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Show J. BULL, LAND THIEF. ALWAYS ON ALERT FOR WHAT IS NOT HIS. flow Oregon Wan Saved from Ills Capacious Paw The Story of a Hide Arrow the Continent, by Fred Myron Polby. V " There Is a story of a r:de, tack la the middle of the century, that should be more familiar to our boys and girls. It was a far more important r'de than Paul Revel s. The hero of LongJel-low's LongJel-low's famous poem rode eightet-n miles, one Bummer night, to arouse a few lieeping patriots, and so saved the gunpowder gun-powder at Concord. The ride ol Marcus Mar-cus Whitman was over snow-capped mountains and along dark ravine.s. traveled only by savage beasts and savage men. It was a plunge through, icy rivers, and across trackltsj prairies, prai-ries, a ride of four thousand miks icross a continent, in the dcai of w'n-ter, w'n-ter, to save a mighty territory to the Union. There cr- few events in American Amer-ican history more striking than this, or more deserving of remembrance. It is a story that a patriotic peop'.e ought never to forget. The country now constituting con-stituting the great states of Oregon and Washington was embraced in the territory ter-ritory ceded to the United States by the Louisiana purchase, in 1S03; but our government had a prior claim upon the country the right of discover. In 1792. during'the first administration o' Washington, Capt. Robert Gray, who had already carried the Ami'iicm flag around the globe, discovered the month of the Columbia river. He bailed several sev-eral miles up the great .-:trc-am. and landed and tool: possession in :he nf.me of the United Sta'es. Iu 1805, under Jefferson's administration, this vast territory was explored by Capts. Lewis and Clark, whose reports were popular reading for our grandfathers; but the extent and value of this distant possession pos-session was very slightly understood, and no attempt at colonization was made, save the establishment of the fur-trading station of Astoria In 1811. Strangely enough, England, too, claimed this same territory by virtue of rights ceded to it by Russia and also by the Vancouver survey s of 1792. The Hudson's Bay Company established a number of trading-posts, and filled the country with adventurous fur-traders. So here was a vast territory, as large as New England and the state of Indiana In-diana combined, which seemed to be without any positive ownership. But for Marcus Whitman it would have been lost to the Union. It was in 1836 that Dr. Whitman and a man by the name of Spaulding, with their young wives, the first white women that ever crossed the Rocky Mountains, entered the valley of the Columbia, and founded found-ed a mission of the American Board. They had been sent out to Christianize Christian-ize the Indians, but Whitman was also to build a state. He was at this time 35 years old. In his journeys to andg ' fro for the mission, he soon saw the vast possibilities of the country, and he saw, too. that the English were already al-ready apprised of this, and were rapidly rap-idly pouring into the territory. Under the terms of the treaties of 1818 and 1S2S, it was the tacit belief that whichever which-ever nationality settled and organized the territory, that nation would hold it. If England and the English fur-traders fur-traders had been successful in their plans, the three great states of Washington, Wash-ington, Oregon and Idaho would now constitute a part of British Columbia. But it was not destined to be. In the fall of 1842 It looked as if there would be a great inpouring of English into the territory, and Dr. Whitman took the alarm. There was no time to lose. The authorities at Washington must be warned. Hastily bidding his wife adieu. Dr. Whitman mounted his horse and started on his hazardous journey. Of the perils, hardships and delays he encountered on the way we cannot stop to tell. His feet were frozen, he nearly near-ly starved, and once came very near losing his life in a great snowstorm. But nothing stayed him. He kept pushing push-ing right on, and at the end of five terrible ter-rible months he reached Washington. He arrived there a worn, bearded, strangely picturesque figure, clad entirely en-tirely in buckskin and fur, a typical man of the prairies. He asked audience audi-ence of President Tyler and Secretary of State Webster, and it was accorded him. All clad as he was, with his frozen limbs, just in from his 4,000 miles' ride. Whitman appeared before the two great men to plead for Oregon. His statement was a revelation to the administration. Previous to Whitman's visit it was the general idea in congress con-gress that Oregon was a barren, worthless worth-less country, fit only for wild beasts and wild men. He opened the eyes of the government to the limitless wealth and splendid resources of that western territory. He told them of its great rivers and fertile valleys, its mountains covered with forests and its mines filled with pTT?eioaa treasures. He showed them that it was a country coun-try worth keeping, and that it must not fall into the hands of the English. He spoke as a man inspired, and his words were heeded. What followed the organization of companies of emigrants, emi-grants, the rapid settlement of the territory, ter-ritory, and the treaty with Great Britain Brit-ain in 1S46, by which the forty-ninth parallel was made the boundary line west of the Rocky Mountains, are matters mat-ters of history. The foresight and the heroism of one man, and his gallant ride had saved three great states to the Union. A Volcano In Paris. Among the attractions of the Paris exposition next year will be an artificial artifi-cial volcano, which will eject Same and smoke, and simulate the flowing of a stream of incandescent lava. The volcano will stand on the bank of the Seine, and will