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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO. PA
Thursday, May 7.
SP WAS ESCORTED.
fh Hud to lie, M.r Wus "No rhmtvi-ed,"
nil TMng W-re "All Turned Around."
Lovely woman s-'Il hag a way of claim
ing lior prerogativ In the matter of male
ralantry; nnd wlia't a woman claims she
always wis, such deferential times ara
ith sn. There wan one particular woman
wi, came to Now York one day recently
or i'.-- Hud-ion right boat with a vivid
conception of her prerogative and nu
fiier.nu bundle. She was a New YorK
xv nun and of mature age. but she ex
pl , 1 th.it sh, always "got flustered'"
nnd took the wrong cir, coming !n at thai
luur :-.,dlng with "things all turned
nrmiivl."
She went to the purser and told 'him
about It.
"I always'hive to have gnmcbody put
tne on the right cai'," said she confiden
tially. "Kh?" sail 'the purser, busy with tha
pa.'ppnR.T list and answering half a dos
en question from as nuiny gourceg before
he turned iround.
"And I hive go many bundleg I
couldn't think of orosilng 'that street
alone," she went on .-hoerfully. , "I'm?
nlwayg so nervous. The doctor gays I
have he.irt dlsen Sem ag If this nola
t'.nd all confuses p". t always have to
be seen ti a es-." She held out her shawl
etrin snd umbrHH to him.
"Kh?" repeated the purser dazedly.
"You can come rlyht along with me,
I'm all ready, and T iunt n't up-town
oon's I can." she rt our1. "It ain't no
ns. I couldn't chink of moving fl itep
iff this boat alone. I jct t'irn around:
on l I get lost In th'.s part of the town.
J'. i always the way. I have to be geen
to" for she raw denial In his face.
"Oreit heaven", madame!" he ex
claimed, "I couldn't leave In this busy
time t, escort Queen Victor! to a car!"
"Well," fild die energetically, "then,
yott'Il hive to send somebody else with
to-' or I'll set here all day, tha't'g gure!"
Fh" put down her bundles arfl collapsed
f Tate of peaches. Th- boat-handsi
wheeled several loads of freight around
lier and one of them swore softly. She
rhnvwl slims of being hysterical. She
vas fanning; herself with her hanitker
chief. .
"I: all comes of havlnfr your boats land
en this side of ithe town. A body turns
nvjvind and they're lost. I won't stir a
step alone," she went on with shrill emo
tion. "That's !t." said the purser with sym
pathetic politeness, "I -always said we
oueht to run the Hudson River up to
the Forty-second street station and lanil
passengers from the upper deek onto the
plevu ted. Madame you sh ill be escort
ed." A boat-hand was called from the
freight rolling nd midline was cere
moniously escorted the several blocks
farw.ird. her face beaming with conscious
compl icency.
"Good Lord!" said the purser to him
self and the nearest passenger, "the cling
ing; kind ain't quite extinct!" New York:
World. i
The ruefulness of a .Jest.
' He stood upon the platform of his ear,
serene and smiling, when every car driv
er and truckman on West street was
swearing and cursing. The Jam was tre
mendous and the street was packed from
curb to curb. Yet whenever he spoke it
was with som good-natured Jest and the
.truck drivers turned out of his way and
let car No. 78 go by. He hailed them all
wirh ttiBprv hindina.ire an d the surliest
of them grinned from mr to ear and gave ;
him back all 'tnat ne sent.
"It's easy," he said to me confidential
ly. "When once you get a man to smile
lie'll do anything you want him to do.
IHd you gee that surly chap driving the
beer wagon? I kept chaffing him until I
got him to laughing, and when a man
once lets a smile chase over his face he's
a goner. I tell you, my friend, that even
down here In West street good nature
will go further !n getting your own way
than all the yelling and cursing.
And the philosophical car driver whip
ped up his horses and told the charioteer
of the Ice wagon !n fi'ont that no man
could stop things up as he did unless he
were from Cork. The !ce wagon turned
aside, and the Iceman grinned and said
that he was from Limerick. New York
Herald.
tin Followed the Precedent.
I went to the Ebbltt House two or
three days ago to call upjn an old ac
quaintance who had stopped there on her
way through town. As I passed the re
ception room on the ground floor I no
ticed a couple of extremely young people.
She was draped In lavender, and had evi
dently been weeping. He wore a black
frock coat and a white cambric necktie
and there was pomatum on his somewhat
long, curly hair. It was about 11 In the
morning.
