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Show A POET IN HER 12TH. SHE BEGAN WRITING VERSES AT THE ACE OP SIX. Work Itona by Marcrt K, Haora 14 rara Old -- liar Kduratlo at llaaia llrr Imlni'llta Tara lo Khjraia Tb ! fur Hulls. tnor little la Mar- garet France Mail-rof Washington, D. C., now In her o, year. fourteenth Her Sonnet to a Purple Pansy" follows: lovely flower, loveliest of thy kind, ) kind, Fair as the purple cloud that sunset decks, A beauteous blossom of thy gerlle sea, k bit of fragrance, budding on the wind, g k storehouse for I he bee; Now coyly smiling with coquettish boney-gatherln- Now grace, with a lovely look upon ihy face. upward glance of grave, sweet purity; drop of purple dew (Mat gleams, then An A fades, Sets upon earth's green breast another gem. Then, lifeless, hangs upon Its withered stent. Dropy and the grassy woodland della and gladea It did exist 'now It nu more-for- get Hut in r.:y heart, 0 flow'r, thou art for-M- fr missed. vals, as her mother preferred to educate her according to her own tdeaa of what a little girl should learn. At home, where ehe was aurrounded by her flow-er- a and her toys, Msrgaret's poetical nature expanded. From the time when she was taught to hold a pen her natural Inclination was toward the writing of verses, which, crudes: fun', gradualThe ly took on rhyme and ihyili. flowers, the birds, the book which she read, and the trilling incidents of life auegeuled lo hey Tile every-da- y Ideas which the expressed in childish rhyme. Uvea her daily hour of piano practice, which, wl;h the Instinct of a healthy child, she thoroughly hated, furnluhed her the theme for a poem which she called The Monster 'PracThe editor of St. Nicholas ticing.' wrote of her in the August number of that magazine: Some of our young readers may have 'skipped' the poems on pages 830 and 807. as perhaps too 'old' for them, or too like poems fur grown folk, nut they will turn again to them with interest when they realize that these verses are the work of a girl of 12 the thoughts that come to her from her favorite flowers and birds, and the a every-da- y experiences of childhood. such, the poems are truly remarkable in dpplh uf feeling and power of and they seem to ua an evident promise of .1 genuine poetic gift. Murguiet Frances Mauro is not yet 11; and most of these verses were written before she had completed her twelfth year. Indeed, she has written prose and verse since she was C years old. When the girl was In her thirteenth year her mother took her Abroad for a course in Fiencli. After the sorrow uf palling with her futlier, her chief concern an she walked up thp gang plank of the ore in steamer was fur the large doll whh li she carried In her arum. When she returned she recently brought with her in a cage a green paiorjiiet. of which she Is very fond. The publication of her poems was failing Interest In her father's law cctivlty of forty. Tie was not trained HERE IS A practice. She discusses with him the to diplomacy, hut possesses the advantimportant eases, and In the absent. of age of perfect knowledge of the colony MISS JESSIE DELL. AUDITOR OF bis partner at the state senate recently, RICHARD J. SRDDON, PREMIER which he may l-- said to rule. This she assumed the position of runtldciitial UF NEW ZEALAND. THE SYLVANI A. latter he has gained by a lifetime of secretary. The business con id not lie bard work spent among all classes of done by Col. Dell alone, and the affairs the people and in all brunches of acA lii lluliU it ftrur lie Shu Attend! to nl Other ORIres Largo Iorl of tho were too grave to be intrusted to InLull It t I. row ii aim' Work Thu tivity. Ituilnoks of tho t'ompaojr ond Orgoa-ii- n ferior clerks or to New Zealand, one of the fairest of any outsider. Hu 1'iiluuUI lrruur. 1'twluiutlrr-(euer.i- !. Kiruraluii Alio 1'rartlro! Law the British colonies, is perhaps tho . Lti-.Kir. with liar Valhor. WASHINGTON LIVbD THERE. liveliest and must up lo date. It led the world In woman suffrage and is A Csatsoslal (Vlalirstloa at I ha Old IKS JESSIE DELL, ERE is picture of Joint author of the so called AusWallara Maasiun In Hawiarvlllathe Pooh-Ba- h of Georgia, Is prob-abl- y of tralian ballot taw. It is the paradise Tbs centennial anniversary of the of labor organizations, and its workNew Zealand. Richthe only delivery of Washington's farewell adard J. Seddon. A. ingmen are better organized than those young woman In dress was celebrated the other day at in any other country. This