jj .'v ,.:. ., . ; i, ;'-.t "'"i,.'wr I- i ' -Sf.r,..v- A'S-W.K-iS-Hr.a --"r-V, , . y -r -";i J. r.l-r .IJC w ar . , s?l-' Z't r " ' , - ' . i, - -i - . ffk". ' - in .f .b -- iJ I' JT 1 . n ?M T --.J . I' 1. L " TJCv" s i ,. 1 M -D-fl:, J: LAKOAynCR DAILY ttfflJL v - t i y , -irVjJ' 1W., -it ,.J ,J?' fHpsft TH 41 rf" . . iim hmaetaraaet, mm! tnn if ft were M that Im had mere than made amende for hi crime the rule that held geed for efntaary tlnnera were net applicable te aaomceref the army. He taunt be t aian above nscen,hicnfiafc4e of wrong fraud; and onee stained 1m wat 'for 'fer tver ineligible at a gentleman. Itwaaa abject en which the waxed declamatory rather tee often, and Mm youngster of Iter own nglmeat wearied of it. 'At Mr. Fester once expressed It in speaking of this very ease; "Mrs. Rayaer can talk saere charity 'and 'show less than any woman I knew." Se long as her talk was aimed against any lurking tendency of their own te leek upon Hayae as a pesst lite martyr, It fell at times en nnapprecla tire ears, and ah was qukkte see it had te cheese her hearers; bat here was a new phase one that might rows the latent es prit de corps of the Itinera and she was bent ea striking while the iron was het If anything would provoke unanimity of action and sentiment in the regiment, this pubiie recognition by the cavalry. In their very presence, of the man they cut as a criminal was the thing of all ethers te de It, and she meant te head thereveK. Possibly Gregg and his modest help meet discovered that there was some thing she desired te "spring" upon the meeting. The ethers present were all of the infantry; and when Capt. Rayner simply glanced in, spoke hurried geed evening, and went as hurriedly out again, Gregg was sure of it, and marched his wife. away. Then came Mrs. Ray nerV oppertunity: ''' "If it were net Capt Rayner's house, I could net hare been even civil te Capt. Gregg. Yeu heard what he said at the club this morning, I suppose?" In one form or another, indeed, almost everybody had heard. The officers pres ent maintained an embarrassed silence. Miss Travers looked reproachfully at her flushed sister, but te no purpose. At last one of the ladies remarked: . "Well, of course I heard of It, but I've heard se many different versions. It seems te have grown somewhat since morning." "It sounds just like him, however," said Mrs. Rayner, "and I made inquiry before speaking of it He said he meant te invite Mr. Hayne te his house te-morrow evening, and if the infantry didn't like it they could stay away." ,- ".Well, new, Mrs. Rayner," protested Mr. Fester, "of course none of us heard ywhat be said exactly, but it is my expe- rience that nojpenversation was ever re peated without being exaggerated, and I've known old Gregg for ever se long, and never heard him say a sharp thing yet Why, he's the mildest mannered fellow in the whole th cavalry. He would never get into such a snarl as that would bring about him in five minutes." MWell, be said he would de just as the colons 'id, any way we have that straight from cavalry authority and w J all knew what the colonel has done. Htf has chosen te honor Mr. Hayne in presence or the officers who de- unce him, and practically defies the lien of the Riflers." 1, Mrs. Rayner, I did net under- egg s remarks te be what ycu . exactlv. Blake told mi that when - ' j. ,- asked by somebody whether he was go ing te call en Mr. Hayne, Gregg simply replied he didn't knw he would ask the colonel." "Very well. That means he proposes te be guided by the colonel, or nothing at all; and Capt. Gregg is simply doing what the ethers will de. They say te us in be many werds: 'We prefer the so ciety of your bete neire te your own.' That's the way I leek at it," said Mrs. Rayner, in deep excitement It was evident that, though nene were prepared te indorse se extreme a view, there was a strong feeling that the colo celo cole pel had put an affront upon the RUlcrs ''by his open welcome te Mr. Hayne. He bad been exacting before, and had caused a geed deal of growling among the offi cers and comment among the women. They were ready te find fault, and here was strong provocation. Mr, Fester was e youth of unfortunate and unpopular propensities. He should have held his tongue instead of striving te stem the tide. '"I don't upheld Hayne any mero than you de, Mrs. Rayner, but it seems te me this is a case where the colonel has te make some acknowledgment of Mr. Hayne's conduct" "Very geed. Let him write him a letter, then, thanking him in the name of the regiment, but don't pick him up like this in the face of ours," interrupted one of- the juniors, who was seated near Miss Travers (a wise stroke of policy; Mrs. Rayner invited him te breakfast), and there was a chorus of approbation. "Well, bold eta moment," sold Fester. "Hasn't the colonel had every one of us te dinner mero or less frequently?" "Admitted. But what's te de with it?" "Hasn't he invariably invited each officer te dine with him in every case where an officer has arrived?" "Granted. But what then?" "If he broke the rule or precedent in Mr. Hayne's case would he net practic ally be saying that he indorsed the views of the court martial as opposed te these of the department commander, Gen. Sherman, the secretary of war, the presi dent of the United" 'Oh, make out your transfer papers, Fester. Yeu ought te be in the cavalry or some ether disputatious