NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, tnn
Miss Kntle Staggers,
young lady of Ulauvclt, N
.in.
nrnll known
, was burned
to death.
rponkor Heed told n, western congress
moil tlmli he thought congress would lie
ready tn niljnurn by Mny in.
His highness the Tlmkiir of Hhmjiiag'ir
died at Bombay. He wns HH yearn nf age
finil n knight commander nf 1 lie rtar of
India.
Miss Lucille fMovrnrt l'olk, daughter nf
Mr. mill Mrs. WMIIntii Stewart I'nlk of
Ditltlmnro, wns married tn Mr. Will iiiin
K. t'nrtor of Philadelphia.
The president sent, to thn sennto 1 ho
nmnlmitlim of .1. Kearney Hlce of Nm
Jersey tn honttnrney nf the (Tnltoil Slates
for tho district of Now Jersey.
l.nuls (inrdnn, shirt niniiiif.'iotiiror of
New York, wtis convicted nf nrsnn III tho
third degree on tho charge of Hotting flro
to his factory nn July ill, IH1I4.
Tho Might Hon. Hugh V. K. Chlhlois,
formerly first lord of tho iiilininiltv, chnn
oollor of tho duchy of Lancaster nnd (limn
clnl secretary tn the treasury, died In l.nn
dnn. Friday, Jan. M.
Jamcn Williams wns held for trlnl,
charged with attempted highway rohliery
III Now York city.
Hon. Anion Pnnl, a prominent cltlon
nf Nowllelds nnd nno of the leading inon
of Now llnnipshlro, died, nged ha yours.
Harvey Pago, wlfo nnd two young sons,
nged respectively It yours nnd II months,
woro hiirnoil In death In tholr homo In
Alarongn, Mich.
Peter Hull, one nf the oldest conductors
111 tho employ of tho Krlo ltnilroml com
pany, died suddenly of hemorrhage at
Middh'town, N. Y.
The president has sent to the sptinto tho
following noinlnntions: .lohu H. Hrnc
klesby, oollootor of customs, district of
Hartford: I). W. Andrew, district of
Plymouth, Mass.
Herman Ii. Mueller, charged with om
liczzling (14.1100 from tho Schlll. Brewing
ooinpiiny whiln acting an ItH bookkeeper
In Kiinsiis City, lias Iwen acquitted after
A three days' trial.
Tho Fanners' I.onn nnd Trust company
of Now York has filed n hill In tho lulled
Mates circuit court nt. Chicago to foreeloso
n mortgage for 7,775,01)1) on the Lako
Street Klevatcd road.
Saturday, K.I). 1.
Tho plaster factory of M. .T. Dnann &
Co., nt Ynnkors, N. Y., was destroyed ly
fire. Loss, :n. 10 in.
Thirty-two collieries of the Philadelphia
and Heading company In Pennsylvania ro
cclvcd olliolal notilleation to shut down.
Paul ilrlgham, alias David I'nlcmnll,
tho notorious conlldonoo man, was sen
tenced In Now York to seven years in stiito
prison.
A plaster hust of the Into K.ttgeiie I lold,
from tho studio of Signnr liaetano Tren
tanovo of Klorcnco, was unveiled In the
llhrnry of the I'lilou league chili In 111 -ongo.
Klre destroyed the tannery of Jacoli
Stlne & l'o., nt Dover, Del., together with
hides nnd furs valued nt lii,oou. Tho fire
Is supposed to have been of Incendiary
origin.
(iovornor Morton has granted n further
respite ti Hat Shea until Feb. 11 lieenuso
of .1 udgo Mayhem's ndvioo that lie cannot
give n doelslnn In tho matter of tho appli
cation until Koh. 7.
Monday, Feb. S.
Kx-Scnatorn Idon nnd Ahlxit of Colum
lius, t)., have hoen Indicted for lirlliery.
Wllliani Ciesar, the oondeiniioil murder
er, died suddenly In his coll nt tho state
prison nt Sing Sing.
Tudgo Stephen Peery of San Diopo, Cnl.,
committed suicide ly shooting himself
through the heart.
Mr. Richard Crokor of New York lins 211
horses In training at l.eleonilw Mogls, near
Wantage, In charge of Charles Morton.
Tho federal census of Mexico, which Is
now completed, shown a population of 12,
542,(157. Tho City of Mexico has H:in,ti:ift.
Kev. Henry I.ltts of Deckorton, N. .T., a
moinhor of New .lerscy Methodist confor
enco, died 111 Susquehanna, Pu., aged 711
years.
tioorgo Dllss, tho partner of Governor
Morton In tho hanking llrm of Morton,
111 ins & Co., died suddenly at Ills resi
dence, 587 Fifth nvenup, Now York.
TitfHiilny, tlan. 4.
The cigar factory of Sihiilimnhl & Co.,
nt Cohocton, N. Y., was hiirneil. Twenty
five men are thrown out of work.
(-corge Williams, said to be wanted In
New York for manipulating the accounts
of HlrdHoye& lllrdseyeof that city, vvasur
reeled In Chloagn.
Captain J. Cloveland Cieor, (!(), ono of
the Is'st known of the sound steamer com
limiHlers, died nt his homo. In Norwich,
Conn., after a short Illness.
Kx-Pollce Commissioner Stephen B.
French, who was for several years tho inti
mate friend of Chcstor A. Arthur, shot
and killed himself in Now York.
