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CO-OPERATIVE 8TORES.
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far Cash Importance ef
Be-rat or Arlttoeratle ratrnn-
(The "ftMtrn." 8jttem Growth ami
I-reSHa at Cooperation lu Severe Trial.
tSpea al OomcpeDdcnce.1
Nnr Yen. Sept. 26. "In Paris,"
says an old fairy late, "anything may 1m
txMfkt for money." The same is equal
ly trae of Londen; the price you pay dc
pwsds very largely upon the part of the
ax
wwi la which yen buy it. wiccs en
llegcat street are usually 10 per cent.
vt" Kteher than en O-rferd or ITIeh Holbern.
i aa-d Whiteley will turn you out a perfect
nuurnuH'aeuib nt inukiiuuv tuu iiuid
.& ri :-"rrv"- -i"-" "' --" .."-.
U - -. - AH Dm. A TOaMH .fMAf If id 11
' ';,'' . amissaite. however, te sunnose mat in
"MIm&eti you are asked mere because you
i an American; en the contrary, if you
," rneir where te buy, you pay less because
y tee pay casn. it is net an uncommon
' thing te eco the announcement, "A llb
fW eral discount allowed for ready money,"
and at many of the news stands shilling
periodicals are ticketed "ninepence for
cash." All tradesmen expect te give
long credit te customers 'whom they
knew, and naturally grade their prices
Accordingly.
It is amusing te an American tosee
wliat immense importance is nttnehed i
te the patronage of the royal fmnlly; net
only te that of the queen ntul (he Prince
of Wales, but te every royal duke as
welL There are numbers of chops in
Kensington which advertise the patron
age of the Duke of Cambridge nn nil the
business cards and. circular, nml the
Princess Louise, who when In town
keeps up her establishment nt the Seuth
Kensington palace, isa still greater card.
wnenencea snep can mount uiouirre
a, ,
learners, or me reyai coat ei arms, us
untune is mauc, nnu tee custom or n.
R, H.'s loyal subjects flews in as a river.
There is something particularly fasci
nating, even te n geed republican, in the
idea that you are served like a king:
hew much mere, then, te n zealous
royalist I
They say that the Prlnce of Wales Is
easy te please, for an heir npparentj no
body has ever brought such an nccusa
Uen against the. quern. Frugal she is te
a degree, and it is said that the put vey
nra te the royal household make, com
paratively, very small profits; it is the
honor that pays. But if ence nn nrticle.
!.. j8pecially of feed, has received the royal
:tvr, a'iufui, hu tiuuuia ui nn vAtriieiitu
t need ncnccienn no cnicrinmed; unless
Tery tradesman who t-crves her with
an; thing is naturally anxious te puMi.sli
tbe fact. Over the deer of n hnndsoine
establishment en Piccadilly is the an an
eouncement: "Spur Maker te Her Maj
esty." "I should think that fellow ueuld
tarrc," remarked nn American, think
ing only of the fact that it has been
many years Eince the queen was en
horseback.
"By no means, was the rcplv of his
English cicerone, "it is n very desirable
appointment Den t you knew that all
u uuuseue.u guanu anu me reya.
equerries andgroems zra e be equipped? I
te buy his spurs from the kiuie hand
which supplies the guard.."
Anybody may go te the queen's gro
cer, green grocers, fruiterers, etc., nnd
feast literally "like a king;" the royal
tailors and dressmakers are much mera
difficult of access; no key of geld can
Bnleck their doers unless It ispreiierlv
T turned in the lock. Neither Peelo nor
Elite will condescend te set a stitch for
.' A1 If M, fira tint !ntwtlflr-.ul I... n .
M. Al...! ...., A. AM ...... ..Hnl. .1... .. .1 . .
S!?"" """""""i """ .eaii uunil UUVS JlOl
move mem. t-oeio is a very rich man.
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It 1b said that he never Bends in n bill te
the Prince of Wales, and he might u ell
afford it, eince the fact that he makes the
prince's clothes is worth many thousands
of pounds yearly te him. Albert Cd
ward does net inherit his mother's eco
nomical turn, nnd his income, is n very
moderate ene for his position nnd his
tastes.
If common gossip is te be believed,
there Is scarcely a clerk's wife in the
United States who deca net have mero
new dresses in a year than the queen of
England. What she buys nre, he vc er,
of the best quality (in mourning mate
rial), and she lias them made ever as
carefully as the clerk's wife ought te de.
The queen is said te have quite a fiiend
hip for Mme, Elisc, nnd (.ecicty was
horrified two or three years age by the
whispered rumor that the dressmaker
was te appear at a diauing room. It
was net verified, but since then n pi city
granddaughter of Klise's ha been pie
tented at court upon her marriage into
a neble family. But then her dot was a
large one, and it is net the flrst time
that a rich tradesman has married his
daughter or granddaughter into the atis atis
tee racy.
Nowadays, se many nribtecrnts, net
only men, but women, are going into
business, that it seems, en the outside,
aa though the prejudice against trade
were about te be relaxed. On the con
trary, it rests nt the very roots of society,
and the ufeicsaid ueblus nre regarded as
cranks, who nre pardoned, but looked
en as "off color" all the same. None
with the smell of the shop ukh them
can be received at court, and Whitelej is
prescribed equally with the putty trades
man. The bhepkecper ulwavB stjlea
himself "Mr." upon his circulars; there
fore the proper form of address te gen
tlemen is "Esq.," and it is an ntrient te
address a letter te any but a tradesman
at "Mr. So-and-se."
