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SKETCH OF THE EVENTS OF 1TS9.
Direct and Indirect, That Led te
Mia Great Gallia CprUInc Ttie En
cjrdeMlM and Their Influent The
Fatal Indecision of tx.nl. XTt.
Ij JUNIUS HEHRI BROWNE
(Oeffrltht, IS8R, br American rrcss Association.
L
The foundation of tlie government of the
United States and the outbreak of the first
French Revolution occurred In the snme j car,
1789, which gives te Americans an additional
Interest In oneof the most memorable rjwehs
of modern, times. American emancipation
from Great Britain began, It may lw said,
with the Declaration of Independence, which
Waa atoned In 1776. The French .evolution
really antedated it by two years, for lt onrll enrll
at muttering were heard when Leuis XVI,
grandson of the infamous Leuis XV ascended
tha throne. A great intellectual upheaval
marked the reign of thelaltcrmenarch, when
the excesses of the court nnd the clergy do de
graded the kingdom nail tlie church, nnd
generated the spirit of wholesome skepticism,
represented by Voltaire, Ilousseau, Dideret,
D'Alembcrt, Cemllllac, Hclvltlus nnd ether
able nnd brilliant authors. They paved tlie
way for the political upheaval that followed,
as the crimes of the two Leuis ngalnst hu
manity brought en the era of bloodshed nnd
terror at a later day and made nnethcr Leuis
the innocent victim of their monstrous wrongs
te the people, Tho-e writers often spoken of
a the Encyclepedists, have been ncctwxl. by
tha church of directly causing the horrors
of the revolution; but they wcre really effective-
In rcllevlng the popular mind of super
stition, and have been of incalculable lwnellt
te subsequent generations. Whlle they were
by no means froe from blomlslies, they were,
as a rule, earnest, generous, pbllnnthrepie
and especially anxious te ndvoneo the race.
THE ENCYCLOPEDISTS.
Few historical characters hive been mero
grossly misrepresented than Voltaire, much of
the misrepresentation having been dolllierate,
systematic and malignant Duriug hisrntirs
life, and during much of the next century,
he was portrayed
as en atheist and n
virulent assailant
of Christianity; it
is highly probable,
Indeed, that many
persons new living
have the same opin
ion. Nothing could
be further from the
truth. He was the
feo of dogmatie
theology nnd the
many and enor
mous abuses of the
Reman Catholic church, se rlfu in his day.
But he hnd no patlence with many of his as
sociates, who denied the existence of Ged,
whlle they regarded hlin with a mingled feel
ing of pity nnd contempt for what they con
sidered his orthodox prejudices. He spcut
much of his large fertune, gained by the
great sale of his works nnd his various simu
lations, in helping indigent authors. In Uilld
Ing better habitations for tlie oer, nnd In
contributing te worthy charities.
Any ami every net of cruelty nnd oppres
sion of which he hetrd, whether In his own
or In a foreign country, nroused ills profound
pity and indignation, nnd lie did what liu
could te relieve It, Fer jears he lnlwred
heroically In the cause of Jean Cains, who
had becu broken en the wheel for it crime he
had net committed, nnd n hew family had
been expelled from france. He On illy sue sue
ceeded in reversing the odious sentence nnd
partially indemnifying his widow and chil
dren. In the case of Admiral Ilyng he tried
very hard te prevent thu Knglish from carry
ing out the Judgment of the court; but tlie
unfortunate man was sacrificed te the popu pepu
lar clamor. Veltuira was right in pronounc
ing It a legal murder, Tlie story of the re
cantation of his religious views in his last heuri
has no basis. He died as he had lived, n sin
cere and consistent tlicist; his last words
being, "I die worshiping Ged, loving isy
friends, forgiving my enemies nnd ilcte&tlng
superstition." Of his marvelous and versatile
gifts there has never been nny question.
Geethe declared him te be tlie most brilliant
man of letters the universe had pre lu'ee.l.
Rousseau was fingularly unluilnnced He
win a sentimentalist he hail the gravest im im
perfecteonsbut he certainly cherished n
warm nnd constant
leve of his fellows,
eveu whlle his con
duct seemed te con
tradict it. ilistfiti
pcr.nnc.nt and prin
ciples were te en
tirely democrat ie
that he is reputed
te hat e becu the fa
ther of modern
domeuiucy. His
sincerity is shown
in the fact Unit lie
I neglected all oppor
tunities for litsewu
' ndvnucemeut, con
tinuing, te the end
of his mei bidly ten
tive, unhappy life, oxceedlngly peer. In his
"Contrat Secial" he promulgated the prin
ciples of universal suffrage, thus anticipat
ing by mero than n hundred yeaiseur l)eo l)ee l)eo
laratien of Indcjieiideiicu. He has been
credited with setting the fashion of human
ity, a fashion that will last as long us tlie
world lasts. He would see In our icpulilic,
were he conscious, the practical adoption of
many of his theories, held, In his day, te be
little else than dreams. It Is dilllcult te et er
estimate the immense iullueuce be has exer
cised. Dideret, who performed the bulk of the
work en the famous Uncyrlepi-di.1, was u
man of rare mind nnd van erudition. Not
withstanding that he was called uu atheist
he liad a large heart aud it liberal haml, bo be
ing ever ready te help the wer or succor thu
distressed. He was it complete philosopher in
must things, and tlie wonderful weik he
edited, though superseded by the Inci eas of
knowledge nnd the growth of science, would
net have been fluisliud but for hi intlcxible
energy nnd determination.
D'Alembcrt, ujiart from being it gieat
mathematician and an nhle writer, was
noted for his independence of mind nnd U U U
nevolcuce of character His "Preliminary
Discourse te the Encyclopedia" is ene of the
strongest and most remarkable comKsitiens
of the Eighteenth century. UU treatise en
dynamics, dene when be was flre-and-twenty,
created a new branch of science. When his
mother, a celebrated wit and beauty, who
abandoned him at his birth, was prompted
te acknowledge him en account of his rising
renown, he Indignantly reuudiatud her. He
said that the peer glazier's wife who had
taken care of hlrawheu picked upits it found
ling by the police, was the sole parent he hnd
known. He lived with her, ever honoring
and helping her, for forty Yeurs.
Cendillae, Condercet, Uclrdtltu, Mnbly,
Billion, MaruietiUl, La Harpe, Kaynal, Mer-
edict. Turget.Snint
Lambert, Ducles,
mid nearly nil the
writers designated
as tlie Encyclope Encyclepe
dists were friends
of human progress
and enemies of
tf-n. niuilvi ,,iai4Jei
Sjj-Sbs, degreu. They se
fJ -' '"
i puwic mind that it
una rniaKliul i ..
the foul injustice
and Injury heaped ujien the country in the
am .sf mvIugUcU n...1 ..., .i i...
f MH
VOLTAIllE.
my i
v'- I)' j
m, fti., ar
swev ' x ns,
BsWS, "
I& fZZ. we.e..w huu iujui uutuuriiy.
