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PEOPLE
EVENTS
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MRS. CLEVELAND FOPULAR.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland is the most
popular woman in Princeton. Her
charming, unaffected ways captured
the hearts of the people. Rarely a day
passes that she Is not out on the streets
walking with her three daughters. She
nods to all the townspeople and has a
pleasant word for most of them. Her
visiting list is one of the largest in
MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND.
Princeton and many names are on it
that do not belong in Princeton's ex
tlusive society. Mrs. Cleveland belongs
to the charitable societies and takes a
personal interest in their work. She
visits sick neighbors and takes an ac
tive interest in everything that goes
on.
She Is as charming as when she went
to the white house a bride.
She devotes most of her time to her
household, her three girls. Ruth. Es
ther. Marion, and her boy Dick. Dick
is now two years old. The girls are
cared for by a governess. The quiet
life is as much to Mrs. Cleveland's
taste as it is to that of her husband
he was first to fall in love with
Princeton and suggested it as a future
home. She had gone to Princeton with
Mr. Cleveland, when he was to speak
at the seequicentennlal. She was im
pressed by the quiet, dignified air of
the town and wanted to go there to
live. The idea pleased Mr. Cleveland
and he bought his present home from
Mrs. Slidell. His lectures at Princeton
are a feature of the university. His
grave illness threatened a long-cherished
plan of the Princeton people.
They are looking forward to the in
stitution of a big law department, over
which he will preside.
GALLANT OFFICER RETIRED.
Rear Admiral Lewis Wood Robin
son, who was recently retired from the
navy, has probably Been as much act
tive service at sea as any man in the
navy.
He was graduated from the Poly
technic College of Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia, in June. 1861, from the
course of civil engineering, and in 1864
received from the same institution the
degree of Mechanical Engineer.
On September 21. 1861, he entered
the United States navy as third as
sistant engineer. He participated in
the capture of Forts Jackson and St.
Phillips and of the city of New Or
leans, in April, 1862, and other minor
engagements in the Mississippi river,
including the attack on Vicksburg by
Farragut's fleet, June 28, of the same
year, resulting in forming a junction
with the upper fleet He left the Mis-
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REAR ADMIRAL ROBINSON
sissippi in August, 1862, and after a
short cruise down the coast of Texas,
engaging on the way the batteries at
Velasco, returned, joined the blockad
ing fleet off Mobile and participated
in the capture of the schooners Juni
per, Sea Lion. Hunter, Marshall J.
Smith and John Scott, and the steam
ers Eugenia, William Bagaly and
Gray Jacket.
.5Jn. the civil war he has served
i "i&L A 1,1- .
actively. HL. last day of duty ,n thc
' service was as ilPector of machinery
of torpedo boats ah-L destroyers. .
Chine Astronomical ImtnuBm-
The astronomical instruments "cpn
Teyed" by the German army frc?m
the Imperial Observatory at Pekt.l
have reached Germany and are to be
placed in the park of San Souci, it is
said. The instruments were made in
China under the direction of the
French Jesuits, who were brought
home to Europe by dissensions in the
church in the time of Louis XIV. The
instruments themselves represent the
period of Tycho Brahe and they are
mounted In magnificent bronze cast
ings of Chinese design. The observa
tory founded by the Tartars and the
earlier apparatus was fashioned after
models invented by Ulugh-Beg ail
Samarkand about A. D. 1420. The
whole incident recalls the fact that theV
first turopeau uusciimij iuak ui
Uranisborg In Denmark was found
ed 160 years later than an establish
ment of equal magnificence built by
the grandson of Tamerlane in the cen
ter of Turkistan.
Pennsylvania still retains a poll tax
-if SO cents as a condition of suffrage.
Persons, Places
and Things
CAN D VS TRADE INCREASING.
The era of good times in Canada
does not seem to have reached its lim
it. The tide of commercial prosperity,
which began less than five years ago,
is still setting full and strong. The
foreign trade for the last fiscal year
was the largest in Canada's history,
amounting to $148,000,000 more than
the volume of her foreign trade of
1896, or an increase of nearly 65 per
cent within the brief space of five
years.
