wj"' IUIVUJP HKWnra3C'.fJr',i3,iri.-r"?-S'T. ' - wavtv' . -x s ;.wr ir- S' . - -i- iFn v ' i r v ,& for I-.-T. MS f Rs, i Lfti-' S&5 sy V W' r-al - ' CtflkfciE NEW YOIK HOMES. P A CELEBRATED LAWYER'S HOUSE IN THE ARISTOCRATIC QUARTER. tlM Matfnpelltaa Inldiim of m Well Known Newspaper Cerrnipainlent A Street Railway Haren's llrewn Stene. i Remlnhieenee from Manhattan. Sprcial ConrspeDilcDCB. New Yerk, Feb. 0. Tlie wammetli buildings that arc beginning te appear In lower Fifth avenue teruect thedcmaiids of business nre wiping out the land marks of thcence exclusively aristocratic section. The new building of the Owlet estate, corner of Sixteenth, tlie home of The Judge and Frank Leslie Publishing company, occupies a site almost ns strong ly fixed in the memory of New Yorkers ns the Goelet place at Broadway nnd Nineteenth street, where the old home stead lias lingered amid the palaces of business that surround it. Tlie corner at Sixteenth 6trcct (northwest) was never built upon nnd was ene of the very few Yacant stwecs of private land in that vicinity. It was nn oasis of primeval ward in a desert of brick and stone. Anether landmark that shared the fate of the old corner was the town house of the celebrated lawyer, Aaren J. Vender- V. Iteel. who died JHf-SiiXt suddenly In n r'-ivn . . i I.UIIU Wlll'll IIO was nt the height nf n Kllrrr.fu.fti I V&.) pjirwir. Tin. Vnti- derpoelheusc.No. Ft 1 "West Sixteenth street, was ene "V of the old stvln luick mansions, built probably .forty years age, .when Sixteenth a Maassai rmm 1TTTTT-J OUII.I rtJH IUIIHI t&&S&I&St&l uptown. While l - t nf6 9n n ilti..t J" "" 2 "- houses of thli TIIK VANDEliran. MOUSE. ,,, , ,,,: , exterior they furnish nmple nccouimodu ncceuimodu nccouimedu tions inside, a light dining room in the front basement and laigu pallers nnd chambers. Tlie library is "provided for ny a long extension nlient one-half or two-third? the width of tlie let, nnd giv ing a geed light. Te n professional man the library of a town house becomes tlie choicest corner in it, nnd that of the Vanderpeel heuse was especially fa tired in having a bright view en the green lawn of tlie vacant' corner, and also the passing scenes en tlie nvenue. Mr. Vnndoreel was distin guished in his profession nnd hnd gath ered in liis home btudy the finest collec tion or law books in tlie Mute. UU spe cialty was trial work, and he accom plished n marvelous amount of it, suc ceeding, us I ie said, by the studious mas tery of facts. Yet the Sixteenth street mansion was net a inere lawyer's den. Although a btern looking man, .Mr. Van del pod was genial in temperament and a favorite with his fellows. IIe was v'ety plain nnd looked rather like a fanner than a habitue of aristocratic Fiftli ave nue. Uewns of original Dutch stock and maintained a splcmiTd country estate near bis early home in CohimhUcetiuty. Mr, Vatiderpeul associated liiniwlf witli many city societies, ene of which, the Helland, festered thoae ancestral traditions te1 which he was devoted. The region of his farm nt Kinderhook lie uiuilutbe sccne of Irviug's "legend pf Sleepy Hellew," and used te relate the story te his friends with many local em bellishments from his own experience. His country home and the adjoining Catskills weie U lecreutien, but he lived tlie life of n New Yerker te the full. The neighborhood of his town home was full of social attractions. Te the new St. Nicholas and Century clubs he gare boiue of his leisure, but dining the greater part of his career he was a pillaref the Manhattan, which he helped te found and ever which he presided several years. Tlie Manhattan club house, en the block Iwlew bis home, was a convenient place te drop in for thu evening. Mr. Vnndcrpecl was n neighborly mau and identified himself peisenally with tlie surroundings of lib home and with the puople of the vicinity. Fer many yearn llrentane's Literary Kmpori Kmperi urn was near Sixteenth htreet, in Union square, one block from thu Vumlei peel mansion, and the great lawyer, with his head ciammed with legal facts, called in for his daily papers regularly, generally slopping te discuss the news." liis even ing visits here were also quite tegular, and were often prolonged in ceiupatiug notes with the proprietor, uhe was thoroughly posted in thu contents of his leaded shelves, or chatting uithjeuug August tircntane. the nephew and ue- cebser aim tlie lirentane of to day. A student of ether things than law, he was ahner of litera ture in the best bense. IIe read everythingefiier- 23t maiieut value mid everything n c w that made mail.-, aim an et tlie select new publications weie at ence ordered AA1!0-S vandkri-ekl for his home library. Taken all in all, Judge nnd Frank Leslie, in going way up U"n far from thu pi inters1 quarter, have net been quite recklefu. Fifth avenue, with Mudien ami Union squares nnd Uramercy park for neighbors, and tlie site of a home of an old time, brainy, cultured New Yerker, these things should inspire geed work if there be power in surroundings and traditions. II is by no means becking a contrast te go from Sixteenth street and Fifth ao ae ao nue te Geerge Alfred Townsend's (CSathV) neighborhood in Vut Thlrty-feuitli street. West Thirty-fourth street is net te be judged throughout by what it is at Broadway nnd Sixth avenue, all bustle and confusion. It is ene of the city's bread street., and liad the early fathers been duly bensitU e te thu proprieties they would hare called it nn uenue rather than a t-treet. This btreet was tepu!ated by a later generation of aristocratic peo pee peo ple than thote of lower Fifthaveuue, and that portion of it west of Sixth avenue seems te be far tnore excliibive than Fifth avenue itself tliat is, in the sense of being retired, Tewnscud's home of the past seven or eight j cars, Ne. JI01, is near Ninth ave nue, and is very far from the central thorough fares frequented by vibilers, and if any ene cares te test for himself that isolation te be had in town which is se often said te be complete, let him stroll en w ! , h .jr 'vBYtmasI Mlk'Si k a z " m we ; m m ma afcaei 3 I L aaV Blaa T-Wt fef - .v? " ?, i ii.