be 328 feet in heighL While the framework is to be of iron and steel, the exterior will be covered with turf, trees and shrubs, and by shaded paths visitors will be able to ascend to the crater at the summit. A Woman Executioner. In pre-revolutionary days there was a woman public executioner in Virginia. Vir-ginia. At that time death sentences were respited cn condition that a criminal crim-inal sliould perform tnis office. "Lady Betty," as she was afterwards called, was sentenced to death for murder. She offered instead to become public executioner, and held this office for many years. It is said that on the scaffold she officiated without a mask. Then She Thoojrht. - Mrs. Grimes Mr. Gushwell was real good, wasn't he? Relict of Departed Politician Yes; but one thing I didn't like, what he said about Tom having filled every office In the gift of the people. peo-ple. Tom was no beggar; whatever he got b paid for." Boston Transcript VARICOSE VEINS. x")e Measuses of Kellef for Vili Disagreeable Disa-greeable Malady. According to those wise men who delight to remind us on every occasion of man's lowly origin, varicose veins are among the penalties we have to pay for standing on our hind legs instead of walking on all fours like the other animals. It is chiefly, they say, tne pressure of the very high column of blood upon the comparatively thin walls of the veins that causes them to L come dilated or "varicose." There are other Causes, however, that no doubt contribute to the establishment of this unpleasant affection. The veins of the legs are so far from the heart that the blood in them is comparatively compara-tively little influenced by either liie pushing or the suction force of the heart's contraction. The contraction of the muscles of the legs, also, while in some cases it favors the emptying of the veins, in others constricts them, and dams tack the blood. The con-strictingaction con-strictingaction of the garter naturally favors the occurrence of varicose veins, although, curiously enough, the trouble is more common in men than in women. Finally, the enlargement of the veins may be favored by a general gen-eral loss of tone in the system; tne muscles and all the fleshy parts become flabby and do not support the veins as they should, and the walls of the veins themselves participate in the general relaxation and dilate. The discomfort caused by varicose veins is often very severe. The limb feels heavy and distended, dis-tended, and there is a more or less constant, con-stant, dull ache, amounting sometimes to actual pain of a burning character. Often in neglected cases, or after the trouble has lasted for a long time, ulcrs form on the legs, which are very difficult to heal. More rarely a greatly distended vein may rupture, forming a purplish discoloration beneath the skin, or if the skin has become thinned it also may break and a severe hemorrhage hem-orrhage results. There is no actual cure f'- varicose veins except a surgical sur-gical operation, which is seldom desirable, desir-able, and we must be contented usually with such relief as can be had by supporting sup-porting the dilated veins by means of an elastic stocking. This should be put on immediately on rising in the morning morn-ing and worn throughout the day. In severe cases the patient should rem-.in in bed or on a lounge for a few days, with the limb raised on a pillow in orcrr to favor the emptying of the engorged en-gorged veins, while if there are any signs of inflammation, cloths wet in a cooling lotion may be laid on the part. Youth's Companion. AT HYMEN'S ALTAR. In some parts of Switzerland a cus torn obtains for the friends of a bride to present an elaborate cheese to her on her wedding day. It is then used as a family register and heirloom the births, deaths and marriages of the various members of the family being be-ing recorded upon it. Some of these old cheeses date back as far as 1660. A country squire exhibited one at Ges-senay, Ges-senay, at an agricultural show, which was from 170 to 180 years old. It had been an heirloom in a family residing in the canton of Vaud, after which it became the property of its present possessor, pos-sessor, who resides in the Canton Berne. A new fashion in wea-Iing presents appears to be about to supersede the hackneyed one of jewelry. It takes the form of prayer books for brides and bridesmaids, covered in specially designed artistic bindings, with the initials in-itials of each recipient, and the date of the event in gold on the side. A leaf of vellum, with gold border, is also inserted in-serted in each book for the signatures of those present at the ceremony. The idea is excellent as a prayerbook is a serviceable article for daily use, and is also a memento of filling the office of bridesmaid. Apropos of honeymoons it is curious to see the many different ways in which people consider it happiest hap-piest to spend that period. Some like solitude amid fine scenery; others prefer to be alone in a crowd, or else desire a complete change from their accustomed surroundings, like a sailor who stipulated that his bride should take him well out of sight of the sea. But the most ideally perfect honeymoon, according to a sentimentalist, sentimen-talist, is when two lovers have been parted, and "after long grief and pain" they meet once more, not to be disillusioned, disil-lusioned, as sometimes happens, but to find the love of former days more than renewed. Their wedding follow" swiftly on the happy meeting, and they go off with the glamor of it still ia their hearts, to some place of sunny weather and perfect beauty. Such an experience of happiness as that is rare, but for those who are fortunate enough to win it the remembrance must remain re-main a lifelong joy. A Solemn Declaration. New York Tribune: Last week there was a