.w'jz
i,rnr
''"f.
K -'
1
tagwtfr ,ItfcN I eeald myself
MrtlT chug apt Mt icy ceBateitaaca
eftMabrte. ThenextmeMMt I beheld
I aystUs (fetter tbaaext they row Mtfra
If , and tt week old corps looked m for
saecMtlatlMtaca,
Se medi dbptey of Uf I ea mytetf rer
te. I tevatward from etlientluktlM visibly
strove te speak, that hk teeth showed In hi
beard, and that hi brew wm contorted a
with an agrey of pain and effort. And this
Buy have been: I knew net, 1 wm ether wise
engaged. Fer, at that flrtt disclosure of the
dead man eyes, my lord Durrisdeer felt te
the ground, and When 1 raised him up, be
was a corpse.
Day came, and etlll Secundra could net be
persuaded te desist from hit unavailing ef ef
fert. Sir William, fearing a email party
under my command, proceeded en hla em
bassy with the lint light; andetill the Indian
robbed the limbs and breathed in the mouth
of the dead body. Yeu would think such la
bera might have vitalised a stene( but, ex
cept for that one moment (which was my
lord's death), the blac' splfit.ef the toaster
held aloof from -its discarded clay; and by
about the hour of neon, even the faithful
servant was at length convinced. He took
it with unshaken quietude.
"Toe cold," said fee; "geed way in India,
no geed here." And asking for some feed,
which he ravenously devoured as seen a it
was set before him, he drew near te the Ore
and took his place at my elbow. In the same
spot, as seen as he had eaten, hs stretched
himself out and foil into a childlike slumber,
from which I must arouse him tome hours
afterward te take Us part as one of the
mourners at the double funeral. It was the
same throughout; he seemed te have out
lived at once and with the same effort his
grief for his master and his terror of myself
and Mountain.
One of the men left with me was skilled in
stone cutting; and before Sir William re
turned te pick us up I had chiseled en a
bewlder this inscription, with a copy of
which I may fitly bring my narrative te a
clese:
J. D..
HEtK TO A SCOTTISH TITLE.
A MASTElt OF THE ARTS AND OtUCES,
ADMIRED IN EUROPE, ASIA, AMERICA,
IN WAR AND PEACE.
IN THE TENTS OF SAVAGE HUNTERS AND
THE CITADELS OF KINGS, AFTER SO
MUCH ACQUIRED, ACCOSIMJSHED
AND ENDURED, LIES HERE
FORQOTTON.
U.D.,
HIS BROTHER,
AFTER A LIFE OF UNMERITED DISTRESS,
BRAVELY SUPPORTED,
DIED ALMOST IN THE SAME HOUR,
AND SLEEPS IN THE SAME GRAVE
WITH HIS FRATERNAL ENEMY.
THE PIETY OF HIS WIFE AND ONE OLD
SERVANT RAISED THIS STORE
TO BOTIL
THE END.
THE FATHER OF TIIE HOUSE
w.
D. KELLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA,
AND HIS PECULIARITIES. x
8ketch of One of the Ilest Known Men In
Public Life In the United Slute.-llnw
He Get Acquainted with Heck, or Kelt,
tuclcj Some Other Matters.
Hen. William D. Kclley, of Pennsyl
vania, whose 6crieus illness is a'uinttcr
of some concern, began life as a printer.
He was born in Philadelphia in 1814.
Having lest his father at nn early age., he
first served an apprenticeship therti'iii
setting type, and then in the jewelry
business in Bosten, where, while still in
his trade, he began te use his tongue and
pen in public work. When he was 20
years old he returned te Philadelphia,
studied law and began its practice,
though he continued his literary pur
suits. Mr. Kclley has served in many posi
tions of trust. In 1845 he was uiade at
torney general of his state, and a judge
of the court of common pleas of Phila
delphia in 184G. Until 1818 he was a
Democrat and low tarifl man, but jeind
thu Republican party in 1831, and be be bo
came a protectionist and abolitionist.
His first important work in his new field
was an address en "Slavery in thu Ter
ritories," which made him well known
beyond the limits of his own state. In
18G0 he was a delegate ie tlie national
Republican convention that nominated
Lincoln, and was elected te congress, re
taining his seat till his recent illness.
Judge Kelley from having been in con
gress se many years acquired the Bobri Bebri Bobri
quctef the ''Father of the Heuse." He
seemed te glow stieuger, mentally, as he
grew elqcr. His
memory for men's
voices was excel
lent, but faces
were a puzzle te
him. One day the
judge met Chas.
Murray, wlie was
ffe n lnnft tttiin ""'
correspondent for
The Philadelphia
Times. The two
often chatted to
gether, and Mur
ray presumed
KELLEY.
that Kelley knew who he was. But such
was net the case, and Frank G. Carpen
ter, a newspaper correspondent, Intro
duced them. Judge Kelley ateuceasked,
"Is your nnnie Murray? I have known
you a long time. My net remembering
you recalls a story. A little boy of the
class known as 'Yeung America' was
having his llrist day at school. The te-'
date teacher had taken him up before the
blaukhe.ml, en which was painted n
small letter x. 'That, my hey,' said the
teacher, 'is the letter a;' nnd he looked
down te hear the child proueuueo "it.