-1 e4 3S1S Si Si'TJi.liTiaffil ivii ! na&MaM!IeMUTAkr 5S?1EWR IE!9 - "I C1 er -3& mWMW W'JC VJVv1 "If 'yfmiTliiTty-ieuTtU street seme pleasant uninrai in autumn uciwcen i nnu a fit clock. Then the masters of the long J rw of wanslenB will be at their efllccs ', 'down town, the ladies will lie shopping fj. or in tlie park, and the servants will Ui ".' in the back basements. Tim ifiimn' ? - Wfcjjoea will have abandoned the street ;-: and the carriage and cabs will Ih: t ith ' Uiflr owners or patrons in the park. All v will be ailBt within and without, and tlie DMiw v mh) w,jeujiriaus win ecne MHCMMPWML Tbee it is Isolation far brisk m1 steiw de uet - -'. THE LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY breathe, nnd neave, nnd crackle, as de tlie sward nnd plants nnd trees of the country. Oath's houpe is in theheartet such Iso lation nnd is in the center of a neighbor hood of houses miles in extent. The building is ene of New Yerk's old timers, n brown Mone en the English pattern, with a small front yard, level with the street. Strangers hnve doubtless noticed that a few blocks of the many thousands of houses in (own hnve n vacant nrca of ten te twenty feet depth in front. This is becntibe seme old proprietor, with n high sense of the fitness of things, tnade a rcbtrirtien when selling or leasing land that the building should net reach te the pavement line. These English basement houses in Thirty-fourth street, of which Townsend's is ene of a row et perhaps a dozen, have n neat grass plot In front and a low iron fence te protect It. The houses themselves nre roomy nnd comfortable. The first fleer contains n reception nnd living roume, with parlors nbore. Al though a traxeliug man and a Washing ton rortrsH)iideiit, with u country home, (lath has had for many years a New Yerk home. His fi lends and children are located in the neighborhood. Fer tlie past few years, however, his domestic hobby has been a new country home en Seuth mountain. Maryland. The place, which he names Oapland, is located In (."romp (."romp Ien's pass, Seuth mountain, where Franklin's Sixth cer pa stormed the gup Sept. 1 1, 1802, driving the Confederates a t the H)hit of tlie bayonet. Tlionite tv valley of the Ca- teclin creek and the distant range of C n t e (i t i n iiioiiutainsfermn dimming land land senpe. It was here that Cialh flelxed for mate- lialfl for his his- OATHHCnv tlOMK. terlenl noel, "Kitty of Cn toot In," and if levellm-ss of nature nnd liislerical aocialieiH can- ceuipein;ite for the eolatien of a mount ain home, l lien tlie clioiee is a happy one. Yet it is net nil the spiiil of poetry that draws thu nctiie corieHpeiidiMit te feel; (his mountain tetieat as a change from city life. Mr. Tewnhend in a practical man and puts theeiii's ten test. When the cost of li'ing.' cooking reform, etc., were topiesef new spa)ordih('UKsieu home years age he selected u kindred topic for oneof his New Yeik letters, and inaijc the I'eunil.s of 'tlie markets with u basket en his arm jiibt te xee hew- much diveihieu, nniieyance, economy nnd humbug com bined there are in the market basket act ai atti United te ceitaiu gieat men. Mis (iapiaml ii the lesult of a similar pro pensity for bceiug Imw souie things can I") done; for nt 111 hi he simply fell in love With Onpland" an de all 8iiM.'eptihlu folk that pass that way and decided te build himself n ledge. The plan drew Inn at tention te the rocky formation of a part of thu mountain, mid he found building material en the tqiet. A heiit-c, w ith out buildings, mjeii followed, and iftheentatu with all is apiMiiiitmeuts should piote moieattrtietiii) than thu Tlnrty-feiiitli btreet liuu'su in n tefiige for a. man of "(lathV well traveled years, it will net be strange, especially uh Washington is at present headquarters for his news paper labors. Returning down town a half mile, te another bie.ul btieot.er n venue, Twenty thiitl btreet, wdteie a still inter move ment, the spreading out of the lesideiice quaiteis, (hew many well-te diceplc te the west bide of thu island, we llml an other blown fitone with a histeiy, "Jake" Sharp's house, at IKO Webt Twenty thiid stieet, comes in the Man bard eta. It was built about twenty-tive j ears age, and within it was deubtlcs planned, if net matuied, the celebiated llieadway Street Uailway scheme which brought Sharp te sorrow. Sharp, tee, had hw home in congenial surroundings. He passed his prime in building piers and fitteet railroads with forty connections. Twenty-third street get its feiry very recently that is, in "Jim" Fink's time, since the war. This 6trcet, long after seme of these failher up town had been built iihiii with line mansions, was a waste of vacant lets, with lieie and there n faeteiy, btage stable, catlle maiket, nnd read tavern. IxmdeiiTctinuc, u low of line old man sions west of Ninth meiiue, and a tow of In ids cottages near Eighth avenue, oppo site the Shaip house, steed almost alemi as desirable icsidenees of that neighlior neighlier neighlior heod. Tlie present (Irand Opeia house, built by l'iku after the war, gave the re re lien a beautiful marble slimline in the Italian style. It stands en thu corner