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VOL. XXV. NO. 51. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1893. S1.50 PER ANNUM.
A man in Wolfo County, Kentucky,
has been disfranchised (or life for gelling
bis vote.
Calhoun County, Florida, is without
railroad in its borders, has not asinglo
lawyer, nor is there a singlo barroom in
the county.
A French mcrchnnt, tho victim of sev
eral defaulting cashiers, now advertises
for "a cashier as honest as possiblo and
paralyzed in both legs."
The Territory of Arizona is, so far as
the sheep industry is concerned, in as
l.rnspcrous a condition, avers the New
York World, as any State or Territory in
tho Southwest,
The United States furnishes 073,000
Freemasons and 047,471 Oddfellows,
"with lodgcroom reasons for late hours
and latch koys," according to the Chicago
Herald.
Kate Field's Washington, after patient
toil, 1ms discovered that it cost more to
l-ury and eulogize a dead Statesman than
it docs to feed and clothe him during his
two years of Congressional sorvice.
American ingenuity in holding tho
ribbons is extending very rapidly to the
manufacture of ribbons ns well, boast
the Chicago Herald. Tho product ol
American looms has increased, according
to the figures just, published, from
$0,023,100, in 1880 to $17,0S1,447 in
lS90-
The death of General Beauregard
leaves but one of the seven full Ueuorals
of the Souther i Army living aud none of
the 11 vo men on whom the rank was cou.
f erred at the beginning of tho war.
These five niou were Cooper, Lee, Joseph
E. Johnston, Albert Sydocy Johnston
and Beauregard. Bragg and Kirby
Smith were afterward made full Gen.
crals. Kirby Smith alone survives.
A new stylo of wall decoratiou in these
hard times in England may become pop
ular, opines the Chicago Herald's Lon
don correspondent. A Dover street
sufferer by recent corporation collapses
has papcrcl ono of the rooms of hit
bouse with share certificates, now value
less, but which represent the investment
of an immense sum. C. W. King, tho
well-known philatelist, sot the fashion
somo time ago by covering the walls of a
room with postage stamps valued at
3500.
Among the envelopes containing the
electoral votes for President and Vico
President was oue with a queer seal,
now in possession of Mr. Sp.irr, one of
the doorkeepers ot tho United States
Senate reception room. It seems that
Montana, though a Stato for seme time,
has us yet no teal. Tho envelope con
taining the elcctnrul votes was fastened
with a great splnsh of red wax fully two
and a half inches in diamcler and in tho
wax, while it was still soft, was stuck a
bright silver dollar of the year of Mon
tana's admission into the Union.
Grover Cleveland evidently thiuks that
type-written letters are not good form.
Tina, at least, the New Orleans Picayune
thinks, is tho fair inference to be drawn
from the following incident: A politi-
cian of National prominence tho other
day, wishing to urge the claims of a cer
tain person lot a cabinet position, die
tated a letter for Mr. Cleveland to his
typcwiiter, signed it and sent it away,
Shortly afterwtrd be received a reply,
written in a somnwhat cribbed, but dis
tinct hand, which ou examination
proved to be au autograph of Mr. Cleve
land. '-..is put the letter
jail". .tiivi- ri I
IZd patch for
K ft., ti,s that ho will
forthef '"' 1,0 wiI1
re, botijf sendiug Mr.
,o ; ha . , ,.
, apeoJO loiter. I ho
more new
telegraph!
uiut more apttca
any other newafi,
ho
vnniant.
all
the
,.,eal more legible than
. graphs.
'"uis roan says that "it is a
question' jflij '7 a silk hat aud a
supreme i. ' ' jrry a mau, but our
people appt "4d readily to such in.
fluences. ThtV?". instanco of this is
Colonel Hale, of nowhere in particular,
but who has a habit of blowing iu with
the spring breezes aud promoting things
generally, much to his own interest.
Colonel Hale blow into a rapidly grow
ing Western town reeontly and quickly
grasped the fact that there was no cable
road. With everything'gone but a silk
bat and fl25, ho spent $100 for admis
sion into a swell local club and proceeded
lo exist on the remaining 25. He
gathered about him the leading moneyed
men and laid bare the sehouie of mill
ions in a cable road. He agreed to ob
tain the franchise and put it all through
for 130,000, part of which was to be
paid dowu as a guarantee of good faith.
