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Show "V l , T1IE GRANT OF JAPAN 4 quality of cypress wood. Slow Crow lag Bat Art Durable. The cj press is a noto iously slow-groing tree, and its wood is just as notoriously durable, aa an exchange. It is capable of not only resisting the ac- Th CEN. YAMACATA THE VICTOR1, OUS l Iv.-- t Thta MILITARY LEADER. ont Ku tic Kfe)l Ion la rilting Meters for the Court, ay Shows lha Lamented mer!-cCtuiuunder. tmiutrj THEIR reception of the famous Japanese soldier, General 'In Chief Maiquts YamSgata and his suite, who recently passed through this coun-t- r en route to Moscow to attend the coronation of the czar, the American people have shown that they have not forgotten the honors which the Japanese bestoweil irpon Gen. Grant when he visited their country after bi jetlrement from the PresiIndeed, Yamagata is often dency. st led the Gen. Grant of Japan, a title which bis eminent services as minister, president of the privy council, organizer of the new army, strategist and victorious commander entirely warrant Yamagata is of humble lineage, being of the Samurai class. He Joined the army at the age of nineteen, and won his promotions through merit alone. Like G p Grant, he is noted for his modesty and taciturnity. He is sixty-thre- e ytars of age, small of stature. but physically of great strength and N -- durance Among the generalissimos staff were Gen. Oshitna, who, if his chief is styled the Grant, is worthy to be called the Sheridan of Japan for his brilliant aer vices in the Chinese war; President Tsudziki, of the Imperial Library, an MARQUIS Tri lit FRANCE'SNEVLEADER Nttorioutf FELIX JULES MELINE, HEADGF - - THE LATEST CABINET. - tion ofTfiFueather in a manner.totall) different to all other woods, but it Is wholly uninfluenced by immersion in water over a long period of tears. It has many curious chemlt.il properties, which hold its fibers and other conthat-thst break which ordinary changes down the tissues of ordinary woods are In cy press w boliyTesisted. Instances are known where the wood of the cypress has endured for more than 1,000 years, leaving it still in a solid condition, subject only to the attrition of the elements, suth as the gradual wearing away one sees in exposed rocks. In the lowr valley of thh Mississippi a species of cypress is extremely abundant, and in New Orleans lately, while some men were excavating a trench, a cypress stockade was found which was erected in 1730 by the French as a protection against the Indians. Some of the pieces measured twenty-on- e inches in width, with a thickness of about twelve inches, and, though it had been burlel for bo many years, it was in perfect condition when exhumed," even the tool marks being still clearly visible. By a series of experiments extending over many years.it has been found that cypress wood endures the varying conditions of greenhouses beter than any other wood. Green-housexposed to all the vicissitude of heat, moisture and changes of temperature, show the cypress timber used in their construction to be practically unchanged after more than fifty years of use; and. being sufficiently tough for the purpose, it is probable it will come moce generally into use for building wnre a wood of great resisting power is required. Many old doors made by the early Spaniards in Americaare still as serviceable as ever, although exposed to a most trying climate. YAMAGATA. llai limn la Pnbtle Llfs ef th Pmrli I onirnnn es Blecs A the strong men la Gallic politic. The uncompromising war M. Melina has made tor high tariff in hls country and his unalterable opposition to free trade against an entire ministry, whose strength wa by no means to be despised, made a hero of him for French protectionist. Every Frenchman is a politician,, and Meline Is one of the fortunate few who have come to the front Born In he studied law, and was n intense politician at his majority. He was elected a member of the commune, but declined the office. He was made a national assemblyman in 1872, and four years later was elected to the chamber. For fifteen years he waa almost constantly before the public as deputy or a filling some function under the patronag or necessity of some ministry. He was under secretary of the Interior with Grevy, but resigned at one month's end. later he" wa made a member of the tariff commission, and In 1880 he battled with the MULE FUND IN MONTANA. Nolo