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eetTse.
- "He's Mzi de' te a feel, I dam,"
grumbled she; "bui that ain't no reason
why he should perish unto my haw: 'a
If he don't git aemethin' het Inside him,
after that ride all night la the rata, he'll
be laid up agin with that stele in hk
lung. If 'taint hit lung, leastwise 'twas
mighty close. Hit would be a mercy e'
the Lawd, an' a jedgeincnt, if he waate
drap off suddcat, an' spite the colonel te
conversion; but Hain't none e'my bual
hees te hurry his end by gote' beglnst
my lights te neglect him."
Se Mias White made Nicholas drink
the coffee scalding het, and then she de
parted te spread the news, that being the
sole satisfaction she could derive from
the event.
Twe hours later she returned in better
heart. "Desia," she said, cheerfully,
"I'm a-geln te stir up a peun' cake. It
don't seem proper, nur'cetdln' te nature,
net te have semethin' te give a feature
te matrimony."
CHAPTER XII.
COMPLIMENTS PASS.
And stele softly and swiftly down stain.
It was Miss Elvira's wish that Gilbert
should depart en his mission without the
knowledge of the rest of the world nt
Therno Hill; therefore she herself took
him his "pass"' in the dark of the even
ing, stealing out of the house with a
heavyRcovered basket, under the weight
of which she could hardly stagger.
"I've brought you your pass, Gilbert,"
she panted; "and some previsions. Yeu
nre te return te-morrow and bring word,
you knew. Be sure you put some pro
vender in the cart for the ex." That one
of the Theme Hill oxen should be fed
from the Furnivni-cern crib was ignom
iny net te be endured.
"I gwan de datl" old Gilbert assured
her. He held the same views that Miss
Elvira held in regard te the feeding of
the Therno Hill oxen; and furthermore,
he thought, "Is I gwan rcsk old Brandy
en meuldy nubbins?"'
"And, Gilbert," said Miss Elvira, com
ing back after she had started away, as
if what she had te say was an after
thought niul net u deliberately premedi
tated design, "if Nicholas should take a
fancy te anything in the basket, you
needn't bring back the jars."
"Yes, ma'am," said old Gilbert, with
stolid gravity; hut he doubled ever with
a smothered chuckle when Miss Elvira
was gene. "Is she clean plum' furget
Mawse Nick is a bawn Theme? He ain't
gwan tetch dat basket; but I gwan haul
it jes' de same."
New Missy, hidden in the clump of
Pal ma Chrlsti that ornamented the front
of old Gilbert's garden, had heard the
whole of the co'nference between these
two. When it was concluded she crept
out and hurried te the house, ever the
garden fence, fired with the wild reselve
te run away with old Gilbert and join
her brother. She made up a small bun
dle of her clothing and hid it uudcr the
wardrobe, and when she went down te
tea she secreted a biscuit by way of pro pre
vision for her breakfast. Her next idea
was te lie awake all night in order te rise
with the dawn en the morrow, te which
end she insisted upon hearing Glory
Ann's whele repertoire of zoological leg
ends; but in spite of this, Missy slept the
sleep of a tired child. When she awoke
the glimmer of the dawn was in the east
and Glory-Ann was snoring en her pal
let. Missy sprang up. She had te diess
herself, which she never yet had done.
It was fin arduous undertaking, but at
last it wns accomplished. Her shoes and
stockings she took in her hands, with her
llttle bundle, and stelo softly and swiftly
down stairs. As she could net unlock
the hall deer, she climbed out of one of
the dining room windows, and ran down
the lane te old Gilbeit's cabin. Alackl
it was shut fast, and tiie ex curt was net
under the shed.
When Missy comprehended that old
Gilbert was gene, she threw herself en
the ground with a scream of rage and
disappointment; but presently she re
flected that if this attempt, at (light
should be diaceieied, every possible
means would be taken te prevent her
putting her intention into execution en
any future occasion that might offer;
perhaps even she might be locked up and
fed en bread and water, like a little girl
iu a story she had read; and however de
cided Missy might be as te dying of star
vation, she had no mind te live en bread
and water; se she made haste back te the
house, and was lucky te get in unseen.
Glory-Ann was still snoring, nnd Missy
stuffed her bundle under the wardrobe
again, tere off her clothes, and curled
hereelf up in bed.
It was a mystery Mem Bce was never
able te explain hew Missy's clothes came
te be scattered all ever the room; but bhe
had her suspicions, when, a few hours
later, she discovered the bundle undei
the waxdiebe.
"Who in de Ian' put dis here?" she'in
quired. "Me," said Missy.
"What fur, I'd lak ter knew?"
" "Cuuse." And no coaxing could make
Missy tay further.
