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band dBteMM tk kadbs of Ik efcatr. 1
tamed te the girl. Km bd neither apeeea
Mr sUrred, bat bow came forward sad oaha eaha
ly asked Br buatatw.
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"I am Delia KUllgrew, aad thk It my
father, Sir Deakln," -
"Kew en bt. way te vbit hit estates at
Oernwalir
She nodded.
"Then I hare te warn you that your lire,
ere in danger." And, gently a possible, I
told ber what 1 had Men and beard down dewn
stair. In the middle of my tale the servant
stepped te the deer, and returned quietly.
There waa no lock en the Inside. After a
minute he went across and drew the red cur
Ulna. The window had a grating within, of
Iren bar. at thick aa a man1 thumb, ctrengly
clamped In the .tone work, and net four
inches apart Clearly, ha wai a man of few
words; for, returning, he merely pulled out
hi. .word and waited for the end of ray tale.
The girl alie did net interrupt me, but list
ened in .ilence. A I ceaaed, die said:
'la tub all you knewP
"He," answered 1, "it U net But the rest
I premise te tell you if we eeeape f rem thla
place Olive. Will thla content yeuP
She turned te the servant, who nodded.
Whereupon the held out her hand very cor cer
dlaUy. "Sir, listen i we are traveler, bound for
Cornwall, as you knew, and have nme .mall
possessions that will poorly reward the greed
of these violent men. Nevei theless, we
should be hurrying en our journey did wt
net await my brother Antheny, who was te
have ridden from Oxford te join us here, but
ha. been delayed, doubtless en the king's
business"
She broke off, as I started; for below 1
heard the main deer open, and Capt Set
tle', voice, in the passage. The arch villain
had returned.
"Mistress Delia." 1 said, hurriedly. "th
twelfth man has entered the house, and un
less we consider our plan, at ence, all1, up
with us."
"Tush!" raid the old gentleman In the
chair, who (it seems) had heard all, and new
sat up brisk as ever. "I, for my part, shall
mix another gloss, and leave It all te Jacques.
Come, sit by me, sir, and you shall Bee some
pretty play. Why, Jacques is the neatest
rogue with a small sword in all France I"
"Sir," I put in, "they are a round dozen In
all, and your life at present is net worth a
penny's purchase."
"That's a He I 'Tis worth this bowl before
me that, with or without you, I mean 'te
empty. What a feel thing Is youth I Sir,
you must be a dying man like myself te taste
life properly." And, as I am a truthful man,
he struck up, quavering merrilyi
"Hey, nennl nennl nel
Men are feels that wish te diet
Is't net One te laugh and slog
When the bells of death de ring?
Is't net fine te drown in wine.
And turn upon the tee.
And sing, hey nennl no!
Hey, nennl nennl
"Come and sit, sir, nor spoil sport Yeu are
tee raw, I'll wager, te be of any help, and
boggling I detest."
"Indeed, sir," I broke in, new thoroughly
angered, "I can use the small sword as well
as another."
"Tush I Try him, Jacques."
Jacques, still wearing a stolid face, brought
bis weapon te the guard. Stung te the quick,
I wheeled round and made a lunge or two,
that he put aside as easily as though I were a
babe. And then I knew net hew it hap
pened, but my sword slipped like ice out of
my grasp, and went flying across the room.
Jacques, sedately as en a matter of business,
stepped te pick it up, while the old gentleman
chuckled.
1 was het and ashamed, and a score of bit
ter words sprang te my tongue tip, when the
Frenchman, as he rose from steeping, caught
my eye, and beckoned me across te him.
lie was white as death, and pointed te the
hilt of my sword and the deml-bear engraved
thereon.
"He is dead," I whispered; "hush I turn
your face aside killed by these tame deg.
that are new below."
I heard a sob in the true fellow's threat
But en the instant it was drowned by the
sound of a deer opening and the tramp of
feet en the stairs.
Continued next Saturday
Commercial Traveler vs. I.nwjer.
A wide iiwnke commercial traveler
generally gets the better of an adversary,
even if the latter chances te boa lawyer.
A case in point is that of Leen Weill,
of New Yerk city, whose wife brought
suit for alimony anil wen. The drum
mer promptly tnade up the quarrel and
resumed relations with Sirs. Weill, but
declined te pay her attorney his fee.
The latter began an action recently,
which resulted disastrously- for him,
Judge Andrews saying in his decisien:
"The husband and wife both swear
that the alimony has been paid, and be
sides I am net referred te any case In
which it has been held that an attorney
has a lien upon the alimony awarded te
the wife by u final judgment rendered
in her favor in an action for a separation.
The costs cannot be collected by a pro
ceeding te punish for contempt."
ThcJL Hnve LHtle te tire Ter.
The illustration presented herewith
gives an idea of the remarkable condi
tions under which existence is endured
in certain portions of England. "In
tliis old rotten van," writes the taker of
A VAN AND ITS OCCUrANTS.
the photograph from which the picture
is reproduced, "which I 6aw near llngby
a fortnight age, 8 feet 4 inches) by 0 feet
8 inches by 5 feet 3 inches, there were
one man, ene woman and eight boys and
girls from four te sixteen years old. It
was their only home, and all were in a
most pitiable- state, and net ene of them
could tell a letter, except the mother,
who could read fairly well."