marriage in the West Side by the Friends' ceremony, but the grave Quaker preacher thought it due to the friends of the couple to borrow bor-row a phrase or two from the Episcopal Episco-pal serv-lae, so at the end of the ceremony cere-mony he made a prayer, woven out of bits of Prayerbook service, and then, after an impressive pause, he undertook under-took to add the familiar declaration, saying with all gravity: "I hereby declare de-clare you to be man and woman." The old Friend pondered seriously upon up-on the frivolity manifested by the tittering tit-tering of the guests. Regarding Red Headed People. Red-headed people, as is well known, are less subject to baldness than others. oth-ers. A London doctor explains the matter thus: The hair of the redheaded red-headed is relatively thick, one red hair being almost as thick as five fair or three brown hairs. With 30,000 red-hairs red-hairs the scalp is well thatched, whereas where-as with the same number of fair harts oe Is comparatively bald. It takes 160,000 fair and 105,000 brown hairs to cover adequately an ordinary head. Corrected Himself. In his earnestness the great popuflst orator forgot himself. "Let us not wash our party linen in public!" be cried passionately. Instantly his audience au-dience was upon its feet, crying out angrily. "I should say," faltered the orator, now, clearly much chagrined, "let us not sponge our party celluloid in public." Hereupon there was much applause, followed by singing by the glee club. Detroit Journal. Hii Compliment. Miss Passe Cholly seems to think that I'm keeping my age remarkably welL Miss Curt Yes, he told rne that lie never heard of a single Instance where you gave It away. Philadelphia Record. BLAND AS HE WAS. ONE OF THE PLAINEST MEN IN THE COUNTRY. Hi Recent Death Caused Widespread Sorrow Plain Everyday Parmer Who Came Near to a Presidential Nomination, Nomina-tion, The. late Richard Parks Bland was born near Hartford, Ky., Aug. 19, 1835. He received an academic education. He moved to Missouri In 1855, thence to California, and thence to that portion por-tion of L'tah- now Nevada. He located at Virginia City and practiced law. He was interested in mining operations opera-tions in California and Nevada. He was county treasurer of Carson county, Utah, territory, from I860 until the organization or-ganization of the state government of Nevada. He returned to Missouri in 1865, and located in Rolla, where he practiced law with his brother, C. C. Bland, until he removed to Lebanon, in August, 1869. He continued his practice there. He was elected In the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-first, Fifty-second and Fifty-third congresses. con-gresses. He Was elected to the Fifty-fifth Fifty-fifth congress aa a silver democrat, receiving re-ceiving 24,605 votes, against 19,754 votes for T. D. Hubbard, republican, and 1,467 votes for J. H. Steincipher, populist. He was elected to the Fifty-sixth congress by a handsome margin. mar-gin. Mr. Bland was never more interest- ing than at the time of the democratic national convention in 1896. As every one knows he was a strong figure before be-fore the convention. At one time there was a belief that he stood a strong chance to become the nominee. At that time Mr. Bland wa3 at his home, two miles away from the town of Lebanon. Le-banon. He had no telegraphic or telephonic tele-phonic connection from his comfortable comfort-able home to the town near which he lived. Instead of remaining close to means of direct communication with the exciting scenes in Chicago, he continued con-tinued to pursue his daily habits on the farm. Along toward the evening of one of the most exciting days of the convention there were signs that there would be a Bland landslide. In the minds of the knowing ones in the convention con-vention it may be that this was not so but this impression got abroad and was felt in most parts of the country. Every telegram that reached Lebanon said something about it. The same thing, in a moderate way, had happened hap-pened a number of times in the two or three days' proceedings. Each time there had been a rush for Bland, and each time he astonished the rushers rush-ers by showing them that his concern was much less manifest than theirs. On this particular evening an effort was made to make Mr. Bland come to town. He had been in for the mall in the afternoon and had purchased some groceries, but he announced to his friends, before starting for home, that he would not come back except under extraordinary conditions. Some one told him that the conditions were extraordinary, ex-traordinary, and that his nomination was imminent. Mr. Bland shook his head and smiled. "If I am nominated tonight," he said, "I will hear about it In the morning." Accompanied by two or three of the children he climDed slowly into his not too gorgeous equippage and drove out the dusty street in the direction of his home. Mr. Bland had another f reason at this time for sticking close to the farm. "Help" is scarce down that way, and at that time Mrs. Bland's "hired girl" had left her, leaving only a mere slip of a child to assist in the large amount of general work and the care of the children. So it became a part of Mr. Bland's duty to assist about the house when he could, and this duty he performed. About that time some friendly biographer biog-rapher wrote to him thus: "Though ha wears socks, he does not wear a collar except on Sunday. He wears knee-high boots, and his trousers trous-ers are two or three inches too short. He chews a quarter of a pound of tobacco to-bacco a day. He Is poor, honest and independent. in-dependent. He lives on a farm near Lebanon, which, he. says, he would sell for the value of the improvement!. His house is built of red brick and is two stories high. His family consists of a