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THE SCRAOTON TIUBUNB-SATURDAY, OCTOBER
7, 1809.
THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF MRS. MAEDERS
The stage door "flic Adclphl tlr-a-
ter was notoriously difficult to enter j
for those who had no business buck i
of the singe. Just within, like a stunt- ,
ting bronze Idol. Mr. Cuteh. put nib
Ht.ibbotn foot down where It would
Mock lh floor if It chanced to awing
Inward to a stranger.
The proccshm of slago hnnds, and
the uuthorlztd company, Mr. Cutch
poiiulttc-d in stony tolerance, unmixed
with recognition. The only occasion,
on which he was recollected even so
much as Ur htive lifted his eyebrows
nt a llvli.f; soul whs when Mrs. Mityd
its plnytrd her first pngaitcmont nt the
Adclphl. She had simply sold, "Oooci
night, Mr. Cutch," as she went homo
nfter the lltvt performance, liy Tues
day evi nlng it had b?rotne a tradi
tion throughout the theater that Mr.
Cutch Imd wrinkled his forehead at
Ml. Mnedeis when whe put the prefix
to his name.
Everybody loved Mrs. Maeders. Con
MMitloiml good nature beeamo trans
formed through her artless rature into
a tort of mujcstlr graclousness. She
never wote n property smile. Even
the leading man was devoted to T.m.
Perhaps it was on that very account
that her husband used to declare ad-Jcc-tivcly,
lestlng his elbow on the bar
tind talking over his n m:
"Itolllns is too blanked woodeny for
leads." And ngul'-i, with more eni"
phatlc amplification; "Too blanUcty
b.anked woodeny to play opposite part
to my wife. I tell you, sir, my wit
Is the greatest emotional actress this
continent ever produced or ever will
produce, when It comes to that. . .
Have another."
Then they Would all silently have
another, in eloquent assent.
It was the misfortune of Mfs. Maed
ers that she loved her husband, anil
for this fact he hnd become nn Indis
pensable adjunct to the company in
the capacity of rpeclal advertising
agent, his specialty beliic hc hotel
bar.
The first time he attempted the stag.'
entraivp at the Adelphl he struck the
donr against Mr. ditch's foot, and wai
Bent stunning momd to the box ot
lu . where the manager avo him a
stage t'eket. Mis. Maeders Indignant
ly protected that she would never play
In the hous It her husband was de
nied admission to the stage, so Mr.
Cuteh. being duly Instructed, withdrew
the arbitral y hoe.
That was .Monday evening. I3y Tues
day Macdeis had conquered his re
lentment, and in n spasm of sml
mitudlln mognnnlniltv sayed to be
Jocosely faixlflar with Mr Cutch. It
wan a fnllttre. "Mr. ''utcli was partleu
lurly morosr. that nUht-lf thieiv could
bo any pattlcularlty nbiut his moods
for Mefieachy, the stage carp-nter, had
l-iyn illoi'PKpertftil. had sail things
about Mr. Cuteh within his mealing,
had left nr empty paeulns case In an
upper en trance- for him to balk Ills
shins nn and, when Mr. Cuteh objected,
had snarled back at him, suggesting a
very unpleasant alternative, which
Mr Cuteh slli-nttv declined, and kept
his eyes open for revenge. If was not
an oppoitune iwinvnt for MfWers in
lktuor to efi'ect n reconciliation.
He shunted himstf'f oil' zigzag about
the back of the stage, to'lumble over
properties, block up the entrance, and
be a general nuisance to thu company,
until suddenly he tlWimpeured.
Meanwhile Mr. Cuteh hnd given all
his attention t-- McGeacny, woo had
left his overcoat aciosa a chair which
stood beside the offending picking
case, and when presently the carpen
ter v. ns called to the other side of the
stage Mr. Cuteh saw his opportunity,
marched ovei looking slralghtnheud
of hlm-brushed by -the chair, and, an
if by nccldent, tun-hied the long coat
off into the pocking case.
The cover was resting against th
wings, and Mr. Cuteh Hid It over the
case and sciewed it down very softly,
no that McOeatliy wouldnf hear It
from the other side of the stage. After
this Mr. Cutch resumed his pWee at
the door, removed the stick with which
he had secured it, and called tivo of
the "grips" to put the case away In
the storeroom.