The hlstorio First Unitarian church on
Mooting House hill,' Dorchpxtor, Mans., n
familiar landmark and the oldest oliurch
In the district, wan destroyed liy lire.
Spenner W. Coo of Now York city died
at tho age of (ID. Mr. Coe was formerly a
partner of Mayor Strong vt Now York and
wan also at one time associated with the
late (ioorgo lilisn.
Kov. Joseph Cook, the famoun Boston
CongrcgationnliHt who recently returned
from Australia nnd Japan, In nt the sani
tarium, Clifton Springs, near Rochester,
utTorlng from an acute form of uervoun
prostration. Ho In nearly blind,
Wednesday, Jam 5.
Cecil J. Khodun, cx premier of Cape
Colony, has arrived in London.
A rich gold discovery Is reportod from
Flint crook, in tho Georgetown district,
Mou.
Dr. Kmtl U. Hirsch. pastor of the Sinai
congregation, Chicago, ban declined tlie
call of the Bethel congregation of New
York.
Judge Joslnh W. Wright, one of the Into
Judge of the Meroer county (N. J.) court,
dropped dead at Princeton Junction while
on bin way to Trenton.
It has boon announced that King Alex
ander of Servia has been betrothed to
Princess Hclene, third daughter of the
Prince of Montenegro.
The nteamer St. Pnul, which wan
grounded ten dayn ago off the Now Jersey
ouast, wan floated. The vessel wan ap
pareutly uninjurod by the accident.
An Knglish flro innurance company h.
deposited 5,600 minces of gold In the nub
treasury in Now York In connection with
the new government bond loan. The gold
wan secured from the vuulu of the Bunk
of Kugluud.
The major part of the einployoon of the
Textile Manufacturing ooinpaiiy at West
field. Mass.. manufacturer of coffin trim
mings, quit work on account of a reduc
tion of wasviu
Tlia Kew Jersey Mate Convention.
Thenton, Fob. 4. The Republican
ntate eommittee han decided upon April
16 for the Republican convention at Tren-
ton for the naming of delegate to tho Re
publican national convention.
Grand Duihru ol Olilcnburn; Iead.
BtiiLIS, Feb. S. The Gruud Duchess of
Oldenburg is doad. Sbe wua born in lH-ti,
and us Klialjelb, prinoean of Suib-A Hun
burg, she was married in 1H5H to the Uraud
Duke of Oldenburg.
PROGENY OF FREAKS.
SOME RESULTS OF ROMANCES IN THE
SHOW BUSINESS?.
The First Real l.lTlnn; Rkeletnn, RIs Wife
and Their Thres Rkln and Itnne Nnni,
An Old Mnsenra and aids (thus Man-aa-er
Taps Itla Memory Tank.
Acnirdiiig to Mntin'er T. 15. Kncltott
of tlin llijon thontor, Isnnn W. Hirngn8
wax the flrnt nniintnrnlly or nlinnrnially
thin skin and bones mini to be exhibit
ed to tho puhlin under tlin titln of A
"living dkololnn. " It Wua during tho
palmy days of llarnnin'B (4rentest Show
on Knrlh, nnd whiln that rolrbrnted
plinwiiiaii vens rnkiiiR tlin continents in
nenrch of oiiriosilieH in lKfl4. Iiioidotit
Blly Mr. Sackolt wim in those days with
Tony I'Kftnr. Mr. Haricot t wan aoling an
doortciidor, tnnniiger nnd nil nronnd
in mi for Pantor. llolind previonsly boon
nut with Millin Christine, the two
liendcd girl, mid lind nn eyo nnf for
freaks. Whoti tlin Tony Pastor pliow
rrnrliod Fliridn, Stimn & Mnrrny'ii rir
rns mine tlieie. Tlin old i)ihabitant(i
will remember Stone & Murray's, show.
It, was rontpiiipornneonn with Dnn
Hioo'g, Thiiyer fc Noyi' nnd afterward
with t lio John Kohinsiiu firens. With
Stimn 8c Murray was lunar) W. Sprngne,
tlin living skeleton. Mr. Spragnn lunl
been disenvored by Illinium in Mansa
chtiKelts. lie was the first living Fkele
ton on roMird sinen the discovery of tlin
world liy Adimi. And Spraguo wan a
rrnl living Hkeleton (on. v Ho was noth
ing but skin and holloa, yet he wbr
healthy nnd jolly.
In lNtifl Panitiin rnllontpd Bevornl rn
riosiiios, incliidiiiR Siirngnn, nnd sent
thorn for a tonr nf tho world. Sprngne
was the big curd. Next to him wnn a
skeleton woman, nearly n attenuated
ns SpriiRne, whoso iiiiino hns wnped
the wonderful memory of Show mini
Suckctt. Among the other freaks with
which Biii-nuiii exponlrd to and did as
tonish the world wan Joyce Until, the
colored woman ho picked np in the
south, anppoHed to bo 1 35 years old; tho
"woolly horse," and Annie Swan, tho
first giantess ever on exhibition.
Sprngne, on the Rtenninr going over
to London, fell desperately ill love witli
tho skeleton woman. Sho returned bin
nffrotion, nnd, nccording to Malinger
Suckott, wlio was on tho voyage, it was
n sight for the sentimental to observe
the billing nnd cooing of those attenuat
ed specimens of Pharaoh 'a "lean kino.
