": f-.-ri.ra- -:-:s 's ' r: .- X if, i . .(.A'v, "M fc. ' - & ". " V- "vSfljL' - ,w ,7. vu4v ',f.s- 1 V ifttrW, 1 'Tj'i 5V f .. I Ji t a.. 'ii r iy,i ,a -i'riVi 1 r ...',. , " v x .' ' r , ' Jw -.'jit. UP 4 -' V'j'.vt 'vl ' ' . .v .! ...l. u u.1 i- -'v . , - .-' - t'-t. f 't. !". 7 Vh ,' .v.tV THJi?IiAJrUAPTJBK PAIIjY LNTBL,L,1GENCJBR, SATURDAY. FEBRUABT, 22,18fl0. " jy . &. iste PMj Itft taE wrs, tfV w- ' r" tVf -1"" fcr ef-rm MOST PfiOMINENT GA.V PARIS. sir&tg ,ehs ya ..i. I &&" wnifcti !; iiii. Aa m4 de lite-Mn, Kmlly ' !;'r-'iiwfwri. the WeNtrhl English Cerre- )frililii'lr Heeper Mmtt. Yapp. f ; yiWatMaM DeaMe Kabertliie Aabert. It' "? in . H;:S-:- ., ' rSoeeislCemenoiideiKel uv'vsun-: . ... ... ijj.rw, rce. e. women as news gam w 'feHwiJ'hf1 Pub are ft foreign Innev.v t r i.-Vttea. Of the iwuir Invaders who lmv K,i5i lwiedfclfjr about the- democracy of t: " &4Tf WC.ne tv.rimtM lltm urn llnl I1 Innel !!rvjnrtr- WnVflnLflitt Inlmll nltntnil ntitirk. (nv 'V'rx'r"! : :. ' " ::. - .-t - g;&Hen of, Victer Huge, ' "Tlie Nineteenth i century," hare, been m i&M century is wemen'e S-1 S',trtar'rcd by tlie women correspondents e" Jt2.;-f"-be seutlit bis Bnlen? Certain, it is rare Uyi?'- te'find ene of the craft vbo.dees net KjLv: twwtirc tbe frieudsbip of the great poet ?(?."" as one of thotuert tlattering recompenses iJV", of Uieir varied calline. New. as in tlie ?V.?feCktime of Mine, de Stnel, many of tlie Jsrbrightest, ablest contributors te the '. . lrislun nres arc women, lliclr Iclen- iffes; Utr is concealed under nseiidenvms. and i&tix after tint manner of their inasctilliiocem- Sft ife 'pctiters, tbey rarely rcnture beyond the K5w. subjects of which they bare made cspe- clal study. Tlie ielitical writer would Be mere ossume te discuss nrt, music or literature than the fashion gossiper te BdranceBclpntiflothceiics. Tlie standard of journalism in Paris is quite npart from that of England or the United States. The first requisite is literary merit. Men and weuicn meet en com tnen ground and are recompensed ac cordingly. Te have achieved notoriety in any ether field, happily, is net a rcquisite te journalistic or literary recog nition in Franca The first and greatest woman journalist was Mine, Kmlle, who flourished between 1839-18, when jour nalism of the old school achieved its greatest luster. Of a later day is Mme. Adam (Juliette Inmbcrt), of LaNouvclle Reruc. This journal, wliile less serious than Tlie ltcvip des Deux Mendcs, is the medium through which younger writers are gaining recognition, and Itscintillates with much talent of great premise. Mine. Adam is ene of the most intel lectual and brillinutcouvcibatienall&ts at the French capital. Powerful in its way is The Nouvclle Itevuu International, which has for its rt editress a ence famous beauty, Mme. de iuii-r iiunu iiiiiiiuui uiarrieu mis win ter a .Spanish grnmleoef colossal fortune. Ita editress is a woman of the world, con sequently a woman with a history. A granddaughter of Julian IJenaparte, her father was Oiitfsh minister te Greece. She is the widow of thrce husbands, French, Italian and Spanish, nnd wittily declares that te a woman with such n ped igree "death has no terrors." Her ucceud husband was prima minister te Italy. She has a charmingly smooth style nnd has written many plays, whicli have been produced In her own theatre. Versatile, eccentric, evcry salon has its anecdote of this clever woman. Found weeping ever the Paris directory ene day, ehe was asked the cause of her tears. "I have found the name of ene man who has net been in leve with me." said this passe enchantress. "Etincelle" is the pseudonym of Baron Baren ess Deuble, who has written many years for The Figare, tier "Notes of a Society Man," published in this greatest of French journals, was long thought te have been written by a man. Brilliant critiques from the pen of Judith Gauticr, daughter of TheophileGautier; Mine. Al Al Al phonse Daudet nnd Mine. Mary Reynolds (Gil Bias) appear regularly in the leading journals, wliile every paper has new its writer of the beau moifSe, uliicli isticonsid isticensid cred Jho lowest order of writing and classed in the Ranie category as reporting, which is cschuwed by the old regime as u foreign intruder net thy the con tempt with which it is regarded. Hew ever, repeit- MJIE. YAM ini- s creenhnr iu through the republican sheets in which NubertineAulwrt nnd Ixjuisq Michel (the demagogues) air their socialistic theories. CorresK)iuk'iieo reporting, us it isTIii isTIii isTIii dcr&toed among Eugiith bjieaklug nations does net exist in France. Tlie first foreign woman te brook these conven tionalities was an Irish woman, Mrs. Emily Crawford, today a quoted author ity iu Londen. As tlie wifoef Mr. Craw ford, for many years chief of the foreign kurcaua of corrcsendcutH, she came te Paris previeus te the war, and her jour nalistic career begau in theso exciting days. "It wiped away the prejudices, the conventionalities w hich had surrounded me hi n co my birth," said this ncctorcssef " 'women journalists iu recounting her ex periences. "It broadened my views of life and taught me tliatthe bent people of every nation are the common people; the best school, hardship." Mrs. Crawford is a strong, vigorous woman, with snow wliite hair, dark eyes, with much of the native wit in tlie corners of her deter mined mouth. She has written bince she was 18 j ears old. With her brilliant husband, who is said te have been the original of Wortliingten iu Thackeray's "Pendennis," the hasnlwajs had the bo be cicty of thinkers. He was a btieng auti auti auti coiuervative long before the Republican party came in jewer. Intimate with its leaders, Mrs. Crawford had u rich fund of anecdote te draw upon when they lis Burned the reins of government, and her letters have always licen widely quoted. Her work, however, liad been insepara ble from that of her husband until hU death in 1685, wlln idie iibsumed his po sition, which she retains with a btiength that is unit crsally recognized. The Lon Len Lon eon Daily News furnishes her a special wire at a cost of i.