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Show r A CTl SOPHIE KOVALEVSKY. Paralytic Cured. ; THE SAD FATE OF THE GIFTED Grandfather, a Revolutionary Soldier, and Ills Father, Both Died of Paralysis, Yet the Third Gener- ation Is Cured -- RUSSIAN GIRL. The Method. (From the Herald. Boston, Mass.) Like a thunderbolt frcm a clear sky, stroke of paralysis came to Mr. Franl T. "Ware, the well known Boston auctioneer and appraiser, at 235 Washington street. He went to bed one night about six years ago seemingly in robust health. When he awoke his left side was stiffened by the deadening of the nerves. The interviewer sought out Mr. Ware to get the facts. He gave the Inin his own way: teresting particularscame The first shock very suddenly -while I was asleep, but it was not lasting in its effects, and in a few weeks I 'was able to be about. A few months after, when exhausted by work and drenched with rain I went home in a very nervous state. The result was a and more severe shbck, after which my left arm and leg were practically helpless. My grandfather, who was a soldier an in the Revolutionary War, and lostindearm In the struggle for American pendence, died finally of paralysis. My father also died pt paralysis, although It was complicated with other troubles, faand so I had some knowledge of the he- -. tal character of the disease which is secfedltary in our family. After thein all ond shock I took warning, for, me off. probability, a third would carry Almost everything under the sun was recommended to me and I tried all the remedies that seemed likely to do any .good, electricity, massage and specialists. but to no effect. The only thing I found that helped Pink Pills, and I me was Dr. Williams if It hadnt been for verily believe that those pills I would have been dead .years ago. Yes, I still have a slight reminder of left the last attack six years ago. My arm Is not as strong as the other and my left foot drags a little, as the paralysis '.had the effect of deadening the nerves. But I can still walk a good distance, general talk as easily as ever, and myover sevhealth Is splendid. I am really am I generally enty years old, although taken to be twenty years younger. . The Pink Pills keep my blood in good condition, and I belieTe that is why I am so well. Mr. Ware has every appearance of a perfectly healthy man, and arrives at his office promptly at eight oclock evmorning, although he has reached ery an age when many men retire from He says that in his active life. opinion both his father and grandfather could have been saved if Pink Pills had been obtainable at that time. Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peoto ple contain all the elements necessary to blood the new life and richness give and restore shattered nerves. They may foe had of all druggists or direct by mail from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y., at 50 cents per box, or six; boxes for $2.50. HOBBIES OF FAMOUS PERSONS.) Sho Was One of the Greatest The Worlds Honors Were neaped Upon Her She Died a Heart-sicDisappointed Woman. maticians k. URING this -- r . " Queer Whims of Minds Given to Con-- 1 templatlng Important Matters. A very peculiar hobby was that of an old woman who had been employed at oourt in the capacity of nurse, and who had a inost extensive collection of pieces of wedding cakeJ The cakes to! which the fragments belonged had been cut at the marriages of the highest In the land. The place of honor was given to a portion of Queen Victorias wedding cake, and nearly every royal marriage that had occurred since the - accession of William IV. was repreLord sented in this curious collection. ' Petersham, a noted dandy In his day, had a hobby for walking sticks, and also for various kinds of tea and snuff. An round his sitting room were shelves,' those upon one side laden with canis- ters of Souchong, Bohea, Congou, Pekoe, Russian, and other varieties of tea.' The shelves opposite were decorated with handsome jars, containing every! kind of snuff, while snuff-boxlay here, there, and everywhere. Lord .Petersham prided himself upon possessing the most magnificent array of boxes to he found in Europe, and was supposed to have a fresh box for every day in the year. When some one ad-- J mired a beautiful old light-blu- e Sevres box he was using, he lisped out, Yes, it is a nice summer box, but would not do for winter wear. Count Henry von Bruhl, a famous German diplomatist, busied himself in collecting boots, shoes, slippers, and wigs of all shapes,! sizes, and fashions. This curious hobby was rivaled by srthat of a late King of Bavaria, whose collection of hats was unique. A King of Wurtemburg boasted the possession of above 9,000 copies of the Bible; and a nicotine-lovin- g American reveled in a treasury of pipes, of which he could count 365 speciments in meerschaum, "brier, glass, china, and clay. The Duke of Sussex, brother of King George II., had a pair of hobbies that were wide as the poles asunder. He was an indefatigable collector of Bibles and of cigars. Pope Pius IX. was a collector of slippers. He always had twenty-fou- r pairs in