Yeung Ameiica, however, stepped with
a leek of surptisc, and with his hands
in hi-, pockets, jelled eut: 'Why, that
daiui'd liltle tiling "a"? I've knewed
him for a year, but 1 never knewed his
name before!"'
The judge was ever $lx feet tall, while
Murray was a very small man.
In the heat of the (reconstruction)
debate ever the Alabama constitution,
twenty years age, Judge Kelley entered
the house and saw a tall, gaunt man oc
cupying the lloer nnd reading from a
paper containing the names of the signers
of that document. He was reeling them
off ene by ene in the broadest Scotch,
through which there burred the words
"Car-r-r-et baggcr-r" nnd "Scalawag."
The speaker was a new man, and the
Pennsvlvanian, asking some ene for hia
name, learned that it was "Mr. Beck, of
Kentucky." Twe or three hours Iatei
the judge had occasion te go te the efllce
of the public printer, where he found
Mr, Beck alene, waiting for the coming
of that functionary. The two congress
men steed for a moment side by side,
when the elder observed, "Mr. Beck, of
Kentucky, I believe?" Mr. Beck returned
the salutation, "Mr. Kelley, of Pennsyl
vania, I believe?" nnd, this formality
having been completed, the following
dialogue ensued:
"Yeu are, I presume, a native of Ken
tucky, Mr. Beck?" "Native of Ken
tuckyl Dear no, I thought you might
observe from my accent that I nm of
Scottish biitli," "Ah, pardon; but you
must have ceme te Kentucky very early
in life?" "Ne, I didn't. I first came te
New Yerk when a bit of a stripling, and,
having get Tny- schooling there, I went
te Kentucky when I was 20 or 21."
Judge Kelley threw up his hands and
moved towards the deer.
"Carpet bagger, by 1"
Befere he readied the deer, he felt a
(maw hand neon hi shoulder. "Cnnm.
tSkw
W. D.
Kelley," tald a b4g , atren Voice, "that's
tee geed te part en; tet'a go and Uks
something," and during the atemy
year that followed these two eminent
men, agreeing politically in nothing,
and serving often en the same commit
tees, remained, and remain te thk day,
the closest personal friend.
The pcrseual appearance of Judge
Kelley has Often attracted the caricatur
ists, and at first sight he has nearly
always been taken for an invalid. His
mental peculiarities have been, if possi
ble, still mere marked, his leading trait
being intensity; "a geed hater" lie cer
tainly was during his most active years,
but when tinie and long service had
madehim the "father of the house," and
he received as such most respectful
treatment from men of all parties, he
grew mere gen la L
His strong personality en mero than
one occasion led him te the verge of a
rupture with his party; but when the
decisive rote en party questions came,
he was. always straight Republican.
This was especially noted during the
long financial discussion from 1873 te
1879. Judge Kelley was during all
these years a most pronounced and
vehement "greenbackcr" or "soft money
man," yet he held his place as a Repub
lican leader being the only conspicuous
instance of that kind. His debate with
Gen. Onrfield, renewed at various times
in 1877-78, attracted great attention, the
general maintaining that n sivcie basis
practically existed from 1650 te 1800,
and that the nation was generally pros
perous, the judge denying both prepositions.
CURRENT FASHION NEWS.
Olive Harp- Write, of Neck
Laces and
Umbrella Sticks.
Special Correspondence!
New Yerk, Jan. 0. "There's nothing
se very new in 'joels,' but if you'd like te
leek at the latest in umbrella handles
new you'd bee novelties," the very polite
salesman said in a leading jewelry house,
and se I left the wonderful army of
flashing diamonds behind me nnd took a
leek nt the umbrella handles, which
quite justified the clerk's enthusiasm.
SAMPLE UMBRELLA HANDLES.
The umbrella hticks are four and five
feet long, bome even mero, and the han
dles are enormously large, twisted and
teitured into every shape when of weed,
and carved and chased in the most as
tonishing and elaborate patterns when of
metal. There nre half moons whoxe tipi
nre certainly six inches apart, and there
are grotesque fancy heads carved of bone
en the ends of many of the umbrellas do de
signed net only for men but for women,
6ome of them ugly enough te frighten
children. Several of them have the ends
finished off witlt pistols in metal, which
may be the real thing for all I knew;
nnd ethers have swords, daggers and
cat e' nine tails in different metals, and
ene of them 1 noticed hud a real cunning
liltle oxidized flask en the end with n
screw top. Of courbe this is te held co
logne, we knew.
These umbrellas nre carried by thu
ultra fahionab!e and by dudes and the
girls of the period, and while an um
brella is usually an unobtrusive neces
sity the present remarkable styles make
them take an undue prominence, and
ene would be very apt te notieo such an
umbrella mera than the person who car
ried it. These fancy styles and highly
decorated handles make them very cost
ly, and some of them really are beauti
fully wrought, but where the ewneiship
of a nice umbrella is such u precarious
thing it is mero sensible te buy cheaper
ones, and in better taste te have lesj ob
trusive styles.
In this city there are several large
houses which make a specialty of lace
accessories te the toilet, and as Mich
dressy little trifles are very necessary te
a lady's wardrobe, and cry dear te buy
ready made, I present seme models
which nre easily made, and if denu at
home will cost certainly four times lebs
and he quite as pretty.