There are no "stores" in England ex
cepting the co-epcratlvo stores; from the
largest te the smallest they are shops.
Fer example, if you go into a shop in any
part of Londen and ask te be directed te
a drug store, the person jeu ask will
probably stare and reply, "What would
you wish, inn'amr Yeu should inquire
for a chemist's shop. And, as a rule, the
mere airs j ou put en the better j ou will
be treated. English tradesmen seem te
enjoy insolence, if ymihaiu been dis
appointed in bavins veur goods Kent
home at the data set, and you go te ledge
a polite remonstrance as you might de at
home, you will probably have te wnit
NVr quite as much longer. On the ether hand,
4. 7LJ "ueu.r, ueciare it is outrageous,
T gueus at ail tin-
sfe taw you can get them when you want
4. j lodgings when jeu return, thev will he
rr ""-"i uu mui iiiev must iu ,,t ..,
3Pu 'Let me give you two rules for
tZ. 'V7 Buma,,co n shopping in Ixjnden,"
r K aald an Lnclisb fricmi iii,.. ..
.&., . WV remember that tunneiice is four
'). eenta and never say please te a shop-
Hi A ' Whitilnv U nn f .i. .i i
gT. j - " " me iiui-u inrgesi
B. JOfPs In the world; Londenersclaiin that
jS? me largest; but as It is partly uran
& -uw. e iuh unu paruy urau I Jayswater
' i tifactery coupd'a-ilef the whole
?.. rr cannot tra had. and.it is dillieull for
wr. M Visitor tO iudue. WnnniMnl.ir.'. Ik
'' Mere COmnletn In mnni ..f !. .1.. ...
tH-aa-1. .-.f.i""" "' r '""'I""
VFZI- . ea,ue ",aJ " bal11 or the
F KZ? X"1' hut Whiteley is doubtless
;. y'taa only liepWeeter who can tn.lv .!!
5 Wawelf "Universal Provider," Yiu may
'' f .. ',. ',0I, nrm ,my a ,,0,1M'. have one
f twill If jeu prefer it. or i.iir.i.,.
8 rtlfV Just tts yu ,iku. a,'l ""' the es-
,,-auaiijueut uieruiK'iiir fiiwUitMi fresa
garret te mtb-ccllar. Including pantry,
coal bins, wlne cellar, stables, kennels,
poultry yard, coach houses, gardens and
green houses.
Moreover, after all this is done, your
"Universal Provider" will keep your
table supplied with all the delicacies of
the season, cater for your parties, etc.,
and when you dle will previde your
burial ptnee nnd conduct your funeral.
The girls nt Whiteley 's, as in most of the
large shops, wear a uniform a black
dress nnd white apron provided by the
(Inn. Indeed, black is the business
woman's garb nil ever Europe, and the
Bareness Bunlett Cen Its sets the ex
ample of hlways wearing it when she
gees te bank.' Se generally is this cus
tom recognized that a decent black
gown is the safest dress for nny woman
traveling without male escort In Eng
land or en the continent.
A department nt Whltclcy'a which
, seems a peculiar ene te the American, is
. that of ready cooked previsions, where
fAII mnt lil -H-iIil silltfa -tt1a xnluia
j via iiiuj uhj wm juimp, ivnKi (,llll(.vnf
etc., In short, all the requisites for a cold
collation, all ready for service, and cither
have them Bent te your lodgings en the
dishes within an hour, or packed in bas
kets, with the necessary utensils, te Ira
talen en a water party or picnle. The
things nre nil there, nnd de net have te
Ik) provided te your order. Yeu can buy
or hlre the china, etc., ns you cheese.
There is but ene thine which Whitclev
I has net, nn American soda water feun
tain.
The ndmlrably nrranged parcels pest
renders the amount of shopping ilone by
mall in Great Britain nnd the colenics
ery large. The method employed by
the dry goods slinpi for tending samples
"patterns," as they call them is n
wlsoene. Package nre picpared, each
a cemplete assortment of the clas. of
goods called for; these nre plainly
marked with the address of the firm
find it 111 i flirt tarilltn t-rtnimet I It of (Itn
I I'UIIIU l.1llll,rV liW I I HJ
lei0 package be returned with the
; IU,m,Crg nnd I
letters of these desired
Sraeillcd. liich samplefs ticketed with
a letter and number. If nene nre
wanted the package is te Ira returned
nil the same. Thus the name scls of
samples nre used ever and ever again
anil the saving te the shops amounts te
hundreds of dellais yearly. The fact
that tlie patterns nre the property of the
merchant is everywhere recognized, A
lady who was showing the "patterns"
, fihe llru, j,t received from the Auslll-
ary stores," gently rcpreied me for n Irit
or carclessiiess. "1 hey nre only sent us
te leek nt," xhe said, "nnd as it Bates us
te much trouble the least we can de is
te Ira careful of them."
The army and navy, civil servlce and
ether co-e()cratlvo stores nre nhnest n
, British Institution. They nre Begenerally
IKitrenircd by the upjicr classes that no-
j ixuly likes te confess te Iralng without
I entree te them. Originally htarted as a
sort of club, they have grown steadily
1 until their business and that of their
branches extends throughout the whele
of the British empire, nnd the shares of
the original subsirllrars jicld cent per
cent, The shareholders are divided into
. two clashes; the purchasing shareholder,
holding from ene te twenty pounds
worth of stock, who has jelne.1 the
ciclv cxpnsly for the purpose of ,
BO-
pur-
chasing his goods cheaply, te horn the
Mving thus gained Is well worth the in-
v eslmcnt eutside of the 5 per cent, v ear-
ly interest which he receives en his
I money; nnd the original stockholders,
wne started t no concern rer their own
convenience and that of their friends.
