THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. HONORED IN OHWELL ! Little Ohio Town Is Proud of Gen Adna R. Chaffee. rresent Commander In C hief of the Army In the Philippines Passed (lie lns of II In llnjhnod Worklnw on a Farm. From a humble country home at Orwell, )., Gen. Adnii II. Chaffee climbed out In the wori.l and up the ladder to his present In.. I) jxsit ion Ihut of commander ol the Ignited States army in the I'hi!:; pine islands and he is the tiist piv.nte in the regular Briny to lie li wiled to such Hn exnlted ollice. '1 hroiigh his tact, mid liruvery d usi iir charge of Kl Cnney and then in the eiilnpnign in China, where he was also eoinninnder of the United Stitu folios, his name. became u pleasant mj conversation, and his that still greuti r thin accomplished for Hie .Ic of American friend believe ;;s arc- yet to be I l-1) .1 1 I ic ut bin tin mis. I.iltle did his young companions think lis they played with him about mow forts iii the lb-Ids t' Orwell that Aduu nmih some day to conmiuhd greut tirmies on rrnl battlegrounds. Memo ries of playmate days, however, go to show that Chaffee's love for things military was very pronounced at the time he wus unending' the little dis trict school and the old-fashioned Methodist Sunday school of his native locality. In n retrospect of his career his iarly command of the snowball foreeu loom up forcibly, lie is ll born leader of men. Chaffee's father was n farmer. He lilso engaged at odd moments in the vocation of cabinet making. The mother possessed nil the qunliliou tions of the typical good woman of the enrly days of the western reserve, fcihe spent much of her time at thfc spinning wheel r.nd in weaving home spun garment which in childhood were worn by America's grcut general of to-day, and her greatest ambition was to rear her sons and daughters to be useful men and women. It was not a small family Ihut required the at tention of this fond mother. Adnn's brothers numbered icn, und there GEN. ADNA K. CHAFFEE. fCommander of the American foreei In the l'hllliiplnes.) were two sisters Adnu was born in the year 1842. , When Adna was 1-1 years of age his ' mother died. Later his father mar ried uguin. The second wife had also been murried before, and was the mother of It! children. It was a large school attendance furnished by this household, and it was only by the ' greatest economy and industry t hat the children were reared and given an educational start. Adna, at the age of 10, went to work on a farm in an ad joining county. Here his proficiency was demonstrated in the corn field and at the plow. What he did he did well, and he accomplished a great deal for a man of his age. Then, says the Chicago Chronicle, came the days when Chaffee's first op portunity opened to him to join th army, and this he improved, as did likewise two of his brothers. Ksirly in '61 he enlisted in the Sixth United States cavalry, la bidding good-by K his brothers and sisters in going to the front he impressed upon them the determination that under no cir cumstances would lie allow any sol dier to excel him in point of perfect performance of his duty, mid he never has. Howard Chaffee, a broth er, who now resides in Trumbull county, enlisted in the .Sixth Ohio cavalry. tieorge Chaffee, anothet brother, now living in Nashville, Trail., enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Illinois as a drumnmr hoy in May, 1802, at the age of Vi years. Three I months later lie was transftrrcd to the 1'uurteenth Ohio buttery of fly. j ing artillery, and here served until the close of the war. He was wound-1 cd in the buttle of Hull Kiln. (Jen. Chnft'ee, it will be. n-inem- j hered, was appointed to take vom-; mand of the army in the Philippine 1 ,.7 successor to tie ii. AlacArthur. The appolntnitnt, of course, vwis made 'by the late President McKinlcy, who believid he saw in the rising Chun'ee the right limn for the place, so im portant ut this time. The ceremonies attending the turning over of the military control to lien. ChalVee were most eluborute. Later ChallVe inucl9 H tour of the islands In order to rec ommend such changes in the civil gov crtiuiciit as seemed most uecessury. I.nud Occupied y Imllnii, In 18'JU the urea of the national do main occupied by the luUiuus aggre gated 11G,UU0,0UU acres; to-duy"it ag gregates 85,000, U00 ucres, which is about us much land us we have in the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Holds the ltupclxluu Ilevord. Kev, Mr. Sundford, of Hhiloh, Me. recently baptized 219 persons in on hour and 87 ml&utcs. V ,1m J.W. 1 sciewceahdhealth. -nic In Ulileh Mm. I'.ildy WroM ffer Pnt-.miis honk lo Hp Made n Plncc of Worship. 'I'llP lllMI.'- Irs. Mary : nt. Lynn, Miifs., where linker Eddy wrote her famous book, "Science and Health, the law and (lie gospel of the great ( 'irNt inn Srlenee church, of which she i; the originator and head, hns just b.