"Then you will go out?" said she, with
trembling lips.
"Yes."
"And leave me all alone?"
"Oh, I must go out a while, you know."
' "You leave me here and we have been
married only six days?"
"Why, goodness, Dora," said the des
perate youth, "the Almighty him;e-Jf rest
ed on the seventh dayj" New York
Morning Journal.
It Was Very l'laln to llhn.
"No, I will never" i
Drawing herself up as Imperiously as
she nosslbly could, she threw in a few
withering gluncea to
words.
"marry you. Do
emphasize her
I make myself
quite plain?" .
He carelessly but very ungallantly
placed his hat on the back of his head.
"That would be " ,
Moving over close to the main entrance
t.) her house, he continued:
"entirely superfluous, since nature
lias forestalled you."
Long uftcr the door had slammed vio
lently she stood there alone, gazing into
vacancy.
I'roof.
She I don't believe you love me any
tnore. 9 I
He Yes, I do.
She You say you do, but what proof
have I of It?
He I'roof enough; I still pay tho house
rent.
He showed her the receipt and she be
lieved him.
An Kennowleal Hpouse.
Notes Poor Robinson geems to be
a bad way.
Coats What's the trouble?
Notes Why the back of his neck and
cars in one mass of cuts and stabs, which,
he refuses to explain. . ( ,
Coat Oh, yet. I remember, be told
n gome time ago that his wife wanted
to .cut his hair.
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PERSECUTED ANIMALS.
Hol hihI Cut are often t njuslly I'rrnUK
mill Killed l iiiw i i aiirlHll).
fometinies it is an unlucky frightened
dop hounded by the Hilly cry of mad dog,
or n homeless, persecuted cat, whlrh ap
peals In one's sympathy. Tw Incidents
come to mind as 1 write, each character
istic, says Vogue:
line winter day I had been riding and
was on my way home In my hat andl
ha bit, and thick ulster, when I noticed-a
crowd if turbulent small boys, and stones
being thrown at some object In their
midst. Of course I plunged Into the fray,
making a way for myself with my crop,
with which, when I found the stoneg were
aimed at a dog, I did not hesitate to la
about im pretty fteuly. Crouched In a
corner, at the foot of some stone steps,
leading Into a garden above the level of
the street, was a half-grown Newfound
lander, bleeding from a cut from a sharp
Hone, and quivering with terror and
loneliness. I stooped to pat the poor
creature and heard the usual outcry o
"Take care, lady! he's madi"
My language was more forcible than
choice, I am afraid, while I rebuked this
foolish cry. The dog was hot, terror
stricken and harnisyed, but not mad, nor
likely to be, unless driven so by torture.
The crowd of children and half-grown
lads slunk away, partly before my ex
cited harangue, partly before the sight ot
a policeman, already feeling for his re
volver. With him I reasoned earnestly:
"The dog is no more mad than you op
I. .Sick and hurt he Is; but In that case
It N not your duty, but that of Horgh'a
as the children to him."
"He looks queer, lady. And If he's
menace to the children I must kill him."
"Not half such a m-naee to the children
as the children to him.
The poor creature had crept along be
side me, and now took refuge in our
vestibule: and having extracted a prom
ise from the policeman to do nothing be
fore three o'clock (It was now noon), by,
which time I undertook to have an S.
P. A. C. ollleer there. I left the dog under
the care of our Janitor, a very humane
man, and, "accoutred as I was, plunged
In" to a street car to go to the society's
headquarters.
There 1 secured the promise of an oin
cer In an hour's time, arid hurried home,
remembering on my way that no food
had yet been provided for my afflicted
protege, so I stopped at a butcher shop
opposite my home. While discussing my
dog case with the butcher, a notable de
fender of animals, whose children have
done good service to the cause, we all
stood looking across at the dog as he la
on our steps.
A grocer's boy with a basket on his arm
came whistling round the corner, peering
this way and that, as If In search of some
thing. The dog sprang up, tall wildly wagging,
""uttering what were nothing less than
hysterical shrieks of Joy.
Here was the muster, so long expected
and despaired of though no Idea but
that of patiently waiting for him in the
same spot, had found its way into tha
lalthful doggish brain!
How I triumphed over the policeman!
My second story Is a sadder one.
A lady well known to me was one day
on her way to that abode of charity and!
all good works best known to New York
ers as the Little Church Around the
Corner. As she entered the doorway her
eye fell upon a cat, crouched In the corner
of the entrance, Just In everyone's way.