It is said that 50,000 people in the
British Islands have no ether homes than
these houses en wheels, and a general
demand is being made for the passage
by parliament of a mevable dwellings
bill, under the previsions of which the
sufferings of these unfortunates may be
in seme measure allocated.
Mr. LluUm's Sharp Criticism.
The Londen Society of Arts listened re
cently te a lecture en "Engraving in
Weed; Old and New," by Mr. W. J.
Linten. The speaker saw nothing te
commend in the illustrations of Ameri
can magazines. He characterized them
as "generally clever and pleasing pict
ures, well designed, effective and nearly
as geed as photegraplis. These photo
graphs, if te be had, would, however,
well replace them, and we should then
escape the infliction of linear ugliness,
and be no longer annoyed and insulted
with the pietense of engraving."
IUillked "Vulgarities."
The Pall Mall Gazette, of Londen, has
lest several subscribers because it recent
ly published the shocking tale of a deck
laborer who died from starvation. He
liad deprive! himself of feed that his
wife nud five children might live. The
pejple who stepped the paper said they
did net wish their families annoyed by
the perusal of such vnlgar atrocities.
THE KING CORN GROWER
DR. WOLFE, OF CINCINNATI, AND HIS
WONDERFUL, GOLDEN EAR.
Re Made Jerry Bask, Secretary of Agrl
enKar. Acknowledge Hi. aVrrerelcatjr.
The Docter. Experlnteata en His Mn
math Wester Maaefc.
Special Oorrarpeodoace.1
Washington, April 24. One day last
week a short, robust old man, who were
a slouch hat and carried a large grip sack
in his hand, called at the department of
agriculture and seat his card te Secretary
Rusk. He was shown in.
"Yeu are Jerry Rusk?" he asked, put
ting down his grip sack.
"Yes; and you?"
"I am the King Cera Grewer of
America."
SECRETAttT RUSK BEATEN.
"Glad te meet you, Mr. King Cern
Grewer. Have you some specimens of
your skill with you? If se, trot 'em out."
The visitor opened his big carpet bag
and took out an Astonishing number of
little tin boxes, like a prcstidlgatcur pro
ducing flowers from the inner recesses of
a silk hat. no removed the sliding lids
of these boxes, of which there wcre thirty,
and spread them out en the secretary's
desk. There were thirty small masses of
corn, a chromatie scale in malze. Bex
Ne. 1 was full of kernels almost as white
as periwinkles, while box Ne. 30 was as
black as darkness. All the tints and
shades known te the chemist were te be
found in this product of a corn field lab
oratory. "And here ere some of the emblems of
my royalty," Baid the visitor, diving
deep down into his carpet sack and bring
ing forth two or three long yellow
wands, set with rows of golden drops.
"Yeu think that a kingly car of corn,
de you?" exclaimed the secretary of agri
culturc. "Yeu think it can't be beat?
Well, wait here ene rainute and I'll take
the conceit out of you."
Uncle Jerry touched his clcctrie bell
button, and in a couple of minutes he
held in his hand a long ear of corn.
"New, size up here with me," he ex
claimed, merrily; "new we'll see if you
are the King Cern Grewer of America.
Measure up, newl"
But le and beheld! the ear of yellow
corn which for many months had been
the pride of the department of agricul
ture was shorter by an inch or mere than
the ear which the visitor held aloft in
triumph.
"I acknowledge the corn," said the
secretary; "you are king; but new give
us an account of yourself."
The visitor needed no second invitation.
"My name .is Wolfe Dr. N. B. Welfe
of Cincinnati," said he. "I practiced
medicine for thirty-five years. New I
have retired and become a farmer."
"Being a millionaire, you can r.fferd
te till the soil," Interjected the secretary.
"Yes, and let me tell you what I have
done with the soil. Let me talk corn te
you. Some years age I purchased four
sections of land, 2,500 acres, in Rene
county, Kansas, intending te liave a cat cat
tle range. Mr. Secretary, you never saw
a prettier piece of land. A stream runs
through it, and it lies as a great basin,
from the rim of which every ether spot
of its surface cau be seen. In May, 1888.
I gave orders te have ene of the sections
put under plow. Te de this.he season
being late, thirty breakers w! re set te
work turning ever the thick turf. Our
furrows were a mile long. Hew long de
you think it took us te break and plant a
square mile of ground? Just twenty-two
days. In the history of farming in Kan
sas never has se much been dene in se
short a time. Forty men and 135 horses
did the work. Of ceurse that year's
crop of 'sod' corn didn't amount te much.
It was net expected te.
"Last spring we began preparations for
raising a real crop of corn. I had some
ideas of my own about corn planting,
and I put them into operation. The soil
had net been touched for a year, but new
we put the listers in, plowing out fur
rows ten inches deep, with a two inch
subseiler following te pulverize a soft
bed in which te plant and bury the seed.
Again, our furrows werea mile long, and
by the time the three or four horses at
tached te each plow had dragged a heavy
lister sixteen times across the field they
were tired enough te quit for the day.
Flowing and planting wcre done at the
same time. When we had finished our
field it looked like a lake en a breezy day.