One gratifying result is that the ex
ports of Canada have contributed in
a larger measure to the general in
crease of trade than have the imports.
In this connection it is pointed out
that a debtor country is relatively ac
cumulating wealth when its exports
exceed its imports, and Canada's ag
gregate of exports for the last five
years has largely exceeded that of her
imports. Previous to that time the
balance of trade was all the other
way. In domestic exports alone it is a
significant fact that there is a total
betterment of about $120,000,000 in the
balance of trade since 1SS6. The for
eign trade of the Dominion as per
head of population is exceeded by only
a few countries in the world.
MONUMENT TO A HORSE.
In the beautiful Lakeview cemetery
at Seattle, Wash., can be seen as
strange a monument and grave as one
can find. The monument was erected
by W. I. Wadleigh. It marks the grave
of his favorite cattle horse Buck. This
horse had been his constant companion
for years. He was a magnificent ani
mal, a thoroughbred which stood fif
teen hands high and was so affection
ate that he followed his master about
like a dog and seemed to fret and
pine away if be left him only a short
time.
The inscription on the monument is
as follows:
: "BUCK,"
: My favorite cattle horse.
: Died September 20, 1S84,
: Aged 18 years and 6 months.
: For thirteen years my trusted :
: companion in blackness of :
: night, in storm, sunshine and :
: danger.
On the north side is one word, "Cor
ralled." On the opposite side you read:
In Adversity, Faithful."
Near the resting place of the horse
is his master's grave. Mr. Wadleigh
had preferred to rest by the side of his
noble horse, instead of by his family.
Cheese of Historic Interest.
An object of considerable interest
was sold in London the other day, no
other than a preserved fragment of a
'Protestant cheese." From the in
scription on the base of the glass
shade we learn that in gratitude for
his able vindication of the Protestant
ascendancy in Parliament on Jfprll 25,
1825. His Royal Highness, the Duke of
York, was presented by the inhabi
tants of the County Palatine of Ches
ter with the largest cheese ever made
149 pounds in weight of their own
producing. The duke gave a small
portion of this cheese to Mary Isa
bella. Duchess of Rutland, and it is
this fragment, preserved by Professor
Cummlng, which came under the ham
mer, realizing $9.
Countries Exchange Territory.
A small strip of Prussian territory on
the Belgian border is likely to be made
over entirely to Belgium in exchange
for another strip of land, a part of
which the Prussian town of Eupen re
quires for a projected public building.
It is expected that the negotiations be
tween the two governments concerned
will shortly be concluded to the satis
faction of both and that hereby an end
will be put to little inconveniences to
which the border inhabitants have
hitherto been subjected.
"ew Specie of Otter.
Way down in South America, from
Guianan to Argentina, there has been
discovered the ariranha. recognized as
the largest species of the otter. It
g-ows to a length of five feet.
The oddest thing about it is that its
skinseems to be much too large for
its boCy. In liveliness it surpasses
even tie playful seaL An ariranha
has been tamed and has a hound for
its playfeio.-' -'At a certain hour the
captive gos to the door of its cage and
there whines and yells until turned
loose in the garden, where It rushes
around, barking joyously.
It deftly catches the flsh thrown to
it, and skillfully prevents the dog
from appropriating any of the dainty
iooa.
Electricity on Warship.
The extension of the use of elec
tricity in British war ships in place of
iream ior subsidiary purposes is to be
tade the subject of a series of experl-
ntai tests. At the present time the
iwsian. steering eneines. ventilating
fs and derrick hoists are worked by
Current News
and Views
AMERICAN CHURCH IN BERLIN.
Thanksgiving day United States
Ambassador White laid the corner
stone of an American church in Berlin.
The site is in the center of the Am
erican colony and the new residence
portion of Berlin and cost $40,000. The
sum of $41,000 is now in hand for the
erection of the new edifice, and most
of this was obtained from friends
in this country, the money for the
site having been raised among the
Americans in Berlin.