Utooplng to caress it, and fortunately lay
ing her hand on Its back which was arch
ed up In response to her touch, she saw
that the poor creature's head was raw,
and Its eyes blinded by some acid. Thlj
was a case more Important than the er
rand which had taken her there, so first
bespeaking the protection of the" kind
hearted sexton, she hurried to Twenty
econd street, and was promised the Cat
Ambulance, as soon as possible. On her
return the cat had disappeared, frighten
ed at the voice of man, but after diligent
search she was discovered by one of the
women who was cleaning the church,
snugly ensconsed In one of the pews. In
thegoodness of her heart, thU woman tried
to pat hi-r, bt touching the poor scared
head before my friend could warn her,
the cat sprang up with a howl of pain,
flew over chair backs and seats and again
disappeared. A long search revealed her
in a dark corner under a seat, and here
my friend spread some meat before her,
and a saucer of milk but the acid seem
ed to have destroyed the sense of smell,
and It was only by placing bits of meat
actually in her mouth that she could eat.
My friend went about her duty of plac
ing flowers on the altar, and even after
this a rather prolonged work was done,
the ambulance tarried, while poor pussy,
sheltered in a cool, quiet corner, awaited
her fate. It was not until after some
hours of weary waiting, lunch-time long
past, that the red wagon and the neat
gray-coated man with his comfortable
basket appeared.
Then how kind he was! How gently
ho took poor pussy, on her Injuries being
explained not by her neck In orthodox
cat-carrying style, but by her fore legs;
how carefully he ensconced her, together
with her meat. In the basket, with the
promise that she should not be again dis
turbed until the merciful gas had dona
Its work.
"It is like a day In the life of one of the
saints," said the geijtle lady who presides
over the manifold charities of the place.
Would that sainthood were more often
sought on the line of helpful love to Ood'a
dumb, helpless creatures!
A Woman Who Did, Who Does, and Who
Will Do.
Neut lii the Wrong 'uy.
The number of people In the world who
are economical at the expense of others
is Immense. The ability to do thie was
somewhat plcture.squely Illustrated In a
case In which two mochers were discuss
ing their ltttle boys.
"Oh, dear!" said Mrs. Brown, "my
Willy Is so d'irty and destructive! All
his clothes are spoiled right away."
"Oh, that's too bad," said Mrs. Green.
"My little Johnny, now, Is so neat and
saving. Why, raiher than soil his clean
handkerchief he always borrows one
from one of tho other boys!" Youth's
Companion.
V lllng to Tuke Chunres. t
"Whisky," said the temperance ora
tor, in tones of much earnestness, as
he pointed his finger at the audience,
"whisky has killed more men than bul
lets." "All the same," said the watery-eyed)
citizen near the middle aisle, "I'd heau
ruther a man filled me with whisk
than with bullet." Indianapolis Jour
nal. -.
ARMY MA.uI.Vf.ir
Alenrl. l Sliimlil l end AH 1)1 In I
lii II e (jimllly .if llrr Armcl
These are diys when Ktir p
Willi ine Miund of arms and th'
"4
ar oC
,i ill
x i ha
cannon shikeg the alt ; hurrylru,
iv.iii.1s i't" ;i through the vlilngi i
piinopiv nf war glitters and glows
iiii
lh.' Acids', and smoke risen above
peaceful woods. I'.ut It Is not war
cseii the ruiinr of war; It Is the s
of war that makes this spectacle.
the)
nor
il Mil
nave believed ourselves happy In feeling!
tint there Is no need of such exhibi
tions among us. We respivl our nrmy,
uniall as It Is, and know great p i llilll
t it-- of oursolvi s-hould the time coma
for American citizens to take arms
n.H.iinst an invading foe. There Is no
nation In the world that has shown such
aptitude In arms (is ours. Our rebel
li 'ii of thirty years ago bad one uo
for which it h is seldom ben credited;
It developed and provid the courage,
th.- readiness, the Intelligence of tho
musses of the American people." Per
haps If It had not been for that wo
riiould never have consented to-day to
an army that is a mere nucleus for pos
sibilities, and should have been sup
Parting at great expense nnd with a
liUi ly protest of public opinion, a force,
say, as large as that of Holland, oc
Denmark, or Servia, or Hulgaria.
