J1. .. '-A?. " :'" .l-O-r-Wtli " T . - ' !-.. "jr-- THE LANCASTER DAIl,r INTELLtGEyCEK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1889. A, ----- 1 3-w ', -. "tJ"-- -j-k " Y1' ' ir & rw K m Jit UK OLD JHSANG MM. A QUEER CHARACTER WHO ROAMS ABOUT LAKE CHAMPLAIN. Datban Reet and B.rb for tlie Mfsll elM Kakara Mid Bm Oraat Faith In nit On MnpU Remrdles A CnrlmH llama la a Beat. I9pecbl CortwpenJpnce. WVTTCBXLL, N. Y., Aug. 8.-T1IO80 who have been fertunate enough te travls through Lake Ctmmplaln may havs noticed ft cress between a flalbeat and a yawl hugging the shere nnd never venturing out fnr. It might risk it without danger, though, because it baa beam and stability enough te fight a severe storm. On tlie top is a wooden cabin, net fliinslly built of hoops ami TUB JIXSAMI MAN. cloth, but n solid structure, ns firm as the hull itself. A small mast nt tlie bow and a bit of rusty stovcjiipe stick stick Ingfrem the end of the cabin these me d that show te uny enn that passes by. .JUutif you will take your time It may " be like the time of tlie flatlteat, very ilew you will run across the "jinsang" man nnd he will talk te you of his heuse en the water nnd of the strange kind of life he leads. He lives at Whitehall, en the southern and of the lake. As seen ns the roots re in geed condition, by the luiddle of very summer, he starts en n tour, skirt ing nil the shores of the lake. He gath ers and dries the roots of the ginseng. the tnandrake and whatever clue he can lell; leads up his lwat nnd starts for Whitehall, where he ships his lead te whelesale druggists in Bosten or New Yerk. Then he takes another turn nbeut the lake and returns te Whitehall leaded again. Tills he repeats through the summer nnd in the fall he gathers the bark of the birch nnd tlie wild cherry until winter comes. "Hew long have you kept at this work?" I asked. "Eversince I returned from California. was one of the old ferty-niners. Yeu nill find mynnme cut in ntieoutthe in t ran co of the Senera Gulch. i& is nearly 40 years new slnce I leek up this work." "And have you always leen alone en the lake?" "Nearly nlwnys. I have taught two or three boys the work, but they get tired f it nnd run away. Tliera are mighty few boys nowadays that (ire worth hav ing. 1 have n family of girls nt home that I have educated nnd brought up well from the preilts of my work." "I 6ee a btove there. De j ou lieard reurself?" "I should say I did. Soe here! Walk Inside." And he led the way into the Interior of the cabin, which must have measured about 15 feet by 7 or 8. It was high enough for a man te stand up in, and the sides were lined with shelves 3ii which the roots were drying. In ene :erner was a bunk nnd in another cor ner was a 6inall btove fitted out with two griddles. Under the deck in the bow was a jterk barrel and seven.1 .. Itcts and boxes filled with potatoes:, on ions nnd ether vegetables. I saw nt Slice that I had disturbed the old man in the midst of his preparations for sup-icr. Apologizing te him for coming se unex pectedly, I was met with this reply: "Don't you mind that n bit. Just sit jewn here nnd talk with me, and when the supper is ready we w 111 have it to gether." Se I let him go en making his biscuit nnd slicing hi onions into the itewed potatoes, with every llttle while i comment like this: "A little onion iu everything: that is my motto. I tell feu what, I could teach some of these housekeepers hew te make warm hUcuit for ten if I had a mind te de it," etc. I touched the old man in n tender spot when I asked him te tell me something ibeut the roots that he gathered nud the life he was leading. He went ou iu something like this style: "Professer Huxley said he believed that a plant existed te meet the exigency of any dis ease te which man was subject, or, iu Huxley's own words, 'a plant te yield n sure for every disease that llesh is heir te.' I believe se, tee. When I was iu California and en the liordersef Mexico I found out that, from Chiapas nnd Tabas co up te Senera nud Chihuahua, tlie In dians make geed iim of the herbs of the field and forest. The Indians who live around the little hill called the IVnel, near Mexico City, can euro intermittent fevers much mere eaily than our physi cians, and in the state of Queretnie the Indians have a remedy known only te themselves, nnd the secret of which they most jealously guaid. This cures the worst forms of bleed diseases, as many foreigners there can testify. Se cunning are these Indians that they employ a medicine which hasthepiop hasthepiep erty of paralyzing temporarily the sense of taste, nnd thus their jiatlunts can get no clew te the nature of the herbs they are taking. Malaria jields ijuickly te the powerful remedies of the Indians, and these same rude practitioners will cure bad cases of typhus fever. In the treatment of the small iex the Indians are very successful, placing their pa tients in dark rooms, but permitting currents of nir te be continually passltig ever the bedy of the patient, while some herbal remedy is centinunlly administer ed. That the ludians of the country towns and of the little lw inlets up iu the Bierraa are healthy is plainly te be seen. They live often te nn incredible age, and say themselves that the white man is n sickly fellow who has gray hair while their own is still coal black." "Then I suppose that you sell te the Indian herb doctors and the patent med icine men?" "Oh, net at all. I was only telling you vhat tlie Indians could de with herbs and roots. As te the patent medicines, there liave been no such things since 1883. Frem 1801 up te that time the manufacturers of specifics had te get out patents and pay into the United States treasury 4 per cent, of their receipts. As there were 6,000 articles en the llat, the government derived a large rcrenue from this source. Tlie amount for tlie twenty-two years