THE SGRANTON TBlilJNE SATURDAY MOBNING, APBIL O, 1895.
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Facts : of; Interest
To oMeitEeaders.
Symposium of
Partly Gossipy
A BACHELOR MAIDl
Once there lived a bachelor maiden
, Years and years ago (?)
, And her mind with truth was ladenj
But her heart was cold u snow.
fc"or she thought with good old Plato,
She could live ulune; . , ,
- So Bhe smiled on muny a suitor,
But her heurt was cold as stone, ....
Came a bachelor man a-sulng ...
. For her friendship true.
Ihls, alus! was -her undoing,
As It might huve been with you!
For her friendship still he sued her,.
(Such a simple, thine')
Till before she knew he wooed her
Wooed her with a friendship ring!
Now, although she's fond of Plato,
Her cold heart's grown warm,
And her theories of living
Have imbibed a wondrous charm, -For'sha
says: 'TIs human nature, '
v ..Spite y t i'lfttQ's pen:
feten wet mucin for loving; women.
Women made for loving men."
-Kate. Field's Washington,
Pair play for; the wife The world
has heard quite enough of LI Huns
Chan. What, of his superior half?
Marchioness LI Is described as a very
beautiful and,, for China, a, learned wo
man, .who loqks 35 and is 53. Her hus
band's wealth is fabulous and she
spends royally, though she keeps accu
rate account of every Item. In her mag
nificent home on the banks of the Pel
Ho she lives in great splendor, sur
rounded by song: birds, peacocks, aqua
ria, pottery, gems, botanical collections
and 1,000 attendants and servants. She
"has 2,000 coats, 1,200 pairs of "trouser
ettes" and 500 fur robes.. Her feet are
so small that she Is unable to walk
more than a few steps, but twice a day
ehe bathes1 In oil of orange and acacia
blooms and takes an airing in a cooly
sedan. Finally, she dresses her hair
in fifty ways, her favorite coiffure be
Ins a la griffin.
A LYRIC OF LENT.
Girl of the Lenten period.
With softly downcast eyes.
Have you prayed oft the surplus force
That In your nature lies?
Have you evolved a lttuny
To which your steps will dance?
' Girl of the Lenten period,
There's mischief in your glance!
You're thinking not of litanies
With penitent refrulns.
But of your love's nrtthmetio.
And counting up your gains
Of poems wrought in needlework!
Of symphonies In gowns,
Of bonnets that at Easter-tlde
Shall banish Lenten frowns.
Girl of the Lenten iarlod, '
In royal purple clifiK
Fair penitent In violet.
Your coming makes me glad!
I love you, pretty devotee,
' Whose sins are small and few,
And when I to devotions go
-vl'll ask to kneel by you.
Life.
The wife of the Junior senator from
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Matthew S. Quay,
is pre-eminently a home woman. Ask
airs. Quay 'to tell you the romance of
her life, writes a Washington corres
pondent, and she will laugh and tell
you she ihos known Mr. Quay since he
was 10 years old, as if that fact pre
cludes all possibilities of sentiment
She is essentially a domestic woman,
, In-the most beautiful acceptation of the
world, whose heart is wholly given up
to her home, husband and children.
To her husband she .has been helpmate
arid inspiration. , While politics in the
abstract have little attraction for her,
any measure that claims her husband's
attention is sure of her sympathy and
support. Her interest centers primar
ily in him. Of the ten children that
huve been born to them five are now
living, two sons and three daughters.
Mary, the eldest, made her first formal
bow to the social world in Washington
three winters ago. Coral finished her
studies in Europe two years ago and
was "presented to Washington the fol
lowing season. Susan, the youngest,
(s still at school. Her husband's posi
tion aa a? public man and the fact that
her children are now. of an age to take
their place in the world make many de
mands socially on Mrs. Quay's time.
6he enters Into this phase of her life
with ithe'sameunquestlonlng devotion
that has made her always the loved
companion of both husband and chil
dren. She Is a graceful hostess, pos
sessed of that rare tact which springs
from an innately good heart, and of
that most requisite of all attributes in
social life, the faculty of bringing out
the best in each individual guest and
sending htm- on his way happy. In ap
pearance iMrs. Quay is of medium
height, admirably proportioned, with
dark, hair and eyes, and aristocratic
nose and chin and a. mouth that to the
physiognomist reveals the gentleness
of iher nature. ' ' '
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN BILLVILLKy
Had a woman suffrage meetln' at Hill-
'Vllle-on-the-Bend, '
With Sister Wllklns in the chair, Miss
Jenkins on one end
'Att Salry Jones on t'other, and that air
. .gal o' Brown's
(An' Molly Splnks, paradln' round in these
new tangled gowns. -
kin' 'twux: "Now step lively ladles!
F.er soon you'll wear a coat,
An you'll canvass all the country.
When you vote, vote, vote!"
They passed a resolution to the 'feet that
women rules.
An" outer run the i "er'ment as well as
teach the schools,
That they ort.to be a VothY, pnd a raisin'
v' of a row;, . ; '
IThcyTd been raised to bakln' blscults,"but
.the men could bake them now, ,
An' 'twuz: "Step up lively, ladles!
. Fer soon you'll wear a coat;
An' the men kin mind the babies
When you vote, vote, votel"
iThey. talked from sum to sundown, an'
, tner sentiments wuas free:
Ln' every man in. Blllville climbed a oak
OP hlck'ry treel . , ,.