-.'.OOO n jear. She ends every night two columns of mat- ' ter. Her boa assists her, but it is rarely that filw leaves her otlice lwferu 1 or 3 o'clock iu the morning. Mrs. Crawford Is iwrticulaily Mreng iu iielilical eul jcu, and is writing u "History of the French Revolution." Fer many years she has Ijccii u corresxndentef The New New Yerk Tribune. English journals pay lib erally, much mere se than American newspapers, who in turn pay better than the French prewi. In all probability Mrs. Crawford commands the highest balary of any woman journalist. "What de jeu think of journalism na a profession for women?' was asked Mrs. Crawford ns bhe bat in her pleasant tilen, en whobe walls hang her portrait painted when bhe was ".I, by Tagnauinl, who perpetuated the lieauty of many : American belles in his "Nine Muses," at the Metropolitan museum. i,c."DEBWBEffS , "Well, I bbeuld say the first requisite rx . was & giant constitution," was the reply. hs J,A woman of dclicate physique may de -" geed work by sjxl'.s, but the ceaseless grind of the regular journalistic life re- . ttulrv4tli Strongest constitution. I knew '- i'wjuld netfcr liave endured tt hat I hat e UM I Imt vhvfeluuc. There U ue ruce be vtoreua as tne irtsn. ine KngUsli liave net hIf their endurance. I Ilvo en the simplest fowl rice, vegetables; nnd cat meat but once a day." At 60 Mrs. Craw ford has the strength of a vigorous man of 4a "Te illustrate that n strong phyBique is n woman's chief requisite in journal ism," she continued, "I will tell you In cidents In my career. Thetisltef the shah te Paris in 1873 caused great excite incut. The News did net awaken te its importance. We had no regular tele graphic communications then, nnd they neglected te provide I hem for the occa sion. Sly husband could think, rcanen, but he had net that quick, deft pen the dafth requisite for descriptive work. I saw that the most Interesting facts nlxnit the visit would Ira lest, nnd determined te see what I could de. "On the morning of the day that it breakfast was given te the shah at Ver sailles, I rese at D o'clock, hastened te the station and made for the palace; gained admittance, saw nil the ceremo nies, after which I discovered that only 200 words could be wired from Versailles nnd thnt tlie line was engaged. I re turned te Paris, secured Admission te the palace of the Elysecs, went home, dressed nnd nttended the ball that night. It was long pait midnight tvhen I get home. I said te my husband: 'Sit up and watch the clock. When the hand is nt !! waken inc. Toe fatigued te undress, I threw myself en the bed in my ball dress and slept like n top. My husband called me nt the appointed hour. I rese, and be bo be fere 7 o'clock next morning mailed two columns te The Dally News. It nt penred the following morning, and was mere accurate and interesting than any thing thnt had been wired. I recollect another occasion," said I he jeurnalist: "the assembly nt Versailles, when it was thought that the republic of France would be nlielished the assembly that elected MncMnhen. The day before the assembly, M. Thiers said te me: 'Mrs. Crawford, you have always been my friend I would like te have you pres ent te-morrow.' "'Hew can I, M. Thiers? 1 replied. 'Tlie Conservatives bate me.' "'Come early,' he said; 'I will have n scat provided for you In a loge.' The loges were llttle lattice cages perched high en the walls. I took n train for Ver sailles at 0 o'clock that morning nnd found the loge reserved for inc. It was 7 iif the morning when I entered it,iiud 1 remained there without feed until It e clock that night. It was neon before my husband found admittance. 1 le came te me tt here 1 sat iu my lattice box, my nese pressed against the bars. 'Come out,' he said; you will certainly die' 'Ne I wen t. I replied. 'All I auk is te le left alone. I did net make u slugle note. I had net a scrap of paper. The next meiningby 'earliest train I sent ever two columns te Louden, the whole written entirely from memory, ur course l Knew tlie leading men of both parties. I was familiar with the questions at issue, which was an aid te the memory of that ilny h proceedings. During the Commune the house iu which we lived was partly destroyed by IkjiiiI)- shells from St. Cloud. But, undaunted, we remained. Indeed, I Ixx-ame insensi ble te danger, us I have beceiuu indiffer ent te tlie luxuries of life. It is ene of the recompenses of journalism." Tlie next Invader was nil American Mrs. Lucy Heeper Irani nnd rented iu Philadelphia, of wealthy parents. Mrs. Heeper had always a ienchaut for writ ing, and in 1872, when the Bosten lira swept nway her inheritance, bhe took up the pen na a defense against necessary want. She was Interested iu Tlie Llppiu- cett Magazine when it was first es tablished, and had written fiigitlve pieces. Intrusted with the cerresiHind- ence of The Applet en Journal mid Phila delphia Press, she came le Paris sixteen years nge. Slieaflcrward lccaiim associ ated with The Philadelphia Telegraph, for which she writes continuously, to gether with The St. Leuis Pest-I'.liHp.itch. "Mr. Pulitzer is ene of the kindest em pleyers (hat I luue titer had," said the eldest and lest known Aiiieiicau corio cerio corie iiK)iideut. There is no royal read te liuw-s, and Mrs. Hoecr has met with no unusual obstacles in her calling. "1 have met with only the greatest kindness and consideration from the French," said Mrs. Heeper. "They are always ready te aid n woman if theysee that bhe is sincere. The feicign pi ess have net the privileges of the Parisian journalists. They uie nuver given tickets te theatres. During the exposition, however, every courtesy was slieun by the Parisian piess. The Ameiicau commission, en thoceutraiy, did absolutely nothing. "Yeu cannot approach officials iu France us you de in America," said Mrs. Heeper. "I lecellect a young lady who came ever here seme jeais age te rejxirt fur nu American journal. The first thing bhe wanted te de was te interview Gam betta. Shu thought that nil that was necessary was te ling the deer Ih.