TIim outre love affair gave Hainnin a
business hint, which he was not slow to
take nilvHiitii;n of. On their arrival in
dearold "I.tinnnn" thn showman adver
tised nnd heralded thn astounding fact
far mid wide that on n certnin day there
oonld he seen nt St. Jiiihor hall (whore
they were showing) something that tho
world had never before witnessed, name
ly, tho mnningp of two living, breath
ing skeletons. He nlso announced the
fact that never before in tho annals of
show business hail such n tliliiR ns the
wedding of froaka been performed in
public. This wns a fact too.
Of theentlniHiastio crowds which sneh
a nniiiue nunouiiconient drew, or the
interesting conduct of the living skele
tons, wedded in the presence of "as
RPinbled thousands," Manager Sackett
is silent. But ho tells of a fact, how
ever, which is of nnch Interest that it
was recorded in medical works, but
never before has semi the light of news
paper prbhcntion. That was that a
year after thn marriage of tho skeletons
tho wife bore a child which also was a
"living skuleton. "
Stranger still to rolnte bnt Saekett
stakes his fortune on the truth of, it-
two other children wero also born to
Mr. nnd Mrs. Sprngne, nod (hey were
also of the skeleton mold. For many
yours aftorward (lie parents trnvelud
with their niiiialurnlly thin offspring
and added to the stock of (lie world'i
astonishment, including both crowned
heads and those' that were bald, Tho
original Spraguo nnd his wife are dead.
bnt the three skeleton children, now
young mou, aro showing nbouttlio conn
try, healthy, happy and rich.
This is the only case or succession of
cases iu medical annals where a father
and mother transmitted the disease of
wasting atrophy to their-offspring.
Mr. Hackett also tells of nnother woird
case that came under his observation lu
his peregrinating show days. Major
Bnrncll, a celebrated showman of the
sixties, found a pair of fieuk twins in
tho son th, the offspring of colored pco
pie. One of the twins, a boy, was black
as Kongo stock. The other, a girl, was
a pare albino. The major engaged the
twins for his show and exhibited them
for years The albino girl grew np and
married an albino in the west. The
offspring of the marriage was a baby as
black as the ace of spades. Of course
this enhanced the showing ji-ice of
Charley and his albino wife, and Major
Bnrnell increased thoir salaries accord
iut?ly.
D. K. Proscott was the discoverer of
tho far famed Sleeping Beauty, whom
he found in Tennessee iu the sixties. He
brought brr to St. Louis. She was
young girl of surpassing beanty, with
but one fault discoverable. She slept
nine tenths of the time. She was the
greatest puzzle the medical men bad ,
ever seen. It was one of these latter
who deprived her mother of a fortune
and Prescott of one of his most popular
curiosities. The yonng doctor wbb left
alone in the showroom one day while
the beauty was sleeping as usual. His
curiosity prompted him to take out bis
lancet and puncture her arm. The blood
started cut and the beauty awoke with i
a scream. Her mother rushed in from '
an adjoining room. Seeing the blood
flowing from her daughter's arm, she
fainted away. This ended the showing
of the Sleeping Eeauty. Uer mother
took her borne, und she never slept in
public any more. Buffalo Courier.
Good Jis;sllon
A good digestion is as truly obliga
tory as a good conscience ; pure blood is
as truly a part of manhood as a pure
faith; a vigorous brain is as necesdary
to useful living as a vigorous will,
which it often helps to muke vigorous,
and a well ordered tskiu is the first con
dition of that cleuuliuess which is next
to godliness. H. W. Beecher.
Th. TJsual Way,
Faddy You know there is no rule
without an exception. .
Duddy I believe you. I never lay
down a rule at the store but most of the
clerks take exception to it Boston
Transcript.
Their own physicians.
n)tlf Dwtorlna; Promoted by ths tlss of M4V
lelnen In Compressed Tablets.
Not only has thn general introduction
Df medicine In the form of compressed
tablets simplified the work of the doc
tor, but it lins also ynstly promoted self
doctoring. Tho number of remedies put
np in this form for popular use ron
itantly increases. Many druggists make
specialty of these things. You see
them displnyed near the soda water
ountain, pnt tip in small bottles and
old at prices that must yield a hand
some profit Half n down remedies for
Indigestion are thus sold, some contain-
ng pppsin ns tho active principle, oth
ers containing soda mint, some bismuth,
omn charcoal or more powerful disin
fectants. Home are designed to remove
acidity of the stomach ; others to attack
a catarrhal condition. Others are to pro
voke appetite, and still others are to
promote ono or nnother natural fn no
tion. A down headache cures are sold in
this fashion, and the different emolli
ents for thn throat are almost innumera
ble. There are Rrip tablets, liver tnb
loirt, heart, lung and brnin tablets.
Persons who have eschewed patent
medicines all their lives buy these tab
lets of one sort or another, because
most of them are supposed to be well
recognized remedies. Most of the tab
lets nrn advertised only in medical jour
nals, in accordance with the require
ments of the mndirnl code, and many
of them, uo doubt, have ohtainod their
popularity through their use by reputa
ble physicians.