of Twenty-third street nnd Eighth avenue, terp: also in a d u the Grand Opera house, nnd in the 4 building hoobtab heobtab hoebtab V 1k-IiiiI the Erie railway elllces in a unite of elegant npai I incuts. The fcrr.x acrossNeith - i her, from the feet of Twenty thiid street te thu b'rie depot lit I'a- w.l.. CI. ..,..!., g jV. ,.'ll.., K.l.l, . O Tweitty-tltlril WHKKK JACOli stlAlir Mreet railway ONCisuvun. rm ti,e ferry deck te the central jiertinu of the city, mid the OjH'ia heuse ceinbincd, brought life te a iliMtiut that but for these might have remained for years lagging in the inaich of progress. The Twenty-third btreet home of Sharp marks the second stage of the man's ca reer. Had he lived long enough and car tied out his plans, he might havu died in a palace en tlie avenue, lle canto te the brown stene from a little brick house (leased) en Tweiity-bcceud btreet. His most nctive work was done in the brown stene jieried, when, although known te his neighbors princiially as a quiet, unob trusive man, he was preparing thu Broad way project, nnd actually carried it in his brain for a quarter of a century. On tlie steps of the brown stene oue cold winter morning, us he was about te drive out in his lieavvr and bilk wrappings, the boedler manipulator was tuct with tlie news that the indictments ngalnst linn were te be tried nt once. IIe btaid iir the 'brown stene te fight U out. The alace en the avenue never came te ctewn his career. During his busy life in the city Sharp maintained a country place near Iteme, N. Y., and there he caught cold in the great bliz zard and died thu month following in a house near his old home, which his fam ily occupied after his conviction. It vas during ltd trial, or between the time of his indictment and lib death, that Sharp became best known te his immediate neighlws. He was greeted by the idle and curious whenever lie appeared in the tired. One day be divided public rurkwitv with another celcbriiv of the 2g2L w m hn m, '" Town- m mm $1 bend's estate is j. . "" fj the c a h t e r n (1 SOt 139 nJm ,n0""' ' ",0 K"P t fi I rrl M where the bread TiHiTiaflFTTrlHaVw M miimnu3.m ;t iifeJBJI sa. iKiMI jr" .' -r jK5S5yS3i5PI ,mi re:,r leingdi- traiEBRI aKeni,y opiiasite jllaa VJ m lyjf the Sharp house. -- -v w i- Fihl..H c, - tii.1 ? ?T.t."".V.' SmP hour, Mri. Langtry, whose cettage Isen the same block. Sharp was en trial in the great ralltvad charter case, and the Lily was courting popularity en ene stage and fighting n legal bailie ever n high paling she hail erected liefore her cotlnge en another, nnd by a coincidence both celebritle" had their carriages at their doers at the same hour. The mob crowded about Iho Lang try carriage until Sharp appeared, nnd then went ever en tnasse and surrounded the Sharp carriage, and followed it ns long as they could keep up with it, staring nt its occupant with the uku.i1 sang freld of street loiterers. His ucighlxtrhoed fame, such as It was, came late and came suddenly, and vanished as quickly ns it came, for few of the residents of the lo cality, excepting the tradeseople whose patron he was, remember personally the occupant of the brown stene, Ne. 320, or can tell off hand where he lived, within half n decu numbers. Gkeikik L. Kilmer. SISTER ROSE GERTRUDE. She In OeltiK te Ilnirnll te Mllilnlrr te th I.icr. Miss Amy C. Fowler (Sister Rose Ger trude), n member of the Third Order of St. Deminic of the Reman Catholic church, Is en her way through the United States te Hawaii te take up the work left by Father Damieii nt his death among the leiiers. Hew simple this announcement, yet hew much la involved in it An English girl, having learned of the sacrlfice of ene who fell a certain victim te the most dreadful of all diseases, freely offers her self te take his place as the soldier steps into the tracks of his cemrade shot down in n storming party, with this differ ence that the soldier acts under a fover fever ish excitement and may net be killed, while the woman gives herself deliber ately, and for her there is no hope The eldest mid ltest known legend of thu sacrifice of a young girl h that of Iphigeiiia, tlie daughter of Agamemnon and Clytcmnes tra. Her father, se gees the leg end, having of fended the God Ged God tlesi3Diaiia,vewed te make atone ment by a sacri fice of the most beautiful thing born within the year. This hap pened te lie Iphi geiiia. Agamem non long delayed the sac rill ce, but when the Trojan oxpedition ap proached, nnd the Greek fleet fciBTEn iiesnanitTitirDE Frem rati Mull DudKCt. wan detained by a calm, Chalchas, the soothsayer, told him that he must keep his premise, "When Iphigenia was brought (e thu altar shedisappeated, having been carried oil by the goddess te Tauris, where alie became n priestess. Such is Iho legend that has been for centuries perpetuated in i-eng and story, en cam as and in marble, till the whele world Is familiar with the name Iphi genia, Yet hew much tnore is there in the case of Sister Hose Gertrude te stir the emotions. The Trojan girl wns sent te the altar by her father in obedience le a vow. The English girl gees of her own free will te spend what time may bu granted between her arrival at Ha waii and her death fieni thu disease which, unless she is cniriedeiT earlier by ether means, is bin e te fellow among stricken beings kept in n pen te prevent their contaminating the rcbt of the wei Id. The woman who thus offers herself Is the daughter of an English clergyman in tlie Episcopal chinch. Some seven yeaiH age, when she was about twenty, she" entered the Reman communion, Very seen after she listened te a sermon in which the speaker gave an