T to mm 1 B, P. SOHWEIER, VOL. XLVI. MQW1LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP BT H'OESH FIELD. n, re upon th" nann is low. And tl're "'MUM' everywhere t 1 th1 hearth Is low. lilt troiioled s.-ints here and there. The Brengm K". iiii ithe -hniows roitiiil me creep, i chi;llU irel'le bie:ik the gloom, 7n4 joltlv trmii the luriher room rmsM- "Sow 1 lay me down to lee. MlTnieliiw with ih.-u little prayer, n, that sweet tielile In my ear., Sr tiii'iitfht t wk to dMant years, .JViiugns nth a dear one there. indas I I""' ""' ehilifs amen. Mv mother, taim come, back to me: fiuufhed hi her side I seem to be, 4 mother Holds my hand- attain. obi lr n h""r 111 1e" Dlce Ob' f-w peaee ol Hi it dear timet OH! tor lli.il eliildisli Iru-t sulillnie Oh' for a i!lmie or mnl Iter's facet YM fe shadow, round me creep, I do not eem to be alo;ie. ert nunie of that treble tone lull "Jiow 1 lav me down to sleep." Chicago Neva. JUDGED DY A CHILD. & Story of President Washington's Only Christmas in Sew York. PT FELIX OLDBOT. Christmas evo cane pleasantly to y.w York in l'h'J. There bid been bo little frost and mow that ol 1 people shook their heads gravely and (aid that the seasons were ehauging. A they jmshed their chairs back from the open fireplaces on which huge crackled and roarod and shot oat spire, of ti imo, they recalled the Winter of ft decade before when a brieade of I'.ritish troops had marched ; across the bay, from Staten Island to i the city, drawing their artillery with them, and wondered when they would I see an old fashioned Winter again. ' Jiow there was but a liht covering of mow upon the ground and the stars thone bright nnd large through an at mosphere j ist tinged with frost Ihe fntnre metropolis at tho lower end if the island of Manhattan had doubled its popnlation in the six years that bad passed Hinoe the Holdiers of the King had evacuated its soil, and now numbered soroo thirty-three thoui.mil souls. As the seat of govern ment of the new I' nit ad States it had sot only drawn to itself a swarm of public men, but it had become the ac knowledged social centre ot tho coun try. Boston and Philadelphia had dwindled into mere tribntary ciies, glad occasionally to send their society leader!) to b thk in the splendor, of the growing raj.it d. Kvery dwelling house wag occupied. Rents had doubled in mauy instances. Carpen ters, painters and masons fonnd tlieir hands full and new structures wi-ro go log np on every side. Stores 1 1 s somed with fitshionable goods; ware houses at the water aide had been re modeled; markets were bountifully sup plied; commerce hsd lifted its bead and the wharves already showed a re ipectatde amount of shipping. Eveu the section which bad been swept by Are thirteen years before and had I'eeu a wilderness of desolation to the close of the war, had began to bloom as an oasis and the new Trinity Church was almost ready for consecration. It was to be indeed a Merry Christ maa for New York. One had to but walk through the streets to acquire evidence of the city's prosperity and consaqnent good feeling. Wall street, the great centre of fashion, was a brilliant sjiectaclo on snnshiny after noons. Gentlemen in velvets and sat ins of ninny rotors, with diamonds sparkling in their sword hilts and shoe baoklos, and ladies in costumes that could only vie with theirs in richness without hojiiiig to excel, promenaded in front of the now Federal HalJ in which Congress was holding its session and eiohangod greetings with the occu pants of the stylish eqnijmges that rattled by. Most happy were they When they caught sight of President Washington asife drove to or from the kail in his great cream-colored coach, with its six white horses and ontriders in liver v, the stylish establishment being usually preceded by his to secre taries on horseback and fnll uniform. At the same timo Broadway, from St. Paul's C Impel to the Pattery, known then and later as tho Mail, was fre qnr.l it- cow ls of gaiiy dressed prnmenaders, who spoke approvingly of the proposer! extension of tho side walks from Vesey street to Murray nit of a foot pavement on the East Side along the Bridewell fence. The rage for improvement had not yet con templated the grading of the hills on the Broadway road between Murray and Canal streets. Beyond all doubt the city's pet pride was President Washington. The first residence assigned to hiin the honse of Postmaster General Osgood in Franklin Square having proved in convenient on account of its great distance from town, the President had removed to the sjiacions double honse on Proud way below Trinity Church, known as the McCoaib mansion, where he lived in the same lnxnriona comfort that had marked his home at Mount Vernon. Near bv was the house of Chancellor iiivingston, sumptuous in it Gobelin tapestry, beautiful paint ing, and art trcasnres of every descrip tion, rivalling in costly elegance tho ducal jialaces of the old country. Here, when weaned with the cares of Bute, Washington wae aoenstomed to drop in informally, at any hour that suited bis convenience for a chat with the Chancellor, or to amuse himself with the prattle of the children. No man was fonder of the little ones than he, and it was the one grief of his life that the voioe of no child of his was heard in his household. I'pon a city and community thus blessed with prosperity the Christmas season of 1 7i-i came only to swell the nsinB tide of hilarity. It bronght nsious of family reunions; of hearth stones around which the well-fillod stockings of the little ones hung full overflowing with gifts of St Nich olas; of peace and good will from man Oman through the whole breadth of toe land. To no household in tho city "id the festival promise more of genial content than to that or Stephen Voa fomp, late Major of a regiment of Continental troops that fought under nashington, and now a wealthy mer chant doing business on the Strand. "a great storehouse on lower Pearl street, (then called Queen) was blazing with light at every window, on this tremtmas eve of 178!, and as the spa Mons front jooj opened to admit more Rnests, the sounds of merriment rang 'Mont into the street. On the