Quinine, which is now extremely
cheap, is sold largely in the form of
two grain pills or in larger pills con
taining iron. Although believed by
many physicians to be a dangerous rem
edy, it has long been self prescribed by
all sorts of persons, especially in mala
rial regions, and it is one of the reme
dies most freqnently bought withont
proscription. It is self prescribed for
malaria in its many forms, to check a
cold in its early stages, and ns a tonic.
Stimulants of one sort or another are
sold in this form, bnt more especially
perhaps ut the soda fountain, which has
beoomo a sort of medical dispensary.
Many headache remedies are dispensed
at the soda fountain. Some nre recom
mended or suggested by the attendant,
bnt many persons have their favorites
among the various sedatives and febri
fuges, and some are called for as regu
larly as the fruit simps. New remedies
are constantly introduced through the
soda fountains, and many old ones have
long been included iu the annually
lengthening list of tho soda water dis
pensers. New York Snn.
IN A BALLOON.
The Bensatlonn That Ara Rnperlnduced by
Its Klnln( and FsllJon;.
A dim sunlight strikes us iu the bal
loon. Suddenly we realize we are in
bright sunshine again, with fleecy white
clouds below ns and a deep blue sky
above. Look at the shadow of the bul
loon on the clouds I Seethe light pris
matio colors like a halo around the
shadow of the car. Here we are nil
alone, in perfect silence, in the depths
of a great abyss massive clouds tower
ing up on all sides, a snowy white mass
below. But no sign of earth uo sign
of anything human. Not a sound, not a
sign of life I What peace! What bliss
Horrors I What's that report? The bal
loon must have bnrst. Oh, nonsense I
Keep still! It's only a fold of the stuff
nipped by the netting being suddenly
released ; that s all.
Well, we are fulling, for see the bits
of paper apparently ascending. And we
must take care, for the coldness and
dampness of this cloud will cause the
gas to contract, and we shall fall rapid
)y. So got a bag of ballast ready, for
we are already in the darkness of the
cloud. Now the gas bag shrinks and
writhes, ana the loose folds rustle to
gether, and it gets darker. You can feel
tho breeze blowing upward against
your face or band held over the edge of
the car. Well, that's not to be wondered
at, for remember we are falling, say
1,000 feet a minute, which is the same
thing as if we were going along ten
miles an hour sitting iu a dogcart,
Not quite the same, yon say you'd
sooner be in the cart? Well, perhaps if
the horse were going straight at a wall,
without the possibility of being able to
stop him, you would think otherwise.
But look I There is the earth again ; so
out with your ballast. Go on) Pour out
plenty ; there's no good economizing.
Blackwood s Magazine.
Bhs Wanted Pink Cheeks.
There is a girl on the North Side who
admires pink cheeks, but she will be
careful after this where she sets them.
On a recent afternoon one of theoarettea
was being jogged over the boles in the
pavement of Rush street. At Huron
street the wagon was stopped, and
youug woman stepped in and took
seat near the center of the car. She
knew several of the women, and return
ed their bows. She was a pretty girl
fashionably gowned, and was on her
way to a public rehearsal. After sitting
quietly for a few minutes, she, in an
apparently unconscious manner, put her
hand to her cheek and gave it a slight
pinch. On her hands were black gloves,
The day was damp and the slightest
trace possible of the color was left on
her cheek. Then she pinched the other
one. A black spot showed. This she
continued until Adams street was reach
ed, and never a woman spoke. When
sbe reached the Auditorium, her cheeks
were a good color, bnt not what she ex
pectedChicago Chronicle.
Mark Twain's XAtest.
The anthorship of "The Personal
Recollections of Joan of Aro," which
has been appearing serially in Hur
per's Monthly during the last year, and
which has been credited to nearly every
well known author, is finally determin
ed. Volume 6 of the National Cyclo
pedia of American Biugrapby, a work
of such accuracy that it may be ooneid
ered official, contains a new biography
of Mr. Samuel L. Clemens (Mark
Twain) which enumerates this work in
the list of bis publications.
Th Other Ylew of Ii.
"Cottar had his Brutus I" exolaimed
the young orator, and as he paused to
note the effect of bis words a voice front
the gallery replied, "Weil, boss, yer
may be right, bat it sllars kinder struc.
me dat Brutus bad CtBsar. "Washing
ton Times.
TO BANISH POVERTY.
SALVATION ARMY TO ESTABLISH A
FARM COLONY TO "MAKE MEN."
Will !e Ullnated In New .Tersey Will rot
low th Idea Worked Ont In General
Booth's "Darkest EntndH Aim In to
fllie a Man Kaek His Keif Respeet.
Following thn nnnnunnempiit (hat
Commander Ballington Booth of the
Salvation Army la to be transferred to
another command oomos the news that
the "farm oniony" which Oennral Booth
as long had it in mind to establish in
America is about to be opened in Mali
wall, Bergen comity, N. .1. The site
selected is near the estate of Theodore
. Hnvemnjer. The plnn is still partly
secret, the dntails of the purchase not
having boon mndn known ontside the
national hendqnnrters in New York.
Tho farm colony Is to be modeled aft
er that which General Booth established
some years ago in Hndleigh, Kssex, in
Kngland.
The object of the farm is not, as has
been said, to support agod members of
the Salvation Army, but to carry ont
General Booth's "manmaking" plan,
as his scheme for giving unfortunate
mortals a now start in life iins been
nailed. The plan, in brief, is to take
men out of the gutters, give them a
chance to work if they nre willing to do
so and finally render thorn self support
ing nnd decent memliers of tho com
munity. Colonel Kadin, who is Com
mander Ballington Booth's right hand
man, admitted that the farm colony plan
was nearing completion, but said he
could give none of the details.