our isolation, our natural defenses oC
ocean and mountain an cold and heat,
our villi 1 and enormous resources,
have begotten In us a sense of confi
dence that Is well founded, yet thait Is
not wholly trustworthy. We do not
need a large nrmy, but we do requlro
tliat our force fh.ill lie of t!je best, and
that Its cltlcers shall rank with any In
th world. It Is but i-ipnt that we should
obtain this safeguard, In view of tho
f.K't that our army Ls the best kept,
best paid, best fed, most expensive for
its size in the world. In older that it
hh lil be made effective against a poa
Bibb Invading force, and an always
piooable band of Intestine troublers,
the manoeuvres of our army require to
be greatly enlarged In scope. We hava
no place of mobilization, such as they
have In Kngland. Prance, Germany and
Russia, and probably the 1'nlted States
have never assembled their army or
te half of It within tihe confines of a
single department since the war. Con
sidering the Increasing posver of the
armaments ot Kuropc, is It entlrcjy
right that we should continue to con
duct our military business under tha
rather provincial system of the past
quarter of a century.
One of the readiest ways of Increasing
the skill of our arms Is to send a cer
tain number of ollicers to Kurope every
autumn to study and report upon Oho
various manoeuvres such as are now
taking place. These manoeuvres aro
tests, of the divisions in equipment and
skill. It is supposed that war Is actuall
going on. There are battles and sieges
as well as Inspections, drills and re
views. New tactics are tried and new;
theories have the test of experiment.
War is a serious business abroad, and a
study of Its methods could not fall to be
enlightening and profitable to such of
our own men as should be assigned to
that service. Nor should It be merely the
j'cNtig lieutenants who ought to be sent
on a mission of such a nature. It should
be the elderly and experienced officers
who know our own armyand Its needs
and are able to make comparisons and
adopt changes and reforms. Such men
would be freely welcomed In Kurope, as
the representatives of other nations aro
already welcomed at these manoeuvres.
We have an army and we have In tho
militia u reserve of brave, ready, intelli
gent young men who, as to personnel,
are the betters of the army rank and file.
Uut that Is not enough; we want ofticers
who shall be posted on the newest and
best methods In war; who shall have
studied foreign tactics on the field that
they may be the better prepared to
counter upon them; we might profitably
introduce army manoeuvres for our own
forces, perhaps with the co-operation of
the militia, and we certainly might send
representatives of our army abroad to
continue their education and improv
the service at home. Brooklyn Eagle.
A Nn in nier Girl's Trip.
A KaiRas Journal thus gathers together
the testimony concerning a summer girl's
trip:
Jilts Dodle Marchmant will go to To
ptktt to-morrow to visit friends. Leaven
worth times.
Miss Dodle Marchmont, of Leavenworth,
is visiting friends in the city. Topoka
Journal.
A party was given liiBt night in honor ot
Miss Dodle Marchmont, of Leavenworth,
who Is visiting Topcka friends. Toieka
Journal. Miss Dodle Marchmont, of this city, who I
Is visiting friends In Topeka, had a party
given In her honor recently. Leavenworth
Times.
Miss Dodle Marchont, who is visiting
friends in this city, will return home to
morrow. Topeka Journal.
MIfs Dodle Murchmont, who is visiting
visitliiK friends 111 Topeka, returned to her
home in this city to-day. Leavenworth
Times. Chicago Inter-Ocean. ,
A Hhorthnmi Joke.
Lawley (expert shorthand reporter)
I tay, James, the boy from the news
paper office has called for tho report
of that lecture. Is It finished?
James (a novice) All but a short sen
tence In the middle of It, and I can't
for the life of me make out from m
notes what It is.
Lawley Oh, Just put In 'great ap
plause' and let It go.
James acts on the suggestion, and tha
lecture Is sent for publication with the
doctored part reading: "Friends, I
will detain you but a few moments
longer. (Great applause)." Tlt-Ults,
Hi eing th Wrath to Come.
"John," called out Mrs. Llilluu, "ara
you coming out to dinner?"
"In a moment," answered Mr. Ilillus
from tho next room. "Hut I'm goinC
to pull this porous plaster off my back;
first."
"Children," said Mrs. Uillus, hurried
ly, "run out and play a little while!"
Chicago Tribune.
Why Mm N'evur Smiled.
"Dora must have suffered some terri
ble disappointment. One never sees her
tiiille nowadays. What is the matter?"
"Three front tenth pulled."