, ni e lu-truewxi me people in lUelr rlglits,
kV and stimulated them te resist onnresslen.
' . 3y were net ansn erahle for the Uelim of
Terrer, for they taught humanity ;the tj touts
;. v wiw wueut trance nan se long ix-eu cnrseU
ifj Were arbwerable, aud they alone.
It was. imioei, tuts very humanity which
jtj fcad taken the place of Indilferenec, cruelty
sum aeepeusm among the upper nul ruling
classes which maile the bloody lleyolutieii
is J"," s eun Happens, wuen me evil
saw nearly ceasul, the iualty for the evil
ana leu en the cemuaratlveif.cjillt-
e
less. Thus fortune, llke nature, often delays,
though she never cancels, -the result of hein
ous and continued injustice. It is the law
that violation of law must, seen or late,
bring bitter consequences, as the great
Trench Revolution hideously proved. The
wrongs of the people had been crying
through nges ter redress, and redress was
finally gnlned In the most savage fashion.
If IjulsXlV and Leuis XV had been as
moral, ns considerate, ns unselfish as Leuis
XVI, it is highly probable that the revolution
would uet liase occurred. But the great
king, as lie was styled, was a born depot, and
In some ways a colossal humbug. His reign
was In many respect brilliant; but It owed
Its brilliancy te the able men he had about
him rather thnn te his own achievements.
Ieng before he died the country was wasted
by unsuccessful wars, the prosecution of the
rretestants nnd by exorbitant taxes. He
was mero odious te his subjects after he had
liecome pieus-plcty was bigotry with hlm
than whlle he was prelllgatc. They suffered
lwa when he was ruled by his mistresses than
when he was rulef- by the priests. He had
the nrt of appearing personally nnd histori
cally ether than he was, and succeeded te the
ind In rmlmlns: hlmeelf efT en the nation and
Ien Euroie ns n superhuman sovereign. Ha
hed dignity, tact, courage and kingcraft in
nn eminent degree, nut he was supremely
vnln, egotistic, selfish, nnd built himself en
the humiliation of his realm nnd the Impover
ishment and distress of Ids compatriots. When
he was dead, nt 77, France cxpcrlcn ceil n great
sense of relief.
RIPE FOn REVOLUTION.
Leuis XV, with nothing llke the ability of
his grent-grnndfntner, was far mere supersti
tieus corrupt anil
licentious. He had
Intelligence enough
toiiercehetbattho
kingdom was surely
deemed, ami Ills
Fole solicitude was
that It should last
as long as he. Ne
prlnee ever uinde
religion mero hate
ful; for whlle he
transgressed every
principle of de-
cenny, and carried LOU19 XIV.
en the most shameful nmeurs, he never failed
te obscrve the empty ceremonials of the
chin ch. His o.vnmple contributed much te
the spread of skepticism, for almost nny de
parture therefrem was naturally nnd gener
ally accounted n kind of virtue. The civil
mid ecclnshrstla courts hail in his time nrIeus
mid bitter contests, and he nnd his parlia
ments were In frequent opiKisltlen. In the
most c nltliig of his ilebauchci ies he adhered
te hU habit of prayer, with him a mockery
of devotion, praying with yeutii; girls whom
he had capture.! for hi, 'Deer 1'nrk" with ,
iiiu iiuiu'vi iilaj 1UU.-UV tu nnil i ut: iil. aux'iteti
in iniquity, he would leap fiem hi, royal
can lage te kneel In the miry street beforetbt
IiasMii,; host of n racenletul precession.
Is It strauge Hint his outraged subjects lest
rciect for nnd faith in the Itumau Catholic
church, te whleh he was be scaleu'ly at
tached, and te whose feiiuni riglits he se rig rig rig
oieusly adhcreiH Tlmt church liui for three
centuries been associated, whether truly or
falsely, in tlie mind of the liberal French
with oppression nnd tyianny, ntul thu revolt
against It has Ih'H Inevitable, There, politic!
mid theology have Urn conjoined; whence It
liapjienstliut the ImiKiinlist, nnd Healisti
today lire commonly Catholics, and the Re
publicans, pat tlcuhirly thoe of the radical
branch, nre likely te be rationalists or fres
thinkers. Tlie French may net lw mere Ir
religious, in n strict tens", than ether tintlensi
but they have home se much and se long
from weak mid vicious pi luces, who have
cleaved te the Reman church, that many
nrmy themselves ngnlint it for that cause, II
for no ether. The eepla ns such nre net
logical; It is tee much et)iuis te exiect that
they should lie, Ixgle Is vouchsafed te few.
when Ixiui, XVI ascended the threne
everything wns rijm for revolution Only
$
the strongest man
nnd theuln-stlicml
could hate pre cut
cil it, nnd his hand
nnd head were nei
ther stren g nor
wise. He wns unlia
ble, well intention intentien
wl.ti lejnl husband
and n geed father
n rnre thing for
u Flench ntuimrch
of the Seventeenth
or Eighteenth ecu
tut y but lie had
l-euis XV little governing ca
pacity mid lucked decision, u fatal defect nt
such a tlma lie was tiuiiintlKKiiw of Leuis
XIV, in thu fact that hlsdlflldencu Inttrfeieil
with his prenT self repie-eiitntieu, hU pro pre pro
deeeisfcer lint ing Iheii egotlstle nnd nriegaut
te excess The cuiintiy was exceedingly peer;
the peeple had been taxed te deatli; wlille thu
nobility nnd cleigy luid been exempt. Noth
ing creates mere discontent, n moie t-edltleu,
feeling, than exorbitant taxation, and, when
unequally distributed, tend te open Insur
rection History demonstrates that men will be
deprived of f reedem, of most of their natural
rights, even of their lives, without ureusmg
the wrath nnd hostility caused by thu de
privation of meuv The Netherlnnd, nfter
submitting te every fuim of tyranny nml
cruelty from Philip II. seeing hundreds of
their countrymen inipilsniieil and executed,
revolted finally when he made another finan
cial levy Ixmis XVI Introduced divers re
forms, abolishing bome of the most elTeusise
feudal Imposts in the face of thu vehement
pretests of the nobles. He l.tliered, In his
way, te mitigate the condition of ills sub
jects; but he wns enduring burdens inherited
fiem etheis, nnd was obliged te make vicari
ous atonement. He even reduced hli house
hold expenses, mid diminished his guatds, te
encourage economy nnd retrcnchmi ut, tak
ing the lend In this needful mid honeinbio en
terprise. De Aliat he might, lie could net
nllay the bitter discontent of the nation.
Bci loin l let broke out, nml much bleed wns
shed; Leuis thewing pi udence, energy mid
courage in such emergencies. He had, In
deed, fallen en evil times.
THE THHEE LOUIS.
