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Show ; EARL MADE ton el rod Kenmarq, tv the accompaniment of the prescribed admonitions When finally girted with tha sword, CONFERRING THE ORDER UPON and enveloped la tha mantle, a fanfare EARL OF LUCAN. greeted the unfurling of tha new knight's banner, and Ulster, In a reI la Pall Caart Unu-T- lB W- - sonant and clear volte, declared hit Mb la ltttorlaf ( atBaaaaa aaB titles as already recited, with tha addition of h5a new Investiture. Ulater Mr irtkar (kan. Ubw Uafat-Arthru conrlnfiefl the ceremony by reB IMkls Hiara. hearsing the dignities of the knights present each knighj rising to his name Gm. George Bingham, tuunh earl or and while the Hat late colonel of the Rritiah life oT hisremaining standing A trying mks read dignities guards, aa made a Knight of Si Pat- j ordeal, The moat Illustrious tala was rick recently, in place of the late Karl 'hit of the heroic laird Roberts, who. of Caledon Although Lord Lui an though short of stature was second to cannot boast an ancient title - the y j none In gsllant besting and dignity of dating only from 1776 and the nuen Vs the Victoria Croa ended the earldom from ) 795 he coou-- s of a recital and the brave soldier bowed family, whose hietoiic rec- ! ord begins in the reign of Elizabeth. himself back to hla stall, a cbeer rote Hit chief title to distinction, however, from the general company, and tbe la vested in the fact that he is the son ladies clapped their hands and raiaed Of his father the Earl their fans aloft Of Lucan of Crimean fame, to whoa KIPLINGS POPULARITY. A KSIGllT ! "f ' j 4 i j Uar-on- I Aulhsr Who Saaha U lea ea Aaa-(y- It haa been generally suggested that tbe workingman s enthusiasm for Kipling la due to the omniscience of this arlter of 34 jears, that the aoldier reveres him for his knowledge of A soldier s dork, pleasures and woes; I hat the railroad man swears by him be understands so well how an engine is built, that tbe sailor and fisherman, the puoite school boy, tbe city clerk, the mechanic, find the In his perfect acquaintance with their life. No doubt this clinches the charm, but certainly a broader underlies the popularity principle which the poet and fictlonUt has won 1th the masses. This is that he appeals to the emotional aide of his readers as well as to tbe Intellectual. A man like Matthew Arnold, be be never so great finds himself, perhaps with some approval, cut off from all but those readers In whom there is some unusual degree of Intellectual training and refinement, observes a writer in the Review of Reviews. Kipling masters such readers, too, with his magnificent certainly of phrase and g healthful vlgSTHlnd with hla dramatic faculty proceeds to capture the rest of the world that knows better how to feel than to think Doubtless, too, his brilliant early success as a popular suthor Is due very largely to his choice of subjects; to tbe vigorous launching of bis genius into the topic of the hour, the present problem of the natiou. Thus as good a poem as "The .. nits Mana Burden might easily have been unnoticed by the world at large had It none of tbe tremendous public interest which has brought that noble utterance into the mouths of millions of Americans. Here Mr. Kipling has in his poetic work an advantage apd, a danger analogous to thoee which are before the lesser singers ot stage topical songs. A palpable hit Is certain to fetch the whole house; on the other hand, the populace U expecting a hit every time, and few performers ran Invariably meet Its demand. Mr. Kipling seems to be such an inevitable sort of fellow that on Is surprised even to hear that be ever writes things over twice before giving them to us. But be assures the rare and happy interviewer that most of what he writes goes inio the wastebasket. D. C. in the ssme campaign, winning there the decora,-tlon- s of the Legion of Honor and the Medjiade. The , English Garter, the Sootch Thistle and the Irish St. Patrick are the three most distinguished orders of knighthood In the United Kingdom. That of 8t. Patrick was the latest Instituted, Its date of Inception being the Like the Order of the year 1783. Thistle, It has alwavs been reserved for noblemen, natives of the country, made worthy of such distinction by k nightly actions, great Seeds or high moral qualities. It has also enrolled such members of the