There ure many ladies who always
wear crepe lisse niching, ethers who
find that plain linen is mere becoming,
and ethers again who r-icfer ribbon, with
a feather edge in white or color, and who
wear nothing else. It is quite admissi
ble te dispense with any kind of neck
wear with high necked outdoor wear,
but all Indira would gain by having u
narrow line of white between the severe
outing of her dress and her neck. The
plain stiff cellars are for outdoor wear,
hut in the heuse the lace trimmings nnd
fancy styles nre far preferable and mero
dressy nnd becoming.
The jabots of silk mult in cream or
white, with or without ribbon bows, are
always pretty and can be worn with any
home toilet. Theso who have pretty
necks can make them without a baud,
the frill falling en the shoulder from the
base of the neck,
A very pretty fancy is te make a plain
cellar by turning the points, and where
the cellar meets in front have a short
plaited fall of the same lace. Cuffs te
match can le made. Anether can have
a ribbon baud ever which is fulled a
piece- of lace, nnd in front it is made into
a cascade jalet, with n bow of the same
kind of ribbon.
LACE ACCESSORIES.
Anether very pretty fancy for a young
girl is te maku a foundation of silk and
I cover it with dotted net in a square
pompadour shape and bind the edges all
around with a flat band of riblxm. A
I standing cellar covered with lace has a
i dainty bow en the left 6ide of the neck.
! This gives the effect of a low cut dress.
! A very pretty fi '"i is made with a
band ene inch wide which reaches
around the neck, and from the top edge
1 falls a frill of deeply pointed point lace.
j At the front of the neck are fastened
, two hemstitched falls of silk tissue like
a bishop's tic. These are long enough te
Itie in a full bow with ends or te reach te
the bottom of the waist and fasten with
a ribbon or a bar pin.
OUTfi IlAnTEll.
""'iw
nW
Sfi$9Tf jw ""i''M a
THE U. S. SUPREME COURT.
THE
CENTENNIAL OF
LISHMENT IS AT
ITS ESTAB
HAND. lis History from the Beginning List and
Portraits of Its Chief Justices The
Court as It Is Constituted kt the Pres
ent Time.
Hits is a period of centennial anniver
saries for the people of thu United Stales.
Fifteen years age they began with the
hundredth year since Concord and Lex-
JAT. MARSHALL.
ELLSWORTU. TANEY.
ingten; they were continued with the
Philadelphia exposition, and flamed
anew List April with the celebration of
the inaugural of Washington as first
president in New Yerk. And still an
other comes round, ene which will
probably net be .observed by a single
civic or military parade, nor by the
booming of a single gun; yet ene of the
most important of all theso events which
made up the organization of a new gov
ernment the first meeting of the su
preeo court of the United States.
This impertance ia net plainly perceptible-
The senate, the heuse of repre
sentatives, the cxecutive are all cen
ters of observation of the American peo
ple The work of the supreme court,
compared with ether branches of the
government, moves silently like the
current of a great river, whlle they are
the noisy and turbulent torrents and
cataracts. The supreme court is the
balaace wheel of a timepiece; the safety
valve of en engine; a picce of govern
ment machinery which seems te He idle
or te click with monotonous regularity
till the most serious work is required of
it, when it proceeds te regulate the mero
noisy motlve power that is propelling
the ship of state.
Congress met in April, 1789, and pro
ceeded te erganize the various details of
the government. One would suppese
that ene of the earliest objects te claim
its attention would be the supreme court;
but it was net till Sept. 21 that the judi
ciary bill was adopted, which, among
ether tribunals, established this tribunal
with a chief justice and flve osseciato
justices. Jehn Jay, having been offered
a cheice of offices by the president, chese
that of chief justice. He was nominated
en Sept. 20, 1789, with Jehn Rutlcdge,
William Cushlng, James Wilsen, Jehn
Blair and Rebert A. Harrison as os es os
eociato justices. James Iredell was
the sixth appointment. The court
met in New Yerk in February, 1790.
Thrce justices came together, but the
august body found that there was no
business for their consideration. The
justices wero destined te have a very
cesy time of it during their lives, a con-
FULLER. WAITE. CUASE.
dilien of affairs which fell also te their
successors up te 1870. It was net till
after that date that the docket became
crowded.
While there have been twenty-three
presidents of the United States there
have been hut seven chief justices of the
supreme court. The number is some
times given as nine, including Jehn Rut
ledge and William Gushing. Rutledge
was appointed while congress was net in
session, but having shown himself unfit
ted for the position by making a partisan
political speech after hi3 appointment,
he was rejected by the senate. Will
iam Cushing was appointed and confirm
ed in his place. He held the ofllce a
week and then resigned, He never sat
as chief justice.
The following is a list of the chief jus
tices since the organization of the court,
with their states and period of service:
Jehn Jay New Yerk.. 1783 te 1703
Oliver Elbwertu Conn 1790telBOO
Jehn Marshall Virginia.. ..1801 te 1833
Reger Breeke Taney...-. ..Maryland. ..18M te 18SI
Salmen rerttand Chase. ..Ohie 1801 te 1871
Morrison Hemlch Watte.. .Ohie 1874 te 1838
Jlelvlll Westen Fuller. ...lllinelj 1883.
Jehn Uutlcdge, Seuth Carolina, net confirmed.
William Cushlng, Massachusetts, reslgned.
