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SAVING Efforts to Ameliorate the Condition , - f Tho Cuban orphan fund, which Is 'now fully started, nnd doing good work Among tho orphaned children of the "rcconccntrndos" of Cuba, Is really tho outoomo of tho American commission to Cuba last fall, prior to tho rnlslng of the American flag over tho Island. Tho organisation Is entirely non uoctnrlnn; tho children arc cared for physically nnd mentally, entirely Irre spective of any religious sect. Their condition Is pitiable, nnd tho uccosslty for bettering It Ih Imperative. Tho men at the head of tho fund uro men who havo personally come in contact with tho misery, poverty nnd utter destitution of tho children of Cuba. These- men nro Intelligent, fnrscclng, und fully appreciative of tho benefit which must eventually nccruo to tho United States If theso orphans aro properly educated and trnlnod. There Is to bo no attempt mndo to prosclyto thom, beyond teaching them to bo raoml nnd honest. To better under stand tho terrlblo condition of tho poasants of Cuba, who aro tho ones now bolng benefited, a few quotations from tho report of ono of tho Amorlcnn commission sets the facts moro plainly boforo tho public. Ho Hnys: "Cuba wna not suffering from a com mercial or flnnnclal panic. It was in a state of utter prostration and collapse lluslncse and agricultural llfo had long ccasod. Tho wholo Island was dead. "Even now tho result of Woylor'o or der of rcconpoutrntlon 1b not under stood or appreciated in this country. Should tho commanding gonoral In tho Amorlcnn army Issuo nn order, tho re sult of which would bo that ono could travel from New York to Rochester nnd nqt, bco ono, cow, not ono chicken, not ono fnrmhouso, not ono mnn work ing In tho fields, it would bo something Blmllnr to the result of Gen. Woylor'a roconccntratlon order In Cuba. "Tho wholo rural llfo of thrco groat provinces Havana, Mntnnzns nnd Santa Clara was absolutely blotted out. Occasionally a clump of bamuu trees, whoso roots bad escaped tho (Iro, or n scarlot creeper, would show whoro a farmhouso bad stood; but tho trop ical growth quickly covered tho ruins. It was Inconcclvnblo that In tho midst of this tcomlng vegetation tho country should bo a desert, for no signs of human llfo appeared. "On tho contrary, overy town and city visited was thronged with beggars, many ut them emaciated and gaunt; women, children, cripples, nnd a fow brokon-Bplrltcd men; nnd tho dreadful odor of ovory placo occuplod by Span ish Boldlors. Thoro wns no decency, thoro wua no sanitation; In our senna of tho word, lnuced, there was no dis cipline. It wu8 a wanton and prolll gato devastation In tho tlmo of penco." Amid all this misery, and herding to gothor llko cattlo, woro tho little chil dren, tho futura citizens of Cuba, whothcr ns a republic or us a part of the United States. And It was for tho up-brlnglng and development of tho fu ture generation of tho island Hint tho Cuban orphan relief fund wna started. Mr. Charles W. Gould, who la vory prominently connected with tho fund, mado a remark ft fow duys ago which corroborates a statement mado by a Catholic priest, who had just returned from Havana, as to tho patriarchal aystom In Cuba. Mr. Gould said: "I novor saw anything to equal tho loyo and sacrifice of tho Cuban parentB. ino men died first, tho women fol lowed nud it Is tho children who uro left." Theso remarks glvo nn Idea of what tho Cuban orphan fund started out to do. Miss Laura D. 0111 wua aolcctod ns boat fitted to represent tho trustees of tho fund In Cuba. She has two nsslat ants, MIbs Levy nnd Miss Wilson, nnd theso thrco bravo women, to uso tho wordB of ono of tho prominent mom born of tho fund, "nro doing as truo mlBslonary work na any Jesuit ever did." Miss GUI writes: "In Snuctl Splrltua wo found a con dltion of sufforlng which Is much moro serious than anything which wo havo soon beforo. Thero nro ovor four hun dred ohlldron who need to bo taken enro of right away, and tho town has only been nblo to provide for twenty flvo llttlo girls, who were Bcloctod be causo, thoy were physically worso off than