LIES AND THE LIARS.
THE WORST OF ALL EVILS AND MOST
DIFFICULT TO CONTROL
Growth or the Hnblt Due In Great Mens
tiro to Self Deception Tho Cannes nn In
teresting Study Liars Should lie Shut
Tip In Asylums n tho Insnne Arc.
Thcro Is nothing In tho powor of tho hu
man bolng so bml ns a llo. Thoro Is noth
ing tlint smiiclioa character so bad as a llo.
Thoro Is nothing that turns ono so ngainst
himself as a llo. Tfioro Is nothing that eo
destroys tho oonfldonco of our friends as n
He. There Is no compensation possible for
tho evil of a lie. It cats back corrosively
Into yourself, anil you cannot got back
your sounilnoss. It rarely ovor ovon tem
porarily mukes a profit, and I think In tho
end never.
Tho puzzlo of puzzles Is why somo peo
plo lie so easily. Tlioy raroly undertake to
bo oxact and yot do not recognize them
solves as liars. It is their first Impulse to
avoid strnlghtforwardness.nnd they plungo
ahead lu conversation, simply trying to
got around point after point It is a mis
take and a mlsfortuno to form such a hab
it It grows on tho victim, and It increases
its power. In nlno caaes out nf ton, tho
simplo foots would bo easily told, ana tho
tolling moro advantageous than oithor con
cealment or n falsohood, but tho habit has
been encouraged to misrepresent or con
ooal, and tho wholo mental naturo ex
hausts its fertility in a purposo not to bo
open nnd honest When this appears in n
porson of good ability, mild disposition
and industry, it Is lamontablo.
Tho power of lying as a habit to grow is
amazing. Tho reason probably is that the
liar lies to himself as badly as ho docs to
others that is, ho tries to bollovo ho is
truthful until ho believes what ho says is
true, or at loast Is uncertain obout it I
fcnow ono or two persons with whom you
may say lying Is a chronio dlseaso. Tlioy
talk on at ontlro random. Their whole
llfo becomos n ronianco. Thoy may occa
sionally touch bottom on a fact, but they
do it by Occident They do not know it.
It is simply becauso facts nro so mhny as
to got In thoirway. "What nn uucon
eolonoblo liar that crcaturo is," said a
friend. "Sho cannot toll tho truth." I
am not suro but wo should havo a now
namo for this sort of people Tho foot is
thoy havo lost allscnso of thotruoand tho
falso, as thoy have of right and wrong.
Louis Stevenson's novels arc no moro a
ploco of intellectual manufacture than aro
thoir everyday conversations. This is truo
not-only of somo of tho lowor class, but of
an occasional porson In tho hlghost ranks
of socloty. I know an eminent litterateur
who 1b so snarled up among tho creatures
of his Imagination that ho cannot toll tho
real from tho fictional. It Is dangerous to.
bo bis frlond, for ho is liablo to got you
woven Into a great web of his fancies, and
then with all his might ho believes you
aro guilty of absurdltios or worso that
woro enacted only In his brain. Ho will
awoar to thoso "facts" with all sincerity.
His llfo can never bo rcstorod too basis of
realities.
Thero should bo hospitals for liars, or
.retreats, suoh as wo provide for tho in
sane when thoir casos hecon.e chronio and
dangerous. Thoy becomo dangerous to tho
community, quito as dangerous as forgers
and shoplifters, and far worso for our own
peaoo and happiness. If by accident you
get ono of theso people into your house
hold, you never will got tho confusion rec
tified. East beoomes west Lovo is por
verted into evil lntont. Even facts fail to
toll tho truth. Everything is wrong end
foremost Half tho sulcldos como from
liars' tongues. Tho worst cases should bo
treated as insanity and mild cases sent to
a hospital.
It would bo an Interesting 6tudy for an
nnalytlo mind to study tho causes of lying
and liars. It is in somo cases no doubt u
mattor almost wholly of horcdlty. Moth
ers and fathers hand down moral traits
moro easily than they do lntcllcctuaL A
mother should mako It a law of hor llfo to
bo sincere and undovlatlng. If not, sho Is
suro to reap a soro punishment in and
irom hor children. Practice a habit of
living very open hearted. I do not moan
pratt'lng facts all tho whllo, but with no
chests locked against your bolovod ones.
An open heart is hotter than an open
mouth.