branch of the service," burst in Mr. Graham. "I declare, Mr. Fester, I never thought you would abandon your colors," said Mrs. Rayner. "I haven't, madam, and you've no right te say se," said Fester, indignantly. "I simply held that any attempt te work up a regimental row out of this thing will make bad infinitely worse, and I deprecate the whole business." "I suppose you mean te intimate that Capt Rayner's position and that of the regiment is bad all wrong that Mr. Hayne has been persecuted," said Mrs. Rayner, with trembling lips and checks aflame. ."Mrs, Rayner, you are unjust," said peer Fester. "I ought net te have un dertaken te explain or defend the col onel's act, perhaps, but I am net disloyal te my regiment or my colors. What I want is te prevent further trouble; and I knew that anything like a concerted resentment of the colonel's invitation will lead te infinite harm." "Yeu may cringe and bow and bear it if you cheese; you may humble yourself te such a piece of insolence, but rest as sured there are plenty of men and wom en in the Riflers who won't bear it, Mr. Fester, and for ene I won't." She had risen te her full height new, and her eyes were blazing. "Fer his own sake I trust the colonel will emit our names from the next entertainment he gives. Nellie sha'n't" "Oh, think, Mrs. Rayner," interrupted ene of the ladies, "they must give her a dinner or a reception." "Indeed they shall netl I refuse te enter the deer of people who have in sulted my husband as they have." "Hush! Listen!" said Mr. Graham, springing toward the deer. There was wondering silence an in Kant "It is nothing but the trumpet sound ing taps," said lira. Rayner, hurriedly. But even as slw spoke they rose te '.heir feet. Muffled cries were heard. i.-T in en Uia nbiht wind . abnt Hum lfa.v another , down ta the valley taeanick peal ef she eavalrysnusipsi. , "tt last tops. lVe reT atawtei Ort' AasnfrewtM doorway. "OesMear OPERATIC TREATS Tw OM PavrttM Apftar te New CtetkM tft New Yerk. HTJLLIR'i "THB sTJM'S WiV gs tag MM tVsMteg A Hew Werslssi "Xfceflfaa Ugaat Csstessss assets) tke, The season, se far, has failed te brief esA anything startling in the way of operatic mccMs; neither has there been mere tfcae the usual number of failures. By the way, It would suipriss the average psrsea te knew hew small a proportion of the plays and opera written are ever put ea the stags. la 1880 copyright papers ware taken out la the United State for mere than 1,000 plays, operas and operettas. Only MB of the were ever put ea the stage, and of the 108 only 81 attained even a modest measure of success. In 1880, 741 piece were copyrighted, of wbicb but 03 were staged. Eighteen were success ful te a greater or less extent DKLIA SOX Alte HXLXK BXRTBAM. Probably QUbert and SuUivan's "Oondo "Oendo "Oonde Uirs" comes nearest te being the eperatit nieces of the season, and yet no very enthu siastic praise of the "Gondoliers" has been heard outside of Londen. But notwithstanding all these facts th American public has no cause te complain. If there has been nothing; sublime there ha been plenty of sterling quality. Twe opera were recently produced In New Yerk which may be safely mentioned in this latter class, and which will undoubtedly continue in the favor of the public for a reasonably long time. These are ''The Grand Duchess" and "The King' Foel." "The King's Foel" I laid in sunny Spain, during the reign of King Philip, the usurper. The real heir te the throne has been dressed in girl's clothe and hidden ina school te save him from hi murderous uncle, the tyrant Fhilip, the prince himself being kept in igno rance of his own rejal bleed. He unwittingly gives a geld chain, which 1 the only means of identifying him, te hi playmate, the girl FeUsa. A rebellion against the usurper occurs, and the people seize both Felisa and the prince. The possession by the former of the geld chain makes them suppose that Felisa is the prince, and they prepare te put Julius, the real heir, te death. Felisa, who loves him, assumes the royal power con ferred en her by mistake, orders his release, and at last his real sex and right te the throne are acknowledged. The finale of the opera is the marriage of Juliu and Felisa and the return of the former te the throne. ASSAULT AT ARMS IN "THB KINO'S VOOU" The production of "The King's Foel" gain added interest from the fact that it premise te bring into prominence two hitherto little known singers who show decided ability. These are Miss Helen Bertram, prima denna, and Miss Delia Fex, soubrette. Miss Bertram mode her bow te a New Yerk pubiie lest summer in the opera "Clever," and made such a hit that the manager of "Clever" offered her present manager (with whom she hed already agreed te sing during the winter) a bonus of 175 a week (or her services during the whole season. Miss Bertram is a nativ of Paris, Ills., and is the daughter of a well known merchant of that city. She was given a first class musical education by her parents, and sang for the first time en tlie stage with the Emma Abbett Opera company. She is the wife of Slguer Tomasso-, formerly con ductor of the Bosten Ideals. Miss Delia Fex is from St. Leuis, and went en the stage for the first time wheu she was only 0 years old. She has earned the reputa tion of being a clever soubrette, and her work iu the "King's Foel" (hews that she de serve it raxn bolemons as ecr. boom ahd