reached $30,000,000. In 1893 the tax was abolished. Since that time there have been no patent medicines. New, de you see this root?" lie held up a small, cream colored root somewhat the shape of the human flgurt, It was se clear that one could almost see tnreugn it. "This," he anld, "is what is known as ginseng a root that has ticcn ccM-ratcd for hundreds of years. Formerly it was grown in the Chiucse empire, but new the great supply comes from the United States, where the product is half a mil lion pounds every year. Berne of it Is found in the mountains of West Vir ginia, Pennsylvania nnd the Carolina. Ohie, Indiana and Minnesota furnish some, nnd a little of it we find around this lake. A great dial used te Iw found in New England, just across the lake. More than 100 years nge the Kev. Dr. Jonathan 1M wards wrete n letter te the effect that the root hail lwen found in the weeds near Slockbridge nnd in ether places In New England, ns well ns In the country of theSIx Nntiens. Tlie traders In Albany have been eager te purchase nil they could get of the root te send te England, where they make great profit by it. This has occasioned our Indians of nil sorts, jeung nnd old, te spend abundance of time In the weeds, nnd sometimes te a great distance, In the neglect of public worship nni' t,lc,r husbandry, nnd nlse in going much te Albany te sell their roots, which proves werse te them than going into the weeds, where they nre nlways much in the way of temptation and drunkenness. The plant has a smooth round stem nlxntt a feet high, which divides nt the top Inte three stalks for leaves. The fiewers nre small nnd greenish nnd the fruit is a Bear let Iterry. Yeu will see by this root, which is n fair sjiccimcn, that it is spin spin dle shaped, from otie te three inches long, nlwul ns thick ns the little finger, and terminated by several slender fillers. When dried the root is yellowish whlte nnd wrinkled externally, nnd within con sists of n hard centrnl portion surrounded by a soft whitish bark. It has n fecble odor, nnd a sweet tabfe somewhat like that of llcorice root. Yeu will never find it en dented laud unless it is shaded; nnd you will never find it except in rich soil. The root gathered in the spring is worth very little because it is full of water. "In preparing cnide ginseng It is only necessary te wash the root thoroughly nnd se dry it, either iu the shade or sun. It Is never dried by a lire because of the danger of burning. Once scorched it has no value whatever. The ckuified ginseng is generally prepared in a build ing erected for the puipese. The 'green' roots nre shipped te the city works, where they nre washed by machinery. This is lollewed by u process of steam ing, nnd then the roots nre placed in driers. These driers are wooden frames, covered with canvas or who netting, nil of ene size, be that they can be packed closely together. The ginseng is Hpread en these driers, nnd they nre placed in the dry room, which Is heated te n teni teni icruture of 170 degiees. The crude gin seng is white, the clarified stiaw color. Hut I de net take all of this trouble. I only dig the roots and dry them. De you see this llttle grub hoe?" I looked nt the man mere closely than I had before nnd Haw that the ciewn of his black felt hat was iv picce of cloth sewed en with rude stitches, and when he handed me his little bee I said, "It strikes me that you have lieen iu some pretty rough place with this bee and that hat." "I should think 1 had. It's nil a man can de te get into seme of the places where I hnie te get. I wear out three or four of these patent tops te my hats every week. Ne ene is leund te sew them en nnd be I hae te sew them en m self. 3 jt- r iieiii: ee tiii: jiNsxMi min. "De ou get nny heibs liebidu your roots?" "Net many. I get bugle weed, red clexcr mid a few etberthiugs. The bugle weed, a low growing plant, the whole of v hich Is made use of, is highly i-Meeiued cinengherbistsns a consumptive remedy. Taken iu nn infusion it is excellent te prevent bleeding at the lungs. lied clever is most elbvtual for tclleiing the pain of cancer. Wormwood Is thumuica of the hetbalist. Moistened with het water, mixed with salt, nnd laid en flan nel for u iKiullicp, the heihists say it will tnke down swelling quicker than any arnica can. Did you evet step Inte the shop of aheibist? Them are only four of them even, iu tlie city of New New Yerk. They keep something like 23i) ditTcieut kinds of herbs, baiks and toots, which nre called for by people who still make their own medicines. The ones that ate called for the most arethe-.es Hoar Hear hound, sarsaparilla, catnip, cnmomile Mowers, yellow deck, burdock, sassafras, maniliake.cherry bark, stilliiigaaud win tergreen. Neatly all who patronlze the hcrbistsnre Americans; but theie is n little spiinkling of feieigners. Iliisiuess is net what it used te be. There nre to day ery few believers in the old ceun try women s remedies of bottling nnd In owing. Tlie city man or woman of to day tushes etT te n doctor nt the firbt nche or pain. His prescription, it is quite likely, is seme heibal exttact, for doctors de net always gie mineral rem edies. Hut he uses tliOMi hetbal ex tracts prepated by the latge dtug firms, anil picscnbcs them under their long I.atiu names--se people won't knew. If questioned xery closely he is hkdy te nckueu ledge this, but he will add: 'Net iu the taw state. They are lltst chemically pre pared, letlued and puiilled.' Hut the old fashioned woman will shale her head, declare that natute i geed enough for her, she'd inther trust it anyway than the ptinciplcs of commercial ptepata ptepata tien, and thnt 'them's an herb for every pain.' Hut the doctor sugar coats his pills nicely, and the herb temedies aie often of ery nasty taste. And then a few drops of nn extinct will sutllce, while of decoctions nud Infusions of the