They carried it in and left It on the
floor th re In a corner, remarking that
It wa Irfernully he:vy. and that Cutch
thought he owned the theater from
the way he ordered people a-ound.
He never trusted them to finish the
Jeb, but hound thnt it should be thor
oughly attended to, left lit post again,
und with s casual an air us It was
possible for him to assume, strolled
Into the storeroom and spent ten mlp
utes at piling up nil the heaviest bag
gage he could find on top of the c..ao
which held McGenchy's ulster. ny
other man would have smiled to him
loneliness of it repressed part of the
dramatic smile --but Mr. Cutch could
never have smiled without, cracking
open his countenance at soma point.
When the evening's performance was
over. Mrs. Maeders was Inquiring for
her husband. "Has nnyone seen my
husband?" she asked. Several had seen
him quite lu his normal condition, but
forebore to mention that explicitly.
Itolllns, the leading man, s-aw airs.
Maeders to the hotel, as he frequently
did, and then, for her sake, went to
look up tho husband. He was not to
be found, ulthough Itolllns Inquired
conscientiously through the hotel and
looked In at every bar on his way back
to the theater. There he found Mc
Ocachy, swearing profoundly about his
lost overcoat, but willing to admit, In
parenthesis .that every one had left
the theater and that "Maeders must
be layln' In the booze somewhere."
His wife had learned never to despair
of him before daylight, hut at rehear
al next morning she was nearly fran
tic with apprehension, and testimony
was taken of nearly every one about
the stage. Almost every one had seen
him back of the stage the night before;
no one had remembered him going out,
though he might have gono a dozen
times without being noticed.
"Why should he go out again, when
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he knew I was on the stage?" asked
Mrs. Mneders, pathetically. "What
would he go out for?" which was an
awkward question to answer under the
circumstances. She feared that he had
wandered away through the streets nnd
come to grief in some way. She hard
ly entertained nn Idea that he might
have been locked up for drunkenness,
reflecting that he was too conspicuous
a gentleman for a mistake of that sort
to occur. Perhaps he had -been sand
bagged for the sake of his watch,
which she had given him nt Christmas.
Or, possibly, he had reached the water
front and fallen overboard. This pos
sibility caused the poor woman's heart
to Jump painfully, and her lips turned
ashy as Rhe pleaded again: 1
"Oh, you don't think ho left the
theater, do you?"
They hunted through the theater,
from the "gridiron" to the darkest cor
ner under the stage, and even searched
the coal bin and the furnace room.
They remembered him standing by the
prompter's desk, early In the evening,
where he had evinced active symptoms
of going on the stage, and had to be
coaxed away. Ho had been seen lenn-
Ing against the wall, behind the bnck
drop, alone in the darkness, drinking
out of a flask. The witness of this epi
sodethough much nggricved by thu
loneliness of It represed part of tho
evidence out of regard for Mrs. Maed
ers. The missing man had also been
noticed, at one moment, sitting on a
ehnlr in an upper entrnnce, in an at
titude expressive of extreme weariness
and abandon, nnd the next instant
lo! he was not; but ns if tho stage had
swallowed him, like n harlequin.
After this testimony they took up the
hunt again and searched all through
the old traps and paraphernalia be
neath the stage, almost hoplng-somo
of them that they should find him
with his neck -broken; then repenting
the cruel wish, as they thought of Mrs.
Maeders. It was solely on her account
that they had tolerated him at all; for
everybody loved Sirs. Maeders, par
ticularly the leading man.
Mr. Cutch. of course, had been sus
pected by McGeachy of spiriting away
his overcoat, but ho felt that no di
rect satisfaction could be obtained;
sooner might milk be stricken from a
split rock. The back of the house hnd
been dominated by that petty tyrant
for some twenty years, and no one had
over been known to get even with him.
?o. while the carpenter uttered sound
ing vows to heaven at heart, he con
sidered the affair a closed transaction
und bought a new coat.
The Mneders company hnd finished
the week, and departed to another
stand. All had been done that was
possible to a zealous pollee. reinforced
with money, and urged by tho tears of
Mrs. Maeders: but her husband had
not been f-iund, nor any trace of him
discovered.