fact gives few of his governthe L'nited States the old mansion at Somerville, N. J., who Is the auditor mental and oilier added importance to the protest above which be cure occupied as his headAlof a railroad. functions are indi- quoted. Another fact of like import The house Is one of the best quarters. is that Mr. Seddon has long been the la not she cated in tie followthough relics. The which was worklngiuan's friend" in New Zeayet 22 years old. preserved Revolutionary ing. Memorial Society of she has held that Revolutionary sed by the land. He is rugged, democratic, unlae y pa New Jersey is negotiating for Its purDunedin Assembly ceremonious. place on the and will turn It into a niuaei'.in. chase, lint the oldest and most perplexing railroad for of the Knights of almost tnree years. Her father, Col. It standa on the old coach road leading problem in New Zealand politics is the ILor: from the town, and Is half bidden In John C. Dell, Is president of the railWe protest against the action of the "native question, which Involves the road. He is a prominent lawyer and an ancient grovo of oaks. It was known Hon. Richard Seddon in monopolising relations of the aboriginal Maoris to and the positions of premier, colonial treas- the governmenr. The Maoris, unlike a man of extensive political Influence. M Headquarters Middlebrook, It waa through Mies Dell's devotion to under Us roof was planned Sullivans urer, postmaster general, minister for the blacks in the neighboring colony of her father that she first began to take campaign against the Six Nations. customs, minister for native affairs, Australia, have not succumbed before It was In the winter uf 1778-7while minister for labor, minister In charge the advance of Christianity and rum. an Interest In the affairs of the railIndeed, they are not blacks at all. but road, and in hia law pactlce as well. Washingtons seven brigades of infaut- - of the government life insurance department, member of the (Hobo assets belong to the comely, light skinned By her discernment and Judgment ahe soon gained hia confidence, and small hoard, as well as being advisory di- family found in Samoa and Hawaii. rector of the u In the ruder days, before the British business matter were committed to gold minIcr. She gradually familiarized hering syndicate, as not being consistent possession, the Mueris were tremend- with his professions or democracy." ous fighters among themselves. They self with nil the departments of the Even if this told the whole story it had a system of tribal feuds that is railroad's management, and when a vawould he an interesting example of feebly reflected in the Sicilian ven-- 1 cancy occurreil In the office of auditor multifarious activity. But it does not. detia and the feud of the Tennessee she applied to her father for the place. In addition to the above offices Mr. mountaineers. Thus they were gener-- ' With a good deal of reluctance he apSeddon fills a score of others, subally at war. pointed her, and ahe has discharged The British conquered them, but the dm lea of the office with entire sidiary and supplementary, the names and character of which would be made un engaging pretense of buying i dlciency. to one not familiar with the all their lands. Indeed, the purchase THE OLD WALLACE MANSION, Iusscs ere sent to her regularly, cs auditor of the road, by all the other ry, Including troops of Virginia, Delapolitics of New Zealand. No man in and sale were buna fide except that ivliruudx of the south. They are often ware, Pennsylvania, end Maryland, modern politics fall--- , so little short of the terms were iuoxurubly fixed by the made out to Jesse Dell, and ahe fre- were encamped at Camp Middlebrook, being "the whole thing." His days aro purchaser. Some of the lands, like cur and still held in In his capacity of Indian quently receives communications ad-- Round Urook, that this old mansion full of husinesK. ' fee by the aborigines, from receive must he reports premier resell to "J. Dell. Esq." Mias Dell's became the headquarters of Gen. duties do not take her entire time, and Washington. The great oak timbers himself of the colon irl finances, cor- ' To this eircuiiiatanee and to tho she devotes part of her leisure to get- uf the dwelling bad but just been put rect his own schedules of customs, and, strong native intelligence and eombnt-- ! if need lie, rebuke himself for defective Irenes of the Maori is due the fact ting up excursions and picnics from in place, and the house was