Modem ICiig Mi Conversation.
t!he Oh, really, Major, you quite - ,
Ho Ycj, ah! Yes. ah! Wsally, now-
Mr, do Jjneg, ah I tft. Paul's. . .
j uiiaor.L.
3. S. Covy is piilill'.lihiR a daily pa
per to lill the loiig-fcit want of Mas
Billon, o.
The sum paid In Paris to tho W:i'-'ner
family in rovultlos cn the opeius of that
composer for :l Is year up to tho end ol
In pt month, amounted to $7,510.
The Kmperor of (ieriniiny Is very
rniiNlenl and is constantly composing
something new. A nong album of his
productions Is soon to be published.
Emma Calve iitkI her flnnce, to whom
fh Is soon to be mftrrled, are w devot
ed to ruth oilier Unit their 1'urls houses
ui c specially connected by telephone.
Mrs. Hudynrd Kipling attends to all
of her hu.sbnnd's correspondence nnd
carefully gunrds htm against wo'.Md-be
Intruders, lie is said to lie the most
iiuappioncluible literary mun In tha
world.
In live weeks Mr. Morley Roberts
wrote a novel of IlO.nilo words, rev b ed
one of 5n,0"t, and III six succeeding days
wrote six short stories aggregating
22,000 words. Ho did this ill the lake,
district.
Mrs. Llllln Pardee, who Is a cnndl
date fur State Senator In t'tnh. Is thir
ty years old, a teacher of Latin find
Givi'k and wife of a Suit Lake lawyer.
Hie is a Republican and says she Is
sun; of election.
Dr. MiM'inn A. Check, who has Just
died In Slam, was one of the best be
loved misii.)iii rles who ever went to
that country, lie wus a tine physician,
ni.d was known as the White Magician,
on account of hl:i nu dleul skill.
Prof. R. I:. Richardson, director of
the American school at Athens, ad
vances the thtoiy that the horror:' at
tributed to the River Styx by the an
cients were due to fever germs, with
which the locality Is still infested.
Joseph Field, the veteran farmer of
Monmouth county, New Jersey, Is 103
years old. Mr. Field's ancestors were
Knglish and settled on Long Island.
The family in ivcd from theit; to Mon
mouth county, where they have ever
since resided.
One of the niost Intimate personal
friendships among Senators is that be
tween l'.luckburn, of Kentucky, nnd
Allison, of luwiu The two men are un
like In politics, antecedents nnd asso
ciations, but they hold the most devot
ed relations with each other.
The Speaker of the' House of Com
mons has a chief pel, a bulldog named
Hilly. His teeth ami mouth and Jowl
are of the regular bulldog type; vet
Hilly Is said to be very good-natu cd.
Still, he bus had several misadventures
in London streets, his peculiarly pug
nacious appearance, which much Indies
the gentleness of lillly's heart, having
nearly frightened some ultra-nervous
persons out of their wits.
PEN AND PAPER.
The objection made to the first gold
pens manufactured was mainly to the
points, which were so soft that they
Were bent or worn out very quickly.
The Iron pen mentioned by Jul) In
the book or that name In the lilble is
supposed to have been a steel graver
used for cutting inscriptions on stone.
Most coping Inks are ferrognlllc in
their natuij, and are adapted for use
by being highly gummed and having
also a portion of sugar in their com
position. The Chinese pen from time Immemo
rial has bio:: a brush made of ronio
soft hair and used to paint the curious
ly formed letters of the 'hinese alpha
bet. The side slits I'l the pen are generally
made by a hand-lever machine, which
slits the steel at the proper place, and
thus insures greater llcxibillty in thy
pens.
The manuscripts of the fifth and
twelfth centuries were written with
very good black Ink which has not
shown the bust signs of fading or ob
literation. Quill liens are prepared for use by
sorting them, drying them In hot sand,
scraping them so as to remove the out
er skin, then hardening- them in diluted
nitric acid.
Liimboo pens have been used in In
dia for over 1,000 years. They are
made like the ordinary quill pen, and
for a few hours' writing are said to bo
very serviceable.
Some chemists ufllrtn that the Ideal
ink consists almost exclusively of gal
late of Iron, and that the nearer the
liquid approaches this substance tho
more perfect the Ink.
An Indelible Ink very commonly used
in the Middle Ages wus made with a
busls of the terchlorida of gold applied
to a cloth dampened with a solution of
chloride of tin.