'the thing Is been decided that the
jm en s own ttre-torwn ,'
men u take the kitchen Jest, ns
i tney climb Uownr ;
fStep up lively, gentlemen!
ne and Jerk yoar coatl "-
you burn the biscuits, ....
pur wives have gone to votel"
Atlanta Constitution.
t book written by two clev-
Ivomen are Bet, forth some
IrnlBsr the wc-men-wns-e-Purn.
fare i not Without Suggestive
I US. It seems as If thn knr.
Ln, like her .American sister.
fdlffloultv In enterlnir nrnfes.
aa Business occupations, but
yflcnlty of getting, equal pay for
Of course, to women of exceptional tal- I
Information, Partly Grave
and Partly day.
ent this does not apply, but the great
army or worxers are struggling wim
tne problem, r or instance, a neaa mm
tress of a school may et about $1,60
per tinnum, while assistant mlBtresses
iret from IG25 to 1750. .but assistant mas
tra irnt S70O tn sso. Women writers
arc so poorly paid In England that they1
worn OTHiluilnd from tne AUtnors emu
on the ground ithat they could not
af-
ford to pay the subscription,
BESSIE BROWN, M. D.l
'Twas Aurll when she cume to. town?
Tii i,irin had coma, the bees .were
swarming,
Her name she said was Doctor Brown!
I saw at once that she was charming.
She took a cottage tinted green,
Where dewy roses loved to mingle,
And on the door, next day. was seen
A dainty little shingle
Her hnir was like an amber wroathj
Her hat was darker to enhance It,
The violet eyes that glowed . beneath
Were brighter than her keenest lancet,
The beauties of her glove and gbwn
The Bweetest rhyme would fall to utter.
Ere she hud been a day In town,
The town was ln a tluttec -
Tho mullaiits viewed her feet and hands,
And swore they, never saw such wee
things;
The gossips met in purring bands
And tore her pleoemoul o'er the tea
things;
The former drank the doctor's health
With clinking cups; the gay carousersf
The latter watched her door by stealth.
Just like so many mousers.
But Doctor Bessie went her way,
Unmindful of the spiteful cronies', 1
And drove her buggy every dny
Behind a dashing pair of ponies.
Her flower-like fae,e, so bright eh bore,
I hope that time might never wilt her.
The way she tripped across the' floor
Was better than a philter.
Her patients thronged the village street;
Her snowy slate Was always quite full,
Some said her bitters tasted Bweet,
And some pronounced her pills delight
ful. 'Twas strange I knew not what it
meant
She seemed a nymph from Eldorado
Wher"er she cume, wner'er Bhe went,
. Grief lost Its gloomy shadow.
Like all the rest, I too, grew ill;
My aching heart there was no quelling;
I trembled at my doctor's bill,
And lo! the Items still are swelling.
The drugs I drank you'd weep to hear!
They've quite enriched the fair con
cocter. And I'm a ruined man I fear.
I. mesa I wed the doctor.
Jenness Miller Monthly,
The census reveals some curious facts
about the distribution of New York's
excess of women. New York city has
20,000 of them; Brooklyn, 17,000; Albany,
5,500; Troy, 5,000; Utlca, 3,000; Rochester,
4,000; Syracuse, 1,100. They are all,
practically, ln the larger cities of the
state, the one exception being Buffalo,
which has 4,000 more men than women.
New York city's business opportunities,
which attracts crowds of men, seem to
attract quite as many women. Yet the
excess of women in New York Is com
paratively small. The city has 45 wo
men to every 44 men, while Brooklyn
has 26 women to every 25 men, and Troy
11 women to every 10 men. Why should
it happen that in the suburban counties
nearest New York there should be more
men than women?
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SELECTED RECIPES:
Minced Veal. Put the bones of a cold
fillet or loin of veal, or any other bones
you may have, Into a stew pan with the
skin and trimmings of the meat. Dredge
ln a little flour, pour ln more than a pint
of water, a small onion, sliced, one-half
teaspoonful of minced lemon peel, a little
mace. If the flavor Is liked, a bouquet of
Bweet herbs, white pepper and salt to
taste. Simmer these Ingredients for
more than hour, then strain the gravy
and thicken It with an ounce of butter
rolled In flour; boll It up again and skim
well. While the gravy Is cooking mince
the veal, but not too fine. . When the gravy
Is ready put It ln and warm It gradually;
add a teaspoonful of lemon Juice and
three teaspoonfuls of milk or cream If
you can afford It Do not let It boll. Pile
the mince In the center, of the dish, and
garnish with sippets of toasted bread and
points of lemon. Place three nicely-
poached eggs on top, and you will have a
very pretty as well as nice dish for the
table.
To Boil Eggs. Put them In a sauce-pan,
and pour boiling water over them, cover
the dish tight and set back where the
water will keep hot, but not boll. Let It
stand ten minutes. The effect is quite dif
ferent from that produced by boiling,
both the flavor and the texture of .the egg
being vastly superior to an egg boiled in
the usual manner.
Cutlets of Cold Mutton Divide the re
mains of a cold neck of mutton Into neat
cutlets, trimming oft some of the fat;
make a good batter with milk, flour and
eggs, dip the cutlets In ft and throw them
Into a frying pan full of boiling lard', let
them acquire a nice golden color on both
sides, and serve hot., plied up around a
center of green pea or French beans, t'
Creamed Coa Fish. Remove the bones
and skin and rnako'a, cupful of the fish.