I pity a really honest person who has
tumbled herself hastily into a 11a Tho
temptation camo on suddenly, and beforo
ebo was able to bo quito self masterful sho
prevaricated. Now, to back out of a llo is
liko backing out of a slough of mud. You
get out with nilro on you. But is it any
better to stay in tho slough and wallow
oboutf Thcro Is nothing gained, my
friend, by sticking to a falsehood simply
becauso you aro ashamed to back out. Bo
as frank as your bettor naturo suggests
and get as quickly as possiblo on tho line
of absolute honor,
But thoro aro other causes for tho liar's
character besides heredity. Society is not
basod on honor, but very largoly on pre
tenses. Tho good half of social Intercourse
is offset by another half of docolt and in
sincerity, This, of course, is stamping it
self on character. Peoplo cannot Jlvo lies
and not bo liars. Tho Quakers felt this
social degradation and trlod to correct It
Iiet your communication bo yoa, yea, nay,
nay, for whatsoever Is moro than this
comoth of evlL Tho Quakers, however, do
sometimes llo, and all tho worso becauso
thoy havo placed somuoh omphasls on tho
yea, yea, as bettor than yes, yos. But thoy
do not mako a mlstako in insisting on tho
linportanco of words. Social flattery and
much of soolal manners are a cover for Ilea.
There is no truth in it. Are you a social
liar? Alary fcl Spencer in St Louis Globe
.Demoornt A Lira lieetlo In Iron Ore.
Z. T. White, who is now or has very
recently been n citizen of El Paso, Tox.,
was onco the owner of the most wondor
ful entomological Specimen over found
elnco the creation of tho world a llvo beo
tle found In u solid matrix of Iran ore.
Tho curiosity was discovered a considera
ble, dopth bolow tho surface In tho Long
fellow mine, at Clifton, A. T.t and fitted
bis Iron sarcophagus as snugly as though
. ,tho Iron had been in a plastia state when
fVcamo In contact with tho creature's
body. Tho "bug" was of a dull, reddish
gray color and was of course of a speaies
wholly unknown to the entomologists.
According to tho El X'asa Bullion, this
wonder was presented to a well known
scion tlflo association of tho Atlantic slopo
about twoyeara ago. St Louis Republic.
The Cheerful Idiot.
"Ono swallow doesn't mako a spring,"
sold the boardor who misquotes.
"A swallow of boor might," sold the
Cboorful Idiot
And when the landlady guossod that It
might mako a spring on nocount of tho
bops In H tho Cheerful Idiot got huffy
and left the table beforo tho prune pie wu
servtid. IndluncDOlls Journal
JiROADWAY GLACIER.
A FAMOUS OLD HOTEL AND THEATER
SUCCUMB TO IT.
Memories of tho Glorious Career of the
Old Metropolitan nnd N I bio's Garden.
Reminiscences That Will Interest Others
Resides Men Yorkers.
Thirty years ago tho Metropolitan hotel
was tho focus of tho town. Tho g I hi oil
youth went thoro for late suppors. Tho
most noted politicians of tho Tweed ring
poured out champngno there. Its bird!
were always well cooked, its steaks woro
marrowed to a turn, its oysters had tho
call, and Its whisky was famous.
It was tho plaza for tho actors until long
after tho war. Thoy stood in clusters all
round its stops and held council in its
vestibule, for all tho noted chophouses
woro in tho neighborhood.
Bound tho corner, In Houston street,
woro tho Houso of Lords and Clifton'?,
and up on tho other end of tho block was
tho Hovcro Houso. From that corner down
you could moot on a pleasant day all tho
famous actors In town E. L. Davenport,
Tom Placido, Burton, Dion Bouclcault,
James W. Wallack, Charles Plshor, John
Brougham, Rufus Blako and a double
score of others. If any of them got up as
far as tho Metropolitan Opera House, it
was behind a fast team, and they found
themselves in tho country.
1852, it was tho town talk. It was Inau
gurated with a stupendous bonquit. Ste
phen A. Douglas and Tom Benton and
Sam Houston woro thero. Voluminous
descriptions of the hotel appeared in the
nowspapers of that dato. Peoplo stood in
crovds and lookod up at It from tho other
sldo of tho street. It was thought by con
servative peoplo to bo a most unwarranted
pleco of extravagance. But tho Metropoli
tan beenmo at onco ono of tho most popu
lar hotels In tho city. And its complement
of 1,000 guests did not fall off while tho
Lolands had chargo of It.
Beforo and during tho war it was cus
tomary for tho reporters to go to tho Met
ropolitan every night to get tho news. It
was Jammed with peoplo on tho night of
tho cablo celebration and on tho day that
Sumter was flrod on. Thero was, In fact,
no such center abovo it on Broadway, and
its walls must havo rung with tho voices
of many great captains and celebrated
beauties.
Thoro aro peoplo In New York who can
remember when Nlblo had a garden there.
Thero aro many moro who can remember
tho first theater which went by tho nnmo
of tho garden, and how tho American In
stitute was wont to hold its fairs there,
and tho original Christy minstrols, bofore
thoy got into Mechanics' hall, really
caught tho small town thoro, and how for
several seasons tho concert hall was tho re
sort of our small musical population.
Then later tho theater spread out into a
great auditorium, and Mr. A. T. Stowart
bought tho property and had a prlvato box
connected with a parlor, and finally camo
Jarrctt and Palmer to taka the. manage
ment, and then bloomed upon tho world
tho "Black Crook" and the "Whlto
Fawn," spcctaclos whoso liko had novor
been seen, and which rolled up fortunes
for ovorybody connected with them.