account of the leper colony at Kalawao and Father Dauiien's labors theie. An inspiration enme te her that she should doveto her self te this satne work. She wished te go at once, but her friends begged her te at least wait till she sliuuhl be elder and should knew something of the teniblu disease She acceded te their wishes for a postponement, but did net abandon her puiiKisu. Flve years passiM, and then she began her preparations. Going te 1'arls, she was trained under the cele brated Pasteurnnd in thu hospitals theie, in order that she might gain a scientille knowledge of leprosy. With this train ing she may nt oucecato for the lepers nnd study the disease which nllllcts them. The body in which dwells this hetuism is cry small, weighing scarcely n bun dled pounds. The face is oval, the eyes bluish gray, Iho hair dark. Tlie sister is as modest and retiring n3 she is heroic. Her father and mother and two sisters nre living in England nnd her brother is it farmer in Manitoba. She was educated at the Ladies' college, in Hath, England, and brought up by her father in thu Church of England, hut, when she be came n woman, began te doubt if she was in the right fold, and after six months' study joined the Reman church. She has always loved tecaie for the sick and began te Ihj a nur,e at the I'ryer I'ark mission, in Louden, following up her training in it Londen hospital. At Kalawao Sister Rese will have charge of the leprosy hospital containing sity lepers. Hefoie leaving England she was piesented with a complete bet of in strutnents for the study and cultivation of (he leper bacilli as is done nt l'.uis in I'.istenr's institute. She will study mi crobe with a view te discovering hew they develop under different degrees of tcnipeintiiie, and as she attains icmiUs will ferwatd them te the Leprosy so ciety in Louden, The case of this little unit is ene of theso singular instances where the great est het eism is contained in the smallest nnd frailest human compass. And hew iuiKrtniit the work she may be dcbtiucd te achieve! The Tcnnjiuii l'anilly. 1 Tlie cut here given is front a drawing reduced from a page picture made direct from a photograph for a recent number et The Louden Pall Mall iiudget. It HON. 1IALLAM TENNYSON. LADY TENNYSON. I.OISK TENNYSON, shows Alfred Tennyson nnd his wife nnd Hen. Hallam Tennyson ,-,t home, and presents a new aspect of the poet lau reate's face. It It tald that If ten American uovell.ta whose boelt wll teadily aru selected nivl ten liiwliaiilca. uhewmlUMit day, at tfceend of Urn year the iiMxuuiiicii will have corned the niut inoney.-nrchuinio, IT lilW NAVAL SKCRETAUYTKACY. SUDDEN INTERRUPTION OF A BRIL LIANT AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER. Barlj Struggle ami Trltimphi llrllllant , Military Career Takra High Hank al Mi Nrw Yerk Itar The lleecher-Tlltun Trial. 1 1 en led Campaign "and trilling Iteward, Benjamin Franklin Tracy, whose able administration of the naval department of the United States wits se suddenly in terrupted by nn npiKilling calamity, wns liern in Owcge, Tiggn county, N. Y.,ln 18U0 and passed his earlv life en-n farm, attending only thd winter terms, of nn academy. Frent boyhood he was notice ably vigorous, earnest and reliable, and when admitted te the bar, In 18-51, he seen made his mnrk in law practice, Se rapid was his rise and se great the popu lar confidence In him that in 1803, and again in 1655, Ite was elect(-d district attorney, though his party was in u ml ml nerily in tlie county. MiL. -J.-.; THE THACY MANSION. In 1801 he wns elected te the legisla ture, In which he was made chairman of the railroad committee, and wen fnme by defeating the first skillful organiza tion te place n surfnee railway en llioad lliead way. He entered en the fight almost single handed, but his cxposure wns se elfective that he seen gained adherents, and the scheme went into local history ns "a deservedly defeated job." The time came when New Yerk city regret ted that there was net a Tracy at the head of the saitte commlttce in the house. On June i!2, 1802, Governer Morgan personally requested Mr. Tracy te raise a regiment in thu counties nf llroeute, Tompkins and Tiega. He been did that and nssisted in raising another and wns commisieiied as colonel of the first the One Hundred ntid Ninth New Yerk, His ciueer in the Army of thol'etomao was brilliant. At Iho clese Of the battle of the Wilderness he was carried ftetn the field exhausted, but lefuscd te go te u hospital, nnd, after a brief rest, led his regiment tliieiigh thu threu days' light at SH)ttsylvaiiia. Being completely bieken down he was then compelled loleavetbo borvlce for a lime, but seen took com mand of the One Hundred nnd Twenty- seventh United States colored troops. IIe came out uf the war a brigadier gen eral, resumed the practice of law as ene of the firm of Ilenedict, Tracy & Ilenedict, and for a few years the public heard comparatively lit bCCItHTAUY TKACY. tle of him, though he held the ofllce of United Slates district attorney for the Eastern district of New Yerk from 18G0 te 18711. Ne ether fame, probably, is se evanes cent ns that of a successful lawyer es pecially a city lawyer, and most of all one whoMjweik is chielly done in his ofllce and concerns property interests chielly and it was, thetefere, as a new man that Gen. Tracy came into prom inence as counsel with Mr. Evarts and ethers for Henry Waul liccchcr in the protracted and exciting trial of 1875. It w as in this connection that the first direct charge of unprofessional or net btrictly honeiablo conduct was made against Gen. Tracy a charge dlsreguulcd by the public at thu