by a Timely XM, snd Freedom. Fame FAMOUS CORRESPONDENT FOR Citizens of Montana are having th There has lately $een added to the TIMES. LONDON THE opportunity to contribute to a fund that collection of plant at the botanic strikes a popular chord aqd is meet at Madras, gardens India, a specimen of Hr In th Century ing with a hearty response from those fused Membership a strange tree, urs an Ed,t Indian cornab Hmhm Bf HU (Iterance Again.! solicited to subscribe. The name respondent toXondop. It la in else and at ' Annrk-nInatltutlena Cold Comfort would be more more than a bush, but other scarcely the same time alllteratlvely rhythmical , individuals of It speiies are known to for Anglomnulno if It was called the Montana Mule in have attained, their habitat In the it Is, EORGE W. Smal- Money, for that is exactly what Himalayas, Burmah and the Malacca - , ctrcum"a The mule. money for peninsula, the dimensions of a large ley, who has just stance formation to the rise that gave been feet in tree, from fifty to seventy-fiv- e practically of this collection la founded on th blackballed by the height The Madras specimen Is surfollowing story, which, unfortunately a associarounded b) Century strong railing, which ii for The name of si late resident of good bears the slgnT Da n g e r a us ; all persons tioa. or New-Yor-elti- - -on the ground that the state. is strictly' true.- This are forbidden to touch the leaven or unfavorsen and become had widely of this tree branches he is sn antlIt is therefor known through the publicity' a forbidden tree ia the midst of the American, ha been ably to the many acta of cruelty to given no one is but aeverely garden, rather tempted to touch dumb brutes and harsh treatment of criticised for hi It, for If known to be a "burning members of bis family of wbich be tree." This name 's a misnomer, for freely expressed bad been guilty, and public execration Bethe tree stings rather than burn love for all that is British. IU is t had in several especially aggravated neath the leaves there are stings compresent th American correspondent instances almost assumed th form of to those 6f For many years at call from a nettles. Which, when for the London Time parable As vigilance commute touched, pierce the skin and secrete be was correspondent for a New York of the Innate ' Illustration crowning which to fluid the cams a certainly has a burning paper in London. He first conThe stlnga leave no outward front as a journalist during the war, meanness of hls nature b bad effect workbe to demned mule refroRory sign, but the sensation of pain exists and did brilliant work for the New York ed with a bridle bit made of barbed sometimes for months, and is espe- Tribune. His first visit to Europe wa Ire, a species of torture, it Is seedless cially keen on damp days, or when the in 1866, and one year later he went to to state, that none but the most cruel which has buIs wounded been London to organise the European place would have conceived, much less have plunged Into "water. The native in reau of bis paper. It has always been carried into execution. -- After a brief, the part Burmah where this tree grows alleged that hia letters have taken the enforced submission to this method of re In such terror of It that they fly English view of things, and his opinthe mule Improved a parpunishment when, they perceive the peculiar odor ions have never been favorably refavorable opportunity to mete ticularly exhales. It If In to it which fact, ceived by many American they happen out punishment to his touch U they fall on the ground and ham been charged, that Smalley was a human tormentor, and by a roll over and over on the earth with tory. It is said that be sneers at kick on th head streched him Doga touched by tt yelp and American Institutions and customs and shriek beside th plow on the lifeless run, biting and tearing the part of the dearly loves all that is English in the with which Jhe ground had been working. has A is which been touched. horse It and institutions. way of customs body During the course of the day which bad been in contact with a said that he has a clever way of twist found the body and carried neighbor burning tree ran like a mad thing, bit- - ing a situation so as to give it the it to the house. Her they were hor- - , la proper English color. An Instance rifled to find the wife jtud mother, specified in hls recent treatment of the now a widow, securely