But at this tlmo tho theater was In tho
full swing of popular success. Tho enor
mous success of tho "Black Crook" had
socurod all tho commercial visitors In
town. It was denounced by tho pulpit,
but never waned In attractivoncss for
years. Agents wero kept in Europe to
snap up evory specialty thoy could find,
and such was tho pliability and capacity
of tho pcrforinonco that it swallowed up
everything, from a performing goat to a
prima ballerina assoluta.
Bonfanti was thon in hor prime and bo
oaino tho rago of tho town. Paulino Mark
ham was in full girth of glory and led tho
Amazons.
If somo ono will lay hold of tho still vir
ile beard of tho vonerablo Commodore
Tooker, ho will romlnlsoo for an hour on
tho palmy days of Nlblo's. All tho hlstorio
Thespians of tho pavowill tell of tho days
of William Whcatley and tho production'
of tho"Duko's Motto," n play which mado
tho most extraordinary kUul of a hit, and
how after that Forrest camo with tho
"Broker of Bogota," ono of tho boat orig
inal American dramas of its era.
Wlion Jarrett and Palmer took hold of
Niblo's Garden, a chongo camo over tho
houso. Thon openod tho era of Terpsichore,
and for years tho placo was given over to
a voluptuous orgloof bacchantes and spec
tacle There wore long rows of tho hand
somest women in tho world in tho corri
dors on Tuesday mornings to draw their
salary.
After tho "B'ack Crook" woro ltsolf out
there wero spasmodic efforts to call back
tho old dramatic prestige of tlia houso.
Charlos Fechtcr modo his American debut
there, playing Hamlet in n blond wig and
falling to plooso tho public. It was thcro
that Bouclcault brought his "Formosa"
from London after declaring that ho was
going to open "a new path for tho drama
through tho sewers," and tho play was
damned on tho first night.
Tho Metropolitan has succunibod to tho
inevitable Broadway is n glacior, not a
rock. It moves slowly north with all its
gayoty, its groups, its conters. Everything
historic melts and vanishes. Every old
stager has marked tho shifting of the cen
ters. Thirty years ago the foous of Vanity
Fair was thero between Houston and
Prlnoo streets. When Raohel came to this
country, sho got no higher than Houston
street. And when tho war was over tho
meeting placo of nil tho lions, tho swells.
the flaneurs, wa3 betwoen tho St. Nioholus
and tho Metropolitan.
Thoso blocks thundered and palpitated
with the life that has gone up to Thirty-
ninth street First tho crowd jumped to
Union square, then it went to the Fifth
Avenue hotel, then to tho Hoffman House,
thon to tho Coleman, then to tho Grand,
then to well, you will have to tako a ca
blo car to find it now. Nym Crinkle in
Now York World.
The Vender of Paternity.
For a ourlous profession and one which
is llttlo known commend us to tho Pari
sian vender of paternity. Ho appears to
be an individual who takes upou himself
tho risk of eovoro punishment If detected
In the carrying out of his buslngss, which
is to stand in it placo of a father to young
men who wish to marry and cannot get
tho sanction of their parents. The vender
of paternity horo steps In and goes through
all tho formulltles at tho mayor's office.
Et Louts Post Dispatch.
Decolette.
"I'll bet," remarked Mr. Jason to his
wife as thoy sat In tho family clrolo at the
play, "I'll bat from tho looks of it that the.
dross that thero woman in tho box H
woarln Is ono of them elegant drosses
'one-half off' we seed advprtispd ylsterday
In the papers." Indianapolis Journal.
PREACHER STORIES.
HUMOROUS INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE
OF MINISTERS.
An ISplscopnllnn's Only Experience With
Immersion Tho Methodist Trencher nnd
the Fishing Hoy Tho Marblehcnd Divine
and tho Flvrco Hull.
An Episcopalian olorgyman, now dead,
used to rolato an oxpcrlonco ho onco had,
which convulsed his congregation with
laughter and nearly broko up his services
for tho day. Ho win tho rector of a church
in Connecticut.
Ono day as tho tlmo for tho annual visi
tation of tho bishop was approaching, and
ho was preparing n class for confirmation,
ho was sont for to visit a woman who de
sired to talk with htm on tho subjoct of
baptism.
Tho woman, who was very stout,
weighing somcwhoro In the neighborhood
of 300 pounds, Informed him that sho had
long been attracted toward tho Episcopal
church, but had refrained from uniting
with It becauso sho had strong convictions
In regard to baptism and felt" that she
ought to bo Immersed.
Tho minister told hor that, although
tho church bellovcd pouring or sprinkling
to bo valid boptlsm, It did not prohibit
immersion, though, as it was a somowhat
Inconvenient method, it was not often
used.
Ho pointed out tho difficulties in tho
way, saying that ho had no fount In the
church largo enough for such a purpose,
and that there was no rlvor or beach in
tho vicinity. In reply sho suggested that
ho obtain permission to use tho Baptist
church, which had a largo baptistry under
tho pulpit platform. This ho consented to
do, though with much misgiving. The
consent of tho Baptist brethren was read
ily obtained.