Meanwhile old Gilbert pursued his
journey sadly. Once in the silent weeds
he essayed te sing, for his comfert: ,
Zienl Zion limy horns I
I'm tray'liu' da hebenly read;
but he ended with a sigh, and drove en,
mute.
Toward sundown Miss Rexanna White,
sitting en the top step of the perch, and
enjoying her evening "dip" in solitude,
espied the ex cart comingaleng the read.
In that primitive and secluded harulet
the passage of nn ex cart was an excit
ing event. Miss White watchedjt with
an interest that was almost breathless.
It seemed tee geed te be true that this
cart, with the strong, black ex and the
very respectable old negre driver, was
actually going te step before the house
where, for tbe time being, she had her
abiding place.
"Whose ole nigger are you?" she de
manded, in shrill excitement, as Gilbert
dismounted.
"I is Gilbert, ma'am; Kernel Theme's
man Gilbert, fum eyer in Leen," he re
sponded, removing his hat and bowing
low,
"In the name e' peace an' plcntyl" ex
claimed Rexanna, rising te the full ex
tent of her numerous inches, and peer
ing at the cart from the height of the top
step. "Brought Nick Theme's trunk,
ehV"
"Yes. inJetis."
"Well.taia't no aae'a simple justice,
cordln'.te my way e' thtakkV; but as a
officer e' justice, you're powerful laggard
la ye' movement. Whya't ye come a
day sooner?"' I
"I cum seen fcs de succumstances wua
qualified, taa'atn," old Gilbert explained,
deferentially.
"An' you confe tee late; Nick Theme
ain't cher," Miss White announced, coin cein
ictly. Old Gilbert steed jgnpe and stupefied.
"Whey whey he den. ralstis?" he stam
mered. "That's me'n I kin tell. He kited off
te Sunrise plantation yestMdy, two hours
be-suu, an', as I hear tell, he sol' that
black hawse e' his'n te the overseer fur
a hund'ed an fifty, which It was wuth
Ave hund'ed, it it was wuth a dime; an
he ceme back with Jehnsen's rickety ole
buggy nn' Win' marc, an' this tnawnta',
by daybreak, him an' Desia tuk up their
line e' marclt te seek their fortune, I
s'pese. They ain't said naire word te
me. They're a pair e' turkle doves, te-be-shore;
what kin you expect but what
they'd fly? But whar they'll light I
don't undertake te prophesy. All I
knew is, they're gene, an' I'm left alone
here, lak a sparrer en the housetop, Or
me' lakly, a buzzard en a rail consid censid
erln of my size."
"Tubbe shot" old Gilbert ejaculated,
with polite asscut. He looked te the
right nnd he looked te the left, up at the
sky nnd down at the ground, rubbing his
forehead with his horny forefinger.
"What I gwan de, nexT he sighed.
"Yeu kin carry that trunk back, an'
wait fur occasion," said Miss White.
"It's a mighty foolish business, this mar
ryin' 'theut security fur meat 'n bread;
but cussin' won't mend it none, an' you
kin tell Colonel Theme I sesse."
"Dullaw, niistisr said old Gilbert,
with uplifted hand. "I wouldn't se much
ez name 'Mawse Nick te mawster net
fur freedom I"
Miss White Cackled harshly.
Gilbert, recalling Miss Elvira's instruc
tions as te the contents of the prevision
basket, thought that it might be welt te
make a propitiatory- offering te this se
vere giantess, who seemed somehow te
be linked with his young master's fate.
"Dey is n little matter e' goodies out
yander in de cyart," he said, with hesi
tating humility; "mebbe you ineught
lak ter tas' 'era!"
Miss Wliite spat viciously. "Ne,
thankee," said she. "They'd sour en my
stemik."
"Yeu meught set 'cm aside entel
Mawse Nick come back," old Gilbert
suggested, timidly.
"He ain't a-cemin' back!" Miss White
declared, witli decision se energetic that
old Gilbert's heart sank with the fear
that his young master was turned out of
doers en all sides. "En' me a-ceuntin'
en old Mawse Jeb Furnival ter tck care
en him," thought the old negre, sadly,
as he steed twirling'his hat, nnd casting
furtive glauces at the inexorable Ama Ama
eon en the doorstep; but Miss White had
said her say, and was silent.
At last he turned te go. "I wish you
well, ma'am," he said; "en' I'm 'bleeged
ter you."
"Yeu're welcome," said Rexanna.
"Though what you get te be than kin'
me is me'n I kin see."
Continued next Saturday
THE PRIDE OF NEBRASKA.
A 19-Year-old Maiden Who Wins fJeld
MedaU.
Daisy Stoddard is the pride of Ne
braska, and the inhabitants of the state
think she can "knock out" any one of
her inches and sex in the country as a
speaker. Considering that Miss Stod
dard is still tee young te de up her
gracefully waving hair or wear long
dresses her success is little short of phe
nomenal. She is 13 years old and wen
her first medal for oratory last August.