When Fiankllii, I- mid Deiiuu unit ed in
I'm is, keheltiiig aid for our struggling col cel
Miles, the king, tiieugli symivithliiiig with
the Americans, mis naturally disinclined te
iuvohe hie country in war en their In-half,
lint hU disinclination seen jieldcd totliuim tetliuim totliuim
iwluetity of his ministers, the queen aud the
intlnisiasm of the court and commons, lie
concluded an alhauee with the uug ru
public in Febiuary, 177S, and tlie early eon een eon
sequenee was the divlaratieu of hostilities
b-twivn France and (irent llritiim Tlie war
cost 1'iauce f.TUI.dtm.OiW-nn enormous sum,
considering her flnauclnll) ci ippled condition
uud materially enftvbled tint menarcliy by
spieading lepnblican nud lesohitiennty fiel
ingi and opinions. The ueetl of meiuy was
feit mere and moie. Btill the nobles and the
clergy i ef used te submit tothelrthnri'ief tnx tnx
ntlen nutil theThlld Estute tthecominens) de
clared Itstlf the national us-mbl), nud was
joined by iarls of tlie ether estates. The n-M-Ulbl)
ulldeltiKil. tuiieils lliium i.tl lefeuus,
wlikhcieale.1 intense enllnisi.isni throughout
tlie realm
The plan of a limited inenairhy wits pro pre
IwaM lij Neskcr, but the nobles iuduceil
Leuis, uuhnppily
for him, te adept
ieleut measuri-s,
and he closed tlie
itsscmbly by the
power of the unity,
'lhe memliers met
in mi ml Ja cent
buildmn- mid iman iman
imeusly leM'hisI
never te separate
until
tlen
dem w Hi solidly
tablbhed. Leuis l-uls SVI-
made many concehsiens te the people, secur
ing their l.Urties nnd iirivileges, but con
cession came tee late. He attempted te dis dis
selvjj the assembly; but it ix-sisted his at
tempt uiaatly. Te a urt official w be de
manded obedience te the king, Mlrahenit
made the fumeus reply, "Tell jour muster
that we sit here by tlie power of the people,
nnd thnt we can le driven hence only by the
Ieir of the bayonet." The king accepted
' the Inevitable; but be was vncllhting nud
easily influenced by lid counselors. He
banished Necker, and surrounded the capital
with soldiers. His reactionary measures de
prit ed him of authority and precipitated his
folk
of the ktaB-ABi5!?W,ffe
trT'Wk.'sir' -
T1IE MASTER SPIRIT.
Character and Career of Mirabcan
Briefly Recapitulated.
f W"r "'tween France and America.
The City nf Paris Trnly ReprrM-ntatlTe
er the Natien Interesting' Unatltles of
Hie flauls of Mixlrrn Time.
By JTJNIUB HEKRI BBOWNE,
tCepyriiEht, 1889, by American Press Assoclstlen.
IL
Tlie French Revolution Is coupled with
American Independence, net only In (wlnt of
time, and III fact of generous aid rendered us
by France, but In the Identity of some of the
prlncial actors. Lafayette, who, belonging
te the eldest and highest nobility, and left an
orphan nnd heir te n large estate, came te our
ihercs at ill te tender his fc-rvlees te our
cause In the face of every discouragement nnd
obstacle. Nothing but chivalry and Intense
leve of freedom could have prompted the '
youthful Frenchman teembark In no unprom
ising n cnuw. He wnsn captain of dragoons,
stationed with his regiment at Mctz, nhen he
first heard at dinner that the Americans had ,
declared their Independence. Oefore he hnd
left the tnble he had made up his mind tecnlist
In our behalf, and he set out for I'nrisat once
te execute his plan. This wns the darkest
hour of our struggle. The news hnd Jut-t
reached France of the occupation of New
Yerk by tlie Hrltlsb, tlie Ius of Fert VnMi VnMi
ingten,nnd tlie ralamltetis retreat of I lie colo
nial nrmy through New Jersey. The few
friends nnd the American commissioners te
whom Iifayctte had communicated his de
sign urgiil him ngnlnst its fulfillment, The
mere deierate our nlTnlrs looked, the greater
need, he said, of Ids nsUt.iuce, mid he would
net be dissuaded from his nobie purpese.
After the acknowledgment of. our Inde
pendence, nnd nfter Lnfnyctle had covered
himself with
laurels, he returned
home nnd did his
utmost te Impreve
theK)lltlcnl condi
tion of the French
I'letestnuts, nml te
further the aboli
tion of slavery In
the colonies. He
was a member of
thonu-embfyef no-
tiiblcs, which met
111 Purls. Feb. 22.
1787, nnd which MinAiir.AU.
may lie censldereil the first token of a revo
lution. He Immediately c.emlcnincil tliunbuscs
of the government, nlse piivntunud uuwnr-
rn,cdbnrrests, mid dema..dl the cenvwa
lien of the states general, being in everything
the champion of the people. The Count
d'ArteIs, nfternnrd Charles X,jukedi "De
you demand the btutes gencrair' "Yes," hu
sh ered Ivtfajcttv, "and something better
still."
The states general seen liecame tlie constit
uent assembly, ami In It lie propesotl n dee
lnrntlen of popular rights nLin te pur own
Declaration of Indecndeuce. Hu ulwnys
couuseled moderation, humanity nnd constl censtl constl
tutleinl liberty; lie defendiil the freedom of
the Ling n, cm nistly nud nwnlutulr as the
fiisdonief the people. He IiiImiiuI In vain
ngnlut-t extreme measures. Tlie Jncublns
feaieil nnd hated htm, nnd he I icon I no poncr pencr
less te stem the tide of sanguinary excito excite
inent. He rnveil his life only by Might, mid
spent nearly six years ns it )Millticnl prisenir
in the citadel of Olmutz. EITerts te secure his
rel&ise wcre futile until Naioleen dcmatided
it from Austria nt tlie head of hi, victorious
nimy.
There has never lieen it time when Paris lias
se much nbsorlied France us during thu Rev
olution. Hbe was then, ns she has virtually
1m.mii for twocenturles.thenntion. It ishaid
for strnngers, notably for Americans, te
liimglue Paris, during n jiei ied of peace and v
preaTlly, capable of tin lmlence nnd iusur iusur
rrctieti. Tlie city seems se reiitentul, se gay,
se full of Itself, tlmt uu foreigner would bo be bo
llnve it could lie suddenly reused te deeds of
tlesMratlen, Hut appearances are newhere
mero deceitful. A salient trait of thol'iiiLi thel'iiiLi
inn is te keep the U-st outside, te leek w lint
ha is net. Anether trait is it ilisiosltleii te
go from one extreme te another. He changes
like n cloud, from tenderness te ferocity,
from bcnovelenco te savagery. He Is literally
everything by turns, and nothing long.