opposite side of the way, and leaning against a tree, stood a man ho watched the hospitable scene with J0T'?w'ul rather than curious eyes. id, dreesed without care, and look 8 more like a stranger tha a citizen, rued to have nothing in common Un the merriment of the season, and j thonght appeared to have struck ' a be eeaded the stoop, lifted M UB raM knker nd then Presently he walked away and dinar Ped ,n the lane that led to the rear Stt7aJ rth" fftmon VonTromp fh:teRtrVtretohed dowatS IL wid6hKneaV??ns on of the wide hall of the od atone house on I earl street were fllled with the youth and beauty of the yonng meono is and none of the oid families of thKy were without a representative in the hrong. Major Von Xromp's ancestors Z jTa 'm?UK tUf' eftrlieMt of New Amsterdam and his English wife raced her descent to a nnted'Lmi.y in the mother country. Hi. son. too. had fo.med an alliance which had thorough ly grat.hed the old man', pride, and ,n all the world there was none so dear to his heart as his little grandohild Kate or Katnna, as lie was wont to oall her whose golden lockg were the admira tion of all Q leen street. Erect but rotund, he bo- his sJxty years well and retained the martial look of an old soldier. Nearly twenty years before lndejiendenee was declared he h.d served as a lieutenant under Colonel Ooosen Von Hchaick in the disastrous attack by Howe and Aber crombie against Ticonderogi. But when news came of the fighting at laex logtou he had disowned the red coats, put on the bnff and blue uniform and taken a commission under Colonel Murmns Wlllott of the New York line. After Monmouth's fierce battle he had retired as Major, but his son Kichard, or Uirck. a mere lad then, had stepped into his fathor's shoes and been present at Yorktown. A furious patriot the old Major had no toleration for those who differed from him in opinion and he hated w th fierce vindictivenoss those Americans who had borne arms on the Kings side. To his mind, thoy had committed the unpardonable sin. There was no trace of anything bnt good humor on his broad, red face this Christmas eve as he joyously welcomed his troops of enests and ha.la wait and see what Kris-s Kringle ha I uung up lor them upon his treo. His son, a younger oojiy of himself, stood at his side, seconding his father's greet ings, and littl j Katriua, a flashing sun beam of love and delight, danced from room to room in wild exuberance of joy. That Mrs. Von Tromp was not by her husband's side to take visitors by the hand did net surprise those who knew her welL Pale, white-haired, stately and yet with a sad, beautiful face, she shrank into the back-ground as much as possible on the lea of ill beaUh, and to-night she sat in the deep recess of one of the windows that looked out upon the garden in the starlight, with eyes that had iu them a suspicion of tears. That she had a secret sor row her friends knew. But so many years had passed since the story went the rounds of colonial gossip that most people had forgotten what it was. That it concerned herolde-tson was be lieved, and some said that he was d ad; others that he had sought exile In Nova Scotia with the British refugees when the city was evacuated. The mother never sjoke of her son, and when tho old Major was questioned he always denied with an oath that be had any son excejit Dirok, and "I love nim," he added, "because he was trne to his country and fought under Washington." True, the an cestral Von Tromps had borno arms under the Dutch flag against Kngland, and ho had himself served under the English flag ngainst the French in Canada, bnt this made him none the more lenient against a son who dared have his own opinions and stand np for them. Stephen Von Tromp, the younger, had been gnilty of nothing but what he deemed loyalty to hm King. Perhaps the bright eyes of a little loyalist maid en living on State stroet, had some thing to do with it, tmt he had en listed as cornet in Colonol Oliver e Jjancey's dragoons, known as "De Lanoy's Loyalists," whose destructive doings in the "neutral ground" of Westchester County, har? made them specially obnoxious to the j Vriot side. Cornet Stephen Von Tromp had met his father but once, under a ft hit of irurtsanii-tbe"u the old man had re fused to recognize him It was on this occasion, now some years ago, that his mother had kissed him for the last time. To-night as she thonght of her first lorn and recalled the Christmas eves of tiie past when his little stock ing hung in the chimney corner wait ing the visit of Santa Clans, a rush of remembrance overpowered her, and tearing herself away from the crowd of revelers she stole swiftly upstairs to the great, dreary attic, and throwing herself across the cradle in which her first-born had leen rooked, the mother wept bitterly. But there was no time for tears and presently the mother Bat in her old place by the window, waiting for her face and voice to recover their entire composnre. Yet even here there seem ed no relief for her thoughts, for be fore a minute had passed she started up with white face as if she hail seen a ghost out under the starlight and quickly an I quietly maile her way out through the back poroh and into the shadow of the trees. Amid the throng of hapj)ier faces hers was not missed at once and no one thought of making in qniry for her. They kejt early hours in Now Y'ork then, and when nine o'clock came Major Von Tromp declared that the time had come for the Christmas tree and supjter. The supper was spread in the spacious dining-room and in the centre, between the tabl s that were heaped high with solid rounds of beef, roast pigs, whole flovks of turkeys and olher fowl, to say nothing of cakes of every sjrt and great flagons of Madeira and New Kngland rum, rose the Christ mas tree, blazing with lights and laden down with gifts for the guesta. It was a sight to delight any heart, Dutch. English or American, and the children who beheld it fairly screamed with joy. As for the old Major, his face broad ened and beamed as he welcomed his friends to the party, nntiljsome of tho little ones nudged, their mothers and inquired in shy whisers whether he were not the