The very latest Impression, of the af
fair remaining In Mr. Cutch's conscien
tiousness was a vision of the star, in
traveling dtess. leaning against her
theater trunks, while she scanned, with
streaming eyes, the magnificent bar bill
accomplished by Mr. Maeders. She
might well have been weeping over the
size of the bill; hut, in fact, her grief
was wholly personal, tender, and al
together endearing.
"All for me," she exclaimed, wretch
edly, as she mopped away her tears,
after "O. K."-ing the account, and
handing it to her manager. "Shall I
ever see him again?" There could bo
no question that she loved him devot
ed 1 v.
I'pon this recollection in Mr. Cutch's
mind was superadded a slight film o'
suspicion, one day. Insidiously spread
oyer the subject by nn exceptionally
trilling Incident; no more, literally,
than the unaccustomed droop In his
little net dog's exuberant tajl. The
doorkeeper owned a pert and dnpper
little dog, who maintained toward all
the world an habitual uttltude of
oflU'lous gaiety, varied by moods of
sensitive reserve a streak entailed by
some patrician ancestor, perhaps, anil
contrasting oddly with that more Im
mediate and plebeian entailment of
him which curled and wagged Itself
so Joyously about everybody's business.
I'pon the Saturday following the
Maeders's engagement a peculiar as
pect of melancholy seemed to hang
about this little creature's demeanor.
I -Mr. cuteh was not aware that he had
; noticed It at the time, yet the sight
of the little delicate black muzzle,
pointed intently Into vacancy, had en-
i tercd through the man's eyes into his
cere-Drum i.u-ordlng to tho physioll
gists), and was there associating Itself
with other matters nnd taking its place
In the chnln of circumstances surround
ing the disappearance of Mr. Maeders.
And upon that chair, ere tho night had
gone, tho little curl of the little dog's
tall hnd become u not Inconsiderable
link.
Silent men are not always wise, but
such Ideas as they may fortunately
possess have at least an unusual op
portunity of arranging themsels-es In
order, undisturbed by a nearby clack
ing tongue.
In the dark of Sunday morning Mr.
Cutch awoke suddenly with a violent
start. A slight cold perspiration was
on his body. A frightful conclusion
had been telegraphed through his
slumbers, from the front to the back
of his head,
He dressed quietly nnd stolo out of
the house without arousing his wife or
son, hut the little dog went with him.
and they moved along together under
the dismal twinkle of the street lamps
that yt-t were not extinguished for the
approaching dawn.
The mnn strode with firm and reso
luto stealth; the dog's uncertain gait
evinced timidity at every step, pausing
now and then to lift a deprecatory
paw, hanging back In doorways ns if
loath to go on, sliding out and lifting
onwurd ngain with a self-encouraglng
wng of tho little tail, which uncurled
nnd dropped lower nt every advance,
nnd hung down almost straight und
limp as they reached the stage en
trance of the Adclphl Theater.
The watchman was glad to be re
lieved nt so early nn hour. Behind him
Mr. Cutch bolted and barred the doors
with extraordinary caution, lit several
of the lights, nnd looked down at the
dog, who cowered and shivered In tho
corne. The look Was as If he had
spoken; the dog stood up obediently
and shook himself together. men,
without further comment between
them, they proceeded to tho storeroom,
whero Mr, Cutch now In his shirt
sleeves began pulling down the heap
of lumber under which he had so mys
teriously burled tho carpenter's ovei
coat a week before.
As ho noared the bottom of the pile
ho tried to turn his head awny whllo
he worked. Once he went away and
opened n window wide enough to put
his fnce out and take a few breaths of
nlr, and then went back to his task
again.
The dog sniffed and sniveled, tremb
ling In mimic agony, nnd whined nn
the packing enso wns gradually discov
ered. It was a long, narrow box, Into
which two or three small backing
drops hnd at some time been rolled for
transportation, so that It presented
Very nearly the general proportions of
if large-sized coflln.
It dlil not appear as If one mnn could
possibly lift It If filled, yet Mr. Cutch
managed to get It on his back, and
stooping nenrly double with tho weight,
bore It out and down the bent anc!
crooked stairway, lighted by a gas Jet,
caged' and flaring, Into the furnace
room into the sub-oellnr, where the
huge furnace wns set that heated the
entire building In which the theater
stood.