There was a succession of little- ridges
nbeut three feet apart, and their crests
rising a feet above the furrows which
ran between them. In the bottoms of
these furrows the corn grew, and when
it had attained a height of four or five
inches the crests of the furrows were
harrowed off and the earth thus disturb
ed fell into the furrows and covered the
plant completely. The surface of the
field was new perfectly Ievel again, and
no corn could be seen. In a short tiine
the bright green blades reappeared, and
when they had grown up six or eight
inches the cultivators were set te work
shoveling the earth toward the plant.
Twice afterward the cultivators went
through the field, and when the corn was
up 15 or 18 inches, and again when it
was about SO inches. Then the crop was
laid by te make irself."
"And hew did the crop de?" asked the
secretary of agriculture, new thoroughly
interested.
"Hew did it de? Just wait till you
hear the figures. Every grain of seed
seemed te have fructified. Every stalk
bore a geed ear, many two cars. When
we came te harvest we found a great
deal of corn. It seemed as if the heaps
never would step growing in my cribs.
It was a perfect mountain of corn. Why,
from the 600 acres devoted te this crop
158,600 bushels of first class corn were
gathered, shelled, measured and weighed.
Frem 140 acres of eats, the remainder of
the section, the yield was 6,1100 bushels,
giving us a total of 41,000 bushels of
grain the largest crop ever gathered
from ene scctIoi,ef land in America.
"Just think what a quantity of grain
Ihat is, Sir. Secretary," continued Dr.
Wolfe, with the genuine enthusiasm of
a farmer, a statistician and an economist
combined in one. "It would lead nearly
a thousand wagons and would fill three
freight trains, each coinjtesed of thirty thirty
fivecars. It is a greater quantity of
grain than was Imported by the United
State in the last fiscal year. What
would the farmers of Germany, of Hol Hel
lander England thinkef aciep like that?
And this must the mere omaze us when
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we renect mat say tarm w ngiit in tne
midst of what was once known as the
"Great American" desert the region of
which the authoritative Humboldt,
whose word no one ever dared dispute,
wrote 'it Is as sterile as Sahara.'"
"I have been out in that country," said
Secretary Rusk, "and I saw no desert
there. De you think it ever was a des
ert?" "I de net While it is true that vege
table life has never manifested itself
luxuriantly in this region, and that it
was apparently barren, I have my own
theory as te the causes. The land was'
always rich, was always waiting te be
tickled with the plow and smile in return
with a bountiful crop, but it was for an
unknown period of time the runway
for millions of buffalo which traveled
north every spring nud south every fall.
The hoofs of the buffalo destroyed the
grass roots, and gave te geography that
immense fiction, 'The Great American
Desert' In 1870 the herds of buffalo be
came sensibly reduced in number, and in
the fall of 1874 the bison disappeared
from the plains of Kansas, nevcr mere te
return. Coincident with his disappear
ance the grass began te grew en the
hitherto dusty plains, and new it carpets
the earth richly with green. Some say
the buffalo enriched the soil and made it
pessible for the grass te grew, but I de
net believe the fertility of the earth de
pends en top dressing. By planting the
seed deep in the ground the germ reaches
the electricity of the earth, and from
this relation is nourished into life and
stimulated into development My crop
of corn, twice or three times as great as
that harvested by my neighbors, who
plant in the old way near the surface,
attests the correctness of this theory. I
did net make any money en my crop
no one can make money raising corn at
present prices but I succeeded in ac
complishing what I started out te de,
and that was te give the American
farmer an object -lessen in the value of
going below the surface of the ground
with seed which is te make his crops."
"I guess we shall have te confirm your
title as the King Cern Grewer of Amer
ica," said Secretary Rusk.
"Thanks for that. I confess I am an
enthusiast en the subject of corn. All
my life, though engaged in the practice
of medicine, I have kept close watch of
the agricultural interests of our country.
See hew corn has entered into our na
tional life. It is the one distinctively
American product of the farm. It is a
plant of American origin. In the uni
versality of its uses, and its intrinsic im
portance te mankind, no ether grain can
be compared with it Readily adapting
itself te every variety of climate and soil,
it is grown from the warmest regions of
the torrid zene te the land of Bhert sum
mers in northern Canada. The first
settlers learned fiem the Indians hew te
grew it, and a distinguished historian
once told me the first larceny committed
in America was when a party of Puritans
stele the horde of corn from an Indian
village in Massachusetts. The James
river settlerB, taught the art of corn rais
ing by the Indians, had thirty acres un
der cultivation within three years after
their arrival. It is a curious circum
stance that the James river Indians mid
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THIUTY PLOWS TOdKTHEB.
the New England Indians had precisely
the same method of planting. They dug
little holes in the ground and put small
fishes in along with the seed. At Plym
outh in 1025 a writer said: 'Yeu may
see in ene township a hundred acres to
gether set with these small herrings or
shads, every aete Liking a thousand of
them; and an aero thus dressed will pro
duce se much corn as three acres with
out fish.' Ah, Mr. Secretary, if they had
only had my deep planting along with
the herring in each hill!
"Undoubtedly corn saved the early
settlements in America. But for maize
the first colonists would have perished,
and this continent would new be a cen
tury or two lichind the present mark.
Cern saved the day for our forefathers
when they struggled for independence.
Without corn there would have been no
revolution no great republic te lead the
weild into new paths of government.
