SSmmmm&ims wwjpfxsnj- isg?m' i 16 eome sound advice: "When yon go back, if rou find your nation up and ready to abol ish that hbarr affront, lend a hand; but it" that isn't h"e state of things and you get a chance at an earldom, don't be a fool you take it." Tracy responded -with earnestness and en thusiasm. "As I live, I'll do it" Barrows laughed. "I never wr such a fellow. I begin, to think you've got a good deal of imagination. JVith "you the idlest fancy freezes into a reality at a breath. "Why, you looked then as if "it wouldn't astonish you if you did tumble into an earldom." Tracy blushed. Barrows added: "Earldom! Oh, yes, take it if it offers; but meantime we'll goon look ing around in a modest way, and if you get a chance to superintend a sausage-stuffcr at f6 or $8 a week, you just trade off the earl dom for a last year's almanac and stick to the sausage-stuffing. " Tracy went to bed happy once more, at rest iu'his mind once more. He had started out on a high emprise that was to his credit, he argued; he had lought the best fight he could, considering the odds against him that was to his credit; he had been defeated certainly there was nothing dis creditable in that. Being defeated, he had a right to retire with the honors of war, and jo back without prejudice to the position in the world's society to which he had been born. "Why not? Even the rabid repub lican chairmaker would do that. Xes, his conscience was comfortable once more. He awoke refreshed, happy and eager for his cablegram. He had been born an aristo crat, be had been a democrat for a time, he was now an aristocrat attain. He marvelled to find that this final change was not merely intellectual, it had invaded his leeling; and lie also marvelled to note that this feeling eemed a good deal less artificial than any he had entertained in his system for a long time. He could also haTe noted, if he had thoucht of it, that hu bearing had stiffened over night, and that his chin had lifted itself a shade. Arrived in the basement, he was about to enter the breakfast room when he saw old Marsh, in the dim light of n, cor ner of the hall, beckoning him with his fin ger to approach. The blood welled slowly tip in Tracy's cheek, and he said, with a grade of injured dignity almost ducal: 'Is that lor me?" ye." What is the purpose of it?" "I want to speak to you in private." "This spot is private enough for me." Marsh was surprised, and not particularly pleased. He approached and said: "Oh, in public, then, if you prefer. Though it hasn't been my way." The boarders gathered to the spot, inter ested. . . "Speak out," said Tracy. "What Is it yon want?" "Well, haven't you er forgot some thing?" "I? I'm not aware of it" "Oh, you're not? Now you stop and think a minute." "I refuse to stop and think. It doesn't Interest me. If it interests you, speak out" "Well, then," said Marsh, raising his voice to a slightly angry pitch, "rou forgot to pay your board yesterday if you're bound to have it public." Oh, yes, this heir to an annual million or so hadbeen dreaming and soaring, and had forgotten that pitiful 53 or $4. For penalty They Hade Him Laugh. fhe must have it coarsely flung in his face, Ijn the presence of these people, people in whose countenance was already beginning to dawn an uncharitable enjoyment of the situation. "Is that all? Take your money and give your terrors a rest" Tracy's hand went down into his pocket with angry decision. But it didn't come out The color began to ebb out of his face. The countenances about him showed a rrowing interest, and some of them a heightened satisfaction. There was an un comfortable pause then he forced out, with difficulty, the words: "I've been robbed." Old Marsh's eves flamed up with Spanish re, ana he exclaimed: "Bobbed, is it? That's your tune? It's too old been played in "this honse too often; everybody plays it that can't get work when" he "wants it, and won't work when he can cet it Trot out Mr. Allen, EOBiebody, and let him take a toot at it It's his turn "next; he forgot, too, last night I'm laying for him." One'of the negro women came scrambling downstairs, as pale as a sorrel horse with constcration and excitement. "Misto Marsh, Misto Allen's skipped out." "What!" "Yes-sah, an' cleaned out his room clean; tuck bofe towels an' dc soap." "You lie, you hussy!" "I'ts jes' eo, jes' as'l tells you en Misto Bumner's socks is gone, en Misto Naylor's yuther shirt" Mr. Marsh was at boiling point by this time. He turned upon Tracy. "Answer up, nowl When are you going to settle"" "To-day, since you seem to beinahurry." "To-day, is it? Sunday and you out of work? I like that Come, where are you going to get the money'" Tracy's spirit was rising again. He pro posed to impress these people: "I am expecting a cablegram from home. " Old Marsh was caught out, with the sur prise of it The idea was so immense, so extravagant, that he couldn't get his breath at first When he did get it, it came rancid with sarcasm. "A cablegram think of it, ladies and gents he's expecting a cablegram. He's expecting a cablegram this duffer, this scrub, this bilk. From his father, eh? Yes, without a doubt A dollar or two a word oh, that's nothing they don't mind a little thing like that this kind father don't Now his father is er well, I reckon his father" "My father is an English Earl." The crowd fell back aghast aghast at the Bublimityof the young loafer's "cheek." Then they burst into a laugh that made the windows rattle. Tracy was too angrySto realize that he had done a foolish thing. He said: "Stand aside, please. I " "Wait a minute, your lordship," said Marsh, bowing low, "where is your lordship going?" "For the cablegram. Let me pass." "Excuse me, your lordship, you'll stay right where you are." "What do you mean by that?" 