hurriedly eolleetion of eus- - (hat the aboriginals are still very much and administration which the railroad may reap an add- completed especially for Washington's ed profit. Kite makes a note of every occupancy, its owners were two brothcoming event at pi. ices along the road, ers named Wallace, Scotch merchants A BRAVE WOMAN. and vvlun the proper time comes sug- of New York. Washington took of to friends the her possibilities gests of it :it the close of a successun excursion. ful campaign in which the British bed Meeting a group of girls at a coda been driven tram New Jersey. water aland or lu a atoie, she mentions Mrs. Washington Joined her husband ilut a big puliticil meeting is to be early In December, 1778, and the manheld, and that it may be the lust chance sion was the scene of many a brilliant to hear the speakers who are to make social gathering o' army officers uml the addresses. Then she prevails upon their wivrs in the winter and spring some young man lo circulate a paper on of 1778 and 1779. who which to obtain th' names of those The bunco lists a wide wainscoted arc willing m attend the meeting. hall, with a wood eornire, ornamented When a sufficient number of tlifrc has arch, and a broad winding staircus. been obtained she apprlccs her father On the right of the hall is Warh.'nztanu and assists him in making the train reception room, with it Then some amateur arrangements. fireplace, and wood cornice cut in dogdramatis performance in a neighboring tooth design. In the rear are Washtown will claim her attention. She with sleeping apartments, confides to a few popular chaperons ington's white and blue Holland tile and a that a select and exclusive excursion is Franklin sieve. The to he made up to attend it. The party the left contains the dicing room t.n original chair Is made up, and a special train Is rhar-tererails and windows with small panes Another field for this activity of glass. The upper sleeping rooms Is offered ffy the cheap excursions of and slaves quarters are in a fine state the Central Raihoad of Georgia, of of preservation. which her road in a branch. lA8t fall While Washington lived in the house she successfully engineered a considerPlucke-mi- n, able reduction In rates on her road for a brilliant ball was held at five miles away, in honor of the Atlanta exposition. special days at the On one of these occasions the idea of French alliance. having all the school children attend JOSEPHINE'S HOME SOLD. In a delegation occurred to her. She inKftlilFDra of SApulpon' Flmt lVIfr terviewed the principal, and finally fnr Hulhllns Untight four rurpoo. Ills consent to rained holidays give The chateau of Malmafson, which Miss and conducted the delgatlon. Dell prefers-thave the general public was the residence of Josephine do consider her father the promoter of Dee. uharn a ta after her divorce from Namany of the schemes, but her personal poleon I. was sold recently to M. Osin supervision la usually well known. ris, the philanthropist, for She sometimes disputes with the presi- 152.0U0 francs, says the European edident the price uf round trip excursion tion of the New York Herald. The ratea. Gaulois states that M. Osiris was also MRS. JOHN C. KES3LEZL the purchaser for 4,300 francs of two Mrs. John C. Kessler, of Chicago, who roundings are not only poverty strickpyramid in red granite, originally at the Chateau de Richelieu, which tire will try to bring a little light Into the en, but vieiutiB and criminal, and Mra. situated on the facade of the chateau. lives of the children of "Little Hell," Kessler's tank is one of the noblest a The famous billiard table of Napoleon, has been engaged for year In works well as the most arduous assumed by Mrs. Kessler begaii placed In one of the rooms of Malmai-so- n of charity and benevolence. Her own a philanthropist. near to that In which the sale was lire was saddened when she lost her her work last December by estblishing a mission In the district. When he held, wag sold to a curiosity dealer of only sou. and she is now devoting herself to the poor children who live in began to know the people ehe resolved the Rue le Peleticr for 723 francs. The land surrounding tho chateau, the squalid districts In the twenty-thir- d to build the Children's Temple, which ward. Khe chose this district as waa recently opened. She has wealth with the exception of lh park, which Is sold to M. Osiris, was divided into the one In which her efforts to make enough to carey out the project and