his wardrobe, made of red 'doth embroidered with gold, apd ornamented with a solid gold cross, his chamberlain being strictly enjoined not to part with a single pair, however well worn they might be, to any of the many devout applicants for them. Wigs and walking sticks were the especial vanities of Mr. "William Evans, some time principal clerk in the prothonotarys office for Anglesea, Carnarvon, and Merioneth, and so highly did he value them that he bequeathed one of each to three different maiden ladies, for whom he had in turn felt a tenderness in early life. Another gentleman had a .hobby for scarf pins. He is said to have kept a book containing as many pages as there are days in the year, in each of which a different pin was stuck. Every morning he fastened into his scarf the pin which occupied the space allotted to that particular date, ing it to its place when he undressed at night. Wyoming Horses Sold for a Song. In the great horse raising state c! Wyoming the lower grade of horses are now being sold at $3 a dozen, whil3 round, unbroken mustangs can be had for U each, and a thoroughly broken hcre, found in every way, for frombe-$3to Tli u 3 are the mighty fallen 'fore the adv mca of the electric and cabla car, tie horseless carriage and t be Ueycl". es ! Mathe- last winter, the Revue de Paris published the reminiscences and biography of Mme. Sophie of the remarkable women of this century. Affecting as the account of her life really is. Inter est In her, both as woman and genius, is focused on this point that her genius and her temperament were at war. To give some idea of the. environment and events which influenced her career. It may be well to state something of her history. Sophie Kovalevsky was 1850. Her parents were Rusborn in sians of high birth, but her own accounts of her utterly neglected childhood cause one, in this age of pampered children, to pause aghast. Her delight was in studying the papers hung upon the walls of one of the rooms set apart for the children. These papers were printed lectured on the integral and differential calculus, and these she pored over until some degree of their meaning dawned upon the brain of the child. A few years later, her father allowed her to have some instruction, and her mathematical ability was immediately recognized. It was intellectual time' at that the this just restlessness, the passion for change, the desire for knowledge, spread through the Russian women of the upper classes. Sophie was dominated by" an older sister (Anna), of an erratic and somewhat sensational nature, who imbued her with the belief that the only way for them to secure the freedom their fa ther !had denied them to study In a foreign university, was for Anna to marry. Her idea was to contract one of those curious marriages, by no means uncommon in Russia at that time, in which it was understood that so soon as the legaL ceremony was performed both parties would be at once free to continue their studies apart. Sophie, influenced by Anna, accompanied her to the study of a professor of whom they had heard, but never met. There Anna showed no signs of maiden timidity, asked his hand in marriage, stating her reasons for so doing. He politely but firmly refused. Nothing daunted, Anna sought a young student, Vladimir Kovalevsky, and repeated her offer. Again she met with no encouragement, but he tempered his refusal, saying that he would gladly marry the reserved and studious little Sophie, Sbphie, prepared to make any sacrifice to gain the knowledge for which she longed, With all the enthusiasm of genius, acIt now became necessary to cepted. mention the matter to Papa. Poor Gen. Kroukovsky! Ones heart bleeds for him. To be the father of an advanced young woman like Anna was bad enough, but here was little Sophie following In her footsteps. Of course, he refused his C9nsent; and now the passion for melodrama, which is inherent in the Slav temperament, asserted Itself In Sophie. While her father was enjoying a little lull in household surprises and giving a dinner to some friends, a servant brought a note from Sophie. It was as brief as the kings in Ruy Bias. Papa, I have gone to Vladimir. I beg your consent to our marriage. Gen. Kroukovsky rose to the occasion. He sent for the rash children and announced their marriage to his guests, Monsieur and Madame Kovalevsky now left for England, where they met a number of the most celebrated people of the day. After a brief stay they went to Heidelberg, where they were enrolled as students. Here Mme. Kovalevskys remarkable mathematical ability scon attracted to her much notice. After a time she went to Berlin most -- she yet longed for the girlish Joys tha had missed in youth, and prepared to gaily, carelessly enjoy herself. But fct thi3 time the Bordin prize was offered by the French Academy of Science for the most excellent exposition of this subject, To Perfect in One Essential Point the Theory of the Movement of a Solid Body Round an Immovable Point. For this prize she determined to compete, fully aware that she was entering the, lists against the savants of Europe. While engaged in