-11 and bhe would Is) admitted into the presence of the dcliveer. But the Flench have broadened iu latter years," Niid the vet frau certesKndcnr. "They tuke mera In terest iu foreign matters, tripcviiilly what K'rtnius te America. It was a favorite saying of Ville Messent, of The Figare, Mat 'tiling Hilled in the Beulevaid0 wasef inorointer inerointer inoreinter esl te Parisians than the death of tin A iu uric un btntsmuu.' To day no journal is iiioie eager for ?J& iV v; latest telegrams y than The Figare. "vjjj j&-rj Many A mericnnW&- women fiouitime i'JwC-C' V totimehavecomo i:iafc.'.sV!X te Paris represcn- wns, LUCY ,10O,T.K. ting tliemselvc3 as cenesiKindents of journals, and have abused the privileges accorded them, used them as n passport te a fust life, of which no profession probably alferds mere niuple opportunities. Meteors, they seen found their level, without disturb ing the respect which the women of character and ability always command in Paris ei iu all the world. The Paris edition of The New Yerk Herald employs two women, pne ns u ro re ro jierter, the ether as sketch artist. They are very clever, nnd are full of the energy and enterprise characleristie of the btate from which they hail Ohie. Paris is full of occasional correspond ents, especially fashion reviewers. Tlie veteran iu this Held is Mine. Fillon Fillen neau Yapp, fifteen jears correspondent te The Umden Queen. Slie is net unknown iu Auieiica. Contributor te The Jewelers' Weekly, New Yerk; The San IVaucibce Argonaut, The Mil liners' Trade Review and The Cleak and Ladies' Ret lew, her articles nre illus trated by u daughter of .Mrs. Alexuuder, the well known English uevelht. Mme. Yapp, who Is the daughter of an old journalist, has a ready pen. She is a widow, fat, fair and forty, nnd devoted te tlie education of two jeung nephuws, bona of Douglas Jerreld, the playwright. In translation the Frenchwoman finds a market for her pen which is closed te the English or American. Parisian jour nals run daily serials or novels, while tlie leading reviews ule publish them. Trans lations from English and American story writers are particularly popular. The foremost critie and translator te whom Amnricaii nntelUtjinruindiihfcd for I heir rrench readers I Mmc. Illance, a woman of biea'dlh, culture and personal charm. She has Introduced T, B. Aldrlch, Mark Twain, Cable, James nnd numerousether writers te readers of The Revue dea Deux Meudes. ''Have you read 'Tlie Quick or the Dead?" " was asked this clever French woman. "Yes," was the quick reply, "and 1 found it disgusting, with n geed deal of cleverness." A x)pular translator of the sensational American novel is Countess Dillen (Ma rian Darcy). "The Leavenworth Case" nnd Sidney Luska's net els liave found an Interpreter In her ready pen. Telegraph nnd cahlrgiums are driving American cerresiwiidcuta te new fields of work. These eleclilc retolutlenlzers are re re ssnsible crliapi for the Introduction of the Paul l'ry epoch Iu modern journal ( I.1DA Rew; Mh:he. THE SUMMING SIOUX. THE SEMI-CIVILIZED INDIANS OF DEVIL'S LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA. Tliry HtiflVr Until White Men and a ImllntiKj wltti Hi Fiirm-r They Mura thn Drought nml n IiiiIIhik Thejr IIt Ne Surplim mill Frw Friend. Once mere the country Is npcalcd te for contributions te aid u starving trilie of Indians. The 000 or mere Sioux en Iho great reservation in Ramsey, Benten nnd Fester counties, North Dakota, share witli their whlte neighbors iu the gen eral misery caused by the drought nnd crop failure of last summer1; but, unlike the whites, they have no personal friends nnd relatives in the east te extend aid quietly, they have no surplus as many of the whites have. trSsr -s ---, BTAHVINU SIOUX. Te add that they have no friends would be nu exaggeration, but net a very great one, for the Devil's lake Sioux nre the remnants- of certain bauds whicli have the reputation of having been "mighty bad Indians." Net quite (i mile south of the southern bend of the lake stands Iho well built Fert Totten, from which hardy regulars hate gene en expeditions against the Indium) when thn meicury was iiO dogs, below zero. 'A llttle nearer the lake is the tillage, comprising the residence of Maj. Cratusle, long the efficient agent of theso Indians, the ether houses and shops of the agency, the store, hotel nnd United States fdgual bcrvlcu elllce. Maj. Cram Cram uie is among the best informed men in the nation en Indian affairs, and his in telligent w ife (herself Insisting a trace of Indian bleed) is an efficient interpreter and devoted friend of their dusky wards. Hair a mile further north and en a lidge rising tupidly from the lake is u (ine Catholic chinch and large school nnd bearding house, iu which ten sisters of the order of Gray Nuns of Montreal teach the young aborigines. And if ene wants le hear the three typical flews of the "Indian question," in nil the purity of plain language, In spired by enthusiastic conviction, he can hear them at these tin co adjacent cen ters. At the fort and agency store, hotel, etc., ie can get the straight western tiew: "Geed Indian, dead Indian, etc." If the tee list Insists en debating the matter lie will hear some philosophy like this: "White man and Injun may be of the hanie sjieciea; be are the deg ami the wolf anyhow, (hey will 'cress.' But the deg will guard sheep and the wolf w ill kill them. Muylie these Injuns could be civilized in u longtime but they'll all be dead liefore the time comes." At the t.ehoel "Sister P.ige'' or "Sister Franklin" will tell the tistler in musical Fieuch or cheice English that thejr charges me most premising; "Iho only trouble Is when we get through with them they have le go back te the bnieky mid dirty cabin. Oh, the government ought te see te it that mure help Isgiven. There is no need of soldiers and a fort here new. All thobe pretty buildings ought te be made into an Indian home. Then we could educate every boy mid girl en the reservation, nnd start them In life able te work at n tiade and make u geed living. We long te de the work, asking