fatett SUCK AH WANDA III "THE OIUND DCCIICSS." "The Grand Duchess" is already familiar te most levers of light opera; but the present venJen of Offenbach's delightful piece differ in many respects from these before produced. The treatment and arrangement of the text and musle differ materially from the French score (which has previously been rigidly ad hered te in America); all the music of the original German version as it was first pro duced In Vienna under the personal super vision of Offenbach is retained, and a decided departure from custom is made In the abse lute emission of topical songs. The first net is laid in a snow mantled mili tary camp. Lillian Ilussell sings the leading role that of the grand duchess and makes her first entry in a great Russian sledge. The scenery of the second act is particularly dainty and pretty a whlte and amber salon. The first scene of the third and last act is a duplbate of the scene in the first act, painted with iummer instead of winter effects. De light 'ul little Funny Rice is Wanda; Isa Iwlle Urquliart, tbe statuesque, appear as Iza, ami Fred Solomons is mere than funny as uen. Ileum. Clandestine MHrrluc" ' lsl Infants. The clandestine marriage at Milwau kee of Charles Hamilton Eliet, aged 15, and Lizzie Nugent, aged 10, would seem again te bring into prominence the ne cessity for some legal regulation that will serve te prevent these armed with the authority from uniting the lives of children solely for the sake of the fee at tendant en performing the ceremony. The Milwaukee bride and groom are mere school children, dependent en their parents for support, and the dis covery of their foolish exploit has brought sorrow te two homes, and given the husband and ife a geed duzl of un pleasant notoriety. The Decline of tlin Circus Clown. Dan Rice, famous twenty jcars ego as a circus cleu u, ii living new iu retire ment at Leng Branch. He is a hale, hearty old man who delights te talk about the palmy era of his "business." He attributes the decadence of the clown te the fact Hint th "funny work" of to day is nionejioltet J by the professional Itumerhjt uud uewtwu-T paragraphs. biWbV. .saaaaaasW Wr vB SW-3 tr sa Vl. llvfUA. V UA alaaw4sV?PM sUtj yt niajafafc f 'Fir imt rl LIFE ON THE CONGO RIVER I j, ' r - T i ' E. J. QLAVE,.ONE Of STANLEY'S OP FICEI19, AND HIS ADVENTURES. A M.e.sr Csaf at Irhietee. fsate el Asje, and a Bsaterar at Yweatr-twa. KrswtiMMss la the -laal Ttsws ea Use Have Trade. .Special Corraspeodeaosl Nbw Yeu, March .-Mr. B. J. Gkvr. was taken by surprise with lay early call the ether morning and met me in hie parlor, en Lexington avenue, la undress costume, ever which was.threwB a long ulster. Hie parlor, by the way, leeks rather like aa apartment ea the frontier; the conventional ornaments being hidden by trappings that belong te the eutSt of a traveler in some far oft clime, and the carious Implements, and panoply of war, and grotesque decorations of a savage race. Thla pioneer and explorer is a young man of athletie build and weighs 160 pounds. His face is strongly marked with lines showing energy and stamina. It is a geed English countenance; a true found only among the adventurous types of that adventurous people. He was diffident about talking of himself, but finally consented te answer what wee asked If he could. "When did you Bret go te Africa?" "In 1883. with Stanley, establishing pests." "Yeu were evidently young then." "I was just 10." "I think I can appreciate your spirit. for l ran away te war when in my teens. New, why did you go with Stanley?" "Purely te seek adventure," he said, rallying. I had struck the key that unlocks many a fund of adventurous nar rative. "Yes, I was only 10, ahd at the end of four mouths after leaving England 1 E. J. CLAVE. was in command of a pioneer station en the Conge. We landed at Banana Point at the mouth of the Conge, and then took a river steamer te Vivi, a hundred miles up." "Hew did the climate agree with you nt first?" "I had the usual troubles, fevers and se en, for a time, but I seen get strong and remained there three years. I re turned te England for ten months, and then went out again exploring the tribu taries of the Conge, where I spent three years mere." "Te what violent dangers were you exposed?" "I lived among the natives with only ene soldier and slept as securely as I de here in New Yerk. Of course there are dangers in life and travel en the Conge. Seme of the natives there are trouble some at times. Then there are the hippo potami, the rough waters and the ter rible tornadoes that come up without warning and have a tendency te swamp your beat befere it con reach shore." "What of the natives en the Conge?" "They are n happy-go-lucky, geed naturcd, childlike people, except when aroused te cruel passions by bloodthirsty, savage ceremonies. They are at times suspicious from the fear they have of stronger tribes from the interior." "What about the chimpanzee?' "He is simply an Intelligent monkey." "Hew about the notion that he is human and would talk but for fear of being enslaved should he de se?" "That is nonsense. He is only a monkey and becomes very tame. In fact, they Lecarno tee familiar around camp. When ilia crew are at mess the chimpanzees ill run up and dip their paws in the pet te pull out their share" "Are you nn artist, Mr. Glave?" "I made Berne sketches en the Conge, and they were used in the Londen