In the struggle between north and south
in Iho late war it was corn against cot cet cot
eontwo agricultural kings in mortal
combat nnd corn was the victor. Why
should I net love this beautiful plant?
"Moreover," continued the doctor,
placing his hand en the shoulder of the
secretary of agriculture, "corn is today
used for feed, directly and indirectly, by
a greater number of the earth's inhabit
ants than any ether article. Mr. Martin,
of the New Yerk I'roduce Exchange,
whom I met only this morning at the
hotel, told me corn was never se popular
in Europe as it is today. The demand
for it ever there is se great that the ex ex
eort is limited only by the vessel room
available. Yet it is within my recollec
tion and yours, Mr. Secretary, when the
experts were a mere trifle. I remember
reading as late as 18-17 an official report
which stated in effect that the value of
Indian corn had been heightened by the
recent introduction of it into Great Brit
ain, nnd that while it had net at once re
ceived universal approbation there was
reason te beliee it would win mere fa
vor there when mere pains wcre taken
te prepare it for n foreign market. When
you and I were boys, Mr. Secretary, a
few ships could held all the corn that
was exported from our shores. New
whole fleets sail with their holds full of
the yellow grain and ceme back for mero.
Cern has literally conquered the earth,
and yet we of the prairies burn it in our
6teves."
"Why?"
"There is tee much corn. Much as I
leve this royal grain, my ccs aie net
blinded. Cern is king, but we de net
need te make it a tyrant. We must do de do
threno it. Thirty years uge the geed
peopleof a hcctien of our country thought
cotton was king, that it ruled the land.
One day a 'mudsill' rose in his place in
congress, armed with official documents,
and made the astounding statement that
the hay crop of the country quite doubled
the value of the crop of cotton. This
hitherto undiscovered fact disturbed the
stability of the Union. It recast thocou thecou thoceu
6titution, freed slaves, made a new na
tion. We de net want kings en our
farms. Kings are un-American. We
must dethrene corn, and in his place
6ct a republic- of diversified crop.
We need mero wheat, eats, rye, barley,
sorghum, beans, peas, beets, goobers,
hemp and tobacco. Our bins and barns
are literally bursting with corn, for
which there is no market at a price- that
will repay first cost. Cern absorbs tee
much of our energies, exacts tee much
of hU subjects."
And when ihe shades of evening fell,
aud the typewriter girls, and the seed
girls, and the clerks and every en was
gene, there sat short Dr. Wolfe and tall
Secretary Rusk, still talking corn.
Walter Wkllman.
A NEW 6WINDLE.
Mew Certain New Yerker Have Bean
"Dene Up" of Late.
Special Correspondence,
New Yerk, April 24. The ingenuity
of the New Yerk sharper is proverbial,
but the latest swindling schome that has
been developed really sears into the
realms of high art. It is being worked
by a very clever couple a medium sized,
rather nice looking man, and a delicate,
modest appearing woman. Hew many
times they have been successful is net
known, for the police have net, as yet,
been informed of their operations. I
only heard of It by accident
While at lunch with seme friends ene
day this week an old friend of mine
joined the party. Fer the better appre
ciation of the story, I may be permitted
te remark that he is a solid and prosper
ous looking citizen of benevolent appear
ance. "When I was coming from my house
te the elevated station," he began, with
the sir of a man who has a story te tell,
"there came round the corner, just in
front of me, a prcttj , modest looking lit
tle woman trying te lead a very drunken
man. The fellow was well dressed and
net bad looking, but he was horribly
drunk. He would lurch ever against
her every few steps and nearly knocked
her ever several times. Through it all
he was geed natured, even drunkcnly
affectionate.
"As I passed them he lurched against
me and the woman, who naturally seemed
much distressed, spoke; 'Would you be
se kind as te help me take my husband
home,' she said. 'It is only around the
corner, but I'm afraid he will push me
down; he's been out all night and I must
get him home.' The appeal was se sim
ple and pathetle that I of ceurse took
held of his ether arm and steadied him
around the corner and saw him safe in
the hallway of ene of the big flats. I
noticed that he lurched up against me
ence or twice, but I thought nothing of
it until I reached the City hall station,
when I went te leek at my watch. It
was gene, and my pockctbeok had evi
dently departed te keep it company. He
certainly could net have picked my
pocket if he had been as drunk as he
seemed te be," concluded the old gentle
man sagaciously.
"That was this morning?" queried a
member of the party, who had listened
te the recital with much interest.
"Yes."
"Well, I guess it must be the same
ceuple who played exactly the same
game en me ene day last week. They
took $180 in cash and a $300 watch from
me."
"Well, they only get fifty odd dollars
from me, but my watch wen worth $300,"
said the first speaker. "I went te inquire
about them at the flat, but no such peo
ple lived there. They probably only
steed in the hallway until I get out of
sight."
"Why don't you apply te the police?"
I inquired.
"I'd rather bear the less than have the
story with myname in the papers," they
chorused in anBwer.
And be this ingenious ceuple are prob
ably going en reaping a rich harvest
among kindly disposed people. There
are two middle aged gentlemen in New
Yerk, however, who, if they see a man
sigzaggiug down the street under the
guidance of a quiet little woman, will let
him zigzag, philanthropy being, in their
opinions, tee expensive.