Do you believe that that fellow dusted
up bis silk hat and attacked the alder
men next. By diut of promising and
pompous ' appuurance of wealth he to
cured an ordinance, was voted stock,
drew what was coming to him aud blew
out again, leaviug every oae to wonder."
THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY,
Will some wise man who has Journeyed.
Over land and over sea
To the countries where the rainbow
And the glorious sunsets be.
Kindly tell a little stranger
Who has oddly lost her way,
Where's the road that she must travel
To return to Yesterdayf
For, yon see, she's unfamiliar
With To-day, and oannot reai
What its strange, mysterious sign-post.
Tell ot ways and where they lead.
And her heart upbraids hor sorely,
Though she did not mean to stray
When she fell asleep last evening
And abandoned Yesterday.
For she left a deal neglected
That she really should have done;
And she fears she's lost some favors
That she fairly might have won.
Bo she'd like to turn her backward
To retrieve them if she may,
Will not some one kindly tell her
Where's the road to Yesterday?
, Julie M. Llppmann, in St. Nicholas.
"CHIHUAHUA" BROWN.
BY KtOHARD H. LINTH1CUM.
uiuunes were
found sometimes in
a day at Pyrites,
and so Chihuahua
Brown went there
when the camp was
first started. That
was six months be
fore the time of
which I write.
Pyrites was a typ
ical mining town
or "camp," far up in tbe Itocky Mount
sins.
It had grown in six months from ono
log cabin to a town of a thousand In
habitants. It was a rough, unpretcn
tious town, both as regards its buildings
and a largo number ot its citizens; but
under the duck suit of the miner there
are more honest hearts, more noble and
generous natures than will be found in
almost any other calling in life.
It is a noticeable fact about a new
mining camp that tho most high-sound
ing title are applied to the most com
mon-looking structures; tho cheapest
place always has the grandest name. For
instance, the Delmonico restaurant was
the worst of all the eating establishments
in Pyrites, and the Windsor Hotel of-
fered the poorest accomodations of any
bostelery in the place.
The cleanest, most homo like eating
house in the place was Mn. McGwire's
restaurant. Bridget McGuIre was
lively, bustling Irish woman, with a red
face and hair a shade lighter. She was
popular with "the boys," as ehe called
the miners who patronized her place
"We can always get plenty on our forks
at Mrs. ilctiiiire s," was tbe usual sen
tence of praise bestowed upon her es
tablishment.
"Chihuahua" Brown boarded with
Mrs. McGuire. He was a quiet, retiring
sort of a man. No one knew much about
him, except that he once had some rain
ing property near Chihuahua, Mexico.
There was auother Brwn in Pyrites, so
he was given the sobriquet of "Chihua
hua," to distinguish him from the other
Brown. He paid bis board promptly
and was highly esteemed by Mrs. Mc
Guire, who sometimes spoke of him as
"the widow woman's friend," on accuuit
of his once having loaned Mrs. McGuire
$200 without security, when the good
natured Irish woman first started in busi
ncss. Now Bhe was beyond the need of
financial assistance, and was doing
flourishing business such a huge bust
Dess, in fact, that she had been obliged
to send to Denver for additional help to
wait upon tho table. Tbe "help" duly
arrived unon the stage and created a sen
sation in Pyrites. The first general de
scription was given out by the stago
driver, "Fairplay Bill," to deeply inter
ested throng of listeners at tbe Silver
Bear saloon.
"She cum up on the stage along side
of me," said Bill." "There was three
girls for tho dance hall, besides. When
we got to the first station, at Turkey
Creek Canyon, she asked if she could
ride on the seat wilh me; she did so ad
mire tbe scenery. I took her up boside
me on the box, and you never beard a
girl go on so about the color of tbe sky,
and the trees and rocks, and the wild
flowers bloorain' on the mountain side,
kibe pointed out things to me about tbe
scenery I never see before. I never see
a girl so gone on scenery. She really did
enjoy it. I got so interested, hear in
her talk, I cum purty near slidin' the
whole outfit down the mountain, as 1 cum
'round Dead Man's Curve. She's differ
ent from any biscuit shooter ever I see."
"Purty f She's purtier than that nigh
leader o' mine, but she don't put on as
much style as Kitty does, 'specially when
she's just been hitched up, an' anxious
to go. Purtv? Ever see 'em pictures
'bout a woman raisin' up out the seat
Ever see that picture of 'Rumyo and
Juliai' She's purtior than either one of
'em. l'vo crrried many a bash slinger
In my time, but I never see one like her.