anybody olso In town. Although thoy lmvo now been cared for nearly six yooks, Mjoy aro still moro llttlo skeletons, and almost mako one doubt whether It was nny kindness to helii thom to live ft fow years longor." TO jgga I " ' ' THE ORPHANS OF CUBA. Are Absolutely Helpless. Miss GUI's last report gives most en couraging news: "We may now count that tho Santa Maria del Rosarlo work Is established. It Is, ns you know, of a purely settle ment character, with headquarters In a house rented from cx-Gov. Mora, In which Miss Levy nnd Mrs. Hnrsaga, her Cuban assistant, reside and In which the kindergarten will bo held for tho present. "The houso ban been furnished, nnd tho women uro thoroughly Installed In their now home. Tho boys of tho town lmvo come In quite large numbers, re questing Instruction, and Hoveral wo men havo been In to ask If they might bo taught to sew and clean and work according to our Amorlcnn mothods. Tho little children simply swarm around tho house. Tho mnyor, Gen. Htai Aim VET3 Dozo, of tho Cuban army, will havo a tract Of mtinlclnnl land nlnwnil nn fnr them with tho town oxen, and Miss Lovy Is going to glvo them seeds and Slmplo llttlo tools and nrrnnirn fnr n mnn to ndvlso thom ubout slmplo crops, noping mat in tins way sho may como to Influence their diet nnd. to n. Mrtaln oxtont, tholr bousekcoplng Ideas." ino mon wiio lmvo been most Inde- fatlcablo In this work urn llnnr Ad. mlrnl W. T. Snmnson. Thornim u. Adams, Cornelius N. BIIbb, Gen. P. V. uroono, II. K. Portor of Pittsburg, who Is nccrcdltod with having collected moro monoy thnn any other member of tho bonrd; Charles W. aould, secretary, and M. Dacon, tho treasurer of tho runu. Tho pictures hero presented woro all taken on tho spot, nnd show tho prac tical good which Is bclntr donn nv thn representatives of tho fund. Tho pro mote or tno movement are anxious to Bccuro funds for extending their field of operations. Mr. Cnrnciiln Take lr. Wortnmu A war Ono part of Androw Cnrnoglo's scheme to get "phllanthroplcnlly rid" of his millions does not appear phil anthropic to Now Yorkers. Ho has SURE Lulu "Tho wretch! Ho sld If 1 poison then nnd thoro. I refused Mabel "Ah! And what did ho do?" of the Waifs, Who taken from thom ono of tholr moat eminent men of scIence,Dr. Jf. L. Wort man, until recently a curator of tho American Museum of Natural History In West Sovonty-nlnth Btrcct, nnd liai put him in charge of the work of col lecting and arranging fossils for tho Carnegie Musoum In Pittsburg. Dr. Wortmnn has already begun work In his now placo and is busy digging out relics of prehistoric monsters who left their remains in Wyoming subsoil nomo 5,000,000 years ago. Ills going is n decided loaa to nil who wcro In terested Irt tho prosperity of tho Amer ican Museum of Natural History, which, as Dr. Haoker of Princeton says, gives probably tno finest public display of its kind of any musoum In tho world. SAVING THE ORPHANS OP CUBA. NOT THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. On Now ia the Well of tho Toot Hun n Silver l'lato on It. In a flhndy corner of a3 beautiful a Now England gnrdon as ono could wish to Beo, "tho old oaken bucket" still 'Jiangs In tho well." Tho memory of his country homo, stirring n poet's fnncy in n far-off city, mado possible tho tondor, slmplo verses that appeal so strongly to tho henrt. That was nearly ft century ngo, but such poems llvo, nnd that Is tho reason tho fcot of many pilgrims turn toward this pretty placo summer after summer. Green bush Is a small section sot off from Scltuate, and it does not belittle the qulot, restful hnmlot to say that its chief attraction Is tho farm whero Sam uel Woodworh onco lived. Young and old como to visit it from fnr and near, and ovory ono looks for "tho orchard, tho meadow, tho deep-tangled wild wood." Mnny changes havq been mndo alnco tho poet found "tho sourco of an exquisite pleasuro" In tho clear waters of tho woll,' but "tho wldo-sprendlng pond," tho mill and tho dairy houso aro BtUl to bo seen. Tho original houso wub destroyed long ago. Tho thrifty farm Is now tho property of llonry DEATH rofuscd him ho would 'tnko