THE M'CALLA COURT MARTIAL.
Rem Personal Information Itrgarillna It.
Member.
Special Correspondence
New Yehk, April 24. The mem
bers of the court new trying Com
mander McCalhi, of the Enterprise,
at the navy yard in Brooklyn represent
the highest grades that were available
and are all men of experience in com
mand afloat and ashore. Rear Admiral
Harmony, at present chairman of the
lighthouse beard, is tha president He
entered the service in 1847 and was made
a rear ndmiial a year age. He filled the
important position of chief of bureau of
yards and decks, has been in command
of various vessels, has an excellent rec
ord and has spent about twenty years at
sea.
Capt. Erbcti entered the navy In 1847,
and has a remarkably geed record. Ha
represented the navy in the Washington
inaugural celebration, and is at present
a candidate for the governorship of Sail
ors' Snug Harber, en Statcn Island, N.
Y. He is familiarly known as "Bully"
Erben, en account of his unvarying geed
nature and willingness te help ethers.
Capt. Meade, at present in command of
the Washington navy yard, entered the
service in 1850. He has always been an
officer of unusual prominence. He pub
lished a work en naval architecture
which was for years a standaid text
book at Annapolis. Capt. Beardslee en
tered the service in 1850, and made an
excellent record while in Alaska, the
system he established for dealing with
the Indians and the miners being con
tinued te this day.
Capt. Matthews entered the navy in
1851 and h at present en duty in the
Bosten navy yard. He has always been
a prominent authority en erdnance mat
ters and is noted for his fair mindedness.
Capt. Phythlau, new at the naval obser
vatory, is one of the leading scientists of
the navy. His last command nfleat.was
the ill-fated Trenten during her cruise in
China. He is a candidate for superin
tendent of the naval academy. Capt
McNair is also a candidate for the same
place. He is a classmate of Capt. Phy
thian and is nn authority en seamanship.
His various commands afloat have been
most successful. Commander Day en
tered the navy in 1858 and reached his
present grade fourteen years age. He
saw considerable war service, has been
twice in command afloat and is new en
duty in Bosten. Commander Bridgman
stands at tiie head of the '50 date, is ene
of the most able officers and is new en
duty with the beard of inspection and
survey. Commander Miller is new en
duty at tliu Naval home, Philadelphia.
He is a member of the '59 class, and the
Marien, when he commanded her in
China, was alwas a "happy" ship.
Commander Wadleigh, of the '60 date,
is new in command of the Michigan, the
only war vessel en the lakes. He gained
an excellent reputation while in com
mand of the Alliance during her cruise
in Arctic waters in search of the Jean Jean
nette party. Commander Chester, new
en duty with the organization I ward te
revibe naval tactics and methods, has
held various imertant ositiens, and
while he was in command of the Galena
blie took the prize of being the most ef
ficient gunnery vcsm'I in the squadron.
Commander Whiting, the junior mem
ber of the court, entered the service in
18G0, and is about u half dozen numbers
ahead of Commander McCalla. He has
been en duty for a number of years in the
Brooklyn navy yard, his last command
afloat being the Kearsarge when she took
Minister Fred DeuglaBg te Haytl. Lieut.
Gerst, the judge advocate, was graduated
from Auuapelis in 1808, has seen a con cen con
tiderable amount of sea service, and is
new en duty in the judge advocate gen
eral's office at Washington. , I
WINNIE DAVIS WILL WED
THE DAUGHTER OF THE CONFEDER
ACY TO MARRY A NORTHERNER.
Haw the Chlkl of the Benthern Leader
Became Acquainted with the flrandsea
of an Anll-aiavrrjr Airltuter Lee Ilrehe
Down All Harriers.
The present year has se far contributed
no mero interesting item te social his
tory than the announcement that Miss
Winnie Davis is seen te wed, and that
her betrothed is Mr. Alfred Wilkinson,
of Syracnse, N. V. He is u young lawyer
in moderate circumstances, and the
grandson of Rev. Samuel J. May, a
noted Abolitionist, who worked side by
side with Garrison, Emorsen and Phil
lips. Shots the "daughter of the Con
federacy," the sole surviving child of tha
late Jeffersen Davis.
THE nmTlirLACE OF MISS DAVIS
(The Confederate White Heuse).
The manner in which they became no ne
qnninted was romantie in the extreme.
Four years age Miss Dads left her fa
ther's home at Beauvelr for a visit te the
north. Site siient u portion of the time
as a guest of Dr. nnd Mrs. Themas Em Em
ory nt Syracuse. The Davis nnd Emery
families wcre friends in Washington as
long age ilh when Mr. Davis was senator
from Mississippi.
Dr. Emery is n son of Gen. Emery, of
the United States army, and Mrs. Emery
is a daughter of the late Denis McCarthy.
While in Syracuse Miss Davis met nt ene
of the receptions given in her honor the
man who is te bocemo her husband. The
daughter of the Confcdernto leader had
been given n very cool welceme at ene or
two houses, nnd this was resented by Mr.
Wilkinson, who championed her cause
and by Ids tact and gallantry made
smooth many places that might other
wise have proven rough te tread. A
warm friendship naturally followed, and
in ceurse of time the grntitttde the ypung
lady felt for the courtesy of her hand
some northern knight gradually ripened
into n tenderer regard.