Most of 'em's got their hair cut short
and curly, an' act fresh. She's differ
ent; long hair, blacker'n a dark night
in the canyon ; big eyes, rosea in her
cheeks; she's a lady, that's what she is.
I could tell that first time I see her.
This was bow Doris Ware came to
Pyrites to be the "help" at Mrs. Mo
Guire's restaurant. It was not strange
that the business of the restaurant iu.
creased. Mrs. McGuire 's new waiter
girl was very, very pretty, and a pretty
face is an attraction anywhere, but es
pecially so in a new mining camp, where
women constitute a very small minority
of the population.
It is not strange either that many of
Mrs. McGuire's boarders fell in love with
Mrs. McGuire's waitress. There was
quite a noticeable sprucing up in the
way of general appearance among the
boarders. Two or three of "the boys"
affected brigh colored ties, and when
they came to their meals they were par
ticular about washing their faces very
clean. They seemed to put more than
the usual amount of water on their
hair and combed ft back slicker
than they had been in tho habit
of doing. All this seemed to havo no
effect upon Mrs. McGuire's help. 8ho
was as demure, retiring and modest as
when she first arrive!. Thore was ono
boarder who loved the pretty waiter-girl
with tbe consuming passion of a secret
affection. He scarcely dare raise hisercs
to her, be was so diffident. The flutter
of her dress was sufficient to cause every
nerve in his body to tremble. If she
spoke to him he was suro to put a lump
of butter in his coffee or sprinkle stiar
all over bis plate during the ensuing mo
ment of confusion. This boarder was
"Chihuahua" Brown. He was reserved
in his manner, so quiet and gentlemanly
that Doris was naturally attracted to him.
They became friends and gradually "Chi
huahua' Brown learned ol the past life
of Doris Ware. Her father bad been a
man of wealth ; he was a speculator. A
bad investment bad left him almost pen
niless. Ho lacked tha moral courage to
face adversity and in a moment of des
peration and despondency he blew out
his brains. Tbe shock almost killed his
wile, a woman of a delieate, nervous
temperament. His daughter Doris roe
superior to the occasion. Sbe supporte i
her mother from tbe rather small wages
she earned in a store. One day she read
an advertisement in a Western paper:
"Ten eirls wanted for light, easv occu
pations in the mountains; wages $25 per
week." With such largo wages she
could comfortably support her mother.
Tbe amount was more than twice as
much as she had been receiving. She
had used her meagre savings to come
West, only to find that "the light, easy
occupation" for which tne ten young
girls were wanted was to serve beer in a
dance-ball in Leadville. Being almost
without money she took the first place
sbe could get; it was her present one
waitress In Mrs. Mctiuire s restaurant.
"Chihuahua" determined that the girl
should not longer work in the restau
rant. But what could he dot There
was no other occupation in which she
could engage and remain in Pyrites, and
he could not bear the thought of send
Ing her away
Well, thore was one thing wuica
ought to be done, if it could be done.
One September morning "Ubiuuanua
Brown bade adieu to Pyrites for a short
time and went up to his mines on Snow
shoe Mountain. Before going he laid
in a largo supply of writting paper,
somo big, thick pointed pens, a bottle
of ink and some blank mining deeds.
The miner working adjoining claims
noticed that "Chihuahua" Brown was
paler than usual. His manner was less
lescrved. He was nervous and excited
at times. He sat up late at night writ
ing and always concluded by tearing up
what be had written. One night when
he was thus engaged, one of . tbe men
working on the night shift came to the
door and yelled:
"Chihuahua I Chihuahua! come into
the mine and look at the stuff we've got
in there we've str jck it big."
"Chihuahua" hurried into the mine.
It was a beautiful September after
noon in Pyrites. The mountain were
covered with wild flowers, and here and
there the sides of the monster hills had
been touched by the frost, transforming
verdant hues into purple, crimson and
gold. Doris went for a stroll early in
the afternoon. Sbe gathered the flowers
as she went along, and almost every step
revealed some now beauty of tbe floral
kingdom. Her mind was not so much
upon the flowers as it was upon him
big, bearded, Honest, manly "Unl-
huahua Brown, one bail received a
letter from her mother that morning, in
which a remittance ot flUU was ac
knowledged. The letter to ber mother
had been sent by "Chihuahua" Brown,
and he had stated therein that the $100
was a part of tho proceeds from a mine
in which Doris had an interest with him
The money was badly needed by the
mother, and ber gratitude was almost
extravagantly expressed.