wife and six children. His oldest child, a girl of 20, is at school in Washington. Washing-ton. The younger children run around barefooted and are healthy and happy. Mr. Bland is 61. and his wife, who is 43, has the placid, quiet face of a Madonna. Madon-na. She believes that her husband's chances of landing in the white house are slim, and so far as she is concerned she would rather continue to live on the farm. She does all the housework herself. One hired man is kept, and he eats with the family. The great silver agitator is plain-looking. He has a plain, sallow face, with a square forehead, fore-head, running into a baldlsh expanse surrounded by blonde hair. He has a rough, brown beard, slightly touched with gray, cut in the plainest way, and the hoarse voice which comes over it has a sort cf twang in It which carries car-ries out the plainness of its owner. Bland dresses plainly, and b prides himself on being one of the plain people. peo-ple. He is one of the few Congressmen Congress-men who make farming pay. He has one of the largest apple orchards la RICHARD P. BLAND. ' thls country, and for some years hat been making more out of his apples than his congressional salary." STRONG DRINK Bared the Life of a Woman Falling Sixty Feet. New York Tribune: Falling a distance dis-tance of five floors, fully 60 feet or more, and through a skylight scarcely scarce-ly wide enough to admit her body, Mrs. Kate Hayes, 35 years old, of No. 235 East Sixty-seventh street, landed on the ground last night, receiving only some minor scratches to show foi her trip. But the whole neighborhood knew what happened within a short time. The woman's screams In part the crashing of breaking glass and th shouts of the rescuers broke the silence of the Sunday afternoon and a largt crowd gathered quickly to assist in the rescu' Mrs. Hayes, her husband, a small lid and a boarder live on the fifth .r of No. 235. Between their tenem t house and No. 237 there la an open space of six feet or thereabouts. there-abouts. In this latter apace Theodore Cowes, a real estate man, has constructed con-structed a temporary office building cf corrugated iron, not more than 5x15 and only a story high. The office Is lighted by a skylight 2x7 feet in length, a mere slit of glass in the iron roof. All that is positively known is that Mrs. Hayes came through that skylight, sky-light, and came fast, as if she had a long start. She was found lying on the floor screaming at the top of her voice, and the door of the real estate office had to be smashed in before she could be taken out She was cut about the head, and has a gash in her left leg, but more than that she escaped. She was taken to Flower hospital. The doctors say her injuries are trivial They say Mrs. Hayes had evidently been drinking, and the relaxation of the muscles incidental to indulgence In stimulants, they declare, is responsible responsi-ble for her escape from instant death. SEEKS THE NORTH POLE. Prince Luigi, the Duke of Abruzzi, who is now on his way to the north pole, Is the only royal personage who has ever undertaken that very hazardous hazard-ous Journey. The prince sailed in his good ship Stella Polare (Polar Star) on Monday from Christiania, in Norway. He is accompanied by the Crown Prince and Princess of Italy, who will go with him as far as North Cape. Prince Luigi belongs to the house of Savoy. He is a nephew of the King of Italy and the son of the late Prince Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, and for a time the King of Spain. Luigi was born on April 30, 1873, and is already al-ready distinguished as a traveler and explorer. In 1897 he ascended Mount Elias, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Prince Luigi is taking with him twenty-one persons. Including Count Quiri, a lieutenant in PRINCE LUIGI. the Italian navy; Dr. Cavilli-MollnellC two Italian sailors, four guides, ten Norwegian sailors and one Eskimo. The Stella Polare was formerly the Jason. Aluminum in the Kitchen. A recent investigation in Germany of the suitability of aluminum for cooing utensils raises the question whether any danger attends the use of such vessels. While aluminum is but slightly affected by weak acids when they are pure, it is rapidly attacked at-tacked in the presence of sodium chloride by sulphur dioxide, acetic acid, and even alum. But says Science, Sci-ence, it remains a mooted question whether the amount dissolved would do injury to the system. Experiments indicate that aluminum salts have a somewhat detrimental effect on digestion diges-tion ; yet on the other hauu, alum water wa-ter is often beneficial to health. The Main Thing: to Learn. "To make a success at this business," busi-ness," said the experienced traveling salesman, "there Is one particular feature fea-ture at which you should Btrire to he-come he-come an expert." "And what Is that?" anxiously asked the young drummer. "It Is to be able to explain satisfac-, torily to the firm when you come In off of a bad trip just why you haven't Bold more goods." Ohio Journal. Accommodating:. "Do you send home your customers' purchases?" Inquired the new customer custom-er In the wet-goods emporium. "We do more than that, sir," replied the gonial go-nial proprietor. "We often send horn our custamera EX-MAYOR PEINCE VAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S GRAND OLD MEN. Recently Passed Away After a Very Useful Life Twenty-Four Years as Secretary of the Democratic National Committee A Bean Brummell. The late ex-Mayor Frederick O. Prince was a sort of Beau Brummell, reflecting the elegant manners and breeding of a former generation of Bostonians. Once, when there was an unverified report around town that the Prince of Wales had taken to wearing wear-ing a bell crown hat and that faithful New York, of course, and