a doso of him." Lulu "Lit n cigarette." ,L , , i Northey, whoso grandmother married tho poot's father. Mr. nnd Mrs. Northey nro exceedingly kind to strangers, al though thoy confeas, when questioned, that thcro nro disadvantages In having a renowned place for ono's dwelling. Through all tho long summer they aro besieged by visitors, who ask cxaotly tho same questions ns those who came before. Somotlmes as many as a hun dred porsons havo crossed the smooth green lawn to tho well in one day; frequently there Is nil array of fash ionable equipages beforo tho low stono wnll that bordors the road, nnd It h sometimes quite perplexing to satisfy such a number of uninvited guests. The poet was born in Scltunte, but not an this farm. He lived thero from In fancy until ho wnB 14, when ho en tered tho family of Rev. Nehemlnh Thomas to Btudy. Ho began to write verses when very young, nnd always signed thom "Solim," n name that ho used throughout his life. Ho became n printer In Boston, nn editor In Now Haven, and later lived In Baltimore and Now York, where ho was 'associ ated with Georgo P. Jlorris In estab- llshlng tho Now York Mirror. His llfo was full of Interest and every page of his printed poems sponks of a refined, cultured nature Mrs. Northey treas ures a portrait of Woodworth, also a book ho owned, "Tho Life of John Howard, Esq.," In which his name Is wrltton in remarkably beautiful char acters. Tho family also has tho orig inal copy of the verses that have bo como so colobratod, and which, it Is bellovod, wero wrltton in 1817. Tho buckot Is not tho original ono. Tho ono that now comes "dripping with cool ness" to satisfy tho thirst of Interested visitors wns" presented to tho farm by tho Richmond Cedar "Works of Vlr glnln. It bears a silver plate, suitably Inscribed. Boston Transcript. SKIPPER'S MISSIONARY HEN. ItroiiRht Her from Koo-Koo, China, und 8ho Laid Kbr-i for thn Heathen. Form tho Boston Herald: Somo ten years ago Capt. J. Clifford Entwlsle, now city clerk of Salem, then master of a Now York vessel sailing to China and Japan, brought homo from China ft llttlo hen. Ho named tho bird Koo Koo, for tho town whence alio came. Ho presented the hen to his wife, nnd tho bird grndunlly became a pot of tho houso. Sho wanted to lay her eggs In tho house. Capt. and Mrs. Entwlole wero Interested In church nnd mission ary work. So Mrs. Entwlslo conceived tho idea of devoting tho proceeds of the eggs nnd chickens of Koo-Koo to tho missionary causo, and for tho sovon years llttlo Koo-Koo lived all her earn ings went to convert Chlncso heathens, and a good many dollars went that way. Tho hon beenmo as much a pet as a cat or dog. Sho would lay her egg' and then go out Into tho kitchen and' cluck until somo ono went nnd found tho egg; then sho would fly up on tho window sill nnd peck at tho window as n sign thnt sho wished to go out doors. Finally, llttlo Koo-Koo died, nnd was BtuiTed nnd used aa an ornament. Mrs. Entwlslo wroto a very pretty llttlo story, founded ou tho history of Koo Koo, and sent It out to bo road to tho children In tho far-away land, whenco camo tho hon. Thero It took so woll thnt It was translated Into Chlneso and rend to tho llttlo Chlneso chlldron In their own language. It wns tho story of u llttlo hen called Koo-Koo, which undertook to support ono little Chlneso girl that sho might bo educated. It contained an account of tho meeting of tho children of Koo-Koo, quite a numerous trlbo of various ages. Aftor hearing that story read, a Chlneso boy painted a picture of tho meeting of Koo-Koo and her descendants to repre sent a sceno described by Mrs. En twlsle. It represents tho old hon and thrco younger ones, with eight or ton vory small chicks. Tho plcturo Is mado on a sheet of brown paper, and tho hens nro almost llfeslzo for Chl neso hens. It wna sont to tho mis sionary headquartors In Boston first, and yesterday was sont down to Mrs. Entwlnlo, by whom It Is highly prized. SAERIS SAD PLIGHT. MINISTER TO AUDTRIA MUST PAY THE PAPER. A'llI Ho Itenulred to Support Tito ICeil alence Ono at Vienna nnt! Ono at Hilda 1'ett All on Account of I'nini Joof. Tho