Voltulre says Hint a Frenchman Is half
monkey and half tiger. The ineiikeylsluie&s
is often visible; the tlgcrishuesii Is ill-played
when he Is imgry; it wns lanquut during the
Revolution, it could net be sated with bleed;
tlie moie it shed, the moie It demnnded.
Otielliiig along the beulttruids, nil shows fair
mid jojeiis. One thinks that there can hu no
danger, no violence in that qii'ii tcr, w hlch is
veiled nnd glided. Hut danger and violence
slumlier there and everywhere in a great
capital, netnbly In the capital of France.
Yeu can km) them undisguised today in tlie
Fnulieurg St. Autoine, nnd nt ISellcville.
There nre thoeearv, brutal, barbarous men,
tlie hideous looking, iuncieus, murderous
women who tried te destroy Paris during the
Commune, t he deseeiultuts of tlie demons tliat
gliunednud shouted nml leausl themselves
puiple In the face ns ficsh victims weie
brought te tlie guillotine, and raveled In the
deluge of bleed.
Slnterlal In abundance can nlwnys be found
nleng the Seiue for new revolutions. The
beautiful city standstill a vast crater, which
mty nt nny moment blaze feith in wido wide
spiead destruction. It lias supped full of
hoi mr again unit again; but Its dreadful ap
petite is miMteil nnd Insatiable. The Com
mune of IS71, many of Its oiiglnateis sincere,
determined, lutrietic, but joined by thou theu thou
laudsef viignlMtiiils, ailveuttirers, professional
villains, the fieth and scum of it mighty cn
Itill, would liii."erc'iititl the terrible history
of 17M) had net the Vcrsnillvs tloejn loso leso lose
lutily put them down and extinguished them
completely The immense mob of a century
uge had unorganized opjiesitioii, no army te
ceiittnd ugainst, mid for six iiitermiiialile
years lettered will nnd action, nud destrejed
life in the name of lilieity, equality mid
frattruity The law less nnd worst elements
of it vast, ciew diil center hs-trncd then what
It can achieve in limitless honor, and the les les
eon is net likely te be fin gotten for bundled
of jtsiis lu Fiance Wild U-asts that have
tie-ted bleed in outer nfter waul tithirst there
to! , their thirst is unslal.nlile. It was hor
ribly se In the first nud greatest Fieuch
I evolution
HUMANITY AND INHUMANITY.
Hew was it that the ieeple se overcame,
overawed, intimidated tlie proud nobles,
uud txpially proud ecclesiastics, who had
scorned, iusulted, outraged them for milium-lieredyeai-sl
The commons had, ns we hate
teen, been ground into the dust fiem tin
remembered time; they had btvii sjslema
lically fleeced; they werestarviug; they had
tudured until ferocity had fellow e.1 dccra dccra
tien. Ixiuis XVI was vacillating; some
of his measures were rcaitiennry. He
could uet puisue n steady course; he
could net control the First mid Kecenil
IMiitex. Thu need was te conct-de w isely or
rcfuse strongly. He did neither Rut the
chief defect et the ruling classes, se fur us
they were concerned, wns the new sense of
lmmaiilty with which tlie Kightv-vuth cen
tury hnd endow ed them. The ml IMate
giilnixl after n while, though net without
needless exasperation, what It lUuiamliil.
'1 he common people (canaille) U-caiue tee sud
denly and irivspeusiblj iilliwwerful.and they
IncUvl sapient leaders.
Tlie nnstecrnts had been nlTer-tcd by the
writings of Voltaire. Reusx-nu, Dideret nnd
the iet. The whelu e.uc.ittM ceiiiummty
liad studieil manners etenmich. Depert
mentwas everything, ns Tuiiie has pointed
out, audits inlluc-nce was tmfertuiintu for its
possessors. Children bad lieen taught te dress,
te bow, te bear themselves IILoceui tiers. Ar-
tillciality wits in
tlie ascendant, Tlie
common veple, en
the ceiitrar, wire
nggtessltuly, bar
barously uatuitd.
They hnd hud
neither time nor
Inclination te ne
qulm lepressieu or
expression. The
filial result was iu
contact U-tnvvn
granite nud cla ;
the clay is pulver
izeil and diiplacisl.
The people nre
mero nnd ninrnein
COXDOltlXT.
loldeued; the aristocrats mere and ine
Fl' I r?'m A A
disheartened, but uniformly genteel and po
lite. Gentility aud politeness are flne things,
though dreadfully out of place when human
tigers are springing at your threat.
The lords nnd gentlemen of France, what
ever their sins, were Impeccable In external
behavior. They made no clamor; they con
formed te the law of geed breeding en all oc
casions. When I heir carriages were stepped
In the'streets by beggars or ruffians, entirely
without warrant, nnd themselves ordered
under arrest, they gave up their swords and
went where they were called. Perhaps their
long familiarity with lettrcs de cachet had
rendered them instinctively obedient, Tbey
thought mero of doing an act gracefully than
of considering Its Injustice. Veritably wen
they llke lernlw led te the slaughter. All evct
the kingdom, notably In Paris, they protested
net against outrage Learning what was ex
pected of them they simply compiled. Al
though they might, in mrxt cases, havcdrlvea
off their captors by display of the propel
sph It, they deemed It host te submit without
n murmur. Submission seems te have been
in the air; It wns welt nigh universal.
Imagine the effect of it en the miserable,
hungry, half mad wretches who thought
that overy well
dressed ersen I n
the realm had in
Jurod them beyond
redemption! Re
sides, tlie regular
soldiers wcre con
stitutionally nvcrse
te taking harsh
moasures with
French subjects or
French ckl-ens. In.
this way the suffer
ors from many
kings wcre urged
by continually re
LArAYETTE.
curring circumstances te violnte law, prlvatf
rights, comijieii humanity. They went from
dlspiitMit te resistance, te attack, te an
ureliy, te wholesale slaughter. Thus, backed
by generations of the foulest wrong, tin
French Revolution became n diead reullty.
MIRABEAU.
Jllralicau has li called the master spirit
of the Revolution, nud he deserved the name,
Wli.tt would have been its outcome, hnd lit
lit ed te Its close, ue ene can determine. Rut
it is safe te say the close would have becu
very illfTeicnt. Deprived of him nt the most
trying tn-rled, there was no leader te fill hii
place, or with jietver enough te sliajie events.
His career was strange and picturesque. Hi
was full of ivisdleiinnd genius, n man of burn
Ing eloquence nnd supreme energy, n man tc
de and te ceitimauiL Of Italian extraction,
and it count, lie is never thought of except w
a grent human force. Titles nre lest iu K
jietent an Individuality. His father, tin
JIurquisdeSIiiabenu, wasnu odd character,
tit) ling himself n philanthropist, and the
friend of the ieeple, he was n tyrant In hli
en ii family, mid eeught te conquer hi, red
by harsh and ciuel measures, which were el
small avail. '1 he boy's parents w cre ashamed
of him, he wus se ugly. He had a twisted
feet, tiiisymmcti leai features, nnd n face
marked by cenllucut smallpox. Ilut as a set
elf te these, he -tesscsscd physical strength,
indomitable wrll, rnre mental gifts.