-eii purchased by her faithful follow ers in that city, and will be preserved lis a memorial to their revered teach er. It is to be remodeled into n church. There was talk of tearing it down and building a modern church edifice, lint the majority of the so ciety favor making such changes as it CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SHRINE. (Uuuso ut Lynn, Al.im., Where Mrs. Eddy Wrote Her Hook.) will provide a place of worship, and at the same time keep intact us a memo rial the room where the creed was born. The house is Vi llrond street, cen 1 rally located, and an ideal location i for church purposes. J t "is the Mecca of thousands of pilgrims, who come from far and near. At present it is occupied by two families, and they; have both been so beset by visitors that, they have finally been obliged, In Kclf-defense, to forbid inspection of ' the interior of the premises, except in rare eases, where people have trav eled exceptionally long distances with this in view. The upper tenement is occupied by a Mrs. Cole, and the tide . of travel turns more naturally in her.j direction than to the lower part of the house, from the fact that the room "Mother" IMdy occupied, and where he performed her tusk, is in the up per tenement. The room which is Hie subject of such solicitation is plain, smull, and at the present time occupied by a Swedish domestic, who appears sub limely indifferent to her surround ings, it is ngnteu ny a small gaoio window and a skylight in the roof, which is to be seen in the picture. One door opens into the hallway and the other leads to a small closet. The view is practically confined to the glimpse of the next housetop, which mny be obtained through the skylight by dint of craning one's neck, and the beauties of a lune, which mny be seen from the rear window. There was certainly nothing to distract Mrs, Eddy's attention from the work in hand. Whatever else is changed in remodeling the house, it is likely that this room will be preserved as a memento of the woman nnd her work, which has gathered such un array of followers since it has been under way. BOSTON MAN HONORED. Kev. Clinrle II. II re lit Chosen lllnhup of the Kplxt-opnl Church for the Philippine Islands. . Kev. Charles II. llrent, of Boston, Mass., who lias accepted the Episco pal bishopric of the Philippine ffff f UW .."(tWtA kI KEV. CHARLES H. IiRENT. (Prottbtant Eplscopul Hlfhop of the Phil ippine Group.) Islands, wus born in Newcastle, Out,, in ISM, and is the son of Kev. Canou Brent, of St. James' Episcopal eu thedral, Toronto, lie studied in the Trinity college school ut Port Hope and later ut the University of Trinity college, Toronto, where lie received his degree in 1SS4. In liSSU he wus ordained deacon und was raised to the priesthood in 18H7 nt Toronto. Kev. Mr. Brent's first clerical labor wus nt St. Puul's cathedraj in Buffa lo, where he parsed the first year after his ordination. From Buffalo he went to Boston to work in St. John the Evangelist's parish, Bow- dolu street, under Bev. Father Hall, i While at St. John's Hev. Mr. Brent hail charge of the colored congregu. li-in at St. Augustine's church. He interested philanthropists 1n the col ored people, und made possible the present handsome house of worship. Atler Ihc elevation of Bishop Hall to he diocese of Vermont, Bev. Mr, I Brent was transferred to St, Stephen's church on Florence street, and has devoted himself to the mis- i slouary work of that parish since. - " ' - f, SVn ' O " I ;' " ' - I l a NATION'S NEGLECT. Tor.i of William Henry Harrison in a State cf Ruin. In l.ncnlcd nt North liciid, O., Not l-'nr from Cincinnati Minnld lie Marked br nn A pproprlnte Monument. Cincinnati has perpetuated the memory of one of Ohio's bravest sol diers and most distinguished states men with a handsome monument the nrtistic equestrian statue of lien. William Henry Harrison, that com mands the Vine street entrance to Garfield place. At North liend, O. the place where' the dend statesman lived at the time he wus elected presi dent his ashes lie in a tomb which is in a stute of neglect. That fuct speaks but Illy of the respect which the na tion shows for t he memory of those who helped to mnke it great. The insignificant tomb Mauds on a little knoll and overlooks the bror.d, tawny Ohio river, which there makes a wide sweep to the southward. An ideal location for the eternal home of one who loved t lie spot, even as dearly as he loved his country. A dreary looking tomb It is nt its best. No one could have planned nn abode more architecturally severe. The cold gray granite, damp and dank, peers from the ground like the rude foundation for some house which was never built. Over the iron door of the vault which is reached by a path through a small cut in the hill side Btunds the Itgend "Harrison." The door Itself seems imbedded in the stone wull, unpainted und rusty, and marked und marred with the Kcrutehiiigs of vandals. Names are scrawled across it names of those