Tho noxt Suncuy Episcopal services
wero held in tho Baptist, church. At tho
proper tlmo in tho servico tho candidate
for baptism wont forward, and, with tho
minister, wont down Into tho baptistry.
All went well until it camo tlmo for tho
Immersion. Thon tho minister for tho first
tlmo realized his inoxpcrlcnco in adminis
tering that form of baptism. When ho at
tempted to Immcrso tho woman, his foot
slipped, and they both went under tho
water togothor.
Ho hastily scrambled to his feot, but, to
his constorntion and horror, found, when
ho attempted to ralso tho woman, that sho
could not bo moved. There sho lay liko so
many pounds of lead floundemg in tho
water and screaming for dear llfo. In vein
ho tugged nnd pulled. Sho could not be
oven started.
iFinaily soveral men in tho congregation
wont to tho nsslstoncoof tho minister, and
by their united efforts succeedod In bring
ing tho frightened women to her feet The
mon wero wot to tho skin, having boon
obliged to go into tho baptistry. Tho
congregation struggled with its pontup
laughter, but finally it burst forth In n
roar which could not bo suppressed. Tho
sorviccs wero continuod with groat diffi
culty, and tho minister drow along breath
of relief when thoy wero ended.
Boys In church, as Is well known, aro
not infrequently thocauso of great annoy
nnco to clergymen. Somo .years ago a
Methodist minister was delivering a ser
mon with a good deal of earnestness whon
his attention was attracted to a boy in tho1
gallory. Tho youngstor was leaning ovor
tho rail and apparently lowering some
thing attached to a cord, which ho occa
sionally pulled up, whon ho would throw
it ovor again with moro gusto than over.
Do what ho would tho proachcr could not
keep his eyes off that boy.
Shifting 1.1s position in tho pulpit
slightly, ho had a hotter opportunity to
sco what was going on and observed that
on old gentleman in a pow under tho gaV
lory had fallen nbleep and was sitting
with his head back and his mouth wldo
opoh. Seeing tlrfc, tho boy had attached
a cork to a string nnd was endeavoring to
lower it into tho old man's mouth. Ho
camo near succeeding several times, aud
as tho cork gently swayed to and fro It oc
casionally tickled tho sloeper's nos6. At
such times ho would stir o llttlo uneasily
nnd brush It away with his hand, to tho
ovldent delight of tho grinning youngstor.
Tho wholo scono was so exceedingly com
ical that tho minister camo near laughing
outright. At length ho was obliged to
beckon to tho sexton nnd request him to
put an end to the boy's fishing for tho
day or elso send him somowbero clso to
do it
An uucomfortablo oxperlenco which bo
fell Parson Bartlett, n Unitarian minis
ter, somo years ago, used to bo related by
his olorlcnl brethren with n good deal of
gloc. Tho parson had been invited to ox
cbango pulpits with a clergyman in Sa
lem, and It being n delightful Sunday In
tho spring the parson walked across tho
Holds from his homo in Marblchcad, start
ing early enough In tho morning to bo on
timo when tho hour for Eoryico arrived.
Tho oongrcgatlon assembled at tho usual
tlmo, but no minister appeared. Minutes
passed into a halt hour, and from that into
an hour, and it began to bo apparent that
thero would bo no services that morning.
Just as. the congregation was about to dis
perse tho parson orrlvcd. Ho was covered
with mud from head to feet. His coat wos
torn, his bat battorcd, nnd a telltale streak
on his shirt front exposed his darling vico
of chewing tobacco.
An explanation was In ordor and was
given. Whilo tho parson was sauntering
lolsuroly along, enjoying tho bracing
morning air and tho picturosquo vlows,
thinking now and thon of tho points in
his sermon, ho hoard a hollowing bohlud
him, and, looking around, saw n belliger
ent bull, with bis nostrils dilated and his
tail In tho air, rushing directly for him.
Tho purson ran for a wall near by and
jumped Into tho noxt Hold. But tho bull
was not to bo oludod in that way. Ho was
over os soon as his clorlcal victim, Tho
parson jumped over tho wall again into
tho field ho had left, but tho bull was thero
before ho was. In this way thoy kept up
tho jumping ond running, first ovor ono
wall, thon ovor another, until by sealing o
fonco tho parson reuched tho opon road.
Tho bull was thus brought to a standstill
and ran off snorting doflanco. Parson
Bartlett, exhausted with his unwonted
exortlou, bruised and soro In every limb,
inado his way as' best ho could to Salem.
Boston Globo.
A Toilet Hint.