tline, but revived in heated political contests iifterwaiils. Theodere Tilteu'ti friends indignantly declared that Gen. Tiacy had listened te Tilton's ac count of the matter.and afterwards con sented te act as counsel for Mr. liccchcr. Thu statement was as indignantly denied, and gees into the limbo or the insoluble along with se many ether statements concerning tliattematkuhle case. The public likowise teiiiaitied In igno igne igno rance or thu fact that Gen. Tracy was a great lever of flne heises; that he was often present when big races were run and allow ed his own heises te be put en the track, though he net cr bet himself, until that heated ,-. until pa! ir it of civP 186(1, w Inch tore Ihoeklyu citcles nil te pieces, and ventilated the lives of many. Gen. Tracy wns , candidate for (lis- AVvVi It let attorney of il Wings county i-lBj against Janus J. ul Kidjrwav. thou the Democratic Mus- THACY. occupant of that ofllce; thete waa a "gieat moral reform movement" in progress, nnd the campaign was savagely personal. The charge ns te liking n geed horje never butt anybody in Brooklyn politics, but Gen. Tracy was defeated under cir cumstances which made him enthusi astically nctive against tlie Democrats in 1888. The success of the Republicans in New Yerk that year was chiefly due te Brooklyn, and Gen. Tracy received much credit for it: it se happened also that he was the ene man en w horn nil parts of his party in the state could unite, nnd his appointment wns tlierefore a pecu liarly hnppy one. It is no fcciect that - ..l.lllU- hf !i v. .is te lie at- let ihj j., , i ', w aid ceifainly sei m iiiei 1. 1 Inn. with his talents and pursuits. Fur New Yeik as a slate, however, the naval seen t.nyship is vastly inore im im pert.int than the ether place, and Gen. Tiacy hat uiifcaubly served the best in in teiestsef ids city and party while serv ing his country in a way te command general approval. Thu ellicial and seinl seinl etlicial intercourse between him and his predecessor, Secretary Whitney, was a most pleasing episode in the iieliticnl movements of tlie day, and their kt kt senal relations, with suggestions for im im im provementef the navy, h.tvebeeii highly honorable te both, lit addition te ac cepting the plans for defensive action (coast defenses ami tlie like) w hieh hae been bettled for seme years as the na tional policy, SectcUry Tracy purposed te go much farther, te the construction of line of battle ships ready for offensive action if desired, and en this point will ceme the first disciii-sien of his policy. Gen. Ttacy's domestic circumstances have been of the happicbt, and the Brooklyn ft lends of Mrs. Tracy new re call with grief seme e( her expressions II ffiST Mil fit ifm k i" vryi i - 1 1 i-jt - M-mr- mm Sllh. I C f '"KSW i V w en leaving that city te the eltect that she dhl net hope te Ixi as happy in Washing ten as nt her old home. She united two qualities net often found together an extremely charilnble disposition and geed judgment in giving. Slid was ene of the founders of the Heme for Friend less Children. Personally she did net like "society In big doses," as ene interviewer expresses it; small parties, small gatherings of per sonal friends she greatly enjoyed. Her place among the cabinet ladles, however, was well sustained; and the young and fair, us well as the eflicial society, were looking forward te a winter of unusual enjoyment when death invaded the cabi net circle and with such rapid blows! Scarcely had the American people time te express their deep sympathy with Secretary lllaine in his double affliction when they were shocked by the appalling calamity te the Tracys. In Brooklyn society there is, besides the general sorrow, a deep and special grief for Bliss Mamie Tracy, who wns a charming and cultured lady with much musical tind artistic talent, mul it adds net a little te the grief of her friends that she, like her mother, did net favor going te Washington. Mrs. Tracy's maiden name was Delinda E. Cntlin, and ehe wns a native of the same county ns her hus band Tiega, N. Y. Their three children, Emma Eloise (new Mrs. Wilmerditig), Frank B. and Mary Farrington, were also liern there, in Owcge. Mlsa Mamie was 20 years old, mid teceived most of her education in Brooklyn, and wns loved ami u.lmlr.Ml (v all who knew her. EL PERAL. The SnanUh lleat Which Navigate Belew tlie Water' Surface. JSESS ps.T EL 1'EltAL. When Jules Verne wrete his "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," in which Capt. Neme navigates in his won derful lieat under the surface of the w.v for, every ene regarded it as a splendid piecoef Imagination, but few, if any, BUj,. posed such a beat practicable. This, how ever, is an age in which the Imaginative writer finds it difficult te keep ahead et reality. Lieut. Feral, of the .Spanish navy, lias built a beat which closely re sembles the cigar shaped submarine ves sel whose picture appears in the volume written by Jules Verne, It was about five years age that Lieut. I'eral conceived his idea, but kept ItU mains a secret. A war becom ing imminent, he revealed them te the Spanish minis ter of marine, and a commis sion appointed for the pur Hj.se of examining th tint having nppievedthein, the Fctral waa built at thear- EStM- ri? Z&3fir&-- --.' -sc-. EL 1'EltAL AND 1NVENTOU. IUI I'eral IX-sci'iidlng. senal of Carracaand launched in Septem ber, 18S8. She is cigar shaped, uieasutea 7-1 feet from stem te stem nnd 9 feet bread. She is driven by twin screws, the motive ferce being sup plied by electrical btorage batteries. The I'eral is a torpedo beat and fitted with complete torpedo gear. The steerage apparatus