Boston, perhaps, per-haps, would copy the royal headgear, a reporter was sent to get an opinion on hats from the ex-mayor, and incidentally in-cidentally got a story on the ex-mayor himself. "Well." said he,-" a great many persons will always do what the prince does. They are fond of aping royalty. And so he is wearing a bell-topped bell-topped high hat? Well, I can't say that there's much style about that I don't remember the day they were worn here. I was a member of the Somerset Club for years, up to last April, when. I resigned, and I never remember re-member seeing that style of hat there. I was secretary of the national democratic demo-cratic committee for more than 20 FREDERICK O. PRINCE, years; I attended all the conventions from 1860 to 1884 and I never saw such a hat worn. I used to wear a rather odd-shaped, straight-brimmed hat myself my-self until about eight years ago, when I last went to London, and where I took to wearing another style. I remember re-member that whenever I went over to New York and walked down Wall street the fact was always chronicled as the arrival of my hat. It was the same at the Democratic conventions. The hat was a feature of them. I remember re-member wearing it in Paris one time when Harrison Gray Otis and myself were roaming around the continent. We were staying at the Grand hotel. Otis, I must tell you, disliked the hat exceedingly. One day it vanished, and in its stead I found a brand-new, a la mode Parisian hat. I was chagrined. We went out on the Champs Elysee that afternoon, and along toward the Elysian field, or the Bois du Bologne, as it is called. And on the way I saw something. 'Otis,' said I, pointing to the head of the man in front of us, 'that looks like my hat.' Otis only laughed. He had given the hat to one of the servants at the hotel and had substituted the new beauty. But I never saw a bell-topper in those days either. DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS At Long Range from Handwriting- That Proved to Be Trno. New Orleans Times-Democrat: "Some doctors have a most extraordinary extraor-dinary gift of diagnosis," remarked a clergyman of this city, apropos of nothing noth-ing in particular. "A very striking example of that sort of thing came under my observation a few years ago and made an indelible impression on my mind. A physician with whom I am on very friendly terms had dropped drop-ped in at my study and I showed him a letter I had just received from an acquaintance in Chicago touching upon up-on a subject in which we were mutually mutu-ally interested. After studying the handwriting closely for a few moments mo-ments the doctor surprised me greatly by saying 'that man has locomotor ataxia.' I couldn't help laughing. "'You're greatly mistaken,' I said; 'he's in vigorous health, quite a noted athlete, and one of the brightest young business men in Chicago.' " 'That may be,' he replied, 'but he has locomotor ataxia all the same, and I wouldn't give him over three or four years to live.' "He explained in a general way that he based his opiuion on certain peculiarities pecul-iarities in the penmanship and an apparent ap-parent difficulty In keeping the writing writ-ing on the lines of the paper. I took no stock in the prediction and was greatly startled about nine 'months 1 later on to learn that my Chicago friend had suddenly broken down and was regarded as a complete wreck. He did have latent locomotor ataxia at the very moment of the conversation in my study and it subsequently developed de-veloped in its most appalling form. In a year's time he was reduced to a condition of almost complete idiocy, and not long afterward his unhappy life was abruptly terminated by an accident. The doctor says now that there was 'a good deal of guess work' about his long-range diagnosis, but I prefer to attribute it to one of those singular intuitions that generally have a profoundly scientific basis." CARDINALS. Pope Leo Has Seen 124 Die in His Pontificate. Rome Correspondence London Leader: Lead-er: The Romans have a popular tradition tra-dition which, curiously enough, is often confirmed by facts, that when a metn-ber metn-ber of the Sacred College dies two of his colleagues quickly follow. him. At a few days' distance two Cardinals, Bausa, Archbishop of Florence, and Krementz, Archbishop of Cologne, have departed this life, and now good Romans are quite In a flutter of expectation ex-pectation speculating with cheerful resignation as to which Torporato will be third. Apropos of the death of Cardinals, Car-dinals, it Is a curious fact that the most likely candidate to the tiara, such as the late Monaco la Valletta, Gal i intern, in-tern, Di Rende, Sanfelice, appear to have been specially singled out by death during the pontificate of Leo XIII., no fewer than 124 Cardinals hr.v-lng hr.v-lng died during the 21 years of his reign. Indeed only four of the Cardinals Car-dinals created by Pius IX. survive, and should they precede the aged Pontiff into the tomb, Leo XIII. will be able to say to his Cardinals, as Urban VIII. did: "Non vos elegistis me, sed ego etegi vos." (It Is not you who chose me, but I w'ho chose you.) There are now 16 vacancies in the Sacred College. The Congo river has at one place 32 waterfalls within a distance of 154 mllea A DAY IN THE QUEEN'S LIFE How She Spent Her Time in Early Par of Her Reign. It may be interesting to recall it these days a picture of Queen Victoria'i life in the earlier portion of her reign says the London News. It is drawc by Creville: The life which the queen lives is this: She gets up soon after 8 o'clock breakfasts in her own room and is employed em-ployed the whole morning in transacting transact-ing business; she reads all the dispatches dis-patches and has every matter of interest inter-est and importance in every department depart-ment