Jehn Jay was but 44 years of age
when he became chief justice. A por
trait of him which hangs in the consul
tation room represents him in a rebe
with scarlet facings and cellar nnd
slcevcs. This has given rise, te a tradi
tion that the first justices wero gowns
of red and crmine. In the higher stata
courts at that time the judges wero red
gowns, and this ene worn by Jay had
been borrowed from Chancellor Living
ston. When a cestume was adopted for
the justices of the supreme court it was
a plain black gown such as is worn new.
When the court first sat means of get
ting about wero net what they are today.
The justices could net take a train ene
day and be at the capital in a day or two
after. At the first Eitting only thrce had
arrived. At the second Justice Blair was
present, making four. The only business
done at this meeting was te read the com
missions of tlie justices and appoint a
crier. At the third meeting a clerk was
appointed and n seal adopted, A month
later James Iredell came in, but Jehn
Rutledgc, the first osseciato justice ap
pointed, did net attend nny meeting of
the court until he took his scat as chief
justice. On Feb. 10 the court adjourned
until Aug. 2, nnd when they reassembled,
ns there wcre still no cases, they again ad-
I jeurncd until Feb. 7, 1791.
Tiie first case which came befere the
court was that of Nicholas and Jacob
Vanstapherst vs. the State of Maryland.
Indeed, nearly all the early cases were
' suits of citizens against ether states than
the ene in which they resided. In 1798,
after Justice Jay decided in a suit of a citi
zen against Georgia that 6uch cases came
within the jurisdiction of the btate courts,
congress, being largely imbued with the
Btate rights doctrine, passed an amend
ment te the constitution declaring that a
state cannot be sued by a citizen of nn nn
ether jtate or any foreign state. This
disposed of nearly all the cajes the su
preeo court had considered for seven
years.
' Thonvcrage number of casca which
' annually came befere the court was for
several years 21. Durinc the third dec
ife'JS'J'
km of this century it averaged ome eme
thing like 70 cases. The bttaincM In
creased very slowly, and even as late u
1833 the court waa able ie dispose of all
Its cases by sitting three months. New
the new cases are about 300 n year and
there are 1,300 ceses net disposed of.
Since the court cannot dispose of evet
423 cases a year, ene just placed en the
docket is net likely te ceme up for de
cision in three or four years.
Perhaps it is this prcssure of business,
as well as the change in the prevailing
style of oratory from the days of Web-
BRADLEY. ORAY.
ISLATCHFOKD, DREWER.
nter and Haync, that renders the supreme
court such n methodical, business like
institution. The lawyers talk te the
justices nnd the justices ask questions,
nnd there is nothing but hard facts lis
tened te by the court. If the spirit of
Daniel Webster should ceme before the
justices of the supreme court in the per
son of seme modem lawyer and begin te
speak as he spoke in his palmy days, it
would doubtless send a shiver through the
court, and he would probably be requested
te speak plainly und concisely. At any
rata his measured, sonorous tones would
seem greatly out of place.
The fashion of dress and of wearing
the hair and beard has also greatly
changed. The early justices were all
clean shaven, and at that time the per per
ukewasin vogue. Small clothes were
worn till the advent of Taney, who was
the first chief justice te wear trousers
built from the waist te the instep, nnd
Taney took his seat as late as 1830. Still
the beard lingered. Even Chief Justice
Chase, who came in in 1804, steed by the
usage of Ills predecessors; but Mr. Chase
never had worn a beard, and his hand
some unshaven fuce fitted in very well
with the past customs. When Chief Jus
tieo Wnite came in iu-1871 lie brought a
beard with him, the first crop of hair al
lowed te flourish en the fuce of nny,ch!cf
justice. Demoralization from the old
standard set in at ence after Waite; for
Chief Justice Fuller came in with that
which fifty years age was regarded with
horror by all Americans, the mustache.
The court new consists of Chief Jus
tice Fuller nnd Associate Justices Miller,
Field, Bradley, Harlan, Gray, Match
ford, Lamar and Brewer. It sits at 13
o'clock, neon. At that hour there are a
number of lawyers wailing in the court
room. The deer of the retiring room
opens, the crier rises and announces
"The honerablo the chief justice and
"tissociate justices of the United States."
The lawyers and ethers present rise, and
the members of the court enter, clad in
black silk gowns reaching te their feet.
The chief justice comes first, followed
by the ethers in order of their length of
service. All stand in front of their
chairs and all bow at the same time te
the bar. The lawyers bow te the jus-
1IARLAN.
FIELD.
tices, and the justices scat themselves,,
waiting till the chief justice has taken
his chair. The crier says in the old
stereotyped tone, "Oyer.! oyez! eyezl
All persons having business before the
honerablo supreme court of the United
States are admonished te draw near and
give their attention, for the court is new
sitting. Ged save the United States and
this honerablo court!"
This is certainly n different affair from
the firht meeting of the thrce justices in
New Yerk in 1790, with never a case te
ceme before them for' mere than a year.
THE fclSTtODFOD.
Something Alimit tlie Wflli Munli'iil Yin
tlt.tl In Clileiuit.
TheWelbh -Kisteddfed" held In Con Cen
tral Music hall, Chicago, Jan. 1 nnd 2,
was ene of many recent revivals en
American soil of an ancient institution of
Wales, the musical and literary congress.