At a contest in Republic City she se
cured another, and followed this up by
getting a third one of geld at the Hast
ings elocutionary tourney.
HISS DAISY STODDARD.
But her greatest triumph was scored
outside the state. Hearing that a na
tional oratorical contest was te take
place at Chicago she urged her parents
te allow her te compete. They consented
and the child returned nfter the strag
gle te her farm house home bringing
with her the first prize a medal of geld
tet with diamonds. Miss Daisy has been
"speaking pieces" of a temperance char
acter since she entered en her third year.
Only an Idle Tale of KIder I)aj.
One by one the picturesque figures of
the past lese their actuality. We are net
new allowed te believe that William Tell
ever existed save in the imagination of
some Swiss romancer, and historians
cast serious doubts en the veracity of
the chronicles that have te de with tales
of geed King ArthurandhisTableReund.
Romulus, Remus nnd the wolf may live
in story books, but the serious writer of
facts accords them scarcely nn incredu
lous line in his learned papers relative
te the origin of the Reman empire. And
new the Colossus of Rhodes must go
that giant figure that bestrode the pert
and beneath whose feet rich galleys
sailed in te the harbor wall.
Messrs. Bartholdi and Eiffel, the mak
ers of the statue of Liberty Enlightening
the World and the great tower at Paris,
have, after careful calculation, declared
that the Colossus, as described by ancient
historians, could net possibly have ex
isted, for technical reasons. They say
that they have proved, as conclusively
as modem science can go, that the le
gend of the Colossus is as mythical as
that of Hercnles'er any ether of the sun
gods of old.
The rrlnceu of Walet' flown.
The Princess of Wales, en a recent
visit te the Royal Academy nt Louden,
was arrayed in a costume that elicited
much comment. Here is the descriptien:
"She were a dress of golden brown
summer cloth; her skirt, which was long
nnd arrayed with no fullness in front or
at the sides and jicrfectly straight folded
at the back, was bordered all round by a
band of black velvet surmounted by a
narrow line of similar material edged
with geld braid. The bodice was out
lined in a corresponding way, and the
ileeves were almost flat en the shoulders
and finished with cuffs of black velvet
nnd geld braid. She wero a bonnet of
velvet with satin surfaced foliage and
varied harmonious tones of brown. The
short velvet strings were fastened with a
diamond pin. A long, black, curled
.ostrich feather boa completed the prin
cess' ceiitume."
A HOUSE ON A HILL TOR
STEPHEN 6. ELKIN3' MAGNIFICENT
HOME IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Wnem Completed It Will Be One of lie
Hanrtiemnt Country Reildeneei la the
Laad Ncl(hlinrea the Height Near
bySuperb "centra.
(Cbpjrlfht by American Prew AmoclaUen.)
On the southern slopes of the Allegha
ales overlooking the hlstorie Tygart val
ley, and right In the midst of a wealth
of superb mountain scenery, Hen. Ste
phen B. Elkins is erecting for himself
one of the finest country residences In
the entire south. It is located at the
terminus of the West Virginia Central
read in a small town named after him
self in Randelph comity. W. Va. It
stands en the summit of a steep hill rift
ing some five hundred feet above the val
ley of the Tygart, wherein the town '
Elkins lies. On the right are three r'
ilar hills, the first of wldch is te be .
west vimv or the booth rneNT.
Frem a photograph taken especially for this
publication.
cupied by a magnificent house te be
built by ex-Senater Davis, father-in-law
of Mr. Elkins: the next will be built
upon by Hen. J. C. Campbell, the pres
ent governor of Ohie, nn intimate friend
of the Davis and Elkins families; nnd
the one en the extreme right is being
prepared for the erection upon it of a
fine summer' residence for Hen. R. C
Kerens, of St. Leuis, who has an exten
sive interest in the many enterprises of
Messrs. Elkins and Dims. These four
hills form the northern boundary of the
Tygart valley.
Through the southern end of this flews
the Tygart river, bread, handsome and
navigable tjtreaiu. Tall mountains,
clothed te their summits with a luxur
iant growth of forest trees, hem in the
vnlley en all Bides. At present the near
by town of Elkins consists of some five
or fcix hundred peeple and the houses nre
of the primitive frontier style, built of
rough beards nnd the interiors decorated
by large sheets of coarse brown wrap
ping paper tacked en the whIIs.