is in a conning tower in the middle in which the helmsman obtains a view of all about by means of reflecting mirrors. What tlie internal machinery is is kept secret. Several tests have been made, in ene of winch the I'eral went down like a whale and remained underwater forty five minutes, attaining a bpeed of six knots an hour. Against such a torpedo beat no vessel, however powerful and well equipped, can stand. Solicitor (tcneiul Tuft. Judge William II. Teft, who has been appointed solicitor general of the United States, vice Orlew Chapman, deceased, is a very young man for se important n position, being but !!0 yeats or age. no is the fen of Alphense Taft, who was United States minister te Russia and Austria, and had been Atterney General under President Grant and for n tinia Secretary of War. The son, William II. Taft, was grad uated nt Yale, and studied law. He seen became assistant prose cutor of Hamil ton county, Ole, and was apjieint- Cil from tlila tK fjM fice te be internal by President Ar thur. Mr. Tafl preferred the law, and tesigned tht ofllce te beceuit WILLIAM II. TAFT. assistant county solicitor. Vhcn Jmb son Harmnii resigned from tlie superior bench young Taft was appointed for the unexpired term, and then elected te the olllce. IIe is a hard worker, a brilliant man, and is of fine physique. Hen. J. C. Timer. Hen. J. C. Power, Republican, Is ene of the "Big Four" new waiting for the United States senate te decide which two of them ure te held seats in that body for Mon Men tana. IIe is cm p It a t i e ally "a western husller," oue of the kind se often desci iIks! in romances of the west, ene whoseiyjji :'l7Yi'l luisiucbs career asortef remance, ' 1 yet who makes romance subsidi ary te business. J. c. power. As carpenter, surveyor, town boomer, government contractor nnd heavy in vca vca ter in railroad nnd steamboat stock, he bus been nlways active and often success ful, is very nearly the wealthiest man in Mentana nnd is still nctive. He was born in 18a'J in Dubuque, Iowa, and has kept en the bei der ever since. IIe is be low the medium bize and rather sallow in appearance, but ills bright eye re deems liis face, and he is ever en the alert. IIe entered polities four years age, was a candidate for governor last year, and wag defeated by the Democrat J. K. Teelo. He represents the western half of the Etate, "!"-" r V r-1? -.r!3S5:"-zj-a ife'" A &m svrt I l in iv j iiuw mm 8. 1890. STATESMEN IN SOCIETY. PUBLIC MEN MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN PLEASURE AND SUCCESS. Walter Wellman glta Down In the Kant Roem anil Staille Society a Been at n While ttenne Reception A tlright Con Cen pmiun Ueaerlbea III Kiperlenee. Special Oornwpendeoce.) WASliiNOTON.Fcb. 0. Public men com plain most bitterly that society makes such large demands upon their time that they cannot prepVrly get through their work. At the last White Heuse recep tion I sat down in the East Roem, taking possession of a secluded corner, and watched the famous men and beautiful women who were promenading that noble npartmeut, reflecting upon their daily lives, their antecedents, their life strug gles and daily routine. On such an occa sion ea this it Is always obvious that the woman is serene and content and self possessed, while tlie man It is who seems pressed for time, who is nervous about his appcarnnce and his manners. "Lteiuver," sata I, as no sat oewn hc hc side me, "tell me hew this scene im presses you." "First," he replied, "let me tell you of my experience here te-night. It was my first taste of official society as seen nt a pttblie levee in the executive mansion. I did net knew wli.it te de when I enme here, and se I thought it best simply te fellow the crowd. It took me forty min utes te get from the front deer te the coat room, and there a colored man grabbed my hat and coat, while I was willing te wager something handsome that I should never get them back again. Ten minutes later and the stream of peo ple had carried me with them te the re ception room. I was a little dazed by what occurred there, and I have licen a little dazed ever rIiicc. I rcmcmlier hearing my name sung out by some one, 'Mr. Dellivcrl' A man whom I leek for the president grabbed my hand and pumped my right arm up and down a ceuple of times. Then I was Bheved along te Mrs. Harrison, I think it was. My arm was pumped again, and as another cog was turned by the machine I heard myself greeted by the second lady as 'Mr. Gulliver. Again the pump motion was applied, the machine took up another cog, and I was introduced te the next lady as 'Mr. Mellville.' More pump like movement of the right arm, and with the lights dazzling my eyes, nnd my brain a little disordered by visionsef beautiful women and gorgeous di esses, I was passed along te still another. Here I recovered my self sufficiently te endeavor te regain possession of my pieper name, but when, live seconds later, the machine, moved again I found the pump action just like its predecessors and a large, handsome woman with a Fteiich accent calling me 'Mr. Gollybey.' Then I gave it up, and tesigned myself le anything that might happen in the way of impromptu nomenclature., More pump handle movements, mera parodies en the name that 1 had come honestly by, and finally 1 readied the end of the line and as 'Gen. Zollicelfer' made my escape into the East Itoeni, Let me sit down and catch my breath." "And you like it?" "Well, it is a wonderful spectacle, and I nut fend of the spectacular. All the glimpses 1 have had of the society of Washington interest me, particularly the flue dinners. It seems te me that the dinner is thu most