Hon. Addison C. Harris of Indl tnn, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Austria-Hungary, Is in a sad plight; but the plight would bo sadder wero It not that Mr. Harris is a wealthy man. Uron a salary of U0.000 ho will soon bo compelled to lustntn two legations and to support .ho diplomatic honor of tho United States In two countries, both of great tnd undoubted importance. As overy 3no knows, tho kingdom of Francis Jo seph consists of the two countries of Austria and Hungary, which aro known under tho compound nnmo of Austria-Hungary. Hungary was con juered long ngo, and for moro than two generations it wns treated ns a slave country. Up to within twenty years ago it had no standing nor representa tion I i the court of Austria, and was given less than half the amount of rights and privileges now grnntcd Ire land by tho government of Great Britain. Rut tho now emperor fan cied Hungary, and gradually extended privileges to her. He gave her moro representatives and allowed her to tend envoys to his court. Ho lightened tho taxes of tho Hungarians nnd gavo them almost equal advantages with thoso enjoyed by tho Austrlans. But fow were prepared for his latest move, which Is tho declaration that Austria ind Hungary shall enjoy equal rights; that Vienna and Budn-Pcsth flhall bo lolnt capitals of tho Austrian empire, md thnt tho emperor shall maintain court In both cltie3. During six months of tho year the court shall be held In Austria; during tho other six montl)3 tho court will assemble In Hungary. At first glanco this would teem llttlo to concern tho American minister to Austria-Hungary, but when you learn that Minister Harris must support a legation In both cities, then you get nn idea of tho expenso entnllcd by tho change Tho United States has a great number of secretaries and un- der-otneers abroad connected with each legation, nnd tho expense of hiring theso comes largely upon tho minister, who must provide certain clerks him self. Up to this tlmo tho court of Aus tria has been such nn elaborate ono A. C. HARRIS. that It has taxed tho resources of tho American minister to tho utmost. Even Bartlett Tripp, ono of the richest men In tho United) States, felt he bur den of Austrian entertainment, and Colonel Fred Grant openly declared himself unnblo to keep the pace of a dignified tenure of tho post. It tho minister to Austria-Hungary Is raised to tho rank of embassador, his salary will probably bo raised also; so that ho will recetvo $12,000 instead of tho $10,000 which ho now enjoys. Possibly ho may bo given $17,000, llko tho embassadors to Franco, Germany and Great Britain, but It Is more than likely that ho will receive tho $12,000 accorded to Embassador Draper in Italy. Tho sum of $10,000 a year In Vienna is moro than $10,000 a, year would bo In England, for tho Germans are more economical and labor Is rated lower; but, even so, $10,000 no moro thnn pays tho houso rent nnd tho, serv ants' hlro of a mansion, let aloiio the cost of tho dinners and tho enormous personal expenses, such ns carrlago hire, decorations and clothing, which nre at least $10,000 more. Then there Is a great sum required for tho neces sary "courtesy giving," aa they call It In Hungary; for the gifts nnd the thou sand and ono small things which aro absolutely required from a person who lends society nnd represents his coun try abroad. It Is all very well for Hungary, nnd not bad for Austria; but how Is It for Minister Addison C. Harris of Indlnna, who Is compelled to maintain two mng nlllcent legations In tho finest of stylo all upon n paltry $10,000? Somo dny tho pooplo of tho United States will elect a congress that will summarily cut off all kinds of am bassadors and ministers and will hlro plain, overy-dny diplomatic agents to transact necessary business. I'hotngruph Time. A careful observer of photographic lights and shadows has discovered that tho most striking tlmo to photograph jn outdoor view Is during tho half iiour or so Just boforo sunrise. The prettiest landscapo looks brond and aoblo, and there Is an unusual atmos pheric stlllnoss. Tho light Is steol Cray, nnd whllo longor