Mr. Elkins' house is reached by a long
carriage drive from the station along the
principal uvenue of the town nnd
through an ornamental park which is
being laid out en the slope of the hill
upon which the mansion stands. The
building itself leeks at a distance net
unlike nn old baronial castle, with ram
parts nnd towers nnd gables. A closer
inspection, hewever, reveals a heuse of
the most niedcrn.pattern. The ramparts
resolve themselves into a wide gallery or
perch fleer nnd the towers into orna
mental additions te large nnd spacious
rooms. It is an oxtensive three storied
structure occupyingaspace 100 feet wide
by 150 feet long, cxclusive of the kitchen
extension en the left. The whole house,
inside and out, with the exception of the
Vermont elate en the reefs, is built of
material obtained in the immediate
neighborhood.
The bebement is of stone procured
from the Cheat river quarries; the first
story is of clapboards and the second and
third of round and square shingles dip
ped in creosote and arranged in alternat
ing rows. The south front, which faces
the valley, has a large round bay win
dow en the left comer with u cone shap
ed reef relioved by small dormer win
dows. In the center is n round tower
with a flat palisaded reef reached by u
splrid staircase whose doorway is in a
little extinguisher shaped turret. A fine
view of the valley and surrounding
mountains can be obtained from this
point. The back entrance te the build
ing is at the base of this tower. On the
extreme right is the kitchen extension, a
two story building, the first fleer con
taining the kitchen prejier, pantries nnd
servants' dining room nnd the fleer nbove
their sleeping and bath rooms.
The north side, which is really the
front of the heuse, contains the main
entrance. A huge portecochere extends
across the carriage drive te the doorway,
and a series of dormer windows, gables,
turrets and galleries gives a very pict
uresque effect te the sky line.
The interior is net nearly completed.
Everything is, however, te be finished
within a couple of mouths. When done
the house will have cost about $100,000.
It contains eighty-eight rooms. In the
basement nre the boiler, pump nnd laun
dry rooms, with five immense) sterage
cellars. There nre twenty-four rooms
en the first fleer, thirty-two en the sec
ond and twenty-four en the tliird. The
house, from top te bottom, will be fin
ished in natural hard weeds.
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EAST VIEW OK THE SOUTH FRONT,
tfrera n photograph taken especially for this
publication
Entering under the porte eochere the
perch fleer is reached by u short flight of
steps. This is mi immense gallery run
ning around the heuse, SCO feet long and
from 12 te 2 i feet wide, surrounded by a
Btone balustrade. The main entrnnce is
through handsomely tiled vestibule,
opening into n hall. The two inner doers
have mirrors en their inside panels. On
either side is n small room te be used for
the accommodation of riding wraps,
rugs and whips. The hall extends the
entire depth of the hout-e and is 21 feet
wide by 01 feet long. At the further
end it is lighted by nn enormous bay
window with live openings. It is te be
finished in quartered white oak wains
coting, paneled and melded and reach
ing te the lefty ceiling, which is itself te
be divided into panels by fifteen hang
ing beams carved and fluted, Thrse
ceiling panels will be of embossed leather
in green and geld, finished at the edges
with delicately tinted water colors. In
the middle en the right side is an open
fireplace of marble 15 feet long by 0
feet high a small room in itself. An
ornamental oak frame surrounds the
marble facing, carved in n design of flcur
de lis, while nbove the mantel nre three
ornamental paucls of nntique carvings.
Six handsome, torch lamps will light the
hall at night.
Just at the entrance en the left, and
separated from the hall by sliding doers,
is the dining room. This is of consider
able size, and sixty or seventy peruens
can easily find place at the table. It is
finished like the liall iu quartered white
oak, nnd has u large, open fireplace of
murble hct in a frnme of wrought iron,
with mica and void nanalaand aili '.
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da-haeraawwrt
the hall is the pari
eye maple and Hasted
dewa enMiin en te the north.
will be covered wMt embossed
two shades of cream. Connected with
this room by sliding doers is the library.
It is a large chamber 43 by 38 feet, and
the walls will be covered with book
shelves. At the east end is a hnge fire
place, the same slre as that in the halL
It is fitted with a heed, supported by six
carved and fluted columns. The man
tel, which is of marble, is artistically
carved with shields and scrolls bearing
inscriptions from the Latin poets. Twe
flying cherubs are perched en each cor
ner of the heed. The walls are te be
covered with embossed leather in geld
glass colors.
Oa the left of the hall, underneath the
stairway, is the children's room. This
is finished, celling and walls, with pol pel
UK M red oak. The marble fireplace has
a a. rfiijftfrteze representing enpids at
plaj i stairway is very wide and
.- S-quartered white oak with
'Bit vy turned banisters. At the head of
the stairs en the second fleer is an im
mense guest bedchamber directly evor
the hall and similarly lighted by five
windows. The open fireplace is recess
ed and decorated with tiles. On the
west side is another large bedroom of
an octagon shape, with connecting dress
ing and bath rooms.
