnge. I have seme heie that nre forty years old. There nre about fifty in all en niy farm. The male bird hatches ns well as the female. The two divide the time in sitting en the eggs. We de net use nil tlie eggs for hatching. Somo Semo Some I lines we ent them; one egg is a geed meal for four people. Come and fcee the birds." They were a queer let, with thin long legs nud equally long necks. The "chicks," standing ten fe high, were corralled in two ncie plots, and the elder birds were paired off in smaller Sections. When a visitor appeared at a distant point they flew down te him like the wind, in the hee of a few grains of fancy feed, uud when it was net forth coming they turned about und minced away in tlie funniest manner imagin able. "Theienre two popular superstitions nbeut ostriches," said M. Buechnnips. "One is that when the bird is f lightened it w ill dig its head in the b.iud, nnd that lielng covered it feeU that it is safe. The ether is that It hides its eggs. Neither of theoe are liue. I think I knew nil nlnmt the bird. 1 h.ive leen among them for yearn, and never knew either of these popular lieliefs te le veri fied." But if the fanners of Kenilworth nud I talked with reeral net engaged in special oeciipition -are inclined te be doleful, theie nre many beautiful places in Is Angeles county wheru the water is abundant and the eepk nre remark ably well te de. They cm pr.iise tlie ceuutiy u-. it (crtniuly deserves te be uraiied. It clearly needs but uatlence mhI l!rtry te ralw, ftfc eVre-' gality aad prelH, enMifea, Usnea, Nev nd rakdns. But the trouble wMi ibmv who ceme from the east is the expect tien of sudden wealth. That cannot be ' secured, even In California, without toil and trouble, but with tell and trouble health and wealth can be wen in this country quicker than tn any state in the Union. This is my impression, after careful observation and protracted in quiry. When you come te California you hear wonderful stories of fortunes made In a day by lucky land speculators. They are net fairy tales. Millions have been accumulated by eastern enterprise and thrift. While at the beautiful hotel, Hetel del Coronade, the ether night I was told the story of that peninsula. It lies, you knew, just opposite San Diege, and is a low desert tract of perhaps Ave miles in length. A and B came te this vicinity full of bounce and bustle. They bought the peninsula for $100,000. They then staked it out, planned the grandest hotel in the world, the loveliest drives, the most comfertablo improvements. And while they wcre loudly proclaiming what they wcre going te de, they sold part of their purchase, plot by plot, until three million dollars'Verth was disposed of, and they had plenty left I hear of C, who came te Les Angeles and with a little money bought a One picce of land. He sold ene let, which paid for nil his property. Then he bought and sold ether land, and within two years was a bleated millionaire. I find these statements nnd many ethers of the kind te be gospel truth. But while they will tell you hew well A, B . r f " . , t S.,1.. .1 j-f -. and C made out, they make no mention of hew D, E and F get along. I knew them nnd can give you their experiences. D, for instance, was a New Yerk man in business. Things wcre eaay witli him, but he caught the California fever, nnd, plckitig up stakes, he journeyed te Iw Angeles. It was befere tlie boom. He bought land, held it awhile and sold it at n very trifling profit. He returned te the east and w hile at home heard that tlie man te whom he had Mild had seldgnin at a profit of $20,000. Se back he rushed. Tills time he brought his wife, and together they purchased a plot near Paseden.t for $3,000 nnd put tip n heuse costing 3,000. That was the extent of D's pile. He might hare sold been after for 0,000, but he wasn't going te repeat the mistake of his first vendue, se he held en. The boom came nnd went, nnd today he cannot sell nt nny price. There is no businefcs nt l'nsedena. It is n charm ing place, but like n summer reneit; thetefore D and his wife nre almost stranded. They sent te nn ncquaintancc, Frank Loring, iv Bosten man who lives at Santa Barbara, and wanted te borrow $1,000 en the property te pay taxes, as sessments, etc. He consulted the bank nbeut it, and they reported tlintimpiovo tlintimpievo tlintimpiove ments counted for nothing; they valued the land only at what it would bring nt farm prices; 1,500 was tee Luge a lean by half. Today D is driving nn ice cart In Les Angeles, and his wife lias u job running tlie mail wagon from Monrovia te n pcttlement among the foothills. Dur ing chilly mornings she appears in a handsome seahkin dolman, n iclie of pett greatness. The peeple think she is cccentiic. But rhe isn't; I) and his wife nre simply working hard te get enough te go back east. Then there is E and F, of Santa Bar bara. When the railroad was Hear ing that oxquisitlve little place K nnd F felt the effects of the boom caused by that circumstance. Just hew the rail road' would help Santa Barbara no ene stepped te consider. Enough that land wns going up. E nnd F didn't have much meney. They were merely indus trious New Yerk clerks; but lietween them they had 