veritable Santa Clans who came down the chimneys. There was half an hour of feasting and increasing jollifioalion before the tree was attacked, and then the fan grew fast and furious as the gifts were distributed. Some one who knew the pet weakness or particular liking of each recipient had prompted the selec tion. Even the black slaves were re membered and retired delighted to the out-kitchen, showing every tooth in their heads as they went away with full hands. The Major was duly remem bered, the stately lady of the honse had come forward with a smile to re oeive her gift pieo of jewelry from Paris of the latest style, and as for little Katrina, an entire corner of the room -j necessary to hold her hetDed-uo THE OON8TITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. MIFFLINTOWIN, presents. Then just as the Major was about to order a farewell danoe before breaking up, his golden-haired grand child came running across the hall to him with a little note in her hand " What is this, Katrina? " he in quired with a smile. "A letter from Santa Clam!" was the reply, given with aU the misobievoua glee of childhood. He read the few lines oontained in the note, and with a light laugh, turn tng to his wondering guests said: ! am informed that a special messengei is here from the republic of good Saint Nicholas with Christmas greeting and a Christmas gift Yet not so,' he added more gravely, "I am told that he brings to me a special greeting in the name of the Babe of Bethlehem, ol pe :ce and good wilL" II is voice had grown entirely grave as he concluded, and a gray shadow passed over his florid cheeks for a mo ment as he glanoed around upon the still, expectant faces of his guests. Then drawing himself up to the full height of his massive figure he oried: "Where is the messenger?" "Here!" came the reply from the end of the long drawing-room and the tones seemed as unearthly as if they hod come from a grave. At the souud, the guests parted on either side and made way for two fig ures that advanoed slowly and arm in arm amid a silence like death. Oue was certainly Mrs. Von Tromp, whose white face was not merely set in a look of iron determination bnt kindled with a glow which had not been t'uere for many a day. But who was the other? The stranger's attire like his face, was worn as if by many storms aud he was white aud tain, but his eye sp irklud proudly aud people turned from his face to that of the old Major as if they conld trace a reaemblanoe between tue two. When at last they stood face to face, the likeness was wonderful, only tho lines of the other man's counte nance grew every miunte more grim. "Well?" said the old man. with a touch of distain in his voioe. 'Father!" oried the yonngor man, and at the same moment the wife foil on her knees and with uplifted hands and streaming tears, pleaded: "Husband I He is our boy my Stephen the good God's Christmas gift to you." "1 have no son Stejihon. He is dead. My son my oldest son died when he put on a red coat and fought for the King. Neighbors, I bid you depart in peace." A great stillness fell upon the as sembled sraests. "Stop!" AU eyes now turned to the door ot the room whence the voice came, and then still greater amazement fell ujon the compauy. It was President Washington who had spoken. He stood just within the doorway, his tall form clothed in black velvet stately, serene and gracious, and he held by the hand a little gol Ion haired child Katrina Von Tromp. The hand of the old Major, which hod been extended with a repellant gesture in the direction of his son, fell to his side, and his countenance lost its stern ness as he looked upon his chiof. But he seemed to have also lost the power of speech, even so far as to extend a greeting. "You and I, Major VonTromji," said Washington, advancing, "fought under the British flag once yon at Tioon doroga and- I at Fort lu Qnesue and that Bhould plead something in be half of your sou'e honest but mistaken sense of dnty. 1 know the whole story. If yon still hesitate to forgive, let us try the case, as old comrades in arms, by a court martial here and now. Let ns make a child the judge, and who better than your little granddaughter? This goodly cinupany shall be wit nesses, yon shall make your own plea and Hamilton you know him shall sjeak for the culprit. Here, Hamil ton, step to the front" Then the new Secretary of the Treas ury, reputed not only the wisest states man but the most eloquent Beaker in the yonng republio, came to the front from the little gronj that had followed Washington on his rounds of visits that evening. The Major stated his cose tersely and was heard in silencn, but Hamilton had never spoken us he i4-t!:fttDiglit, and long before he had finished all eyes were wet with tears and the old Major had covered his face with his hands and, leaning against the wall, was sobbing like a child. But the mother her heart was in her eyes. She stood nt her sou's side, hb.M his hand proudly and beamed swet t defiance upon those around her. Th.Mi, when the pleas were ended, Washli gron turned to the child and asked hor what her grandfather t-hould do with the culprit. "Forcive him," was the sobbing answer. And more than one who was present thought of the time when the Alan of Nazareth took a little child and set him in the midst of his disputing followers to bo their jndge. III. When the child had spoken, Wash ington came forward and taking Steph en Von Tromp by the hand, led him uj to his father. There was no need of words. The old Major threw his arms around his eldest born and clasvod him to his heart Then he turned lo the comjiany and said bro kenly, "Friends and neighbors, it in I who need to be forgiven. My wife said trnly, though I didn't believe it then, that this is the good God's best Christmas gift to me. 