It is finished in cream colors and the
celling is frescoed in lines and with cor
ner decorations. The blgfireplace has
marble facings and has a wrought iron
frame with mica panels similar te the
one in the dining room. This is te be
Mrs. Elkins' ' chamber. The dressing
room is painted entirely in pink tones,
ornamented en celling and walls by gar-
FLAN OF THE MUST FLOOR.
A. Farler. B. Large halt C. Dlnlnjr room.
D. Library. E. Children's room. F. Butler's
pastry. O. Serranta' quarters.
lands of delicate wild rose. Mrs. Elkins
has also reserved for her use another
suite of rooms en the opposite side of the
heuse finished in bine nnd geld. Mr.
Elkins' room is done in a French gray,
picked out with geld. All the rooms en
this fleer have large open fireplaces, with
mantels nine feet high in the Eliza
bethan style, with fluted columns and
large mirrors.
On the third fleer is a large room, 08
by 23 feet, with an octagon ceiling. This
is te be used as a gymnasium for the
boys or, if occasion requires, as a ball
room. Walls and celling are covered
with polished red oak in panels, with
heavy cornices and meuldings. Atene
end, occupying the entire width of the
room, is nn immense open fireplace of
marble, with a comfortable seat en either
side and a rising tier of three shelves
abeve the mantel. On the right of this
room is a square recess te be used as a
billiard room. Sevcn bedchambers open
en te this ballroom, the ceilings of which
are all tinted indifferent water colors,
with wall papers te match.
Ononesido is a small room leading
up te the tower. Halt way up is the
tank room, containing a water tank with
a capacity of 8,000 gallons. The water
te supply the heuse is pumped from the.
river, three-quarters of a mile iiway, te
a high point in the weeds into a 00,000
gallon reservoir, nnd from thore con
ducted in pipes te the tank in the tower.
A spiral staircase lined with beech leads
np te the reef of the tower.
The furniture will be made of natural
weeds te match the finish of the rooms.
Ne carpets will be used.
The kitchen extension is finished
throughout in red oak paneling, with
the exception of the butler's pantry,
which is done in cherry.
Henry E. Eland
THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
The Supreme Lodce te Meet at Milwau
kee In July.
The sixteenth session of the supreme
ledge of the Knights of Pythias of the
world will be held in Milwaukee this
year, beginning Monday, July 7, and
lasting one week. It will also be the
regular biennial conclave, and knights
and their ladies from all parts of the
United Stetes will be present. The last
conclave was held in Cincinnati two
years age, and evor 100,000 people at
tended. Frem indications it is probable
that even n larger number will be nt the
meeting in Milwaukee this year. Active
prepiratiens for the event have been
under way for the past six months.
A general oxecutive committee of a
score or mere of leading citizens nre co
operating with the members of the or
der and bountiful entertainment is as
sured. Besides the money raised by the
ledges, citizens have donated a purse of
$25,000. July isone of the pleasantest
seasons of the year in Milwaukee. The
summer heat is tempered by the breezes
from Lake Michigan, the nights are al
ways cool, bright, clear weather is the
rule, foliage and flowers are in their
prime, and the beautiful blende city of
the lakes will be at its very best both
in weather and leeks.
The order of the Knights of Pythias
is scarcely mere than twenty-six years
old, nnd yet its membership amounts te
ever aOO.000. The first meeting was
held en Jan. 15, 180-i, in R. A. Cham Cham
peon's rooms, F street, near the corner
of Ninth, in Washington city. It was n
meeting of soine six members of the
Arien Glee club, and the gentlemen
present were J. 11. Rathbene, W. II.
Burnett, B. S. Kimball, D. L. Burnett
and R. A. Champien. At n previous
gathering Mr. Rathbene had stated that
lie had the ritual of a secret society
which he had written whlle teaching
school some time previously in a small
town in western Wisconsin. It will
MESSRS. WARD, RATHBONE AND SHAW.
thus be seen tliat Mr. Rathbene is the
real founder of the order. The persons
named held several meetings, and at
first proposal a mutual lenefit wciety
te embrace only the departmental clerks
at Washington. By degrees the order
took shape and was raude te include all
worthy classes. The uniformed rank
is a later branch, with a total member
ship of 80,000, and the endowment or
insurance rank has a membership of 29,
000, or 30,000.
Justus Henry Rathbene, the founder
of tlij order, is a uative of Deerfield,
Oneida county, N. Y., nnd was born Oct.
20, 1830. In 1858 he beenme a school
teacher iu the Lake Superior district,
and it was nbeut this time that he con
ceived the idea of the Knights of Pythias
and wrote the ritual, which is based ou a
nlav br Jehn Baniin. The present head
ltyM&r
ClnireT
order or si
be the next sni
He is one of the mi
younger members, a ham
man, who has been rremhn
fled with the K. of P.'s since his
tien te the viee chancellership two y
age.