After the clese of her sojourn in New
Yerk stnte Miss Davis returned te the
charming home of her parcnta nt Beau Beau
veir, Miss., nnd there remained uajtil n
few mouths age, aiding her mother in
the conduct of the household, and act
ing, when occasion required, ns her fa
ther's amanuensis and capable assistant
in his literary work. Last summer, how
ever, her health failed her te a certain
MISS VAIUNAH DAVIS.
extent, nnd nn affection of the eyes forced
a complete abandonment both of read
ing and of continuous la1er with the
pen. It waa thou decided that travel
would be the best medicine, nnd the fair
invalid went te Eurepe as the guest of
Mrs. Pulitzer, of New Yerk city. Twe
months age Mr. Wilkinson, with whom
she had corresiteuded uince the date of
their meeting nt Syrncuse, followed her
across the ocean. He pressed his suit,
she yielded, und before his return .te
America they had plighted their troth.
Mibs Varinah Davis, better known te
the world nt large as "Winnie," was
born at the president's mansion in Rich
mond, Vn., while the guns of contend
ing armies thundered nbeut the Virginia
capital. Frem the circumstances sur
rounding her birtli she received the title
of the "Daughter of the Confederacy."
While yet little mero than nn infant she
was taken with the ether members of
her family en that historic flight south
ward which ended in the capture of Mr,
Davis by the northern forces. At the
age of 15 she was sent te n seminary in
Carlhnihe, Germany, where she sjicnt
60veral years in the acquirement of a
thorough and finished education. On
her return she became nnd remained,
until her departure a short time previous
te Ids death, her father's chosen compan
ion and friend.
nEV. SAMUEL J. MAY.
Miss Davis is net, in the general ac
ceptance of the term, n "beautiful" wo
man, but she is distinguished looking.
Her face is erientally oval and her com
plexion olive. She has dark brown hair
and large intellectual brown eyes that
grew eloquent with expression whenever
she discuses a subject in which she is
interested, Her veice is of the soft,
sweet southern variety, and is particu
laiiy far-ciiiating, an it seems te liave
fgtined n Blight French accent during her
sojourns abroad. In rtqiese her face is
grave and thoughtful, but when lighted
up by a Mnileit K-cemtti girlish nud viva
cious. She is tall, her figure Is graceful
ly rounded, and her carriage stately. Her
hands and feet ure small, the latter being
strikingly noticeable by reason of the
highly arched insteps. She dresses rich
ly but quietly, with no desire te attract
attention. Her laugiinge is as exprcssive
as her eyes. She is u skilled fencer at
repartee and a charming story teller.
In tier words and acts she expresses
the ntmebt respect for the social forms
aud conventionalities of her native sec
tion. Besides English she speaks Ger
man, French and Spanish. Of her abil
ity n3n conversationalist, a lady who met
Miss Davis during her northern visit said
recently: "The naive way in wliich she
described for us the meeting en horse
back of two fiery southerners, both stran
gers nnd both btuttcrers, was delicious.
The predicament in which ene man
found himself when the ether nsked him
hew f-f-f-farit was te a certain city, and
he realized that if he made answer that it
was s-s-8-beveu miles he would be shot en
the tipet, was os teal ua life,"
fcteSSg
aitss uavis is new about T Jrears et I
age. Mr. Alfred Wilkinson la nearly 80.
Be is ft graduate of Harvard and n palfett
lawyer by profession, his business parf
ners being Geerge Hey nnd Arthur Par
sons. He is of medium height, has dark
hair, dark blue eyes, a net very heavy
dark mustache, nnd a rather fair com
plexion. His father, Jehn Wilkinson,
was appointed rovenue collector for ene
of the districts of central New Yerk by
Abraham Lincoln. The senior Wilkin
son was eriginnlly a Republican, but
afterwards supported Tildeti for gov
ernor. Yeung Wilkinson's grandfather, Rev.
Samuel J. May, as the associate and
friend of Phillips and Garrison, aided
Miss Prudcnce Crandall when,- at Canter
bury, Conn., In 1833, she transformed her
"young Indies' seminary" into a school
exclusively for colored girls. The affair
created a tremendous sensation at the
time and beget indictments nnd lawsuits
without number. Dr. Mny's career as
an antl-slavcry lecturer included visits
te several European countries. When
he removed from Connecticut te Syra
cuse he continued his work en behalf of
the blacks, had sevcral collisions with
rioters and was ence burned in effigy.
But time heals weundi, changes con
ditions nnd brings consolations. Dr.
Mny, the agitator et the north, nnd Jef Jef
fereon Davis, the leader of the south, nre
dead; the cannon that boomed defiance
in 1801 are rusted relics in 1800; the
flame dealing lines of blne and gray no
mero meet in deadly conflict; peace nnd
prosperity have resumed their sway ever
n united country, and the "Daughter of
the Confederacy" is te bocemo the wife
of a "Yankee" lnwyer.
UNDUE FEMALE 8WAY.
The Yeung Mether. Who Wew Rule la
ISdgerten, Kan.