royal family as it has sought to honor. Previous to the act ot disestablishment the Installations were held in St. Patrick's cathedral, where above the several stalls are still suspended the helmets and banners of those who held the order at that period. But the church has been divorced by the state, and the is purely law, and la ceremony performed In the castle, in St. Patricks hall. It is a noble chamber, decorated In white and gold, against which the crimson chair of state stands out in bold relief, overshadowed by the six From the walls are royal standards. suspended fourteen banners of the heights created since the secularisation of the order. A hlate of trumpets announced the opening of the mediaeval drama, as the Countess Cadogan and a train of ladies. In black and white, came in and took their seats at each side of the cbaptef table, shicta was prosaically covered iff, blue cloth, and served with blotting pads Then the national anthe.n heralded the procession of his excellency, who was resplendent In the robes and jeweled insignia ot the grand master of the order, his flowing mantle held Up bv two Small pages similarly caparisoned. The viceregal staff was in attendance, in glittering uniforms, and Sir Arthur Vicars, s. who was. an ImUlster in a massive and figure dignified posing tabard and .nualnt Elizabethan ruff. At the command. "Ulster, summon the knights! almost Instantly reappearartist, in a ing, like a quick-chang- e circling crimson cloak, heading the knights companions, thirteen In number, who, walking in order of seniority, took tbeir seats on tbe left of the chapter table, where was one vacant seat soon to be filled- - by the hero of tbe function. The knights were habited in their blue mantles and Insignia, and, with the staff of his excellency, they made a magnificent tableau. Tbe roll was then called, her majestys warrant read, and. preceded by the official rod of the gentleman usher. Lord official of the Cbarlemont, a time-ol- d the Earl of Lucan was presented to the grand mataer. who, p, taking a sword from an dubbed the gallant soldier "knight." He Immediately retired, to return In a few minutes, summoned by a fanfare and accompanied by the strains of "See, the Conquering Hero Comes. The procession on this occasion was Interesting and striking. Tbe junior knighta. Lords Arran and Roberta, conducted the earl between them to tha chair of state. His heraldic properties were severally borne by tha different officer of the order. Athloae, pursuivant of arms, led In tbe pngeant, and tbe banner was held by the Marquis Of Hamilton. Hs himself wore of the uniform of a lleutsnant-eolonthe First life' guards, hit medals glistening on his scarlet tuniq. After signing tbe statutory declaration, redd by tha chancellor, he was robed by tha senior knights, fjords Lis to-d- ay blue-deel- el -- klng-at-arm- hedla-appeare- rice-royalt- y, aide-de-cam- el d, AMBASSADOR 1 1 m I FIRED. Snubbed and Insulted because he gun on his shoulder, and I with my performed a military duty thirty-tw- o drum on my back, set out for the camp. years ago, Senor Manuel Aspiros, amThus I became a soldier. bassador to the United States from For one month all went smoothly. Mexico, is having an experience the This did not prevent me, however. parallel of which Is not to be found from bringing down with my father's In diplomatic history. He la ostracized gun, a brigand Prussian who showed by European representatives accredited his head at the corner of the woods. to the United States because he was I had a steadier aim than the old solthe prosecutor of Maximilian of Mexdiers even, and the man I drew on was ico. The representative of one republic at the capital of a sister republic. a dead man. One morning at daybreak tbe cap-- j Ambassador Aspirnz finds himself flouted because the representatives of tain, who bad collected his men on of royalty disapprove of an act performed the parade ground near the old gate ho by the ambassador as a patriot' and a Saint Claude, called to my father, soldier. One of the saddest and most was drilling hts men: "Sergeant Bigorne, he said, "the enemy presses us esch day more close ly; If this continues, in eight days he will be within our walls. This must not be. the commandant has ordered a sortie In order to reenforce tha troops at Lunevllls, who hold the country In the enemys rear. Your