illus trated papers and also in Stanley's 'Founding of a Free State.' I have none of my own that I could offer you, but here is a very curieua picture of a native climbing a wine tree. It was made by another en the spot. The rope passes around the trunk of the tree and the body of the climber. By working the rope with a circular motion little by lit lit .tle he draws himself up the tree and can bold en at any point he cheeses." "What of the Conge region for devel opment?" "The climate will prevent extensive colonization, but the productions of the country admit of successful commercial enterprise, which, however, must be con fined te the few. Grrut fortunes will be made by these fortunate enough te en dure." OLAVE IN HONTINO COSTUME. "Are there many Americana in Africa?" "Yes, uk missionaries, and they beein te rough It well. They re far into the heart of th Dark Continent and found btutiens with minions. They are kind te the uatiren and hospituble te all white travelers whom fortune rasts nrneng them, and they are a most desirable ele ment te lnuc lliere." "Is there much territory remaining unexplored?-' "Very little. But much of that which has been explored in the past is new closed up; there are no reads and no stations, and the hole country has re lapsed into nn unknown wilderness peo pled with suwige tribes." "Are young men geed explorers and residcnte?" "At proper age, yes; say between 20 and iW. Most great explorers in Africa have started out jeung." "What hae been seme of your per sonal adventiiree?" "I have shot buffalo, elephants, hippo potami, crocedilu and huge Berpents. I liavu uUe shut a sole, u dangerous half brute, hulf-inan, something like the go rilla. I hunted n great deal en both mf tripi. As a rule, I went out alone, ac companied by two natives. The natives de net take gaum ai hunterd de. They Lill large animals by trap and use a net for small ones. I feaml that natives en a hunt would sympathize ulth the senti ments of their leader. If lie showed the whlte feather, they were uiel happy tc de thu tdiue. If he bhen ed u disposition S2&- 3 e je iv tney, wwuta mmm whs cduc aeMaadeeutage. I feemd H better te aaaialeaa that te, wHheat uratta taea. Aa a rale atea' who' go there te nasi have aa Idea of plenty ef big game te be had for she ehoetlag.. They de net take into eoastdetatien the probability that Mia atrisaal atay dtspate possession ef himself. New, when amateur hunt ers eetae te realise that hanttag aseaa flghttng, and leek eat ,pcn a tea of heras, saeaacins and murderous look leok loek teg, they begin te tremble and then the hunting stability is all taken eat of them. I have been charged by buffalo. I have been where Hfe depended ea my hat shot and if my rifle had failed me then I would have been gene. "The great quality ter a .hunter there is patience. It la wrong te fire from a great distance or without sure aim. When we kill big game we give it te the natives te insure their geed feelings, but te hit big game at a veatare, only wound ing It, is an act of torture. I never count game aa get unless I have the tall aa a trophy. An animal may be hit and sup posed te be mortally hurt, but he disap pears in the jungle, never te be seen by his hunter again." Mr. Glare's manner, when I had se cured his interest, convinced me that he is of the stuff for pioneering, and I asked him if he intended te return te Africa. "Yes, after an interval te regain my ONE WAT TO CUMB A THU. full powers. Only ten months elapsed between my first and second trips, and this time I intend te make it longer; then I shall return for three or four years. I am new preparing an account of my six years' hunting experiences for the boys of The St. Nicholas Magazine, and shall write upon weightier topics, particularly en slavery, for The Century Magazine. I return te England in April. In writing up the slave trade I shall re late what I have Been of the evil, with the hopes of arousing pubiie sentiment en the question. African slavery will never be suppressed but by some gigantie movement sustained by the combined powers of Christendom. I am deeply in terested in the question, and if an oppor tunity offers te abate the evil, an oppor tunity where I can take my own course and act en the suggestions of my own experience, I shall embrace it. "The slaves of natives ere badly used, and the Arabs who deal in slaves are very cruel." "What of your experience with Stan ley?" "Stanley is a unlque character all the way through. He knows the native from the foundation up, and he wins in his conquests by tact and patience. On an expedition he lives the same aa his men and is genial and talkative. I have spent hour after hour listening te his tales of adventure as we lay surrounded by the jungle, within earshot of the howling of beasts and nf savage music, the very spot te lend a realism te his marvelous receuntings of things of days geno by. Only a fortnight age I received a friend ly letter from him in which he calls up recollections of our mutual comrades of pioneer dayB. Stanley has been charged with being inconsiderate. That is net his nature. The magnitude of his work may cause him te appear se at times. He moves with a vast responsibility resting upon him; like a conquering warrior he cannot step te count the little ills that befall by the way. Ne great work is accomplished without some suf fering. "Speaking of the development of Af