thirty-fiv- e lots. Theme were eold to life brighter for poor children would energy to reach the poor children. various purchasers. Comtesse de Bari, be spent. In "Little IlcH" the tur- - Chicago Times-- ! Ierald. the owner of the small rhateau of purchased one of the prineipnl tnms. It then devolves upon him to in New Zeataml politics. Thpsit i:i lots. The orphanage of Notre Dame give audience to the postmaster genparliament and hold office. They have de I.uuilcre Efrrnclle became the poseral. himself, concerning needed approdlsioverefl a rich vein of eloquence sessor of twenty-tw- o lots. The sale, priations and reforms In the depart- - To tome extent, since tlicir contact ; which was conducted by the represenwith th English., they have learned MISS JESSIE DELL. tative of Mme. Scirdeaii of Bougivai, the pleasing arts of dlplouaiv, such Miss lb'll, though unotticmuH. takes a was attended by a large number of lying and cheating. personal Imsiiicis interest in every em- property owners of the district. The 'ill1.:, if Mr. Seddon bail nothing in ploye of the rn.id. Her power is re- toial amount realized was Si.ft.KM) do but attend to the Maori, lie wouiil spected. and she is vastly popular as francs. M. Osiris, interviewed by t'ao be what Is ordinarily accounted a ba.--y well. An amusing instume of her im- Temps as to the use to which he Inniau. But. as we have seen, thir i portant e occurred on the occasion of tends to put Mnlraaison. state that be only one ripeonholrd in i:i n large excuriion to the seashore. The Intends to prerer.t it to the nation. Becapacious and many sided day's work. was adschedule to ditlieult necessary fore actually doing so. however, he is just. The trip boinfi expensive, was going to rnr.cu't certain persons as to TlifM ICeniarUu'iln Sun. not at first popular, but Jessie se-- i the best means of honoring the memuml some concession!! from the Cen- ory of Napoli-oI. For exaniple, he is At an early hour in thu evenings of tral railroad, and the train was filled contemplating the possibility of makSeptember a brilliant star, of a slight! when the starting lime came. It was ing the chateau Into a resilience for old reddish color, will be visible low in to leave at 3 in the morning, but Miss officers. the northwest. The curved handle of Dell did not apenr on time and the the "Great Dipper points to It. it-lilrtl MiiitU,i. train awaited her coming. The time name. Arc.urus, can be found In the Another form of protective resemof departure went by. The engineer book of Job. At the same hour, which exhibits much Ingenderided that by means of shorter stops blance," nearly overhead, in the middle of the Milky and faster running than usual he could ious contrivance and skill. Is someWay, will he seen the outline of a make the trip. The warning whistle times found among birds. Some birds PREMIER SEDDON. blew, the bell rang, the passengers hide their eggs among stones which ment of postofflccs and post roads. Tie large cross formed by stars. This cross is In the eonatellatlon Cygnus. The The train had to leave resemble the eggs in form and color. must then resolve himself murmured. into the largest star, at the head of bottle-tit,- " without her. She arrived Just too late The little in England, minister for labor and confer with himthe. cross, is called Alpha Cygnl. and the next in teleat the depot. The station-mastweaves a bottle-shape- d nest out of self concerning the even perplexing size, situated at the point where the graphed for the train to wait for her most, lichens and spiders' webs, and which come up In that Imbeams of the Imaginary rrosa meet, I at the first crossing, a mile out of town. when placed in a tree or bush, the nest questions disportant department. Having then She boarded ft there, and It rushed so closely resembles Its surroundings missed a few papers, laid by his own called Gamma Cygnl. Coneeruing these on at n frightening speed, arriving at that It ran hardly be detected. The hand stars Mr. Lockyer, the Engl!h upon his own desk, concerning three the junction barely in time to make color and appearance of the nest ore government astronomer, ha recently made a verv life Insurance, Anglo-Germthe connection. imitations of the prevailing color and Interesting statement. Analyzing their mining syndicate affairs. Globa asAlthough Miss Dell holds a place of appearanre of the particular tree In sets and Maori land questions, he has lirJit with the spectroscope, he And responsibility on her father's