division is to be the advance guard, sergeant. It Is the question to pits the enemy or die la the attempt. . . '.So be it, answered jay father;. "we j To-nlg- bt 1 will go. -- -- . And he went. This was a dreadful day. The enemy had been informed, and received us with a volley of grape-shHowever, we held out firmly until evening, so firmly that not one of aa heard tbe order for retreat, and when night fell we were encircled by the enemy, with no hope of escape. All the tame, these civic guards, shopkeepers as they were, did not know when they were beaten, and when a comrade fell they simply fought for ot - romantic tragedies tof the century thus recalled by a social sensation these modern days. I In A flew P.iplnrwtlaa-oTlhaL Dr. Sven Hedin, the Swedish explorer, who has added so much to our knowledge of central Asia, intends to start on another expedition to that - interesting, and in some respects mysterious, land about the middle Of the present year. He Is to be gone three years, and will try to spend n winter In the Alpine regions of Thibet, at U Y elevation of 15,000 feet. Flv la the Ototmaab Jlmson, who had just won tbe capita! prize of $15,000 in m foreign lot tery, on being notified the same day of a raise In salary of $30 a month, said: "Te gods, how I could hava enjoyed this If I hadnt made that strike in th lottery!" eald ta Be Ike DWELLINO. OI44 Stsaa Mew EagtaaS. dwelling house la town of Guilford, known aa the "Old Stone House, la th oldest house 1 this state, and It ta also said to be the oldest stone house la New England. A bill la pending In tbe legislature providing for the purchase of th hous by the state from Its present owner, Mrs garth B. Cone of Stochbrltjge. of Rev. Mass., a liheal descendant Henry Whitfield, the builder anil original owner H Is proposed to preserve the old landmark and convert It lnte a historical museum The following taken fiona description of the house Smiths "History of Guilford; "This house was erected by Rev. Henry Whitfield, both for ths of his family and as a fortification against Indians. It (a the oldest stone dwelling house now standing in New England. This house was kept In its original form until 1863. when It underwent such a renovation as to change to some extent Its Interior arrangement, although the north and large stone chimney are substantially tbe same as they have been for over two centuries. It la said that the first - Go Ilford marriage was celebrated In It, the wedding table being garnished with pork and pease. Acthe stone of cording to tradition, which this house was built was brought by the Indians on h suit bar-roacross the swamp from Griswold rock, a ledge about 80 rod east of the house. It consisted of two stories and an attic. At tbe southeast corner of the second floor thera was a singular embrasure commanding the approach from the south and west, sad evidently made for defensive purposes. In the attic were two recesses, evidently Intended as places of concealment Hanford Courant. th' The ancient 1 acczun-modatl- on u. ws INTERVIEW WITH STRAUSS. The waltz king, Johann Strati, haa been interviewed by a woman; He who leads the world In composing and playing waits music haa yleldad to the persuasion of an ardent musician and admirer. Ilka Haroriti Barnay. She went to aee him at th towa of Isrbl. and when Mm. Barnay .naked him for an Interview he aald: ."Why, certainly, madame, what do you wlab? What ahall I tell you? Thera is nothing Interesting about me absolutely nothing. The most remarkable thing about me Is that 1 am a allpper-herAnd he stretched hla hand out lovingly to hie wife, aa If for protection. Strauss we enthusiastic when be spoke of Vlenua. So Identified la he with that city that it haa been said "Straus 1 unthinkable without Vien- n. and Vienna la unthinkable without Strauea. As th conversation drifted to Wag o, pe.r,, Strauss'aald;, ,"f pnv t uV'lti am the very oldest Wagnerlto how tiv- I la-- j if Haw Fr-tduced hla music In Vienna in the overture to Tgnnbauser. Fifty years ago tbe full score was sent to me, as It waa to aH ot the other musical directors, and I looked it over. Difficult, It seemed to me devilish difficult, so I nt first arranged for a detailed rehearsal. Then I had the orchestra to come to my house and put them into two rooms there. After several attempts we played the overture through. My mother, who