Tlie only ene held in Chicago previous
te this ene was in 1831. Since that time
Chicago Welshmen have competed in
the exereibCrf at Racine, Wis,, where the
cengtesscs are held nlnwat annually.
They nre also held nt Utica, N. Y and
at Pittsburg. The original "eisteddfod"
wns tlie national bardic congreas of
Wales, The object of the American
congresses is te revive old memories,
renew social ties, and show recent prog
ress in national literature and music.
rewr.LL.
JONES.
At Chicago competition for prizes was
ejieu te the world, and bcvcral produc
tions came from the mother country.
The competitions were for bolelsts, choirs
anil bands. The prize for the main
choral contest was 500. The concert
pregrammes were conducted principally
by W. E. Powell, W. Ap Mndec nnd
Professer J. P. Jenes. Professer Jenes,
whose production, "Unto Thee, O Ged,"
was in competition, has licen the con
ductor of the Welsh Musical Union of
Wisconsin for twonty-five years. He
wen the princinal prizes nt Racine in
1858.
Among the choirs represented at the
Chicago "eisteddfod" were the Western
Avenue Cheral union, the Scottish
chorus, of Chicago; tlie Reet River
chorus, of Racine; the Gemer Male
chorus, the Mahaska Gk-e club from
Oskaloosa, la., and a chorus from Youngs
town, O. The Pullman military band,
the Seuth Chicago nnd the Milwaukce
lands played In the band contest. In
the choral contest no cherr 'living lesa
than tweitlv ve'ivu wne all . I In u'nu
LAMAR.
MILLER.
HON. SAJIUKL J. RANDALL.
INTERESTING INFORMATION REGARD
ING "THE GREAT COMMONER."
Bis Leus nrcnrd m it Worker In Congress.
An Incident of 111 Canra.n fur the Speak
ership III Le of llotnrttle Life A
Story of Mr. IUnrinll.
Since July of 18S9 the seat of Phila
delphia's popular congressman, who hat
been called the "Great Commener," lun
been vacant en account of the serious
Illness of the incumbent. Mr. Randall
was regularly In his scat for twetity-five
years, or from the time of his first
election in 1SG2 until his sudden illness
In midsummer, 1889. Thu history of thu
ailments which have unfitted him for
congressional duties is intimately con
nested with his indefntlgabte labors as
n publia man. Mr. Randall was made
speaker of the heuse in 1870-77, nt the
time of the disputed election case be
tween Hnyes nnd Tildcu, nnd he con
tinued In that position. five years, or
until 1881, whan the opposition had the
majority. In the speaker's chair he
gained national pronilueuce as a party
leader, and after leaving it he retained
his position as n party leader. With his
reputation ns n worker, publics life could
net be a sinecure, nnd he devoted all his
energies te efllcial work.
During thecongrcssleual recess of 188-1-85
Mr. Randall mnde n southern trip,
stepping nt Louisville and Nashville, and
exploring the new iron developments In
northern Alabama. Throughout his ca
reer in congress his status was that of a
growing man, and he held positions en
every Important committee, nnd when
ever his party was in power was honored
with a chairmanship.
Fer mouths befere his health crisis lit
1883 Mr. Randall's physicians udviscd
him of the dangers of overwork, and
wanted him te take a long rest, The
session was u try
ing one, extend
ing into midsuui
m or, a n d h e
premised te take
a long vacation
after tlie adjourn adjeurn
m e n t. Several
tf times during the
USKiwiaieti
he 8 U f
feicd with hem
orrhages, and his
work w as at
length brought te
n standstill by a
Msveie attack en
SAMUlil. J. RANDALL.
the night of July 10, Fer several weeks
following this his case was very critical,
nnd was further imperiled en election
day by his exposure in going te the polls
te cast his vete for Clevelnnd,
Mr. Randall's political work will best
be remembered by his position en the
tariff. He wns the leader of the con
servative element of his party en this
issue, and ubeut two months before he
was stricken down in 1883 mndu his
great speech en that question and ene
that marks his tariff record.
Mr. Randall, ns speaker of thu heuse,
ruled with n heavy hand. An incident
of liis canvass for the speakership bhews
thu character of the mail, a character
that distinguished nil his public career.
A railway mugnate said te him: "Mr.
Randall, you want te be speaker. It U
in my power te elect whom I please,
nnd you knew it. Allew mu te nnme u
majority of the Pacific railroad com
mittee and you shall be the man. Will
you de it?"
"Ne."
"Is that your last word?"
"Yes."
"Then you will net be speaker."
But he was, all the same.
Mr. Randall began public life nt :ni
early age. He was born in Philadelphia
in 1828 and received academic nnd mer
cantile training. He was at thu conven
tion that nominated Buchanan, nnd wiij
a city councilman four terms and after
ward state senator. As a member of the
famous Philadelphia "City Troop" iiu
volunteered for n campaign in 1801, und
was elected te the Thirty-eighth congress,
taking his scat in 180:). Frem that time
forward he represented the only Demo Deme
cratiu district in Philadelphia; one, tee,
that gave Republican presidential candi
dates a majority.
The principal workshop of the ox ex
speaker was at hia home en C hired,
Washington. His offices wcre filled with
documents nnd papers, with but few
lxxks. His clerical work was dene large
ly by his own hands.