Besides the regular shareholders there
are many lifennd annual ticket holders,
since ene e( the advantages of the club
Is that it enables jeu te eblige your
friend by admitting him te its privileges.
Lattcilythe larger shops, nml for that
matter some of the small ones, also, reg reg
ulate their prices by theso of the stores,
thus practically enlarging their useful
ness. The secret of their success lies in
that they vvure net undertaken te make,
hut te save money, all that was nsked of
them for years being that they should
pay expenses. New the cloud "no bigger
than a man's hand" has arisen, and there
begin te be indications of a contest bo be
twecn the two classes of shareholders,
ene of w bem wants low prices, white
the ether wants large prices.
The stores are neither mero nor less
than purchasing clubs, which secure te
the small consumer all the ml vantages of
the largest bujei As in ether clubs,
veu are admitted by ticket, and in order
te make any piuclinse jeu must give
journaiue or number, which me sent
ufl te the desk w ith jour puichase mid
verified before jeu m e allowed te pay.
"N.ime of IYicy, Ne. 2.51,507,600," is the
UMial formula, In this waj strangers
are prevented fium enjejing the lieneliu
of the secict)'.
It is hnidly te Ira wondered that Knte
Field failed in her endeavei te establish
a like secietj in New Yerk. There was
net the kiiiiu need for it, in the Hi hi
place, nnd the idea of profit was par
amount, when fieni thu very nature of
things the business must be lingo Were
the pielils inn inoie than nppiecialile.
Mus. M. P. Handy.
THE DIG TEXAS FAIH.
It In le ll 11,1,1 iii (,,a, i:.1j Ocli
I.tr. The empire btate of Teas has entered
ujran a great and commendable eiTert te
make the rest of the weild Utter ac
quainted with its iCheurcesiiiid poshibil peshibil
illcH, and ifiiue may lielieve all the re-H)rtei-s
who have lately vKited Dallas,
the coining state fair ami Dallas cAposi cApesi cAposi
tien will i auk iimeug the most cemplete
elnipitH in iieent American histiv.
Tcaiis is eert.iinlj big enough (STI.tlK)
sipi.ire miles bv the latest i-stimale) te
g.iiue nn exposition which migh
callid national and the committees,
ter two veils uerk, confidently
noiince that the state fair te be In
Dallas, Oct. 15 tel7 inclusive, will Ira
of which no nation need feel ashamed.
These will Ik) belid buildings, made of
every varietj of Texas weed nnd stone,
ornamental finishings including every
Texas plant, fieseees combining every
Texas grain and llevvcr, and a great but
unprecedented and quite indescribable
structure made entirely of the horns,
hides and hoofs of Texas e.ittle. Of
com s the various metals, minerals,
weed, htencs. in.iibles, clajs, oils, gems
and g.iw s fiiiiul in Texas w ill he en ex
hibit, and the risideut orators, jwcts,
luinters ami doenrateis of Texas, with
C'ewmur llexiiit then head, will have a
fair show : Iml the in lingers have gene
further, and announced that thuoening
ceremonies will (if possible) Ira inaugu
rated by Pifsiiirut Benjamin HarriMin
and Pri'srdiut I'm Hi ie Diaz, the heads
of the two Neiib American rt publics,
acting j.iiiul). h i;, te l, u.Krvtteil that
that neither of these dignitaries hasjtt
been ttble te piomise attendance, but it
isnetyit loe late te hope.
S many tminent men, however, have
agreed te Us present that nn oration by
some man of national repute is an-
!AIN JlUII.lll.MI. TKXA3 KAIIt.
UUUHV.V ' for tach day of the fuir. amenc
tnem tne lien, unauncey Uepcw, Hen.
Jere. Itusk, Hen. Henry Wattcrsen, Hen.
Jehn M. Thayer nnd ethers of equal emi
nence. In 60 brief nn article there can
be no just description of the immense
building In which the principal events
will take place. All around it will be
the halts containing the exhibits of mere
than a hundred counties, which will con
test for the medals nnd banners and the
large premiums offered for the best
county exhibits. In the center of the
main building, abeve a fountain decorat decerat
edNvllh native messes, ferns and she!!,
will be the stand occupied by the noted
Cappa's Seventh Regiment band, which
will furnish inuric for the fair.
Texas certainly presents some startling
figures for the contemplation of Ameri
cansstatesmen, social scientists or econ
omists. "Undeveloped empire" is n,
hackneyed phiase applied te that state;
but the real question is net what was
the country made for Tesans, but what
have Tcxans made of the country? Ad
mitted into the Union in ISIS, the fif
teenth state after the adoption of the
constitution, Texas had in 1850 212,302
people; in ieC0, 001,215; in 1870, 818,570,
and In I8S0, 1,501,7111. Deduclnga ratio
from these figures and adding the nd
inittcdly enormous increment duo,te the
completion of the great transcontinental
railroad and its connections, her statis
ticians new claim seme B.BOO.000 te 3,
000,000 eepp, and confidently promhe
that the state will have a round two
dozen congressmen under the npjrartion npjrartien
ment of 1800-02. It will bear thinking
of. At any rnte the state'fl exhibit of its
growth nnd resources will be of a kind
te gratify all patriotic Americans.