Doris strolled on, thinking of the
generosity of "Chihuahua," and the
secret, delicate method he had taken of
showing it.
It was time to return. The shadows
began to gather on the mountains, and
darkness would soon be upon Her.
She started back to the trail; but, alatl
there was no trail whore sbe thought it
should be. Again she located in ber
mind's eye the place where she had left
the trail in ber search tor flowers, but
there was no trail when she arrived
there. It was almost dark. She real
ized that she was lost. Lost in the
mountains; lost in a little basin, with
tbe town of Pyrites just over a small
ridge. But this latter fact she did not
know.
Higher up in tbe basin sbe saw a
light. It came from a miner's cabin
She atarted there. It was very much
further than she thought it was. It
seemed at least an hour before she ar
rived at the little cabin from the window
of which the light streamed out upon the
dark mountain. The door was slightly
open. Dorn knocked. No answer,
Bhe entered the cabin.
There was a fire in tbe stove, for the
night was chill. A neat looking bunk
with clean blankets and coverlid stood in
one corner. There was a mining map
upon tbe wall. A bucket of water and
a wash-basin were near tbe door. Can
dies and miners cauule-stick were
stuck in the log crevices. In the centre
of tbe room was a table covered with
writing paper. On the table was a light
that bad guided her to the place a can
die stuck in the mouth of an empty
bottle.
Wha, was this! A miuing deed
Maxwe.l H. Brown to Doris Ware, i
one-half interest in tbe "Goodness
Gracious" lode.
A letter she must not read it. Her
name! Why, what could this mean!
"Dear Miss Doris" so tbe letter be
gan. Then she read ;
All mv life I have beengoinz it a'one, and
Fin getting tired of it. 1 want a par J i
parduer, lniean an i that' you. I took
yuu into p.iduersliip on tbe "(ioodue
Utaciou1' loi Hist in jatU. Will i on t aur
psrd for life, and have a regular warraatf
deed made out by Parson Wllsonf I never
tra in love ttll 1 met vou. I don't know
how this affair will pin ont, bat I don't
think I'll be able to winter through without
toil I know mr love ain't worth as much
"to you as yours Is to me, and if yon say vou
will be my wire, 1 II try ami make me oar
gain even by throwing in the whole "Oood
ness Gracious" mine and the "Small Pota
toes" which is an adjoining claim. Answer
me quirk. If I don't get an answer, Tra
afraid I'll hart eome of the boys, because I
Hou't know what I'm doing half the time.
Piease marry me will youf And oblige,
yours respectfully,
Maxwell H. Bnoww.
Jutt as Doris finished reading sbe
heard a step, a heavy step, at the door.
8 le grabbe i the pen and wrote in large
letters at tbe bottom of the sheet:
My answer is yes. Doris.
Some one was bendiog over her.
Some one had seen her write. Some
one saw that plain, big "Yes," and she
was gathered tight in a pair of strong
arms, and felt a lervent kiss upon her
lips.
Another step at the door. It was
"Galena" Mike, a minor.
"Chilhunhua," he said, "there's an
eight-foot vein ol that stuff, and it will
run at least $1000 to the ton.
"Chilbuahua" did not answer Mike,
but Doris heard him say:
"1 wouldn't give one minute like this
for 8,000,000 ton of it." Now York
World.
Cultivating the Appetite.
Altogether too much time and talk are
expended on what we ahail eat ana wnat
we shall drink. Dainty dishes are' all
very well in their way, but in many
families their preparation seems to be the
chief end and aim of existence. No
sooner is one meal cleared away, than
plans are laid for something new and ap
petizing for another.
What to eat forms the subject of con
versation in little gathonngs of all sorts.
Of course, cooking-schools and the gen
eral interest in culinary matters have
something to do with this, but the sub
ject, like all others, is in very great
danger of being overdone. Especially
is this the case where there are youn ;
and growing children. They gather
from all that Is going on aoouc mem
that eating seems to be the principal in-
tercet ot tbe lainuy ana menus, huh it
is not difficult to see to what this will
lead. The little appetites are pam pored ,
and the minds are filled with fastidious
notiocs about dishes and the way to
serve them.
Too much Importance cannot be at
tached to good, plain cooking and the
proper preparation of food, but eating
should not at any time form the princi
pal subject of conversation. It is not
considered good form to talk about one's
food while at table: there are topics of
conversation much more desirablo, and
some pains should be taken to introduce
some agreeable and interesting subject
at the outset of tho meal. Do some
thing, do anything to avoid the unceas-
ine tirade about what to eat ana now to
prepare it. mat sort oi taing is wou
enough in iU place, but is by no means
a 'proper subject for general discussion.