The woman who has weptuutil hor eye
lids and her noso nro purple, hor oyos
bloodshot and hor faco swollon always
tools a trifle embarrassed when sho has to
rocelve callors or go down to dinner Im
mediately. Sho frequently makes a bad
mattor worso by washing her faco In cold
water. If sho will, Instead, batho it gontly
with rosewater for a fow minutes nnd
thon lie down for a few moro with a soft
rag saturated In rosowntor over her eyes,
the will bo prepared to faco any company,
-Nw YnrV Wnrlit
HOW THEY CAUGHT IT
TWO ENGLISH LADS WHO HADN'T ANY
TIME TO .SPARE.
They TTa1 to Overtnho the Golden Onto Spe
cial Sons to Catch tho Steamer For Japan.
A Hall road OUlolal's Story of Two Cool
Ones.
"Tho English tourist is often n surpris
ing person," said a railroad official, "and
I havo frequently had cause to wonder nt
him. Somo tlmo ago I had. an oxporlonco
with two English tourists that wan out of
tho ordinary. I was In a largo western
city in chargo of tho passenger business of
o transcontinental railroad which ran two
Bpcclal trains a weok to tho Pacifio coast.
Ono afternoon I was about to oloso my
desk and go homo whon tho local ticket
agent camo into my ofilco with two
young men. It was not nccossary to look
at thorn twlco to understand that thoy
wore Englishmen. Thoy were tho typical
toll, big boned, blond haired mon whom
ono recognizes Immediately as being Eng
lish. They wero dressed In ultra English
stylo nnd carried thomsolves with tho self
confldonco and Independence of men who
thoroughly bolieve In themselves and aro
utterly indifferent to tho estimate placed
upon them by others. I call them men,
though they could not have been over 18
or 19 years old. Tho agent told mo that
thoy wished to seo mo about n matter of
business. I assured them that I was at
their disposal and waited, wondering what
thoy could wont of mo. Tho taller of tho
two noted as spokesman.
" 'Wo want to got'to San Francisco,'
ho said, 'in tlmo if connect with tho next
steamer for Japan.'
" 'I am very Borry,' I replied, 'but our
special train which connects with tho
stoamor passed through hero two hours
ago.'
"They looked serious at this, but did
not seem overcome.
'I suppose,' said tho tall ono, 'that tho
next regular train will bo too late to con
nect with tho steamer.'
" 'Oh, yes,' said I, 'you would bo do
lay ed about a weok in San Francisco I'
" 'Oh, that will never dol' ho replied.
'Wo must catch that steamer. You will
havo to mako somo arrangement by which
wo can overtake this spoclal train.'
"I was paralyzed by tho cool assuranco
With which ho suggested this. Tho train
ho wished to ovcrtako was known as tho
Golden Goto spoclal and was a record
breaker. It was ono of tho fastest trains
on our road, and wo wero proud of tho
tlmo it made, yot hero wero a couplo of
youngsters who wanted to know whether
thoy could not arrongo to catch it with
tho samo calmness that they might havo
asked for a cup of coffco. I smllod on
thorn pityingly.
" 'Don't you know,' said I, 'that this is
on exceptionally fast train, and that It is
almost impossiblo to beat Itf Why, evon
if it wero possiblo to do what you asked,
the oxpense would put it out of tho ques
tion.' "Thoy listened calmly and without
chango of expression. Then tho ono who
had spoken beforo said:
" 'Yes, I know all about that, but wo
havo got to catch that boat. Wo are at
tached to tho British embassy at Tokyo
and have been traveling on a lcavo of ab
sonco. Our tlmo will bo up tho vory day
thut that boat reaches Japan. Wo must
be there at that, tlmo, bocauso wo havo
promised to. Wo had Intended to catch
tho previous boot, but wo wore having
such a good timo that wo thought wo
would chance It nnd wait over. Now, noth
ing can be allowed to lntcrforo with our
plan.'
" 'Well,' I said, 'I don't soo how I can
aid you, sorry as I may bo for you.'
"The Englishman looked at me In a
bored sort of way and said:
" 'I don't seo why thero is any need of
arguing about this. Wo want u special
train to overtako that special, and if we
can't do it any other way wo will havo to
follow it across tho continent.'
"I looked in amazement at theso two
clorks that is what they amounted to, I
supposo, at least what we would consider
them in this country who wero coolly
asking for a special train to cross tho con
tinent I was not at nil convinced that
thoy appreciated the enormity of their do
mand. In fact, I folt moro amused than
credulous.
"'I supposo,' I said,. 'you havo some
idea of what it will cost you to do this?'
" 'Oh, wo aro willing to pay whatever
It Is,' was tho reply in a drawling tono.
" 'It will cost you $300 If wo overtako
tho special at hor first stop,' sold I, '$500
If wo havo to wait for tho second stop and
$1,000 if wo go clear across. It is barely
possible that wo can mako a connection nt
tho first stop.'
"Tbo Englishman mado no other reply
than to thrust his hand into his trousers
pocket and pull out a big roll of bills. Ho
counted out $1,000 and laid them down
on tho desk.
" 'Of course,' he said, 'I presume if wo
make tho connection that you spoak of I
will got back what I have paid In excess.'