Put it Into a-sauaepan, cover with cold
water and set It on the back of the stove,
where It. will keep warm, but not boiling.
till softened. If -very salty the water will
have to be changed, -covering It the sec
ond time with warm wa.ter.Dralo thorough
ly in a sieve. Put a generous tablespoon
ful of butter into a saucepan, when melted
add one tablespoonful of flour, stir tin
smooth, but not brown, gradually add one
cup of rich milk, stir till smooth, then add
the fish; let It heat thoroughly and then
add the well-beaten yolks of three or four
eggs.; Let it cookr till It thickens, stirring
constantly.
Potato Puff. Wash eight large potatoes
of uniform sta and- bake till just done.
when done .take tlfem up, break them In
two, 'squeeze but the inside and rub
through a sieve, .Put a tablespoonful cf
butter and half a cup of cseam Into a
saucepan and set over the Are; when t
bolls up add the sifted potalo- and season
highly with salt, pepper, celery salt and
chopped parsley. Remove from the 'Are,
and when slightly ; cool add the beaten
yolks of three eggs. Beat the whites to n.
stiff froth and stir them In gently. Turn
into a shallow baking dish, pile It ln a
rooky form and. bake, ten'tnlnutcs, or .until
It Is puffed and browned. A few table
spoonfuls of finely-chopped meatteef or
chlrken added makes a pleasant variety.
Orange Jelly .-One fcdx. of gelatine. Pour !
on It one pint of cold water. After stand
ing ten minutes add one pint of boiling
water, stirring frequently.' Put on the
stove ,to simmer slowly runtll thoroughly
dissolved.. Take ten. medium sized oranges
and two lemons; squeeze out. tho Juice and
pulp; strain It and add one quart of gran
ulated sugar. Mix all with the aelatlne
and turn Into moulds to stiffen, -
pressed Liver. Was a calf's liver thor
oughly. Put.lt In a saucepan, cover with
Water, add a small Onion sliced, .one or
two slices" of carrots; two sprigs of pars
ley; "two bay leaves, a teaspoonful of
mixed herbs, sage, summer savory, thyme,'
sweet marjoram, cloves anoallsplce, and
one or two slices of salt pork.' Cover close
and simmer until tender. When done chop
fine, remove all gristle and fibre and sea-
ion highly with salt, cayenne' and lemon
Juice, and moisten with a little pf the
strained broth.' Press,, and , when cold
serve cut In thin slices. .? : ' ' '.
Pickled Celery. This is' a novelty that
will be greatly admired. Chop up the
tender hearts of two or three heads of
celery Into Inch lengths, and put them In
to a bowl, covering them afterward with a
brine strong enough to float an egg. Cover
the bowl, and leave the celery to soak for
eight or ten days. Then take out the cel
ery and wash It well In cold water, set
tling it after to drain until nearly dry,
Boll In an enamel saucepan a quart of best
malt vinegar, with a' dessertspoonful of
mixed splocs, Including whole maoe, pep
per corns, allspice and salt. Pack the
celery neatly Into a glass Jar, and pour the
hot, strained vinegar over It. Cover down
tightly, and In a week's time it will be fit
to serve with any cold viands.-
Fruit Cake (Plain). Halt a pound of
butter and a pound of sugar, beaten to a
cream, add the yolks of four well-beaten
eggs, stir till light, then add the whites
beaten to a stiff- froth, then add one-half
pound of English currants, flavor with
mace, add a light pound of flour In which
has been stirred a heaping teaspoonful of
baking powder. Bake In a. moderate oven.
This Is very good If eaten fresh.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS:
Strong ammonia and water will take out
grease spots.
Sprinkle the Inside of damp gloves with
violet powder.
For grease spots take equal parts of
ether and chloroform.
Keep a dish of water on the back of a
tight stove to purify the air.
Darn gloves In buttonhole stitch, re
peated till the hole Is tilled up.
A persistent washing and rinsing ln
milk will remove an Ink stain.
Powdered pipe clay mixed with water
will remove oil stains from wall paper.
Add a teaspoonful of ammonia to one
teacupful of water for cleaning Jewelry.
Try a strip of wood back of the door
where the knob hits the paper In opening.
Before laying a carpet wash the floor
with turpentine to prevent buffalo moths.
Grease may be removed from woolen
goods by, sponging it with strong, cold
corcee.
To keep paste from moulding but two
or three cloves In the paste pot while
neateu. ,
Fine laces may be cleaned by being
packed In wheat flour and allowed to re
main twenty-four hours.
To remove paint from clothing, saturate
with turpentine until softened, then wash
out with soap and water.
Black silk may be renovated by a thor
ough sponging of stale beer, then placed
between newspapers and pressed with a
hot iron.
One cooking school teacher says the
making of bread develops, whitens and
strengthens the hand, and that really
there Is no better manicure than knead
ing the dough.
Two sheets of ' a ' newspaper wrapped
about Ice will keep it half as long again
as Ice that Is uncovered. . The paper Is
much more cleanly than a blanket, and
can be renewed every day.
Any woman doing her work may so sys
tematize it that It will be the easiest pos
sible for her. She need not follow any
other persons methods, unless they are
the very best for her own conditions.
Do not hinder the beauty of a good pic
ture by grouping with It a number of
trivial or even of equally good ones.
Give it space in which to shine by itself.
Other objects beside pictures also detract
from them.
To mend gloves neatly commence- by
working with a glove needle and cotton
thread, put a buttonhole stitch all around
the hole. ln this work another row and
so on until It is .completely filled up with
these delicately made stitches.
The mixture of cotton and wool in tho
manufacture of cloth has been learned so
thoroughly that feeling will detect the
presence of cotton. A piece of the goods
boiled In a solution of caustlo potash will
leave only the cotton fibre Intact.