only room and rations it is our life work if the government will only glve us tlie chance." Maj. Ciainslu takes u practical man's flew )f the matter, tiz.: "The Indians are just as capable of being civilized ns nuy ether nice, but, like any ether, they must take time. The impatient Ameri can cannot wait he wants it all done iu two or three years. Se the Indians are living in tight leg heuscb nnd haten't jet learned liew te live in them. They nre working and learning, hut under se, many difficulties that in half the cases by thotimeu man has mastoid! farming he dies of lung disease." Iu times of plenty the Indian still ex hibits the childish trustfulness of the natural man. The half breeds often appear in this icspcct cteu mere improvident than the Indians. Their dances, feasts nnd social life are plcturesquu and pleas ant; but they de net "keep the wolf from the deer" iu winter mid times of bcarcity. About the rude leg cabitn iu which most of the Devil's lake Sioux live ene may bee much sutlcring nuy winter; for there is a great deal of bcrof bcref ula and pulmonary disease among the half civilized, who have lest, or leen compelled te give up, all the habits of wild life, ,nnd have net well acquired new ones. This winter thu sutfering is tenible. Tlie xxrly clad and ttorbe fed women nnd children shiver about the cabins, wliile the men are nway iu Iho weeds, chopping for a mere pittance. Much has already becti done iu response te their upieals. The children at the Carlisle Indian school havubeiit $530 all their savings. JIany ethers have given small sums. Indian Commissioner T. J. Morgan has adtnneed $U,000 of the com cem ing year's appropriation. TliusUtcrsntthc school have furnished medicine nt thelt own exjiense. Maj, Cramsie has secured small contributions from ether sources. Still there is much suffering. The "gripiw" has swept the rebervatien and left a fearful amount of pneumonia in its wake. And iu the face of this destitu tion the fact is presented that the govern ment btill ewes these ieople $1,000,000 en their lands taken by tlie railroads; juengrctis is merely blew iu making ap ap ap jiropriajlens. Theso theorists who waut igeveiniuent te "de everything for et cry body" might learn something by observ ing hew it does the small bit or human! itnriau work new committed te it by thu coiibtitutleiu J. H. Bkaule. Oybters can be Improved by Iteing kept in a sandy floored cellar; n blanket is spread ever them, and this is daily sprinkled with 6ea" water nnd oatmeal. Then fUh will live fera long titue in this way iu cool weather and grew nice and ceruulent. Mil. FAIlWaift DOMAIN. A TRACT OF A3 'IN TEXAS AS BIO CTICUT. M- ' i.-1 -r,n It Wm air teYSlithange far the Lane fcUY Ale',Srt,Ut Hi.em.-IU I'm IhlllllM-HewVlrati-ftrnl fur it Hunch. A ThiHwnml HhSs nf ttic-. Sprcll CnrrrKpetidciice. Washington. Feb. se. The most ex tensive land owner in the seiinte Is Mr. Farwcll, of Illinois. Senater Fnrwell recently had mine little trouble with the president about the Chicago offices, and if he should decide te rctlre from the senate nnd net up a monarchy of his own, wherein iiotie could question his royal will, tt would net lw necessary for him te buy domain. Senater Fnrwell Is al ready the owner of nn empire of land. With his brother, Jehn V Iho dry goods merchant of Chicago, and Cel. Abncr TJiyler, who la member of congress from Illinois, Senater Fnrwell owns a tract of land larger than the slates of Delaware and Rhede Island combined nnd almost ns large ns the state of Con necticut. It is a solid, compact tract, tee, lying along the western border of Texas, abutting about twenty-five miles en Ne Man's Land, and extending thence southward about two hundred miles. If there were a railroad running north and south through this strip, and tlie trains thereon made no better time than the nvcrnge western rnllway train, Senater Farwell could ride from morning till night without once leaving his own soil. This empire of pralrie land Is sur rounded by a wire fence, nnd ether wire fences cut it into pastures, be that there are in nil just 1,000 miles of fence en the place. The farmer who has 1,000 miles of fence nnd two or three pastures, each as large as the stale of Delaware, is a farmer en the true American scale. But Senater Farwell does net farm. He is iu stock raising, and has en his great ranch ncnily lGO.OOO bead of cattle. In ten years Senater Farwell will be a very rich man, providing be holds te this tract of land. Already it is wertli three or four dollars an acre, mid Iho day is net far distant when it will be wertli two or thrce times as much. In ten years that ranch, land, cattle, fences uud improvements slieuld be worth 510, 000,000, for there nre 3,000,000 acics of pretty geed land, and the present herd of 1.10,000 head will been be multiplied (he or six fold. . Sennter Farwell was at luncheon the ether day in thusenate restaurant. With him were Ids been companions, Senater Wolcett.of Colerado, and Senater Jenes, of Nevada. Cel. Dan Shcpnrd, the skill ful political private secretary of Senater Farwell, entered the restaurant en the double quick, and iu an excited way told his chief that nu alarming discovery had been made. On account of nn error in tlie survej'H, n considerable K)ttien of the Farwell tract had been located hi New Mexico, and as Iho Texas patents would net held geed there all the land thus located would be a dead less. "And hew many ncres are we likely te lese, Dan?" the senator inquired. "AIkhU 150,000." , "Oh, if Unit Is nil," said Fnrwell, nonchalantly, "we don't need te bother about it. A hundred and fifty thousand ncres is nothing." And then the senator went en with his luncheon just ns if nothing had happen ed. It is only in America that n man can face the prospective less of 150,000 acres of laud and regard It as a mere trilie, The Farwcll empire iu Texas is at present inhabited by about 500 men. One railroad the Denver, Fert Werth and Texas runs through it, and another rail road will shortly be built. There is ene little town, which the senator and his