OF THE CITY OK QUEBEC.
CANADA'S HISTORIC TOWN AND
CITADEL.
Qnl,e ! n Nnum te IlrtlrnMnur Mrmn
llrs SfMlin Intrrrstlttg llrsrrlptlt n Mut
Irr Snmi, rnttiU en Hit, Itnrlit Cnlns
lrttilir.
UEBECisanauie
te levive many
memories it l,
erhaps, the most
historic place In
North America,
nnd dilleiN from
nearly nil ether
historic places in
the fact that its
m a 1 n features
have changed but
little, nnd its na
tural featuiescnli
scarce Ira chant:
pt. ieuis eatk. c,i nt all. By the
common verdict of historians the Brit
ish victory at Quuliec decided that this
continent was te lx English liiUad
of French-English, nnd nt the same time
tendered the American revolution a cer
taintj-. But te the average American
who was a pupil in the old time schools
the days of reading in monotone the
naine of Qiielcc revives n memory of
Winn biich passage as this:
"They lly they ily who fly the I'rcnch
said the ew der blackened rillemen what
de they run already said the heioie
Welfe then I die eentent'sl alraut the
same time Ment Katn being told his
wound was mei (at blghcd be much the
Ix-tlri 1 hhall net live te see the surrcn
dei of Kttie I'eck."
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Durmti.N Tuniucr. ikesi aiieve.
The event thus rhetorically "mur
dered" took plaeeSept. 1U. 17.VJ. but it is
new in Canada, as it has been in Scot
land ever since Walter Scott u rote: "The
heroic achievements of both sides are
thrown into a common stock and form
the common glory of the ceuutrj." A
monument te Welfe where he died, n
monument te Montcalm where he de
feated the Britii-h the je.ir before, and a
joint monument te Welfe and Montcalm,
erecti'd bj the contributions of English,
lush, French, and ceuirauud native Ca
nadians, new rhaiin the visitor and warm
the p.'itnetibm of nil Quebeekers. An An
other anniveisary excites equal enthu
siasm among the Flench, that of Sept.
II, 151W, when Jacques C.utier aimed
with thieeauued vessels; and the btery
giras that nsthey turneil the point Iralew,
and the wonderful lock came in view,
the pilot of the leading vessel exclaimed
in Bret jgne French. "Que IraekT' (Quelle
beck "What a iienkl") It isa venoiable
chestnut, but, as no ene can give any
In'tter reason for the origin of the name,
we shall Inve te accept it.
At that time there was barely loom
for a pathway between the river and the
feet of the chir where the recent de
structive land slide occurred, and 221
j cars later, when Welfe made his cele
brated Hank movement, there was littlu
mere than a geed w.igmi w.i. I tit mh,h
after the English began te leuiove the
debris at the feet of the clilf and build
out into the shallow river front, and
w hen Moutgeiiieiy forced his way en the
hill, en tin' l.u-t daj of 1775, there was
loom for two nariew streets itndnveinge
blocks en each side of them. Te an
American just from Broadway, or any
Western stieet, itloel.HUHif the people
might shake hands fiein the upper win
dows across the street where the
slide was, and the Mails at the east
end, bj which ene gees up from the
street te the old city, are certainly net
wider than theso in many a private resi
dence. llirly In this century the eugiueeis
concluded that the clilf was one mass,
net broken or separated by natural crev
ice and se all the loose rock and earth
remaining was removed and lower town
was built se far out into the river that it
is new a very considerable part of the
city. As land Ki-auie valuable the
people eneieachcd mere nnd mere upon
IhcililT until at two points the houses
actually extended under a concave "rib"
of lock. In ibll came. i loud warning
nn enormous Iraulder fell and 'many
smaller ones followed it, erusli.ng eight
houses and killing thirty -two people. It
docs net npiraar from nnj attainable i co ce co
ord that the warning was gieatlj re
garded; thej explained it in teme way
and went ou building up te and under
the cliU.
w
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Vf riK i xSrsO
I . '!i-cJ-.V'.l
'iF.Nr.nw, xir.vy or uurFr.uiN Tr.iinAcn.
His ten meii te eny thai the clii? is
350 feet high, but that diueiids a geed.
aaf I i?tV'-rV?.fat
I 'Jiam
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tftHfl-j
nqai en vvnere nnd liew you de your
measuring. Frem the river level nt
average tide te the level of the citadel it
is probably that high; but en the point
of wild beauty no description con be tee
extravagant. Frem a distance, Qucbce
rises like n scrica of great terraced nnd
jiiurlaclcd palaces and temples. The
lower town, or towns, along the St.
Lavvrcnce and St. Charles, nre net at
firit vIsibK and the great rock above ia
thick set with stene houses, churches,
colleges ami government buildings, ris
ing ene behind the ether in sublime
view, and vnrled byieIntcd reefs, spires,
minarets, cupola nnd lefty official struc
tures in n way that combines nil the ro
mance, of east and west, of ancient and
modern.
All Canadians nre proud of Quebec.