'For, this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' " None of the congratulations to the reconciled father and son were more hearty than those of President Wash ington and no face in the whole oily was so happy the next day as that of the wife and mother. When, in the Christmas service at old St Paul's, the f .readier. Dr. Provoost, spoke of the ittle child that had been born on that day to heal the wounds of the world, the eyes of father, mother and son turned to the pew in which sat the President And threescore years after wards, the grandchild, whose golden hair had turned white and whose steps had become slow and iuflrm, told her grand children how Washington had stopped for a moment after the service at the old gateway of the churchyard, to lay his hand npon her head and wish her a "Merry Christmas." Sunday Mercury. Remember that we have no more faith at any time than we have in the hour of trial. All that will not bear to be tested in mere oarnal confidence. Fair weather is no trial of faith. Ir yonr religion does not improve your character, it is the wroug kind. Nothtko reveals a man's, character more fully than the spirit in whieh he bears his limitations. JUNIATA COUNTY. CHRI3TMASTIDE IN ROME. LA BKFANA, From the top of a broad flight of tops, whioh mount side by side with those leading to the Roman Capitol, the church of Santa Maria in Ara Cadi looks down into a wide piazza and over the roofs if far-spreading Rome to the Cam pagna and the Alban Hills. Hither, From Christmas Day to the Epiphtny, the vesper hour briugs crowds of people to visit a little chapel within th-: church where the sacred image of the child Christ is to be seen. Of this image there are many legends, but that which is generally believed, and which I will relate here, is, 1 think , the prettiest of 1L In the sixteenth century an Italian monk of the order of Saint Francis, so the story runs, was visiting Jerusalem, ind, being desirous of taking; back some gift from the Holy Land to his country, he bethought himself to oarve an image of the infant Saviour from Dut of the olive wood whioh grows on the Sacred Mount; bat, alas! when he had finished his carving, he found that he had no colors wherewith to paint its oomplexion, and I suppose that this thought and his hard work oombiued sent our poor monk to sleep! How aver this may be, asleep he fell, and while ho slejit Saint Luke took com passion on the pale Bambino, and, hav ing doubtless a celestial paint-box, he oolored the olive wood until it took tints of live flesh, and the monk, on awaking, found his work completed for him. Shortly after this miracle the monk was reoalled to Rome, and the story further relates how during the voyage the Bambino was wonder fully saved from shipwreck, and that after its arrival in Rome it was deposit eel, amid much pomp, in the sacristy of the Santa Maria Ara in Cceli, where it is now kept. Numerous are the anec dotes of its adventures ahd escapes from peril, and so renowned is its power to cure the sick, that a carriage is de voted to Its private use when leaving its sanutum for this charitable pnrpose. Originally these journeys were made in an old brown coach, bnt in the early days of 18 ID the Republio presented the Bambino with the Pope's carriage, nntil, on the return of bis Holiness to Ilome, the poor doll was fain to be con tent once more with its former equi page. This is briedy the story as it is now told, and the Bambino continues to be an object of superstitious devotion to the poorer iolk, who can only see it when on show at Christmastide. Then the peas ants from the Campagna mingle with the workers of the city, and on the day of the Epijihany, or La Bcfana, as it is called in the patoii, the crowds swarm np the great staircase to the church, where, after the vespers are over, the Bambino will be looked up again in the sacristy. The crafty Italian, having always an eye to business, takes advanta re of this festal occasion, and vendors of hmall ware crowd the stops where the people are loitering, their shrill cries rising above the hubbub of gossip as they drive a good tra lo by selling various knicknaitks, from a waxen image of the Holy Babe down to matchboxes and mellifluous sugar caudy. The mothers are indulgent to their children at this feat a time, and the contadine can spare a soldo or two for the waxen models of tho Sauto l'.arabino, for who ean tell what evil even suon a faint reflection of its glory will not avert from tho home' Most of the peasants are in gala costum , and, although this is in many cases merely a collection of picturesque rags, they are more effective, from the artis tic point of view, than an elaborate toilette would be. One well-dressed man had been arrested for thieving, and his lamentations were pitiable to be heard, while so closely did he ad here to his Heat on tho steps, that tho two soldiers commissioned to move him could only manage to do so by laying him on his back and fairly draggiug him down. This was, however, tho only sad inoident of the afternoon, and the rest of the crowd was festive, for, indeed, who conld be sad to whom the glad hunlight was free, which bathed the terrace in front of the ohnrnli, ".d all could bask in it at their will? Many evidenily ajqrecia'ed this power, for the staircase was cumbered with men lying half asleep in the sweet warmth, and groups were seated idly chatting, while others lingered outside the doors of the church, as if unwilling to leave the sunny air. Just within the central doors a platform was erected letween two huge pillars of Egyptian granite, and children, mounting this by turn, recited to an indulgently amused au dience the story cf the child Cuiist This is a quaint Christmas custom which the Roman mothers covet for their offspring; but the little orators' powers of invention are not taxed, for the children are taught by monks what they should say. So, at least, a mother told me; but her "bambino," standing close beside her, looked np with angry eyes, "No, mama! no monks, bnt gen tlemen; they have hair on their heads." The children do not remain very long on the stage, and many turn timorous, and stretch out eager little bands to lie lifted down again; but timidity of pub lic criticism is not a national failing, and the greater number of them re hearsed their part with characteristic action, and with all the coquetry of actresses trained to fascinate. Rivalry, even, was not alien to the infant breast, for the most effective way to reassure a failiug spirit was