who are unknown, ni.d whom no one need know. A rusty iron lock, which might be smashed with one blow, is all that keeps the door fastened nnd ; prevents the vandals from further desecrating the abode of Harrison! The puth leading to the door is lit tered with rubbish and underbrush. Hosts of weeds mar the beauty of the green turf from which they spring. No one cares, or seems to care, how the spot stands ns a monument, not to the soldier-statesman s worth, but THE HARRISON TOMB. (Located at North Ilend, O., Not from Cincinnati.) Far of the seeming ingratitude of repub lics. llecently Hon. Jacob II. Bromwell visited the spot, and there paid an eloquent tribute to the ex-president's worth. Struck by the desolation of the scene, he afterward said to a Cin cinnati Knquirer reporter: "When I visited the tomb of Gen. William Henry Harrison I was filled with feelings of sadness and regret to think that the grave of the man who did so much for the civilization of the northwest territory should be in an open field, neglected of human hands and without a befitting stone to mark the location of the honored ashes. "The railing that once inclosed the general's long home has fallen away, und the silent habitation is certainly a dreary abode, but an Insignificant construction of masonry and one broad slab are all that puuetuate the desolate wuste. It seems to roe that the grave of Gen. William Henry Har rison should be marked by a shaft of marble that could be seen for SO miles lip and down the river, and when con gress convenes I shall introduce a bill providing an appropriation for such a monument." Their IluntlusT Dour a Goat, Charles Hilemun und William Cart wright, of Anderson, lnd., wire nail workers, started out before daybreak for a limit. Hileman has a fine bird dog, and his son has a goat. The dog and the gout are about the same size and sleep in the barn. The barn was dark at the time the rig was got out for the hunting trip. After all was reudy Hilemun went into n dark cor ner to pick up the dog, which he sup posed was asleep. He got the goat instead, and not observing his mis take, put "Hilly" into the rear of the wagon. After the wagon- has pumped over the roads two miles from town the goat gave a plaintive blent, und the hunters hurried back to town, but loo late to cover up the joke. The dog wus still asleep in the barn. llui-t rliiu Camels Arc Touuh. Truvelcres In Siberia have noticed with much tuirpi'ise the ability of the native camels to withstand, without protection, the greatest extremes of I cold and : nirancter lieut. in winter the t her on the Mongolian plateau sometimes drops to 40 degrees Fahr enheit, yet the camels wander ubout with no evidence of suffering. Oil the other hand, the Bussiun explorer, Prejevnlskl, found the temperature of the ground in the Gobi desert in summer to bo more than HO degrees Fahrenheit, but the camels are ap parently as indifferent to this degree of heat as they are to the wintct cold. sigkok desplawciies leiv Ai'il.-i-isaiiiir from Ilalr fine of (lie l.n K'Ht .Members of l!it Ij: pin Pintle Corp. Italy has Kent one of her most dis tinguished sons t.) represent her at the Aiiurican capital. Signor des Planches comes from nn old nnd dis tinguished family of Savoy, which was ennobled by the reigning house of that principality in the fourteenth century, since when it hn occupied It lending place In the history of this department. The present ambassador pntered the diplomatic service more than a quarter of a century ago, when he had hardly reached his ma- SIONOU DES I'LANCIIKS. (New Italian Amtiac ?.idor at Washington, I. C.) jorlty. lie was at once appointed to a position in the foreign ollice and soon promoted to the important post of secretary to the premier, nt that time Depretis. I'pon he ueccssion of Crispi he retained this important billet, und during the long period of this statesman's service was not only his trusted secretary, but his valued friend nnd adviser. Signor des Blanches accompanied his chief in his various trips through Kurope, and was several times a a honored guest at Curlsruhe, forming a friendship with Prince Bismarck which endured until the death of the great German statesman. The new ambassador from Italy is not a partisan nnd has always refused to associate himself with the oppos ing parties, counting it sufficient honor to serve his country nnd his king ns a diplomatic ngent. It is this, the fact that he has been free from embarrassing alliances and without bias, that has won him the confidence of the ministers under whom he has served and earned for him . the im portant post to which he hns been recently accredited. Signor des Plan ches upon leaving the home office acted for four years as charge d'af faires of the Italian legation at Berne, and for three years previous to his present appointment was Ital ian minister at Belgrade. The new Italian ambassador, like his predecessor, Baron Fav-a, for so