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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
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we ; m m ma afcaei
3 I L aaV Blaa T-Wt
fef - .v? " ?,
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Si Si'TJi.liTiaffil
ivii ! na&MaM!IeMUTAkr
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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,
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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.
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