partners laid out a short time age, and in a few weeks they sold 17,000 tveith of lets there. It is net difficult te imagine this tract of land tcemhig with villages and towns and prosperous fanners. Were It us densely populated as the United States it would havua population of nearly 100,000 benis. If as densely populated as Mr. Fartt ell's own Btate of Illinois it would have n population of nearly three hundred thousand seuN, mid if it had ns many people te (he square mile as England it would have n populace numbering nearly two and a half millions. That would be uu empire weith having, I de net suppose that Senater Farwell has any idea of betting up a little republic of his own out there Iu thu Punhaudle of Texas, ene iu which he could make all npeintments without consultation with the president of the United States, hut if he has he will net lie able te de se, for in selling him thu land thu btate of Texas was careful te retain political control of it, just ns it does of all its ether millions upon mill ions of ucrea. "I will tell you hew we happened te get that laud," said Senater Farwell. "The icepli) of Texas tt anted n fine new btate house, and a laud was the thing they had the most of they thought it would Ik) a geed idea te trade their land for n btate house. Se n party of their leading men came down te Chicago and asked some of us te build them a state house estimated te cost a million and a half of dollars, and take iu payment theiefer, three million acres of land, estimated telw worth fifty cents an acre. There were just two things 1 wanted te knew liefore going into the scheme, and these were if the state house could Imj built for n million nnd a half, and if thu land which they proposed giving us was wertli fifty cents an acre. Cel. Tayler went down te Texas and satisfied him self en both of theso points, ami we took held. I ntu uet going te tell you hew much money the state house did cost us, for that Isourewn business, butit evst us a geed deal mere than the million and a half that wns estimated by the niuliitccts. 1 must say that we get uleng pretty well with the Texas people, though the job was net without its dilliculties. One of the first things tre discovered was that the building as planned by the btate architect would net stand up after it was built. Se thu plans had te be changed. Then we found that there wasu t enough geed limestone iu the btate that could be get at te build it of that material, uud t.-e proposed using Indiana limestene instead. But the Texaus are an intensely patriotic people, uud they did net like the idea of having their capital built of impei ted stone. Se tte made a new trade with the Btate, by which we were te use native red granite, the btnte te glve us the labor of 500 con victs. About twenty miles from Austin, the btate capital, is a huge bewlder of red granite. Hew it came there is mere than the geologists can tell, but there it was, uud we built a railroad out te the big lxiwldcruud began cutting It up. Here u new trouble arose. We couldn't get u solitary htenecutter te work en the job liecuiibe convict labor hud been used iu getting out the leugh material. Our contractors advertised all ever the United States, but uet n man came te work. Filially thu dllliculty was adjusted, how ever. "It is a saying all ever the world," con tinued the senator, "that tte American de things in u hurry. Certainly we were net blew iu completing that btate house, all the dilliculties te the ceutrary not net w ithbtuuding. The cornerstone was laid iu tlioburiiiL'ef 18$5.aud predictions were then plentiful that the building Would net be completed In len years, tn a tittle mere than three years the capitet wssflri Ished, two yeats ahead of our contract time, tt is probably the largest add most complete building ever erected In ae short atiinc. It isn very large building, cover ing, as It docs, two and a quarter acres of ground, The building has four stories, nnd the large glass lone star emblem of thu state oil top of the statue of liberty is 1)1 1 feet above the basoline of the build ing. It Is a state house which compares favorably with any ether state capitol in this country, though ft was. built in a llttle mere than three years, and nt an expense te the state of nothing mere than nblice of their still plentiful wild land. That Is hew my partners and mynclf liap iened te bccomethc tiosncfisers of n tract of land In Texas nsbignsthostalcef Con necticut." A few miles west of Iho Farwcll tract, in New Mexico, is a sheep ranch atxmt which I have heard n queer story. It was told tne by Mr. O'Brien Moere, a Wash ington newspaper correspondent, who knows the great empire called Texas as well as some men knew the towns in which they Uvc "Three or four years age," said Mr. Moere, "when the survey ors were running the lines for this Fnr well syndicate, they came upon a sheep ranch en the headwaters of the Canadian river. There were 2,000 or 3.000 head of sheep, all In geed condition, and the place looked like n prosperous one, but no signs of human life were te be Been. Knock ing at the deer of the cabin brought no response, and there were no evidences at hand that man had been there for many a day, "Presently a big Bhepherd deg came running up te them from the prairie. At firft he was Inclined te be hostile, but finally yielded te gentle treatment, and then his joy knew no bounds. A window tn the cabin was open, nnd in nnd out of this tlie deg jumped thrce or four times, till at length the surveyors concluded te fellow him. They clambered in the window and there found the skeleton of a man, whicli the deg whined ever and treated as though Bomcthingdcarte him. Thus the btery was made plain. The master, n lene sheep ranchman, had died In bis cabin, and the deg had laken care of the flecks. Records found iu the cabin showed that the man had been dead three years, and that the fleck had increased 100 per cent, under the faithful animal's management. Every night he had driven the sheep te the corral, justns bis master bad taught him te de, and his body was covered