rica, I should say that there is a work of development extending rapidly from the Beuth coast up into the central por tion. As in your own western country, new villages and towns are springing up like magic. In the geld region, south of the Conge, there is at present great ac tivity, and fortunes are being wen and lest there in mining, exploring, trading and all manner of enterprises that be long; te a geld region." Mr. Glave wears as a decoration L'Eteile de Service the Star of the Ser vicepresented by the king of the Bel gians. .GEenaE L. Kilmer. in nuuur ui m miuuvub rrnmemmr The statue of Themas Starr King, which is te be set up in Gelden Gate park, Sen Francisce, next fall, will be of bronze, 10 feet in height, and will cost $15,000. Sculptor Daniel O. French, of New Yerk city, is new taking a plaster cast of the clay model, and the work is well under way. Themas Starr King STATUE OF THOMAS BTAItR UNO. was born in New Yerk city Dec. 17, 1824. His father, Themas Farringtea King, was a Universalist minister. The eon also entered the ministry. He was pastor of the7 Hellis Street church, in Bosten, for eleven years. He went te San Francisce te talie charge of the Uni tarian parish there iu 1800. Ills greatest fame reals en the fact that when a strong movement was made te efrry California into the Confederacy he combated the scheme with eloquence and success. He died iu 1604j On Leng Island, fifty miles cast of Brooklyn, there h a curious lake called ltoukenkoma. The waters of the lake sink te hhallewneM for a space of three j cars and then gradually rie during the succeeding three years. The filling up process has jutl liegun and is being watched with much attention by scien tists. The phenomenon lias been a mat ter of record for ever a century. Thought lie Was Suspected. Inrptcter of Emigrants (te Italian Just landed) Ilire, sir, liuve you teU'ii a bath I Italian (trembling) My biareiul Is one m Using I Chatter. xv. t. nanC 7. 3aannamBav mTi aaaaaaaaa uajc 'sajat ?J IT HAS 9CNT OUT MANY CESSFUL MEN. SUO aMMesaker, eT Beeta Beste, ttnm There, sua B Did gsarter All sue. Ba Oasstaee Klraweea aad Cuagi eed, el laws, an Several Others. BptcUl Oetrssuuadeaee.1 Washington, March . A group of members of congress and government efflclak were sitting in the easy chain of a hotel parlor a few nights age, talking about the Asters and their wealth, the growth of be money power, the rise of trusts, and the probabilities of the future aa te the centralieauen of capital. A ma jority of the gentlemen present took a gloomy view of the situation. They con tended that in the new order of things a peer man, even in the United States, has net a fatr start In the race of life, and that the tendency of the times Is te Make the rich richer and the peer poorer. Fi nally one gentleman, a prominent figure in congress and in national politics, with a geed deal of seriousness steed against what seemed te be the prevailing opinion, and argued that as wealth Is se much mere conspicuous than poverty, Its dis play always exaggerates its relation te the average condition of thing. "Let me tell you a story from actual life te illustrate my position," said he. "I think I can show you from a remark able incident, or, rather, a scries of in cidents, of ceincidents, that in the United States a man needs neither the prestige of wealth nor family te enable him te win cousplcueus success in business or professional life. "Fifty years age I was a barefooted boy living with my parents en a farm in Ashland county, O. The country, was comparatively new, the markets were net geed, and the agricultural people were hard pressed te get a living out of the soil. Meney was scarce, nearly every one was in debt, and no ene was pros perous or content At the cress reads in Green township, near which we lived, there used te be an etd blacksmith of the name of Studcbakcr. He was a geed old man, who-worked pretty hard at his anvil, but for all that had a constitu tional tendency te financial prostration. He had some boys who were actlve young fellows and who tried te help their father out, but in spltepf all they could de, and all the old man could de, the blacksmith found himself mere than once every year sued for debt befere a justice of the peace known in the neigh borhood as Squire Allisen. It was un derstood in the neighborhood that the old gentleman Studebaker owed nearly every ene in that pert of the country, and every merchant in the county seat whom he could induce te trust him. In the same way about half the farmers in the township owed him bills for sharp ening plow shares, for repairing wagons and Implements and shoeing their horses. The farmers were tee peer te pay, and Studebakcr was therefore unable te pay Uie merchants who had sold him supplies. "One day, te the surprise of every one, old man Studebaker leaded his family and a few household goods into a covered wagon and started west. All the neigh bors had cenfidence in his honesty, and were sorry te see him go. The next we heard of him was that he had located at Seuth Bend, Ind., where he er.d his lusty boys had made first ene wafcen and then another and sold them at. fair prices te the prosperous farmers of the St. Jeseph valley. It wasn't long before he had made wagons enough te enable him te start an cxtenstve wagon shop, and in a year or two he came back te Green town ship, Ashland county, O., and paid every