He was net a social man and had few
intimates. He dined out occasionally,
but rarely attended theatre or church.
He was 6emetinie3 seen out plcasuru rid
ing, but his principal recreation wns his
weik and his family circle
Mrs. Randall is the daughter of the
late Gen. Aaren Ward, of New York Yerk
city. An incident of RnudaU'H southern
trip of 1881-85 is often recalled by hie
Kentucky friends as illustrating the in in
fluence of Mrs. Randall in the sphere of
her husband's public) life. It occurred at
Winchester, Ky., when, although it was
Sunday, two or thrce thousand people
had gathered at the dcKt te 'meet the
train. A brass hand was present, nnd
amidst great cheering and drumming
Mr. Randall appeared en the rear of the
car and made a speech. Soen the crowd
began te call for Mrs. Randall, and the
delighted congressman, pleased with nil
this display of Kentucky enthusiasm,
hastened into the car where fhe sat.
"Come, mother," he said, "just show
yourself at the car deer, Pcople nre
calling for you. They want te see your
face. Just step t5 the deer und lww te
them."
"De you knew, Sam," the replied
"de you knew tlidt tills is Sunday, und
that it is a wicked and outrageous thing
theso pcople are doing? Yeu ought ta
lie ashamed of yourself. I shall net go
out."
Very greatly taken aback, Sir. Randall
returned nnd faced the crowd again.
"Fellow citizens," he said; "Mrs. Ran
dall desires me te express her thanks te
you for your flatleiing kindness in wish
ing te see her, und te bay that uhu is tee
ill te appear."
Mr. Randall is a man of striking per
sonal npiearauce. liis boyish looking
face, bmoethly hhaven, was long con
spicuous en Capitel Hill, ilia dress was
what would be called old style. That in,
he did net chauge with thu fashions, hut
wero the same cut of garment in 1833
that he did in 1903 a cutaway coat,
haggy trousers, low vent, hiead shoes !
and a remarkable full crowned hat. He '
was a geed walker, and when in Wash- I
ingten covered the four Mpiares inter-
vening between the Capitel and his home
in a remarkably short time. This was his
custom regularly, when net tumbled j
with the gout, of which his dining out I
occasionally gave him a touch. Then he 1
Epuu rapidly ever the car tracks in a
coupe. His carnttgu na well known
among the capital vehicles. When his j
influence was at its height the wags used
te say, en seeing the fatuous carriugu at
thu deer of any of thu departments of
gevernment:
"There gees another Philadelphia man
into office."
Notwithstanding his long u:id nctha
career, Mr. Randall did net nciudre a
fortune. Iiu home, like nil hi-i -Mir-rounding,
ii plum te simplicity,
MV IA
A GREAT PREACHER ILL.
ttev. Clm.-lr II, Spnrgeeu,
i:nEUiur
Greatest lltlt, .
Charles Haddeu Sptirgcen, whose ill
ness has been reported, lias been for a
quarter of a century n leading light of
the Baptist Denomination. When Henry
Ward Beechcr wns in his full glory,
which wai at the clese of the civil war,
Spurgcen occupied much the same plice
in England tlmt Bcechcr held in America.
Few church" going Americans visited
New Yerk in theso days without attend
ing Plymouth church, or would miss a
chnnce te hear the famous pastor when
he spoke in the Interior. Se Spurgeon's
Tnbcrnacle lit Londen has long been a
feature for English speaking tourists of
rellgleiH habits when In Londen. Te
hear Spurgcen and see Jehn Buuyan's
tomb were accomplishments usually
marked down in the plan of pcople of
the Baptist faith who made the tour of
England.
Perhaps the position held by Spurgcen
has its closest parallel in that of Mr.
Bcechcr, although the two divines were
very unlike in
ninny respects.
They were con
temporaries; the
fields they
wrought in were
much the same,
and they were for
a long period of
years the most
prominent pulpit
speakers nnd pas
tvs of the twe
CHARLES it. snmrjEON-. branches of the
English race. Strangely enough, Spur Spur
geon was the seu of n Congregational
minister. He wns horn nt Kelvedon, E
sex, in 18111. He became a Baptist com
municant while he wns yet n very young
man, and nssuuicd the pastorate of n Bap
tist church nt Waterford. He had already
made local fnme as u "boy preacher."
Frem Waterford he went te New Park
chapel, Southward, Londen, and here he
nrose te immediate popularity. This waa
in 185H. Frem the New Tarlr chapel he
moved twlce te larger ImlU, hut they in
turn proving iuadciitiate thu Metropolitan
Tahernaclu was projected for him, nnd
was opened in 1801, TlioTabernacle was
dedicated free from debt. It is n mon
ster building, seating between 5,000 ami
6,000 people, and Is located in Newingten
Butts. This building, with seme modifi
cations, is the present heus-u of worship.
The Tabernacle has been filled en near
ly every occasion when Mr. Spurgcen
occupied the pulpit. On several occa
sions when he has preached in a larger
hall the congregation has been still
greater. At the Crystal P.ilace and Agri
cultural hall, Islington, 20,000 pcople
camu te hear him. Notwithstanding liis
extraordinary iniwer of drawing and
holding hearers, Mr. Spurgcen is net an
I.NTKUlOH OV TIIH TAUI'.ILVACLK,
orator in the usual bchsh of the term.