Mr. Cutch had uncovered the fire, and
It now began to glow with a blush hun
gry luster. He lit his pipe nnd sur
rounded himself thickly with Its fumes,
Into which tho little dog thrust his
head with a graceful movement. Pres
ently the fire was roaring red. Mr.
Cutch, raising tho box by a crane set
Into the cemented floor, swung it In
endwise upon the fiery bed, closing the
furnace door with a clang that echoed
through the empty theater.
On Monday evening tho Maeders
company played a return engagement
at tho Adclphl Theater. It wns a bitter
cold midwinter night, yet the star de
clared to Mr. Cutch that her dressing
room had never been so comfortable.
He looked at her from under his
gnarled and grizzly brows steadily for
a brief Instant, then turned his gaze
down upon the dog, who backed awav
and slunk rapidly out of sight behind
a scene.
Mrs. Maeders's sweet face and her
soft, tender, tremulous lips, still boro
the mark of passlnijite grief, but "ev
ery one Is so good to me," sho said,
"that It helps me to bear It." Mrs.
Maeders was loved by every one more
especially by tho lending man.
Wolstan Dlxey In Watcrbury Magazine.
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
New Skirts Waists Black Taffeta
Silks Outdoor Garments An
swers to Correspondents.
Special Correspondence of Tho Tribune.
New York, Oct. fi. It wns to bo hoped,
with tho example of the bicycle skirt, nnd
those of the "Ilalny. Day Clubs," that
walking skirts would bo shaped with
some regard to common sense and clean
liness; Instead, however, they are longer
than ever, and one hanu must now bo de
voted to holding up the fushluuiiblo deml
trnln, or ulowlng it to drag several Inchec.
How the long skirt Is to be mannged with
a long, baggy cloak, Is a problem yet to
be solved. Dress skirts are necessarily
shaped to suit tho wearer, therefore they
nre in considerable variety.
A TWO-1MECK SKlliT
termed the "stretch back" Is only adapt
ed to slender figures, and the sides being
different It Is dllllcult to cut. One seam
comes at the left side, whero tho skirt
opens, mid tho ntlit-r Is bias, and at tho
center of the back. A vrcoml is of three
pieces a gored front breadth and two
side pieces which also form the back. A
third Is In four pieces opening at tho side,
and the one admitting of homo dressmak
ing sultablo to .stout persons lias live
seams. A gored front, two side pieces
and two back breadths. This sliapo nas
been lu use for two or three years.
Till: COMING SKIKT
has ono large box plait at the back and
extending to the end of the train; but so
skilful must be tho cut, that only ex
pel t will undertake the task. Over
skirts on most of the Imported dresses
open nt tho side, and form the train at
the back; the underskirt being visible
only at the front and sides. An elegant
hellotiope velvet dress-, trimmed on
oversklrt, waist and sleeves with satin
applique figures dotted within and with
out with crystal beads, and edgtd
throughout by silver fox fur, wns an il
lustration of this style. A no les-s ele
gint black velvet costume, was orna
mented with beaded and simneled black
silk passementerie, and bordrred by chin
chilla; a blue velvet dress, again with a
long oversklrt. has black and steel trim
mings, finished In fringe. A royal purplu
velvet, has purple silk embroidery Inter
mixed with purple beuds.
CIIANGKS IN WAISTS
are brought about by turning back the
open fronts and forming scalloped or
small pointed revers, or 'revers cut Into
diminutive points; nnd as a matter of
course the glmpe effect continues. Tucks,
tightly drawn up, are now mojo fashion
able for fronts than shirring or colored
beads dotted on whlto satin between two
rows of tucks, lends charm to both.
Sleeves have an ormentatlnn at the top
In harmony with the still flaring cuff.
11I.ACK TArFKTA S1I.K
loses no prestige, but rather Increases In
popularity, and the reigning Idea lu both
black or colors Is a soft, smooth finish.
After all, however, wools ure more suit
able for street wear, and us "roughing
It" U now the fushlon, every well-provided
woman lius u dress und often nn
overgarment of estamrut cravenette lu
cheviot finish. This material Is inesti
mable for golf or bicycling, being finished
by a process which renders it water
proof without the least mixture of rubbei.