I learned, however, that the work to
bn done Is practically the same ns that
now carried on In Kugland. For in
stance, it is calculated by officers of the
Salvation Army that there are iu Now
York 100,000 men nnd women in the
streets out of work, ont of money, down
at the heel, rugged, wretched, bankrupt
in pocket and courage. The farm is in
tended to give those persons a new start
in life. It is not in!ended thnt they
shall be given money until thoy hnve
earned it, because, say the Salvation
soldiers, to give money to a man who
han not earned it is to lessen his splf re
spect and mnko it easier for him to no-
ccpt charity ngain perhaps snek it
when he might earn money by honest
toil.
Kngland, when General Booth touch
ed its big heart with his stories of
'Darkest Kngliuid, " contributed fiOO,-
000 for tho work which ho outlined, mid
it is not thought that this country will
be less generous if tin appeal ismadn for
funds with which to attempt thn banish
ment of idleness nnd poverty. The farm
at Hndleigh comprises l,la0 acres, mid
it is thought that the one here will be
about as largo.
Man making," according to the
army idea, nims at four things in chief.
First is the tilling of the soil, upon
Which unskilled labor can be profitably
employed. This ufTords an opportunity
to learn whether or not u man really
desires honest employment and is worthy
of assistance. The second point is to so
cultivato the land that the work will
give every msn a useful training. The
third is to carry on snch industries as
are connected with farming and in which
unskilled labor may also be employed
under conditions more healthful than
those en joyed ingrnntcitins. The fourth
is to fit a mau with o knowledge and
character which shall afterward prevent
him from becoming a charge upon the
community. On the Knglish farm men
are only kept for six months. They are
paid according to the work they do and
are clothed and fed if their wages are
not sufficient for those needs. A list of
employors of labor is kopt at the farm,
and men who have proved skillful and
faithful are sent to these employers with
a recommendation such ns is likely to
secure employment.
The tone of the colony is pure. While
the discipline is not irksome the atmos
phere is good. The men and women who
are so bad that they cannot reform are
soon found out and sent away.
Here the plan pursued in regard to
populating the colony will be to draw
recruits from the army meetings and
from the public parks and other resorts
of unfortunates and outcasts. Such men
and women will be asked why they are
in distress and if they are satisfied with
their lives. If they desiro to change,
they may join the colony, earn a living,
recover their solf respect and learn to
battle with the world anew. Now York
Herald.
Sana; la the Choir For Elshty Teen,
In the last 12 years of Mr. Starman's
ministry at Waldborough's famous old
German Lutheran ohnrch no salary was
paid, the congregation being too poor.
Old Conrad Hyer, who, although 101
years old, was as brisk as a man of 60,
and bad acted as chorister in this an
cient church for 80 years, reading and
singing from the fine print of Watts' i
bymnbook withont the use of specta- I
cles. Nothing remains on earth to mark
the sojourn of these men but the dilapi1
dated ruins of the building and the
tall marble column in the cemetery ;
which tells the passing traveler that
there lie the remains of the sainted
Ritti and St arm an, pastors of the Ger
man Lutheran ohnrch of Broad Bay.
Lewiston (Me. ) Journal.
A Misleading; Report.
"I hear the colonel is a bard drink
er." "Huh I He's the easiost drinker I
ever saw in my life. "Detroit Tribune.
Liked Lawyers,
It is recorded of Andrew Johnson
that when, senator or president, he was
invited to a dinner party, he was accus
tomed to ask if any lawyer was to be
among the guests. For, said he, law
yers always lubricate things. He took a
greater fancy to William M. Evarts, bis
attorney general, because of bis post
prandial fame than because of bis emi
nent legal attainments. Green Bug.
Coen a Long Way.
Borax My wife makes a little mon
ey go a long way these times.
Henpekt So does mine unfortunate
ly. She's always subscribing fur mis
sions in Africa and Polynesia. Fear
son's Weekly.
Shan no toil to make yourself re
markable by some one talent Yet do
not devote yourself to one branch ex
clusively. Strive to get clear notions
bout 1L Give up no science entirely,
for all science is one. Seneca.
LEIGHTON'S FAIR MODEL.
Dorothy Pen, Who Toned For Many nf
Hln nest rietnres.
A tall woman, benntifnlly formed,
with a skin firm and smooth nnd of that
golden tinted white thnt Honnor de
lights In, a head Grncinn enongh to
have furnished inspiration for one of
Praxiteles' Aphrodites, with Rnldnn
linir, violet eyes snch a woman is Dor
othy Dene, whom the late Frederick
Loighton made famous iu many of his
best known paintings.
She was his favorite model. With all
her charms of person, Dorothy Dona is
as simple as a ohild, modest and retir
ing. Her naturalness, nn mnch as any
thing, endeared her to the groat artist,
who was devoted to her for many years.
Humor has woven n romance iu his
life, In which his model flgunw.
It says ho loved her, but Unit cirenm
stnnres over which he had no control
prevented him from marrying her.
She is one of five sisters. They all
live in Iiondon, whore they have a oozy
little apartment in South Kensington,
the art center of the British capital. It
is one of the most artistic flats in Lon
don, and one iu which more beaux
esprits, painters, musicians and littera
teurs gntber, when she is nt home, two
Sundays in each month, than In any
other in tho big city.