The Ledger.
How Corean Troops Are Drilled.
On the recent arrival at Chcmulpi,
Corea, of the United States steamer
Marion, Commander Gridley, accom
panied by three of bis olncers, paid an
official visit to Seoul, where they were
the guests of United States Minister Au
gustine Hoard, at whose request ms
Majesty, King Li Fin, granted a private
audience to the officers and assured the
commandor of bis friendship for the
United States. The officers were also in
vited to witnesr the drill of a battalion
of Corean soldiers, whose military bear
ing was specially noticeable, as were also
the precision and excellence of their
drill.
Two companies of 130 men each took
part in the evolutions, which were per
formed according to Upton's tactics.
The manual of arms, wheelings and
marching in quick and in double time
were admirably performed. The file
closers all earried long handled clubs, or
paddles, instead of rifles, like the rest.
The officer' curiosity regarding the use
of these paddles was soon satisfied. A
poor devil in the rear rank.who brought
hi piece to "shoulder arms" instead of
"order arms," was instantly pounced
upon by two burly file closers, knocked
down and given a beating that must
have made his bones ache for a month.
He made no moro mistakes that day.
This interestint diversion was repeated
several times. New York Herald.
Testa or Australian Farmers.
The Australian farmer have many
enemies to fight against, besides those
which have been imported into the coun
try, like the rabbit. Large fruit eating
bats rio much damage to the orchards, and
it is b j pleasant sight for the industrious
agriculturist to see devouring swarms of
these so called flying foxes advancing on
his crops of an evening. Wild dogs were
formerly very numerous, but they did so
much damage that they were destroyed
without mercy. On large plantation a
man is kept whose sole work is to lay
out poison for them. One of the greatest
annoyances in certain parts of Australia
is the poisonous nettle or "stinging
tree." It is so poisonous that ' if it
beautiful heart shaped leavos are only
put in motion they cause one to sneexe.
They are covered with nettles on both
sides, and a sting from them gives great
pain. Uoises wounded by them roll as
if mad with pain, and if they do not at
once receive attention they will in this
way kill themselves. Chicago Time.
Parental Influence.
A a general rule a child's taste, opin
ions, character and trend in lile, aud
even it permanent destiny, are practic
ally shaped before the child is seven or
eight years of age. The failure of the
parents rightly to instruct and train it in
those early years, bath by teaching and
example, by coustant watchfulness aud
losing carp, can never be made good by
a lifetime of dev tcdness in later year
Detroit Free press.
SCIENTIFIC ANI INDUSTRIAL.
Mexicans have been using a decoction,
of black spiders as a cure for typhus
fever.
The average weight of the circulating
blood in tho body is about twenty-eight
pounds.
Tanning is done in this country io
about one-quarter of the time allowed in
Europe.
The leading metallurgists In this
country and in Europe have for some
time been endeavoring to enlist electric
ity into their service.
It has been shown by Nathan that the
addition of a small proportion of nitro
genous material to the "must" of fruit
results in the formation ot more alcohol
than usual.
The duration of the electric spark
docs not exceed the twenty-five thou
sandth part of a second, and a bullet in
flight has been photographed by means
of this spark, a marvelous development of
modern science.
A moist, warm atmosphere, where the
changes of temperature are slight, is the
most favorable for persons Buttering irom
rheumatism. The worst place is one in
which the air is tho dryest and tbe cli
mate tbe most changeable.
TLc programme of the sanitary exhibit
to be held in connection with the Chi
cago Exhibition defines its purpose to be
to siiow as adequately as possible the
position in which tbe theory and prac
tice of hygiene stand at the present day.
Copper and brass can be melted in an
iron pot because their fusing point is be
low that of iron, but most metals are
melted in earthen pots crucible is the
technical name. These are earthenware
jnrs of various sizes and shapes which
stand tremendous degrees of heat.
Ono of the latest ideas for illuminat
ing towns is tosuspend in the air a large
balloon shaped like a torpedo and ma Io
of thin aluminum, filled with a snitnblo
quantity of gas and having a rotating fan
to keep it steady. The light can be de
rived either from a number of arc lamps
attached to the ends or sides, or from
incandescent lamps with which the out
sido of the balloon can be covered. The
height of tho balloon above tho ground
would be regulated by tbe length of
Cable employed.