With an outfit of this labile, ono may
defy the elements nd still appear styl
ish. It comes in bind;, blue, brown, green
and gray.
KVEKYBODY MAY UK SITITHD
this season in an outdoor garment, they
are so varied, us between tho short Jucwt
and long cloak, como the Intermediate
stylo; three-quarter length garments,
usually with, fitted backs und hip seams.
These may bo plain and trimmed with
bias buttons, or elaborately braided, and
of rourso a fur collar, or nn edging of
fur is always a handsome ndditlon. Many
medium-sized circular capes are shown,
a velour border being particularly desir
able, or black velvet nnd black passemen
terie nro a never falling combination.
VKftY LONO CLOAKS
in ulster shnpo will ho used by persons
of good tasto r.nly for carriage or evening
wear, somo actually dragging several
Inches. They nro In many cases beauti
fully ornamented with contrasting cm
broidery or self-colored braiding, and uro
for tho most pnrt in very palo tan or a
pinkish giay, and u colored revers and
collar lining Impart an effective contrast.
J123 Is ubout tho usual price for such gar
ments. An t-xqulnlto purple velvet cloak
wus trimmed with white sutin applique
designs, edped with raised satin cord and
crystal bcuds.
"Constance Kllott"; your striped silk
is just In style, ns both plain or fancy
stripes arc fashionable, particularly thoso
having the Oriental strlpos. Crimped
baby ribbon nppllqued on plain colored or
white silk, in clusters of large loops or
any fancy figures, nro brought out lor
waists or combination costumes.
"Kmma lllnir": Pluln velvet Jiats aro
a delightful chunge from thoso overload
ed by plumage, and a slnglo buckle, or
handsome chiffon or feather butterfly Is
the most recherche trimming.
I -Fannie Field.
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SEWARDS FLAW TO
SAVE THE UNION
PROPOSED DICTATORSHIP AND
A FOREIGN WAR.
Wanted nt the Beginning of Lincoln's
Term to Change the Issue Away
from Slavery nnd Provoke n Union
Spirit by Tackling France nnd
Spain.
Joseph O'Connor, in I'ost-Kxprcss.
There is a disposition ninons the
persons who profess to write American
history to belittle the character of
Wllllum II. Seward. They seem to
have the same sort of mean animosity
to him that they have to Thomus Jef
ferson. There is to be a new biog
raphy of Seward, written by Frederic
Bancroft, und the author has Riven a
foretaste of the bonk in it paper, pub
lished in Harper's Magazine, on "Sew
ard's Proposition of April 1, ISfil, for a
Foreign War and a Dictatorship." Thi
paper describes the position of How
ard in Lincoln's cabinet during the first
month of the administration, when lie
was the controlling spirit. It Is said,
that during that time he was hopeful
or presorvlns tho Union without war;
and because war came, it is taken for
granted that it could not have been
prevented. This Is the usual attltudo
of the historian. He assumes that be
cause a thltiff took place nothing else
would have happened, and he devotes
himself to showing that nothing else
would have been so good for the world.
It is a very comfortable doctrine, but
sheer nonsense none the lps. Sew
ard's optimism wus by no means s)
foolish as It Is now the fashion to sup
pose. What Is there so very unreason
able In supposing that the people of
the I'nitcd States would hesituto
ubout pluiifflng Into a desperate civil
war Is It not a simple fact that If
they could have known beforehand tho
character of such a war. It would nev
er Hnvo taken place? Out of many
contingencies. In the event of war. the
result that came to pas? v.ns the only
0110 probably that would have united
tho republic. The people north and
south were acting largely under delu
sions, and men like Seward hoped for
a return to sober second thought le
fore actual fighting began.
JiECESSlOX.
South Carolina soc-edc-d December 20.
18C0; Mississippi, January !. ISM; Ala
bama and Florida. January 11. IbUl;
Georgia, January 0, 1SC1- Lmiisinmi,
Jnnuary 2C ISfll: nnd Texas. February
1, 1SC1. Knrly In Hint month the Con-fi-dei-acy
wns formed; und Davis was
made president of tho provisional gov
ernment February ltMJl. These events
took plnce before Lincoln's Inaugura
tion: nnd until the firing on Fort
Sumter, no further! step had been
gained for the secession movement.