the arduous work she had undertaken, Madame Kovalevsky met the man who Inspired in her a passionate and exclusive love. This was no season of repose in a happy and contented affection. Her paper was written while she was in a state of intellectual and emotional ferment. Her lover, a Russian gentleman, asked her to he his wife, but she was too suspicious, too exacting to grasp tho happiness offered. Her penetrating Insight had proved itself again and again in every demonstration of mathematics. Should she doubt her marvelous now, when they told her that the man to whom she gave the devotion of a passionate heart desired to possess not the woman he loved, but the genius who would lend new luster to his name? In 1888 the Bordin prize was given to No. 2, for the names were Inclosed in sealed envelopes, and were unknown te the judges. On account of the great scientific value of the work the prize was raised from 3,000 to 10,-0francs. No. 2 was Sophie Kovalev4 ' , sky. In one bound she had won her place among the foremost scientists of Europe. She was the heroine of the hour In Paris, and yet she writes at that very time that she has never in her life been so unhappy. L 1d-tuit- ion 00 VIEW OF THE MAHDI. FATHER BONOMIS STORY HIS CAPTIVITY. OF The Mahdi Wag a Great Knave, He Says, Who Affected Humility in Public and Indulged in Eieeggeg in Pri- vate. ATHER Bonomi, the Italian priest i who was for some years prisoner to i the Mahdists in the Soudan, was inter- viewed the other day at his home in a quiet street of Verona by a re- -. porter of the Ital-- : ian weekly paper Llllustrazione, and the father talked at some length of his captivity. The priest was found at table with his old mother, his sister, another priest, and a young man. He is described as a man with vivid black eyes and a look of alertness and courage. He believes that Italy Is to derive benefit from her costly African possessions, and that the dervishes have been weakened by dissension and famine, besides being afraid of Italian arms after recent victories. When asked whether he had personally known the Mahdi, Father Bonomis answer with a laugh was Yes, my friend, perforce. Father Bonomis .view of the Mahdi sun-burn- ed mathematics there, Weirstrasse, received her frigidly, and, as a means of cooling her ardor, sent her a paper which was sufficiently full of difficulties to daunt a trained mathematician. In a few days Sophie returned with the correct answer to every question. In a short time Monsieur Kovalevsky died, and madame, stricken with sorrow and remorse, lay for a long time very ill. After recovering, she went to Sweden and began those wonderful lectures in Stockholm, thus discovering in herself a new power, for hers was the ability to impart knowledge in a very fascinating way. Her reputation wa3 now established as one of the finest mathematicians in Europe. Performing prodigies of labor, winning her In fame and money, petted and Bdzred as the weynan of genius ver 13. ra-wa- rd - OLDEST YALE GRADUATE. Sketch of Rev. Samuel Bissell, Now In Drron r- - the i ll. k Market f dtlf'Kh F trange lif 1 f,r ( . , to Lay a If anyone com-' find rare tireal-,- ) ho will days, rays the Thlla IclpLia Xlt- -rj' In other commodities, tho churches for sals fiuctuats but just at presmt, t rapid westward push cf tuclrc-- . number for rale is larger thaa i and the would-b- e purchaser hard indeed to please who carmet one recording to his fancy in grct ture and size. There are now ca ' market In tho central portion cf r city at least half a dozen church fice3 from which the congregations t ' departed or want to depart. -Epiphany, at Fifteenth and found a ready purchar"( John Yvanamaker, who will pay $ over $300,000 for it as soon as the c , gregation can find a site on w hich build another church. They hare r been over a year in an unsucec search for such a site, owing to the f position of neighboring Bpipc-- . churches. The strange usrg to churches are sometimes put ia by the old Episcopal church Filbert street, above Seventy- - j which is now used as a stable p Adams Express Company. A fewty away, at Eighteenth and Flit, streets, Is an old Presbyterian ch'i; w'hich is now being used by a rca I s. dIrs y, ccr-abl- y - Ch-stree- ts, 7 eJe--plifi- ed 1 On Vine street, casts stone-cutter- Eighth, another ancient house cf vjf ship Is doing duty as a factory. Methodist Episcopal Church, at 1 per and Lombard streets, will socn lot its identity, having been purchased k the Baptist Publication Society, vil Will put a printing and publici plant in operation there in a building to be erected on Its site oj.i a short time ago the Tenth Tnh, .terian Church, at Twelfth and Wainstreets, was purchased and razed to the ground to make room for the Epi3copt diocesan house now going up the Many efforts have been made to chase the old Chambers Presbytsria Church, at Broad and Sansom strccti but the congregation decline to naaf any price for their property. - His 99th Year. ! The accompanying portrait Is an excellent likeness of the oldest living A HINT TO DECORATORS. The Regulation of Light na Much te Do with Artistic Reult. The