A small point for the hostess whose wax
candles show a propensity to rapid wast
ing is that to put them In the Ice chest
for fully 24 hours before using will in
crease their burning time very apprecia
bly. They want to be thoroughly chilled.
A method to prevent flannel from shrink
ing Is to hold it over the steam of boiling
water. When thoroughly damp it can be
Immersed. This should be done before the
flannel Is cut. Skeins of wool to be used
ln knitting or crocheting ore often treated
ln the same way. .
Tomato catsup Is many per cent. Im
proved If served hot. To heat with little
trouble fill a bottle with enough of the
catsup to serve at one time; cork tightly
and stand in a dish of cold water, allow
ing the water to heat gradually to the boil
ing point. Set In a perforated false bot
tom under the bottle in the kettle.
The proper way to wash the chamois
gloves Is not by rubbing or wringing. Put
them on the hands and wash gently with
a soft silk rag, dipped ln soapy water.
Then rinse by sponging with clear water,
Pat the gloves as nenrly free from water
as possible. If time Is no object It Is an
excellent plan to let them dry on your
nanas. ir mis cannot be done remove
them carefully and, when they are nearly
dry, put them on again, ln order that they
may resume the ohape of the hand.
To remove the Indelible ink stains from
the handkerchiefs steep them In a little
chlorine water for about half an hour,
men wann in ammonia water, which will
obliterate the stains; then wash In clear
water. They may also be removed by
spreading the cloth with the ink marks
over a basin Ailed with hot water, then
moisten the marks with tincture of Iodine
and Immediately ufter take a feather and
moisten the parts stained by Iodine with a
solution of hyposulphate of soda or caus
tlo potash or soda until' the color Is re
moved; then let tho clofh fllfrifTthe hot
water. After a-while waslfwell and dry,
Pure Indigo, although more exDenslve.
Is better -and safef1 for blueing clothes
than-any 'substitute, especially . those In
which Prussian .blue enters as a compon
ent part. Many have noticed in clothing
as It Is returned from the laundry tiny
spots of Iron rust all .over. the, articles.
It Is claimed that it Is the use of Prussian
blue; which Is a mixture of Iron and cy
anide: of potassium. The action of the
soap has a tendency to separate the ele
ments, and the Iron Is deposited on the
clothing In the shape. of ugly rust spots.
You may test your blueing mixture easily
yourself. Turn a few drops Into a cup,
add water, then' drop into it a lilmp of
washing porta.-Should the mixture turn
tto a reddish tint, be sure there Is Prussian
blue In It, and 'do not use that blueing.
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SOME FAMOUS WOMEN:': ' "V
1 The emblems'if royalty of the queen of
Madagascar consist of four scarlet um
brellas, which are held over her majesty
when she,Blts In her -palanquin of state.
A correspondent supplies an Ingenious'
answer to the question, ; "Who Is the
devil's wlfeV thus: ."The devil Is the
father of lying. Lying Is Invention, Nec
essity Is the mother of Invention; neces-
ity J therefor the devllls wire."
Susan B. Anthony Is' -one of the best
dressed winien In America. Probably the
klea hns not occurred even to most of the
people whot.have' seen Miss Anthony, for,
as this provesthe 'claim, she is always so
Well dressed-that -you do not notice what
she Wears! "Her clothes are tho very best
of their,. ktfirY, well made and beautifully
fitted. There Is always an air of natural
elegance abvut Miss Anthony that Is de
lightful to Bee.
It Is tothehumanelnfluenceef the Queen
Regent of Spain that must be attributed
the favorable consideration which the leg
islature at Madrid In -won acoordlng to
the bill for the abolition or bull fighting
throughout" the kingdom. True, the me
tropolitan press treats the matter with a.
certain amount of skepticism, though not
with hostility. Qut In the cortes Itself
there appears to be a satisfactory prospect
of the projected law being passed by both
homes,
It was not only "the fierce light which
beats upon" the French presidency, but the
vexatious restrictions of etiquette upon
Mme. Caslmlr-Perlsr that made, hef long
to return to private life' once more. Pas
sionately fond of bicycle riding, she saw
herself cut off from tnts-iorm or amuse
ment and exercise by the dreary etiquette
that govern everything at the Elysce
Palace, and it was pointed out to her
that It would be out or place ana con
trarv to the dlunltv of France for the first
lady to be seen scudding about on a wheel
In bloomers, no matter bow retelling.
To believe a French writer, there are no
fewer than 4,000 women caught every year
fn stealing during their shopping expeai
Hons, a habit euphoniously styled klepto
mania. The number of titled ladles seized
with this strange malady while examining
the fashions of Paris, he tells- us, is ul
most Incredible. Among the more recent
culprits wefe a Russian princess, a
French countess, an Kngnsn uucness anu
the daughter of a reigning sovereign, as
rule, these more distinguished offenders
are let. oft on the payment of a round
sum for the relief of the poor, and when
the shoplifter -Is. known to be rich the
sum exacted rises to as much as 10,000
francs. The police authorities consent to
this sort of condonation.
The German Emperor's wadding pres
ent to the Russian Imperial bridal couple
has Just been sent to 8t. Petersburg from
the Berlin porcelain fuetory where It was
made. It 1b a dinner service for thirty
six persons and Is a copy of one ordered
by Frederick the Great for Potsdam. Jt
Is decoruted with relief medallions In the
so-called rococo form and wreaths of
flowers, all puinted by well-known artists.
There Is an enormous quantity of gilding
about It. The center piece is a large mir
ror plateau, fenced around by a tiny .chisu
railing and bearing fruit stands to match
the dishes. The highest stand bears a
shield, with the' monograms of the czar
and czarina.