The American church in Berlin is
REV. J. F. DICKIE.
nearly fifty years old, writes William
E. Curtis in the Chicago Record-Herald.
During the early part of its his
tory worship was held In private
houses, afterward in public halls, and
for the past fifteen years In the rooms
of the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion. It is undenominational, includ
ing among Its worshipers members of
several different sects, the only condi
tion for admission being a belief in
the articles of the Apostle's Creed. The
present pastor is Rev. J. F. Dickie,
D. D., formerly of Detroit, who has
been there seven - or eight years, and
it Is chiefly through his enterprise
that the funds for the new building
have been raised.
WOULD OPEN UP AFRICA.
If John R. De Barry's immigration
restriction bill, which Is now in the
hands of President Roosevelt, should
become a law the civilized world will
have to set about opening up the
'Dark Continent." says a New York
writer. The United States has been a
dumping ground for some time.. Afri
ca being much nearer Europe, the
hordes of worthless human scum could
reach it for a very small part of what
it costs to come to America. Mr. De
Barry, who has been immigrant In
spector at Buffalo for more than ten
years, explains that in the early days
immigration consisted of a class of
people who never did and never could
crente anarchists. It required at least
$100 to reach this country from any
European port. The foreigner who
could save $100 was a careful man, a
saving man. therefore a good and wor
thy citizen. The driving competition
between steamship lines has made
travel so cheap that $15 will bring an
idler, a criminal or an enemy to all so
ciety to our shores. He could go to
Africa for 50 cents.
OLD CORONATION THRONE.
This queer little monument is really
one of England's disused coronation
thrones. It can be seen at Kingston-on-Thames,
and is a very modest seat
compared with the gorgeous ivory
throne of the Mogus Emperors. Seven
kings of England were crowned on this
stone.
Horned Hone in Greece.
Recent excavations in Greece have
resulted in the finding of the heads oJ
several horned horses and the shin
bones of rhinoceri. Greece seems to
have been the land where the prehis
toric horned horse most flourished. Out
of six places in the world where the
remains of the horned horse have been
found three are in Greece and one in
Samos. in the Grecian archipelago. The
portions of horned horses recently un
earthed were found in Euboea, where
Professor Woodward has been making
experimental excavations looking for
palaeontological remains. He has been
excavating also at Pikerman, near the
plain of Marathon, for some time.
Elk Teeth Are Valuable.
Recently a dealer in Indian relics
paid $1,600 for an Indian squaw dresfa
ornamented with 1,024 elk teeth. Thi?
dress had been in one Cheyenne family
for 127 years, and for a long time spec--ulators
and collectors of curios have
tried to purchase it. Many photo
graphs have been taken of the dress,
and two or three scores of squaws have
been married in it for luck, but all
offers to buy it have been rejected un
til now. Elk teeth are very scarce and
readily sell for from $1 to $10 each.
With the Indians each elk tooth repre
sents the value of a pony. It is claimed
by Mrs. Bent that several of the elk
teeth on the dress were gifts from Jo
seph, the great Nez Perces chief. They
have the chief's mark on them.
Exploration in Palestine.
The Palestine exploration fund has
been for the last two years carrying
on excavations In western Judea. Re
mains extending in time over fifteen
centuries have been unearthed, cover
ing two well-defned pre-Israelite pe
riods and also --h Seleucidan
AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN.
Greater Community of Interest
Than
In Any Other Country.
America is the land of homes, and
taking into account the number of in- j
habitants, no larger proportion of its
inhabitants live in boarding houses
and hotels than do those of England
It is also to a much greater extent
than any other country or the world
the land of equality and community
of interests between men and women
If one takes the typical American
husband and wife one will certainly
find that their common interests are
mauy; that the wife is a companion to
her husband, and that, knowing she is
his intellectual equal, the American
man discusses freely and confidentially
with his wife his professional and
business relations to a far greater ex
tent than does the typical English
man. Club life among married men is
not nearly so common in America as
in England. Throughout the length
and breadth of the United States thou
sands upon thousands of husbands and
wives spend their evenings reading to
gether the b'ooks and magazines, or the
wife doing a bit of fancy work or
mending while the husband reads aloud
from the newspapers. Many American
husbands and wives have taken up
what is known as the "Chautauqua
course"; many a western farmer and
his wife thus spend their winter eve
nings. Then let us take the young
unmarried men and women of my
country. Surely they do not lead very
separate lives, and their interests in
common are many. Who takes the
American girl to the museums of art,
to the theater, to the concert? Who
sends her presents of bonbons, books,
and flowers, all for the pleasure of her
society and companionship? It Is the
American young man. He can do it,
too. without feeling that his attentions
will be misunderstood, for America is
the land of good comradeship between
men and women. There friendship,
deep and lasting, without any thought
of love making, or marriage, may ex
ist between the unmarried of the two
sexes, and it seems to be the only
country in the world where it can ex
ist. Certainly such a state of things
between the young men and the young
women of a country points not to a
separation, but to a community of in
terests. Elizabeth L. Banks In Lon
don MaiL
BIBLE DOWN TO DATE.