to call up one bra' er to dispnte the stage. Then emulation gave the faint heart courage to rescue itself from defeat. Directly opjMJsite to tho children's platform is another stage. This is illuminated and gaudy with much decoration, and here is shown the sacred Bambino, which sometimes rejioses in a cradle, aud at others on the lap of the Virgin Mary, according to the day on which one may see it for the show lasts for twelve days, from Christmas to Epiphany. Then an arrangement of wooden i mattes is placed within a chapel, close to ihe principal entry, the soonio effect of the background of this show reminding one either of a transformation scene at some second-rate theatre, or of a Val eutine of that style which enoircles it self with fringed paper and naked enpids. The Bambino was accredited with an early taste for oranges, baskets of the fruit being represents 1 as brought as gifts to him. Meanwhile he puppet is so heavily laden with cumbrous ornaments, that it must be very strong to support the weight of its heavy jewelled erown. The Iron .rates whioh guard the eoby to the shapel were closed, and the people thronged and pressed against them. But few of the aristocracy were in zburoh; this was, essentially, a "peo- rue s Fnow, sua mere was uu irieer pnoe in the manner of their gazing. Bach knelt at one time or another t murmur a prayer to the sacred image, tnd it was a pretty sight to sea the oeaaant mothers hcxUmg up tueir ebil- PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1S91. dren that they might obtain a view of the Bambino. Naturally to the infantile mind the idea of the bejewelled figure appeale 1 most foroibly, and, to many, the baskets of fruit seemed to be an even greater souroe of covetousnoss; or, should they chance to oome on the day when the Shepherds are represented as paying a visit to the Babe the sheep whieh peer round the corner of the entry, taking stock of the Holy Family, with a suspicious air, are more attrao--tive than is aught beside to them, and the intense desire for a "baalamb" overrules the parental admonition to preserve silenoe. But these advioes are neither very frequent nor very stern. The sacred Bambino makes fexta for the children, and young and old, priest and laity, look kindly oo their vagaries. Meanwhile, from the chancel, swell the notes of an organ, and, with a monotonous chant the priests begin vespers. The crowd is too dense to penetrate farther, and it is best to await by the doors for the prooession of the priests, who will oome to fetch the Bambino after the vesjers are over. Then, amid much pomp of satin ban ners and great dripping candles, they carry the sacred effigy, first on to the terrace, where, holding it aloft the chief priests niters a benediction on the kneeling crowd, thickly gathered not only ou the stair ouse, but in the piazza and street far below, and with this ceremony the Bambino festival ends; for, after the image has been borne promponsly through the aisles of the church, it is taken to the sac risty, and there looked np uutil called for by some urgent need, or nntil the glad time of tho "Natale" comes rounc once again. L. Yansittart de Fabeck. WOMEN'S WORK FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR. IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS, PERFECTED PLANS, AND INTERESTING INCIDENTS IN THE PROGRESS OP THE BOARD OP I.ADV MANAGERS. The announcement made a few davs ago that women physicians will be I given ollicial and professional recogni-1 lion as tue imposition, was receiveu with the attention and importance of the fact deserved. Dr. John E. Owen, medical director of the Exposition, in compliance with a request from the Board of Lady Managers, has promised to place women npon his professional staff, and that they shall in all respects rank equal with men in the Exposition Hospi tab This is beyond qnestion the most potential result bo far of the inflnonce of the Board of Lady Managers, al though that has given an extraordinary and unprecedented stimulus to many things in which womon are vital ry in terested. It cannot fail to convey a profound and world wide conviction of i the substantial and permanent char acter of the benefits accruing to women from the Board's efforts. There will also be a model hosjiital in the Woman's Building. This is, ol course, separate and dintinct from the official hosjiital of the Exposition, of which Dr. Owen is director, being rat hor in the nature of an exhibit. It will, however, be fnlly equijped, with physicians and trained nurses, a veri table model hoHjutal, prejmred to han dle the gravest cases of accident or ill ness, and here women will find another magnificent oj.qortiiuity to show theit skill in the divine art of healing in that field where delicate touch aw' tender syuijiathy have fullest scoie. Adjoining the model hospital, and in connection with it, will be the Depart ment of Public Comfort which prom-1 ises to become a novel aud important feature of the World's Fair. In this room will be couches and hospital beds for such cases of indisposition or acoi dents as do not require serious or reg nlar medical attention. Here old per sons, invalids, sufferers fiom suddec faintness, swoons, or hysterios,chil.lren who are temporarily indisposed, weak people of all ages needing rest and spot in which to li i down, will find what f hey want in ftiia room. A.juo. nient's reflection will reveal the excel lence of the arrangement It is scarce ly possible to over-estimate its value, in view of the innumerable exigenoies arising from the flurry, confusion, con sequent exhaustion, aud unavoidable acoi Jouta attendant niton such crowds as w ill oome to the W orld's Fair. The weary pilgrims to the Centennial and to the Paris Exposition who full by the wayside can folly apjtreciate the plan. Mrs. Paul, Lady Manager for Vir ginia, has written an iuteresliug letter to Mrs. Yogan, touching the colored women's exhibit at the Exposition The letter says: "As a Lady Manager for the State of Virginia, I shall cheerfully do all in my power to promote the interests of the oolored women of my State. I con sider that they have the Barae right and are