1,100 in cash which they wanted te increase, nnd they listened te the voice of the siren in the person of a real estate agent, no bhewed them two lets for 700 each "worth double the money." True, they were en the side of u btecp hill, but the persuasive ngent showed them hew tlie value was gi catty increased by that fact. "E.'cnvatiens already donel" he exclaimed. "Splendid cellar iu the rear actually made." Se they bought, nnd owing te that natuial cellar, which they banked en, they held the lets nt Jl.f.OO each, nnd asked tlie ngent te sell them. But he counseled going te nnether ngent, ns it wouldn't leek well te have him Belling and rebelling, etc., etc. They did se, nnd, taking ngent Nc. 2 te the lets, debcniited en tlie "fine cellar." "Fine be ."exploded the real es tate man, who was of the earth eaithy, "theso lets ain't wertli 100 each." And they nre net. Se you bee all U net geld that glitters even here. Still, California is a really wonderful state. It has a marvelous climate, nnd there is geed fertune in 6tore for theso ready te tickle its mag nificent soil. Fkederick W. White. Chnrle tirade's Character. This velume of "Ilendiana" is full of excellent material for nn estimation of the character of Charles Reade. Ills catholicity of feeling. Ills hatred of cant, his high sense of justice, his sympathy with the sufTering nnd jioer, nre shown from first te last in Ids writings ns well as in Ids life. What would have struck you next if you had known him well, was the difference between Mr. Reade at home nnd Mr. Hende in print. Call upon him. He would receive you with the gentleness of a saint (net that I pretend ever te have known n saint, but you will appreciate the simile), talk te you with singular modesty, listen te you with the gicatest respect, nsk you te dinner, or te tnkoacupef leans ene who receives a favor by yourncceptance, and you would have geno nway thinking of him ns the mildest, sweetest, meet long Buffering gentleman you had ever met. But give him n grievance, tamper with his rights, tread en Ids moral corns, then put a pen in Ills hand, nnd you would find him a writer of thoughts that bieathe, of words that bum indeed. Net, my friends, that I ever experienced his wrath. On the contrary, he wns nlways kind nnd sym pathetic toward me. no took me by the hand, nnd said cheery words of wel come te me when I came te Londen, seme twenty years nge. We met for the first time nt tlie inaugural dinner of Tlie Belgravia Magazine. We were in troduced te each ether by Miss Bradden. We had n long, iiitcrcntiug chat during the evening; he had lead my first novel (he wns a multifarious reader) nnd speke kindly nbeut it. Frem that night we were friends. IIe w rete pleasant letters of encouragement le me; and In Inter years intrusted me witli Ids defonse ngain.t a cruel personal ntt.ick leveled ut him by nn American clergyman. Jeseph Ilatten iu Londen Times. Oue Wuy te i:iiriiiinj;, Tliilh Telling. Niiiety-nine children out of every bun died will tell n falsehood If you speak te them thus: "My seu. 1 de net knew whether you did tlie uct with which you nre charged or net. I have no means of knowing. I must rely en what you new say. If you tay you did net, I will make you a present of a hamlhome jieiiy, sad dle nnd bridle. If you say that you did the act I will whip jeu till you cnu't stand up and put ou en bread and water for two days. New truth 13 beautiful. Speak the truth!" Nashville American. tossed ok thk irrns: v ' MPANC4E JUNKS CAST AWAY IN THC PACIFIC OCEAN. IWfBSwIpV HetWt)tj Wf VfMBlM rr Mi OM MllmOatWHtHMM rtUMer-Tartr ItaaM te Rach Mm tut Bay. On the morning of the ttfe of faejaarj, 1877, the City of Peking, ea te evtwara trip, sighted what at first appaatai te be an abandoned vessel adrift at am Tha steamer bore away for her, wkea H waa seen that she was a Japanese junk with one mast gene. An officer and beat's crew were sent off, who found that the junk belonged te Qa-Redadi; that aha was partly leaded with rice and aaki (Japanese whisky), and besides the skip per and supercargo had a crew of five men. On the 1st of December preceding' the junk, which, by the way, rejoiced in the name of the Illsayeshlmam, had been driven out te sea, and things having get badly mixed up in an unusually terrlfle blast it was found te be the easiest way of lowering sails te chop the mast down. Then a heavy sea carried away the rud der and stove in the bulwarks, after which the junk drifted and sloshed around in the old nnd unoriginal way of "at the mercy of the winds and waves." THEY STUCK TO TOE BAKL Captain and crew had become se com pletely disheartened en the waste of waters, or se unduly jelly en a waste of saki, that when bearded by the officer of the steamer they didn't knew the day of the week or the month, hardly knew where they had ceme from, and certainly didn't knew where they were going te. They were informed that they were something like 2,000 miles distant from Japan, but dcsplte this warning Intelli gence, only four of the crew would leave the junk the captain, supercargo and the fifth man declaring their intention of sticking te the junk se long as the rlce nnd saki held out. The Cees Bay News, published