many years a conspicuous figure at the capital and long regarded as one of the handsomest members of the diplomatic corps, is tall and well pro portioned. He is of the blond type, so rarely met in Italy, with expres sive blue eyes, soft brown hair, . in clined to wave, and a pale complex ion. He dresses in excellent taste, and the handsome court dreSs which he wears, decorated as it is with or ders bestowed upon him by the vari oils countries in which he hns served, will be one of the most conspicuous at the white house receptions. CULLOM'S SHREWDNESS. How the Senior Senator from Illinois Silenced a Man Who Asked Au noylnig Questions. Shelby M. Cullom has been one of the political leaders of Illinois for so many years that few remember when , SENATOR CULLOM. (Ullnloa Politlc-Un Who Hag a Knack of Making- Fronds.) he was not prominent. He is like all bueeesisful politicians in his ability to conciliate opposition uud win support. The Saturday Evening Post tells fctory ut the way he makes friends fur himself und his party. It suys that during the campaign of l'JOu lie was mukiug many speeches. As he faced a large audience, in his home city of Spriugtlclu, he taw in the audience a fellow townsinuu who hud formerly been an inliuentiul republican, but who hud joined the opposing party uud displayed a dangerous activity in its support. 1 his mail arose from hi stat and apparently wus reudy to be gin a series of "catch questions." Be fore his Intention could be put into ex edition Senator Cullom puuscd in his kpeech, and, in a cunvereational tone, called out: ' "John Simpson, you're too old a man to stand up in any audience that 1 talk to; just come right up here und hold 1 down this chair next to mine." The invitation was accepted, and at the close of the mass meeting the man announced thnt he was "back to the fold" and had "come to stay." ! : . it . 't 'i W mm HELEN HAY ENGAGED Daughter of Secretary of State to Marry Payne Whitney. ironiiR Wnmnn Is Kxceeillngl? Popu Inr and linn Derided Tnlrnf for Mlrrnliire Weddinw Tnke i'lnee In I'cbrunrv. Secretary oTStateand Mrs.Hay have formally announced the engagement of their eldest daughter, Miss Helen Buy, to Payne Whitney, sua of the former secretary of the navy, Wil liam C. Whitney, of New York. A pretty romance will end in the wed ding which is to take place early in February, and which was begun many months ngo. Matters did not, however, assume a serious phase between the lovers until late in the summer, when Mr. Whitney became a guest of the sec retary and his family ut Bake Sun apce, the summer home of the Hays. Miss Hay is a beautiful girl, Miinll, finely formed, and with large brown eyes and a wealth of dark linir. Her voice is most winning, possessing rent ileptli anil sympathy. She was. he fore the long mourning period to which death subjected the family, one of the most beautifully dressed girls in Washington. The literary tastes of Miss Hay have brought her into close touch with the literary people of the coun try, many of whom were frequent in vited guests at her father's house. It is hoped bv her friends that her ambitions in this line of work will not be interfered with in her mar riage to Mr. Whitney. As the daugh ter of the American ambassador at the court of St.-James, Miss Hay was much admired, and on her return to America did some serious literary work, ns well as mingling constantly In society, both in Washington nnd Boston. A little book much liked by her friends she called "Some Verses, nnd in the romance of the South seas she accomplished a more ambitious work At?" M1S3 HELEN HAY. (Her Engagement to Payne Whitney Has Just Been Announced.) entitled "The Kose of Dawn." But it is probably in her juvenile work that Miss Hay is at her best, and in her "Little Boy Book," published some months ago, were found the most de lightful appeals to childish fancy. She now has a collection of stories almost completed, and will publish them soon a-fter her marriage. Miss Hay is also a contributor to the Christmas number of the Century Magazine. Payne Whitney is vyell known in Washington, where, as the son of the secretary of the navy, he spent many pleasant days, lie Is the sec ond son of William C. Whitney, of New York, who was secretary of the navy under President Cleveland. He wus a former classmate of Adclbert Hay, the brother of Miss Hay, at Yale. His elder brother is Henry Payne Whitney, who married Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt. His sister, Miss Pauline Whitney, married Mr. Almeric H. Paget, of London. Miss Hay has long been interested in philanthropic work of Washington, and one of her graceful works is to go to the reading room for the blind at the Congressional library several times a seusou and read for the habi tues of the pavilion. The wedding, early in l-Ybruary, will be a quiet affair, witnessed by only the families of the two young people, and will take place in the llay residence