Mr. Shaw was born in Allegheny
county, N. Y., March 12. 1854, and is
consequently only 00 years of age. He
MESSRS. WILLIAMS, PECK AKD CARNAMAN.
is a self made man, a member of the
great lumber firm of Geerge B. Shaw &
Ce., of Eau Claire, and is very wealthy.
Mr. Shaw's Pythian career has leen in
teresting and surprising. He has risen
from the ranks te the highest official po
sition in a remarkably short time. He
joined Eau Clnlre ledge in its infancy.
In 1870 he was elected prelate of the
grand ledgo of Wisconsin, grand chan
cellor in 1878, supreme inner guard in
1880, supreme master of nnns in 1882.
In 1887 he was a dolegnte te the supreme
ledgo at Cincinnati, when he was elected
supreme vlce chancellor, nnd new in a
very short time he will be at the very
top notch of any Pythinn's ambition.
The official programme for the great
July meeting has just been made public.
The uniformed rank will encamp at Celd
Spring park. The supreme ledge will
meet in the West Side Turner hall, and
all of the great gatherings will be held
in the Exposition building. There will
also be a separate encampment for the
wives of members. Jehn A. Hursey, of
Milwaukee, is the head of the endow
ment rank. He is a railroader nnd poli
tician, 60 years of age. Mnj. James R.
Carnnhan will be the chief spirit of the
military displays, being the head of the
uniformed rank. The general manager
of the conclave is W. C. Williams, a
leading lawyer of the city and a promi
nent member of the order. Geerge W.
Peck, the humorist and the mayor of the
city, is the chairman of the executive'
beard. General headquarters are main
tained nnd a large force of clerks is con
stantly employed in answering letters
nd In twrfwiine' iWnlla
MUSICAL CHILDREN.
The Beniy liable Who Ilara AitenUhed
tbe raclflc Ceat.
Musical prodigies nie net calculated te
excite much attention when the freak con cen
slstii only in being able te run ever tne
notes of a piece of music after hearing it
rendered. But when the genius gees
through an entire family ofeur girls, and
enables them at the tender age of 4 years
te render the most difficult and cIomIe mu
sic en almost any instrument from a vio
lin te a piano, nnd mere, te compose such
pieces as music publishers are willing te
accept, then the talent calls for recogni
tion. THE nEASY 1IADIIC3.
Such n family of girls boa attracted at
tention In San Francisce. The "Bcasy
Babies," as they are called, are four sisters,
ftKcd U, n, 7 nnd 4 respectively.
Jennie, the eldest, recently dreamed that
she was n xuebt at the Wliite Heuso In
Washington, and the result of her dream
was u beautiful nocturne called "A Dream
of the Whlte Heuse," which she dedicated
te President Harrison, and sent a copy te
the president's wife, who returned te the
little author an autograph letter In ac
knowledgment. The Sun Frauclsce papers have published
several of Jennie's compositions, and the
quartet has frequently appeared In public
entertainments iu that city.
The father of the Beasy Babies Is a
painter by trade and a mun without means.
But Iiq Is wisely devoting every spare dol
lar te thu musical education of tils wonder
ful babies.
The mestdlfllcult selections nre rendered
with rcumrkable accuracy, and llttle Vio Vie
letta, only 4 years old, la muster of the vi
olin. These children will yet be heard from in
the musical world.
A CHAMPION HURDLER.
J. P. Lee, Who Hue Ilt-nten the World at
i'ia Yardi.
i. r. LEE.
J. I'. Lw, the champion hurdler of the
world nt '10 ynnls, Is a New Yerker by
birth, but at present n student at Harvard
college. He has been running three years,
during which time he has wen numerous
races. It Is but recently, however, that lie
ha developed his wonderful kihmsI. Ha
was n member of the team sent by Harvard
lnt year te compete for Intercollegiate
honors, and took second prlze In the 220
yards dash. Early In the sprlnu Lee com cem
raenced hurdling, and Improved se rapidly
at this style of running that he was able te
placu te Ids credit a world's record of 25 and
2-5 seconds May 17, 1600, at Berkeley oval.
Again at the Interculleglate games he did
another remarkable iierfermance. He ran
the illstntice, 220 yards, In 25l seconds,
defeating Herbert Mopes, thu well known
Columbia cellege hurdler, and lowering
Ids own world's record. Lee hat a fine
physique and is turprislng as a runner, a
be leeks te be built mere for heavy athletic
work than he la for sprinting.