True, they sometimes criticise the streets
of the lower town theso of the upper
town cannot get very dirty If there Is
nny tain nnd often say the wharves
ought te Ira In better order nnd the peo pee peo
ple n little mero modern nnd enterpris
ing, but still they all love Quebec. And
the American who spends his summer
vacation there cannot bear te think of it
ns changed and "Improved." It Is a bit
of France of the Seventeenth century
thinly varnished by Americanism of the
Nineteenth century. Here ene finds the
ical antique. Bear in mind that these
iraople are the French of Leuis Xlll's
time. They had nothing te de with "La
graude Revolution" nnd the great Bona
parte, nnd shared in nene of the mad en
thusiasm of 'OJ; they had no confiscation
of estates or church properly, and they
leek with unmitigated honor en the
anti-Catholic performances of the pres
t nt French government. They pay
tithes acceiding te the original contract
of 1010-00; they have many local saints
and a miraculous shrine of St. Atinc;
they are devoted te their pasteis, ami
have lately, after n long struggle, so se
cured restitution te the Jesuits for the
latter'ii long nge confiscated estates.
And hew marvcleiisly they have been
sustained. 'I he planting of the colony
and its piesci vatien against the Indians
Beem almost miraculous. When the
English took the country there were in
nil Cuindn but 00,000 French; new there
are 1.800,000, and they claim that 000,000
have gene te the United States. And
there has lieen no Flench immigration te
speak of. In ether words, the French of
1700 have ill 120 years multiplied forty
fold fecundity unparalleled since the
-days of Israel in Egypt. Ne wonder
some of their poetic enthusiasts predict
that there b yet te be a French speaking
iritieii en this continent, and they are
Its predestined aucesteis.
But te return te Quebec. It was dis
covered, as aforesaid, in 1535, and the
town was founded July a, 1009, by
Chauiplain, it hccaiue finally English in
17G0, and it Is no small compliment te
British statesmanship that in thirteen
jrnra the French were se well satisfied
ns te stand out solidly against the Amer
icans. The city has been besieged six
times (imt counting the Indians), and
captured twice bj the British. Truly it
is historic. In the whele prevince nie
1,359,027 people by the last census, of
whom six-sevenths nre French, and in
(he city nre about 00,000. One would
net think se cither nt first view, but the
upper town is a vast, populated lock,
sciiipcd and graded till habitable, anil
with dwellings stuck en nil the httle on
sets hke swallows' nebts en the beams of
a barn.
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une month et a summer's tour vvvuld
Ira scant tune te le.illy "see" all its beau
ties and curiosities; many columns hke
this would barely suPJce te describe
them. There is first the great citadel,
with attached etlicial residences, mid
then the magnificent ublic buildings.
There is Dalliousie gate, with massive
pillarsaud niches; and the old tamparts,
new made into lovely promenades; ami
the feilificntiniis old nml new, the
iieightsef Abialiaiiuiiid the monuments',
the many squares, gates and monu
ments, and. above all, Duircriii terrace,
which commands kuiie of the finest
views in the weild. And nil mound the
eilj, fei fifty miles in eveiy direction,
are lomantie nml historic scenes: battle
fields, old forts and churches, the cliffs
of theSt. I.ivvrciicv, the bread stream,
the natural bteps and great cascade of
the Moutiueieiici. It in only necessary
te name them te show that no city in
America has mero objects of interest
than Quebic. .
WEDDING BELLS.
1)1 llie .Mnnl isp f Kiiiiiiiini Dlulne and
Anil. i .XliCermlck,
Emmens Blaine is n lucky man. Hb
bnde, Amt.i, nee McCormick, is worth
$.1,000,000 And she is said te be pos
sessed of many ch. inning qualities of
mind and licait.
She is n biuucttc, 23 years of age, with
n slight, w illewy figure, and of vivacious,
though unassuming deportment. She is
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of some Sn.OOOiOOO, te lie divided equal
ly between Ids wife and his five children
at the cxpuati,'!! of llve years. This io ie
ikh! waseempleted in thespriug of 18S8,
and the ei igin.il rarlien of $2,500,000 for
each had, by caietul management, gi own
te $I.U00.UtJ0
Ail .Mifttruittiu tt, b.intii Cl.iru.
tiraeieua Santa Clara! Fiein whose
prehlic InlU one can see the bnewy caps
of the Sierra Nev Vis, and under that
white Eticak tlie iiinlulting bluoenes et
the nearer ineuntains. The lower fields
nre j ellew with great blad, a of sir in or
beftly green v. nh Graceful e'ws of
abundant fruit. A delicious perftinie
pameatca ihenirnnd the land seems ene
of mill; and honey. There is nothing,
perhaps, te gratify the feverish curiosity
ei thetu.iMit, ct it i- try ustfiil after
the xvuii.ici of t'u fai .utliern seau xve
iiave xUiud. tieuJesji our hut ixint
of travel. To-meriovv we start for the
Atlantic, negiittully? l'erhaps net, for
"beyond the AIjvj is Heme,'' but It is
somewhat sad te leave p. city, even n for
eign one, with the peijibility of revel
ttviiiK it asaln. V. W. White.
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WHITE HOUSE HOME LIFE,
"THE FIERCE. WHITE LIGHT THAT
BEATS UPON A THRONE."