'I mean that I didn't begin to keep boarding house yesterday. It means that I am not the kind that can be taken in by every hack driver's son that comes loafing over here because he can't bum a living at -v home. It means that you can't skip out on any such " Tracy made a step toward the old man, but Mrs. Marsh sprang between, and said: "Don't, Mr. Tracy, please." She turned to her husband and said: "Do bridle your tongue. What has he done to be treated so? Can't rou see he has lost his mind with trouble and distress? He's not responsi ble." "Thank your kind heart, madam, but I've not lost my mind, and if I can have the mere privileges of stepping to the telegraph office " "Well, you can't," cried Marsh. " or sending " "Sending. That beats everything. If there's anybody that's fool enough to go on such a chuckleneaded errand " "Here comes Mr. Barrow he will go for roe. Barrow " A brisk fire of exclamations broke out: "Siy, Barrow, he's expecting a cable gram." "Cablegram from his father, you know." "Yes, cablegram from the wax-figger." "And sav, Barrow, this fellow's an earl take off you hat! Pulldown your vest" "Yes, he's come off and forgot his crown that' he wears Sundays. He cabled oyer to his pappy to send it1' "You step out and get that cablegram, Barrow; his majesty's a little lame to day." "Oh, stop," cried Barrow ; "give the man a chance." He turned and said with some severity: "Tracy, what's the matter with you? What kiud of foolishness is this youv'e been talking? Tou ought to have more sense." "I've not been talking foolishness; and if you'll go to the telegraph office " "Oh, don't talk so. I'm your friend in trouble and out of it, before your face and behind your back, for anything in reason; but youv'e lost your head, you see, and this moonshine about a cablegram " "I'll go there and ask for it" "Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Brady. Here, I'll give you a written order for it Fly, now, and fetch it We'll soon see." Brady flew. Immediately the sortof quiet began to steal over the crowd which means dawning doubt, misgiving; and might be translated into the words: "May be lie is expecting a cablegram maybe he has got a father somen here maybe we've been just a little too fresh, just a shade too previous." Loud talk ceased; then the mutterifags and low murmurings and whis perings died out The crowd began to crumble apart By ones ami twos the frag ments drifted to the breakfast table. Bar row tried to bring Tracy in; but he said: "Not yet, Barrow presently." Mrs. Marsh and Hattie tried, offering gentle and kindly persuasion, but he said: "I would rather wait till he comes." Even old Marsh began to have suspicions that maybe he had been a trine too "brash, "as he called it in the privacy of his soul, and he pulled himself together and started toward Tracy, with invitation in his eye; But Tracy warned him off with a gesture which was quite positive and elo quent Then followed the stillest quarter cf an hour which had ever been known in that house at that time of day. It was so still and so solemn withal that when some body's cup slipped from his fingers and landed in his plate the shock made people start, and the sharp sound seemed as inde corous there and as out of place as if a coffin and mourners were imminent, and being waited for. And at last, when Brad; 's feet came clattering down the stairs the sacrilege seemed unbearable. Everybody rose softly and turned toward the door, where stood Tracy; then with a common impulse moved a step or two in that direction and stopped. While they gazed, young Brady arrived, panting, and put into Tracy's hand, sure enough, an envelope. Tracy lastened a bland, vic torious eye upon the gazers, and kept it there till one by one they dropped their eyes, vanquished and embarrassed. Then he tore open the telegram and glanced at its message. The yellow paper fell from his fingers and fluttered to the floor, and his face turned white. There was nothing there but one word The humorist of the house, the tall, raw boned Billy Nash, calker irom the navy yard, was standing in the rear of the crowi In the midst of the pathetic silence that was now brooding over the place aud mov ing some few hearts there toward compas sion, he began to whimper, then he put his handkerchief to his eyes and buried his face in the neck of the bashfulest young fellow in the company, a navy yard blacksmith, andshrieked: "Oh, pappy, how could you," and began to bawl like a teething bafiy, if one may imagine a baby with the energy and the" devastating voice of a jackass. So perfect was the imitation of a child's ary, and so vast the scale of it, and so ridic ulous the aspect of the perfornier, that all gravity was swept from the place as if by a hurricane, and almost everybody there joined in the crash of laughter provoked by the exhibition. Then the small mob began to take its revenge revenge for the discom fort and apprehension it had brought upon itself by its own too rash .freshness of a lit tle while before. It guyed its poor victim, baited him, worried him, as dogs do with a cornered cat The victim answered back with defiances and challenges which in cluded everybody, and which gave the sport new spirit and variety; but when he changed his tactics and began to single out individ uals and invite them by name, the fun lost its funniness, and the interest of the show died out along with the noise. Finally Marsh was about to take an in ning, but Barrow said: "Never mind now leave him alone. You've no account with him but a money account I'll take care of that myself." When he had finished his breakfast, Bar row took him to his room, furnished him a pipe, and said cheerily: "No not yet That would be giving up the ship. We'll not give up the ship yet I'm going to amuse you; I sent Brady out for the -wherewithal before you finished breakfast" "Yon did? What is it?" "Come, this is a good sign curiosity. 