subject to the same regulation! as white women exhibitors. "As the Board of Lady Managei s is the recognized official channel of com munication through whioh all women or organizations of women must be brought into relation with the Exposi tion, we have no right as we have no intention to discriminate against womer of any race or nationality, "I shall take pleasure in giving to the colored women of my Stat all the information and assistance jKissible, by sending them the publications of our Board, and in every other way striving to promote their interests. I have al ready distributed a good deal of liter ature given me for that pnrpose bv the Columbian Association of Colored Women of Chicago, and I shall be glad to co-operate with any one the colored peojilo of this State may appoint to represent them. "In Virginia a large majority of th female wage-earners are colored women, and it is but just that the large share they have in the productive in dustries of the State should be recog nized. In the Colored People's Indus trial Fair, just closed at Richmond, Va., they have abundant evidence of their capabilities and resources, and, doubtless, in the great Exposition of 1813, they will present a display ol their progress and advancement th.t will be most interesting and instruct ive. "It is entirely in accordance with the sentiments and proceedings of our Board that the oolored women of this country have the same right to exhibit their handiwork as any American or foreign women." Manvzr is one of the principal ex ternal graces of character. It is the ornament of action, and often makes the commonest offices beautiful by the way in which it perform, them. It is a happy way of doing things, adorning even the smallest details of life. THE FULL OF A WE5TEWH E9T9A. TTboo the first weekly is WMhiiur ton Territory was established the edi tor, who was an Ohio printer, made a break in the first Issue to stabMsh his repatatina as a daagnroos man to fool with, lie was surrounded by a rough crowd, and be realized that the proper thing to do was to put himself ia shape to be sized up acoordiag to Hoy lc To effect this he lad off with an article abusive of CoL Taylor. The Colonel was an imaginary Individual, and it was therefore safe to call him a liar aad a ooward, and to declare that if ke ever appeared in town ho would be horsewhipped np and down the streets. Every Issue for two months contained a bit at CoL Taylor, aad he was scored so vigorously and the editor seemed so anxious for some sort of a shooting match with him that "the boys" treat ed hiin with that deference always ac corded to the fearless man. When anybody inquired who the Colonel was he was informed that he was a desperado of the worst type, and that be had solemnly sworn to have the editor's life. He was never exact ly located or identified, but was always dared to come in like a man and have it out One day. just after an issue in which CoL Taylor was stigmatized as a white livered coyote and defied to a duel with bowie knives in a dark room. a stranger came slouching into the office; looked about a while with curiosity, and then said to the editor: "Well, I'm here." "Yes, I see, but what for?" was the reply. "I'm Col. Taylor." ' k "No!" "Him and nobody else. Tou've bees lighting into me like wildcats for a long time past and I haven't been say ing a word. I've got tired of it how ever, and now it's got to stop!" "My dear sir, the Col. Taylor men tioned in " "Pull yer gun!" interrupted the Col onel as he pulled his. "But sir, I beg to assure you thai "Git down on your kneos!" The editor slid off his chair, his fare as pale as death, and his hair ou end. "Now eat that!" The Colonel took from his pocket lump of clay and tossed it on the floor, and he stood there with leveled pistol until the last crumb of it was devour ed. Then he put up his weapon and turned to go, saying: "Next time you open on me I'll corns in with a whole bag full of it and 1 may concludo to drive the last of it id with a bullet! Go fur the rest of 'em all you want to, but when you strike the name of Col. Taylor handle it with care!" And inside of a week the affair leak ed out and so many carnn up to lick the editor, and so many did lick him, that ho jumped the plant one nielli and was never heard of agaiu. ek K tun. "I travel on rav cheek," aid a drummer to a conductor. Pretty hard travfling, I should uy." remarked the conductor easily, sod passed oa. Wahinjn Star. HIS POINT OK VIHW. 'Sir," Mid the culprit, "I committed 'his theft under advice ot my doctor." What, bo hypnotized you!" "No, sir. But he told rue to take something before I went to bed." APPKAKINO hatcbaA. Bride (at the Capitol) "Charlie, dear, try and appear natural, so people won't think we are newly married." "All right, Angela. You can carrt this bag while I smoke." limn Brt. IB. Monthly. nCMfLI ATINC). Dc Mucus "I suppose Wlugs Is very proud of hi wife's success with her novel?" gt. Agedoie "No, I fsncy not. You tec. ho is merely known it 'Mrs. Wlogs'i. husband' now." Tanlte Blait. 1IR AND SHf. He "What would you do if a ma should klas yout" She "I'd give bim as good as be sent." He "I'd kiss jou now for a cent. She ("How dare youf And without Ment." AtlanVt Constitution. didn't dare mivaj. the udgi Well," said the Judge, "yeu boast of 'being able to pick pockets with remark able dexterity." "I can nick pockets with anybody la tho room. Then, bowing courteously, "That Jt sseaot without soy offence to jou." tail VtSE ALL arcHT. Mother "When the new sdnistercalls, Tommy, you musn't make any remarks bout his clothes." Tommy (after the minist- is seated) "Ma told mo not to say anything about your clothes. I don't see anything the matter with them." A TorkSun. AH APPEAL FOR MONEY. Physician (with ear to patient's chest) 'There is a severe swelling over the region of the heart which muat be roduced at once." Pr.tient (anxiously) "That swelling Is my pocket book, doctor. Please don't reduce it too much." YanUi Ulait. SHOWN IIP. ftervanl "There's a geotlemtn down stairs, ma'am." Mistress "Show him up to the par lor." . i Servant "But he has come to clean the chimbly." I Mistress--" Then show