Virginia. Missouri, North Carolina, and
Arkansas had voted secession down;
and Kentucky and Tenness-e had re
fused even to call a convention. Vir
ginia's action was taken ns late as
April -Ith. It seems near enough now
that if peace could have been preserved
six months the Confederacy of tho
seven cotton states would have gone to
pieces; nnd it wns In the full conscious,
ness of that fact thut the leaders of
the soce'-slon movement In South Car
olina nttaclced Fort Sumter, i'.oger A.
Pr-vor. of Virginia, ma.lo 11 speech
urging that policy ns the only resort
nnd snving that it would bring the Old
Dominion into l!n within "an hour
by Shrewsbury clock "
MEETING AN EMUUGKNOV.
It wus u despetnte emergency; and
it was to meet 11 that Seward sub
mitted to the president his proposition
nf April 1, 1SC1. It was first given out
by Hay and Nlcolay In their life of Lin
coln. The assertion that It Involved tho
deposition of tho president and the
choice of a dictator is absurd, as there
Is nothing of the sort proposed and It
would bo something llko lunacy for 11
secretary of state to submit such a
proposition to tho president for his ap
proval. Seward started out with tho
plain statement of nn obvious fact, thut
no public policy had been determined
upon during the past month, nnd that
It whs time to turn asldo from the dis
tribution of patronage and decide upon
a policy. Wo who aro old enough to
recall thoso days can remember that
tho rush of otllce-seekers to Washing
ton, at such a crisis In national affairs,
was denounced by men of ull parties
J as a disgrace to the country. For a
homo policy the secretary of state mndo
this proposition:
"I am nwaro that my views aro sin
gular, und perhapH not sufllclently ex
plained. My system Is built upon this
Idea us a ruling one, numely, thut wo
must change the question before tho
public from one upon slavery, or about
slavery, for a question upon union or
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years and a half I was confined to
my bed. I employed nine of the
best physicians of Albany, and
two specialists from New York,
but all declared my case hopeless.
My niece recommended Dr. Will
iams' rink Pills for Pale People.
The use of several boxes enabled
me to leave my bed and go about
with crutches. Finally I aban
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Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People is too strong for my case.
Mat Tanner."
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 17th day of Sept., 1898.
Neimj F. Townbr, Notary Public.
From the Albany (N. Y.) Journal
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disunion. In other words, from what
woud be regarded as a party question
to one of patriotism or union. The oc
cupation or evacuation of Fort Sumter,
uthough not in fact a slavery or a party
question, Is so regarded. Witness the
temper manifested by the Republicans
In tho free states, nnd even by tho
Union men in tho South. I would there
fore terminate It as a safe means for
changing the Issue. I deem It fortun
ate that the last administration cre
ated the necessity. For tho rest, I
would simultaneously defend nnd rein
force all tho ports In the Gulf, and
have the navy recalled from foreign
stations to be prepared for a blockade.
Put the Island of Key West under mar
tial law. This will raise distinctly the
question of Union or disunion. I would
maintain every fort and possession In
the South."
Now, the essential point in this pol
icy, that of making tho issue simply
one of union or disunion, was that on
which the nation began to wage the
Civil war. and President Lincoln kept
it so steadfastly In view that he de
clared, when urged to preclulm the
emancipation of the slaves, that his
purpose was to save the union, and
that if he could save it by leaving
slavery alone he would leave it alono,
and that If he could save It by de
stroying slavery he would 'tube that
course. To meet this Idea the very
name of the, Republican party was for
a timet merged in that of the "Union
party." Nothing could have been
wiser, ns It brought the people of the
north, of all parties, and the people
of tho border states, Into full harmony
with the administration nt the very
moment when harmony was vital.
SEWARD'S FOREIGN POLICY.
Hut It Is Seward's proposition for 5.
foreign policy that lias met with the
sharpest censure, and there can be no
doubt that there was a touch of the
unscrupulous wisdom of Mnehlavelll lti
It. To put the case roundly he ad
vised foreign controversy and even
the possibility of .foreign war In or
der to direct attention from the quar
rel at home:
"I would demand explanations from
Spain nnd France categorically at once.