"The Path of the Treacherous I Bip
fed," It Hay.
Americans have wasted no time in
getting their revised edition of the
Bible upon the market, immediately
following the expiry of the fourteen
years in which they were pledged not
to publish. We have not yet had an
edition in England, but many are on
the way. Some extracts of the new
version have come over by cable, and
not all will find unequivocal approval
here. "The way of the transgressor
is hard," has passed into a proverb of
everyday use; we shall scarcely recog
nize the Americanized variation. "The
path of the treachereous is rugged."
Many of the alterations undoubtedly
make for greater clearness and lucid
ity, but after all, do we want a Bible
phrased in the idiom of today? There
Is no clamoring for a twentieth cen
tury version of "The Faerie Queen,"
but Spencer is still an undiminished
joy to reading men and women. The
old worldness of the Bible Is one of
its greatest charms. Its English is
held up as a pattern to writers. But
America must have a twentieth cen
tury Bible in twentieth century dic
tion. It is to be hoped that the ex
ample of the professors will not be
emulated by less scholarly men. It
will be interesting to note how the
new edition sells. The old Bible still
sells ten to one better than that pub
lished last in England. London Black
and White.
I'nfracefal Man.
"Did you ever watch a man taking a
drink of water in a public place, in a
railroad station, or on a train, where
he is aware that many eyes regard
him? Watch this some time," a drum
mer said. "You'll find it interesting.
The man, you see. holds the glass in
his right hand while he drinks, and it
is his inability meanwhile to make his
unoccupied left hand look graceful that
makes the spectacle worth while. One
fellow, as he stoops over the cup in an
elegant attitude, an attitude like that
of bowing, solves the enigma of what
to do with his left hand by putting it
In the pocket of his waistcoat, and a
fourth swings the hand like a pendu
lum to and fro at his side. But all
men. do what they will with their left
hand, look awkward and self-conscious
when drinking in public, and it is
amusing to watch them." Philadelphia
Record.
Physical Growth of the Japanese.
The increase of stature among the
Japanese is very perceptible; and the
substitution of tepid and even cold wat
er for the hot baths among many of
the people is responsible for an in
creasing floridity of the complexion.
Before the advent of military discip
line on European models the Japanese
were notable as the smallest-necked
race In the world, a firm of 'London
collar-makers with a large trade to
Japan asserting that 13 inches was the
normal circumference of a full-grown
Japanese's throat. In a little over 20
years, owlnts to more athletic develop
ment, the average has risen an inch
and a half. To athletic development
should also be added greater avoirdu
pois, inasmuch as a more generous diet
and abstention from parboiling are
bringing their reward in an accumula
tion of muscle and tissue.
The Crashed Kosette.
A new way of trimming a hat of me
dium size is to apply in the middle a
"crushed" rosette of very wide satin
ribbon. The ribbon is almost as wide
as if it had been meant for a sash. The
ribbon is worked into a giant rosette
and slightly flattened to give it a
crushed aspect. You may wonder why
a "crushed" rosette should be preferred
to an uncrushed one. But the secret
is that in the effort to reduce the
aspect of autumn millinery to broad,
low flatness it stands to reason that
hat decorations must be "crushed" en.