with bears and sores received in combat with preying coyotes. This story was printed about the time the discovery was made, but it wna net believed. It was everywhere bet down ns ene of theso wild western yarns which nre be com mon iu tlie newspapers. Hut I happen te knew that this reiuutkable tale is litcr ully ti ue. Thu relatives of tlie dead man came en from the cast te claim the ranch and the sheep, utid what de ten suppose they did with the deg? Why, they sold him te a friend of initie for $150. If a deg like that had fallen te me no money could have bought him." I asked Mr. Moere what be thought of the future of Senater Farwull's great tract of land. "Why." said he, "It will make him et his family almost as rich as tlie Vnnder bllts. Yeu de tt ell te call it an empire. The growth of Texas, already ene of the mart els of the world, has just begun. De you knew that the census of 1800 is likely te show Texas te be the sixth state of the Union iu population? Her popu lation is new net far from 2,500,000, and this places her next te Missouri, with only that state and New Yerk, Pennsyl vania, Ohie and Illinois leading. Iu the year 1000 Texas will probably have a greatei population than uny ether state of the Union, New Yerk nlone excepted. If Texas were as thickly populated ns Ireland it would have a population of 65,000,000, and nobody who knows the statu will deny that it is capable of sup porting a population much mere dense than that. It is a country iu which can be seen glowing side by side cotton, corn, wheat, barley, sugar cane, rice, tobacco and nil kinds of vegetables; where in tlie orchards such tropical fruit ns oranges, bananas and pomegranates grew bide by bide with hardy apples and sther fruits indigenous te northern cli mates. The future of Texas almost leaves the lealm of mathematical specu lation and becomes like a dream. Iu the development and prosperity of the btate this 3,000,000 acre tract of the Fur tvelU isbtiie te liecome ene of the most extensive and valuable estates in the world." Walter Weluun. ELOTflBGE T. GERftY. "Ciimimxlere," miiiI I'rutrcter of the New Yerk Children. A New Yeiker who is much talked about in that city, besides being con stantly written nbeut, is "Commedore" Gerry, as the facetious netvBpaper para graphs call him en all sorts of occasions. Why "commodore" will boeii appear. Elbridge Themas Gerry has ether claims te tlie title of New Yerker than themere fact of residence or business relations in that city. Among ethers is his annual tax bill of 100,000 en city property. At this season, when novel btage effects nnd all manner of youthful prodigies iu amusement talent are tempting caterers te a remorseless public te strain the law nbeut children performers, Mr. Gerry plays another important role. He is president of the society that leeks after the health nnd morals of children, and being n lawyer of marked ability iuukcs a power ful guardian of iufuutu whose rights are invad ed. Some of his intorfcre nces with child l.ilKir. Jg ers seem iucon iucen Sg Bistent, but the ,fflVS vcry unfortunate fffiS nrubs and out casts have cause le bless him, und tender hearted se cicty indorses the UI.UUIDQK t. ar.ititY. sentiment ninety-nine times out of every hundred. Just why, however, he per mits the "Llttle Lord Fauntlcrey" and "Midnight Bell" prodigies te appear can be uccc unted for only en the hypothesis that the stage children in theso pieces ure net te young as the publie is led te suppose, or that the god of justice for children sometimes nods very languidly. The title of "commodore," be often at tached te Mr. Gerry's name, signifies another side te his life, for he is thu head of the New Yeik Yacht club, and a navl gator of such skill that he is able te run liU famous Electra anywhere in New Yerk's dilllcult waters without the serv ices of n pilot. He entertains liberally en his yacht during the sailing season, and his general social standing may be inferred from the fact that he was a manager of the Cen tennial ball of 1889. Probably bis work for humanity will glte him the largest amount of publie fame. He was for many j cars tlie counsel for Mr, Bergh's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty te Animals, and his experience in that field inspired him te organize ene for children. He was l-ern in New Yerk city and graduated from her gieat school, Colum bia college. doerce Floyd eayi that "Ermlute" het been plariil 3,000,03) times in thU country uud (,'aua.dx SBk4k X.. TBV- "1 J jrAr" ANAMILER Hew "Billy" Florence Wen Fame as a Comedian A LONG LINT OF SUCCESSES. tama f the Maln-rlnU la the Career nf a Talented Thespian, KnthtuJutle Mali erman and' Genial Comrade Hew Ma teves the Red and BeeL In the picturesque capital of tbs tbnplra state, an historic town which Is qualntlr sug gest I ve of Dutch gables, evens and legend during that same July when James Menree (soldier, ttntesinnn And president) passed from earth there wax Imrn, en m het a day as the eldest inhabitant rememliered, a cool beaded, warm hearted man. Ue U known te us and te our appreciative English speaking cousins across the wave lashed ferry M Will lam Jermyn Kleretiee. Tbe famllr name was Cenltnt Heat and respectable, yet scarcely se orlstecratlo or se attractive as tbe one chosen by the subject of thcte paragraphs Whan ha began bis career a an actor. VLOREKCK THE ACTOR. Fer mere than forty years this favorite comedian has worn the laurel bestowed by that generous, applauding public, whose fa miliar greeting is always surest evidence of merit solidly established. Hence we love him by "a large majority," and we call hint Billy. It was Geerge Alfred Townsend, I think (One of my three copartners in amateur Jour nalism thirty-two years age), who wrote for tbe opening night of a refurbished "spout shop" in Philadelphia these lines: forth from such balls bave Issued (?) tongues That ne'er disgraced Melpemencan fame A Tlimplan court schooled Murdoch's luagsi Tlience Cenner )assed, tbcucu Florence come. ThU quatrain is a samploef youth's una dulterated gush. The poetical