French crlsl In which Mr. Smalley fortunately a to chained ring bolted to the studBourfavored the senate a against the atUe an of room, tha key of tb ding geois ministry. Mr. 8malley not long padlock being found in the pocket of After releasing the woman the corps from her imprisonment and canvassing the various acts of Infamy that had so strongly marked the life of th dead maortliFABseffibled beighiiort came t the unanimous conclusion that the mule had rendered humanity a service of such proportions as to be worthy of recognition at th hands of a grateful community, Thla conviction deep- ened as additional circumstance cam to light, all of which served to heighten the extent of the dead mans depravity and to swell the list of hls evil deeds until the mule loomed up as a positive hero, and pubtle appreciation began on the spot to taka a substantial Row Lowly lu-.e- -- L -- well-merit- -- well-direct- - GEORGE W. SMALLEY, ago let some of the acid from his pen fall upon Gladstone. The grand old liked In certain English man" quarters, whereas he is thought well of in this country. That was another reason why Mr. Smalley was criticised. During hls long residence in England the American journalist made many friends among the best people there. Hls return to New York was in the capacity of a London not an American Journalist. The aggressive Americana In the Century association were by no means pleased when the great correspondent's name was proposed for membership, and hls friends were persuaded to withdraw iL loot X)ne of the most Influential women of nt FELIX JULE3 MELINE. form. A subscription paper wa started then and there headed; "For the purpose of raising a fund for tha use and benefit of the aforesaid mule so long as he may live. Th fund at once assumed large proportions and now that it has been added to tram almost all parts of the state ha reached the sum of 82,000. Montana eft turns are now falling over each other In their eagerness to contribute snd a! tb same time testify to their appreciation of the good riddance effected by the timely kick of the humble mule. A YOUNG EXPLORER. ing everything and everybody that it could reach. A missionary at MandaWUllnas Aatnr Chanter Baa HaS Many lay who investigated a leaf of the plant Straaga Adveatares. with his forefinger suffered agony for There is at present ia San Francisco several weeks, and for ten months felt a young man, William Astor Cbanler, The only concessions he occasional pains in hls finger. hibitive. who has been a most Intrepid traveler would listen to were a lew- points in and enthusiastic explorer. He is son rop Chanler for favor of Switzerland and the United the late John I Foment f TbaoaoptiUt. a member of State" One yearthereafter he whs re- : Ernest Temple Hargrove, years many preeldeutl n'1 turned as a deputy. In 1883 we find him of the American rom New society, j Theosophies! yr)l in B A tor. when minister of" agriculture. Retiring Mer 1. very young for the position. He 1. H 1885 with Ferrys cabinet, he went from ffraduated an Englishman and hit father was for jj back to the chamber, and in 1888 he herited a large fortune and turned he presided over that body. Since then attention to travel in 1889, when he has been in the chamber at odd times, waa but 21 years old. Just now he has and has never been out of the public been down in Arizona snd New Mexico, eye. He is a sharp politician, a good where he had the pleasure of helping statesman, and thoroughly understands some United States soldiers chase a the temper of hls countrymen.- band of apaches that had been murder Mr. Chsnler was the first ing settler Wedding of Theater Folk. A marriage which attracted conwhite man to make the complete clr siderable attention in London occurred cult of Kilimanjaro in Africa. He headed for Africa when he first started recently between Mr. Arthur Playfair and Miss Lena AahwelL Miss Ashwell out and with a small caravaa of Zanis a great beauty and is l daughter of zibaris he marched Into Maroiland. In Commander Pocock. She was born on 1892 he equipped another "expedition the ocean. When a girl she received which was said to be the most perfect her education abroal and entered the in Its way of any known. He wa ac Royal Aeademy of Music, where she compacted by hi body servant, Georg attracted the attention of Miss Terry, Galwln, and an Austrian lieutenant. who advised her to go on the atage. As He had a force of 200 native rifles and h her father had taken holy orders on lot of scientific apparatus for expert menu. The expedition was not so sucleaving the sea Mias Ashwell followed E. T. HARGROVE, Ellen Terrys advice and scored an incessful as he had hoped, as ths natives n solicitor of deserted, the pack mutes dieAsnd the stant success. Her hiubsnd is the many years a Playfair of London In appearance he Is 6 feet 2 lieutenant aa wounded by a rhinoceyounger son of Maj.