1 Brady arrived with" a box and departed, after saying: "They're finishing one 'up, but they'll be along as soon as it's done." Barrow took a frameless oil portrait a foot square from the box, set it up in a good light without comment and reached for another, taking a furtive glance at Tracy meantime. The stony solemnity in Tracy's face remained as it was and gave out no sign of interest Barrow placed the second portrait beside the first and stole another glance while reaching for a third. The stone image softened a shade. No. 3 forced the chost of a smile. No. 4 swept the indif ference wholly away, and No. 5 started a laugh which was etui in good and hearty condition when No. 14 took'its place in the row. "Oh, you're all right, yet," said Barrow. "You see you're not past amusement" The pictures were fearful as to color, and atrocious as to drawing and expression; but the feature which squelched animosity and made them funny was a feature which could not achieve its full force in a single picture, but required the wonder-working assistance of repetition. One loudly dressed mechanic in stately attitude, with his hand on a cannon ashore, and a ship riding at anchor in the offing this is merely odd; but when one sees the sime cannon and the same ship in 14 pictures in a row, and a dif ferent mechanic standing watch in each, the thing gets to be funny. "Explain, explain these aberrations," said Tracy. "Well, they are not the achievement of a single intellect, a single talent it takes two to do these miracles. They are col laborations; the one artist doe3 the figure, the other the accessories. The figure-artist is a German shoemaker with an untaught passion for art, the other is a very simple hearted old Yankee sailorman, whose possi bilities are strictly limited to his ship, his cannon and ins patch of petrified sea. They work these things up froin25-cent tin types; they get JO a piece tor them, and they can grind out a couple a day when they strike what they call a boost that is, an inspira tion." "This is a most extraordinary form of rob bery. I never have heard of anything like it It's interesting." "Yes, and so are the artists. They are perfectly honest men and sincere. And the old sailor-man is full of sound religion, and is as devoted a student of the Bible and mis quoter of it as you can find anywhere. I don't know a better man or a kinder-hearted old soul than Saltmarsh, although he does swear a little sometimes." "He seems to be perfect I want to know him, Barrow." "You'll have the chance. I guess I hear them coming now. We'll draw them out on their art, if you like." To be Continued Xtext Sunday. FusirrTrjBE upholstered and repaired. Haugh & Keen-ait, 33 Water street so THE SUCCESSOR TO LEO. The Only Safe Prophecy Is That Amer ica Will Not Get Him. ITALIANS ARE IN THE MAJORITY. Among the Possible Popes I One "Who Enows How to Lire Well. ponrrs about the candidates rwnrnTN fob this dispatch.! Among those who are best qualified to gauge the probabilities of the situation, the prediction now being so confidently uttered in the public prints of the almost certain accession to the papacy of some ecclesiastic not of Italian birth when death shall re move Leo XIII receives no consideration whatever. The Intransigeant, or, as it is otherwise often called, the Ultramontane element, is the one which will rule in Borne when the next Pope is selected. They are unquestionably opposed to the selection of a foreigner as head of the church. If there were really anything in this theory of a foreign Pope the United States might be more likely to supply the man for the place than any other country, because it is free from the international rivalries which affect the various European powers. Germany would object to ji French Pope, Pope Leo XT1Z and France to either an English or German one. The policy of the Vatican is to con ciliate all countries and to avoid complica tions. But for this fact and were a for eigner at all possible it might seem more reasonable, on general principles, to antici pate an English rather than an American Pope. There is but one American Cardinal; in England, until very recently, there were three. The last survivor of these, Cardinal Howard, is now incapacitated through in sanity. Bnt the fact of there haying been three Englisn Cardinals at one time shows the disposition of the Vatican to bestow honors in England. The Fope'K Halations to England. For many years political "dickering" has from time to time prevailed between En glish statesmen and the Vatican. The Irish question has had much to do with this, aud it is not long since Mr. Gladstone, during one of his leases of power, had an Irish member of Parliament as permanent envoy to the Pope at Borne. The United States hasfractical'y no European foreign policy, but England has. When the Pope uses his influence in Ireland, as he has frequently done, to smooth the path of the British officials, it is well understood that he re ceived a quid pro quo from the English Government Such powerful affiliations are very useful to the Eoman pontiff, especially since the loss of his temporal power. England is a powerful ally. The college of cardinals may change its personnel again and again; Popes may come and go; but the same de sire to negotiate with England will continue to animate both Cardinal and PontifE It is simply a matter of expediency, that is all. On the other hand, natural conditions pre clude the possibility of the Pope either ex pecting or receiving pojitical backing from the United States. But there is no likelihood whatever of the next Pope being selected from the ranks of the foreign Cardinals, be their national ities what it may. The exclusive privilege uardmal La Valclta. of electing a Pope belongs to the privy council of Cardinals. This alwavs contains an overwhelming majority of Italians. The conclusion that may be drawn from this fact is obvious. Plenty of Politics In It There is a great disposition to regard the papacf question as one purely, or at least -mainly, religious. But the fact is that there is quite as much politics as religion in the whole matter. When the death of a Pope is anticipated an undercurrent of un rest prevails in Europe. Ambassadors' dis patches to their respective Governments multiply, expectation is rife within the Vatican itself and the newspapers oracu larly discuss the situation, while "our special correspondent" at Borne wires rumor after rumor. It seems idle to attempt a prophecy as to the successor of Leo XIII, but I will point out some favorites in the race, as chosen by the most intelligent of foreign observers. It is a time honored tradition that no one ever yet correctly named in advance the coming pope. Gregory XVI was followed by a man lie distrusted, and with whose policy he disagreed Pius IX. Pope Pius, in his turn, gave place to Leo XIII, whom he never would have selected to succeed him had he possessed the authority to indi cate his successor. But no such authority Cardinal Mimonde. is vested