Women writ servers ln London have
been employed of lute, according to
a land agent, with great success. "l
should never think nowadays," suld he,
"of putting a man ln possession at a real
ly respectable house where there are wo
men and children. I used to receive muny
complaints that men were rough and over
bearing, but since 1 have employed women
most of them widows who have been
troubled themselves, the testimony 1ms
been the reverse." A lawyer, too, testllles
to the advantage of a. woman bailiff, who
can often serve her writs, on slippery cuu-
tohiers who evade men constantly. Wo
men are frequently employed In New York
In the same service, the price of serving a
writ being $1.
NEWSftATHERER'S MISSION.
Oiancs at Lights and Shadows of a Re
' porter's Llfe-An Example of the Vse-
fulness of a Scribe.
For The Tribune.
The. news-gatherer of today, while en
Joying nearly all the vicissitudes of life,
finds that the work is constantly a repe
tition of yesterday. The murder of to
day must be "written up" for the paper
on different lines from the one of a
week ago. He cannot speak of the as
sassin's ' "smoking pistol" being
"clenched ln his right hand" every time
a man shoots another. He cannot tell
of the "life's 'blood ebbing slowly out"
or epeak of "the glassy eyes" and "pal
lid cheek" more than once a fortnight.
. And when he cornea to bury the man
the funeral procession cannot always
"move off" at a certain hour any more
than the "solemn burial service" at the
grave always finishes the "last rites of
the deceased."
So it is with the ordinary events one
sees ln the perusal of his dally paper.
There is the murderer, suicide or incen
diary, the bank robber and the big
amist. They all operate in their dis
tinctive lines from a main shafting,
circumstances often altering certain
parts in detail, but the main bare facts
remain the-same and must be gar.
nlshed in such a way so as to render
their reports readable. It must be to
tally different from the last article
printed on the same subject.
Versatility at a Premium,
A versatile writer is naturally the
best for a paper printed In a city whose
population is under 200,000. In larger
cities, aside from general reporters, the
working staff has Its special writers on
murders, large fires and Interviews and
other particular branches which consti
tute the tout ensemble of the modern
dally. '
Interviews are the most difficult to
write unless shorthand is employed. A
man will say to a reporter something
which,' when he reads ln print, wishes
he had not mentioned and then either
In person visits the editor or writes
him a letter denying It, at the same
time not forgetting a few remarks re
garding the reporter, who has undoubt
edly reproduced his language verbatim.
In the past reporters have lost good
positions in this way, but today it Is
different, for the. editors of papers
know all about those kind of men. In
point of fact many public men make
utterances to a reporter which, if
printed,;' would do them great Injury,
and are in consequence withheld, and
again the Interviewer Is' often more
than able to correctly reproduce the
utterances of a man clothed In better
language than It was given.
There are, of course, unscrupulous re
porters Just the same as there are bad
bankers. They are few, but enough to
prejudice many people against the en
tire craft. This Is to be regretted, and
the people who are loudest ln their de
nunciation of the toilers of the press
are often the very ones who glye them
questionable information.
One Reporter's Romance.
A reporter naturally becomes hard
ened, yet he Is not built of Portland
cement, with sandstone trimmings,
and the following Illustration Is given
to show how a certain newspaper man
helped some people in trouble. The In
cident occurred In an eastern city sev
eral years ago. A beautiful young wo
man whoso parents were decidedly poor
became acquainted with a young man
who occupied an excellent social posi
tion amd also was possessed of a fairly
good Income, Ho wronged the girl and
refused to marry her, saying he could
not present her to his friends as the
ruler of his household, but endeavored
to Induce the girl to go to another city
where ehe would be unknown. In a pe
culiar manner which cannot be di
vulged a reporter learned of hlB perfidy
and after fully convincing himself of
the genuineness of the case, went to the
young man and threatened to expose
the whole matter. He, however, .had
not the silighteet Intention of doing
so, The man paled before him and
begged him to keep It out of print and
finally, as a last resort, offered him a
consideration, a good round sum It
was, If the matter would be kept quiet.
The reporter was a gentleman and did
not treat the man as he perhaps de
served, but gave hm to clearly under
stand that he was mot a blackmailer.
The young'man used every possible
entreaty; but the scribe was as un
yielding as adamant. He casually re
marked before' leaving the miserable
culprit that It would afford him one of
the greatest pleasures possible to be
able to write an account of his wedding
within, a few days. The reporter had
an opportunity, to do so, for he was one
of the witnesses at a quiet and, small
wedding about a week later and he
even' gave the readers of it to under
stand very plainly that It had occurred
Blx months previous to the actual date,
a remission for which all will forgive
him. Ha correspond with and very
often visits that same young man, Who
has one of the most delightful homes,
over which a charming hostess . pre
sides, and there is a little boy that lives
there who gets an extra nice Christ
mas 'present every year Just because
he is named after a reporter.
ANCESTRY OF THE BOSS.