herbs themselves quantities and cupfuls must lie taken. The knowledge and experi ence required te brew and bull, while the woman of the old school is in her glory iu tlie niiiUt of it, am quite enough te deter the eung gill from the wrestle ever the fire." "Hut our ginseng is iilinir.t nil of it rent te China?" "Vis, that Is se. There Is little use for it iu this country. I w Ish limes were wliat they usiil te Ik) wlieu 1 could sell it for mere a pound than 1 can new. Even when it is at its liest 1 only get something like tw cut -IHt) cents a hiuiiiI for this loetj and it is ery light, us ou will ste." i'iu:i'AUi.sa a mcai. lly this time the skillet bail sUilcd for some time with a mixture of bait ieik, potatoes utid onions; nud the tea biscuit were ready. These weie us light und nice as nny housekeeper eeuld wUh te see; aud 1 sat down te u friendly meal - - wiiii me eiu "imsang" nun, ns tlie na tives call him around the lake. He went ever again nil of his mining Ilfe Jn Cali fornia, net forgetting te impress me every little while with the fact that he was ene of the lest amateur doctors in nil that part of the country, Unfortu nately I wns net sick In nny wny se that I could try him en the spot. Perhaps seme ene else will Ixi going that wny pretty seen. If se, he will be sure te meet with a hearty welcome from the old man, csjieclnlly If he will go through the motions of trying seme of his reme dies thn olio for curing the blle of rattlcsnnkes, for Instance. Hut It Is net necessary te liave Interviewed n rattle make first. !'. d. Matiikiu (Irrat Yarmouth. tS.Ial OorrrMenilencc.J New Yeiik, Aug. 8. While I wns lit Knglnnd I poked up te Great Yarmouth. Heme of Yarmouth bloater, herring, Robinson Crusee nud Peggety. Engaged lodging, llall'rt court. Fisherman's wife. Yeung. Stout. Checks, brick dust color. First morning nt Orent Yarmouth. Entire stranger. Went out te buy pro pre visions. Tea first. Enter store. Plutt, grocer. Piatt obliging, willing, sub servient, scmUcrvlle, sociable Jtcmurks whlle weighing ten, "Stylish wedding that this morning." Entirely ignorant of wedding. Conclude, hewever, I'll net be cntire stranger in Yarmouth. At least in theory. Kcinark, "Yes, it m" Implication of general know ledge of subject. Te save useless ex planation, One stylish wedding very like another. Ou any side of Atlantic, nny wny. Further remark by soclable British grecer: "There were seven can lages nt church." Iieplled, "Indeed!'' Didn'lquite see Piatt's drift. Ominous Itillectien iu P.'s voice. Felt it meant something. Waited te see meaning. Piatt's next re mark: "They'll de well te keep it up In that style nil their lives." llegan te see daylight. Hail get Piatt's bearings. Lntitude nud longitude. Felt Piatt's inwardness. Piatt jealous of townsman. Tew nsmnn's son or daugh ter had lieen dulng matrimony. Put en tee much style. Hud hit Plait. And probably Mrs. Piatt. On jealous chord. Feeling sociable, joined in. Stranger. Strange land. Strange town. Hungry te talk with seme one. Anyone. Didn't careiilxmt what. Had been bottled up talkless for days. Starved colloquially. Joined In with Piatt. Merged into Piatt's jealousy, ISecame for inlnute part of Piatt iu sentiment. Condemned extrav agant couple. Prophesied they'll ceme te want. Saw Vm with money spent. Liv ing beyond means. Saw 'em peer. Put em in wretched garret. Iiwcrcd 'em into damp cellar. Paupers. Huiied'em In ixjI'ei'h field. All iiiKide of ten min utes. Sympathy did Piatt geed. Me tee. Phkmice Mum'ekd. STARTER SHERIDAN. A Quli't, lleperirit nentlmiittii Who ICneni Ilia lliitlnti. One hundred dollars n day for a stnrtcrl That' prutty geed for a herse sUirter, isn't Itl Tlmt tneuiu a cool hundred for u liiin dreil diiys hi tlie wir. After tlmt the stni ter ran de what he plcases. Ieaf around nud have n geed time nil hy hiuiwlf, If lie wnnti te. Hut in this pirtlculnr case he il-nilt want te. Ile would rather spend hl time en nil farm iu Katontewn, N. J. He would l!eg your urdeii, forget te say who he wns. Uuntle reader, Interested hi tlie tin f nud It nil things iipierfuliilug thereto, allow me te Introduce you te Mr. Jnines O. Sheridan, tin boss starter. Although Mr. Sheridan guts a hundred dollars a day for ktnrting horses, II Is net n bit tee much for tha job. He Is con tittered ene of the best, if net the liest stai ten fn the country. He started en his cnicci many enr age, nnd Is ahersctnnn fieni wn) back. He used te he Cupt. "Hilly" Cuiuiur'i assistant. Knew who Hilly Cenner was, don't yen Famous all ever the United Stntus wlivruwi there Is a rnce trncL-suld te be the jice. niueng starters new innnuger of n big hotel hi New Yerk. Well, Mr. Sheridan was right ywirs with Cupt. Cenner, nnd dur ing thnt time he imprepriated unto himself many line nuil delicate iielntii, about the starting of horses at u I nre track wlitch he has since Wn nble te " " btlKlilUAS. put te the best of uses. In the first place hi has the teputatleu fur honesty. HelsalsC kumwi te be tlie vuryaoulef impartiality, nnd the jockeys trust him. The lieys Unon that when Sheridan starts n race they will all get n fair show. These two qualities, te Kelherwlth a skill gained In long years el exei tenet', have combined te inuke Mr. Hherldau the man thuthels. The Chlcngi Herulil tells tha story about hew lie llrst earn te be n mail In autheilty. It will I hi found u Ih) mighty interesting muling, and here It is Although Cupt. Cenner's nsslstnnt for man years, Mr. Blivtidati nui er expressed any de sire te Wome the mnii hi authority nt the iwst. At Uiiig llrnndi the summer of 1S31 Cel. "Heb" Simmons, of New Orleans, had thelluj. Although n man of wlda export expert export euee In raring matters, the colonel had beeu very unfortunate. One day a tiumlier el famous t o-yenr-olds nsscuiblvd nt the jiest and Oeorge Hvam fooled the colonel and get Bwuy en Hnrrutt four lengths iu the vau. This was thoeecnslou of Harrett's making hit record of 1:11, for It was a three-quarter race. Oeorge IriUniiI, I). 