regulation of the light from tk window's has much to do with the tf fective results In the furnishingg 0f i room, and is a matter of no small lm portance. One window is done in pa!t pink drapery silk or silkaline, the' ll shades being Appliques 0' the lace may be sewn on in a patten' when the Bhades are required to be ev lace-edge- d. '"N tra harfdsome. .The window i l V J ? V ! , 'V -- V yvU-- I REV. SAMUEL BISSELL. He is Rev. Samuel Bissell, of Twinsburg, a village a few miles north of Akron, Ohio. He Is in his 99th year, but enjoys comparatively good health, and will doubtless reach the century mark. Although It Is more than three score years since he graduated from that institution of learning, he delights to hear of the success of Yale students in sports or stupes. Rev. Mr. Bissell was born in Middlefield, Mass., in 1797. He came, with his fathers family, to Portage county in 1806." He attended school at intervals, and helped his father to make a home in the forest. In 1816, determining on a better education, he made his way, on foot and alone, to Yale College. There, with but a few dollars on which to commence his college life, he completed the full course, with no aid save his own head and hands. He graduated with honor in 1823. Soon after returning to his home he took charge of the Congregational Church at Twinsburg, and except for a few years spent as pastor of other nearby charges, Twinsburg has since been his home. He opened a private school there in 1826, which, growing rapidly. Induced him within a few years to es-- f tablish the Bissell Academy of Twins-bura place of learning which in its time had a wide reputation. Men who became prominent as judges, senators, governors and ministers are among those who received a part of their education at Bissell Academy. Rev. Bissell was a great friend of the Indians. Hundreds were taught at the academy, and their board and lodging provided gratis. They came from all parts of the west to receive at least a little of the white mans learning. No one applied at the academy in vain. Whether or not the boy or girl, for both sexes were taught, had money to pay the way, if an education was asked It was given. The enactment of a law in 1846 for a public school in Akron was the beginning of the end. That city was the pioneer in Ohio securing a public school, and other towns soon followed its example. The attendance at the academies and private schools decreased. The preacher and teacher became old, and Bissell Academy was closed many years ago. Near the old school building, however, is a pleasant home, and Rev. Mr. Bissell, with no other companion than his aged wife, is spending his rest there. y. well-earn- ed Maceo a Gentleman. War correspondents who have come in personal communication with Antonio Maceo, the Cuban revolutionary leader, have been impressed with the courtesy and elegance of his manners. He i3 a mulatto, but has had the advantage cf a good education, and he has the learning of a man of the world. Ills dress Is scrupulously neat. Maceo Is a veteran of the last Cuban rebellion, an, d a soldier. well-traine- ed re-- J i! graduate of Yale College as he appttra to-da- draper heavy cur! places sthe tains, and is made of satin embroidered with roses. The large lamp standing near has a gold, bronze and blue ename stand, and large shade of Dresden fig ured muslin. Another window decent tlon is in golden brown velvet, verj prettily cut out, and so simple that can be made by any amateur." It It merely nailed on the wall without anp under frame. . The vel vet Is edged wltt gold braid, and may be left quite plait or enriched with gold embroidery, ai I little colored application relieves th somber effect of the velvet. In this It Stance the sash curtains are of pie! blue silk, and the long ones of tmf parent yellow muslin, embroidered will colored thread. When silk is s ployed for blinds it should be efip with fringe, and muslin with lac. Short blinds may also be supplement by an embroidered, thick curtain a protection against draughts. Of court taste is necessary in the choice, at' Brussels lace on a yellow foundatl; is especially beautiful,1 old-fashion- g, SOPHIE KOVALEVSKY, to study, but the great professor of au-swr- er ro CHUnCHLG Ju-'- 4 " Bonomi sit near him. and repeated to the crowd passages from the Koran cr lead to them from books recording the deeds of Mohammed or Omar. There was no eloquence in his discourse, nor wers there parables or flowers of rhetoric. He frequently turned to ask tho fathers approval of the matter of tho discourse, but the fathers usual was that he did not understand it. No more did the people, in tho fathers opinion. It would be as effective to read Dante to ignorant peasants. Sometimes "when the discourse had to do with larger morals the father inapproved In answer to the Mahdls turn would quiries, and then the latter la triumph to the people and say: You see; he says it is well. When the speaking or reading was at an end some one in the crowd would leap to the front, and with his arms in air begin to cry: Seiedi! Seiedi! (My Lord, my Lord.) What is it? the Mahdi