After n course by prlvnte tutors his stern
father placed him ns a volunteer in n cavalry
leglmcnt, w hci a he gambled n little nnd sup-
planled his colonel
in the nli'uctloiisef
a girl. He wns
nlwnys a fnveriU
with women, do de do
rpite his extreras
plainness and dis
figurement oue el
the InmimarnbU
et'l denees thnt,
whatever their own
Intellectual short
comings, they nre
strongly drawn tc
U'AI-KMIir.HT. " "" V' l,,,uuu
.Mirnbeati wns a
iimrvelouscenversationallst. His fiery tongue
could melt the hardest feminine hem t iu time,
and he usually found time for its amatory
exercise. At 'Jd he was persuaded te marry
the only daughter of the Marquis de Maris
tiaue (there U something absurd In a man of
his temp-'r having n wife); but tho-eung
ceuple quickly disagreed and went anrt,nud
his father, who continually ersecutcd him,
caused his confinement fu it fortress en the
Isle of Re.
The youth wen tlie geed will of the Jailer,
who speke se kindly of him ns te Induce the
paternal marquis te procure n commission for
him, nud he was sent te Corsica. He wen
distinction in the army as well ns the friend
ship of his fellow officers, mid bis undo recon
ciled him te his father. Boen nfter his mar
I luge, the old marquis, ungry at the financial
troubles in which lie became involved ngaln
inade him (tprlsoiici'iiithuicuewiictlChiUcnu
d'lf nt Marseilles, and would net iclense him
nt the entientyef his wifa Hut lie seen pro pre
ctiicd ills leiuevnl tonfeit In the Jura moun
tains, where, being allowed te lsit tlie nil
jacent town of Pentailler, he met, and lo le
camo cii.imoied of Sephie, tlie Marchioness
de Meunter, tlie young mid clever wife of a
magistrate three times her nge. After it few
months he ran nwny w ith her te Sw Itr.eiiand,
and then went te the Netherlands, trying Iu
Amsterdam te support himself by writing.
Among ether things, he produced it vlgoieus
pamphlet ngnlnst the Hessian sale of soldiers
te Creat Ilrltnln for use iu the United States.
The next j ear he was condemned by the trib
unal of I'ontnrliertethegallonsfor seduction
nud forcible nbJuctlen, nnd his mistress te
imprisonment for life. They were spdily
iu rested, and conveyed te Paris; he was shut
up ut Vlnccnnes, nnd she sent te n convent
Milieu.
Tlie elder Miinbesu resolved te keep Ids
seu In thu feitiess for the remainder of his
d.ijs, but the son was se miserable without
his sweetheart that be wits only in evented
fiem suicide by permission te write te her.
His leve letters weie ns Impassioned ns fre
quent. He did considerable literary work,
tee, notwithstanding that he had several
seileus disorders, nud wits threatened with
blindness. Hut the friend of tlie eeple, und
thuuciimonleus feo of his seu, nut or I dented
until the death of his little grandson rem
deled it iidtKiliIe te ierietuute thu family.
Se Sephie's lever was set five he had been
imp! iseued forty-two months, they had a
subsequent Intel view, separated In anger,
mid bhe finally destroyed heiself. He lie
came mi Idel of the French his gifts, and
eteii his faults, particularly apiwaled te
them but, disnpKinted in locevcring his
wife by it suit nt law-(what could he have
wanted with hcrfl, he went te England,
where he printed several of his works.
Fer several years be wandered ever Enrope
stud) lug, wilting, publishing, making love
end taking the deepest Intel est in politics.
Un tlie announce
ment of the meet
ing of the states
general, curly in
17b'.t, he sought
election te the no
bility from Prov
ence, but be seen
gained their enmi
ty t Hid audacity
of his discussions, vj;
Hitting Ihs'ii ill iv
eu mil, he went
eyr te th.i Thud
iUtnl where by
hu i lucuiYi and
courage he wen control, nnd iulliieiiccd them
te stand 111 inly against the ether orders. He
was cf ten summoned te address the iieeple
when they weie lioteus and dangerous, and
he invni ialilt calmed them Whatever cause
hef.tteieil wnt sure tetilumph. The king
understood liu inner nud lalieixxl te win nnd
ilevrte bis fitter Miialwaii streve te l-'
jut, te iMabli-h nn understanding between
the ci en ii and the commons- He ndtix-ated
theu)nl ri.-lit te decl-tre (ice nud war in
opposition te some of the iih!el orators. He
wns aeeiwsl of, treason mid corruption, und
tluee days Intel tike in hi own Mmlf, ve
tnhlishiug Ids Innocence and regaining the
public admiration.
Result hurt mgn it deputt he published a
journal, mid did weik eneugli te kill twenty
mem His inegular llfeund bis j tars of toil
had nein him out lie bad ueter siared
himself, nud uatiiru exteti.i penalty. Rut
for hu untimely divith. at feity two, Louii
miglit h-tMiwiteil m liead and llietuvngerj
of the Terrer U-cix hmdi-ied Uu the hist da
that he rat lu tlie assembly he sjMke live times,
though try ill, nud went home utterly ex
htitistcd. When he saw the end uppitmching
he said te Ids friend and physician, Cuhaiils,
"1 shall die today At such a juncture but
ene thing remains te lie done te lie jwr
fumed, crowned with fie era, and surreundeil
with inusli. It order te enter pleasantlr iutc
"Wtptm
ifV-v-AA
0- '
i-W 1 V0V ' I W HESHWIW UX;t
137 1UJI - ' -iffrfm - r-i'lf " " tlli','- iaT'""l -i
that sleep from which there is no a waking.
He ordered his bed te be placed near the
window that he miglit tsetter tee the gloryef
tbe sun. As he gazed at It he exclaimed with
rapture, "If tlie sun be net tha Almighty It
must at least be his cousin german."
Be passed the great tribune In the prlme el
life, in the ncme of his might and renown.
His death was lamented by the entire coun
try. Ne Frenchman's less, unless that of
Henry IV, has ever been se deeply and
poignantly felt by the nation. His remain!
were borne, n solemn pageant, by the assem
bly and the peeple te the Church of Bt,
Ocneviove. Three years later they were re
moved, by order of the convention, te the
burial place of criminals. Hew completely
and distinctly Frcnchl
A BENEFICENT INSTITUTION.