1). Withers nnd ethei gentlemen connected with the management of the Monmouth Pmk course deemed i iuxviry that a change should le mada Ir the ettlee of starter. dipt. Cenner, who wns present, was nsked te take the Hag. His business urruugeiiieiiti precluded the nceeptunce of the elllce, nnJ the captain suggested his trusted assist nut. Mr. Sherlduu took the portion, uud hh success wns of such u nature as te excite tlie admiration of all ruce goers Iu the eat. Mr Sheiiilim Is a New Yeiker by birth and is XI ears old He has very little hair ou the top of his head, whli'h ssibly make, him leek elder. He Is quiet nnd reserved In his manner, and usually what he says is right te the point. 'Iho I'rlnrt' liiipeii.il if Jupuii. Compared te his intra. rial father, uven nt the present day, l'lince Hiu u is inut-li mere emancipated, unit none of the old truditiens seem te haie any weight hi rcgulutiug his conduct. Thetewas no precedeut te fellow 111 tlie education of a Jap-iuese pilncoiathe modem way, and 1'iiuee Haru has made muny laws for himself. He Is n weuderfully biightund precocious llttle fellow, and his small, twinkling black eyes in e full of mis chief uud sx everything. He U hardly taller tUiiuun American tay of 0 ears of ng, but he has at times, the dignity, the pride of birth and caucleusiu-vi of station aud power of a iimuef iM. Ills eyes are net slant ing, nor, Indeed, does one often see in a Jil-em-aa face the w euderfully oblique eyes le le le leved of the curlcatutUts. The pecull.nity iu the expression of tticlr eyes U glieii by the eyelids laving fastened lit cither corner, us if a few stitches had Wu taken there. Thts makes it impossible for them te lift the eye lids ns high us we de, und gives the narrower slits, through which they gaze, the peculiar Oriental leek. One often see Jiiiauene with at round, wide open eyes us these of our race, and It gives an especial btsiuty te their counte nances. Prince Haru has the exquisitely smooth, Hue yellow sklu that Is one of the points of greatest beauty lu Japanese chil dren, and n bright color sometimes shows in the pale yellow of his little cheeks. He has the rank of n colonel in the Japauce army, aud wears his military uniform uud his cap with the geld star all the tune, his clothes belug dark blue cloth in whiter and white duck fu summer. He is fend of riding, and, when meuuted, the miniature colonel trots along at u fine gait, giving uud returning the military salute as he pusses an officer or a utry Ilka a young martinet. St. Nicholas. MRS. KATUEttINK CHASE. A TALK WITH A WOMAN WHO HA HELPED MAKE HISTORY. She flat a Farm Nrnr WMiii;tnn Hen Which She Mnar- lprrlf The tlaiich ler ut On of tlin "Wnr SecrrtiHe,' VI hew Ufa She Is WrltliiB. Spfclal CorrrapenJeDCo 1 WasihnoteN, Aug. 8. On a hill ever looking the capital city, In a heuse soelc that nobody knows when it was built lives Mrs. Knthciine Chase. Thofermei social queen nud national hello Is still s beautiful woman. "There is only out accomplishment of which I ntn proud,' she says, "and that is the nrt of tnklnp care of one's self, I de claim te lie a ma ter of that nrt, net only for myself, but for my children. 1 am always well, and for a woman te be nlwnys well Is in these times te be quite abnormal, extra ordinary. I have had my share of trou bles iu this world, but even my greatest (reubles 1 liave endeavored te bear in a philosophic manner. Sitice U-cemlng n farmer I have learned thnt It Is very bad jiellcy te liorrew money, but even bor rowing money is preferable te borrowing trouble. I never borrow either." "Then you nre n farmer new?" "Oh, yes. My place here I manage nil nlene. 1 have a farmer, but he works rather than manages. If I had te pay for superintendence I am afraid I shouldn't make farming pay. What 1 don't knew nlieut farming I try te make up in caution. All my plans nre very catefully laid. Here, sec, 1 have sketches of nil my fields. These I mark just hew I want them plowed nnd planted, nnd then take geed care that my plans nrc followed. Often I go out into the Ileitis nud literally fellow the plow, walking along behind the fanner ns he turns tin first furrows, watching te see that he lays out thogreuud nicely. Then I come into the house, go up stairs nnd leek out the windows te see hew the work ap pears front a bird's eye view." Mrs. Chase's heuse stands en n hill almost in tlie center of the fnt m, nnd a view fiem the windows brings nil the fields within easy rangoef the eye. Oneel Mrs. Chase's theories is that with small additional trouble nud no extra expense n little lamlscnpe nrt can be applied te practical agriculture. Though she has net ns yet worked out nil her ideas in this direction, ene would have te travel a long ways te find a prettier farm than the ene which lies along the sletics of IMgoweod. Mrs. Chase net only man ages the farm, but gees nlmest every day te town te buy supplies. Kverything that comes te tlie place Is purchased by her, from reaper te wrench, from draught herse te pullet. She is ti geed financier, nud actually manages te make her farm of some fifty ncres pay n handseme profit. It is nn exceedingly vnluable farm. Hut a mile from the e'ty limits, nnd only two miles from the Capitel, it is nlready surrounded by suburban villas. An elec tric railwav runs thieitgh the property, making it exceedingly desirable ns n site for dwellings, and every day of her life the handseme nud amiable mistress of I'dgoweod is called tten by real estate opetaters w he want te purchase the farm nud subdivide it into lets. Mrs. Chase is net icady te sell. Her idea is that the fill m, for which she could new get prob ably 2,000 uu acre, will ultimately bring twice or tluice us much, nud that her children