laid before her. At 11 or 12 Melbourne Mel-bourne comes to her and stays an hour, more or. less, according to the business he may have to transact. At 2 she rides with a large suite (and she likes to have it numerous) ; Melbourne Mel-bourne always rides on her left hand and the equerry-in-waiting generally on her right; she rides for two hour3 along the road and the greater part of the time at afull gallop; after riding she amuses herself for the rest of the afternoon with music and singing, playing, romping with the children, if there are any in the castle (and she is so fond of them that she generally contrives con-trives to have some there) or in any other way she fancies. The hcur of dinner is nominally 7 o'clock, soon after af-ter which time the guests assemble, but she seldom appears till near 8. The lord-in-waiting comes into the drawing room and instructs each gentleman gen-tleman which lady he 13 to take to dinner. When the guests are all assembled assem-bled the queen comes in, preceded by the gentlemen of the household and followed by the duchess of Kent and all her ladies; she speaks to each lady, bows to the men and goes immediately into the dining room. She generally takes the arm of the man of the highest high-est rank, but on this occasion she went with Mr. Stephenson, the American minister (although he has no rank), which was very wisely done. Melbourne Mel-bourne invariably sits on 1 2r left, no matter who may be there; she remains at table the usual time, but does not suffer the men to sit long after her, and we were summoned to coffee in less than a quarter of an hour. In the drawing room she never sits down till the men make their appearance. Coffee is served to them in the adjoining room and then they go into' the drawing room, when she goes around and says a few words to each, of the most trivial nature, all, however, very civil and cordial in manner and expression. When the little ceremony is over, the duchess of Kent's whist table is arranged ar-ranged and then the round table is marshaled, Melbourne invariably sitting sit-ting on the left hand of the queen and remaining there without moving till the evening is at an end. At about 11:30 she goes to bed, or whenever the duchess has played her usual number of rubbers and the band has performed all the pieces on its list for the night. This is the whole history of her day; she orders and regulates every detail herself, she knows where everybody is lodged in the castle, settles about the riding or driving and enters into every ev-ery particular with minute attention. STATUE OF GEN. ARTHUR. The statue of the late President Chester A. Arthur, which has just been-unveiled been-unveiled in New York, is one of the best creations of Sculptor George E-Bissell. E-Bissell. The monument is, in its extreme ex-treme measurement, seventeen feet eight inches high. The bronze figure itself is nine feet. high. Mr. Bissell portrays Arthur standing and in an attitude at-titude as if he were about to begin a speech. Behind the figure is a Greek chair, from which the president has apparently just arisen. Over one arm of the chair is a drapery suggesting the toga which, as president of the senate, Mr. Arthur might have worn. The pedestal is of gray marble highly polished and devoid of ornament save for bronze wreaths on the sides. On the front block is this inscription: "Chester Alan Arthur, Twenty-first President of the United States of America," The donors of the monument monu-ment are eminent New York citizens, among whom are Cornelius Bliss and Levi P. Morton. The statue is at the northeast corner of Madison Square, and faces south. The pedestal was designed de-signed by James Brown Lord. The dedication Tuesday was attended by a large number of persons, Including Mrs. John E. McElroy, a sister of President Arthur, who presided at the White House during his term; Gen. and Mrs. Howard Carroll, Miss Masten, President Arthur's niece; former Mayor William. L. Strong, Gen. G. H. Sharpe, Charles E. Tiffany, Warner Miller, Elihu Root, Cornelius N. Bliss and George W. Lyons. Mr. Bliss presided. pre-sided. The statue was formally presented pre-sented to the city by Mr. Root, who made an eloquent address eulogistic of President Arthur. At the conclusion of the address all in the inclosure arose, McElroy unveiled the statue by drawing a cord and loosing the American Amer-ican flag, whose folds had hidden the handsome pile. The statue was accepted accept-ed on behalf of the city by Randolph Gugenheimer, president -of the council, in a brief address. Striking-. "Oi sae," said the Janitor philosopher, philoso-pher, "that there's a new business woman's club in th' city. Here's luck to it, and if it's inyfing loike th' business busi-ness club me ould woman houlds whin Oi'm searchin' fer th' kaehole it's bound to make a viry dape impression." impres-sion." An Ohio man has sued for divorce from his wife on the ground that she "bosed" him and forced him to do the family washing and cooking. A BUSINESS VENTURE. A sign hanging above a little shop told the world of Hayside that Miss Jane Dody, milliner, had started in business. Until this sign appeared Haysiders had been obliged to drive to Nesburg or send to the city for their millinery and having formed the hab't it was a question whether they' would break it and patronize the new establishment. Miss Jane did not know many town people, for she had lived in the country coun-try with an old aunt, who had lately died, leaving her a legacy cf $300. It was a small capital, but being entirely dependent cn her own exertions Miss Jane decided to start a millinery shop. She was old enough to decide for herself, her-self, being almost 40, but she was a timid woman and thought It better to ask Mr. Hope's advice first. Mr. Hope was president of the bank, an old