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llrlall Tim Meunlnl Meaaenar tln
Jninhi llarrlinn McCrarhrn and 00
Dtlirr Nnmrultca I'lalti Mr. Iliirrlimri.
lSieclal CorrrneinlMite.)
vVjyuitseTO.v, Sept. 20. Te show that
the While Heuse and Its inmates and the
doings therein and thereabout nre coti ceti
ttaally under the strong light of public
Interest and curiosity one has but te
mention n trivial Incident, A week or
se age Welch, tin White Heuse mounted
messenger, rode dew n Pennsylvania ave
nue en his black horse. There was noth
ing unusual alraut this. That same hand-
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some nnim.il Welch has been riding for
four or five years. Yet a buzz of con
versation followed the mes.senger wher
ever he went. 1'eople paused en the
sidewalk, pointed te the black charger
nnd shook their heads. And what was
all this commotion alraut? Why, Welch
had a new saddle and a new mail bag.
Acress the face of this bag was painted,
in letters laige enough te be lead a block
awn vt
: Exncunyn mansion :
Ibis was In bad taste, the people said.
They did net like it. Hew did Sir. Hal
ford happen te consent te having tlie
identity of the mounted carrier thus pi o e
clalmed In circus irapter type? Why
should the White Meuse messenger go
alraut adveitislng himself like n dairy
man or butcher?
They heard of these unpleasant vvhis
peis nt the White Heuse. Tliey heard
the populace was displeased with the
saddle Ings of the president's mounted
messenger. They made excuses, and
thus gave usn film example of the thor
oughly democratic nature of our institu
tions. Here was the buzz of the boule
vard about the gilt lettering en a pair of
saddle bags making the immediate sat
ellites of the king hang their jaws. lo le lo
litennd bewhiskered Cel. Creek protest
ed that he had uever heard of the saddle
bags. Urbane Maj. 1'iudeii, who will go
down te hlsterj' ns the man through
whom a dozen presidents have hurled
theii communications at congress, said
the saddle bagsvvere a topic which he
must ie3K.'Ctfully decllne te discuss.
Private Secretary Halford, first lord of
the White Ilouse during tlie absence of
the president, thought the letters were a
trifle large, but that the liberties of the
iraople were in no wise endangered. It
appeared, finally, that Welch had procur
ed thebagsand tlie lettering without any
body' consent or uuthei izntieu. There
by he had subjected his august master
te open ridicule upon the thoroughfares
of the capital city. And there was none
te chide him, none te plunge htm into a
dungeon cell for unhappy presumption;
and no beldiery te go feith with &abcrs
and cocked hats te discipline the multi
tude that dated make sport of the presi
dent's courier upon the highway. A
democracy this, for sure I
Messenger Welch is biave enough te
face public ridicule. He was one of the
ineu of the Fust Maine regiment of vel
linkers who made the gallant assault en
Petersburg, losing COO of their ceiuiades
in a few minutes the regiment which
(Jen. Walker sajs lest mero incii In one
battle than any ether regiment of the
armies. The custom of keeping u mount
ed niessengei nt the White Heuse had
itseugin in the wni tune, when tlie ex ex
icutive mansion was military as well as
civil headquaiters. New there are two
inessengPis Private Welch, of the new
saddle hags, and .Edgar It. Beckley, col
ored There is work enough for them
both, particularly in winter. Etiquette
requites the president te send nil of his
communications within the capital by
hand. Tlie rule is net rigidly enforced,
but the exceptions nre rare. One mes
senger gees sevcral limes n day for the
White Heuse mail, and carries letters te
the postelllce, it being ene of the tradi
tions that no mail carrier must 6et feet
within the mansion. Then there are
many Ictterennd documents te Ira car
ried te the departments and bureaux.
During the season one messenger is kept
fairlj buy cairying social communica
tions, nene of which should be intiust
ed le the mails.
Invitations te state dinners are always
sent out bj-niessengei s, and. of course,
te the home-, of the inv ited guests. Sec re
t.uy Windem'H office is hut a couple of
hundred jards from the executive man
sion, but te invite Secretaiy Windein te
dinner at the White Heuse the messen
ger must mount and lido n mile te the
seciet.iij's residence.
Every winter the president gives a
heiies of card receptions te the senators
and representatives in congress, the ju
dicinj mid the army and navy. Fer
these events hundreds of invitations nre
sent out, and It is interesting te note hew
the White Heuse bt:i(T strike a happy
medium Iratween strict observance of
etlicial etiquette and a careless method of
transact in i; the state's social business.
Invitations te supreme justices, nrmy
nnd navj ellicers and uevvsp.iier men
nredeliveied by mounted ceuiicrnt their
residences, while the cards of senators
and representatives are dejiesited in the
house and senate postellices, though with
the iindei standing that they are net te be
delivered in the Capitel, but nt the resi
dences of the addressees.
1 asked ene of the old timers nlraut the
White Heuse If they had mounted mes
sengers n half century age.
"Oh, no," he replied; "In theso days
there was no need for a mounted messen
ger or any ether sort of a mefsenger.
The president used te get loneseuio mid
go out en the street corners nnd talk te
the iieeple, and invite them te ceme up
te the White Ilouse nnd see him. New
we employ seventeen doorkeepers and
watchmen le keep the people out."