Professor Joseph Lcidy placed the fact
beyond doubt several years ago, that
nlgce existed in the tissues of fresh water
mussels. Professor John A. Itydcr
noted green about the heart of oysters
in the aquafa at Sea Isle City, and
which coloration, noted also in Europe,
has been ascribed by Professor Decaisne
and others in France to phycocyanin ab
sorbed from certain diatoms. Professor
Hyder inclines to the belief that Dr.
Licdy's discovery, as above noted, forms
a more probablo explanation.
Wolves in Russia.
Wolves are specially active this winter.
Even in France accidents have been re
ported, and Government has thought it
necessary to urge the Louvetiers to exert
themselves. Dreadful stories have
reached us from the plains of Eastern
Europe, where the inhabitants are used
to reckon wolves as an abiding peril of
the winter season, and take no great ac
count of the victims whose lives nre lost
in the accustomed manner. But it is
many years since a town even as
"towns" go in Russia was actually be
sieged by these animals. Such, we are
told, is the fato of Tikhvin, in the Pro
vince of Novgorod. They quarter its
neighborhood in large packs, aud make
forays into the streets, seizing any living
thiug they can catch. The women
stay indoors, and the men only go out
armed to the teeth. This tale is not to
be dismissed as a mere fable. It may
probably be exaggerated by legendary
incidents handed down from the time
when there was no safety outside the
towns. The Governor is said to have
despatched a battalion of infantry, a sot
uiu of Cossacks, and three hundred Chas
seurs to make war upon the enemy. Such
a force may protect Tikhvin, but it is
not be hoped that the wolves will suffer
much. They will be driven off to prey
upon the country districts. Those who
know nothing of the matter are apt to
regard it ns another evidence of barbar
ism that these creatures should be al
lowed to flourish. Why does not the
Government or tbe people exterminate
themf The answer is that it cannot bs
done, even in France, though they might
be reduced to a trifling number there if
the Louvetiers were in earnest. But
wolves are migratory. Many of those
which are beleaguering Tikhvin may
have traveled from Siberian wastes.
London Standard.
Tallest Structures in the United States.
The tallest structure row xisting in
the United State is the Washington
Monument, the memorial shaft erected at
the National capital in honor of the
memory of the "Father of HisCouutry."
It is 550 feet in height. Next after the
Washington monument, the fullest struc
ture is the tower on the Madison Square
Garden, near Madisou square, New York
City. The lookout gallery at tbe sum
mit of this tower is the highest point of
vantage in New York City, and with the
exception of the summit of the Wash
ington monument the highest in the
country. From the pavement to the
electric lights on the forehead of tbe
gilded Diana, which until receutly
crowned the structure, thero was an in
terval of 311 feet. New York Press.
The Biggest Schoolb usp.
A fcUoolluufe to cost (200,000, capa
ble of seating 2100 pupils, is bting built
in New Yoik City. Tbe structure will
contain four floors and an attic. The
first floor will be used for a playground
and will b-j so arranged that it can be
throwu into an auditorium 60x120 feel
for lectures and evening classes. The
attic is to be devoted to manual training
aud a gymuatiuiu. Tne three floors be
tween me to be li vi.ltr't into classrooms.
San Fisbcuco (.'Urouicle,
WHITE HOUSE RECEPTIONS
DIVERSIFIED OATHERINOS AT
THE EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Peopl Ons May Meet at a rreIAn
tial lleceptlon A I'anorama ot
Official and Political Life.
TT" T the President' house on a
reception night, or at the house
of cabinet officer on a Wed
nesday afternoon, or of a Sen.
ator on a Thursday afternoon, or at any
place to which people are asked for their
public position, there will be found men
and women representing every stago of
prosperity in tbe Union, and every honest
sailing that leads to prosperity. And
that is precisely what is to be found in
the public places of the Republic in
the House of Representatives, in the
Senate, in the Cabinet, on the Supreme
Bench, and in the White House itself.
It is a strange and interesting accumula
tion of human beings, most of them too
timid to be as interesting as tbey might
be. Even when the President issues
cards, the people who get together make
up a curious conglomerate.