I would seek explanations from Great
Hrltalu and Russia and send agents
Into Canada, Mexico and Central
America to rouse a vigorous continen
tal spirit of independence on this con
tinent aguinst European intervention.
And, If satisfactory explanations are
not received from Spain and Franc
would convene congress und declare
war again them. But whatever policy
wo adopt, there must be an energ'-tlc
prosecution of it. For this purpof n
must be somebody's business to pur
sue and direct it Incessantly. Either
the president must do it liimslf, and
be nil the while active In it, or devolve
It upon some member of his cabinet.
Once adopted, debates on It must end,
and all agree and abide, n Is not in
my especial province; but I neither
seek to evade or assume tl.r. responsi
bility." There enn be no doubt nn to tho
unifying po.ver or n foreign war; and
we have had a recent proof of it in the
sudden welding nf northern and south
ern sentiment when wo began the war
with Spain. It Is an old and ever
popular device of fctnteman8hlp;'anil
tho only peculiarity about Seward's
suggestion wns the frnnknof-s with
which it wns mude. And If there ever
was an Instance in which such an ex
pedient could be adopted with honor
which Is doubtful It was vl.vjii Suw
ard urged If for it wns the offer of
a choice between civil war und foreign
war.
NOT FLIMSY PRETEXTS.
It Is assumed thnt the pretext set up
by Seward woro flimsy: but seme of
them would ho considered 11 c ause of
war In our day. or gvgh In 1861. If thr
Htrugglo for national existence hnd
not como suddenly and absorbed all
our resources and energies. Tlv pos
sible cause of controversy with Spain
was lwr attempt to nubjugate S.uitu
Domingo, which continued for fnun
years. Tho distrust of Franco involved
the graver matter of the overthrow of
the Mexican republic und tho erection
of an empire with it Eur ipoan prince 0:1
tho tin-on.-. Six months later, October
31. lsfil, a convention was signed nt
London between Crutland, Franco and
Spain for co-operation In a demand
upon Mexico for tho lulllllment or var
ious obligations and the dispatch of
an expedition tn tumps! redress, seiz
ing Mexican cusnm houses If neces
sary to securo payment of i-lnim. It
was provided thnt thero should be no
attempt nt overthrowing tho Mexican
government and no ron.iuwt of Mexi
can tenltory. Hut the French emp3ror
lost no time In violating those condi
tions, as ono party 1 1- nnoth--r tJ such
agreements always does. Tho result
justified Seward's foresight but It was
not until nfter tho ev war that ho
could resume his warligo purpose. Then
ho had the saUrl'actlon of tojthig tho
Emperor Napoleon jn diplomatic but
peremptory language to taka hlmuelt
out of Mexico at once; ani a rapid
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NEW CURB FOB POISONING.
Man Bled Almost to Death to Savo
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From I'eartion's Weekly.
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AN ISLAND OF FLOWERS.
From tho Youth's Companion
Tho Scilly Islands may "iy Justly!
be teimed flower Islands, for a largo
part of their surface Is given up to tha
cultivation of flowers, and the great
majotlty of their people spend thelri
lives In attending to tho plants, from
which ull the wealth ot the Islands la
drawn.
Tiie inhabitants have had other oc
cupations before they settled down to
llower growing. At ono time they were
wreckers, and at a later period Ithe1
wmt into a more legitimate business,
and unvoted themselves tn the raisins
of early potatoes. There was money to
be made out of them, and the Islands
prospered until prosperity bore Its us
ual fruit in the shupo of competition,
Tho Channel islanders took to growing;
potatoes, and the potato trade of the
Hcilly Island- was killed. Thereupon
lhi Islanders betook themselves to flow
er growing, giving- the greater part of
their attention to the narcissi.
In St. Mary's alone nearly a quarter
of the cultivated area of tho Island li
devoted to flowers. In tho month of
February last year, 32? tons of flowers
were exported frorp tills ono Island,
About 200 boxes go to the ton, and as
t ich bo contains from threo to twelv
spiles of (lowers it is easy to see that
the number of flowers sent out from'
th-- Inlnnd was not trilling.
Tho inhabitants of these Islands r
n wife people. They do not belloven
wasting time. As soon as tho forclnn
of tht narcissi Is over the houses nro
filled with tomato plants, and fir
months there is a continuous supply of
this ropular dainty.
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