contour may be questioned, but there has never been a quibble about either the sentiment or fact thus set down. A host et excellent, net te say distinguished, actors have erstwhile proudly ktepped from miniature temples of thu drama into broader arenas. On such a stage, once notorious in Getham, Mr. Flor ence "strode and fumed and sawed the air." At Kicbmend, Vs., Dec. C, ISV), he appeared ns 1'eter in that formidable theatrical incu bus called "The Btranger." Net only the audience and management were satisfied with this first publie UKsay, but tlie aspiring 18-year-old was himself se pleased that he felt encouraged te climb te the higher rounds of reputation's shaky ladder. His versatility and quick, easy study made him acceptable te the best stock companies then performing in the chief American cities. He wen unstinted opplause nt Providence, It. I., by playing SlncdulT te Beeth's Mac lieth. Then, going te New Yerk, he seen created a local furore by Ids clever, unstereo unsteree typud renditions of Irish characters at Jehn Brougham's IJyceuni, en Broadway. Mrs. Little, ne Malvina Tray, a sister of Mrs. Barney Williams, was at that time engaged as ilunseuse at Wallack's theatre On New Yeur's day, 1S.)3, she, who (in lier queenly maturity) was te reign ever all the buscep buscep tihle as brilliant and voluble Mrs. General Glltlery, and the future Hen. Bardwell Blete were united In marriage. This union has been ene of tlie happiest I ocerded In a profession which, though honorable as it is unciunt, is causelessly made the target of the most shameless gossip. On tlie 6th of June, IS.3. husband nnd wife steped ujieu the honrdsef the old National theatre, in New Yerk, (w the Irish Bey and Yankce Girl, their individual porsenutions "taking the town." After thrce years of phenomenal success the well mated ceuple went te Londen, and appeared at DruryLane theatie for llfty cousecutite nights. Then tbuy coined thu province by storm. Hemm ing te their native land, triumph followed triumph. Tem Tayler, then eminent as an English playwright, had, in lbGJ, written a powerful drama, entitled "The Ticket-ef-Luve Man," thu principal male character of which ppeuharly suited Mr. Florence. Bome of bis critics have claimed that never, before or since, was lie cast In a part that se admir ably titled him. Kven his celebrated render ing of Copt. Cuttle has net been awarded se much pruite us the intense and st, uipathetie FLORENCE TOE ANOI.KR. portrayal of Beb Ericrly, deeply wronged and law bounded. Probably the greatest single success, finan cially regarded, of Mr. and Mrs. Florence was "The Mighty Dellar." This burlesque et Amsrican social and political life, played from one end of the country te the farthest opposite corner, wis everywhere hailed with peals of laughter, and fvdily added wealth te the accumulation of thrift. It brought Hen. Itai dwell Kioto into pcr&ennl iutimute relation with our representatue men. Ills caricature liecama an influence. I knew of nucpeeh mere appropriate than the preM-nt for n revival of the comedy which is se alu tary, Instructive nnd entertaining. Wlieie exUU n mere eompauiennblo man than Billy Florence! Where witrue a friend, se prompt a helper! One of hUcoutemperary biographers has recently asked, "Who is te write hemetliing new utwut liluil Certainly there Is nothing te he said of this line actor and genial comrade that has net already liven given telce. He is just the same 'Billy' we have all known and highly esteemed these many jeara. Hels mere a ley than when he was a ley (whUtling nnd romping iu Al bany); for, let the truth lie pnclniiued, his heart is ttaialres, Ids qualities lieyeud re proach, his preseuce as warming ns thotiuii thetiuii thotiuii shiue." Where se keen a river tertsuiaut Who better than Hilly Florence knows hew the trout hide and tlii salmon Munich ilore te him, let er of hooks ami brooks, are the rij ple and eddies of alluring Retigeuche than the thunderous plaudits of multitudes. Shades of Dume Juliana Beruers, of Izaak Walten, of Charles Cotten, uud of the mere vitld Beth Green, ye are nil Mimmenud tu de him revireucu who, expert and euthusiantic, whips the summer t renins which are iiw iiw arablufreui vourewu reunuiil it is liillv "VWtVS. 3 L. MOfMkMttM BVMfaMsBaktrBM atet H rmed. TMUakstsMlwa isnrlMlHI isnrlMlHI deed le or brk4 Mi mTm re iUrk ren. There ftethWg Maty ate friend, the comedian. S it (m wMi beaming recipient et tsairtrsai waragi. ft Vete la Bnaalmesjf, Um varafe MMhaMtH "IU a Jelly geed fcMewl wMak MWsjr Let me, hi coaclBaleB, teel whli iiiaetrata Mm mm Mid KM There earn mme of yearned for ba and mwoateag. Alwstr was dispatched te Belli Orwa, Mfcteg tte veteran about the tacUa that wm ntemmtfs Here k tbe reply be get) "I kaowexacUyUweMtM jrmiwHlMwt Ten are net lute some giwtliMisi who Mel four or five hundred deHan ferMMttt,1 that tbey can make a great ptarg by get ting out their ly, book and ahewteg H te every en tbey meat wtea thay or geiag fishing, and wceasantly talk h ted Smi and reds. We, Billy ; you're wok ekip. I knew when yett wrlte na tte It mmsu Mat Bess, and I will gire row tte mums et all tte articles In the way of fleaiag tackle yc wtt need. Teyaraagoed kali and ferkf OBSERVATIONS ON WHIST. ,The Oreat Imperiaaae at tte TWtM Leed-Tha riaeeee aad CaMeeklaa In whist there hi mera ignorance dlseteytd In the management of trumps than perhaps any ether branch of the game. Tbe average player generally makes the error et teadiag out his trumps from a tult of four or Mat When be has no business te lead them et all. Tbe old rule "when In doubt lead trampa" has caused mere havoc than would readily be supposed. But it tbe whist student will bear tn mind just what the trump It for end. tte reason it is played at all, he cannot go far wrong in his trump lead. It k obvious te Any one who has studied at all the philoso phy of whist that trumps can only be used In two ways te advantage (1) .te exhaust the trumps in the opponents' band and, by baring one or two left ever ta your own, te use theae one or two as cards of re-entry for