The now Congressman takes his wlfo
to the President's, expecting to find the
entertainment not very different, al
though perhaps on a somewhat grander
scale, from that to which he is accus
tomed in the judge's house at the county
seat during court week. So he goes,
perhaps, in his frock-coat, feeling an
American prejudice against evening
dress, and a white or lilac tie, while his
rather fearful helpmate has put on her
best black silk, modest or prudish, as
you will, with its high neck and Its
long sleeves. The new Congressman
experiences no trepidation in addressing
the President. They are both politi
cians, and the new Congressman may
even believe for a moment that some
day be may even stand at the head of a
line of well dressed women, whose necks
and arms now thine in his startled eyes.
Ha does not doubt that the President is
aware of the unique vicissitudes of the
recent campaign in bis district. There
are a hundred subjects that the two have
in common, but he is disappointed at he
is about to utter his first smart phrase of
conversation to feel that the President's
hand is gently impelling him forward
and that thero is a soft pressure of tbe
crowd behind him in the same direction.
It is his first introduction to the reti
cense and restraints of high life, uu in
troduction which is emphasized and
made more impressive by tbe disinclina
tion of the receiving women to shake
hands, or to indicate their recognition of
the new member by anything warmer
or more emphatic than a courtesy,
which, towever, is quite enough for the
timorous wife at his side, who, much
more than her husband shrinks before
the grand dames of the AVhite House
and Cabinet, some of whom were born
to polite society, while some have ac
quired a large amount of ocial assur
ance during their husbands' struggles up
the ladder of fame.
Other persons besides Congressmen are
here, some of them equally uncomfort
able, many of them, however, onjoyiug
themselves to the utmost. Thero is a
panorama of all that is prominent iu offi
cial and political life. There are officers
of tbe army and navy who have been on
staff duty at tbe capita', and are now
undergoing, with pleasure or fortitude,
as the case may be, the pronounced ad
miration of young women. There are
older officers, who havo been more re
cently on the plains, and who come to
tbe function with their wives and daugh
ters and sisters with a delight or rever
ence duo, to their honest thinking, to
the highest and most resplendent social
ceremony in this country the drawing
room not only of tbe bead of tbe Nation,
but of the commander-in-chief of the
two military services. Tbe army aud
navy folk of the staff are usually of that
inner circle whose peculiar traits and
customs are not now under considera
tion; but the army people who have spent
years on the plains know nothing better,
or wiser, or generally more praise
worthy, than their owu people. There
tore they will be found to
gether, although the excited womou,
who have for years endured with a noble
patience the monotony of lifo at army
posts, aro rejoiced beyond words if they
may only grasp tbe hand and hear tho
voice of some piragon of Congressional
wisdom who has been good to their hus
bands or to the service.
There will bo diplomats in dazzling
uniforms; Chinese mandarins in silk at
tire; Japanese officials, tho nieu in tho
black evening dress of convention, and
the women iu the proper costume of
Europe and America.
Nearly every one ot those who make
up this interesting bunan collection finds
somewhere in the moving throng a friend
or comrade who will save him from that
terrible isolation ot an evening party
which most persons have felt, and which
is often as depressing as the solitude ot
a great city. There is little need to be
alone, and the object of a wondering
gaze that freezes the warm blood, iu a
crush at a Washington retcption. liar
per' Mugazine.
Tho Tegetable Fly.
One of the most curious productions
of the West Indies is the famed vegeta
ble fly, an insect about tbe size of a
drone bee, but without wings. Iu the
month of Muy it buries itself in the earth
and begins to vegetate. By the begin
ning of June a sprout has issued from
the creature's back aud made its appear
ance upon the surface ot the groun I.
By tbe end of July the tiny tree
(known on the island a the fly tree) has
attained iU full size, being then ubaut
three inches high, but perfect tree iu
every particular, much resembiiu f a
delicate branch. Pods appear ou its
branches as soon as it arrives at its full
growth; these ripen and drop off iu
August. Instead of containing sen I, a4
one would naturally suppose, these p
huve from three to six small bar I w inn
upon the interior. Kuril Colls jorution.
TALK'S CHEAP
There's lots rf qn lint ol' saytrf
I've noticed in my day
Bin truths and slfd prineiploa
Told in the shortest way.
My father nst to have one,
An this is how it ran:
Talk's cheap, my boy," he nst to say,
"But money buys the Ian'.
I own the sayln's homely.
Undignified and rough; .
But then It tells Jest what yon mean,
An' tells It brief enongh.
An' when you git to thinkin'
How short is life's thin span,
It's well to min "that talk is cheap.
But money buys the Ian'."
'T won't do to boast an' bluster
An' brag an' try to bluff;
An' don't you git to thinkin'
This world "ain't np to snuff."