"I saw thon that ho was in earnest. I
took out $800 to guarantee us and returned
the rest to him with tho understanding
that he was to pay the conductor, If ho
missed tho first connection, according to
tho terms I hadoutllnod. I at onco set the
machinery In motion to got out tho train.
It required a good deal of work. In the
first placo, wo had no engine in which tho
flrowas up and found it would save time
to havo ono brought on from another sta
tion. Then wo had to 6end foranenglnoer
who would bo capable of running tho train
at the high rate of speed that was de
manded and still avoid unnecessary risks.
As ours was Jn the main only a single
track road, we had to telegraph all along
tho lino to keep tho track clear of freight
trains nnd orrango to huvo the ordinary
passonger trulns side tracked at conven
ient times and places. Altogothor about
four hours wero token up in these prelim
inaries. During that timq tbo English
men loafed around, looking very bored
ond not at all interested in our efforts to
hurry things. Wbon it wos announced
that tho train was ready, they Invited me
to drink to tho succoss of their trip in a
bottlo of wlno, a condescension on thoir
part that amazed mo, nnd the last I saw
of them thoy woro bowing from the rear
platform of their car as the train wont
Hying out of tho dopot. Thoy mado tho
connection at tho first junction, as I
loomed that night by tologroph. How
thoy eor did It I don't know, but I have
n shrowd suspicion that they bribed the
conductor and engineer to run tho train
at r. rate never known beforo, and that
would have been condomned by tho higher
outborltles If thoy had heard of it "Now
York Sun.
I'Oinrscio 8erunts Favored.
Albany, June s.Mr. Brush's impor
tant bill giving domcstlo servants profor
enoo whon a receiver has boon appointed
was Blgnod by Governor Morton today.
MILLINERY NOTES.
Napoleonic Three Cornered lints, Styles of
Fans and Trimmings.
Width of headgear being now essontlal
to fashion, tho threo cornored hat of tho
days of picturosquo living Is again brought
to tho front, and though now worn with
n dlffercnco It still retains much of its bo
comlugness. Straw takes tho placo of old
world folt or volvot, and llowors, loco and
ribbons enhanco Its charms where nn edg
ing of gold lace, or at utmost n slnglo
feathor (when for riding costumo), was tho
solo decoration allotted to tho original an
cestors' of tho present chapoou. Theso
trimmings, of courso, to a largo extent,
tako from tho individual character of tho
ehapo, though thoy cannot altogether do
stroy Its vory becoming outline. It is, of
LARQK HAT.
courso, unnecessary to state that tho prin
cipal difference, to which all others nro
trifles, is that tho triangular hat is now
confined to women's wear, whllo original
ly It was n mascullno habiliment.
All sorts of hat shapes aro worn, largo
and small, but tho toquo has tho prefer
ence perhaps for young girls. These toques
aro of colored straw, often with n orown of
a different tint. Largo hats nro trimmed
with lmmonso bows of glaco taffeta, placed
near tho hair at tho back, the front trim
ming consisting of flowers having a change
able effect
Fans to bo carried out of doors should be
of somo dark color or black, black moire
ones bolng particularly llkod. For ovenlng
uso, howovor, delicate and brilliant colors
are employed, lace, gauzo and feathers be
ing tho materials or tullo decorated with
spangles.
Tho shaped plecos of passementerie, such
as motifs, collars, figaros and plastrons,
aro wondorully rloh and boautlful this sea
son. Light and heavy loco, mock jowels,
pearls, spacigles and beads of nil tints and
silk and metal oinbroldory nro all pressed
into tho sorvico, with tho result that tho
trimming counters of tho largo shops look
liko Aladdin's cava
A' sketch is given of a largo bonnet hat
of rlco straw. Tho wldo brim is entirely
lined with puffed moussclinqdosolo. Clus
ters of roses aro placed at the sldo and back
and undor the brim, and a largo bow of
changeable taffeta finishes tho decoration.
.lUDIC ClIOLLET.
Ormonde's First American Colt.
SAN FltANCJsco, Juno 5. W. O'B.
MacDonougb, who paid $150,000 for Or
mondo, has boon mado happy by tho ad
vont of a: colt sired by Ormonde, out of
Gotaway. Tho dam Is ownod by Airs. Lo
Innd Stanford. Undor tho conditions of
their agroomont tho foal would have bo
longod to Mrs. Stanford if it had boon a
filly.
A Maharajah Dead.
London, Juno 5. Maharajah Abuba
kar, tho sultan of Job ore, an independent
Malay stato, who rocontly arrived here on
a visit, ,1s dead. Johoro is situated at tho
southorn oxtromity of tho Malay peninsu
la. Its area is 0,000 square miles, Its pop
ulation 800,000 and Its capital is Johoro
Bbaru.
Itellelous Intolerance In Kansas City, Kan.