tbe establishment et your own or your partner's suit, or when you haven't enough trumps In your own band, se that by leading you can exhaust these In your opponents' hands, te make tricks by trumping. The first Is the offensive play; the second is.the defensive. The reason why whist authorities will net, under ordi nary conditions, permit the original lead of trumps from n suit of four, is because four may net be enough te exhaust the trump in the opponents' hands. Fer instance, A ha four trumps, B, bis partner, has one, C ha ilve and D has three. New if"A should lead out his trumps, after the fourth round he would net have any left, while C, his left hand opponent, would have one. Consequent ly, A would be playing hi opponent's band. But it tbe trumps are evenly distributed then A's trump lead would be proper under certain conditions. The only way, of course, that he can tell whether they are evenly dis tributed Is by watching the fall of the card during the first two or three round te notice, for instance, if either of his opponent signals for trumps. Then again, if A has geed plain suits back of his four trump, trump lead may be correct even If one of hi opponents mis five, for A may be able te force his opponent's frump hand. The maiu object for A te determine k, of course, whether he can exhaust the trumji In his opponent's hand. He can almost always de it IX he bes live trumps; he may de it if ha has four, possibly If ha has three and geed plain suits te force with. But all this de pends en the fall of the cards. The hand which fellows deserves te be carefully studied. It illustrates the skillful use of the trump by two partners and also hew a suit may be un blocked, two very important points. It also brings into play one of the subtleties of finesse, and shows te what an extent the finesse can be carried. The hands are as follews: A 7, U hearts, 3 diamonds, q, kn, 0, 8, 6, 4 clubs, k, q, 0, 3 spades. B A, 10, 8, 0, 4, 3 hearts, 5, i diamonds, k, 10, S, 3 clubs, 10 spades. C Kn hearts, k, q, kn, 9, 7, 2 diamond, 9 clubs, a, kn, 8, 0, 2 spades. V K, q, 9, 5 hearty, a, 10, 8, 6 diamonds, a, 7 clulis, 7, 5, 4 spades. Q clubs turned by A. Hound 1-C k d, B 4 d, D 8 d, A 3 d. D'l play of the 8 deserves attention. He does net ' wih te block his partner's suit and he re members the rule which applies te tbe case. When your partner leads originally from a suit of which you have four play the third best and then the second best, otherwise you may block his suit iu the fourth reueM. Hound 2-C kn d, B & d, D 10 d. A 4 c. Hound 3 A 8 c, C 2 c, B 10 c, D a a B'h flnesbe here is remarkable and show great skill. Here is probably his reasening: A leads from his feurtlf bust. I (13) have the k and 10, consequently A must have in his hand, ouUlde et the k and 10, all but one card higher than the 8. This card k just a liable te be In C's as In A's hand; therefore I tt ill keep my k and play my 10. A it hap pened, tlie u was the ene card higher held by the opponents, and D held it; but if B had played his k he would have lest the trick. Tilts play gives ngoed insight into the finesse. Hound 4 D a d, A 0 c, B 2 d, B 1 s. Hound 5 A kn c, C U s, B k c, D 7 c. B makes another play which descrve at tention. When you have four trumps and your partner leads it is your duty te call his attention te the number you held as seen a possible, se that he may avoid leading once tee often. This can be done by the return lend (when you held three hy returning your highest and then next highest, and when yen held four or inore by returning the fourth best, or by echoing playing an unnecessari ly high trump before a low trump en your partner's lead). But it happens in tbk case that B has no means of informing hk partner as te the number he holds. He kuews that tbe kn is geed, but if be passes it A may lead again. B therefore takes the trick with the k, and iu the next round returns a plain suit, in the hope that after tbatthe fall of tbe cards will show A that he (B) has two tramp left. Hound &-B a h, D 5 h, A 2 b, C kn h. Hound 7-B 6 h, D q h, A 7 b, C 6 s. Hound S-D k h, A c, C 8 B, B 3 h. Hound 0 A k s, C a s, B 3 c, I) 4 s. It Is useless te continue tbe game by rounds. B new brings In his hearts, and A anil B take all the rest of tbe tricks. A and B make 4 bt points. I desire once inei e te call attention te D' play of the diamonds. By playing hk 8 of diamonds en C's lead, and then his 10, be k left with the 0, which had his partner bad an opportunity he could have plated en C lead without blocking C's suit. This could uet be done if D bail held up the 10. Ten Lahsue. Hew l'atti Looked When a GIrL Net long age an old portrait of Adellna Pattl turned up in New Yerk. It was mad when she was about 15 years old. At that time her wonderful voice was just beginning te attract attention. She was, however, al lowed te sing but little, as her friend feared that should the attempt much wblle se young iv migut result in injury te her voice later en. The por trait is republished here from The New Yerk Dramatte New. Mm. Patti' preseut tour of this country k said te be proving quite as successful as have nuy et her previous ones. Already in New Yerk there i u clamor for seats, although the will net appear there until tbe latter pert of March. It ia said that Patti1 nightly honora rium during thk -"Jill ?c.: arll'-- "J I'atti as a e:nf. f8,.V0 less tliiin was stnid when her tour was first iKintetnphted Price for seats at her cenifi U imiiu mi) wher- from $1 te $10. Ia New YurU I lie inixliiiuin nt the Metropolitan f.ir lien ,. -li.vir, el,nir will 1m 7 HOUHB-PAINTINO. (JKAININO ANI UI.AZINU. Ill BON J. JinOtV.N, succewer te Gee. IV. Brown, deceased. Practical Painter. (Iialner and Glazier. Werk done by contract or day iu cheap us nrst-clusm work can Undene, lies! workmen, ,,nd none but best material iim-i. line Graining aiflHlty. ej-Orders by mail attended. Hhen 53 North 'luteii. lt sdeiicc-U'J Kast James itreuu Juull-lmd vL n Oil il ' r Witf KSSJ8$'J)JS!1 'sicyiwjMfrr " v- iH
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