in the pontiff now. In some remote times some privilege of the kind was occasionally recognized, as for in stance, when Pope Hildcbrand named three men, who, if they survived each other, were to occupy successsvely after him .the chair of Peter. But all that is changed now and Leo XIII has ever been a protcssor of con stitutional methods, declaring that ar bitrary actions should be avoided. He does not believe in forcing his ideas upon others. ' One Candidate Is a Good Liver. Ultramontanism Is the force which most Wrfm A if j ',l' I 'iRflf PITTSBURG DISPATCH, be primarily considered as bearing upon the question of papal succession, because in its most radical and its more moderate form it still represents the controlling influences of Vatican policy. Of the three Cardinals Parocchi. Monaco and Battagline who are looked upon in Borne as the most probable candidates tor the distinction oi the triple crown, two are Ultramontanes. These are Lucia o Maria Parocchi and Baffaele Monaco. Parocchi is somewhat a type of the Pope of song and story, whose supposed perennial enjoyment of "a happy life" has furnished cer.ain lyrists of the past with inspiration for their poetical talents. Botund and jolly in his physical aspect, a careful discrimina tion as to the observance of ascetic rules of life and a liberal interpretation of their Cardinal Parocchi. practical application, have saved him from presenting the worn and threadbare appear ance with which we are all familiar in the portraits of the late Cardinal Manning. The older he grows the stouter he gets, and to all appearances the distressing evidences of a consuming ambition have told but little upon his massive fratue. Parocchi is the leading spirit of the ad vanced Ultramontanes, who still pursue the idea of a restoration of temporal power, to be furthered and strengthened by encour agement of political alliances. The recent utterances from Kome discouiagmg thecon tinuance of opposition to the republic in France may indicate that Leo XII, in his last days, is nearing a point ot reaction which the Pope succeeding him is more likely than not to make the starting point of a directly opposite policy. The Cardinals may desire to nut a brake on the wheels of progress set -in motion by the present pon tiff. Should this be so, Parocchi would doubtless be their first choice. Points About Threw Lenders. Cardinal Monaco, who was born Marquis La Valletta and is descended from the founder of the Knights of Malta, may possibly prove to be the stronger candidate in the eyes of the Ultramontanes and they would possess in him the advantage of a leader and spokesman vt hose lease of life seems to have a greater unexpired term than that of either of his rivals. For neither of the latter is in a perfect state of health. Francesco Battaghni is the opposite of robust The ages of the three aspiring clerics are as ionows: jDaiiagum, oo; Monaco, 64, and Parocchi, 58. About the fairest view of the situation can be thus summarized: Parocchi, who is popular and diplomatic and known to be rather an extremist, hence strengthening with many his availability for selection, has also th"e advantage in point of age. Monaco is the opportunist element of the Ultramon tanes, thus capturing the conservative ma jority ot Cardinals, and he enjoys the best of health. Battaglini represents the mod erate churchmen, but his tenure of life is Oardinal.San Felice. precarious. In official status at the Vatican Monaco and Parocchi are easily in the lead, the former being now Deacon of the Sacred College aud Secretary .to the Holy Office. Parocchi is Vicar to the Pope. Battaglini is Archbishop of Bologna, but holds no special office at court. Contiguity to the person of the existing Pope, however, is of little value to the prophet of succession, as I have already pointed out. Representation of the Liberals. The Liberal party has two or three prom inent representatives in the sacred college who are known to fame. These are, Car dinal Alimonda, Bishop of Turin; Cardinal San Felice, of Naples, and Prince Gustav, Cardinal Hohenlone von Schwillingfuerst, a cousin german of the present heir to the crown of Austria. Alimonda is a friend of the Italian royal family. San Felice is be loved for his great public charity and be nevolence. The number of Cardinals is fixed by the laws of the Church at 70 members, but rare ly ha the full number been in existence at any given time. Just now there are GO, and this number is equally divided, as to na tionality, between Italians and foreigners. The ancient proverb that a cock crows loudest when stationed in his own barn yard is applicable to the present situation. When Leo dies and the necessity presents itself of choosing someone in his place, the voice of the Church in foreign lands wilUje audible to any important degree in France only, for that country is alone in the, pos session of any really "forcible outside cleri cal influence in the'Boman conclave. V. GKIBATEDOFy. CSOKKS DEFEKDS TAMMAHT. He Commends It and Counsels the Ignoring or Its Critics. The city of New York to-day, says Bich ard Croker in the North American Beview, contains a political organization, which, in respect of age, skillful management, unity of purpose, devotion to correct principles, public usefulness, and, finally, success, has no superior, and, in my opinion, no equal, in political affairs the world oyer. I mean the Tammany Democracy. I do not propose to defend the Tammany organization; neither do I propose to defend sunrise as an exhibi tion of celestial mechanics, nor a democratio form of government as an illustration of human liberty at its best In the campaign of 1891 almost the only argument used by the Bepublicans against the Democrats was .the assertion that Flower was the candidate of a corrupt political club, and that club was'named Tammany. Tammany was accused of every viee and crime known to Bepublican orators; it was a fountain-head of corruption; it wa3 because of it that every farmer in the State could not at once pay off his mortgages; it took $40,000,000 annually from the citizens ot New York and gave them nothing in ex change for it To the credit of the Demo crats let us note the fact that, while this torrent of abuse was