at Murshfleld, Ore., in its issue of July 17, 1878, had the following report from the captain of the schooner Parallel, which arrived at that pert July 15 from Ban Francisce: "The schooner Parallel en the 7th inst, in latitude 89 deg. 43 min., longitude 130 deg. 28 min., nt 4 n. m., sighted a Jnpnncse junk ndrift. A beat was low ered and tlie strange vessel bearded, when n terrible sight met the boarders. Net n living soul was aboard, but three cerses of Jopanese who had probably been dead at least a month. Twe of the bodies had been shackled together, doubtless having been crazed for want of feed or water nnd fastened up by tiieir comrades. Twe of these bound bodies wcre lying amidships witli their knees bound together with cords upon their breasts, their nrmswere drawn ever their heads nnd securely tied and cords wcre bound nreund their necks; In short, they were completely Inclesed in u netting formed by tlie lacing and interlacing of cords. Tlie sunken eyes and shriveled condition of the bodies were frightful te leek nt. The ether corise wns found forward, stripped te the waist, and gave indications of the terrible bufferings that the man must have endured previous te Ills death. Frem the numerous flreplaces nnd mats found between decks it was evident that the vessel had been manned by a large ciew. Upen examination considerable water was found In tlie held, but no ovi evi ovi deuee of her having had a cargo en beard could be discovered., The only nrticle of feed that was feimd was a portion of a chest of tea, covered with meld. In the cabin were several hand some pieces of furniture. "The two bound bodies wcre well dressed, nnd n let of fine silk ladies' wealing npparcl was brought off the wieck ty the sailors. The stench of de caying lx)dles was such as te prevent a thorough Inspection. Tlie hull of the jtmk was in geed condition, nnd when Inst seen wns drifting te tlie beuth nnd east and bearing with it, perhaps, n mystery of the Oriental seas." rnOIIABLY THE LATEST CASE. When the steamship City of Pcklngar rl ved nt San Francisce from Japan, June 12, I8SI, ene of the passengers related the following story te a Chronicle reperter: The tenth day out from Yokohama the' steamer came ncress n dismantled, help less Jnpauese junk, which had been driven off from the cntrance te the bay of Ycdde during a typhoon that had oc curred en tlie Oth of December, or ten mouths pluvieus te their rescue. They had lest their masts nnd rudder nnd liad been drifting at thelncrcy of the winds they knew net where. After their own previsions were exhausted they had sub sisted en tiieir cargo, mostly beans and dried fish, and en such rain water as they could catch. They had burned most of the small woodwork, doers, berths, win dows, etc., of their junk for fuel, and wcre en short feed rations, forty beans per day for each man being the allow ance. Tlieirflre, when put out from time, te time, (hey had rekindled by rubbing two pieces of weed together. One of tiieir number had died from exhaustion nnd they bad given up all hepe of ever seeing land or nnytliing human again when they sighted the City of Peking. They wcre taken en beard the steamer, a concert was given in their aid, and en the next trip of the City of Peking they were taken back te their own country. Se little by little tholeng record of dis asters lias been gradually abridged, if net wholly tcuninated. Japan has new net only a navy, but an excellent fleet of coasting steamers nud well built sailing craft of modern construction. Befere her awakening Jnpan dreve nway tlie rescued junk men ftem licr coast as though they had the plagtie; new she to wards the rescuers. San Francisce Chrenfa'rt. i:'t'lni!iiml.uil, Ik-chuniinland is tlie paradise of the weikinginait. In the ceun.0 of our so journ we, never saw a beggar or n starv ing icrben. Masens in Becliuanaland weie getting wages of 10s. toil lerdiem, and this with meat nt 0d. a pound. Na lives in tlie coal pits were getting 0s. a tlay. When we consider that n Kaffir's feed, consisting of Beer meal pap, costs from Od. teCd. a day, there is a geed mar gin for having. We had Baralengs nnd Bnsiites working for us. Tlie former we found clever with their fingers, but very peer in physique, witli a great dis inclination for hard work. Tlie Bnsutes are n fine race, magnificently projior prejior projier tioned, nnd excellent workers, willing and intelligent. Tlie stiprrietity of tlie Bnsute mid the Zulu is shown indisput ably by the fact that fiein tlieni nre ro re cruited the police nud the bearchers of the diamond fields. Seme think It proba ble that tlie uative races of Seuth Africa came originally from tlie Seuth Sea Isl ands, but, be that us it may, it is certain that Jewish customs obtain among them. Circumcibien is uiiiverh.il, nnd the old Jewish law of raising up seed te the do de ceased luether survives in tlie Seuth Af-lic-nn tribal law that when a chief dies his next brother marries bis widow, and the children afterward bem from this union are accounted the children of the dead man, net of the living father. Tlie Fortnightly Review. jj- . f . ;( , TS3 V VVI ,wl . -v i, -i.
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