The Orphan Astlnni at Cnrslraea, Tea.,
Ijttelj' S'ermally Thrown Open. '
Scventl years nge tlie Texas state legls
Inttiie&ct aside n portion of the public
domain, tlie proceeds of the Kile of
which were te lie devoted te thu erection
of n state orphan rtsyltini iu Boen us n
(iinper site should be chosen. The slte
COnsiCA.VA OltPHAN ASYLUM DUIMMNO.
finally fixed upon wus Ceiblcana, the
"Qein City of Central Texas," which so se
cured tlie location by the donation of a
tract of mero than 200 nciee, feome tluee
miles tyeat of the place. As been as this
had lieen dene the residents of tlie vicin
ity proceeded te contribute te the Im
provement of thp gtetiml by fencing the
tract in, laying out handsome tvnlks and
diives nml planting it due fruit orchard.
This was followed by the weik of building-,
which was begun last Kqiti'tiiber.
Twe large briclt buildings, of which but
ene isfchetvu in the cut, tvcie the result.
They nre 200 feet apait, each has a front
of 73 feet, and each is built in the form
or a T.
They nre two Bteilea high, with deep,
well cemented cellars nrrangeil for het
water heating, cooking ntul laundry pur
Hises. Tliostyleef aivhiti'ctiiri' !m ( otit etit
ic, with sills, window caM, pert I com and
columns of cast lien, Tlie lnicks used
weie all inade of Texas soil In the towns
of Wace, liolten anil Rusk, and the pig
lien which the castings were inmtu from
was also inade at Rusk from Texas ere.
Tlie main timber is Texas heart pine,
with stair rails, newels and ball.tsttirs of
black walnut, The ceilings are of cor
rugated Iren, thu mofsef tin ami crest
ing of malleablu iron, nml both buildings
nre furnished with pipes fm het water
heating. The ventilation and ntlu r ban
itary precautieus aie perfect, anil Unca
pacity of the home at piesent i.s for 200
inmates.
The entire cost of buildings and fur
nituru complcte is nbeut $10,1)00. The
original appropriation was &2."i,0i)0 for
construction, and thu lust legislature
voted 18,000 for furnishing and i tinning
the place for the first year aud $115,000
for the bccend year.
The ppace between the buildings is left
for the election of a large nnd hamlsoine
central building when thu demands re
quire it. Tlie barns and ether outlmild eutlmild
ings are commodious and convenient.
There monlsettvotlsh lakes well btecked
with flbh, located en the eaMem 6lope of
the grounds, into which nil the biirplus
water is drained from tlie premises.
Tliese lakes are connected by n substan
tial rustic bridge, from which a roman
tic sccne can be viewed and seme line
fish caught next spring.
.Mr. Cnnklius'it Monument.
The monument at Ilosceo Conkling's
grave in Fei est Hill cemetery in Utica, N.
Y,, has recently been finished. It is built
tif Qnincy granite in tlie form of a sar
cophagus, with two heavy bases of cut,
unpolished granite, n cubical die; each
corner has polished columns, and a mas
bit e cap surmounts the whole. Its posi
tion i3 in tlie family plot en the north of
the monument te Horatio Seymour.
'N&S&&
noscen cenklfnci's monument.
On the east bide of tlie die this simple
Insciiplieu it found, "Itosceo Conkling,"
and en tlie west hide, iu udditien te the
name, the inscription, "IIeiu Oct. !i0,
i32i). Died Apiil 10, 18S8." Mrs. Conk
ling selected the design nbeut n year
nge, nnd ttetk wa3 begun en the monu
ment at once. Its hchjht is net ever
ninu feet nud it weighs alieut ttventy-tlve
tens. Its simplicity causes it te appear
imposing, and it is'in thorough keeping
willi Itosceo Conkling's character.
New Cniitt Heuse fur New Yerk.
Ill New Yerk city a plan has just been
adopted for a new ctiminal court build
ing en the block next that Egyptian
building known as the Tombs. Mr
Wilsen's plan, of tlie firm of Thern, Wil Wil
eon ok.' Schaarschmidt, was adopted. His
estimate of the cost is $1,-I00,000. Tlie
plan gives a six 6tery building iu the
modern Kcnaissance 6tyle. The base
ment will consist of granite, backed with
biick, the ether stei ies te be of Milwau
kee or ether geed brick, with terracetta
Kf.W YORK'S NCW CItlMlNAL COUUT.
eruauieuts nnd trimmings of Uelloviile
or Leng Meadow btone. The cornices
nre also te be of brown stoue and terra
cett.i. An iron reef will be covered with
tiles laid in cement.
The basement and first fleer will be
taken up by the coroners, district attor
neys and excise commissioners, if there
is loom for them. The second and third
floors nre intended for court rooms, each
occupying the full height of two eteries.
The tluee highest bteries nre te be for
etliccs. The extreme height of the build
ing w ill be 1 10 feet.
A new- stage gun has been invented by M.
I'hlllippe, secretary of the IkmllVe I'aii.i
cuues. It contains a leug spiral spriii",
w hlch carries rt needle at the end. The piece
is leaded by cempiessiug the ipritig, wldch
is retained by n shnple mechanism, nnd in-'
' sei ting in the muzzle a cork w hlch contains
a charge of fulminating mercury. On pull
ing the trigger, thy spring is released and the
needle strikes the fulminate, which explodes
blowing the cork into dust. It is said that
these guns can 1 leveled directly at nny
Iieruci aud discharged w Itheut risk.
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MM ANDERSON:
i
The Beautiful Actress Is Net
in a Mad Heuse.
WILL SHE DltlNU SUIT FOR LMKLj
Same Anecdotes That Are ttentlri-nl Timely
by Reason of the Ilecent Stories Itee-trd
Ins; Iter New Declared te lie Without
Foundation.
It Is net at all clear In the mind of the dear
public as te who started tlie story that Mnrj
Andersen has been sent te n prlvnte mad
house. There are theso who say they think
thatthe rumor Rained ground because Miss
Andersen thought Its circulation would ad
vertise her.
It Isn't at all likely that their guess is n
geed one, Perhaps some of the Kciitpcky
girl's satellites are responsible for It, but net
Mary, Nu woman who is as sensitive te crit
icism as is Mary Andersen would be a party
te the promulgation of n story that she was
suffering from the dreadful malady called
paresis. Her confessor, Father Purccll, says
she is recovering from a long period of nerv
ous prostration brought et, by everw erk nnd
long American railway Journeys. And he
adds that somebody ought te sutler, either
by having te pay heavy libel damages or
otherwise Uut it isn't likely any suit for
1111 willbobreucht,
CAUSE Kin ANNOVA.NCB.