tatiennl and eiiduting form of siHiial activity here. I never fail te accept an invitation te dinner. But what strikes me most forcibly is the demands this social business makes en one's lime. Hew seme of the sena tors ami members manage teget tliieiigh their work and give se much time te so cial matters is uioie than I can under stand. Of course I am willing te con cede that this society is very fascinating. I must confess that it has taken held el me in a way which I had net dtcamed of. I came down here, as I am told many a young congressman had come before me. full of ambition and clothed in geed i evolutions. I was net going te dally with the glittering tempter, soel ety. My days were te be spent in the work of the house of representatives and in the set vice of my constituents, while my evenings were te he devoted te lettet writing and te study. New ns a inattei of fact I have been out le a dinner or it reception every night fera week. I have almost lived in n diess coat." "And you find yourself much pressed for tune?" "All tlie while. It is something new in my oxpeiienre. In the country town in w hieh I lived we did net knew w hat it was te bu hurried. We ttro-ie at a teaseiiahle hour in the morning, had leisure te tead two or tluee newspapers before break fast, walled down te the ofllce. stepping le chat with friends en the way, had an hour or two for n midday dinner, took n nap thereafter if se inclined, and in this luxtiiieus manner spent the day and the evening. But this is n different sort of life. Take my experience of today as a sample of every day's experience, net only of mine but of every congressman's and senator's. I breakfasted nt 8, nt !) was in a hired cab going te the govern ment printing ofllce te get a job for an old constituent of mine, from there le the jieiisien ofllce te leek up a case for a worthy woman of my district, then te the posteflico department le see nlxiut a iostefllco appointment, te thu treasury, te tlm war department and finally te the Capitel, All day there I wrete letters te my constituents. At 3 o'clock the heuse adjourned, and I had an engagement te dine nt 0 four miles from the Capitel. A rapid drive, a light ning change from business te dress suit, nnether hurried drive, nnd I was at my host's, ten minutes late, despite all my exertions. At 0 o'clock I had an engage ment with my friend and colleague, Judge Reed, te ceme te the president's reception, nnd here I nm, nil of which I call pretty lively work for n plain young congressman who had firmly resolved net te le led astray by the seductions of Washington beciety." Mr. Dellivcr did net knew I was going te use hint as a herrible example of the maimer in which the society of the capi tal destroys geed resolutions and leisuic lincbs, nnd he may net thank me for be doing, but being n young and handsome bachelor, naturally falling an easy vic tim te tlie wiles of the world of fashion, I wanted te contrast him with n certain senator whose case was 60en called te my netice by the appearance in tlie East Roem of his beautiful wife. Mrs. Davis, wife of the senator from Minnesota, is ene of the Kpular women of Washing, ten, nnd gees much in society, but her husband is rarely seen with her. He is ene of the few public men who have fought against the tempter and conquered, al though the odds were net en his side, ro re ro cuferccd, ii3 the opposition wns, by the pleadings of Mrs. Davis. A friend of mine was telling me et n call he made at Senater Davis' heuse ene night. In the hull he met Mrs. Davis just going te Iter carriage. The senator was found upstairs in his library, sitting in his shirt sleeves, a cigar between his lips, his feet perched upon a chair, the whole a picture of plain, placid comfort. It was obvious that there had liecn a domestic discussion about tlie social duties of a senator of the United N mates, earrtea e te mcmI and witti'UfeeMtMf taeraU aaVtdaSr. My friend, who had surmised ail thai, and who-Is Tery artful, asked theiMMtet if he were going out. "Net much," aald Mr. Dark, peMa vigorously at XAt cigar rand ptafcteg th box ever te his caller. "Net much. Tha fact is, this society business is the great est nuisance of the day. A drew coat I abominate. 1 am thinking of introducing a bill te have all swallow tails abolished. If I had known that a man had te wear ene of these infernal things three or four times a week In Washington, I'm hanged if I would have ceme te the senate." About the first thing a public man has te decide en coming le congress or ether official station in the capital k this una of society. Shall he go out and give up all his cherished plans of work and study, all his ambition te be a great and useful statesman, or remain at home and miss the pleasures of dinners and receptions? It Is a mero serious question than the reader who knows net the situation would be likely te judge it. Once started In the social whirl it is net se easy te step. In fact, it te almost impossible, and the first thing the victim knows lie will Hud himself se pressed for time that he can not even read the morning newspapers, and as for writing speeches ergfving careful study te any.ef tlie great ques tions of the times, that is net te be thought of. I was talking about this te a veteran newspaper correspondent, one who lias been here twenty years ntid kept his eyes and ears open te geed advantage, and he lays down the rule that the men who eschew society an) the men who make successes in public life. Secial pleastties, even moderately indulged, sap the ener gies and undermine the ambition with surprising rapidity. As Secretary Win Win detu walked through the