would demand, and then the man would sot forth his case. It was a beast stolen, an inheritance snatched, or an injury received. Then the Mahdi, having listened, would turn to those standing about and ask whether the judgment should be thus. The Mahdi's suggestion was always approved. The Mahdi at noon had his food carried outside his Hut, and then he withdrew behind a hedge to eat, inviting some persons to join him. The father attended these feasts somewhat unwillingly. Everything was eaten with the fingers, and if the Mahdi found a The above is a good likeness of Hon. Thomas C. Carter, of Montana. At the recent session of the legislature he was chosen to represent the state in the United States senate. ;He Is also chairman of the national committee of the Republican party, having been twice elected to that important office. In a few weeks he will issue a call for a meeting of the committee for the purpose of deciding when and where to hold the next national convention of the party. It is believed that Chicago will be the place. The father fine piece of meat In the stew he frewas captured with several other mis- quently fished it nut with his fingers sionaries by a company of dervishes and graciously offered it to the father. five days journey from El Obeld. They The discourse at meals especially bewere not maltreated, but merely forced loved by the Mahdi was the praise of Fortune is like a market, wherewill mafa to accompany their, captors. Two sis- simplicity. times If you wait a little the price ters and one missionary died on the See, he would say, the Turks need The newspaper Is a great educator, but way, as much from fear as aught else. carpets, cushions and delicate viands. man doesnt want to read two reports oft We need none of these; we sit upon the same event in two daily papers, unless t wants to get his mind confused. earth, eat a little simple food, and are well. answered "Surely, the D'E 5 surely, do "we well. guests, All this, according, to Father Bonomi, was mere pretence. The Mahdi In secret That Hoods Sarsaparilla has an unequal abandoned himself to every Imaginable record of cures, the largest- - sales in excess, and his death was due to this. world, and cures when all others fall When asked whether the Mahdi had nothing extraordinary In body or mind to account for his mastery of men, the Is the Only father replied that he was a great Purifier knave and had .the good luck to seize the right moment. Graver revolts than Prominently in the public eye today, i that of the Mahdists have been put six for $5. Be sure to get Horns. down with little force, but when Mahdism arose Egypt was troubled nood8 Sarsapar: with Arabi Pasha, and by the war with England, and besides the Egyptian gov0 ernors in the Soudan had incurred the rCTIIEED Z21D PZff- Tenmity of the people. (PAIENTED) Is fresh and instructive. Hoods Sarsaparill: True Blood Hoods Pills El7IS98XLt 1 The Ilome of Helen Gonld. Lyndhurst-on-the-Hudso- n come more famous, since has Wrongest be- and winsome dispenser of charities. Miss Helen Gould, assumed possession FATHER BONOMI. of It, than it was even when Jay Gould The others having been taken to El Obeid, which the Soudanese had taken, made it his favorite retreat from the were set free and left to earn their liv- cares of business, says Once a Week. ing by labor. The prisoners occupied It was the great financiers chief de a hut, and the men set themselves to light to spend hours remote from the earn something by repairing arms and click of tickers and the clack of Wall utensils, while .the sister attended to street In caring for hi3 flowers and the household duties. El Obeld then shrubs at Lyndhurst. The mansion 13 contained about 60,000 inhabitants, sheltered in huts of a single story, roughly made of clay dried in the sun and bedaubed without so that water might not filter through. The city Included fields and gardens, and was of great compass, so that one might not go round It in a day. It was traversed by ample and regular streets. The people did not trouble themselves about the prisoners, but the Mahdi assumed with them, after his custom, the pomp of an affected humility. He came from his hut at dawn, miserably clad in a patched shirt, and raid his prayers in the presence of two or three thousand persons gathered to see him. Then, seated on the earth, he made Father j handsome and comfortable, without being imposing; the wide - spreading branches of fine old trees environ its towers, and In summer form a grateful shadow above its hospitable-lookin- g entrance. Library, dining - room, parlor and private rooms were all designed for comfort rather than show,, yet each is not without a certain elegance. Here and there is an excellent hit of statuary; afad the picture gallery 13 rich la Lyndhurst-on-tko-Iludso- n good paintings. is so attractive to Its fair mistress that she spends the greater prt of her time there. ' Like her fatk xr she is devoted to flowers and trees, t d finds none of the charms of urban ) fe sufficient to wean her from them. I 1 1 and pvr dj-Unlik- other Lye. 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