The nutgulls used in the manufacture
of ink contain gallic and tannic acids,
together with muclluge and other' ele
ments, supposed to be, essential to the
constitution of a perfect Ink.
The parchments and papyrus used
by the uneb nts neem to have had a
special preparation, by virtue of which
they absorbed the Ink and thus caused
the writing to be almost indelible.
WISDOM OF THE) HOUR.
The new woman Is the old woman
made over.
The sure thing at a race-track Is an
uncertain thing at best.
Riding the wheel is called a fad be
cause fads move in cycles.
There are a great many people who
inula; mistakes on purpose.
As a rule poor actors aro poor, I at
good actors are not always good.
Experience Is the beat teacher, but sh
charges heavily tor her services.
Go to a fool for advice. If it doesn't
suit you you need not worry about fol
lowing it.
Politics Is a game of grab. Tho boy
or boss with the biggest hand gets the
most marbles.
The man who can drink or let It alone
Just as he chooses, chooses to drink as
a general thing.
Every two-for-a-nlckle politician
thinks he carries the affairs of i;a
tlons on his shoulders.
The wages of sin Is death, but pay
day Is put o;T a long whllo to many
holders of t .tu.n's vouchers.
A great n.iiny actresses seem to deem
It bigamy to be wedded to their art un.
less they have a divorce from their hu.i-hands.
WHEN LINCOLN WAS SHOT.
Mrs. Surratfs Waller Hoy Tells Wlmt lie
Knows.
Nathaniel Slmms, who In the early
id.vtles u.-ia Mrs. Mary K. Huirntt's col
ored waller boy, lives north or Oxford,
Pa. Ho Is a native ot Prince (ieorce's
ciui.ty, Mil. Kliiuns says when four
teen years of ago he was bound out tT
Mrs. Sun alt. there being sewn other
colored boys on the place. He tells. In
the Phlladi Iphln Inquirer, the follow inif
respecting hlfi tiilstreps;
"The nilsHls lived at SurrnUsvlllo,
about seven miles from Washington,
and, being a. lady of wealth, owned con
siderable of the village. She possessed
fine features and a temperament that
wa.i excitable. Her favorite hobby was
riiUtig horseback. I have seen her put
one hand on tho saddle pommel and
vault up Into the seat without assist
ance. Mrs. Surratt was fond of wine,
t he could wield a rawhide with Vigor,
and It ulways came upon the backs of
us boys so unexpectedly.
"i-r.'; entei tallied frequently. John
Wilke.i Hooth was a frequent visitor lit
the house, he belivr very Intimate with
my mistress' son, John Surratt. Iiooth,
a kind of n helplesis fellow, required a
good deal of waiting on, nnd from him
1 rcciived my !lrst money 1 could say
was it. Ine. About two months before
the taking off of president Lincoln
lli-oth v.-iin ot the Surrutt mansion
KUndy. A few days before the shooting
of the President. Mrs. Surratt and I
went Into Wushlngtiui, and she bought
nine or twelve pistols at a gunsmith's.
They were put In a little coffin, which
the iindiTtuker hnuled in his hearse
across tho eastern branch bridge. The
riuirds supposed It was a funeral, and
m.".iie no uttempt at searching. Mrs.
Surratt, after reaching home, hung the
pistols around nn the walls of her room.
"tin the night of the assassination
proth ami John Surratt ate rupper to
gether and left the house. About mid
night Iiooth returned, and I heard Mrs.
Surratt clap her hands and exclaim,
I'm glad the old rtbel Is dead' meaning
our noble Lincoln. That tame night I
helped Hooth into the caddie, nnd he
shot down the pike as if demons were
ni'ti r him. On opening the house next
morning I was surprised to see the
plazr. ur.d.ynrd full of soldiers. One of
them at ked If Hooth had been at the
house Jurlns the night, and I replied
that he had. In a short time my mis
tt i sa and nil hands about the place were
taken Into Washington." Washington
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t)i:r AinericMii tiirls.
The American girl has been discussed
nnd nni'.l:.-zcd until one would think the
ml Jcct had been exhausted, but a new
development in England lends to the
discussion a revived Interest. It is one
of the amusing signs of the times that
the PrltlLdi matron, after having for
many years utterly disapproved of and
loudly condemned everything connect
ed with our young countrywoman, Is
now endeavoring to find out the secret
of hir attractions, and to teach her
"little ways" to her own somewhat
Ftolld brood. To tell the truth, she Is
fairly frightened at the influx of Am
ericans Into the peerage and tho coun
try fumllies, and since she finds she
cannot kill with disapproval, she seems
Inclined to Imitate.