Tlii- last time the president was at the
While, Heuse he stepped into the assist
ant sccictmy'x loom nnd steed for a few
minutes in front of the mantel gazing at
an array of photographs. He gazed long
and earnestly nt eue after another, nnd
finally lurned nway with the remark:
" --H y is net the only pretty baby
in I ,, i juii.t(
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picture of little Benjamins, UnrrieeM,
'tleiijAnitn Harrisons and Harrison Mor Mer
eons, with all sorts of surname. Ever
since March 4 photographs of babies
named after the president have poured
In upon thl White Heuse. A score of
these nre displayed upon the mantle in
Mrs. Fruden's room. There is Harrison
Meyer, of Brooklyn, N. Y a little
chap sitting In n chair about fifty
times bigger than himself. Benja
min Harrison Wcygant, of Ada, Minn.,
leeks like Buck Evving, the baseball
player. Benjamin Harrison I'ullins, of
Ohie, greatly resembles Andrew Jack'
son. The proud father of Benjamin
Harrison McCrackcn, of Fnxteu, Ills.,
drops into poetry en the back of his
baby's photograph, and In the same
place advertises his business as a breed
er of Poland, China, Victeria nnd ether
first class swine. Benjamin Harrison
Biglrac, of Templeton, Mass, is n very
pretty boy, and se la Harrison Hiissey,
of Cameren, Me., nnd Benjamin Harrison
Masen, of Marietta, Me. Other bright
boys who were given the benefit of com
parison with Benny McKee in the mind
of tlie president are Benjamin Morten
Merris, of Murphysboro, Ills.; Benjamin
Harrison Wright, of Williamsvillc, N.
Y.; Harrison Carter, of Petersburg, Ills.;
Harrison Bencky, of Hamilton, O.; Har
rison Mainzcr, of Milwaukee; Harrison
Watershed, of San Francisce: Harrison
Hawkins, of San Bernardine; Harrison
Morten Ilewley, of Clarideu, O., and
Benjamin Harrison Bull nnd Binger
Herman Bull, twins, of Milwaukee.
It is estimated that 300 photographs of
babies named after the president have
been received at the White Heuse since
March 4, and vvliile the president very
much appreciates the compliment paid
him thereby, his secretaries, who must
make formal acknowledgment of the
receipt of each and everj' photograph,
think the White Heuso picture gallery
already sufllciciitly stocked with infantile
Benjamin Harrisons.
At the executive mansion there Is n
keen appreciation of the fact that very
small incidents often have very great ef
fect upon public opinion. Naturally,
there is no little timidity among the em em
peoyes of the White Heuse in the matter
of talking about what they eco and hear.
The rule is that no mail but the piivate
secretary shall open his mouth, nml this
individual Is net given te loquacity.
Why, tlie zealous clerical assistants of
the president were even bent upon re
fusing me a leek nt the Bweet faces of
the two score little Benjamins. They
were afraid something unpleasant might
be saiil about them, or that the president
might net like te have the public gossip
ing about his collection of unmes'ikes.
Sometimes I think public men greatly
underestimate the geed sense of the
people. A case in point came under my
ob-ervatien net long age, One of Mis.
Harrison's nieces, en returning fiein a
journey ahiead, called at the White
Heu-,e te pay her resiracts te her aunt,
the mistress of the mansion. She sent
up her card from the blue room, and
presently Mrs. Harrison came down
with n big kitchen apron tied round her
waist nnd n towel wound around her
head. Mrs. Harrison was houscclcan heuscclcan
Ing. The niece professed te be great
ly shocked, by being thus received
by the first lady, and hearing of her,ac
count of the call, and of her having
described the incident te a nevvspajrar
con espendent, n certain high efilcer of
the government, net employed nt the
White Heuse, sent for the cerresirandent
and begged him net te print the story.
THE COSSACK IN CENTRAL ASIA
Iiiferinntliin Alieul mi Intrrrdliic I'reple
liy n l'muuus Trintler.
Special Cerresiwndencu.
NF.vvYeiiK,Scpt. 20. A wide, treeless
plain, looking vaster and drearier than
ever beneath the creeping shadows of
evening, amid which the last cle.im of
sunset glows red and angrily in llie far
west: it dark belt of matted biushwoed,
marking the winding com be of a shallow,
muddy river; n 6core of camp tires
twinkling faintly along its bank- amid
the gathering dimness, like stats seen
thieugh n mist; sheaves of lances nnd
lilies piled around them with mill
taiy exactness, and groups of gaunt
white clad figures mid dark, lean, wolfish
faces Hitting ghostlike te and fie In the
siractial glare of the firelight. Such was
the scene upon which I came suddenly
one evening in Central Asia during Rus
sia's last war with the native tribes of
T.utary
These men were the renowned "Cos
sacks," of whom the world jg s heaul se
much mil seen se little, and whom it
usually pictures te itself as forever lush
ing at full gallop across a boundless
plain, with a wiithiug baby ou their
lance iralnt nnd a blice of raw horseflesh
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saddle maintaining thetiisclvesaiid their
i horses w here there Is nothing te eat, and
I nmassing stoics of ill gotten gain where
I there is no ene te rob. In reality, I have
alwajs found this legendary ogre a very
jovial, boyish, simple hearted fellow,
who, though tee often committing fear
ful atrocities when his bleed is up in
battle, has never dene nuj thing werse
than many recorded deeds of far mero
civilized Kildieia within the memory of
living men.
It is w ith warriors like these that Bus
sia is new hew ing a path of conquest
ncress the whole breadth of Central Asia
and overteweriug the fierce Afghans ami
Tuikemaus with n hardihood and en
diiraneecven greater than their own. In
Ix'.iring heat and cold, tliii-l and hun
ger, long matches in I unwholesome
camping gieuuds no nt. li . ig can sur
pass the Cossack. It is ttue that against
the disciplined unities of Germany these
wild spearmen would be of little use ex
cept as scouts and fei.igcis; but for the
iiregtil.ir waifnre of the eastern deserts
they have no match ou the face of the
earth.