The pearls found in western rivers nre
often of peculiar formation. One re
cently taken from a Wisceniin stream is
oddly shaped and speckled. A New
Yerk manufacturer, who purchased it,
for home weeks puzzled his inventive
mind as te the best manner te mount it,
nnd nt last decided en fenuiiq; it into n
crab with geld extremities nnd two
small, fancy colored jiearls for eyes, The
ornament is set as a lace cin,
hi
brighT
completes'
creditably, ar
&t
ti'tti'
SEKfJEANT BOBILLOT.
afternoon leaves the rostrum amid a
shower of bouquets and with diploma in
hand, he or she has a. right te feel that
honest endeavor has met with well
earned recognition, and that the parch
ment, pompously phrased and numer
ously signed by the president nnd pro
fessors of the institute of learning, is of
value chiefly as recording the fact that
work of a certain nature has been dene
in a manner advantageous te the student
and satisfactory te the preceptor.
But in the ordinary aoceptance of the
term a large nnrabcr of poeplo never
Sraduate. That is, they take no scholastie
egree, net becnuse of lack of inclina
tion se much ns lack of opportunity.
Yet life graduates, them, or sometimes
death, in the bread meaning of the
definition "te admit te an honerablo
standing." Who, for instance, could
ask a grander diploma than that award
ed te Jean Bobillot, soldier of France,
here of Tonquin, who died en the field
of honor, and by the sacrifice of his life
in firing a countermlne secured the safety
of a thousand leagurcd comrades.
The tern nnd mangled corpse of the
young hrnve rests beneath the sod of a
foreign land, but at the capital of the re-
DEFENDINO HIS CAPTAIN.
public he loved and for which he fought
stands a stntue of the gallant sergeant as
a perpetual reminder of the fact that
France honors theso who fall in her ser
vice. Bobillot is depicted as leading a
forleni hope, an act of heroism which
brought him the cress of the Legien of
Hener. The cress arrived after his later
and fntal deed of daring nnd was placed
upon his heart when the tern form of
the gallant youth was laid te rest.
Courageous as Bobillot but mero for
tunate iu the event was Stevcn O'Con
nor, a native of New Yerk and a resi
dent of Rockferd, Ills., who entered the
regular army befere the war and fought
through the great strnggle as a private
He wen his diploma in n peculiarly gal
lant manner by saving the life of his
captain en the field of battle in the last
year of the contest between the sections.
It did net tnke the form of n degrce of
master of arts, hut that of n second lieu
tenant's commission, and O'Connor in a
higher rank still enjoys the honors
gained by daring.
But "peace has its victories as well as
war," and Commencement day comes as
well te the enduring civilian as te the un
daunted beldler. With sorrow and ad-
I
MED WHILE ON DCTY.
miratien I recall the story of Willis Ap Ap Ap
thorpe's self sacrifice. IIe was an ob
scure but ambitious telegraph operator,
htatiened at Water Valley, Miss. When
the yellow fever desolated the southern
country home twclve years age he stuck
te his pest whlle ethers lied.
He nursed the sick, he buried the
dead, he gave ceurage te the living.
Night nnd day he toiled, ene hour nt the
kny, another at the bedside of the suf
fering. The Chicago Times asked him
for daily reports, nnd no mero nathetie
stories of endurance ever fled northward
along the willing wires than theso he
sent. One day he telegraphed Manag
ing Editor Dennett: "If 1 live through
this may I have a place en The TimesV"
Promptly the answer went back: "Cer
tainly. Your splendid wprk warrants
me in offering you a position. Come
here whenever yen can."
Next night there was no bulletin from
Water Valley, Instead came a brief
mcNiage te the editor feigned by Mrs.
Aptherpc, "Hnve just feuud Willis ly
ing dead en the fleer of the office."
Overwork, devotion te duty and mias mias
matie surroundings had dene their work
and ut the moment his future was as
sured and a field for his ambition lay
displayed before him the modest, self
sacrificing young southerner was called
hence te rocelve from a higher power
the diploma he hud earned en earth.
Se life's U-aseu must be learned and
life's houera gained sometimes iu the
class room where no dangers lurk greater
than theso connected with the wrong
demonstration of n problem or the faulty
construction of n sentence, and some
times in -terii comb it with n visible fee
or with unrKvii but cqimlly deadly dis
ease. All honor te Hie. tdudent who like
sflnk9" vJswKs,Ty53a
i i
iiiiiiiillffili
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101
MRS. HARRISON'S COTTACr
Presldeut nnd Mrs. Harrh
knew where they will spend CLIV?fi
Inst year iii Postmaster Genet
maker's cettage at Cape May 1
feW days age the place was j,
by some of the president's aduj
conveyed by deed of gift te M
Jl,
v
Ki
s.4S
son. ireeptf
frariA Mnv Hrtinfc la trt tlin n -:
Cnpe May. It is a borough of a jvj.g
"i'r ' - r . : " r.i
iniinDitnnts in winter, nnu el a,
in summer
The cottage is a large, hnndi
convenient structurethree ste
On the main fleer is ,rtimm'
way, with a handsonlvuler f
and n capacious dinln, VTsem tq
The upper stories are 'cenven;
ranged, with doorways lcndli ,
second story veranda, which'
m
w.