Mrs. Mnggie Kelly enjoys a novel dis
tinction. She is a resident of Edgerton,
Kan., nnd within the limits of a week
lxicnme a mother nnd the mayor of the
town, uer nnme
led the woman's
ticket, which was
elected recently,
and which did net
bear the nsme of
asingle man or
a married one,
either, for that
inatter. Mrs.
Kelly is a pretty
brunette, of me
dium height, and
net vet ItO vefl.ni
mus. MAeara kmxy. of Her hus
band, W. II. Kelly, is n miller. She is
a native of Kansas and net at all ambi
tious. "I think the men should run the
city. I would rather take care of my
baby," she remarked the ether day.
The pelice judge, Mrs. Jcssie Greer,
is also a young mother, but her child is
18 mentlis old, and Mr. Greer has by
this time liecome se experienced that
there will be no danger in leaving him
te nttend te the infant's wnnts while Ids
wife leeks nfter the duties of her office.
The new magistrate has already outlined
her policy. She will suppress the "hard
cider joints" and clese up the restaurants
en Sunday. Mrs. Greer is 25 years old
and was born in Ottumwa, la. Beth
the mayor and pelice judge nre Demo
crats. In religion the former is a Cath
olic nnd the latter a Protestant.
All the members of the council save
ene are Republicans and liave young
children. It is expected that the first
municipal expenditure of the new regime
will be for an anto-roem off the council
chamber whero
hunks can be fit fit
ted upfortheuso
of the babies.
The triumph of
the women is due
te the fact that
their male prede
cessors didn't at
tend te business
and the town was
"going te the
dogs." As an ox ex
amplo of the
men's iieclieence
it is said that Mus- JEfc81K anEEU
after the death of the city marshal seme
time nge, the then mayor could net get
enough cemicilmcn together te confirm ft
successor, nnd consequently disorder nnd
rioting went unchecked throughout the
etherwise thriving, little city. Edgerton
is the home of ox-Governer Jehn P. St.
Jehn, the great npostle of tompcrance
reform, nnd lias a population of about
MX).
MADE GOVERNOR BY MANDAMUS.
A Yeung New Hampshire Man Forced Inte
a High Office.
David Arthur Taggart is new acting
governor of the stutoef New Hampshire.
Governer Goodell, the regularly elected
chief magistrate, has been ill for a long
time. In the event
of his death Mr.
Taggart will Ihj
governor by right
of succession. He
occupies the ofilce
new as the result
of an order of
court. The story
ief his forced ele
vatien is this:
Mr. Taggart is
president of the
New Hampshire
stnte senate. The
D. A. TAOaART.
ether day Attorney General Barnard
brought mandamus proceedings requir
ing him te show cause why he did net fill
the ofilce and duties of governor during
the illness of Goodell. Ciiicf Justice Dee,
of the supreme court, thereupon directed
the clerk of the Hillsborough county
court te enter a decrce for the plaintiff.
Mr. Tnggnrt, en ndvice of the bench, fol
lowed the exnmple of Jehn Lnngden, the
first president of the sennte of New
Hampshire, in a like case, and assumed
the title of governor pre tempore.
Mr. Tnggart was born at Ga'ffstewn,
N. II., Jan. 80, 1850. He graduated from
Harvard in 1878, and in 1881 was admit
ted te the bar. He represented Gaffs
town in the legislature of 1883 and be be bo
came u member of the senate in 1888.
He is u Republican aud Prohibitionist.
An IrUli City Abandoned.
The facility with which the miners
nnd settlers of western America could
establish or abandon u town has long
been a theme for all sorts of nrticles,
from the ephemeral statement of the
daily newspaper te the solid aud verified
record of the painstaking historian, but
nothing in the way of "boom" cities can
mirp.iM the pnee recently bet by n noted
Iribh municipality. Kvery one, of course,
has heard of Tipperary. The place was
owned by Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry,
and he drew therefrem f 15,000 annually
in rents.
His methods as a landlord became ob
noxious te his tenants. They hired a
large tract of land en a neighboring es es
tate for n nominal sum, gave u contract
te a Dublin builder te put up all the
requisite houses, stores, churches and
schools, named the place New Tipperary,
aud moved. The old city has net a man,
woman or child left in it. The flitting
was made the occasion of a great cele
bration, in which prominent home rulers
took part. Smith-Barry new claims the
right under nn old feudal grant te desig
nate the market place, und se the bitter
controversy is net vet settled.
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PE FASHIONS OF THE DAT
!6UVE HARPER GIVES INFORMATION
ON THE BONNET QUESTION.
And Then She DeeerlDe. In Detail; 1
her of frctty Ilennet. and Sesae T7
Taking Wrap and Cuetemee I
of the Latter.
(Special Correspondence.'
New Yerk, April 24. Truly tha
spring bonnets are lovely. They arc
small, It is true, fcnd lack something of
mat peintcu, aggressive styie mat
favorites for the last two seaseni
the velvet flowers and the fine
shown in the selection of colors
them beautiful. There was one htoek
lace bonnet, with velvet nasturUat la
three or four shades of yellow, (ram
lemon te rich orange brown, and wetfe
cannot paint its superb beauty. TW
brilliance of the coloring was tonaddewB
by the black loco, which was twia4
among them se that they were partly
veiled and shaded.