debt which he hud left behind him. I remember hew proud the old man was of his ability te de this, and hew glad his former uelghliers wero te see him pros pering. Well, you all knew the rest. Yeu knew hew that wngen shop grew and grew till it became the largest insti tution of its kind in the world. Yeu knew that his sous ere immensely wealthy and highly respected men. "The Squire Allisen whom I have mentioned was a peer man, loe. He had a son, Bill, who was fend of chew ing tobacco and playing ball and of shirking his work en the farm. Bill and I were chums, barefoot boys togcther, and I remember that he often, said he was going te leave the farm at the first opportunity. Finally he get a chance te go te Ashland, the county scat, and study law with a firm there who knew his father, and in time he was admitted te the bar and hung out his shingle. He didn't have many clients, and for a time had te go through the process of starva tion and insolvency which is the fate of all young lawyers in a country town. He naturally turned toward politics, and when the Republican party was born enrolled himself as one of its mem bers and steed for county attorney en the Republican ticket. Ashland was then and still is a stanch Democratic county, and young Allisen was snowed under. He took this as a hint that that neighborhood was net congenial for him, and started west. He went te Dubuque, la., and within five years his abilities and his popularity as a man had wen (or him a nomination mid election te congress. Yeu all knew the remainder of the story hew he served a number of years in the house, and then stepped up te the senate, where he has been for seventeen years. Senater Allisen has never been a success financially, though you will often see his name in the papers! as one of the millionaires of the senate. The truth is he is net uerth $30,000, and the entire devotion of his time te public atralrs lias left him without the incllna tien or the ability te take a hand in the money grabbing enterprises of the times. But his life has lecn a great success, nevertheless. "By seme strange dispensation of fate that neighborhood of Ashland county, O., has given a large number of famous men te the state of Iowa. Old Samuel J. Kirkwood, the war governor of Iowa, was a peer ley in Ashland county, who also studied law and for a time practiced befere Squire Allisen and ether justices of the peace. Theso who recollect him say that even then he had the same qualities of rugged honesty, elequence and shrewdncM which have since made him se successful aa a popular leader. The first public olllce which he held was that of township clerk of Vermilion township, te which he was elected in 1811. lie, tee, drifted west, and became governor, senator and member of the cabinet. "Judge Reed, new a member of con gress from Iowa, was a near neighbor of the Klrkwoeds and Allisens In Ashland county befere they all went west. The judge says he get his ambition te study law by hearing Kirkwood pettifogging a damage case befere his father, Squire Reed, who for many years was a justice of the peace for Green township. It ap pears that young Reed ran away from school te Iw present en that momentous occasion, an enterprise which involved him in a scries of fictitious pleas entirely in keeping with the requirements of the legal profession. "Yeung Rued drifted te Iowa just be bo be fere the war, studied law, taught school and did everything which truditieu ha assigned te the youth of all great men. He afterward went into the army, and as captain of u b.tttcry sient four years in thu bervicu. He is new one of the AonWENjyel)lVOilRrT T" naiw, MwtiHV m tuarteen yesJaran a i tne wast, lie spent nM m-lue beach, and for many years was chief justice of Iowa. He has at once taken rank In congress among the Influential members of the house, where he hu a bright future be fore him. i "But I have aet yet exhausted the list of barefooted boys who Went out into the world from adjoining farms In Ashland county, O., te win success in the various walks of life," continued the gentle man. "Congressman McClelkn, of Fert Wayne, Ind., used te wear blue jeans and drive the cows te and from pasture en his father's farm in Green township. New he is a wealthy banker, and besides holding a seat in Congress has been en the bench of hie adopted state. The comptroller of the currency, Edward S. Lacey, of Michigan, is another of the barefooted travelers who drifted out of Ashland county before the war. Heis one of the most popular men in Michigan. haa been in congress, and will eventually land in the senate. The present sergeant at-arms of the beuse of representatives, A. J. Helmes, was about as peer as any body could be when he worked en a farm in Ashland county. He was a geed boy, made a geed soldier, was for many years a geed congressman from Iowa, and the member of the Fifty-first congress be lieve that bis administration of the office of sergeant-at-arms will be se satisfactory as te reform, for all time te come, the loose business methods which have lilth lilth erteprevallcd there. "The barefoot boys of Ashland county have net only marched te the front in business and political circles, but they have been equally successful in profes sional life. The newspapers net long age contained a statement that Mr. Jamee D. Springer, a noted railway lawyer of Minneapolis, had accepted a 120,000 posi tion