Hut here comes a difficulty, an in
sepcrable obstacle of race. What an
American can do, with a sort of airy
nttdacity quite her own, is apt to be
come rather heavy horse-play wdth her
llnglbh cousins. The explanation of
this rectus to be that the American
type Is more Bpirltuellt'. Our women
rr.ny be eccentric, unconventional and
even sometimes what might be called
fast, but they are rarely, 1? ever, coarse.
An innate refinement and coolness of
temperament saves them from vulgar
ity, and gives to their manners the dar
ing courage of originality that for
eigners admire. One of the happiest
and most satisfactory of diplomatic
marriages In Washington was the out
come of a ridiculous practical Joke,
whereby a pretty western hoyden sent
a new French secretary up to his host
ess with an absurd speech, which he
bad conscientiously and tcriously leurn
ed In Knglish from his tormentor, she
assuring him it was "the thing" to say
on taking leave. How impossible such
ti childish trick would be in a London
drawing-room, or from an English
"Mces," and yet the result In this case
was a wedding.
1 thought we would find you alto
gether Knglish," said a friend to "Her
Grace" on her flrct visit to her native
land after her marriage.
"No, Indeed!" answered the latter in
mock horror. "I consider my American
accent and manners my most cherished
possessions. They are my greatest
cards over there! We had a fire at
Castle, where I was stopping last year,
and I lost a lot of my clothes. 'I hope
you saved your pretty gowns,' said
the prince to me afterward. "I saved
nothing but my American accent, sir,'
I answered. 'Well, then, you are all
right," he returned, laughing. New
York Tribune.
Literary Lunatics.
Are literary men more prone to In-
, ranlty than others? Dr. Toulouse, the
celebrated Paris alienist, answered this
question after the suicide of Hlppolyte
Raymonds, the French writer of com-
cdy. "Mental disorders among men of I
letters," said Dr. Toulouse, "always ap
peal more forcibly to the Imagination
than ordinary cases of Insanity. Hut
we must not conclude that madness
is more frequent among them than In
other walks of life. The English have
a saying that great geniuses are all
madmen, but It would be going too far
to assert that a man goes insane be
cause he becomes a passionate follower j
of art or literature. There is no special
form of Insanity which attneks artists
or writers, but tho celebrity which the
successful ones achieve fascinates a
great many men who have talent, but
who also have abnormally emotional
temperaments.
"The active bruin work, the feverish
Impatience with which they seek to
gain fame, and often the privations
that they endure all these favor the
development of the germs of madness
which lie dormant In many brains, and
which would never have made them
selves manifest If these persons had
adopted a calm and more vegetative
mode of existence. It Is my opinion
that the life led my most artists and
writers is of a sort that Is especially
favorable to the bringing out In full
force of any tendencies to Inpanlty
which may exist In embryo In the brain.
The slightest thing may then unbalance
tho mind, and It Is that which too often
happens."
MARY ANDERSON.
VntrrcMins; liifriimlliMi Itc'pt.rtln Krn
tni ky's Kulr IlKiiglitrr.
When Mary Anderson b it the stage,
Henry Abbey told her that If she suc
ceeded In giving it up she would do
something greater than she had yet
achieved. Yet, though her career on
the boards was a brilliant one, ard
though fdit- retired from tin rn when her
fame was at Its highest, tho possibility
that she may return to the scene of her
triumphs Is very slight. .Mary Ander
son was educated in an t'lfiuline con
vent In Louisville. She was a devout
Catholic, and all through her stage ex
perience i. he practiced tlx; duties of her
religion ery faithfully. At seventeen
she made her debut as Juliet In a local
thep tie. Her fame speedily grow. Her
extraordinary beauty has ulways had
much to do with her success. In the be
ginning she used to piny In one week
such widely different roles lis Lady
Macbeth, Juliet, Meg Mcrrlles, Pauline,
Ingomrr, and Galatea. In 1SS3 she went
to Kin. hind and captured the Itritish
public, winning a far greater success
than In America. Then came the fail
ure of her health, her farewell to the
ta,":o, and her marriage to Antonio de
Navarro, a member of tho well-known
New York family of that name. Noth
ing could liavf been more quiet and off
hand than the simple wedding in a
small Catholic church in Kngland.