The crownless bonnets area fixture,
tvirtteiilrirlv frtr tlin tnrritrtk unit viAtfc
ing. The most et these have a decides! ?;
corenot effect, many having a band of ,
-faf. nr (rtflnannnf IwkMfl trlmmtnv In V.S?I ""H
tteints set se that the neints seem te a.-
stand up from the head. It is very b"Jp
coming te any style of face.
If fashion shows sentiment in bonnets -'
and hats she shows little in the ns
of 'colors this season, and all the richest,
rtrnsftlAStt MlimiAa ark MnMAl .affWf -Wet. "!
tables. Aubcrgine, or egg plant, Is tkeH
i'ivvmvs Es.eviw sau uuiuvu cw ivmvl i
laveruc. nits is a ncn purpie whsw
black shades. These are carrot, tomato, jVi
mushroom and lettuce tints in all the .?'
new fabrics, but Eiffel red, or terra oette,fc
still retains its popularity. '
Plaids in soft surah silk and In dedUhs 1'fi
ns well as woolen goods nre very popular Vv
anu, te de entirely uu rigueur, sneuia b,,j
muuu vn .! . umv. .c..c.mu-i.
ieius or ribbon is me only suitame trim-f.
inlng, and black wraps or jackets the
only outer gnrmeuts that should be'i'j
worn. I give here three new end vecriM
handsome wraps; two are made of bUek;l-1
xaiue rrancaiae, twimmea wiui leaer
and chenille trimmings. They are taajlr-;
made, as the back of them both are jtset,1
like a dress waist, with a rail or laeeeM
a bit of the passementerie trimming as "-"
finish. Black straw hats or sal
brnlil. trlinmivl with rihtinn and nln
7. ' ., ' "1 "T.L 7T r iT
ie inatcu, are worn wiui mem. ee)-;
plain skirt beside the plaid one Is'est
Eiffel red camel's hair. i&t
The ether two costumes are just i
and among the most elegant of tee
son. The walking costume has the pleM1
sitirt et stene gray uengaune, witn iee.
cngca of brown upon it. The daiatjr
wrap is of Eiffel ladies' cloth braidedf
xvllli Ii1.irk. Tim iinrnltir nt hU li tkai
wranr-ITpi'l. ivlilrli ifwihrjilltrMl b itntmiltli 4
cuing the fronts, und the closing of it mJ $
tlin left sliln in also euita a nrpltv InnA."'
vatien. The sleeves are loose. The bed v y-Jl
of the wrap is a simple basque intbe'J'
back, and it fits the sides under the arm. l3'rf
The heuse dress is of coachman's drab A
Henrietta cloth luid in deuble box plaits -
in front wliere it Is sliglitly draped. Tne a
snuff brown Ifenriettu, the waist, cuffs w
and skirt being lavishly trimmed with.-.
silk passementerie one shade lighter. ,
Tlin daliitv iviitArit frnwn liiu slntil
been copied in sevcral ether cembiaa
., , c .- --- tT'
tiens. AulMrglne and light blue are eem
tegctiicr, Dut m rrm grr rn n n i n nut, rrnew
Anlsiaa ,lt l ait tat A neann anal aianS AAn !! a - J?
wuiui nitu utiiv gicvit uu duvu lAAUUHiBr
tlenu are mere reflned. Twotbadeief
gray, one very dark and the ether lif Iw, J;
arealwava elegant and ludvlike. U4U
(tisu uiiii-iuiib nuuun iu uruwiii ,$
LADVI.IKK COSTUMES.
Just new the maiden with the abner-
mnllif Af'irrmi lif l"itrv aatst ill A rtfaw
i 44iaiy uw v siui'vii ! va u smsw tttu )
i deg are seen out, and the young lady's
struggles te keep the deg within bounds
I and the hat from blowing off afford
uiuau tut UliCI-J Ull VIIO M4 u fruv IW-
holder net unmixed with amusement. It
the hat did blew off, could she trust the
deg te catch it for her? Or is the hat
nailed en securely? The whole is a
subject for reflection, but I don't believe
the nails would injure the brain of any
irl who gees out in the street with a big
ea. Ouvb Habpeb.
ur jsiib suv vum 7 4
The editors of Louden no wspapers have .i
vnf tnlenrn tlint. "mivlRHffM from the Se'"'T3
contained in empty bottles are net relia-
ble, and tlmt "irawn went acumijr an
a popular American song. It is owing
probably te this inexcusable ignorance
that the leadiug English journals recent
ly published the following paragraph as
n serious matter of news:
ii A lw-,H1,i (vWnlnini? u card, en which
was written the werds: 'Steamer Erin, Ji)
Cant, McGinty, at the bottom of the
sea,' was picked up yesterday at Cadg-
. JtVf Tl amrt k - 1 a 4tAda
witn, near ins ijtznru. inmsuiwiwi v
card, en the reverse side of which was, J
pnnteU-U. J. weeme, uaiiaer anu umawy
New Yerk. There is reason te believe
that this is a genuine message from tie
til fated National liner Erin, from New
Yerk, and seems te show that the steam
er was lest net far from England,"
Irvine. Flans.
Henry Irving says thut he U net likely U
ever visit America again professionally
hewever, that he msy cress the Atlantlce $
a visit late In the present TfVif hT $
varv aoea ineauj iu -
States.
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