road, she which it is placed. An amusing story the rest of the day for the demands of evidence that A returns I almost exis greatly averse to being considered n is told by Mr. H. F. Withcrby lu his private business and social affairs. actly similar to our run In lti composipublic woman, and has a private post Knowledge, of a bottle-t- it which Ills evening are presumably free for tion and is cooling off. Alpha Cygnl. box where all reports are sent to her, made a serious blunder in trying to his on the other hand, i a sun very differ family. and ahe transacts her business at home. hide Its neM. The nest was placnd In Is perhaps unnecessary to state ent from ours, and is getting hotter, It In the absence of her father the em- a green holly-bus- h and was covered that Mr. Ked.lon is a hustler. Hr is while Camn-.Cygnl somewhat reployes go to her home for Information with white lichens. It might be sugnot yet seventy a ml looks less than sembles the sun. but 1 also Increasing and Instruction. Miss Dell shows un gested tbut tbc bird was color-blinei:.'y. He ha all the srrlnEiness and instead of decrcaaicg in temperature. WOMAN RUNS A ROAD. POOIMUH. e r' Sly-van- la 9. ; j i Anglo-Gerina- I ; i d: TO PACIFY CHRISTIANS. pos-eesdl- on d. wcll-knaw- MGR. TCIIAMTCHIAN. The suspension and exile of the sul-a- n of Turkey of the moat reverend patriarch, or metropolitan bishop, of :he Armenian community at Coiwtan-inoplrendered It needful that a 'lorn m tenens" should be appointed for .he administration of the affairs of hat rhurrh In the capital of the Turk-s- h empire. An ecclesiastical per.wn-igMgr. Harthelomew Tcbamtchlun, has been chosen for the ofllre, not by the assembly of Armenians, but through the intervention of a mixed council, the members of whirh were nominated by the sultan. The new oinclal enjoys much popularity with the high-ran- k Turks and it la expjet-s- d that his great tact will do much toward keeping peace between the two factions. Perhaps the most wonderful verses ver written by a child not yet in her trena are In the poem entitled Ye icuiance of Ye Oldcnne Tynie," which Margaret wrote before she was 12 .oars old, and had published in the r number ef St. Nicholas, The mem is: never dreamed or- - nn; 11 her father, struck by the apparent bimiiy and smoothness of the lines or Ye Romance of Y'e Oldcnne Tymc," sent them to the editor of St. Nicholas for an opinion us to their poe;ii-a- l merit. The answer was worm ionise for Margaret's genius and an offer to publish the child's best poems. e, e, bptf-mbe- Mai-malsn- toftrllv Minili'h, the South American forests the butterflies and tho birds are eqiitliy brilliant in their colors. blit the butI:i & terflies being weaker, fall u prey tu tho birds. One very bright luted aperies of butterfly, however. Li nut disturbed by the birds, on aceount of tho riisa- greeable odor which it emits. Singularly enough, some other grjups of butterflies. which resemble the species Just described In color, also escape persecution by the hiidg. although they emit no odor. It is evident that the similarity of color derelrM the bird, and thus serves as a shield for the butterflies. This soft of mimicry of tolor and form, which naturalist calf pro tectlve resemblance." Is not very uncommon among insects. -- JW MARGARET FRANCES MACRO. Besides the almost absolute perfection of the rhyme, and the simple mii-il- c of the versea, the spelling, the syntactical form of the lines are true to :he genius of ancient English. And yet thin little poet, whose years preclude the Idea of any extensive excursions Into the literature of earlier times. Is unable to fell when or where she got the ideas for the poem. Although not precocious In any other way, Margaret has been writing verses since she was yearn old. She Is the daughter of Philip Mauro, n patent lawyer, and all .the years of her young life, except one, when she was abroad, have been passed In Washington. The rhild never went to school, except at Infrequent luter- - By Illllasalshlac HiiiIm. a scientific experiment Professor Caltell of Columbia college hus determined that the average person's eye are able to distinguish about twenty-liv- e different shades between black and white, lie employed no less h.in two huudrrd shades in his experiment, but the great majority of these were too near alike to be distinguished by Ihc eye. These were not shade of dif-- f I rent colors, but simply gray surfaces passing gradually from white to block. j n ! i er an a d! 4 |