friend of her aunt's and much admired and respect?d by herself. He was Just entering his seventies, but many a man of 50 envied his vitality and youthfulness of feeling. H was a widower and lived alone in the "great house" of the viilage, where he dispensed dis-pensed hospitality and charity with an open hand. Rich, influential and busy, he yet had time to listen to any tale of distress or give advice when requested. Mr. Hope had always liked little Miss Jane and was more than willing to listen to her plans and help her all he could. She was shown into his private office at the bank, blushing like one of the roses she held in her hands and making quite a pretty picture. pic-ture. "I have $300, you know, Mr. Hope. Would you advise me to start a millinery millin-ery shop with it or save it and go to the city to get employment?" she asked. Mr. Hope knew how difficult it would be for a woman like Miss Jane, untrained un-trained and imid, to get work in the city, and quickly told her it would be best to try the shop and he was sure she would get on well. "Bring on the best good3 you can get and you will be sure to succeed. Everybody will buy from you. I don't wear bonnets myself," he added, laughing, laugh-ing, "but I'll send all my friends to you." At the close of this interview the prospective milliner left the banker with a light heart and had visions of a little shop expanding in time to a great establishment, where she herself her-self was mistress of a great army or assistants. In a short while the new store was opened to the public, its owner having stocked up in the city and bought a small but nandsome line of goods to fee Hi! WAA8 ASK MR. HOPE'S ADVICE, tempt the feminine fancy. The little woman and her one helper were kept busy the first few days and Miss Jane thought her visions of success were not so unfounded as to be ridiculous, for money flowed freely into her coffers. cof-fers. But after the first excitement trade settled down considerably and .there was plenty of spare time for breathing. For the first time in her life Miss Jane learned what it cost to live. Having Hav-ing lived most of her life in the country, coun-try, where things were had "for the raising," groceries gotten in exchange for country produce and no rent to pay, even the amount it took to run her little establishment was alarming to her. Anxieties would creep in occa-6ionally. occa-6ionally. If the fall trade was not good how was she to get through the winter? Such thoughts worried her often through the week, but on Sabbaths, Sab-baths, being a good Episcopalian, she dismissed them and, prayer book in hand, wended her way devoutly to the chapel. Mr. Hope sat in the pew just in front of her and sometimes when his pew overflowed with his grandchildren or other guests he sat by Miss Jane and held her hymnbook while they both sang. At such times she felt a delightful thrill of excitement.but tried to repress it and say her responses reverently rev-erently and place her thoughts on spiritual spir-itual things. But she was always glad when Mr. Hope's pew overflowed. Fall came on apace and the little milliner found it necessary to consult the banker again. This time she told him she had $100 in money, but not another penny. Would he advise her to turn this into flowers and feathers and other requisites of her trade, or would it be flying in the face of providence provi-dence to use it? "Use it by all means, Mis3 Jane. Times are looking up, business is go? ing to retire and I am sure your money will be more than doubled," he answered. Again acting on his advice she bought the best her money would buy and began to prepare for her "fall opening." Her nimble fingers copied pattern hats and dainty bonnets until resting in her showcase and on the hat forms were as tasty and enticing a lot of head covering as had ever been seen by the town. The night before be-fore the opening she retired late, but woke up from a dream of beingchoked to find her room full of smoke. Almost Al-most stifled she threw on' her wrapper wrap-per and groping her way to the door ran out into the street crying "Fire!". The house was a double one and the other side was already wrapped in flames when Miss Jane gave the alarm and the other tenants, whose carelessness careless-ness had caused the fire, barely escaped with their lives. Poor Miss Jane stood in the street wringing her hand3 in despair while the cruel flames devoured her pretty hats and bonnets, as if they were but a delicious morsel, until a kind neighbor neigh-bor came and led her home. The "opening day" had arrived, the little millinery shop was open, in very truth, to the public, but there was nothing but ashes to gaze on. Black despair, starvation, even the poor-house, poor-house, stared Jane Dody in the face, as sitting by the neighbor's hearth she wept silently and dared not look into the future. Early In the morning Mr. Hope heard the news. He remembered it was by his advice that all the milliner's money was In . f ! t I I tfl 1 'li"1. i Hi ttfiM M"zi act : m m l ft ' tin A jriyu-vL , ill ;yfe v" vested In that now ruined stock. Pool little woman! What could he do for her? He could not offer her money or a home. A home? Why not? He smiled at the thought and the little milliner's sweet face, sweet though nt longer youthful, appeared to him with new charm. Hastily leaving his nous he sought and found Miss Jane. When he asked her to marry him she said "No" at first, for she felt sure it was only pity that moved his heart But she looked so sweet and confused when she refused him that the deal old gentleman fell in love with her on the spot and succeeded in making himself, him-self, as well as her, believe that he had really loved her a long time and had only awaited a favorable opportunity of telling her. So, having no one to consult, they