him up thl chimney." a tec rtxLow. ' ) Bilkios "So Goodheart, who wal once engaged to you, has married Kiss Sweetie, eh I Well, V lcky fel ow." -a- v r Mrs Bilkln "Da Jou know Miss Sweetie?" v 1 Bilkiut "No.lmt I know you," Aii JF,rt Wteklw. - . Sunte or the designs In use rt t:ie Oriental carjiets that, are so alt' active lo Western ideas of taste have a history that reaches back to Xerxes aud fie sar'y Tersian kings. They are handed Jown from generation to generation of rugmakers, mothers transmitting them to daughters, for most of tha carpet syeavera of the Orient are women. p - - WER MAJESTY VICTORIA. M rlMMil flaw mt th Ka(Umk Smnlel I Blmpls Ufa 1m Shea tea Mla-aimad A good deal has been said latelv ia the newspapers concerning Queen Vic toria, but so much of it is calculated t give false impression with regard tc the Queen that I am tempted to send you a tow notes about her, and, as I nave bad the honor fu a longtime pasl of personally being acquainted with hei Majesty, I hope you will believe they are true ones. With regard to the Qwon's public rapacity it is needless for ine to speak, as all tho world knows how she ha fulfilled hor numerous and arduous duties, and I shall therefore coutin myself to endeavoring to give sum idea of her private life, and especially of her in her Scotch Highland home, a it is there that I have seen her monj and have had the best opportunity oi judging. The Queen rises early in the morn ing, and after breakfast reads and answers her letters and transacts busi ness. She is fond of the open air, and if the weather be favorable often has her papers taken into a tent or aarn-mer-house ujon the lawn, which com mands an extensive and most lovely view of Locbnagar, its surrounding mountains, and the Valley of the Dee. After this conies a walk or a drive in a pony carriage, and then luncheon at which no one is ever present exeepf members of the royal family. During the afteruAon the Queen takes a long drive, often extending to over thirty miles and always in an open carriage. She dines late, never before 8:30 p. m. An hour spent in the drawing-room talking with tho guests who mav have been invited finishes the day, aud the Queen retires to rest No question of state is ever decided finally until her Majesty has been con suited, and she is such a sensible and clever woman that she has often put her Ministers right and settled a diffi cult point, and generally for the best. Tke Queen is faithful to her old friends and thoughtful for everybody with whom she comes in contact, re membering the smallest details about them, their families, and their occupa tions, and giving evidence of this at most unexpected moments. A circum stance which hapjH'ned to roe justifies I strongly the truth of this, tour years ago I was singing at the Royal Opera at Berlin, and was not even aware that the Queen knew of my engagement there. I, soon after my debut, was at a large dinner party at the English Embassy, and sitting next to me was one of the gentlemen of. the Crown Princess' household. During dinner he put into my hand a telegram, tell ing me to read it. This was from the Queen to herdaughter (now the ex-Empress Frederick), recommending me to her and desiring her to do all she could for me. Needless to say that after this 1 was so excited that I could eat no dinner, and I insisted on keep ing the telegram, one of my precious souvenirs. Her Majesty is fond of music and is a good musician. She studied music with Mendeilssohn and singing with Lablache. As a consequence of this teaching she prefers the old Italian music to any other, but at the same time she can apjireciate anything that is good in the modern music. This I know from exjiericnce, as I have sun'' all kinds of music To her, the new and the old. The Queen is much touched by a simple, -homely ballad, and after I have sung to her songs like "Robin Adair" or "Old Folks at Home" I have seen tears iu her eyes. She has lieen in retirement for a great many years, and during that time Las not been resent at a single oper atic performance; yet she remembers well the old artists and the manuer in which they rendered tho various well kuown roles. For instance, when I told her that I wait studying the "Huguenots," and was goiug to sing it iu America, she said that was one of her favorite ojieraa; that she thought Mario was siierb as Kaoul, and, that although Grisi sang the music splen didly. slie never realized her idea of the character of Valentine. The Q;ieta J.as been present at liir concerts for many years pasL She oc casioually has a noted artist to sing or Jilay before her, but this always takes idace in private, and when I sing at talmoral there is nobody in the room but the Queen and perhaps one or two members of the royal family who may be staying at the castle. With regard to thee little concerts I recall a funny incident X sat down at the piano to accompany myself, and was just be ginning to sing, wlren the legs of the stool gave way and 1 rolled on the floor at the Queen's feet. Her Majesty was rather concerned at first thinking I must have hurt myself, but when she saw that I was all right she bust out laughing. We all had been rather solemn before, but after my tumble everybody was so amused that it was a long while before I could proceed witb my song. The Queen herself looks after the welfare of all her tenants and servants, and if any one of them is sick she is the first one to pay them a visit and take them little comforts. During her stay iu Scotland she takes a pleasure during her drives in stop ping at various cottages to ask after the welfare of the inmates. When so oc cupied the Queeu is as kind and simple as any ordinary ladv could be. When she paid me one of her first visits aud took tea with me my little boy was so much struck with this that he said to me after she had gone, "O mamma, what a little woman for such a biy Queen!" It is all this that has made the Queen so beloved by all her sub H'CH. I have endeavored in these few jot tings to give a slight idea of Queea Victoria, and if in doing so I have in truded myself too much it is because 1 cannot help it the above being nay per sonal