loved music, but did not understand very much about it she could only play the guitar a as products of vital activity, bsv al- little came into the room suddenly ready been prepared la our laboratories and aald: 'Well, Jeany, what waa that out of Inorganic matter. Some of you played just now 7 It wa remarkthem are already fabricated In this way able music; it stirred me strangely? for trade. Every year brings some new That wa the first Viennese criticism achievement In the same direction; so on Wagnerian music. that the main interest now lies not so When at the next concert io tha much In adding a new product to the Volksgarten we played the overture to already long list of chemically pre- Tennhsuscr' for th first time. Its efpared organic substances as In catch- fect was wonderful, for we had to reing the secrets of the tiny living peat It no less than three times Aa laboratories In tbe vegetable and ani- he said this the welts kings brown mal cell. eyes shone brightly, end he tossed hla luxuriant locks. Standing straight and strong, he looked hardly SO years old. Im Water for Street Sprlakllsf. The Merchants Association of San Francisco, says the Popular Bciencs Monthly, has been trying ths experiment of sprinkling a street with sea water, and finds that such water binds the dirt together between th paving stones, so that when It la dry no loose dust Is formed to be raised by the wind; that tea water does not dry so quickly as fresh water, so that It haa been claimed when salt water haa been used one load of It Is equal to three loads of fresh water. Thexalt water which-1 deposited .on the, street ah; sorbs moisture from the sir during the night, whereby the streeHr horoughly moist during the early morning end has the eppearence of having been freshly sprinkled. f ' , nii epoch-makin- FROM MEXICO. SENOR ASP1RQZ- AN ANCIENT REED. e. aotil-stlr-rin- THE EARL OF I.lCAN. THOMAS ut-t- aaaa. se he served as A. The field marshal ordered ths HON. B. wounded to be attended to, and, stepping in front of my father, demanded It was la the flag Mv father whose hands ws I was just 1 years old HIS CAREER AS LAWYER AND Franck saw were The s71. of the January empty declared he did not STATESMAN. by know beslegad where 1 it Tbc fl,ld m8f. town in which lived was i hal turned to ths officer of the post the Prussians. For two months Was S 1 Tsars la t'ssgms Rsllrss ta enemy had held our little garrwo u and said hole, the Prsetkee of Law with a Rsw lark 'Ve-y blockaded like a fox In Its her by fire Asssred aa Ksorasu lasaats was a terrible winter. It snowad frees His Lew Precilee. hunger we' him Cold and harder to contend with than the enemy When t bev had relieved us of our our hlmeelf, and the fever thinned tni ami placed u under Speaker Thomas Brat kett Reed guard, my ranks faster than his bullets. father, who watched the sentinel from resignation fiom the con grean of tba e the cornel of hi United States nested furor la no One day father came home, having had hidden I he eye, told us that fit llonal political circle Hts long erv-ic- e flag that seeing the - an In congress madehlmla figure of fought through the entire night-for m dav was kiiiic against us he had torn embrai lng my mother. Inquired When In political history d from Sis siaudaici stem bed tha prominence 1 that 21 My mother replied of from be age ftoni giaduated year ecgle en ere perch flung it into a military school, where he hadwith m ditch, while he had concealed th Boadoln College. One ear afterwaid me. Just Jiben 1 earned In 1864 he pteuoua s.i i eddied w nk ImiIL, under he became a law student drum on my back and my waa payassistant his coal airing appointed P thrust through my shoulder belt, master of the United Slates na). and Mv fAt her tuple man. the In 1865. been admitted to the py to be alive in spite of the blck' descendant of peasants, a son of the bar. beganhaving the time, and whistling UK the practice of law. lie soil. Inn n peaking to us of these me on bird. My father fixed his eyes was a member of the Maine legislature not things the man seemed to expand and In "Tell me, my son. If you have 1868, 1869, and 1870, and In 1872 was become with the w ds he the ait f e.ii,. made For the four already learned something of attorne) general ed of war? years following he waa city prosecutor He told us t his fragment of silk was of Portland. At this