with the president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. Mr. Bpringer has the reputation in the northwest of being a really great railroad lawyer, yet few men have wen success In the face of se many difficulties. When his father started west from Ashland, O., about 1831, it was te better a financial cendi tien that could hardly become worse. Springer never had any education, as the term is generally understood, except what he picked up in the district school of Ashland county, and of the various places in Iowa where his father from time te time resided. "In this connection I will add that back there in Ashland county lives a proud old pedagogue. The new vener able and respected Geerge W. Brubakcr has taught school in Green township for many years, and had under his charge at ene time or another nearly all of the men I have mentioned as having subse quently wen success in the various fields of human endeavor. He says Bill Alli Alli eon was the worst boy he evor had, and that he thinks he flogged that boy about a thousand times in four years. Still, the old man's former pupils remember htm with gratitude and affection, for Senater Allisen and Springer and ethers whom he graduated from Webster's spelling book and McGuffey'e reader! often sfepever at Ashland en their way east or west te pay a visit te the old schoolmaster, "One mero instance of the remarkable series of successes wen by barefoot boys from adjoining farms in Ashland county," continued the speaker, "and I shall have finished my story, One of the boys with whom Brubaker had a geed deal of trouble was a chap named Stubbs. His father was a very peer man, and young Stubbs was a wild, rather uncouth youth, who liked te run away from school te go down te the railroad and play among the cars. At 17 or 18 years of age he caught the west ern favor, and went out en the Pacific coast and worked for n time aa a time keeper or clerk in the employ of Stan ford & Crecker, who were building the Central Pacific read. But he hail geed stuff In him, and from time te time hie employers advanced his salary as his knew led go of the railroad bust bust sess increased and his usefulness de veloped. Fiually he was drawing the handsome nay of $13,000 a year, and was the general freight ngent of the read. In this capacity he was employed mostly in representing the Central Pa cific in the traffic nssociatieuBof the coun try, and in these moetiugs he was brought in contact with the best trained business intelligence in the world. His extraordinary abilities were seen recog nized nil ever the country, and two years age Phil. Armour, of Chicago, who has a penchant for hunting out the brightest men te be found and getting them at whatever cost, offered him $18,000 a year te leave the Pacific reads and go east and work for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul read. The Central Pacific people were foolish enough te permit him te go, and Stubbs stayed with the St. Paul till his old employers discovered that they had lest a man whose place could net be filled, and whose usefulness could net be measured in money. Se ther went te bidding for Stubbs, and in order te get the man back had te put up the princely sum of $29,000 a year, which Is the salary which old Brubakcr's former wild and uncouth pupil new draws. "These are net the only instances 1 could give from the farms in Ashland county of which I have spoken," conclud ed the gentleman. "Other boys from these farms have geno peer Inte the world and commanded success and distinction. But I think I have given examples enough te show that the peeple of the United States, in picking out men te de its business in all the fields of thought and action, pub pub ieo and corporate, business and profes sional, have no prejudice against these who start barefoot, but give te every man a free opportunity te make the best that can be made out of life. Tlib condi tions which have prevailed I believe pre vail today, and will continue te prevail in this country. Neither Socialism, Anarchy, Henry Gcergcism, Edward Bellamyism nor any ether ism or notion will tie abl te dislodge from the mind of the Ameri can peeple that principle which from th beginning has assigned success te indi vidual effort and personal ability te incel the tests of competition in all the walki of life." Walteb Wellman. THE TAULBEE-KINCAID AFFRAY. Beth Parties te th Affair Native Keutuek laiu Cause of the Quarrel. Ex-Congressman Taulbee is from the mountain districts of Kentucky. News paper Correspondent Charles E. Kincaid is also a native of the Blue Grass state. KINCAID. TAULBKK. The affray between the two occurred recently in the Capitel building, at Washington, mid was the culmination of a quarrel of long standing, which began nearly two years age with the publica tion in The LouUville Times of an ar ticle reflecting en Mr, Taulbce's charac ter. The ex-ceugressinau has been for some while a notable figure at Washing ton. Tall, 6treng and possessed of a powerful voice, hid physical, attributes 99B5S9af always gamed nitu tvcuinmm' of ' speaker whenever he chose te exprisn his views en any measure peadiag. which was net seldom. Uebegaaman heed life as a student for the ministry; but abandoned the church for the 0Ort house, and becume a lawyer. Hani,, lawyer, 89 years of age, and first aaaM under general notice when elected te congress some years age. ChartM