will, bome jenrs hence, have greater need of the proceeds than they have new. Hesldes, .Mrs. Chase loves the old place, nud hopes te be able te keep it as long ns she Hies. It has hal lowed niemeiies of her father clinging nlxnit it, and Mrs. Chase's love for her father is deep ami tender. Mis. Chase Is new engaged xipmx n task that could be fairly called ti labor of this leie. She is writing the life of her father, Salmen Het Hand Chase. She has been engaged nt this for tlneoerfour e.tts, and cannot yet bay when the first elumu xvill npjcar. "I work very hard," she said the ether day while sit ting ou tlie veranda of I'dgewoed house looking down iiieii the Capitel that was the scene of se many of her father's til umps, "but find that I m making slew piegress. I rately letire before 'J or 3 o'clock in the morning, because I like te work after oveiybedy else is nsleep nnd I knew I shall net be distuibed. lu this work I ntn harassed by n wealth of ma terial. Yeu hue no idea of the enor mous quantity of sttilT that lias poured in upon me. Utlein, newspaper articles nud documents tite stacked up two or tluee feet thick all mound the shelves of tnywtuk room. The most precious material I have is my father's diary. Throughout his public earner it was Ids daily habit before going te bed te take a few minutes or sometimes half an hour te jet down nieiueinuil.i concern ing the occurrences of the day. In this way he has left behind him u iccetd of every cabinet meeting that was item while he was secietary of the treasury. It 13 n iccetd which cannot be disputed, and which pi eb.ibly nobody will try te dispute when it 13 tnade public. This diary I piize se highly, net only bo be bo catise it was kept by my father, but for Its intrinsic worth ns a contitbtttien te history, that 1 keep it in a burglar proof, fireproof vault. While the actors in tliose scenes still lived tlie state se crets leeerded iu my father's diary could net have been made ptiblie with out a violation of the proprieties. Hut new that the men nre dead, the diary does net lieleng te me, but te the coun try, nnd the ceuntri slmll have it. A great deal of my manuscript is finished, nud I hepe been te Ikj able te get out the first volume, though of tlie many etrers made te me by publishers I hate net ct accepted one. "1 nmwetklug carefully und slevtly, hecnuse I de net want a single statement in my book that cannot be supported by the proofs. 1 de net want te be com pelled n'ter publication te w ish a single hue of it had Ihmmi emitted. I am un willing te wnte history us Mr. Huy nud Mr. Nicel.iy have been doing it -by the distoitieuof facts, the quoting of paits of sentences, the emission of ital words and ether gatblings. 1 cannot atfeid te de my work lu that manner. It Is my piesent intention te issue the book iu two volumes, the fiist te deal with the H-iied iu which my father was a mem Ikt of the Lincoln cabinet. My father's caieer was rcallr divided into four epechs: First was his natural c.-er as a priiate citizen and lawyer; then catne his cateer as governor of Ohie and sena tor el tlie United States, iuvelviug all the great questions of these times btate rights, Missouri compromise nud the Kansas-Nebraska bill, third, and te my uind most important of all, was his ser vice ns n inemlicr of the government .luring the wnr ami his creation of the fiscal system, which histeiiaus have til teady declared saved the Union. My father's sen ices te his country in this respect have, of course, been appreciated iu a general way by his ceuntrymenj but the keenest insight into the value of these services, tlie best comprehension) of what they signified, I have found, oddly enough, among distinguished for fer eigncts, notably Mr.Mergan, founder und Ioiulen uttuer eTthe great firm of Diexel. Meigan A: Ce." In the forthcoming volume Mrs. Chase will net enileaier te give many of her peueual recollections of the great wen nnd women whom she has met en belt sides of the Atlantic She says she It net fend of gossip, and that the writing of her recollecfTens would be te her a difficult nnd ungrateful task. Such a lioek she may bring out later en, but for the present her hopes and her energies are fastened upon the Ilfe of her father. Ne ene Is se competent as she te describe the career, the dally ilfe and work of the great statesman. By circumstances as much ns hy disposition forced into Die self reliance of womanhood while yet a mere girl, her father early learned te tniBt her with his confidence and te seek her advice. When no mero than 14 years old she wns at tlie head of her father's house, the governor's mansion, nt Columbus, O. Even at that tender nge she had infiuence In tire af fairs of state. Politicians sought her friendship, nnd mothers nnd fathers, eager for pardons for their erring sons, counted the battle half wen if they could enlist the governor's daughter en their side. Yet she knew her father well enough te have a very firm conviction that it would never de te ask him for clemency en any but the best of grounds, nnd be she formed the habit of carefully investigating every casa that was pre sented te her. When she made her re port, cither for or against a pardon, the governor usually ratified with his signa ture and the seal of the state the conclu sions of Ills girl minister. Governer Chase found the girl se apt at this work that he naturally fell into the habit of turning many of his pardon cases ever te her, "It often wrung my heart te disap point the petitioners hy handing in an ndverse report," says Mrs. Chase. ."There was ene case I will remember te my dy ing day. The mother of a convict came te inj' heuse te sec me. I was busy at the moment with another caller, and the woman tat down-en the doorstep. Pres ently our big cat walked up te her purr ingly, nnd the peer woman seized the cat, held it iu her arms and