were married the very next day. in spite of the bride-elect's protests that the haste wa3 unseemly. Hayside had not recovered from th6 excitpment caused by the fire when it had another shock. It occurred when the Weekly Local published the following fol-lowing item: "Married. Thursday, at 10 a. m., Mr. Richard Hope and Misa Jane Dody." PRESIDENT SAM OF HAYTI- A UrtM-Brelned, Slow-Wit ted. LetharftU Old Soldier, It is far less easy to get to the president presi-dent of Haiti than to Mr. McKinley o! the white house, says Iyeslie's Monthly The pavilion-like palace In the Chami de Mars, surrounded by its little park, inclosed by a tall iron grating, with lookout boxes at the angles, a large and strong military barrack at the rear, and field cannon posted here and there, could stand a considerable siege, and, with a faithful garrison, would be proof against almost any mob attack. at-tack. There is no end of etiquette involved in-volved in the approach to son excellence. excel-lence. Yet I was favored with fortunate for-tunate opportunities for seeing Mr. Simon Sam. Tall and massive, with an immense paunch, and features and hue that are typically African, as you gaze at him in his sumptuous uniform, gorgeous with gold lace and a brilliant silk scarf, you cannot help picturing to your mind's eye his hypothetical appearance ap-pearance as a mid-African chief, with huge feathers in his topknot, only a rattle-beaded clout about his loins, a nail-studded warclub in one hand, and about him a band of dusky savages more naked than himself, Instead ol these strutting gentlemen in tall hats and European clothes, and these othei prancing gentlemen in gaudy trappings, trap-pings, with tinkling spurs and jingling swords. President Sam, however, is not, as it appears thus far, a man to be personally feared.. His selection was a compromise, and he Is only the figurehead of the present oligarchs, posing as a moderate statesman, while in truth he is only a rather dense-brained, dense-brained, slow-witted and lethargic old soldier. It is understood that in state affairs he is almost wholly guided by his ministers, of whom Brutus St. Victor, Vic-tor, in charge of the foreign department, depart-ment, and Tancrede Auguste of the department de-partment of the interior, are probably the ablest. AN IRON FOUNDRY AT SEA. The I'sual Luxuries of Such Work Ashore Entirely Missing. A foundry at sea had not been heard of before the cruise of the Vulcan, says the Engineering Magazine. Whatever other kind of naval repair work had been executed heretofore on board ship, that of making large brass and iron castings had not been attempted. In her facilities for this new line of work the Vulcan stands pre-eminent and alone. That the unique equipment for foundry work was successful Is more than shown by the fact that thousands thou-sands of pounds of iron and brass castings cast-ings were made and finished for the ships of the fleet. The brass furnaces were kept in almost constant service, sometimes running off two heats a day, and making it necessary to carry the work far into the night, much to the discomfort of the men, who were trying to get some sleep and rest before be-fore another day's work. In iron casting cast-ing not more than one heat was run off in a day, and that usually about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. For after filling the molds and dropping bottom, it was practically impossible to do much more in that part of the ship till the next morning. Kipling has sung for the Scotch engineer and stoker, but there was no heaven-born genius on board the Vulcan to treasure up the memories and scenes Incident to dropping drop-ping bottom. The usual luxuries of such ashore were entirely missing. Like the fiery furnace of old, the heat seemed seven times more intense than it was wont to be ashore. UNCANNY FIGURES. There is something uncanny about figures. They possess marvelous properties prop-erties which, though perfectly well known, are nevertheless incomprehensible. incomprehen-sible. Every one knows that if you multiply 37 by 3 or any multiple of 3 up to 27 the result is that all three digits are the same. All thes strange properties possessed by figures are recognized phenomena, which are to be accepted rather than explained. But when we get to the rather more involved mathematical calculations the uncanniness of figures fig-ures is further involved. Take, for instance, the familiar puzzle, which is easily explained by the mathematician, mathemati-cian, but causes bewilderment to the typo in figures. Two men have 60 oranges each. The first seels half at two a penny and half at three a penny. Let us work out the sum. Thirty sold at two a penny bring him in 15 pence; 30 at three a penny fetch 10 pence; total, 25 pence. The second sells all his 60 at the rate of five for twopence. There are 12 seta of five in 60; hence he receives 12 twopence, two-pence, or 24 pence. Apparently both men sell at the same rate they do not do so really and one receives one penny more than the other. Verily, there is something extremely uncanny about figures. The World's Army Rations. A Japanese soldier is allowed seven ounces of meat in his rations, an Austrian or Spanish private eight, a French, Turkish, German, or Belgian, nine; an Italian, eleven, a Briton, twelve, a Russian sixteen. The ration ra-tion in the United States is twenty ounces. The ration of bread in the United States is twenty dunces. The ration of bread is the highest In the Austrian army, thirty-two ounces, and lowest In the British, sixteen ounces. In the German army it i twenty-eight ounces. In the French and Italian It Is twenty-two, the same In the United States; and in the Russian Rus-sian army seventeen ounces. All modern mod-ern armies, save Russia, have also a daily allowance of rice. |