Neither has he a commanding figure,
nor nn impassioned or florid delivery.
People go and listen te him and are
pleased without knowing why. They go
again and have the same oxperienco and
then try again nnd ngniti with like re
sults, The speaker is eurneht, nnd ready,
mid ii fascinating because of the ever
present touch of human kindness in his
tenu and manner. His veice is clear nnd
bwect, and that is the extent of his imal imal
lllcntieus for pleasing platform eilects.
The Taliernacle where Mr. Spurgcen
has gained bitch renown is a plain heuse
of worship, having the appearance in
side of a music hull. The uuditerlum is
oval and has thrce light galleries all
around it. The speaker's platform pro
jects from the lower gallery, nnd vast ns
is the space around lilui, nil are ahle te
hear every word of the Rcrmeu.
The number of persons received into
the church by Mr. Spurgcen is many
thousands. His leaching has been strict
ly orthodox, per
haps nearer te
CalvInV than te
that of any teach
er of later times.
A couple of years
age it was an
il oil ll cod that
Spurgcen had re
neunced the deC'
cat
trinesef tlie Bap- y
nam, mil, tviiiiu
liIiiRrfteii Ind In a.
permanent sepa- sus,l! ""'"""W
ration from the Baptist Union of Great
Britain and Ireland the Tabernacle soci
ety and its pastor liave remained Bap
tists in nil the essentials of doctriue mid
practice. Mr. Spurgueu withdrew from
tlie Union becaiibe he believed it tee lib
eral and following the lead of the Bread
Churchists in the cardinal decilities of
atonement, justification by faith, incar
nation, total depravity and eternal pun
ishment. After several conferences the
dilTerence was narrowed down te the
single point of eternal punishment, and
the union declined te make belief iuthat
a test of fellowship.
On the question of communion Mr.
Spurgcen occupies middle ground be
tween open und close. Theso in his con
gregation who are Christians, but have
never been baptized by immersion, may
rcccive communion twice, but en pre
senting themselves a third time, if they
belong in the neighborhood, they aru re
quested te Iweome members by the usual
methods or retire from the communion
service.
Spurgeon's salary has been his only
source of personal income. He has
never spoken as preacher or lecturer for
pay outside of his pulpit. In his pastoral
ana general ciiureii laixirs he lias iieen
- . . . .- .-. ...
aided by his wife,
when a young man.
whom lie married
Knsll.ll Hallway .tctulullliHllltliins.
All American actor who is traveling
through Kuglaud writes thij te The New
Yerk Sun: "XiCt me nssure you that I am ai
patrietiu m when I sailed out of New Yerk,
hut; really I mut take oft my hat te the
Bupcrbrnllread system of carrying theatrical
troupes in Englaud. We have been en u tour
two or three meuth1), and we have elways
had two elegant can lagea or cursenthcly te
ourselves. These nre net compartments, like
the ordinary I'nglith carriage, but saloon
carriages, with another for our star aud her
maid. The reads make up these special
trains en Sunday for theatrical weplu only.
Ter instance, ene treupe desires te go from
Uirmlugliam te Manchester, another troupe
is booked from Birmingham te Derby, aud
still uuether from Uerby te Liverpool. The
railroad male up Its special, takes the two
ceuiuuie3 from Birmingham, drop) one ut
Derby, takes up the ether there, aud carries
the last te LiveriioeL It U ecoueuiical and
it Is comfortable. ThU U RC-h't" en all ever
the kingdom en Sunday, nnd the Midland
carries an Immeuse uumber of traveling
j.... ii
Yielding te the solicitation of hh
frictids, Count ToUtel lias resumed his
pen. He h new working en ii novel tole
called "Ln Senata ite ICretit.vr." It I n
family reimnv ms'l wN te vtry bus-
mKhim
yfef.MKPi
flsHafA fevil
AJIktSsSji-. l HMPT.I IW
)k iv J&i mviki
vf'm
A FAMOUS DRAMA
The Successes and Failures of
Sardeu's "La Tesca."
LONDON NOW L00KINO AT IT.
Mrs. Bertisrd-Iloere Taken the Title Hele.
Hernhartit's Triumph In Pari and Fan
ny Davenport's Peculiar Experience la
New Tork A Short Story of the May's
riot.
Vlcterlrn Sardeu's piny, "La Tesca," is
raid te be tlie great master's masterpiece, In
Paris, when, In lbS7, Sara Bernhardt took
the tltle rele of Klerla Tescn at its first pro
duction, tlie critics went wild ever It. Their
enthusiasm was Immense; their prrlss unlim
ited. Hut when, nearly n year later, Fanny
Davenport produced it In New Yerk city,
the American press assailed the play with as
grant vigor as hnd been displayed by tha
Frenchmen In praising It, It was indecent,
It was an Insult te religion, it was tee her-
MRS. BEIl.VAIUnEEnE AH LA TOSCA.
ritile for the stage, they snlil. But In each
case the result wns the same the theatres
were filled at each iwrformanee. In Paris
great audiences gathered te see what could
cnlt forth such pralse; in America the curi
osity of the pcople was nreUHcd te bee what
was worthy of such whelesale condemnation.
Fer seme reason the play was net given in
Londen until the present season, but recently
Mrs. Bernnrd-Ilecre has brought It out In the
English metropolis. Stoical Jehn Bull bas
net goue te either oxtreme In speaking of the
plece raptures are net in hla line, The Eng
lish critics say llttle of Sardeu's work, but
they pralse Mrs. Bernard-Uecre.