being poured upon tne heads of voters, Democrats did as the in habitants of Spain are said to do when the clouds are open "they let it rain." No body apologized for the misdeeds of the alleged malefactor; the Democrats went be fore the people 'on legitimate issues, and the result of the affair was expressed in the figures, 47,937 majority. I doubt if the democracy would have tared anything like as well if'they had defended or apologized or explained away. "He who excuses nim self accuses, himself," is a time-worn pro verb. Whan He Has an Advantage. Trank Leslie's.! D.rummer And do you mean to say thai you never'have any of your goods thrown back on your hands? His traveling acquaintance No, sir; I'm an undertaker. . $&z' "3 $& SUNDAY, FEBRUARY DOING THE CAPITAL Bessie Bramble Looks in on the Na tion's Law-Makers, and Then TAKES A WHIRL IN SOCIETY. A Solemn Warning to tie Yoters of Penn ijlTanii to Watch Quay. ' USING UP SUNDAY WITH EULOGIES rcOJraJi'iroirpEirci or the mqrATCH.l Washington, J). C. Feb. 13. It might easily have been supposed that the Law and Order Society of Pittsburg had invaded the House of Beprcentatives the other day from the frequency with which the words "Sawbath" and "observance" and "keeping holy" and kindred expressions so familiar to the ear were heard. However, after a time, above the din and racket, and amid the smoke below, I made out that the dis cussion was on a resolution offered by one of the members that, on the score of economy of time and money, the eulogies pronounced upon deceased members should be given on Sunday afternoons instead of during the working hours of the week. It was urged, with some reason, too, that Sunday was a day especially appropriate for men to consider their latter end, and what is better adapted to inspire solemn thoughts, to impress upon men's minds the shortness of life, the vanity of all things here below, the folly of worldly ambition and the necessity of making their election in the next worldsure than funeral ora tions? . It is a rule that members of Congress like paupers shall be buried at public exp'ense, and have their Virtues extolled at a cost to to the country of over 51,000 a day Eulogies, it will be seen, are rather expen sive, but if they resulted in impressing Congressmen with a realizing sense -of sin and total depravity, and in leading them to repentance and newness of life, the money would hardly be considered wasted. That such would be good work will not be questioned. It is lawful to do good upon the Sabbath day. This is abetter law than the narrow restrictions of 1794. Some such thought and arguments were probably at the bottom of the idea ad vanced that the "eulogies" upon dead members should be made lawful upon Sun day afternoon, though the tfhanee proposed was based mainly upon economy. The statement was made that 40 days of the last Congress were given up to dead members, and that when all the expenses of the fu nerals, eulogies, printed copies of the pro ceedings and all the rest of the honors were counted up they would amount last year to over 5300,000 of the. public money to say nothing of the time lost to public business. Senator Hearst's funeral, which was resolved into a junketing trip to Cali fornia, cost the country over 520,000, and' yet he was a millionaire 20 times over. It seems strange that Congress still per sists in this abuse of public trust, but such expensive sorrow seems to be an established institution. The proposition to have the eulogies upon Sunday afternoon was de nounced as an infraction of the holiness of the day as laboring on the "Sabbath" and as a breakage of the blue laws. It was easy to see that the members who advocated these views were posing and prating for effect Antics of Pennsylvania's Senators. A visit to the Senate disclosed the fact that the Pennsylvania Senators, Quay and Cameron, were present, and hobnobbing together. Cameron, who is growing quite gray and elderly in appearance, was look ing as benign as usual through his glasses. -No favorite of fortune, blessed with the richest gifts of the gods, conld appear to be in a more calm and heavenly frame. On the other hand, Mr. Quay looked cross and ill at ease. At his feet was a shower of opened envelopes tossed therej with an im patient hand. After what seemed a close confab ot 'interest to both, Cameron crossed the chamber to Senator Ve3t, and that their conversation was interesting to both was to be seen from their emphatic gestures. In the meantime Mr. Quay in attitude at rest drew down his brows in a dark frown and apparently indulged in some very pro found thoughts. What deep Stratagem he was considering, what well-laid plan the man of silence was meditating, what "feats of broil and battle" he was studying arc, of course, unknown, but a little study of his expression suggested Napoleon after his disastrous campaign in Russia, wlen, with the remains of his grand army, he struggled home to France to find enemies at the front as well as the rear. Napoleon conquered Europe and held its kingdoms at his feet, but Nemesis awaited him at Waterloo. The deleat of Delamater as Governor of Penn sylvania pointed a moral for Senator Quay. In the plenitude of his power he must sometimes realize that Pennsylvania can serve up a Waterloo occasionally for a "boss. tiowever, ne ns now gone io Florida to have his wrinkles rubbed out, to have his spirits keyed up, to have his soul enlivened by going a fishine. Public busi ness can go hang when the bliss of catching tarpons is in order. This Settles tho Presidency Mr. Blaine attended the concert given un der the directios of his son-in-law, MrDam rosch, and it was the common remark there that, in his state of health, he could not live through a Presidcutal campaign.' He seems ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S HOME IN SAMOA. Novelists have long exercised a free hand Introducing real people into .fiction. Some times no attempt whatever is made to dis guise the characters, and, again, they are but thinly veiled, under names highly suggestive of the real ones. In many cases, no doubt, this has been very pleasing to the people por trayed, but more frequently it has been a cause of grave dissatisfaction to the original of the