It is: an' while you're blowin'
Your own basra, my man.
There's some one sneerin', "talk is cheap.
But money buys the Ian'."
Chicago News Reoord.
RUMOR OF THE DAY.
An unostentatious gift A loan.
Fun.
Mistress of the situation The servant
girl. Life.
Consumed with curiosity Un familial
viands. Truth.
Got down to work Tho pillow
maker. Truth.
A man never finds how dull he is till
ho tries to live by his wits. Life.
Carver "I'm but a hewer of wood."
Marine Painter "And I but a drawer
of water."
She "Are these flowers all natural"
Ho "Yes, all except the price." Chi
cago Inter-Ocean.
In a fight between a porcupine and a
bull dog recently, the latter was severely
outpointed. Puck.
She "Diamonds are like women's
hearts the richest jewels in creation."
He "And the bur Jest." Fun.
Ethel "How did George like your
swan's-down boat" Maude "Ho was
tickled with it." Newport News.
One of the times when a man begin
to cry and aigh that all men are not hon
est is when ho gets tho wrong hat.
Ram's Horn.
"Well, I've been making a goose of
myself," said the hon, when tho eggs on
which she bad been sitting batched into
goslings. Truth.
"Did you ever go lo Bins, thetailort"
"Yes. Got two suits from him. One
dress suit. One law suit. Very expen
sive man." Waif.
It is curious how much faster a street
car humps along when you are running
after it than when you are riding on it.
Richmond Recorder.
"Ooodncss mc, Johnny I What are
you crying about now!" "'Cause
Tommy dreamed about eatin' pie last
night and I didn't." Indianapolis Jour
nal. "Why did your hired girl leave you?"
"She didn't like the extra work."
"What extra work did she have to dot"
"Collecting her wages," Harper's
Weekly.
Merchant "Now here is a pioce of
goods that speaks for itself." Uncle
Havsccd "Well, that wouldn't suit
Mandy. hho likes to do ber own talk
in'." Inter-Oceau.
Father "A buudred dollars for a
suit of clothes! I never paid that for a
suit in my lifo." Son--"Well, you'll
have to begin now, father; here's the
bill." Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. Bingo "Dear, nfter this you
must wear a dress suit down to dinner."
Bingo "What fort" Mrs. Bingo
"Our new girl has been used to it."
Clothier and Furnisher.
He "Do you love me, darling?" She
"Sometimes I think I do; and then
again when you have that hideous, baggy
new overcoat or, I doubt the strength of
my affection." Fid-Bits.
Trotter "I heur that Grace Willou;h
by is engaged to a real live lord." Bar
low "Well, (hoy cluim he's alive, but
I've seeu him several times and I'm
rathor sceptical."--Vogue.
"Now we cau fix him in this way,"
said tho lawyer. "Oh, talk is cheap,"
said the client. "Well, wait till you get
through with this aud see whether talk
is cheap or not." New Vork Press.
"Don't you find him just as I repre
sented him f" Lady (indiguautlyi
"No, sir. Yju said he was a bird dog,
and he hasu't sung a note yet, and I've
had him two weeks." t'hicai,'0 Iuter
Ocean. At the Chemistry Exam: "Which is
the best-kuovin insulator!" The Candi
date (a young student, pale and thin,
with a bilious cnmpleviou and a savage
look about him) "Poverty, sir! ' Le
Monde Illustre.
Mother (putting the boy out of the
pantry) "How many iiiore times will I
have to tell you to keep out of the prj
serve jart" Small Boy (sobbiug) "No
more, mamma; they're all gone." De
troit Free Press.
Sport "My watch loses something
every night ami seldom makes it up dur
ing the day. What ails iff" Jeweler
(reflectively) "Evidently it is trying to
conform to the habits of its owner."
Jewelers' Weekly.
Prisoner "Yes, your Worship, I
committed the theft with which 1 am
charged eutireiy through the iustigution
of my medical adviser." Magistrate
"You meau lo nay that iu tarryiug out
an eipcrimcut iu hypuotism he sug
gested the crime to yuuC Prisoner "I
don't know about that; but oue thing is
certain, lie told me to take somethiug
before going to bed." Agenda Prin
temps. Reports from New Orleans show that
the LouiMniia suar crop reached last
year lb'.l,.V( Inn, upon which the
bounty will be $7,5811,0110, as against
$D,bbi,5'JU paid iu buuutics lost year.