Something About the Derivation of the
Ameriosn L'nerowned King.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The Boss Is a most worshipful figure
In American politics to-day. It Is. a
curious thing to study his linguistic as
well as political ancestry. A writer In
the Century Magazine, who has sought
to demonstrate that the modern black
mall -of New York Is 'an inheritance
from old New Amsterdam, reminds us
of the fact that the dread no me of
"boss" Is also a. relic of the Dutch pe
riod. These are two severe blows at
Knickerbocker pride;' but the arlstro
cratlo descendants of the old patroons
must perforce- confess the truth of In
dictments. The word "boss" has been
derived by Americans from the ancient
Dutch "baas," meaning "foreman" or
"master." But behind even this a sig
nificance which has become familiar
through Its application to muster work
Ingmen there lies, a far more curious
ancestry, a lineage which carries us
back to the old days when the cow was
the centre of domestic life, and the
maid of the household was named tho
"daughter" because she was the mllk
muld or milk-drawer,
' The Dutch settlers of New York had a
hoary precedent for their use of the
term "bans". In the Middle Dutch
homes the master of the roof-tree was
respectfully called "bnes," or "master"
of the house. The mistress was called
"baesinne." Danish and Flemish usage
was the same. Some etymologists have
attempted to trace the expression back
ultimately to the Gothic term "wase,"
which meant "cousin" In the mascu
line and "aunt" ln the feminine. This
was, however, less a term of relation
ship than of honor; and certainly the
sense of the appellation was that of
"friend" or "kinsman," the chief kins
man undoubtedly having been most fre
quently thus addressed. If, indeed, the
parental term was "wase," how shall
one explain the genesis and 'growth 6f
that word? .
A Boss was Once a Cow.
The old Greek word for cow, which
was undoubtedly nearest to the San
skrit and original Indo-European
tongue, was - "bos," as the Romans
afterward wrote it out ln Latin letters
from the Greek. All the Teutonic lan
guages have preserved this word. Ice
landic, Swedish and Danish folk spoke
of the cow-stall as the "bas" or "baas;"
and even in Gothlo one finds -the seem
ingly cognate "bansts," meaning
"barn." It Is hard to escape from the
conviction that the Dutch "baas" (mas
ter) was first applied to the owner of the
cows. Even the wopd "wase" meaning
"cousin" in the old English sense of
"coz" has probably an afllnity with
'the old Germanio word for the wild ox,
"wasend," from which was finally de
volved our modern term "bison." In
Irish, which is greatly like Greek In
much of Its vocabulary, the cow is call
ed "bos;" and hence the cry "co-boss,
co-boss" ln use among farmers to-day.
As the cows follow one another, Brln
dle after Bess, in somewhat -the same
follow-the-leader fashion as Ding
Dong's sheep in Rabelais' story, there
is, oven In this fanciful aspect, a pecu
liar significance in the political name of
"Boss."
VERY STUPID DIPLOMACY.
How We Sacrifice Millions of Dollars ln
Oriental Trade. . .
From a Washington Letter.
American trade with China amounts
to practically nothing, a few millions a
year merely, made up almost exclusive
ly of exports of kerosene oil. Water
bury watches and piece goods. While
English and German merchants do a
trade amounting to hundreds of mil
lions, our people seem content with the
crumbs whloh other nations regard as
too Insignificant to botlw with. There
Is no good reason why America should
not have its proper share of this vast
commerce. In fact, if the proper means
were employed, It might outdistance
both England and Germany, as the
celestial is suspicious and Jealous of the
European, and would rather do busi
ness with our people. But so long as
our state department pursues its tradi
tional policy we never shall enjoy those
advantages.
. In China It Is impossible for any ope
to do anything without being; able to
gain ready access to the high dignita
ries at court, and even to the throne it
self. If an English or German agent
goes to China properly vouched for
he finds his minister ready to facilitate
his way by all proper means to pro
cure him Introductions and to do every
thing he can to open up trade relations.
But an American Is placed on an entire
ly different footing. In the first place
the state department refuses to give
him a letter of Introduction to our min
ister, and our minister, under the de
partment's regulations, is prohibited
from lending him any official assistance.
The consequence is that while English
and German agents obtain ready access
to LI Hung Chang and other important
personages the American agent kicks
his heels ln the ante-room and is never
given a fair show.
A New Definition.
From the Detroit Tribune.
"What we want of you," said the editor
to the poet, "is something new."
"Hut what doi you call 'new?' "
"Something worked over and smashed
till you can't recognize It!"
MEN OF REAL NOTE.
It is said that the romances of Jules
Verne have made a fortune for Ills pub
lishers, but only $5,000 a year for the
author.
Senator Wolcott of Colorado and Repre
sentative Clark of Missouri are men of
one kidney, each having one of those or
gans removed.
Serglus Slepnlak, the Russlnn Radical,
does not believe the new Ctar will embark
on a great war unless he loses his mind.
He thinks the poverty of Europe will keep
her at peace.
Camllle Flammarton and three other
French astronomers will make for the
Paris exhibition In 1000 a model of the
moon a model on such an enormous scale
that balloon Journeys will be made around
It.
Professor Neumann, of the University
of Koenlgsberg, Is DO years of age, and for
forty-six years has been lecturing contin
uously 6h physics and mineralogy. He Is
the oldest professor In the active work In
Germany. v
Mr. Maxim recently gave a public exhi
bition of his new flying machine at Box ley
for the benefit of a local charity. Mo at
tempt was made to fly, but the machine
was run up and down the rails, propelled
solely by Its aerial screws at the rate of
thirty miles an hour. -
Abbe Theure of Lolgny has been given
the chief prise of $2,500 by the French
Academy for his bravery. The abtfe on
Dec. 2, 1870, under a heavy Are, saved more
than 500 wounded, French and German,
who, ln the confusion of a night combat,
would otherwise have been massacred.
On the following day he attended more
than 1,000 wounded tn his parsonage and
church.
Random Notes of
Life in London.
Another Interesting Ramble Among the
Rare Treasures of the British Museum.