Miss Dene visited this conn try In the
winter of 1891) and was seen on the
stago Iioto. Her theatrical venture was
not a brilliant success, but her beauty
caused unite a sensation.
She spoke of Sir Frederick Leighton
he hud not Ihen boon made a jicnr with
groat tenderness. In an interview with
her nt that time, pnblished in The Jour
nal, she said, "Although Sir Frederick
is over tlO years old, he is the youngest
man I know, and, I might add, the
kindest, most generous.
Sho told of where the great artist
painted his wonderful Grecian pictures.
He believed in the beautiful, lived in
the beautiful, and many of his best can
vases adorned the walls of the room lu
which thny were brought into existence.
No "artistio dust" was visible there
everything was neat, she said, showing
an even mind given to beautiful
thoughts and the portraying of them.
He was the son) of good nature and
occupied in Knglish society a position
somewhat like Channcey M. Dopew dims
here as regards his after dinner speak
iug. Whenever there wns a big banquet,
Froderick Loighton was always there
and when he spoke ho always had some
thing to say and something to which
everybody listened. New York Jonr
nnl. MISS RUTH'S AMBITION.
The President's Daughter Wishes I
Father Were I'olleeman.
Little Ruth Cleveland is a national
character. Her brief career has been
watched with interest by all classes of
American people without regard to po
litical nmiiatiuns or prejudices. Ruth
is now 5 years of nge, and sho begins to
understand the distinction she enjoys as
a daughter of the president. But, lifter
all, Ruth is only a child, with the ideas
and instincts of innocent infancy. Child
hood's estimate of greatness was charm
ingly illustrated by Ruth the other day.
One of the policemen whose duty it
is to guard the private portion of the
grounds iu the roar of the White House
is a stalwart specimen of manhood. He
is hnbitnally careful as to his attire,
and his buttons always shine with a
brilliant luster.
The other day, the weather being
balmy and springlike, this policeman
took his little daughter with him, that
she might enjoy the well guarded flow
ers and the clean walks of the private
grounds during his two hours of dnty.
The little girl is not quite six years old.
While the policeman was pointing out
the beauty of the grounds to his daugh
ter, Misses Ruth and Esther Cleveland,
under the escort of their respective
nurses, loft the mansion for a healthful
run iu the fresh air. Rnth ran ahead of
her nurse, and, upon discovering a girl
of her own age, strutted up and survey
ed her from head to foot. After looking
the little girl over, Rntb straightened
herself up, and, with an air of impor
tance, said :
"My papa is president j who is your
papa?"
The policeman's daughter defiantly
replied :
"My papa is a policeman."
Ruth glanced np at the burly form,
ornamented with bright brass buttons,
and, hanging her head in an abashed
manner, replied :
"I wish my papa was a policeman."
OIRECTED HER LETTER TO HEAVEN.
Pathetic Little Story of a Child's Epistle
to Her Dead Mother.
At a recent wedding the bride had
retired to ber dressing room to don her
traveling gown. Her mother bad been
dead a year or more, and sbe bad bad
the constant care and companionship of
her little sister ever since their afflic
tion. The 7-year-old entered the room
and .went to her sister's chair very
thoughtfully. Drawing a letter from
the little pocket, she said :
"Alice, here is a letter to mamma. I
have just written, telling ber all about
the wedding. Will you send it to her?"
The elder sister, a little shocked, re
plied as gently as possible that she
couldn't send a letter to mother.
Then the little one, looking quite
bright, said promptly :
"Oh, yes, you can, because now you
are married, you will be getting a little
girl, and when you send for ber, just
give the doctor this letter, and be can
take it to mamma when he goes for the
baby."
And there on the envelope was the
address, printed as best she could : "To
Mumnia, In Heaven. Kindness of the
Doctor."
She took the letter, and hugged the
little one to hide the tear which was
rubbed off on the curly, brown head.
Washington Star.
Something New In College Tricks.
At Mount Union college, during the
usual term oration of the junior class,
W. M. Fatherly, a junior, whose borne
is at Lisbon, was delivering bis address.
He was waxing eloquent in bis orator
ical flights, when suddenly a big white
curtain descended iu front of him, com
pletely shutting off the speaker from the
audience. On the enrtaiu was painted
in glowing letters, Uod help these lit
tlo juniors." Fatherly ceased speaking,
and his oratorical effort has not yet
been finished. Cincinnati Commercial
Uaaette. . .
TN THE HEATER PIPE.
THE RETIRED BURGLAR RELATES HIS
MOST SINGULAR EXPERIENCE.
tie Had an Klegsnt I.ar Out of Wedding
Presents at Hln Merey When He Made
an Unfortunate Step In the F.nd He
Made a Contribution to the Collection.
"Ill a honso thnt I won looking over
in a town up tire stale nno night," said
the retired burglar, "I came across
something that I never struck but that
onco in all my experience, strange as it
may seem, nnd that was n lot of wed
ding presents, all just, ns thoy were ar
ranged for display. When I turned my
lamp into the room, I wished I had
brought a horse and wagon ; there wan
a good deal of it that wouldn t hnve
hpeii of any earthly nsn to inn, but it
seemed n pity to leave any of it behind.