Most of the men were Ij lug stretched
ou the gieund after their inarch, in lazy
enjoyment; for a Cossack's life has no
medium cither rushing across the stop step
ra like n whirlwind, or snoring in the
dirt like a hog. But a few were still
busy around tlie fires, and seme of them
struck up all et once an old Russian war
song as familiar te my cars; ns te their
ewn:
"Selliers, ReMli-rs, latin of tlie ciar,
Who nre j our fathers, ba "
"Our ftttlienuinstiattles n lieta fonie rings Ien J,
Tliey nre e.ir fathers-tin") 1"
"Sel.lliTH, aelillers, la,l et tlie ciar,
v he am our inethi rs, sav 1"
"Our methini nre touts ktaiulhi hlte en the field.
Tiny nre our mothers -they t"
"Soldiers, beldters, tads of the czar,
VYhoarejourfcUtcrs, Ba)t"
"Our UU-rs nre sabers het tej te smite,
They are our sisters they I"
"Soldiers, soldier, tell me ence mera
Who are ) our brides, I praj 1"
"Ojr brides they nre guns well leaded for tight.
They are our bride nj e, they I"
As the song ended, I walked into the
camp quite unnoticed; for, in my soiled
white Russian ferage cap, travel stained
cotton jacket aud trousers and knee high
beets, I was quite like enough te the
men nreund me te have passed for ene
of themselves in that unceitaiu light.
But I had no wish te avoid their observa
tion. I sat down en a stone nnd, taking out
my colored map of Central Asia, pre
tended te be riudying it, knowing well
that the Cossacks (who, like most sav
ages, are as curious as children) would
seen be draw n around me by the sight
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mir colon, qtwertt Printed mmi
BMsdiag Mtwerk et crossed Ikm, weaM
be a very novel sad atartUag thing te
theia.
And se H proved, t suddenly becMM
ware of a gaunt, sallow, gray mttt
tached visage e crisscrossed with saber
scars as te leek just like a railway man
peering inquisitively ever say shoulder.
Then another and another catae edging
In beside it, till I was hemmed ia by a
complete ring of wild figures and grim
faces.
"What's that picture, father? 'Wa
can't quite make it out,"
"It's net n picture at all, brothers it's
a plan that shows me the very way by
which you have ceme here from Hely
Russia and all the places that you have
passed through."
And then, seeming net te notice the
leeks of unbelief and meaning grins
with which my hearers received what
they considered te be a most outrageous
lie, I went en:
"Up here, at Orenburg, you passed the
Ural river and Alien marched eastward
te Orsk, where you crossed the frontier
and turned te the southeast."
"Se we did, comrades!" shouted half
a dozen voices at once, "He speaks the
truth se we did."
"Then you passed Fert Kara Butak,
crossed the Kara Keum desert and halt
cd here and here and here (naming and
describing the various pests, all of which
I knew well).
The Cossacks listened open mouthed
and wide eyed te the familiar names,
and the excited clamor was followed by
a bilence of utter amazement. Then one
said timidly:
"Father, can jeu show us the very
place where we are new?"
"Te be sure I can, my Ind. Sec, that
black spot is the village yonder; there's ,
the river, twisting and winding; and '
here, just where you see this line, is
your camp."
There was another patise of blank be
wild jrment, and then the scarred vet
rrau with the gray mustache asked in
nvve stricken vv hispcr:
"L'ut, father, tell rae, for fhe love of
heaven, if we've marched a thousand
miles since leaving Hely Russia, hew
the devil can it all go into a little scrap
of paper no bigger than an Easter enkef
David KEn.
CHESS AND CHECKERS.
Chess problem Ne. ED By F. M. Teed.
Black.
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U'lilte te play and male In two mores.
Checker problem Ne. 29 End game from
"Slugle Cerner "
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SOLU1IONS.
Chess problem Ne. 23:
White. niaelc
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Checker problem Ne. 23: Black 4, 17, 0,
IS. White 1, 17,?2, 2.1
White. Black.
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2 .22 te 18 2..15te2J
3. .2.1 te 13 :i..22tel5
4. Ote a White wins.
A $1,200 COTTAGE.
It Is Ciiiiven'eiit, TaMrful nml (lenerallr
Dehlr.ible.
A cottage bin been built at Chelsea, Man ,
from the designs itcceiupanyln;; this (fur
nished by Pallisser & I'alllssei, for 1,200
but in this b'jtnure the cellar extended eult
under the kltcl en and hall
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The kitchen Is itheut a fireplace, the cook,
ing te be done by n stev e.
The parlor nnd dining loom or general liv
ing room nre pievtiled nitlie-vn fireplaces,
built of buff brick, with melded jmubs and
segment arch, nnd in v,nich n basket pi ate or
oiieL'M) ruraie
fliodegs can be placed for ths desired lire,
and in this way lurfce rooms nre kept perfect
ly comfortable In cold weather without heat
from any ether source. These fireplaces are
nle provided with nent mantels constructed
of ash.
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The houe ii supplied with a cbtern con
structed wjth great care, the kitchen Mnk
being supplied with water by n pump, and
there is no mere ca-y tiKthed of procuring
geed water for all puriec of the household.
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