-Geintellec- ros and had to be aent back to the coasL the Indian army, who is a cousin of inches In height, has clear-cu- t, Lord Playfair. He inherits hia theatri- - tual features and is singularly preposMr. Chanler returned to New York written sessing After he left college he travcity In 1894 and has since then eled extensively, and among other place spent some time in Tasmania, Australia and Ceylon, where It Is said He Is a at jesat one mahatma reside sFruggTe ToXeepXirptpesoTxtrong to- -' but doe not practice, and since lawyer 1 bacco down to a minimum. He coming to America has taken out bappy, like Gladstone, in falling physl naturalization papers. It waa by ealiy first merest accident he became interested ia theosophy, but he haa since become entirely devoted to IL He waa with Brilliant Tee eg Morel let. William Q. Judge, the late president of One of the interesting younger novel-Ue theosophlst- - when the latter died of the day is Edward S. Van Zlle, recently. who has produced several successful romances, notably hls recent "Manhat-tanerHe is a man of perhaps thirty-fou- r Clara Bertoe'e War years, a graduate of Trinity Colfrom Miss Clara Barton Telegrams lege, Hartford, and a resident of Brookan encouraging report of the regive lyn. For a number of years he has lief work which Is being prosecuted been a regular writer on the New York by her agents in Armenia. The sufMr. Van Zlle is of small physLENA ASHWELL. pres fering so universal and Intense, howWILLIAM A. CHANLER. ique, but athletic aad possessed of cal Jnstlncts from hls grandfather, who ever. that the succor supplied by an As be athlete a look Americaa-ebsrlty abundant good book, "Throifed Jungle and Desert, needs to be greatly was a patron of the stage and on hls disia said to be proficient with hls 'English estate had a small theater enlarged, and urgent appeals for funds If it had not been for the recent says Chanter Mr. duke" built, where be tired to act. Young Mr. are made by the committee In this city. turbances In Africa out another expePlayfair baa made hi sac'ess by bur-- I Miss Barton's persistence and courage- he would have fitted Af te . The smallest humming bird weighs lesqulng n actors, principally of purpose seem to have made a decid- iI dition this year, as the e never ed Impression even on the stolid Turk. ficsn exploration ha twenty groin Sir Henry Irving. party In power for protection, making So hls influence felt in all direction totally waa he convinced of the itrength of hls position that he favored a protection that was practically pro- AN IRISH METHODIST. Who Is Mow In felted th State. Visiting Rev. R. Crawford Johnson, who is visiting this country. Is an Irish clergy A DlstlnnWhsd Clergy me J' well-know- n. U o. well-know- I . k. f(l ffl the middle west is Mrs. Ellen M. Hen rotin, president of the Federation of t m th. a .uvea, A Brain j Woman Women's clubs of the United States. Born in Maine, educated in America, England, France and Germany, and married to Mr. Charles Henrotin, the Chicago banker, who Is a Belgian by birth, Mrs. Henrotin is a woman of cosmopolitan culture, patriotic principle, end rare social accomplishments. and Mrs. Henrotin was tlve. acting president of the womans branch The officials of the Union Pacific of the Worlds Congress Auxiliary, Chicago and Northwestern, and Michi in which arranged various congresses durgaa Central railroads had the party did ing th exposition at Chicago in 18!ri charge from San Francisco, and contrito their in power every thing bute to the comfort and convenience of the general and hls suite, who. In fact, expressed themselves as overwhelmed with the kindness and attentions everywhere shown them, and will doubtless take hath home with them the report that nowhere In the worltf ls travel made so pleasant and agreeable as in America. One circumstance which especially impressed the sentimental Orientals was the loading of their special car with flowers at