the entire building. The heurgf
CUU! U BUIUlUCr, LK.'JUg flJIUU
point of the cape, and se sltun, ' 4
get sen breezes from three 4
four principal directions of t
?,
a spnnuiu view ei tue ocean, , i
boulevard and strand bctweei &
tage and the water's edge. im'.Mv
The lawns are kept in cleg
m
tien, nnd are only divided
streets by none feet high b
capped with polished flngstt
May Point was founded in
-Hti
w
-f
. .
m
party of prominent Pnliaaeipl
wero regular summer gucstt
May. There is n natural h.
sand drive of three miles, Iff
"
irem uape may ie vape x ;j
which is crowded every Bnm-i'A
neon wini lira rtcmiiiy ui tun
in handseme turnouts draw
enghbrcd steeds.
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TWO REMAHKABUEPTtt,
One Is the Oldest In the
Other la Weman,
Here are pictures of two
well known in the localities v
reside and each famous in
a.i.1.-1
man for being tbe eldest ltvirwii
in the United States, and the v
causu BI1U U UJO WJIO Ut (.
thought by the members of
hnniVfl ronurecratlen te be the v
nit orator of the two. 2&
IsyVi U1MH1 rf,n.Anvia. iiTtn , v''
fAf)...enMl country heuse nbdllC
from the city of Benten Her1
Y)ra TaIih A eltlnaAti lie AM . .'it.
nvil Yltalmti fnfffll ( niifVinf y-
aininlainni 41m4 1A IB tTrlA
ether preacher in the United
nrehuhlv in the world. rlmli
Father Atkinson was ber; ;l
1707. in the villaire of Fletnini k
nnd secured his ministerial 11 1 J ' '
1.4 10H un tl.-t ! lina Vin1 IH
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years of pulpit work. Tbe
ordination he proached thre'w
loinreier iu .usej,m ueuniumpleV
of Spain. Af ter that he wen-0"
nu all Methodist ministers lu H. DM
theso days. Later he establ-
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IkN.
FAIllbH AlAlauii nau "VOCOSa I
sen in iventucKy as a iencuaxau n
A 1,1 nr ipnrlf in Tllinnln I
first Methodist church nt
nrifnft nd nr-nnf nt 41m afnt
Mr. Atkinson nrcached Ids 5
when 60 years of age. HlnOOl
remarkable, and he quotes Utianiie
courses delivered by him sfcat s Call
age. Maa4
Mrs. C. h. Jacksen is arcguNig rjRU
ea minister, beisiicr-nuswiij
licing pastor of the Cliristiat, &aj.
ine Jvaugci, en jjeenaru sxreq
role uvenue, Brooklyn, N. YQTffp'
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evil la mi wtuu)';iwk ,.. i. ...
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liiu Jill!'!. iiw, niv wn t'(
uenccu uy luuiaciinui, vlJeijvi"S),ig)Qj
tne sermon is te de irem
.1. .!. te nvAn..1 A.I fn 4Vin .11-
LllMilil in u"'iw W WV V..V .9
film (a n. fclnnrlnr. TinnilRT '?j3
of 23. irmcefnl in movemen
eul'IiIv fcmlnine in every lailwivS
has a sympathetic, rnusicar -aaae,, oak J
mnKcs a ucauiuui picture as
at the sacred desk. Her ! Ol
auuuuuni nun cuny, uvr vyentrance e
ami tier eyes urewn. wnenun Meun
pit she wears a black silk gen,urS"
iewclrv. She preached herirawali.
when 10 years old. She wsjfjjjg,!
n theological stuaent at Aiei'ark. .
She is the mother of two UlJ-y, ggfj
iiri'Biuca uvur it vuuiumuk uu
. iHluthtu
Surdiiu' "riee.iatiPK&'fiW
Snrden's "Cleopatra" illw perfect II
, , ... .i .. ,..; c,i.,t Mofthaflrat-eJi
miceu -"' -". ..,". " i t te aBertt
x-ans. ii i ," unceui ten
with Kiuile Mercau. Beth me Ballast,
cell ed the hlea at nbeut the sa
both buhmltted it te Hern.iaapk
each one that the ether lwenruiyivBl
similar plan loner, ami .uumwivioen
tlinminbinutien Of uenlus. "" n
au wanted te model the IilavViVi um!
spearu's "Antony nud Clcu, Lebanon,
Sirtleu decided that m no wi.
glUh inlluence no xeic. ju ti
R-inleu ill be produced at nt-- 3j
time, hlch has for Us lfbuSTOHAv
lie was an actor, nun ni u in
French revolution when his rf.
the Theatre Frauculs were In
he saved them.
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