portrait; and in a recent case the publishers have been held responsible for the too free use , of the anther's pen in this respect In the Chapman & Hall the defendants were forced to pay fl,000 damages, besides all the heavy expenses of a lawsuit Few authors practice this more openly than Mr. Stevenson, many of whose charac ters are drawn from real life. The original of John Silver the fierce one-legged pirate in-"Treasurer Island" is W. E. Henley, an old friend and schoolmate of Mr. Stevenson's, and now the editor'of that very sharp and caustic journal, the National Observer. Mr. Hen ley protested that the picture was not a fair one: Mr. Stevenson's replied: "No, perhaps it'is not, but it is what you would have been it you had been a pirate." Another old friend, Charles Baxter, a Scotch advocate, is dealt with even more unmercifully as "Fins bury," in another work. It is a somewhat curious fact that in acknowledging his indebtedness to an old drama for the central idea of his short story, "The Bottle Imp,' which appeared in TnE Dis PATCn last year, Mr. Stevenson did not" know that the story was published over 60 years ago in Germany in the Bomancists and Novelists' library a series of works in folio vol umes. The story was laid m Germany, and the situations turned readily on the great va riety of coins then current in Germany, each small kingdom having its own style, Ger many being not then a composite empire with an uniform currency. Mr. Stevenson's home In Samoa is called "The Lodge ofVailima." The picture of it is from a photograph recently received. The surmise is that it was taken by Lloyd Os borne, Mr. Stevenson's stepson and collaborator. 14 1892. much more likely to become a candidate for high honors in the "great beyond," than upon this sphere of sorrow. Harrison is, to all appearance, first choice at present This may hold until Brother Quay comes up from the South and announces that he pro poses to own a President for himself, whose name will not be Harrison. The field of Waterloo seems to be still closer. The battle, indeed, is on. The men of Pennsylvania need to consider well and vote warily and wisely for members of the Legislature. "Put not your trust in princes," says Solomon, but the lesson of the hour is to put no trust in Quay dele gates orvmen tagged with a price label. The Pace in Society. Society is engaged in the usual gay and giddy whirl of dinners, teas, receptions, balls, at homes and all the rest of the mo mentous matters of the season. No washer woman over her tubs, or toiler in a factory or shop conld be more tired than are some of the ladies in their vain endeavors to do .their whole duty in the matter of society business It is about the common thine for them to make a half dozen or so calls of an afternoon, take in three or four "teas" and then quite likely a dinner and a ball. This as a daily programme is something like what constitute "the pace" for the ladies in society during the season. With church work added, and charity entertain ments to fill in, it is marvelous what an amount of going about is crowded into a day of such work. It is no wonder that the approach of Lent is hailed with pleasure. The visitor to Washington who is "in it" en joys "the rush" vastly. It is a great pleas ure to meet face to face those whose names find place in print and who are looked upon from afar as great. In many cases it is found that "'tis distance lends enchant ment to the view." In others modest merit was but half disclosed. Society in Washington is most delightful" There is conspicuously absent that stiffness, exclusiveness and arrogance so often mani fested in narrower circles. From every State in the Union come noted men and bright, clever, intelligent women who are sociable, geniaj and cultured. beyond the point of pride and prejudice. An Evening With Mrs. Logan. One of the most charming ot entertain ments was given Saturday night at the resi dence of Mrs. John A. Logan,, the widow of General Logan, who made so grand a record in the war for the Union. Mrs. Logan is a fine looking woman with her wealth of snowy hair and her brilliant eyes. Her conversation gives token of a strong mind and uncommon intellectual power. Her manners are most cordial and gracious and full of the warmth of Western welcome. The Memorial Hall, dedicated to the memory of her famous husband, so often de scribed, is full ot interest Pictures, busts, swords, flags, trophies, mementoes of every sort each has its story that should be em balmed in print to inspire heroism and im part a lesson of patriotism to the rising generation. With Mrs. Logan lives Major Tucker and Mrs. Tucker, her daughter. John A, Logan, Jr., and his beautiful wife and children are spending the winter with Mrs. Logan, and the grand old mansion is enlivened by happy youth and lovely child hood. An Old Dispatch Contributor. The entertainment was a lecture from Mrs M. E. W. Sherwood on "Washington Forty Years Ago." Mrs. Sherwood does not look as if old enough to have been one of the belles jof Washington 40 years ago, bu t we must accept her own story. Her father was a Senator from New Hampshire In the days of Webster and Clay, and an intimate friend of the former. Her remin iscences of these two great men were very interesting, as was also her story of life iu. Washington in their time. As a young girl of that period she dwelt more upon the so ciety atlairs, balls, parties, picnics, country walks, when William Pitt Fessenden and other young men who grew afterward into fame were the beaux. Among these were youthful navy and army officers who dis tinguished themselves in the Civil War then hardly dreamed of though the ex citement and agitation as to slavery were constantly growing in intensity. Among the boys was the quiet and silent U. S. Grant, who then gave no promise of the distinction' to which he afterward at tained. In those days said Mrs. Sherwood, there was nothing of the luxury and splendor of the. present, but the girls and boys had as much gayety and happiness a.s those of to-dav,if not more. The ball rooms were lighted by candles that dripped grease over the gowns and coats of the dancers. Even the capacious halls and parlors of the White House were lighted by spermaceti