East Koeia;my friend pointed te him and said: "There gees ene of the most evenly balanced, ene of the most capable of our public men. IIe has a phenomenal ca pacity for work. Every day tha secre tary is at the treasury department tilTS or 0 o'clock; his dinner is net finished till 8; four or live times a week he is out te receptions, and yet he comes into his ofllce next morning thoroughly up with all thu news of the day and with a scere of important matters all ready te go into the hands of his sulierdinates. Hew he could de that was a mystery te me till one night last week, when I chanced te pass Ills heuse en Massachusetts avenue about 3 o'clock in the morning, 'there was n bright light in bis library, and then I knew hew be kept up with his work. He burns the candle at both ends. A little further down the avenue another library was btllliantly illuminated, not net withstanding the lateness of the hour, and tliieiigh an open blind I saw the little chief justice of the United Stales betiding ever Ids desk. That explained het he vvns able te devote se much lime te society, of which he is very fend, nttd at the same time te keep up with the enormous amount or work which his po sition thtevvs iteti him. And thus, I dare s-.y, you'll find It all ever the city of Washington. "Te the man of affairs and uaccess and conscientious effort te de liis whole duty theie is hut one way te make up for the time lest in society's gay whirl, and that is by consumption of the midnight oil. This does for a srtiseu or two, but the man who settles dew n te it ns a regular thing will fail sooner or later. This re ception is given in honor of the supreme ceittt and congress. It is lite one social event of the year which senators and representatives are in duty bound te at tend, yet net one-half of the leading men of theso bodies are bete. Many that are here will net go out again this season. They need their evenings in their libra ries or "dens" for tlie purpose of writing letters, reading hills, studying public questions or conferences with friends and colleagues. They have made their cheice between pleasure and success in favor of the latter." AN AUSTRALIAN FAVORITE. Miss Mjru Ki'tnlilc, Who llccently Deserted "Iho Ciihmlcs" te A piienr In Kniflantl. On the recent retirement of Miss Essie Jcnyns from tlie stage Miss Myra Kemble, the lady who recently tnade a successful debut liefnre a Louden umlieuce. seems te Wive, tit one) taken a place hi the aflVctlonsef its'rt'.'au playgoers. Jut before her do de rvtpturu for England Miss Keruble was treat ed te nu imposing farewell function nt Sydney,, and Melbourne sadly grieved ttiat It could net, from hick of time, ac cord liku honor te the popular act ress. "Mlv. Myra Kctnble's story," writes n represent ative of The fall Mall Iludiict. ' blie told it te nie after a fatiguing MISS MYKA KEUOUL rehearsal, Is oue of patient ofTert and well earned success. She has had no sudden tri umph, no matutinal annLeniug te Hud her self famous; only the capacity for taking pains and the rewnrd of uullagging persever persever nnce. Asa consequence, Miss Kemble has attained te artistic as well as physical ma turity. But although net in the flrt bloom of youth, Miss Keuible's fair, silky hair, hloude complexion and graceful carnage give her nn excellent stage presence." Her first appearance en the stage was in 1STI, at n pantomime in Melbourne. Then sliotuekupsm.ill Sltakvspeat een parts, anil in less than two years was leading ludy at the Victeria theatre. At 1!) she played L-tdy Macbeth, being the youngest woman te at tempt the role in Australia. It is said that she exeeb hi theso difllcult nnd delightful old school comedies created by Sheridan and centeniKraries. Her stage name, Kemble, is that lierne by her mother bofero marriage. Her father objected te her going en the stage, and se she did net take his name. She is married, aud was born la Ireland. REMARKABLE PISTOL SHOOTING. The rrreriiiiiures nf Oeerce Nauile ami Gverb-H lllrd Win, I teat llltn. At the tourney held in Paris during the exposition Geerge Naudc, of Paris, was awarded (list prize f or a six bhet scere with a revolver en tlm new French target. Naude'a record wns n great one. He hed one tliet in the bull's eye near the edge of the inner circle, two shot en the edge of the circle ene ubeve the diameter line mul ene below it two ether shots were bunched at the di ameter lines, half en the 8 circle and half en thu outer circle of tlie black bull's eye, aud the slth shot half in the, 7 circle and half in the 8. The target was 11 inches in diameter and was set nt n distance of i) yards from the marksman. This n as considered remark able sheeting, aud liets were freely made that no one would equal it for some time. The bull', cye cut here given is n fnc-elmlle of the center leo lee leo tfeu of the target en which Geerge Bird, the von ng crack of tlie Kit dare Hunting club ami the Calumet the scere of Nnudc, but surruus- ftl If Tlitdn-lilAV&. TUB TARQEr. ,, j, ,,, mQn remarkable from the fact that the target was one-fourth the size of the original French tar get iimxI by Naude. Mr. Ulrd bunched his six shots, as shown iu the cut, while another mnrksuian a few feet away was banging at another kind of target. Mr. Bird used the Smith fc Wessen "Fron tier" 44-caliber revolver, with a Russian model shell leaded with six grains of powder and a round ball It Is tafe te say that this lavt record will net be disturbed for awhile, unless Mr. Bird attempU te ouUheot himself. JSTiTiSfflaW (8 U. f P 4 i i -i- i'x . - , ,. i ..: ,&,fc-ff-'r--" - ""v.i&d
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