M, -&; Kincald is 86 years old, of slight and, when the trouble culminated in sheeting, was just recovering from. an attack of typhoid fever. After leaving college, and when only ef ge, ha .wat chosen magistrate of a Kentucky village, and thus acquired a right te the title at judge. He lias held several petkieae af public trust and emolument, and, te at present the Washington correspondent vtw of The Louisville Times. He has tra veled a great deal, is a society favorite, and comes of excellent family. "' te OF Till LATEST FASHIONS. OLIVE HARPER WRITES OF WOMAN'S WEAR OF TODAY. ( 8ea Very Fetching Oesrn That (lav I Made fur Mr. ClmuBcey M. BtfW Kit Kellln llarcmu, Mis Dera tVwlla te and Mr. Ella Wheeler CTIIce. (8pecUl OorrapendeDOS. New Yeiik, March e. This past weak has been a suggestive one for these who have the entree te the private rooms of the high class dressmakers. Berne of the yery handsomest gowns are made af what seemed the least premising mate rial, I saw ene dress made for Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew which wat partic ularly elegant. It was made of gray,, serge, trimmed with black velvet, and a thick fringe of dark gray acreet tat) front breadth, which was slightly lifted In front, of velvet. showing n simulated petticoat A&'J Abeve the fringe wat a in ? j!& black silk gimp passementerie. wsfl lumaecs' and km. wmvt There were two plain velvet panels, ant) the back was pulled in and hung In itiaaft straight lines. The waist wat et.yiim In the back and in front it wat "ta In . with serge, each plait being edged wt silk passementerie. The sleeves were'ef ' gray faille, plaited te a deepeiinVSlfcen dalntv little canete bonnet wat of alaflit f k.ll(i.t a.M.1 M.1.1, A telKlw... . T1A WMftSY MSA l of velvet te match. Mrs. Dentw It In half mourning, and this custom is ecjatm?'' suitable for that, or It it net se if a bit of color is added te the Miss Nellie Hanreus it called ta the best dressed young ladies taRatr Yerk, and she certainly la.oee-oftke),., wealthiest and prettiest, Bid'thesatmW,:' pretty and quiet costume wat made tff V for her in dark prune ladies' eletfcMan med daintily with narrow caette taranl, " sewn en in Greek key pattern. The fraat is cut princess pattern, the sidMbsang ' plain from shoulder te feet tjZtfyi The front breadth Is set in under tn trimming of the waist in kilt plaiting ani , tln hnnV la flnlatmjt In tha MmA HsmMBaSk aRtfamT J?S9 ' fi i ffifll jffflH &i wM ImmM : ML mv iTtsWaV w$ls Ml ira VvLiXeftm tWm v v 1 rmlit' i Y ill I 1 W l ill flM 1 "nnlkW I (IbW 11 -HP4 vi J if r Ir JWtl mil -.tnBnnnlBWBnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn" Daamm. ; The gown fits te perfection, and is set eat J, ; by ene ofrthe new ''shepherdess" hain. Some cull them "Deris" hatsTXuey areS areS ef a satin finished straw, Very flexible i and rich, requiring no face lining. TMtvJ, hat is in dark prune, with old geU rin4' bon bows and plumes. It tnlghtteem' that this is a rather daring contrast; bt' it docs net appear se at all when, werivpr With an ordinary princeete wrtBltsrg pattern any clever lady could mtkejar rewu like this. Ladles' cleta tt from 75 cents te $1 per yard, 44 1 y- wide, and it only requires about i and a half yards for such a dessW-;Jn geed quality of cashmere, camel t ?wm or silk warn Henrietta would all be tutav " bio materials, and the color ceuMJha , whatever the wearer preferred. "frj" A dress was just nnlsnea iet'iMM - Dera Leslie Lydc, Elsie Leslie's titter; at this pretty color. It hacfXhe AtJtnV slightly draped, and all areuiid'MMl tern a rich passementerie in Mack mm? ' in Eiffel points. At the right tide thwnl was a nancl of nanen plaits. With thlt'ti was te be worn a terra cotta walking ife iacket of beaver cloth, with black 1 m montcrie and rolling cellar and cuffs ef ;' black fallle. A hat of felt of the tame . -.. Al. ., ...l.t. -I 11.. I suauu us uiu ureas, mui uiuiuen us ww , -( same, make up a takinx costume.. H, Ladies' cloth, tricot or any smooth aur J face iroeds would leek well in this stria. HE. particularly the brilliantlnes. Terra';;1, cotta ana eiu rose are me proper ceta , nlf.menf a t thitt in r.rInr. .. ii-M , TUn i I I I lull flitlahaJt J-r ."K"i;rrr'XK,7Jcrcz :sii ier jura, cua v nceicr vr uaa,wBusoew 3 raj" flu . vs-30 ( nvu cA t vvaaw wve 1 Imuf t- I cues me ntsill aO f 0 IWaEFV. :?,Y JJ V? r f iv w) mw I m m 1 km 49 ' '1 Ml 1 Hm 1 MISS LYDE'8 DRESS AND MBS. WILCOXS UKO W8AF. it is Ol reuun euiiuwu mceu. im an' , a- brown, with front and back of wee, pf brown velvet. The sides are trimmest - with a quaint scroll pattern in silk em- t lirnldnrv of thn two shades of brown. "r: The sleeves are full and have cuff of velvet. Down the front and around the neck and at the bottom are bands af estricli file, shaded from cream te brown. The quiet richness of this garment can hardly be described. A pretty toque of brown velvet and cream tip and nentl gloves complete the costume. 0 Ouvb Haum. The one cent stamp in the new Unite States postal scries is the object of maan artistie criticism. It is said that Frank lin's profile portrait en the stamp ia a "nuttv faced Dersoulficatieu of senUM? -.wi .. III,.,1 .t.. ,1.,. ..ful nf.l ,li-!lkftA - whece memory "" Americans dew- honor, -' ' ?' &?' iWi AS. m i M: .. fl & &&' m Win, i m 't, j wi as n i ."S ff ' V. i V? f 1 ft r
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