Niles, in of Michigan, where the green-housthe Mubigan Central railroad are located. That railroads grew flowers was of a revelation to the flower-lovemet were the Buffalo At party Japan. Cenby a special train of the New York tral, in charge of Mr. GiOi ge H. Daniels, the general passenger agent of the road, with the governors staff and a committee from the legislature. At Albany MRS. CHARLES HENROTIN. the governor held a reception in honor and is not social leader but the only snd visitors, of the distinguished the in marked force progressive and continued was York Journey to New movement that is making In rapid time. In that city the party humanitarian new altruistic Chicago, was received by the authorities with be- itself felt in the after four days stay fitting honors, and BbnrcK Felling Fne they sailed for Havre. The prolongation of the celebration of Bismarcka birthday has been this In trod need lb Raises BHL , , at as last, a great physical tax on the Is stirring law year, Raines present The man who was once said to be of iron. up New York. 1 as clear a a bell, The man who introduced the bill Into Though h!a mind "The legislature. Senator Raines, is a he is no longer a strong man except by - tau gentleman with a determined face. fits and starts, and he suows various unmistakable signa of great age. Hi worst toe now, though hls foes have been numerous enough, lr the Of u ralgla which afflicts hlm.andthe hardest battle be haa ever fought ia hls SENATOR RAINES. iand hie prohibition efforts will not be vere fight The downed without effect of the law in New York city last saloons and Sunday ws to clow the to the drink n wanted who drive those hotels. W. SMALLEY. Burning TREE." GEORGE bw Teach It Dreaded , ELIX Jules Melme, now at thejhelm of the French government as prime PfirioniUty of Mark Hanna. Mark Hanna, of Cleveland, O., cole brated at present, is a native Ohioan, and lacks one year of being seventy Fortune gave him the Midas touch, and whether he ventured to sell groceries and oil, or mine coal and iron, or build lake vessels, or buy real estate, the re suit has uniformly been a large addl tion to a constantly Increasing fortune. One of his possessions Is the Euclid Avenue Opera House in CleveHe is somewhat of the Grant land. style of man solid and substantial, wholly lacking in "style," reserved, ar.d somewhat brusque. rs th Dys Friend .f Short This Country In Trad Relation. tiketf 'I of III. 1ublir rrer. e es A Pl bT w accomplished linguist and scholar, and four other gentlemen of rank. Although traveling practically In cognlto, and not presenting themselves as vlbitors to this country, the party were received by the United States Army commanders at San Francisco, Omaha, and Chicago with the courtesy befitting their high rank and veputa tion. Gen. Yamagata, indeed, excused him'.cif as much as possible from public courdisplay, and only accepted official tesies ns honors paid to his Imperial Majesty in the person of his represents THE REV. J. C. JOHNSON, man who preaches to a charge in Belfast, yet he is neither Roman Catholic nor EpiscopaL An Irish cleric who is not Anglican or Roman Catholic is a rarity, but Mr. Johnson Is a Methodist. He has a fine church In Belfast and Is one of the most attractive preacher In the emerald isle. Hs is native Irish, b?rn in the County of Antrim, which Is in the northern end of the island. He has devoted most of hls life to pastoral work in hls native land and has spent his life in Ireland, with the exception of the years he gave to culture, study and thought in Didsbury College, which is hard by Manchester. About sir year" e ago Mr. Johnson was given charge city missions In Belfast in order to reach the masses, and hi work there ha been a fine success. He preaches ia a great auditorium called Grosvenor Hall and I the leading man In the "forward movement'' In Deland. This movement alms to lift the masses by giving them libraries, reading-room- s and training schools. During hls stay ia America Dr. Johnson will look Institutions and take back with bim to Belfast whatever Improvements he thinks can be adopted with profit The doctors wife and son accompany him. of-th- into-kindre- d Tie uS Vlrtee. There I a far closer connection between our virtuea and our vlcea than most of us are accustomed to suppose. What Is the relation between them This: Our vices are our virtues, carried to excess. Rev. J. J. Lalner. t- ' - |