A condensed story of the play follews: A
yeang artist, Marie Cavaradesst, Is painting
in a church in Heme. Ccsare Anj;clettl, a po
litical prisoner who has escaped from the
Castle Ht Angele, rushes in and begs Cavara
dsl te snve him, Marie swears te de se,
nnd dresses Cesare In woman's clothes, taking
him in that disgulse f rout the church te his
studio. Baren Hcarpla, regent of police,
traces the fugitives, hut by the time he bas
reached Marie's studio they have Hed te the
latter' country heuse, the location of which
is known only te its owner nnd his mis
tress, Flerin Tesca. Bcarpla decides te work
en La Tesca's Jealousy te discover Its where
abouts, and tells her, in order te de this, net
that her lever has fled with a man in wo
man's costume, but that he has run off with
a woman.
Ia Tesca Is reu&ed te a paroxysm of jeal
ousy nnd gees te Marie's villa, followed (but
without her knowledge) by the police. She
finds Marie nnd overwhelms him with re
proaches. Marie revenls the truth and points
te Atigelettl, still halt nttlred ia female cos ces ces
tueo. La Tesca grasps the situation at encj
nnd the levers fall into each ether's arms.
At that distant a nelsu is heard outside the
villa. It Is the police. The levers conceal
Augoletti in a grotto Just as the police feres
nn cutrance. La Tesca and Marie swear that
they de net knew where AngeletU is, and
Marie is taken te au adjoining room, leaving
Bcarpla and La Tesca together. Bcarpla
says:
"Tell me where Angolettl Is and you will
tave Marie Cavarade'al from a mauvals
quart d'heure."
La Tesca exclaims! "What is happening
behind that doerl"
Scarpla.replics, with cool malignity, "Ohl
merely thli Marie Cavnrudes&l is reclining in
au easy chair; his legs and arms are Ued fast
with steel chains; a hand of steal with tbrsis
sharp spear headed points encircles hU fore
head; an oxecutlonor stands ever him grasp
ing In his hand3 a screw, each turn of whlcb
drives the fctwl points Inte his forehead. Th
terture will he most exquisitely excruciating
unless you by ene word reveal Angelettl."
La Tesca hesitates, pale as ashes and trem
bling. .
Then Marie, with superhuman effort, la
faint Accents, exclaims:
"Tesca, you knew net where Angelettl is,
you can disclose nothing."
"Teurnczl" shrieks Hcarpla.
Then a tcrrlhle wall of pain -a cry that
seems te come from the very soul of a dying
man U heard. It Is a frightful cry, that
seems te veil the unlverse with mUery and
deflation.
La Tesca yields and Angelletl Is dragged
from his hiding place, but he is dying from
poison twit administered. Cavaradessl ap
jiears with bleed dripping from his forehead
a frightful sight. La Tesca tries te em em em
broce him, but he, hoeing that the has be
trayed his friend, pushes her aside, where where
upeu the falls fainting. Bcarpla places La
Tesca and Marie under arrest.
FABRY DAVENPORT A8 LA TOSCA.
The fourth act is laid In Scarpta's palace.
The regent sends for La Tesca and tells ber
that her lever has been sentenced te be shot
lu the morning, but it La Tesca will accept
bis caresses he will save Marie's life and girf
the levers a passport te the frontier, H
eavs. however, that (a order te apparently
i --- . f - ... . .. ,.,.-.- -,.--
i oeoy orders no win nave tue souuen- muum
leaded, with blank cartridges. They will flM
at Morie.who must fall aud feign death. La
Tei.-a, overpowered by her leve for Marie,
consents. Kcnrjila place his arm around her,
but she revolts from his caresses. Notwith
standing her premises, the seizes a knife and
stabs hhn te the heart.
In the llfth net the murder of Scarpht is
still undiscovered. La Tesca tells the cap
tain of the guard that she has peformed her
part of the engagement, and that he must
carry out Bcarplu's orders about the feigned
execution and cscape. Marie Cavaradessl is
led out, nnd the soldiers lire. He falls. The
soldiers retire, leaving La Tesca alone with
the body. She exclaims:
"Marie, cornel All is ready! I have our
passiertsI Thecarrhifieis here! Iu an hour
we shall ha e creswd the frontier J"
But Marie docs net answer. Death is net
feigned, but jval. HcarpU's premises te La
Tesca wet ii-s. When she rcalUea that Ma Ma
reo is d&itiiQ Jumju ever the jwrapet Inte
the Tiber, aud the curtain fulli
And U i the play which hai delighted
Fiance, d!siued America, nnd te which
England wins te be new glvlug a kind el
plea-sod tulenit'""-
A AVlse Clergyman.
ttev. Mr. Poerlypald If you waut me te
fix your trousers, darllu j, you'll have te go
down town nud buy tern button.
Itev, Mr. roerl- paid Cm. that's i ired!
c ..?, ray Ui, I nm goleu te take up a
iA'.'.:ciie:i fev fercu m,"'R tomurroirt temurroirt tomurreirt
Jfew Yak Ite --an -i
m
"S
SI
.-!
i.r'V"
t f Hs,H&.
'-v-ia-aa-