But if I couldn't curry it nil off, I conld
have the fun of picking, nnd I started
to look thn things over. Thpy wore ar
ranged m tables nnd chnirn nnd on the
floor nronnd on thrrn sides of thn room ;
on the side opposilo to tho side that I
had comn in nt, nnd on the sides to the
right and left ; running nronnd those
threo sides ill n sort of irregular order.
On the siiln wliero I was thorn were a
few chairs. I thought I'd start in on
the left and work nronnd to tho right.
and I started from tho door mid had
gone about threo steps when I went
down through thn floor, ns it seemed to
me, bnt what I had really donn wns to
step down through an open register. I
suppose somebody must linvn dropped
something down through it and have
taken it out to got it and forgot to put
it back.
"There was n wiro screen under the
register over tho pipe opening to keep
things f i oin dropping down the pipe,
but it was very fine light wire, and it
didn't stop mo at all; I jnst slid down
Into the pipe, pushing that along under
my feet. When I dropped into the pipe,
Iliad boon facing to tho left; in some
way as I went down I got skewed around
so that win n I got down as far as I did
go I wns facing to the front ; that is,
toward the center of the room. The
pipn didn't go straight down, bnt with
a curvp. I bad thrown np my hands ns
I went down, nnd I snpposn I might
have gonn plumb to the furnace if I
hndu't clutched at the rdgn of the regis
ter opening and hung on. A minute be
fore I was going to take my pick of a
roomful ; now where wan I?
"I hud stalled across the room carry
ing my tootling in one hand and my
lamp in (ho other. Tho shock when I
went down had shaken tho bag ont of
my hand, but I hud held on to my lamp,
though it was lying on its side now
with my fingeis clutching through the
handle. The falling of tlin too hag and
tho striking of the lamp on thn floor
and tlin scraping; of tjjn wirn gauze
down through thn tin pipn innst hnve
made all together a good deal of noise,
and I expected every minute to hour
somebody moving about np stairs and
coming down to haul inn out. bnt no
body did conic, and I set iny lamp up
straight, and after I'd waited a minute
or two more I started to seo if I could
haul myself ont.
"As I lay iu the pipe my head wns
below tho level of the floor; by a great
effort I could raise myself so that the
upper half of my head was above the
opening, but no higher; thoro was no
room for play; when I got (hat high, I
found myself with my elbows close to
my body and fairly wedged into the
pipe; I couldn't, get any higher.
"I let myself down again, nnd after
awhile I pulled myself up again, nnd
held on by one hand and hold np the
lamp nnd swung it round on tho things.
Then I let myself down again, and won
dered what I was (oingtodo. It wasn't
only uncomfortable, there in the posi
tion I was in, it was mighty hot and
upjiloasant evory way. If I let go, I
didn't know bnt that I'd slide down
against the furnace, and, of course, I
couldn't stand it for an indefinite length
of time, mid when I'd been iu the pipe
I should imagine about two hours, I
made, up my mind that I wouldn't try
to stand it any longer; I'd got to come
ont some time, und I might just as well
come out then; in fact, better, for while
the chances of my getting away at all
were mighty small, they would be hot
ter at night than they would bo iu the
daytime.
"So I made up my mind to kick on
the pipe and wake up the house and
have the thing settled. So I kicked
once, twice, and then I kicked again;
and by snakes I I kicked the pipe open
at my feet. There was a joint there, and
I'd kicked it apart, and the sections I
was in sagged down with my weight,
and I slid out on the cellar floor. The
sagging down of that part of the pipe
detached it from the part above and it
fell on the cellar floor alongside of me.
That made noise enough to wake every
body up; there couldn't be any doubt
about that.
"I went out by the same cellar win
dow that I came in by. It was the first
and only such lot of stuff that I ever
struck, and I never got a thing out of
it; iu fact, I added something to it my
self a set of tools and a dark lantern."
New York Sun.
Early Candlelight State Dinners.
It appears that iu oldeu times the
president used to give his dinner par
ties at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The
grandfather of Representative Acheson
of Pennsylvania once dined with George
Washington, und his family have pre
served the iuvitutiou. It is written iu a
business hand ou a fourth puge of a
sheet of ordinary note paper, with the
lines rnnniiiK lengthwise across the
sheet, and reads us follows:
Mr. Acheson Is rcqacstcd to dine with the
president ud ThurMluy, tho &kl iust., ut 4
o'clock precisely.
Fell, it, 17U7.
Chicago Record.
narder to Ct Aim
"I suppose that it would take a great
deal of observation and experience to
enable a man to pick the fastest horse
entered for a race," she remarked.
"Yea," replied tba man of mournful
experience, "but that isn't what yon
are trying to do. What you want is to
pick the horse that is going to win."
Washington fatur.
The most easterly point of the United
States is Quoddy Head, Me. ; the most
westerly. Atto island, Alaska ; the most
northerly, Poiut Barrow, Alaska; the
Bjost southerly. Key West, Fla.
REAL FACTS ABOUT HEN MANURE.
Why It Varies In Quality Mixing With
Ahsnrhentn I'se For Qnlek Crops.
This substance in richer thnu the dnng
of other animals because it contains both
the solid nnd liqnid excrement, whereas
thn dnng of cows and horses contains
comparatively littln of their urine un
less absorbents have boon frenly used.