said: 'Kitty, you knew the trouble I ntn in, don't you? Yeu would help me out of it if you could, wouldn't you, Kitty?' And then she told the cat the whele story of liew her boy had lieen led Inte evil ways by bad companions nnd finally sent te the penitentiary. It was dene se naturally her heart was se full she had te pour out her nngiiish en semelwdy that I was deeply nffected. Hut the circumstances weie such that 1 could net recommend the young man's pardon." Miss Chase took wnrm interest iu the public institutions of her state. She was known te the iumatea of the homes nnd asylums, and It is said that at ene tltneshu knew every pi isencrnt the pen itentiary by name. largely through her cllerts, put feith befere she was a woman, the Ohie idiot asylum, still n useful institution, was founded. "I can hardly remember when my father did net place confidence in me far beyond my years," says Mrs. Chase. "When 1 was a mere chick of t. gitl, net mete than 7 or 8, we lived in tlie outskirts of Cincinnati, where father practiced law. Every evening h'j ucd te driiu home nleng tlie turnpike, be nud I together. The herse wns a fiery, speedy nnlmal, which very much dis liked te have nny ether herse pass it en tlie read. Te make matters werse, this turnpike was used by the owners of fast burses ns a speeding track, nnd great aumlicrs of sulkies were whizzing along in both directions nt the hour when we usually dreve home. Well, father had a habit of sitting iu the car riage entirely oblivious te ever thing that was going en about him. On such occasions lie handed the lines te me, np parent! with full cohildcnce that 1 could manage the spirited nnlmal nud escape nil the dangers of the read. Hew- 1 roil trived te get father nnd myself home iilive is tuoie than I ever understood. Probably it was tlie capacity of the horse." In shaking gcuetallyef thu national sin of decrying people when their backs nre turned, Mrs. Chase 6aid: "My father was a model man In this respect, if in no ether. In all the yeats of my cenfiden tial relationship witli liltn 1 never heard him utter a disparaging word of any ene." Mrs. Chase has with her nt IMgewoed her three daughters nnd a seu, the last named, nud eldest of the childien, being new neaily 2,"i. He is employed iu a pi luting elllce, but wishes te becomea civil engineer, Tlie eldest daughter, Ethel, new 11), and a bright nnd pretty girl, has been in New Yerk studying for tlie stage. She worked se hard that her health was threatened, nud Mrs. Chase brought her home for a long rest. The Misses Sprague nre all accomplished and dating horsewomen, nud are often seen galloping along the country reads. It would net be easy te find a mere inter esting family. The rematknble woman who engaged the confidence of many great statesmen, and fiem whom even Abraham Lincoln has said he was often glad te take advice, is as vivacious and fascinating us when the social world was at her feet. Waxteii Wellmah. "Iluuuructuirtl Celleu 11-hii. We have recently learned from the chan cellor of the exchequer thnt the consumption of colTee hrthls country is gradually falling off, aud although ha atttibutes this te the rlialry of cocoa, there is clearly another rea son which it U net difficult te discover. 1'uiv persons, we venture te say, knew what genu ine ceffee U like, uud what a delicious aud healthful boverage it constitutes. It Is most ly sold mixed with chicory, nnd, it Ij said, ether things cheaper than chicory, and such cotree mixtures contain se little coffee that it tiuet Justifiable te call them by that name. It may be said that buyers can guard them selves against such practlces by purchasing the berry whele and grinding It for them selves. This is commonly dene in well ordered households; but the great majority of coffee drinkers will net take the treuble te de se, or are often se situated that they are uuable te de se. But even here the fraudulent ttader steps lu te render such u precaution abortive, for he manufactures the lierries themselves lu n manner se true te nature that they ate dlllleult of detection. According te a Gor Ger man chemical journal, this nefarious indus try Is carried en by cei tain fh ms iu Cologne, where the artificial beans nre made by ma chines ddvUed for the purpose. The material of which they are compounded is burned flour or meal, but they can be distinguished from genulne eotfe by the circumstauce that they sink when immersed iu ether, whereas the true cotl'ee twrry will tleut lu that liquid. Chambers' Journal. lliu Mill ill or Three Dial.. Jehn W. Davis, an Alabama watchmaker, has applied for protection nt the. patent elllce feru watch with three distinct meieinents nnd dials. This ueil device i designed for the use of railreid engineers and conductors. Three separate sets of machinery are te tw Inclesed in ene case, with ene face upon w hich three dials w HI up-iear. The probable Importance and value of the thing can he best Indicated by the relation of an actual occur rence. On the Memphis and Charleston rail read a few years ap;e two trutus collided, kill lug two men and burulugupa lur,-t quantity of oil aud ether valuable fi eights. Th cause was that nn extra coil of the hair spring of the watch of one of the conductors became ciituui-led with the regulator, caus Ing the crippled timepiece te run se much fester than Usual ns te gain twenty mlu utes In one hour. The bearer of the wutch In consequence increased the s)-e.l of his trujn, and se unexectedly met a train ut n tin usual place. Davis project U te furnish three w-utches lu one case regulated te run together, se that if oue should suddenly t come dlserdtred the ether two would almost Infallibly pxlut out the error. Texas- Sift bigs. THE SEASIDE FASHIONS. HINT3 FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS ABOUT WATERING PLACE 8TYLE3. liallilnc ttisMMta and What Tbajr