in Washington. Why French Colonies Fall, One reason for France's failure in colonization, says Thornwell Hnynes, consul at liouen, hus determined is that the soldier the position and character of her colonies. In Africa, for Instance, she colonized with mili tary expeditions; England,, on the other hund, with merchants, who have fixed upon the most, fertile points with a trader's instinct. In the fight for commercial supremacy traders are better than soldiers. Again, the specialties of French manufacture silks, ribbons, gloves, and articles tie Paris are not what a colonial people desire, nnd an in ability to minister to the more vul gar needs of the multitude hus al lowed other nations to enter these markets. Ireland's Criminal Het-ord. Ireland continues to far outdis tance all other European countries in crimelessness. Official statistics for the last year just published show a decrease of 10.2 per cent, in minor offenses as compared with the pre ceding year. I.onir Pipe Line In the West, The longest pipe line in the United States is to be built from WyomiDjf to Salt Lak City. , . , " "" -1"-i-"W-'- ' ""-I I 3iT.V1a. 11. "F- w L il ., M ?M UNIQUE GRAVESTONE. Wmlr rottlnv Cock llepresenled on I he Monnment of a Oermnn I'oultrr Fancier. During a conversation with a friend which took place a few weeks before his dsalh Hcrr J. Oettcl, the well known German breeder of fowls, ex pressed a desire that a crowing cock be represented on his tombstone, and bis desire has now been gratified, a tplendid monument of the kind desired, and which is the work of the sculptor Schnauder, having been erected in his native place, Goerlitz. A crowing cock is the dominant figure on this unique memorial. Octtel deserved this distinction, for durinir the last half century he hns wmm THE OETTEL MONUMENT. (Lusty Crowing Cock Represented on a Fancier's Tombstone.) done more than anyone to improve the breeds of domestic fowls in Germany. A merchant by profession, he lived to be H0 years old, and when he was not engaged in business or in doing the duties of some public ollice and for 4-t years he held some office in Goer litz he spent his time in studying the best methods of keeping and improv ing the various breeds of domestic poultry. In IS.iU he founded a Poultry union, which has proved a great success, nnd in 1S57 he started a poultry paper. which hus done good service in instruct ing German farmers and breeders how to take care of their fowls. In u word,, he raised the rooster and the hen in Germany to a dignity which they had never attained before, and hence it is not unfitting that a striking symbol of his lifework should be sculptured in marble over his grave. TYRIAN TEAR BOTTLE. Found Not Lonv Ann In a Tomb Near the Ancient Capital of the Phoenician KinsT. Ancient civilized races observed great care in the dispos-ul of their dead, very frequently placing them in rock-hewn tombs and surrounding them with objects they had known and prized during life, or articles it was believed they would know in the spirit world. Flasks containing the tears shed by the mourners were also placed, in the tombs. The tear bottle shown in the illustration was found in a tomb near the site of Tyre, one of the prin cipal cities of Phoenicia. This city was destroyed by Alexander the Great in the year 332B. C. Glassmuking was one of the arts in which the Phoenicians excelled. They were also famous for their embroidery and for purple dyeing, en.) loying for TYRIAN TEAR BOTTLE. (Contained Tears Shed by Mourners Thousands of Ytara Ago.) the lutter purpose the mollusks yield ing the famous Tyrian purple. It is believed they learned glussmaking from the Egyptians, who had prac ticed the art from the earliest times. Doubtless Phoenician glass wus clear und transparent or nearly so when made. When found to-day it lias usually lost this characteristic in marked degree, and guined u beautiful pearly appearance uud iridescence. The change is attributed to the action of dampness and other uutural causes operating through centuries. The dis integration of the surface layers of the gluss takes place and the light is refracted in such a way that the irides cent effect is produced. Three Hundred Thousand Mronif. In 7U separate and distinct natiuunl cemeteries the bodies of nearly liuu.uou soldiers who died during the civil war are interred. Some of the cemeteries contain each a silent army of over 10,000 soldiers, in serried ranks, marked by the white heudstones, on nearly-half of which Is inscribed "Un known." Good Mews for Old Maids. The enumeration of ltuo shows that there lire more men und boys than women und girls la this country, and that the difference exceeds l.hOU.OOO iu u population of TO.llOa.a.-ii. The ex cess appears more distinctly, perhaps, w hen it is said that there ure oil mules and only 483 females iu every 1,00U people in the United States. ill . tv -
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