time he aspired I felt very proud and answered. that the wind that swelled Its to 'aned, . "I believe so, my father. congress, and In 1878 waa sent to rnd was the breath of the nation. In fact. 1 knew there was no one who where he haa remaluej Washington, n it moved in the midst of tis a ,l,t each successive session almost could teach me how to better handle through on the tiutih as ih drum. congress. rv count Let me see how you can heat your I hen he iliiu.i it into m well bosom, drum, said my father. "Very not wishing ii to he found on him Now beat for a charge. he when unshould he shot next day. I beat my drum so furiously that 1 In the evatmig ihe Prussians sent der the Inspiring rail 1 felt that s flag of truce ashing a suspension of could lead an assault on the bells of hostilities that eai h might bury Its the cathedral tower Well done! said my father; "that dead, and asked oue of our number to act as guide to our lines An old comla flrat-ratrade who knew the my until country well, Then he said nothing more to londttct the officer, when It mother had gone to her chamber, when he drew me closer to him, and was discovered that 410 one bad f bandage for the eyes of the bearer of said, gently; the flag of truce has enemy the "Listen, my son; A sudden Idea strut k me. It was killed many of our men, anu, besides, running a gieat risk, but it was worth a hltndred men, at least, are wounded. The drummer of our company has two the trial. If you wish, will bandage the bullets in his breast. We must have another. In this hour everyone ought eyes of the officer with my handkerTHOMAS B. REED. chief, au j produced the flag, the to be willing to do his whole duty red and blue stripes of which I had wflt thou take his place? He haa now become the bend of the My heart filled my throat and choked folded Inside, leaving the white alone law firm of Simpson. Brackett A Bar-numy answer. I do not know that it waa visible, of New York. The speaker la said M.v father from pleasure, but It certainly was not instantly understood my to have been assured an Income of ruse and explained In patois to the at least $50,000 a from fear. year, an emolument Tbe day passed. That night, while guide that he waa to remove .he equal to that ot the preeldent of the my mother slept, my father with hla bandage, and while the prellmlnarlee United States, from insursnre compawere In progress deliver It safely Into nies alone. He will continue to set as tbe hands of our troops. referee for the several Insurance corThe lantern gave but a feeble light porations for which he has been reand no doubt, providence favored us, cently sctlng, and friends say that hts for the thing passed, and the officer Income may yet amount to $100,000 anmounted his horse and, with his eyes nually. bandaged, followed the lead of the guide. SYNTHESIS ALMOST CREATIVE We could but accompany In thought the enemy, who carried back himself ImhU o tha Llvlag Laboratories la Asliaal aaS Vegetable Cells. the flag within the lines of our own news that Wohler bad obtained Tbe We heard army. The time passed. la 182$ out of Inorganic stuffs a cerin the night the cathedral clock strike tain subatance. urea, which occur la the hours. At last we heard the sentinel's challenge. - The flag of tree bad nature aa a distinct product of vital activity la animal,. upset currvn'i'lde, returned.' t rushed to the guide: " says "Prince Kropotkin In th Nine"The flag Is saved!" 1 cried, "Yes. but we are lost," he answered. teenth Century.. Then. later counIn few words he ez plained that the In Germany and Franklin In this syntheses, several made Important affair had succeeded, but that the of- try ficer had discovered too late the ruse, and in I860 Berthelot published hla g work, "Organic Chemisand had returned furious. In fact, he Baaed Upon Synthesis, in which came accompanied by a superior oftry, the syntheal of organic that he proved and to him out man ficer, the pointed be must pursued and may be bodies who had conducted the flag of truce. achieved In a quite systematic way, goOrder out the platoon of execuwhole series thlz ing step by step over the tion, commanded the officer; the presAt of organic compound. man shall be shot" 180 different adds, aroabout time ent ad1 was not "It he, captain? said, matter and vancing In front of him; It waa I matic oils, fata, coloring In nature alone who