Miss Andersen's illness began just nfter her
appenrauce in HU Leuis last year, One critic
then said of her:
Bhe Is a loeg limbed, expressionless featured
v, enmn, n Ith a reach that n eul J tiiate a prize
fighter's fertune and a telee that Is lirce and
somewhat rich, but that has never becu attuned
te agi ceahle muslu mid that can no mere Interpret
the low, sucet melodies of the soul than a mule
can sing a hillahy or a buzz saw can warble "The
Last Hese of Kumuier,"
Anether wrote:
As for I'crdlta, the delineation of the street,
girlish rusticity and roseate warmth of lore wli Ich
crown the character of this delicious creation of
Shakespeare Is ns far beyond Maty Andersen as
the constellation of Hercules Is beyond the dead
moon. Yeu tnlgntes well talk of the versatility
of it uiarllnspikB or the Protean qualitVs of n
chunk of red granite. It ts as eerisible te assert
that Mary Amiereeu l. ttrlns or triplets as te as
sert that she is t ersatite. Cbu Is always Mary Au
ilcrsen, undisguised and unchangeable, pretty te
leek upon In iviiese, agreeable te listen te in do de do
clatnatery bursts, beautifully robed and pictorial
ly attractive, but a medlocre actress at erery
IwIiiL
,-i--i
S
MARY ANOEUSON.
It's llttle wonder tlutt this sort of thing an
noyed Mary. There nre two stories told
nbeut the cause of this terrific criticism. The
ene most creditable te the critics is te the ef
fect thnt St. 1juIs wns angry because the en
gagement was but for five nights nnd the
Fi-vulaters lieught up the geed seats. The
ether gees that the supply of deadhead tick
ets tas tee small te suit the newspapers.
Neither of these nllegeil icasuus me such as
should intluence the critic. In fact, writer
who would gratify spite in drauiatic criti
cisms are a disgrace te the profession of jour
nalism. 11VT NOT CAUSE FOU DISCOURAGEMENT.
Hut It was n matter of wonder thalnwo thalnwe
mnn of such strength of character ns Miss
Andersen should be completely uset by the
vnporingsef such alleged critics ns these el
St. Leuis. And it is fe be heied that she
may be seen many times upon thu stnge in
future. Miss Andersen bad received little,
If nny, thorough instruction when she made
her debut, according te one who bns written
of her earliest draiuatie life, nnd It requil ed
great coinage and determination te make
the nttempt. She had talked with peer U tr
ney MacniUey, who advised her te accept a
position with seme geed company and gradu
ally work her way upward. Hut Mary An An
dereon, n mere slip of a girl, did net coincide
with his views. She had higher nspirntlens.
She had always pictured herself nsnstarel
no mean magnitude, aud she could net easily
relinquish the idea.
Harney Mncauley was a large hem ted man,
and though ha predicted a failure for tin
young nspirnnt for histrionic honor, he gave
her all the aid in his power. Mnaiutey's
theatre in Louisville was placed ut her ills ills
iesaI, and Mrs. Mncauley, herself an nctrest
and n woman sympathetic nnd kind, gener
ously leaned the young girl seme of her own
costumes, The white satin dress In which
the fair Juliet appeared and which caused
considerable comment liec.tuse of its being
tee short for Miss Andersen's- tall llgure, wus
Itachel Macnuley's. Se uiricrustemcd was
Miss Andersen te such costumes that during
the balcony scene she uctually stumbled ever
her train.
Popular opinion was divided, peme sympa
thizing with the young girl, while ethers
tliuught that the had lest caste nud decided
that she should be incontinently snubbed
Huweter, Mr VYntter-eu tviu in sympatbi
with the actress, und The Courier-Journal
the fellow ing morning centnlued u lengthy
account of her debut, claiming it te have been
a jjvjual success.
BNUDUED.
There was a story told of Miss Andersen
about that time which, if ever she recalls it,
must cause a smilu of self prlde ami satisfac
tion. Net long after her debut she was one
day gein uleug fifth avenue. New Yeik,
near the cathedral, when she saw coming to te
tvui d her an old f i ieud.
Miss Andersen's face brightened instantly,
then a faint (lush overspread it, for she saw
no atiswei lug smile en the face of her fl lend.
Nearer nnd nearer they came, but the ether
woman, looking Miss Andersen full in the
face, passed her by as u stranger It was the
cut direct, mid Miss Andei son's face was
crimson. Peer girl I it was lather hard te have
old fi lends cost her elf.
Uut that was it long time age. In the yeurs
that have passed since Miss Andersen has w en
fame and mere the icspect of the world,
perhaps she doesn't knew the ether young
woman new
At nny rata she numbers nuieng her ft lends
many whom the ether woman would be glad
te knew. Among them is Lord Tennsen.
She visited lain lust summer during her hull
da, at his iHUiitlful home in the Isle of
Wight, nnd when she returned teAmeiiea
she brought with her eii tain treasures, which
methe gift of the lxt, in theshas)ef snteral
lyiics wiiieh lint e ueter lieen published Twe
nt least were Inspired by the letel) lleimiene
and I'eidita herself, mid ethers me verses
suited fur recitation,
Iluring her t isit there it U srjd she used te
1111 his pijie for him, while lie used te bestow
upon her nil sorts of peutlc.il (let'iuiines.
AT A ItmiCAIUsAI.
There is no doubt but Miss Andersen used
te work tery hard nt rehearsals Here is it
iassage from adt-s;riptfeii of one published
Inst jenr.
"It is hi highness' pleasure that the queen
appear liefore the l.nii.''
The queen In n little cheeked woolen dres,
ncleMt fitting jersey Jieket, n tery Ilngllsli
turban faced with black telvtt uud orna erna
metiUtl by it bow of bright ribl.m, her long
golden hair dene up (u close braids at the
luck of her shajiely head, with long tail
gloves en her slender hands this quecu comes
iu mid droops prettily Inte a small cane
seated chair, her face the picture of wee.
Who Is shot
Why, our Mary, at a rehearsal of "A
Winter', Tale."
The curtain is up, the scenes nre all up, tee,
and the hare beaids of the stage are there.
The great gas jet U wheeled out til tlie front
center of the stage and beside It is a great
biciienntlair that leeks like a cauneu. There
Vs
strax
i-iV-fcilSlsSS
are at least sixty people en the stage. All
the men keep en their hats and overcoats and
even their goleshes and gloves. '
Tbey are beginning with the first act Miss
Andersen plays a dual role that of tier
miene and I'ertlita, her daughter.
"I say, ladies, you de net laugh sponta
neously. New laegn as if you really eujeyed
It. Lauf-br
It Is tbe silvery voice of Miss Andersen.
She is net the queen any longer; she is the
manager of her own theatrical company, and
she Is giving her orders In the sweetest, clear
est, but most commanding tones.
Mr. Abtid, her manager, a tallt handsome
Englishman, calls her te one side aud they
chat for a fet memcuts. .
"Uct through with the business, "Mr. Lo Le
thian," he seys te the stage manager,
A handsome, stout, middJe aged lady in a
light fawn colored ulster and a small bonnet
comes down the center of the stage. She it
followed by three ether ladles, all in street
dresses and bonnet., Miss Andersen standi
ever by the big iruu affair, her hands en bet
hips, one feet forward and a very Judicial
leek en her face.
Paulina, wife of Antlgenus, otherwise Mrs.