London, March 28. I had a great
treat this week again, and if you are
not too tired of hearing about the Brit
ish Museum by this time, I will tell it
to you. You see, I am very much ln
love with this great Institution, and one
of my chaperones here, observing It,
gave me a letter of Introduction to the
chief librarian there, whom she Knows
very well. It proved an open sesame
to, me ibeyond a. doubt, for I was Im
mediately ushered through the public
libraries to the library proper, whero
none but the members of the library
staff and people with tlcketB and orders
giving them the privilege of research
there are admitted. The chief Is a love
ly old man, and we had no difficulty ln
making each other's acquaintance,
upon which lie took me In charge and
showed me over his wonderful domain
of books.
He began first with the large reading
room, which Is the largest in the world,
and round, like the rotunda of the capl
tol at Washington, showing me all the
curiously convenient arrangements
they have for the holding of books, the
lighting of the cute little dark corners,
the cataloguing, and so forth. But the
thing -which interested me most of all
was an lnclosure In this room, where
there was a large table with piles of
books on it,- at short distance from
each other, These all had markers In
numerable ln them, and were, the old
gentleman . Informed me, kept there
from day to day, without being dis
turbed or moved, for the special use of
some of the famous authors, savants, or
divines of the day here In London, who
are ln the habit of coming here very
often for the purpose of quiet and un
disturbed research.
Notable Bookworms.
, Walter Besant has his pile of books
hei-, from which perhaps he Is even
now culling material for a future novel.
Mr. Gladstone often comes here, and
studies by the ihour, and many and
many a lecturer in the universities of
England may be seen at work at this
table, while some of the most ponderous
sermons ever preached In the churches
of London owe their correctness of an
cient anecdote and historical reference
to such hard work at the British Muse
um. There were, however, none or
these notabilities at work when I went
over this hallowed ground, it being too
early ln the day for geniuses, who, as
my dear old guide- said, are a lazy lot
He took me outside this reading
room Into a corridor which runs quite
around It, in a circle, and which Is
lined on both sides with books from
the floor way up to the dome. Outside
of this circular corridor runs another
such, still larger, of course, and so on,
so that the immense reading room,
which is the center, is the smallest and
innermost of a number of consecutive
circles of books. These wheels within
wheels are a wonderful arrangement.
They are five or six stories high, and
the floors and stairs are all of Iron
open work, so that the light from, the
glass roof shines down through and
suffices for all, from the top to the
ground floor, thus obviating all neces
sity for windows and doors, which take
up so much loom. Book space, my
guide informed me, Is becoming a se
rious question at the museum, as there
are now upon its shelves over 2,000,000
volumes, exclusive of catalogues of
which there are several thousand and
the space has already become quite In
adequate for the rapidly increasing
number. But I cannot explain this
wonderful bookdom properly, so I will
not try, and we will "get on," as the
English have it.
The Original Magna Charts.
He conducted me through the king's
end the Qrenvllle libraries also, point
ing out many wonderfully Interesting
and delightful things, which had ut
terly escaped me when I went through
before by myself, and It was as much
pleasure to see this dear, white-haired
old bookworm, with his pink face fairly
beaming over the old treasures he
showed me, as it was to look at and
enjoy the treasures themselves. Go
ing from here, 'he unlocked door after
door, until we were at last in a room
which was guarded 'by an ogre in the
shape of a very nice young man, to
whom the chief gave a few directions,
at which the aforesaid young man ran
off and brought back a bunch of keys,
with which he unlocked some cabinets.
From one of these lie brought forth,
very tenderly and carefully, a strong
box, In which was the parchment to
which every loyal Britisher looks for
his liberties the IMagna Chnrta.
It is old and pale and torn, .and
scorched by the great fire, through
which It passed, but It still has the seal
of old King John upon it, and It Is care
fully kept here ln a beautiful box, and
under glass, while the facsimiles and
photographs of It are allowed to hang
In the Grcnville autograph library
without, where the populace may gaze
upon it, but this Is the real and only
genuine . Runnymede Magna Charta,
which the wise and dogged old barons
forced from their scamp of a king long,
long ago. In the early days of English
history. This Is next to the oldest doc
ument in the kingdom, the Doomsday
Book, compiled by William the Con
queror, being the oldest. I could not
see that, however, as It Is kept at the
record office here ln London, not at the
museum.
An Autograph of Shakespeare.
The young man, In whose kind care
the old gentleman left me, showed to
me also, with great pride, a parchment
on which Is one of the three or four au
thentic signatures now ln existence of
William Shakespeare. This young per
son, too, was a bookworm, and It was
almost as interesting to see the young
man kindling Into enthusiasm over the
priceless treasures ln his custody, as It
was to watch the dear old one who had
Just left us. He asked me If I had seen
the signature of her majesty outside In
the Grenvllle, and he seemed to take
such pride In It that I am afraid I pre
tended to a great delight In it which
I did not particularly feel Just to
please him. -
I ran into Niagara one day this week
and saw some of the lovely skaters and
their lovely gowns. Jlideed, Borne of the
habitues of this very swell resort
seemed to have put ln an appearance
more for decorative than for athletic
reasons. It Is a most capital place to
go to, when one has a few minutes to
spare, to see the beauty and fashion of
upper tendom. Niagara has become a
sort of winter substitute for Rotten
Row, and "everybody who Is anybody"
skates at Niagara, ln the smartest and
prettiest costumes possible. Indeed,
some of the dresses are quite impossi
ble. On the ice, from the very reason of
their gorgeousness, but then, as I said
before, theBe are the brlo-a-brac wo
men. It never does me any good to go
to Niagara, anyway, for I always come
away wishing that I were rich and
beautiful and irreproachably tailor
made, too. I took another girl with me,
as I had my press ticket, and she was
driven very nearly mad with mingled
delight and envy over the parade. She
was not ln the least to be blamed, for
the provocation truly Is great.