Nitrogen (mumonin) is voided mninly
in the liquid part ; hence if both solid
and liquid excrement am obtained to
gether this most expensive element of
plant food is saved, together with tho
potash nnd phosphates In the solid ex
crement. Hen manure contains all these
lunnniial rtilistuncos except whot the
fowl relains for sustenance, growth and
eggs. Thcrpforn quality of droppings
depends upon food consumed. Thns a
pen of fowls fed on a concentrated mix
ture of wheat bran 8 parts, linseed meal
4, ground oats (I, gave a manure con
taining one-fourth morn plant food than
a like pen fed on cornmeal instead of
this mixture.
The quality of hen mnnnre as nsually
cared for varies widely. When first void
ed by well fed birds, it contains about
B0 per cent wnter, 1.8 per cent, nitrogen,
phosphoric, acid 1 nnd potash ono-hnlf
of 1 per cent, with about 20 percent in
soluble matter (limn, magnesia, sand,
etc. ), the balance being organic matter
of littlo nominal value. At 15 cents, B
cents and 4 cents per pound respectively
the nitrogen in a ton of such fresh drop,
pings is worth :i.90, phosphoric acid $1,
potash 40 cents; total vnlno r. 80 per
ton. But nearly half of thin nitrogen
may be lost by evaporation, and as it is
the most valnablo pnrt enre should be
tnken to preserve it. This mny be readi
ly done by freely using an absorbent un
der the roosts, also using it in tho bar
rels or piles in which the mnnnre is
kept, cnrnfully sheltered from moisture
or heat. Dry enrth, well dried muck,
lnnd plaster (gypsum or snlphnte of
lime) or even finely sifted coal ashes
mVo excellent absorbents, but not lime
or wood ashen booiinso they might lilmr
nto the mnmoniu (nitrogen). Unless
absorbents are thus used nnd tho manure
frequently scraped up, mixed with more
absorbents nnd put, in a sheltered plane,
Thn American Agriculturist, authority
for thn foregoing, colenlatos that about
onn half its value is lost.
Tho New York experiment station
found that adult hens kept in nonfinn
ment mndn about. 110 pqnnds of drop
pings per year, fresh weht, or about
lfi pounds air dry. On tlin above basis
this would bo worth H cents. Fattening
fowls nuido morn and much richer ma
nure. Roughly speaking;, therefore, it
may bo said that hen inaiinrn may bn
reckoned ns worth fi to 10 cents per
fowl per year, according to thn earn tak
en of it. Tlin plant food in hen iiinnnro
is most in n soluble form, quickly avail
able to plants and useful to givo crops a
good start or for quick growing crops.
The llrlne Test For Potatoes.
When potatoes are placed for a few
minutes in brine, the lightest or those
of poornst quality and most deficient in
starch rise to the top. By this method
it is nn easy mnttnr with the aid of a
hydrometer to determino tho amount of
starch and lienco tho qnality of thn po
tatoes. E. S. fioff, who planted the
light, tho medium and tho heavy pota
toes as indicated by the brine test for
two years in succession, reports to Rural
New Yorker that, unlike European in
vestigators, ho noted no improvement
in the quality of the crops as a result of
this selection. Ho found that tnbors
growing nearest the surface wore of low
est specific gravity or poornst quality and
that the spooilio gravity increased with
tho depth nt which the potato grew.
This he ascribes to tho cooler tempera
ture found at groater depths. He also
found that potatoes grown in level cul
ture, with the consequent lower tem
perature within the soil, had a greater
specific gravity than those grown in
hills.
Leaehlng of Barnyard Manure.
In a report from the New York sta
tion Professor Roberts makes plain that
horse manure when thrown out in a
pile unsheltered from the weather loses
nearly half its value in six months.
Mixed barnyard manure when piled in
a close pile so that fermentation is very
slow, but without protection from rain
fall, loses about one-tenth of its value,
while the loss if thrown under the eaves,
to be leached by rains and thaws of
winter, is much greater. At this station
fresh manure piled in conical heaps in
January shrank 65 percent in weight by
April, and the loss of its fertilizing in
gredients was equal to 3 per cord of the
manure.
Subduing a Drained Swamp.
A farmer who has cleared and tile
drained fimr acres of swampy land
which hag for many years been covered
with bogs tells in The American Agri
culturist that the sod was so tough that
it bad to be broken np with a double
team of oxen. The easiest and most ef
fective method of subduing the laud
next spring is to sow corn broadcast for
fodder, and the following year put in
corn or potatoes in hills and cultivate
thoroughly. After that the land may be
seeded down or used for any crop de
sired. Thrifty Calves.
We raise our culves ou skinimilk and
bay, with the exception that iu the first
few weeks of skimiuilk feeding they
get a handful of oatmeal each. The
heifers uro growu on pasturage und hay
till nearing the time of coining into
profit. They are all the time kept thrifty
and growitig. The cost of thus raising
then is small, because they are fed
on low keep. We now have a string of
them 1, I! and 3 years old, as promising
as any to be found iu the pumpered
herds. Maine Farmer.
What She Wae Meant For.
A lady of great beauty and attractive
ness, who was an ardent admirer of Ire
land, once crowned ber praise of it at
party by saying:
"I think I was meant for an Irish
woman."
"Madum," rojoined a witty son of
Erin, who happened to be present,
"thousands would back me in saying
that you were meant fur on Irish mau."
Htraud Magazine. .