I ACTORS' HOME AT CASTLETON, STATEN ISLAND f
4 XX NEARLY COMPLETED XX
I The home at Castleton. Staten Island,
for actors in distress, which was begun
with $71,000 contributed in twenty-one
days In May, 1900, by actors and man
agers, will soon be ready for occu
TWO MEN ROW 3.500 MILES.
Two young men from Virginia row
ed an 18-foot skiff up the harbor re
cently and came ashore to announce
that they had been rowing for six
months, had covered 3,500 miles and
had bad enough, saya the New York
Press.
They were Alvah D. James, of Irv
ington, and Barton II. Nolan of Mid-
dleburg. The craft which they have
rowed until the palms of their hands
became as tough as leather Is eighteen
feet long, nearly four feet beam and
has two air-tight compartments and
two water-tight compartments for
stores.
They set out with a pair of oars on
May 29 from this city and went over
this route. The Hudson river. Lake
George, Lake Champlain, the St. Law
rence river to the Gulf, across New
Brunswick (eighteen miles by rail to
Moncton, down the Petltcodiac river
Body of Prehistoric Mammoth Found
tr in Northwestern Siberia
Professor Sir ItlchartI Owen, the Original J den tiller of the Mammoth, and One
of His Specimens.
The complete body of a gigantic pre
historic mammoth has been discovered
enclosed in a glacier In far Northeast
ern Siberia. The Imperial Academy of
Sciences of St. Petersburg has deter
mined to secure the body entire. An
expedition headed by Dr. Herz, of the
Imperial Museum. Is now on the spot
endeavoring to secure the body. It is
Wooitchurk and Squirrel.
Perhaps no wild mammal is more
familiar to country people than the
woodchuck. Every hillside and meadow
is dotted with the small piles of earth
which mark the doorway to his home.
The woodchuck prefers a hillside or a
knoll In vhich to dig his hole, for
here he can easily make the end of
his den higher than the beginning,
thus avoiding the danger of being
drowned out.
What could be more unlike in gener
al appearance than a woodchuck and a
squirrel? Yet they are cousins, both
belong to the same family ol mam
mals. The trim body, sharp claws, and
agility of the squirrels make it possi
ble for them to lead an arboreal life,
jumping recklessly from branch to
branch, while the flabby form and short
legs of the woodchuck better adapt him
for digging than for running or climb
ing. The nature of the food of the wood
chuck is such, says a writer In Country
Life In America, that he cannot lay up
stores as the chipmunks do. nor is it
of such a kind that it can be obtained
pancy. It is to be a home for aged.
Infirm and needy members of the pro
fession who are now in asylums and
other places throughout the country.
The home is to have none of the ap
Igji jll 1 iJJ
to the Bay of Fundy and round the
coast to the Goddess of Liberty. They
kept out of trouble with two excep
tions a wreck on the St. Lawrence
Gulf shore in heavy weather and run
ning on a rock at Narragansett Pier.
Fishermen swam out to them in the
first instance, when they were capsiz
ed, and helped them ashore and then
saved the boat.
The men look In fine health. They
say they have gained twenty pounds
each, haven't been sick, and profited
well by their rough little journey in
the world.
Electrie Development in the Alps.
Gigantic water power developments
are projected in the Alps. There are
now in the French Alps 43 factories
supplied by 250,000 horse power, elec
trically generated. Engineers estimate
that 3,000,000 horse power is now run
ning to waste in the Alps.
the greatest undertaking of the kind
ever attempted.
The mammoth, a gigantic species of
woolly extinct elephant, was found In
a great bed of Ice near the Beresowka
river. The spot is 3,000 miles by road
and river from Irkutsk, the nearest
place on the Trans-Siberian railroad.
The expedition left the latter place In
during the winter. The case of this
creature during the winter seems to be,
therefore, one of "sleep long and
soundly or starve." During the win
ter's sleep or hibernation life processes
go on very slowly. Breathing is re
duced, and the heart beats become so
slow and feeble that they cannot be
felt.
Prerloa Stone in Australia.
Rich deposits of sapphires, rubies,
emeralds and other precious stones
are being found in Australia. Al
though few gems of great commercial
value have been reached the unusual
abundance of stones leads to the as
sumption that in the future discover
ies of a vastly superior class of stones
will be made.