Mr. lie NHvarro took a place In Tun
bi Idge Wells, for the sake of his wife's
health. From there they go up to Lon
don frequently (It la only an hour's rail
road journey), and they lead at home
the most quiet, contented existence im
cglnable. Nothing Is needed to mnke
life at their charming villa on Ferdale
road an Ideal of domestic bliss except
the presence of their children. There
ore rumors after their marriage of their
disagreement and separation, but such1
reports were as baseless as they were
unkind. Mrs. De Navarro has said: "I
don't think anything could .have taken
me from my stage life except being so
much In love with my husband. We
had been In love for ten years, and I
Elmply had to let the other thing go. and
marry him."
Although they are very much Angli
cized Americans now after their long
s-.tay In Kngland, the De Navarros have
by no means abandoned the idea of liv
ing in America again at some time in
the future. London Exchange.
Sacred stone of the Oneldiis.
The Oneida Historical Society, of
Philadelphia, has been making efforts
to secure as the corner stone of Its new
building now in course of erection In
that city the sacred stone of the Onei
das. These endeavors bring to public
attention curious feature of the In
dian history.
The Oneidas were one of the confed
eration of the Five Nations. Their
great claim to distinction beyond all
other tribes was the great bowlder
the sacred stone. This was tho fetich
of the tribe.; they looked on it with the
utmost veneration, and esteemed it at
possessing divine and magical virtues.
So great was their reverence that they
could not endure any separation from
It, and In consequence wherever they
went they moved with them their, fa
mous rock, as the most Important as
well as the most cumbersome article ol
their impedimenta. The stone served
them as a sacrificial altar, and before
and about It the great rites of their
religion were performed. The cere
monial feasts which were held in com
memoration of their dead were eaten
on the open place that surrounded the
holy stone, and the sachems kindled
the illuminating flames beside It when
they gathered about the council fire to
discuss the weighty matters of Indian
policy and action. Its inspiration was
Bought as well for the fierce frenzies
of the war dances, when the braves
sought to rival In the furies of physi
cal contortions the fervor of their wild
pas; Ions.
The other tribes referred to the Onei
das ns the people of the stone, and the
stone itself was called onla, or oinota,
the real significance of which Is the
man born of a stone.
After the Oneidas joined the confed
eration of the Five Nations the stone
stood on the crest of a foothill on tho
borders of the Oneida Creek valley.
There It remained for many moons tho
sole remnant of tho Oneidas, for Its
devotees had gone to hunting grounds
where they could not bear with them
their beloved rock.
An Klortrlr Bicycle l amp.
Henry London has Invented and per
fected an electrical bicycle lantern.
London is one of the first men who
ventured to straddle a wheel in San
Francisco at a time when bicycles were
not allowed In Golden Gate Fark. Years
of riding have not diminished his ar
dor for the healthy exercise. He Is nn
nmateur electrician as well, and to light
the path of his wheel he has constructed
and attached to the handle bar the most
perfect little lantern Imaginable. It is
about as large as one-half of an ordin
ary sized peach.
The reflector measures two and a half
inches In" diameter on the outside nnd Is
one inch In depth. The lamp Itself is
about the size of a hazel nut. The lan
tern looks precisely like those on toy
carriages.
The battery is contained in a leather
case nearly as large as a tool-bag, and Is
fastened to the cross-bar in the same
manner as the latter one. It consists ot
u three-cell storage battery.
The incandescent lamp Is rated' at two
c Ar.dle power. It has attracted the at
tention of wheelmen, pedestrians and
people In carriages since it made Its ap
pearance in tho park, and men and
women stop to inquire whut produces so
brilliant a light from such a small ap
paratus. All sorts of pet names have
been coi-.-.ed for the little lantern, such
as Hash lump, search-light, calcium nnrt
lone light. London calls it the electrlo
Viicyelo lantern.
The light is regulated, extinguished,
or relighted instantly by the pressure of
a button, conveniently fastened on the
handle-bar, without moving the hand.
Ti e battery furnishes light for two and
one-half hours. London is now engaged
on a battery which will have a capucity
for twelve hours without being recharg
ed. Chicago Post.
They Can (irou l.
Manager We must put a great dea!
Of realism in tills wood scene. Can
you g"t some one. to growl so as to re
Bcmble a bear?
Assistant I think so. There ore six
or seven chorus girls who haven't re
ceived their wages for 10 weeks. I'll
Call them. Exchange. t
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