experieL; of her Majesty. f.t t - ' " ' He wlo thinks better of his neigh oors tha i they deserve, i seldom a bad man, for the standard by which his judgment is guidod, is the goodness of his own heart It is only the base who believe all men base, or, in other words, like themselves. Wombu govern ns; let us render them perfect The more they are en lightened, so much the more shall men be. On the cultivation of the mind of women depends the wisdom of men. It is by women that natnro yriteg on the hearts of men. If any speak ill cf thee fit fco-ne to thy own conscience and examine thy l.ai t; if thou be guilty, it is a jost cor recti m; if not guilty.it is a fair in strnoiion; mike ue of both; so shall thou distil honey out of gall, and out it an open enemy create a aoret frieuAv Editor and Proprtntor. NO. 1 TH B GIRLS OF NINETs-ONE. 1 fiev me twas tli rx'SInn, Oh. I.n( and lmie aco. For ptrls to lo.ik like lllii-s white. And it at h me anl sew. To-4l.-ty the times have altered. Anil pretty K ite anil Nell Are plating- me:rv tennis In a..oUi, l hey do it welt Po you want a hippy comrade lu atii.ly t.r in finiT lie sure you'll n.i.l her quickly 'Mnl the Klrl ol NlnlVHUie. She'll keep ilixi hnniit head steady, Unharui.-4t iu :mv whirl. And not a hid ill love her less Because ahe Is a girl. -Srlectvl. NEWS IN BRIEF. Chicago has twenty-nine parka London h.ts teu main railroad ines. The truly great are those who con quer Iheii't-elves. Nebraska's eight-hour law la con stitutional. Ohio' is the Japanese for good Qornlntr. The Thames at London Bridge has s width ot 2(10 yards, The colon v of Sierra Leone, Africa, s 106 years old. Tou can tell whether a man is tny tcoount by the way he steps. Nol'ody pays any attention to a pump ffhsu they kuow the well is dry. You can't tell who Is in the coffin jy the length of the funeral procession. It is estimated that there are S.'i icres of land for every living person. Chicago has 2018 miles of streets, four times as many as New York. One-tenth of the entire population t Paris Is made up of foreigners. Squashes weighing 251 to 800 xmnda aie common In Southern Cali fornia. Cats are being trained effectively ts retrievers instead of setters In In ilana. It is the tree that stands the itraightest that does most to resist the wind. When some men pay their preacher -h?y feel as though they were paying a jas bilL The man who doe his best In the pluc i he has now is ou his way to a bet ter place. There Is a doctor of the name ot Miller In nearly every town in Mls uri. Fifteen million acres of arable land, owned by large holders. Is lying iaie in Virginia. The oil wells of the United States dumber 4 OiG.UM), and their daily out put is 130,000 barrels. A Nuremhurg (Germany) watch m the shape of an acorn has a tiny pis tol which serves as an alarm. In the Province of Silesia. Ger many, there are at present twenty pedl L'ree herds ot red cat tle, consisting of lyis head. Houston, Texas, had a goat race recently, in which slxty-thiee entered. and some of them m ide 2H yards in thirty two seconds. A Detroit manufacturer has Just compleUsl an order f r 1000 feet ot wire fence, six feet high, for a school houee in Mississippi. There are now In Texas fifteen sug ar manufactories, the production of which for this year is estimated at 15,- OOO.tOO jKiiinds. 5an Frauclsco, Cil. , ia to have a miniature model of the Brooklyn Bridge. It will span the main driveway in Golden Gate Park After a brief and unaccount ibleill oess a horse iu Sherman, Mich., died. The stomach was ojiened, and in it was found a half bushel of sand. It cirat Keru County, Cal., f iOO to prosecute a man who was accused of taking sixty cents from another, and then lie was acquitted. Vidal, ou'3 of the most famous last JeCSde HJiiip'ors of France, wa9 atone blind at the time when -he executed some of his most famous works, Aiuotu the recent inventions Is a calendar tli.t will register for the next two hundred years beside telling any date figure within that period. A foolish partridge flew Int.i the t'liop of a Connecticut taxidermist re cently. Five minutes later prepaia (Ions were being made to stuff aud mount it. The elderberry bush frequently grows to large p o or t ions In the West in I -oa Angeles, Cal., there was a bush the the stump of which was thirty-four Inches in diameter. When a Missouri cabbage wis cut open it was found that the outer coat ing contained twenty-eight perfectly developed little beads in a cluster, about the s:ze of a walnut and nearly as haid. In the Public Gardens ot Milan, Italy, is a Gothic building containing twelve milch cows, from which the visitor can get milk at two cents a glass, Several hundied Pittsburg people stood lu line for hours, jostling v ! pushing, for the singular honor of buy ing tho first stamp s ld in the new pojt otlice. Doctor Churchill Julius, bishop of Christ Church, New Zealand recent ly la d the top brick of his cathedral spire at a height of 270 feet from the ground. He was hauled up in a chair attached to a rope. In the manufacturing line papei oids fair to supplant wood in the manu facture ot boxes, buckets, packing-cases and many other articles. It it much lighter than wood, and can be made fire proof, to ray nothing of its cheapness. A Massachusetts thief found on entering the bed-room of the man whose honse be was about to ransack that the Inmate had a cork leg. He cruelly threw It out of the winkow, and then, feeling safe from attack, went through the premises at his lei ure, Dredgers working In the Tiber to prepare for the construction of a new embankment have brought up a magni ficent ancient bronze helmet. It Is per fectly preserved aud Is decorated w ith bas-reliefs. Signer Rossi, tha Italian archaeologist, assigns It to the second tentury before the Christ ian eia. The Irony of fate is shown in tho jase of a woman who died of consump tion in the city hospital, at Cincinnati, recently. She had battled with pover ty all her life; and a few days before her death received intelligence that she had come into a large foitune from the demise of wealthy relatives In England,
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