The hardness of the shell in which
the Australian emerald is found is a
source of considerable trouble and
loss, it being almost Impossible to
break down the rock without injuring
and frequently destroying the stones.
Rubies have been frequently met with,
but specimens of the Oriental, or true,
ruby are exceedingly rare.
pearance of an asylum In Interior or
exterior. It Is to be surrounded by
broad lawns, flower gardens, and wood
and its general appearance will be that
of a country seat.
PHYLLOXERA IN FRANCE,
The bitter cry of the folk In the
French vineyard goes up with greater
anu greater Intensity. And. In fat.
the matter is more Berious than is gen
erally imagined. M. Esclary. president
of the Ligue Vinicole de France. In a
letter to th press, tells a woeful tale
of the phylloxera. In which he say
that the Department of Herault, lor In
stance, is passing through a terrible
crisis. In recent years the value of
Its vineyards has decreased by no leH
than a milliard of francs. A sacrlflc?
of five hundred million franca is the
price for restoring it to what it wa.
and 240.000 persons at the present mo
ment find themselves unable to meet
their liabilities, notwithstanding that
their storehouses and cellars are glut
ted with good wine. They ask for a
year's grace to try to get things'
straight, and they deserve universal
sympathy.
the- summer. According to the last re
port received by telegraph from Ir
kutsk thc scientists had completed
their tremendous Jonrney and were
engaged in excavating the body from
its 100.000-year-old ice prison a re
markable Christmas present to science.
Animals Itarred from faclsad.
While emigrants of all kinds, tbe
dirtiest and most disease-laden of all
human beings, are allowed to flow into
this country without hindrance, hays
a London correspondent of the Mil
waukee Sentinel, it seems that the
most cleanly beasts, such an the gir
affe and elephant, are considered un
desirable aliens. In addition to the
vexed question of French books, the
Dover customs authorities have been
puzzled over the proper classification
of animals.
A circus arrived at that port the
other day with a whole arkful of ani
mals. Then the fun began. The kan
garoo mas admitted to this country
only after a careful examination of Its
pouch for contraband tobacco. Still
more droll was the opectacle of the
customs officers examining the ele
phant through a microscope to dis
cover its state of health and solitude.
Then the deer and boars were de
tained peremptorily, because the offi
cials got to squabbling as to whether
they were or were not "runlnatlng ani
mals." "The Capld perlaL
Nearly every famous train in the
country has a nickname, which in tke
majority of Instances more adequately
describes the train than does Its offi
cial name, says the New York Evening
Post. This is particularly true of a
train that comes Into one of the big
sheds at Jersey City, and Is perhaps
favored more by the station porter
than any of the other trains that dis
charge passengers there. To the train
masters and superintendents down
south it is known as "Train No. 36."
and on the time tables it Is called
"The United States Fast Mail," but
to every person in the section of the
country through which it runs, and
to many travelers, it is "The Cupid
Special." The train gets its name
from the number of bridal couples it
carries. It seldom comes up from the
south without bringing from two to
six brides and grooms.
Hroke I p the Play.
"A funny little Incident that I re
member was at the lla market thea
ter, when a benefit was given to dear
old Walter Lacy," says Mrs. Kendal,
in her reminiscences of the stage. "The
play was 'A Roland for an Oliver and
in one scene it was necessary that a
macaw should figure on the stage. Of
course, it was a stuffed macaw in those
days, and the wretched Inanimate
thing was placed In a prominent posi
tion on the stage. But they hadn't
fixed him firmly on his perch, and with
every actor's entrance the bird fell
to the ground, and u delighted titter
from the audience waa the result. At
last one actor, infuriated with the
bird's unnecessary comic relief
snatched It up and fixed it claws firm
ly and strongly on the perch. Later 11
became necessary in the play to shoot
at that macaw, when, of course,, tbe
concussion should have brought it tc
the grouud. But the actor had done
his work well, and, in spite of the fu
sillade, that macaw held his own until
the curtain fell to shrieks of delighted
laughter."