Kansas City, Juno 6. Sohoolteachors
profossing tho Catholic religion havo boon
barred out of tho public sohools of Kansas
City. Kan., for tho noxt tormntloust. Tho
board of oducatlon, aftor a longthy.moot
Ing, in appointing teachers for tho fall
term refusod to glvo a plnoo to any Catho
lic IJoy Drowned While Ilatlilnf.
Middi.Etown, N. Y., June Wllllo
Pohlman, sou of Danlpl Pohlman. a re
tired looking glass manufacturer of Now
York, who has boon residing at Liberty of
lato, was drowned in tho lnko at Stevens
vlllo, Sullivan oounty, whllo ho was bath
ing. Millions For Hides.
Vienna, Juno 6. Tho ostlmatosrof tho
war department, just presontod, incroaso
the amount to ho spont upon ropoatlng
rlfios from 0,000,000 fiorlns to 29,0b0,000
florins, tho new orders for suoh arms to
bo distributed ovor a number of yoars.
Mr. HlssaU Quite Well, Thank You.
Buffalo, Juno B. The report that ox
Postmaster Gonoral Blssell is en route to
Ashovlllo, N. C, for his hoalth Is untrue.
Mr. Bissoll is at his home In this olty nnd
is In tho boat of hoalth. Ho has no Inten
tion of going to Ashovlllo.
Niagara Falls a Luko Fort.
Niagara Falls, June 5. This city
has onterod tho list of lnku ports, nnd Is
now so rocognbod by tho government
Tho harbor behind Connor's Island Is now
nccosstble for craft that do not draw bolow
ID foet.
A Judicial Appeal.
On ono of tho many official excursions
mado by boat to Fortress Monroo and
Chosapouko bay, Chief Justlco Walte of
tho supremo court, Judge Hall of North
Carolina and other dignitaries of tho bench
were participants. Whon tho government
steamer had fairly got out Into the At
lantic, tho soa was very rough, and Judgo
HoU was taken violently with, seasickness,.
As ho was moaning aloud In his agony,
tho chlof justico, laying a soothing hand
on his shouldor, said: "My door Hall, can
I do anything foryouf Justuggostwhot
you wish." "I wish," said tho seasick
judgo, "your honor would overrulo this
inotiou." San Francisco Argonaut.
Fosttlon of n Scotch l'eer.
A Scotch peer unless ho Is a represent
ative poor cannot sit oithor In tho com
mons or tho lords. Sir William Harcourt
neatly defined that unfortunate lndlvidu
al's oaso when giving evidence before tho
committee on Chlltorn Hundreds. Said tho
chancellor of tho oxchequar, "Ills position
reminds mo of the old description of on
amphibious animal, ' One that cannot live
In water and that dies on dry land. "
Glasgow Herald.
GrtATITUDE OF A SIOUX SQUAW.
Anxiety While Dying of nn Indian Womib
to Fulfill Iler Promise.
A woman on tho West Sido whoso early
?rodilcotlons created a projudlco against
ndlnns Is now r frlond of tho decaying
raco. It camo nbout In a pretty way, and
tho Incident has also a sorrowful tlngo. A
Sioux Indian and his squaw, whom tho
woman's husband had known out west,
woro returning from Europo, whoro thoy
had beon ns attaches of Buffalo Bill's Wild
Wost. When thoy camo to Chicago, thoy
stepped over a day ond hunted up tho
palofaco whom thoy had known out wost.
Ho hired a corrlngo ond took them out to
his homo, which surprised hla wlfo not a;
llttlo, nnd thoro thoy woro ontortnined.
Tho squaw spoko no language but hor own.
Her man know enough English to make
hlmsolf understood. Both woro In thoir
visiting colors. They didn't liko tho bluo
points nnd oysters, but wbon tho roast
bcof (wo-haw) wos brought on tho eyes ot
tho squaw bulged out, and sho clapped her
hands. Sho dovoured it sllco by sllco and
In a mannor calculated to shock tho wlfo
of tho palcfaco.
Aftor dinner the tquaw sang for tho
palofoco woman and hor papooses to show
gratitude. Then, through hor mon, sho
hod tho palofaco woman tako off hor shoos
and stand on a shcotof paper. Tho squaw
took a bit of penoll nnd drow tho shopo ot
tho foot. Tho squaw's man Informed tho
palcfaco woman that sho would mako and
send hor n pair of split bood moccasins
from tho tcpeo as soon as they could be
mado. Tho Indians went nwoy that night,
westward bound, and months passed by.
Tho Wost Sido wlfo playfully chldcd her
husband nbout his lavish entertainment of
tho reds nnd their mock gratltudo. Ho
said, "Walt." In a yoar from the time of,
tho visit a packago was delivered to thoj
houso. It was opened, and there wero tho
spilt bead moccasins mado by tho squaw.-'
There also was tho Information that sho
hod died about tho tlmo tho moccasins
wore completed. (
In ,n crude sort of way, but all tho moro
tender on account of its simplicity, tho
Indian explained that his squaw would
havo sent tho moccasins sooner, but sho
hnd been sick, and hor work hod been do
luycd, nnd that sho was afraid sho would
not llvo to keep her word to tho paleface
woman who hadentcrtnlncdhcrwlth such
good wo-haw.