oxposuro will bo necessitated tho effect with a careful worker would moro than repay ono for tho fow hours of sleep which havo been lost. Up In a Halloon. Tho occupants of a balloon a mile ilgh command a radius of tilnety-six nlles. BLAND'S SUCCESSOR. Missouri's Eighth Congressional dis trict, so long represented by tho late Rlchnrd P. Bland, will now bo repre sented by Judge Dorsey W. Shackel ford, who has recently defeated his competitor In that district by tho ma jority of 3,500 votes. Judgo Shackel ford was born at Sweet Springs, Sa line county, Mo., on Aug. 27, 1853. Hla early career was ono of hard struggle. Ho first taught school In order to ob tain money enough to study law. De termination and persistency won, and he soon beenmo well known as a law yer of great ability. Then ho drifted Into politics. At overy stago of hlB political career ho has met with fresh difficulties, but ho has repeatedly sur mounted them. Though not an orator In tho preferred sense of that term, ho is not without effectiveness upon tho stump nnd before tho Jury box. In congress ho will no doubt distinguish himself for his vigorous grasp of public Issues and for his clean manner of dls- DORSEY W. SHACKELFORD, cussing them. As nn organizer of po litical forces ho has no superior la Missouri. BRITISH ANTIQUARIAN FINDS. Undoubted Traces of llomati Architec ture In Scotland. An exceedingly interesting antiqua rian "find" has been mado at Kirkin tilloch. Whllo somo workmen wero engaged In cleaning tho moat at tho Peel a number of ancient stones wero unearthed. The nttontlon of McGregor Chalmers of Glasgow was directed to them, and ho has now mado an Inves tigation of them, with tho result that ho has discovered that somo bear un doubted traces of Roman architecture. They aro distinctly marked by diag onal lines und other markings peculiar to Roman artisans, and had been used, It Is believed, in tho construction of a fort in tho Antonlno wall. Othor stones bear markings, etc., which show them to bo of tho mediaeval period, and aro believed to belong to Comyn's cnstle, which was demolished by King Robert tho Bruce. Tho burgh commis Blonors of Kirkintilloch havo resolved to rnlao prlvato subscriptions In order to defray tho expense of a completo and thorough investigation by experts. Tho chalk diggers at Bazloy, White & Co.'s works at Swanscombo, Kent, found a human skeleton imbedded in tho limestone. It was that of a short, very thick-set man, and tho men In tho laboratory, who havo somo expe rience of theso finds, think ho was probably a Roman. A careful search wns mado for coins or weapons or any thing that could glvo a clew to tho pe riod or nationality of the skeleton, but nothing was found except somo flints, rudely shaped, with some kind of split ting or chipping Implement. Tho skeleton must havo been whero It was found for many hundreds of yenrs. It was in tho henrt of a chalk hill which had novor been excavated before. Pall Mall Gazette. MARQUIS DE CASTEJA DEAD. Tho death In Paris several days ago of tho marquis do Castoja at tho ex tromo old age of 94 removes from Franco the last link between tho re public and tho ancient house of Bour bon. Tho marquis was born whllo Louis was in cxllo in England. Ho entered tho college of pages nt Ver sailles, nnd aftor tho restoration, when Louis camo back to Franco In 1814, ho CASTEJA. graduated as first page to tho now king. Ho served In tho army under tho cmplro ns commander of a battalion, nnd during tho Franco-Prussian war was In charge of recruiting In Paris. During tho slogo of Paris ho gavo up his houso to bo used as an nsylum for tho wounded soldiers. Ho was the last surviving pago of Louis XVIII. I'uzzled. l?rnm thn fihlrncn Trlhiinn. "r ... ...... --.-.... UIB quite mako out that English nolghhor of mine," said Undo Allen Sparks. "Ho wns at church tho other Sunday, nnd Joined lustily in singing whon tho preacher gavo out 'America,' but I no ticed that tho words ho sung wero 'God Save tho Qucon.' I don't know whothor no uiu it iu t,u vim encci or nn An-glo-Amorlcan nlllanco or whother it was lUSt a nlcco Of Ills TCncrllnh hi.ii headedness."