Alt Mail ' Of Sema Erenlng CeatutnM) A New ana Pretty Conceit In Hair Dress ing Hide Your Ban. (Special (torrrriendence.l New Yeujc, Aug. 8. What the wild waves are saying is new the question that interests the fcmlnlne ficrsen mere than what is te be worn next spring, and where woman's heart is there also will go my pen, yea, eTen though it has te wade through rivers of ink and travel ever reams of foolscap te get there. Blue flannel or scrge is used te make tlie modest and lady like bathing dress Illustrated, and it is trimmed with whiU mohair braid and flat blue buttons. Tlie skirt of tlie dress comes te the knees and the trousers three or four inches below. This satne style is carried out for chil dren and te a certain extent for tlie lnen. A SENSIBLE DATHINa SUIT. In many, even the most bathing nnd seaside places, tlie bathing costumes are anything bat modest, and young girls and matrons loll about the sands in a manner the revcrse of dclicate, nnd many bathers dress for hath in their own rooms nud then threw a long cloak ever the scanty cestume and run down te tlie beach. In the ideal place, however, you will see mothers and children going hand in hand down te the bath houses, and from thence into the invigorating sea, nnd all the while habit ed ns any man would liku te see his wife, or father his daughter. In the pretty illustration which shows a mother aud child going down te the beach, I de net wish te have any one suppose, that the mother's bathing ces tume is locked up in her llttle hand bag. It is only the Newpert and Leng Branch belles who can carry their bathing dresses in their bonbon boxes among their cara mels. We will suppose, therefore, that she keeps hers at the bath heuse. Costumes for tlie seaside for all occa sions should 1)0 of sucli goods ns will neither shrink, spot or grew limpsy, nnd, therefore, for ordinary day wear serge, black, blue or mscoen is better than anything olse. Seft silks nnd lace dresses for evening are nice, and se is nun's veiling. Cash meres are apt te feci sticky. Sura1; for trimming en dresses is geed te use, for its principal claim is its softness nnd flexibility. All who go te tlie scaslde should take plenty of wraps, nnd none should go without flannel linden ests, ns there is nlwnys n chill in the atmos phere. Feathers, except sUiT ones, are ruined by the dampness. Thick shoes are safer than thin ones. ThocestUmo lepresented In this cut is of dark blue serge, w ith a front and vesl of cream surah, with a band of Persian embroidery up tlie center, and blue straw hat with cream lace nnd daisies. Tlie child's dress is of two shades of blue serge; trimmed with white braid and white flannel vest and cellar. Tlie ether day 1 happened in the lead ing jewelry keuse te leek for deg cellars, nnd among the mass of silver cellars, leather bands and chased and decorated neckwear for ricli folks' bowwows 1 found several silver chains two nnd threejards long, nnd I naturally asked if tliose were te lead the dogs with. The cork said no, that they were for young Indies te wear in their hair, and he showed several ditTcieut kinds, seme In geld, seme copper nud bronze, nnd be sides these were several Greek fillets of geld nnd silver. These I wns told nre sold te young ladies who have discovered that this style of dressing tlie hair is be bo be ceming te them. The fillets made of the baser metals nre for day ttse and the mero precious ones for evening. I am glad that women have ceme te a realizing sense thnt each should adept a style of hairdressing for herself that ex actly becomes her style. Just new much latitude is allowed, but seme light rings or curls of hair lying ever tlie brew soften any face, yet no one should overlook the fact that iu anang- err te Tnn nr.icn. ing the front hair there is no rule that will produce the satne results for two women; but it is safe te say that curls or frizzes should net be tee com pact, and they should be brought down as far around the cars us possible. Many women wear a compact mass of frizzes straight across tlie forehead, having the hair drawn tightly back from the tem ples, leaving the car te stand out bare and ugly when it should be partiail concealed in a soft mass of hair. Olive Haki-eu. Cemliii; World' Cliuiuplunhli. Calculations are already being made In ref erence te the coming world's championship series te be played next October, nud it has become quite an imiiertnnt subject for dis cussion with the clubs which are new con splcueusly in the van in the League race in te which of the three lending clubs In the As sociation nre likely te be their adversaries if either should win. Tlie New Yerk team want te see the Itroeklyns successful, as a se ries of games betw eon these two teams would be tha uiest profitable of any. That the New Yerk team of 'S3 can defeat the Drowns U a ' foregone conclusion in metropolitan circles, i but things are net se sure te he calculated j upon as regards the UroeLlyns, and hence the attraction of a series between the "Giants" ' and the "Bridecroems" would be the great rt the world's scries could present this com ing fall The New Yerk teams will meet again lu October, however, wei Id's fcrleu or net, hi order te settle the question of tlie city cham pionship, which was inlstakeuly claimed by the New Yerlu last spring fast as the St. Leuis team claimed the honors from Detroit, because they beat them iu a spring series. The New Yerk as well as the Philadelphia club's cbatnpieump noners are wen Dy me club winning the most series of the season, net of the spring. It is the fall games which settle tha question. Sporting Life, Bafff'i jJ It "JJCi" DAVY" C "SETT'S Bi' HDAY.T Xbe TeanKn I Mia llij..t. i-xtlmi An l.itlla thl t-ur-s-f- m On the l?th ui u. .ist. lyxu. Uie"DfT Crockett tlisteni-a) Mx-lety." or Uat Uat stene, Tenn., premise te eelehtste tM 103d anniversary of