conceived the Idea of this so on, which are only found arUt tleld-marsh- S Magasta SAVED FROM ENEMY. two. Of our own section only two were left. I counted for nothing, being so slender that iJhlnk I must bay passed between their balls. My father had received a saber wound in th shoulder, hut I could see him still bearing aloft th flag above the smoke of the battle. Our fire Blackened; our ammunition had given out; the end had come. Tbe word strangles me yet when I think of ttwe wer forced to surrender. Two hours later they Imprisoned us Ik a farmhouse that the Area of war had spared, A Prussian field marshal, followed by hla chief of staff, dismounted for a look at his prisoners. H! men showed la tbeir eyes tbe pleasure our capture gave them; but their wlhlte uniforms, blackened with powder atkd the marks of our ssber thrusts, showed the v we hsd done them. . v thing. "Excuse me, officer, Interposed my The commander of a detachfather. ment la responsible for the acts of his men. Is he not? I had given an order; my men could only obey It. "What is your name? the officer demanded. Sergeant Bigorne," answered my father. Very well, sergeant, you will be shot Immediately. "All right, captain; It Is war. I only ask the favor to be shot by my comrades. Return them their arm and I will be responsible for them." Tbe old officer looked at my father with hla little gray eyes a moment' then he said: Agreed." I strove to draw my father aside; I must apeak with him. Did they mean to make me shoot my own father? It was Impossible. My father embraced me, aad, handing me my gun, pushed me back Into the ranks. "Silence! he said. "You cannot apeak under rms. In tbe presence of lie enemy.you"are not' my son.' Too are only a soldier. I am your chief. Obey! They gave us the cartridges taken from our wounded. My father counted fifteen paces from the walls of the farmhouse, and ordered us In line. Then, in a solemn voice, with uplifted hand, he went through the detail of the exercise. Take aim! he cried. Tie gun dropped from my hands. I rushed to my father and fell aobblng Into hla arms. He tenderly whispered; "My son, thewe raw recruit Or badly; they will only mangle me. Thou hast sure aim, -- X count on thee. A British Ctblvi Plana aro far advanced for the construction of a Pacific cable by Great Britain and her colonies, Tbe projected route, with the landing stations all on British territory, la from Vancouver by Fanning Island and Fiji to Norfolk island, and thence to JOHANN STRAUSS. Queensland and New Zealand. Th added: "But I am becoming he estimated cost Is from $7,500,000 to TheR 'moss-bacn I am growing grabbed. colfour Australasian The $1,000,000. Wilt thou promhe? old age!" I saw the dawn whiten behind th onies concerned have volunteered, to It la old age; yes, e for of mother responsible where become the roof elty. above jar A Taralag Headlight. slept. Without doubt my farther read the cost, end the remaining Among recent invention I a locomy thoughts, tor taking myl head la will be divided equally between Great motive headlight which, when that hla hands be said, "For thy mother Brito's and Canada. train Is rounding a curve, turn ' in take. Then he placed himself against such d manner as to keep its projected wtft Ctoads Trooo4o Cal Win, the wall, while the foreign officers shaft of light continually upon th Observations at Blue Hill observastood with bared heads. showed that tor several days be- rails, instead of pointing off to on "Attention J commanded my father. tory cold wave of February tide, as occurs with a stationary headThen be went through the exercise fore the great cirrus the cloud,, which at- light The motion of the headlight to high laat. aa aa ealmly lowly, orderlng th drill of about nine miles, controlled by mean of an air cylinelevation an tain though he were on parade. At last he with unusual velocity. On one der, connected with the nlr brake eya-te- m ppved cried, "Fire! and regulated by a lay thee clouds were flying at the valveofinthe train I fired. - tbe cab. When the locomoIt is .at of 166 miles pet-ho- ur. thought that measures of cloud mo- tive strike a straight section of track Satan probably originated th tions will play an Important part la the headlight automatically return to Man wants but little here ita Proper position. weather prediction hereafter. k.' four-alnth- five-nint- hs 0 |