Thcro wero somo tondcr words spoken.
In tho homo of tho West Sldo palofaco that
night, and oven now, when tho wlfo of tho
palofaco tolls tho Incident, thoro is a slight
tromulntion in tho Hps and a moisture
nbout tho eyes. Chicago Tlmos.
Upward lightning Strokes.
It Is hard for tho mind to concoivo of a
lightning Hash taking other than n down-,
ward course whon it strikes objects on tho
earth's surfaco, but thoro aro many well
authenticated cases of tbo bolt taking tbo
opposlto direction. A caso in mind hap
pened at Manchester In August, 1888,
whoro tho bolt was distinctly seen to strike
tho base of a largo cast iron chimney and.
then to tako an upward slant, burning a
crooked river in tho metal from tho point
ot contact to tho top, whoro It escaped Into
tho atmosphere nnd exploded In tho man
ner of an immenso flro ball.
At Monticcllo, la., on Juno SI, 1803, a.
tree near tho resldonco of G, H. Gcorgo
was struck by a lightning flush and torn
in a manner which clearly Indicated that
tho current had passed upward from the
earth..
The director of tho Iowa weather sorvico
corps tolls me that, whllo upward light
ning strokes aro reckoned as freaks and
phenomena by tho layman, thoy aro not of
Infrequent occurrence nnd have often beer
reported by meteorological observers.
In ono or two of tho Solomon Islands
nnd at soveral places on tho Indian ocean
coast of Africa tho upward stroke is sold
to bo the rulo and tho downward tho ex
ception. St. Louis Republic
Whistler and tho Amnteur.
When James McNeill Whistler wont to
Vonico to mnko thoso 14 famous etchings
of his, ho boenmo so intoxicated with Ita
boouty that hq mode 70 pastels first, leav
ing ills otchlngs till tho lost few doys.
Theso pastels mado a tremendous sensa
tion. All tho nrt world of Venice was car
ried away with enthusiasm, excepting a
Russian painter, who declared them tricks,
betting a basket of chumpagne be could
paint six not to bo distinguished from
them. Mr. Whistler amiably gave somo
of hla paper and six pastels, which woro
finally mixed up with thoso by tho Rus
sian nnd submitted ton jury who had seen
nono of them. Mr. Whistler's pastels were
unmlstakablo, nnd tho Russian lost tho
wlno. A fow days later tho two met on
tho Rialto, and Mr. Whistler laughed n
llttlo nbout tho wlno and tho bot. Tho
Russian vas furious. "You forgot, sir,"
ho said, "that I'm a Russian, and if yon
scrutcono'you find n Tnrtar underneath."
''Oh,, no,' you havo it wrong," sold Mr.
Whlstlor, "you havo it wrong. Iscratchod
an artist and found an nmoteur." San
Francisco Argonaut.
The French Feasant Woman.
Sho judgoa n ploturo with both hands on
her hips, and whqn disapproval nppoars in
ber eye ono tremblos for tho picture
When sho Is actually borAvr6'no strides
across tho flogr to nn opon window, puts
her elbows on its balcony .rail, lavs hor
lcatliory chin on her lonthory hands,
crosses, hor sturdy logs, nnd in this street
loofer attitude refreshes her mind. Her
fist is cnpablo of a sledge hammer blow.
Hor husband, yoomnn though ho Is, would t
hardly bo a match for her. He knows it
and is visibly proud of It.
I havo seen Whltcohapol hags rouse
thoir shriveled or bloated selves to fight
liko flonds, but sho, if onco sho wero
rousi d, would fight liko a god. In fact,
sho is a modern typo of the plow woman ot
mythology. If Joan of Aro had been o
peasant ot this type, thero would havo
bepp no mystery about hox military prow
ess, Sho Is a mascullno woman in th
best sonso. Lipplncott'ii Magazine
To Sfnrt For lluzzards Itay.
Wasiiinoton, Juno 3. According to
prosont nrrangomonts, Mrs. Cleveland and
Mrs. Oinoy, with their households, will
leave 'Washington for thoir summer homes
on tho .Massachusetts coast noxt Wednes
day morning! Mr. OJney's suinnior real
donee at Falmouth is only 10 miles from
Gray Gables. Owing to tho pross of pub
lic business, nolthor tho president nor tho
attorney gonoral will acoompany thoir
families , but will join thorn about two
weeks later.-
A Tariff Date Decision.
WAsniNOTON, Juno 8. Chlof Justice
Fullor handod down tho opinion of the
court in the caso of tho United States ver
sus Burr ond Hardwiok, Involving tbo
dato whon tho prosont tariff law went into
effect Tbj docislon was that this did not
ooour until Aug. 28, 1801, whon tho bill
became a law, notwithstanding tho law
ltsolf fixed the dote as Aug. 1. The caso
vroat importance and u.