hi birthday entfc pet where he was born. Tlie Tenses scans are just as proud of Crockett M are the people of Texas. (j David Crockett, a pioneer, was bera In Limestone, Qrecne county, Tenn., ef.1 Aug. 17, 1786. and died in Texas ea March 0, 1830. After the war his father,' a Revolutionary veteran of Irish birth,' moved te eastern Tennessee, and about 1703 opened a small tavern en the read from Knexville te Abingdon. When David was about IS years old his father hired him out te an old Dutchman, with whom he went 400 miles en feet He remained with his master a few weeks, and then ran away and finally succeeded in reaching his home. Soen after he was sent te school, but en the fourth day quar reled with ene of the pupils and gave him a sound beating. After playing truant for a time te es es cape a flogging, lie ran away from home te escape the vengeance of his father. Ua r followed the life nf fnnmstnr fnr t !, .,..... DAVID CROCKETT. tliroe years in Tennessee, Maryland nnd Virginia, and for a year and a half he was bound te a hatter in the last named state. After wandering about for some time he final ly went home again, nnd worked hard for a year te pay two of his father's notes, amounting te $70. Up te this time he did net even knew his letters, se he went te school for six months, hut seen gnve up his studies te find a wife. After several disappointments in leve, he married and settled in Lincoln coun ty lu 1809, moving about 1811 te Frank lin county, ene of the wildest parts of the state By this time he had gained some fame as a hunter. At tlie beginning of the Creek war in 1813 Crockett enlisted in a regiment of sixty day volunteers, and having berved through the war, settled en Sheal creeks in a dcsolate part of the state, where the settlers formed a temporary government among themselves nnd made Crockett a magistrate. The state legislature subse quently appointed him te the satne ofilce and then elected him colonel of militia. Although he had never read a newspa per in Ills life, and was totally Ignorant of public speaking, Crockett was elected te the legislature in 1821. All his property was destroyed by flre in 1822, and then be moved ngain te tlie Obien river, where he pursued hi3 fa fa fa vorite occupation of hunting, living en bear meat nnd venison. He ngain served in the legislature in 1823-21, nnd in the latter year was an unsuccessful candi date for congress. In 1820 he was ngain a candidate, as ene of Jacksen's sup porters, and was elected, serving two terms, from 1827-1831. Crockett was a man of an eccentric character, but he had plenty of common sense nnd shrewdness nud was popular at Washington. After Jacksen's increas ing infiuence in Tennessee, which made it impessible for him te be re-elected te congress, lie joined the Tcxans in their struggle for independence. After per forming various exploits, he ended his adventurous Ilfe in the famous defense of Alame, where he surrendered te Santa Anna, only te be massacred by that of ficer's orders. At tlie Fnrla Exposition. Near the well known palace of the' Liberal Arts iu the Paris exhibition an other palace rears its stately front the pavilion of the Argcntine republic. 'ex. tavilie: of Ananvrixn nEiumuc. Tlie Argentine government intrusted a French architect with the construction of a splendid pavilion, which will be transferred te Buene3 Ayres after tlie clese of the exposition. This immense hall, of 70 meters length and 23 meters depth, censibts of a metallic framework filled and decorated with china, bricks and mosaics of highly interesting aspect. It is lighted by electric lamps, and it J first story contains all kinds of industrial work, hides, wool, etc., while the ground fleer Is devoted te the most important products of the country, as corn, weed, wines and fresh or conserved meat, RIVLTtSIDE IIOUSE OF JAVA. which take a high rank in the Argentine trade. Maps of the city of La Plata are suspended en the walls, and show tlie monotonous rectangular division of the ctrcets which, little by little, la adepted by the new cities of that continent. A cut is nlse furnished of ti riverside Javanese house, forming part of tlie splendid Javanese exhibit, which is at tracting se much attention from visitors te tlie exposition. Ilank O'llay. Hauk O'Day, the new New Yerk pitcher, played his first professional j-ame with the Bay Cities, of Michigan, in 1SS3. DavoFeutz, of the Broeklyu team, was a member of that club at that time. The Bay City manage ment had tee many players, and they did net knew who te release, se they put the names of their fourteen players lu a hat and drew O'Dav's name therefrem. He was their cen ter fielder, nnd led the club in batting at the time. The Teledo club w anted a en trial, and O'Bay said he would go there pitcher, although he never pitched a game befere. His first game was pitched ngamtt the Co lumbus team, aud Teledo wen by a score of 4 te , w hich was quite a victory for the lat ter club, for it was the first game wen by a miner League club from an Association team. O'Day pitched Teledo into victory, and was largely responsible for tha club winning the championship et the Northwestern leagues Iu 1n1 Teledo joined the Association, and ha was again a member of that team. In ISil lie was a member of the Pittsburg club, aud irem there he went te Washington. He vfaj bera lu Chicago. Abncr rowcllissero because the hew Or leans club paid off all of its players but him, uttini bun vrnit for the f 10O due him. The clr.b officials say that the ether, players were paiu because mey neeuuu me uiuuejr ,Uusi, uud that Powell will be paid as seen as the money can be raised, that bis servicts for New Orleans ere appreciated OU'4. that be thai! net less Mrtting. , .. .. ra iVW A--3 y V 4sL Aid iitiiiiliiy$ tMi33tClsEL3 iSi! iK .. - ,t.. t.AsAsy ,
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