An English Sol Kussoll.
The other night I saw John Hare's
comedy, "A Pair of Spectacles," and
enjoyed It Immensely. Hare Is an old
actor as deur to the London public as
Sol Smith Russell Is to every right
minded one of us across the sea, and is
somewhat like him, I thought. It was
Just such a piece as Mr. Russell likes to
play ln, too, and the house would hard
ly allow him off the stage at all, they
were so delighted over him. He has
put a nev4 piece on this week, which I
dare say you have heard of by this time,
as It Is of the "Second Mrs. Tanqueray"
variety, and bad news always travels
fast, they say.
I have hud a reasonable amount of
music this week, having heard an ex
cellent organ recital ln big Queen's
hall, where the organ is simply superb,
and having gone to a splendid fort
nightly at the Royol Academy of Muslo
laBt evening, and to a lecture on Liszt,
by Francis Korbay, a former and a
very enthusiastic pupil of that giant in
music. It was the first of a series of
six on Liszt, and I go to them because
I have not been able, so far, to care for
Liszt himself, though I like his muslo
very much. But Mr. Korbay is almost
a fanatic on his dear teacher, and he
raves so delightfully that I find myself
coming round already somewhat,
though I fancy I could like the mission
ary more than the goBpel he preaches,
perhaps, for Mr. Korbay is great.
Terry and Irving.
Last week my landladies took me to
see Ellen Terry and Henry Irving in
"King Arthur." That was an evening
worth having. The Lyceum was simply
densely crowded, and the play brought
back all the "Idyls of the King" and
the other Arthur poems delightfully.
My own little village of Caerleon, where
I saw the Round Table and the old tur
ret of the Castle of Guinevere, is in the
play, too, and so I felt as though I knew
all about It, having been over the
ground before. Irving is quite old by
this time, I guess, and takes the old
king's part very realistically, while El
len Terry made a most handsome Queen
Guinevere. It was most beautifully
staged and of course the costumes were
all that could be desired In the way of
old time elegance. Ellen Terry's gowns,
I assure you, were simply perfection.
We have had no cold weather lately
at all, the coming spring showing some
very convincing signs of its approach.
The Ice has all gone down the river
Thames, and the poor, cold sea gulls
have again flown out to the coast.
The "gull's meat man," a butcher who
has had a meat stand on Westminster
bridge for the boys and girls whoso
delight It was to throw meat to the
poor, starved birds, has moved away
from lack of business. The spring
flowers are coming up already, and the
wild flowers have already made their
appearance, the snow-drops, having
blossomed as early as the' first of
March. One of the girls here had a big
box of these dainty little green and
white flowers sent up from the country
to her, and she was so kind as to pre
sent me with a generous bunch of them
on my birthday. I was charmed, for
I had never seen a snow-drop before,
and these were beautiful. They must
be lovely little things, peeping up from
the snows In the woods where they were
gathered.
A Glimpse of the Slums.
Yesterday some of us went for a visit
to the East India docks, down at the
end of London, where we saw all the
ships, some passenger ones, some trad
ing ones, and all sorts, In fact. Thy
were most Interesting, as was also the
ride there in the train. Our way was
down through the ugly and poor parts
of London, where none of the pretty
things of life ever get, and where all
is dull and grey and squalid. The train
was not a very fast one, and we went
through slum after slum, till I felt as
though I had really been slumming.
However, we got to the docks at last
and there a gentleman connected with
the East India company met us and un
der his wing we went all over the place.
We went through the warehouses and
smelt the spleen and saw bales of stuffs
from India. We watched them load up
a passenger vessel soon to sail for Cal
cutta. We had permits to poke our In
quisitive noses anywhere we pleased,
and of course we made the most of our
opportunity, going aboard an Aus
tralian liner bound for Sidney, and a
dirty old whaler that is now off duty,
and some of the penny excursion boats
that run on the Thames tn summer,
and in fact we made ourselves quite
ubiquitous. We must have walked and
climbed miles and miles, up and down
the ships' ladders and all over the
wharves. It was the first time I ever
saw the anchor of a big boat, and we
were Immensely tickled o see them
hanging out of their loopholes and
looking for all the world like great im
mense violin mutes. There was a ship
rope factory near the docks, too,
through which ourfrlend took us, where
we saw them make all sorts of ship
rope, from the thinnest to the biggest,
thickest telegraphic cable rope, which
Is of steel and as big and thick as I am
myself. Truly the sea must be In a
great state when it can break Buch
strong things as these, and hammer
such boats as the Immense ships we
saw, to pieces. Sadie E. Kaiser.
KNOWS. HE IS DEAD.
Ex-Speaker Crisp Does Not Expoet to
Coma to Life Again.
. Just before leaving Washington ex
Speaker Crisp was asked If he ever ex
pected to again preside over the house
of representatives. "I do not," replied
Judge Crisp.- I have no expectation of
being again elected to the speakership."
When questioned as to the cause of his
lack of hopefulness In this dtreotlon,
Mr. Crisp added: "I do not expect the
precedents of history to be broken for
my especial benefit. Do you know that
no man was ever elected speaker of the
house during more than two con
gresBes? Well, it is a fact, It Is some
what remarkable that while eleven
men have served through two con
gresses not one of them was ever elect
ed to a third term. I don't know that
there Is any anti-third term prejudice
in the country so far as the speakership
ts concerned, as there Is about the
presidency, but I scarcely expect to ba
lucky enough to break the record.'