candles in scores on great occasions. Still human nature was the same then as to-day and they gathered roses and were pricked by thorns then as now. Mrs. Sherwood is a pleasing reader. She has given ten lectnres in the palatial draw ing rooms of Washington, and will prob ably give another series during Lent It will astonish the girls of the period to learn that in 1850 those of the first society dressed upon $100 a year. Simplicity then was a young girl's chief charm. Young men then felt that they could afford to get married and go to housekeeping. Culture and in telligence, Mrs. Sherwood claims, were in those days more in fashion than favorable parade and show. Society was then graded more by brains than money. Bessie Bbaublb. TVbj She Feels .Elevated. Pearson's -Weekly. Arabella Why is Miss Passee so proud? Isabella Well, there are 20,000,000 en gagement rings in the world, and she has one of them. case referred to that of Pinnoct i" ewjh shss mm StI utl H-JCnr. n ai-m.r- u Vv-' . rl'lL,:i SS'ffi i F WILL BE KEPT BUSY. The New Khedive to Hare Many Affairs of State to Deal With. TWO K0TED ENGLISH .SCIENTISTS. Facts That Indicate a Great Antiquity for Cliff Dwellers. A PUBCHASE U.N CLE SAM PROPOSES rwKrmcT roa the DisrATCH.i The new ruler of Egypt, Abbas Pasha, is described by those most intimate with him as a most ex emplary young man, without a single touch of the disagree able haughtinessusually so much apparent in heirs to thrones. He has been a very diligent student, the thought of his succeeding to power so early in life never entering his mind. Herr Blum, a very clever The New Khedive. 0d German who for years was Undersecretary of Finance in Egypt, was the trusted friend of the late Khedive. He has known Abbas since his birth, and has only the best and most pleas ant things to say of him. He has learned to speak English, French and German, is well versed for his age in military knowledge, and has been studying law. Abbas will likely find plenty of use for all of these accomplishments. Judging from the assurance with which both Eng land and France dictate to his country it is almost certain the new Khedive will re quire knowledge of both military and civil law before his career is ended. The really great differences of opinion as to the indi vidual rightB of the countries named in the land of the Pharaohs will be almost certain to result in an discussion at arms. In any event Abbas needs all the knowledge he can acquire without regard to its being either civil or military. Garbling; GeoraphloI names. In a short article on geographical "Don'ts," recently published in "Gold thwaite's Geographical Magazine," a warn ing is given newspaper readers not to accept the spelling of geographical names pub lished in those journals as being always or generally accurate. The point is certainly well taken, for, if there is anything irritat ing to the student of foreign affairs it is to have names of places familiar to him gar bled out of recognition. The worst feature is that these mistakes' of the cable companies are rather the rule than the exception. Cases are, however, in which the orthog raphy of well-known places have appeared in a" half dozen different forms, not one oi which was correct Is there not some remedy for this tronble? A little care and investigation would obvi ate a lot of conjecture on the part of readers and make the news doubly interesting. One or the World's Great Scientists. Sir George Biddell Airy, the English scientist who died a week cr so ago, was very little known to the people of the present day as an active worker, but he well earned the quiet, dignified re pose he enjoyed during his later years. In early life he was a hard work er in the field of science, and many steps in the way of progress were carv ed out by this great man at a time when many "famous per- Eir Gcorn; Airy. sons of this time were mere children or un born. Sir George was born in 1801. He was educated at Cambridge, held the Professor ship of Experimental Science at that col lege at 25 years of age and that of Plumian Professor "of Astronomy at 27. At 34 he was made Astronomer Eoyal and then his great work began. He reduced the working of the royal observatory to the most perfect system it had ever known. He published many pamphlets on special subjects; worked -for 15 years on a vast work suggested by Bessel, that of the re duction of all the Greenwich lunar and planetary observations made since 1870. He was one bf the first to recognize the import ance of observing solar eclipses and made many journeys to reach favorable points for that work. The deviation oi the mariner's compass received hi3 attention and resulted in a method of correction now generally ac cepted the world over. He instituted the dropping of time balls for the use of mari ners. Of his literary works probably the best known are "The Lunar and Planetary Theories," "The Figure of the Earth" and "Tne Undubatory Theory of Optics." He was a member of all the Academies of Europe and was one of the eight foreign associates of the Institute of France. Character or the Cliff Dwellers. The Bev. C. H. Green, an enthusiastic archaeologist, who has recently brought East a very interesting collection of relics from the cliff dwellings in the Grand Gulch of Utah, makes the rather remarkable state ment that the ruined houses, mummies, human bones, utensils and implements found in those regions, antedate any human relics or productions yet discovered, being anterior in his opinion to the wonderfully ancient rnin of Hamas in Jigypt- J"r. Green is of the'opinion that at least 10,000 years have passed away -since these cliff dwellers flourished and, most remarkable of all, that these people were not Indians but white men of the Caucasian race. He reached this conclusion by the comparison of the skulls and features. If any real good argument is brought forward to support this story, then many of onr pre-histono (If V:m'i('Ai "y A Wonderful Machine. There is no doubt that man is a fine mechanism, but like every other machine he wears out by friction. It is said that he is born again every two or three years. His body" is virtually re-made from food. To retard this making over is radically wrong, as a man