Jehn Uillhigten, is thu stout lady. She says,
In splendid stage teucsi
"This uews is mortal te the queen I Loek
nnd see what death is doing I"
Mrrcyl has Mtsj Andersen fallen down
dead I All of the ladles are looking with up
lifted hands and horror stricken faces at the
Doer; Ae crowd utters n murmur.
Ne, iudced, she hasn't, She doesn't fall
down at rehearsals; then the fleer is net very
clean, you kuetv. They are looking nt neth
iug, and just drawing en their imaginatieni
for their facial expressions.
"Murmur a little louder, plcnse," says the
supposed dead queen, tapping the point tf
her Oxford beet en the stage. "Aud leek,
loekl All of you leek as though you really
saw something! Deu't bestupldl"
'And se en te the end of the rchcarsaj.
Thcieisuu woman en cither side of tl
ocean today who could take the place Ot
Mary Auderseu.
A Machine te Help Scullers.
Every ence In awhlle seme ene comes for
ward with nn invention which premises te
revolutionize things. Sometimes It does nnd
sometimes It doesn't, but a recent device te
help n beat through the water certainly
leeks ns If it welid be a success. Tlie dovice,
of which a cut Is here given, is very old in
prlnclplc.but has never befere becu applied te
small beats. It is a small machlue, the weight
of which will net exceed three jxjuiids. It Ii
placed undernenth the scat of the shell nnd
ts worked in connection with the sliding seat
The machine forces n jet of water from tht
disclmi go plpus lute the solid water below
tholieatnta high pressure, which prcssurs
U obtained by the weight of the sculler en
lli3 sent
Tbe reader w ill notice, by reference te the
drawing, which is taken from Tlie Bosten
Glebe, that the track en which the SKtt rur
Is cursed Instead of being straight, nud is st.
arranged as te rock en tbe center, which
git os a vibratory motion te the yeke beneath,
which In turn transmits the power te the
pistons through the red nnd se forces th
water out.
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TUB OARSSIAN'si EKCnET IinLrEK.
A word us te the high pressure. With at
oarsman of ltO pounds weight sliding 21
Inches, und the vibrator 5' inches between
centers, theie would be an average of U te 1,
or when figured down te the piston pressure
it would give 'JO (Kiutids te the square inch.
The Inventor has used this propeller in an or
dln.try lapstrraked beat nud obtained nspeca
of two or three miles nn hour without anj
ether means uf piopulsien.
It U expected tomale n difference of hall
n inlnute te the mile In a three mile rnce and
of three-fourths of a inlnute in a longer race.
Itcstaitiaiits In Sweden.
A traveler gives the following interesting
description of n railroad restaurant service hi
Sweden: "We entered a llttle dining room,
around which were nrranged llttle tables
ceveredjw Its snowy linen ; in the center steed
a large tabic, ene end spread w ith the usual
dittrsifleil collection of the 'smargasberd;'
nt the ether were piles of plates, knives, forks
and napkins. The soup is brought In aud
placed en the cciitrnl tuble; each ene helps
himself, uud, talcing it te ene of the small
tables, isats at bis leisure, The soup finished,
you serve yourself with fish, roast meats,
chicken nnd vegetables iu quantity and vn
rietyas jeu cheese, uud return te your table.
The servanU icpleuhJi the supplies en the
lurgu table, remove soiled plates, and briug
tea, colVee, beer or w iue, us ordered, te the
occupants of the small tables, but each one
must serve himself from the various courses,
ending with pudding and nuts und raisins.
There was nene of the hurry, bustle and
crewdiug usually encountered lu a railway
restaurant, but plenty of time was git en for
n quiet, comfertiiblo meal, w ith no necessity
for belting jour feed. Fer thia nbundnnt
and well cooked dinner the charge was forty
cents tea, coffee, beer and wine being extra.
Your word was taken without nny question
ing regarding the extras ns you paid for
them nud jour dinner ut the table fiem
which the coifee was dispensed." Exchange.
Would De Nu Ctoed.
A recent Flench tale has the following
growsemu plet: "A lever who has lest n mis
tress by death passes n night lit the cemetery
In which she is buried, and witnesses u gen
einl n sun cctieu, in which nil the dead rec
tify their own epitaphs, candidly telling the
truth about themselves, however uncompli
mentary it limy be, The. spectator of this
scene bus the happiness of seeing his dead
leve Inscribe upon tier own tombstone the
ceufi -ion that the cold of w hieh she died was
taken while deceiving her lever." A story
hke this, which ends miserably iu a grave
yard, can only come from a dlseased imagi
nation. Ne one wants te see such sights nor
hear such sounds. If the dead could preach
their own funeral sermons, and iu the face of
heaven wcre compelled te tell the truth, they
would stui tie the mourners, but it is ques
tionable if they would de geed. Weuls ut a
funeral arc said of the dead by the lit iug nud
for the living. Sometimes they nre strained.
It is u rule te speak no ill of the dead though
that is net adhered te by uiuateur detective
vultmes searching for the cause of u dis
ticssed woman's suicide uud the preucber
iloes the best be can w ith n bad case. If epitaph-
is wanted by the family he piles it en.
New Orleans 1'ienyuuc,
Sprt-itdini Shut).
Previously te Ps70 no shad wcre found lu
the Pacific ocean or iu any of its tiibutaries.
Between IbTO aud 1S75 the United States fish
commission introduced it feu-yeung shad Inte
the Sacramento i iter The number it as very
small, but the little fishes made their way
down te the I'ueille te fi.sl and grew large
and fat, uud te return nt last te tbe fresh
water te rvptediieu their kind. Some of
them came back te the same liver, but ethers,
fellow ing the warm Pacific cui rent, waiuleiwl
fui titer iiuith Inte etlur rivers, until new the
shad is iu smue phcus sullleleutly nbundnnt
te furnish profitable fisheries, und it U dis
ti United along mere than three thousand
miles of the Pacific coast of North America,
and is still spreading northward iu such n
way as te iudicate that it w ill, lu it few years,
be found in the rivers of Asia, se that the de
scendants of the shad of the Chesapeake bay
will increase tlie feed supply of China. Once
a Week.'
Ne Time for rrlvntlty.
Mr. Malapropos (at the baseball game)
Miss Jenes Alice, will jeu be mlnel
Miss Jenes (seveiely) Mr Mulapropes,wlth
tbe score I te 0 against the home nlnt in the
ninth imiiung, the bases full, two of our men
out ami Hanglt nt the bat with two strikes
and three lulls against him, 1 am iu deutts
as te whether I am married or single. I.aw I.aw
rence American.
Don't Llke Note Takers.
Tbe editor or rv-iorter who takes the most
notes is generally the ioere-t w liter te be
found. A mau who can't remcmlier mi ordi
nary occurrence without pulling hu nete
book hnrn't brains enough te fellow up bis
calling About nineteen ytwrs of observa
tion, en our art. Is very coevUietng. - Mon
tezuma (Ga.) KecertL
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