loses so much vitality in the delayed process that it takes a long time to recuperate. The process of making anew is so accel erated by purging with Brandreth's Pills that a new -man, as it were, may be made in two or three months, and die change in the mechanism is such that the worn out part is replaced by the new without the usual running 'down of the entire machine.' You don't have to stop for' repairs. Purge away with Brandreth's Pills th'e old, diseased and worn out body. They are purely vegetable, absolutely harmless, and safe to take at any time. Sold in every drug and medicine store, either plain or sugar coated. notions must be wiped out and a new.lins j of investigation commenced. The theory: j that the cliff dwellers were white men i j not new, notwithstanding the fact that ins dividual?, Indians, who occupy some of the ruins now, haue been brought into civilaza tion as specimens of the cliff dwelling tribe. . Fortunately, Mr. Green will exhibit his collections at the World's Fair, together ' with as much more as he can find daring the intervening time, all under the care of Prof. Putnam, of Harvard, where those interested in the subject can judge for themselves. Talent, Uke Murder. Will Out Pittsburgers will remember a young, in telligent actress, named Dorothy Dorr, who appeared hero about three years ago for the first, and we believe the only time, in "A Possible Cose." At that period she had been only a few weeks on the professional stage, but many pre dictions were made that she had a bright future be fore her. Shortly afterward, she loined the "Shen Dorothy Dorr. andoah" company, making a favorable im pression for a while, but gradually lapsing into obscurity. She was forgotten by many while others concluded that this was only another case in which predictions had "gang azlee." Now the same clever, charming Dorothy Dorr comes again into the light as the suc cessful leading lady of a new ploy recently produced in London named "The Honor able Herbert" There is no questioning her success this time. Talent, such as she pos sesses, is bound to manifest itself at some period or another. A Good Place tot Salamanders. The United States wants to purchase the Gallapagos Islands from Equador and. us them as a coaling station. The press of Equador is violently opposed to the sale, for no apparent reason other than that it would deprive that country of a territory which it has used as a long time as a penal settlement The islands, there are 13 of them, are situated in the Pacific near the Equator and are about as disagreeable as could be imagined. The largest is but 60 miles long and 15 wide, and yet they have at least 2,000 volcanic cones distributed among them. What a splendid place tor a convict to be made to see the error of his ways. If the United States should be able to conclude the dicker, it would then be high time for onr own Tom Marshall to bring forward his pet theoryfof sending felons convicted of capital crimes to the Pacific Islands to undergo a species of reincarnation. Where could this be done better than among the volcanic Gallapjgos? One short season in such a region would convert anything, ex cepting, perhaps, a salamander, to grace. A Feeraco Well Bestowed. Si r William Thomson is the name of an English scientist upon whom a peerage was bestowed re cently. Although he was very well known in this coun try, there is no more distinguished man in his field in England to-day. He is a professor of I natural philosophy in the University of Glasgow. As a mathematician, electrician and thinker, his posi tion is singularly high. Perhaps his Bir William Thornton. most daring hy pothesis has been the theory that life was generated on the earth by transmission from one of the stars a theory, of course, which, if true, would only explain the transmission of life, not its generation. He i the inventor of a number of instru ments employed in the study of atmospherio electricity; of a sounding machine and of the mirror galvanometer. He is a very popular lecturer, a strong Unionist in poli tics and a man of the most varied accom plishments. He snecceded Sir George Stokes as President of the Boyal Society la 1890. Jomfs-KAurMAira-. EACINO IS MASHONALAHD. How tord TUndoIph Churchill Was riueied In the Park Continent Horse racing was inaugurated here to-day, writes Lord Bandolph Churchill from Ma shonaland to The Dispatch, but under circumstances which, to me at least, do not appear to be very promising. I had matched a horse which I had sold a few days previously to beat at even weights over a distance of five furlongs a horse be longing to Dr. Butherford Harris. Mr. Slater, the owner of the horse I had nom inated, gave his consent to the match. This horse was three parts bred and I knew him to possess a good turn of speed, as mofc than once I had galloped after buck on him. Dr. It Harris' horse was a good-looking thick-set brown cob, pig fat I had little donbt as to the result of the match. This afternoon at 4 o'clock three-fourths of the population of Ft. Salisbury turned out to see the race. The betting varied from 6 to 4 to 2 to 1 on my opponent's horse.pChis somewhat alarmed me. Mr. Gifforo; tho manager ot the Bechuanaland Exploration Company's expedition, wa to ride Dr. Har ris' horse. Sergeant Major Montgomery rode for me. To my horror the horse which I had nom inated appeared on the ground with droop ing head and ears, glassy eyes and tucked up flanks. The other horse looked bloom ing. Things were getting "hot." The riders having weighed out, were started off and the unfortunate animal which I had matched to be a flyer, tried in vain to can ter fbr 50 yards and then relapsed into a trot, out of which no efforts of his rider could move him. Dr. Harris horse can tered past the winning post alone. I be lieve a good lot of money changed hands on this odd business. If Lord Durham and Mr. James Lowther could pay a flying visit here horse-racing prospects'might im prove. Otherwise there are three or four jockeys oat of employment in England to whom I can confidently recommend this place as a congenial sphere for the exercise of their peculiar talents. . r i i jmtw$jm mmW a d 79 e i 9 T3 i
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