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tf ' . ( . I r 0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE-JVtCXNDAY : , DECEMBER 29 , 1890. TALES FROM ( OVER THE SEA , Queer Phases of Lifo Among the People o the , Old World , WEALTH FOUND INSIDE A STATUE , An Undertaker's ! Gruesome Krror Strnneo Story of nit Old Pljio Bbnrrt ) Her Ilcd with Cain Iloinco nnil Juliet. \ Pygmnllon , the ancient artist , could , not bo moro overjoyed when his statue became transformed Into a lovely woman | than the heirs of the Into Mmo. Artaud , who recently died In Paris , when they discovered a considerable fortune carefully - , fully hidden away In the Interior of n common plaster-of-paris reproduction of the famous Venus of MIlo , eaya n Paris dispatch to the London Telegraph. The history of the sudden find is curious and entertaining , Mine , Artaud died with out without making a will , nndjas she had no notary , her children and grand children appealed to a financial adviser of the deceased who used occasionally to put her money out In stock exchange speculation. That the old lady hnd loft a fair share of lucre was certain , and as not a stiver nor a bank note could bo found any where in her rooms , the heirs came to the natural conclusion that the financial ngent must have been intrusted byMme. Artaud with her money before she made exit from this world. The ngcnt de clared in the most positive manner that ho hnd received nothing for a long ttmo from Mmo. Artaud , who , feeling her end approaching , gave up bourse specu lations. This did not satisfy the heirs , vvho promptly accused the agent of hnvintr appropriated what did not belonpr to him , but as they had no proof against him they were unnblo to boirln legal proceedings. They accordingly sot tel l work to divide the furniture nnd general 1 belongings of the deceased between them. The dining room and saloon chairs , tables , and trappings were in empire style nnd worth from jC)0 ! ! ( ) to 400. but n it would bo impossible to obtain moro than half their value , the discontent among the heirs incrcnbcd. A lottery of the effects having been organized , an old statute representing the goddess of love fell to ono of the daughters of the deceased , who was about to break it with vexation , when ono of her relatives proposed to examine It to see if by nny cluinco it were a rare work of art. The buso of thostatuo was covered over underneath with oil clotb , and when the covering was removed out tumbled n choice collection of bank notes , bonds , securities and obligations , the whole amounting in value to about 2,000. The plnstor-of-pnrlB Venus will bo piously preserved by the family now as an cuablom of luck and a happy heir loom. A gruesoinoly humorous Incident oc curred at I'othdam recently. A certain widow by llio name of Wuchtorpausen had n daughter Amelia vho had cone to Nice for her health and there died. The mother telegraphed to the undertaker In that city to forward the body. This was apparently done , and in duo time n box arrived inclosing an elaborate coffin which , in its turn , was supposed to contain the body of the maiden. Just as the ceremonies of the funeral were about to begin the mother insisted upon having the coffin opened , which was done forthwith , nnd In place of the young clrl there wns found the body of an old Kusslan military officer dressed in a uniform , ducked out with medals nnd holding a drawn sword in his hand. Telegrams were immediately dis patched to Nice nnd it was learned that the bodies had been mixed up ; the maiden had gene to Smolensk instead of Potsdam. Then Smolensk was wired and the Russian uu- thoricies were interrogated in every di rection. An answer came saying that the body of the young lady had been duly buried , with full military pomp and circumstance , nnd a general holiday had boon enjoyed in town to do reverence to what was supposed to , bo the ofllcor's niomory. What to do with the Russian is now puzzling the widow. The body of an unknown man wns brought into the morgue on Sunday night about two months ago. His pock ets had boon stripped of whatever they | j may have contained ; his garments were | | worn threadbare , though they hnd evi dently once been of line material ; a piece of cord was tied tightly around his throat , and there was at first a suspicion of foul piny. A protruding tongue , star ing eyes and bloated features strongly suggested murder. The face was terri bly disfigured. The body hnd been in the water some time. It would probably have been buried or dissected among other un known unclaimed bodies but for the chance visit of n well known boulovarder to the morgue. Ho at first passed from ono to the other of three bodies on their icy slabs nnd wns about to pass the third when something attracted mm. It was nn old , blackened , nicotlno- ttnlncd , burnt-out meerschaum pipe. IIo stopped , stared and tried to recall the features. Then with n sudden exclama tion ho mndo his way quickly to the keeper of the morgup to claim the body of his once dearest friend , Victor Lcsciidcs was ton years ngo ono of the brightest feuilletonists in nil the brightest galaxy of writers for the Paris press of that day. A strangely nioroso man at times , but a man , it is eald , with a history , his long hair nnd unkempt board , his slouch hat and ill- fitting clothes were known nil over Paris. Among his other eccentricities wns his pipe. Without this ugly , blackened thing ho was never scon ; It wns a part and parcel of Ills bolng. Auout a year ngo ho dis appeared. Ho was getting old It is true , but ho was so subject to occasional disappearances that nt first no ono thought anything of it , Then ho was missed and his absence was talked about. Then some ono suggested ho had gene to Algeria or America , nnd then ho was forgotten. Yesterday nftornoon ho was recognized in the morgue , nnd today ho wns buried and nearly a hundred of the oldest lltorutours of PurU followed his body to the grave. A curious case of especial interest to elderly spinsters nnd lovers of house pots is shortly to como before the Berlin courts. A young woman wns cngagci as companion to nn old lady at statct wages , but ran away from her plnco two days after entering service. IIui mistress procured her nrrosl under the law that n servant must glvo duo notlco before leaving her situation ; but tlio police , after hearing the girl's state ment , told the Indy that she could not compel the girl to return , and could only claim damages in the civil court. For the girl stated , nnd her state montH have boon proved true , that on entering the Indy's flat four immense doga jumped nt her , although they dii not do her any harm , In the next room another big dog with a litter of pups mot bor gnzo , while the third room vrns tonnntod by at lon.it three dor.cn differ ent varieties of birds. The kitchen of the old lady-was given oror to cntH , nnd the girl s sleeping , room was converted Into a temporary hospital for invalid members of the ani mal world. "Tho old lady , " said the girl , "was very kind to mo , but as my duties con sisted in washing all the dngu dally , and I hnd to share my bed with half a dozen dogs nntl cats , I was obliged to run nwny to avoid sickness. " How the terrible flro which has de stroyed the village of Moor , in Hun gary , originated is thus tola by our Vienna correspondent , says the London Dally News : A farmer's wife was Iron ing in her kitchen , using a llntiron filled with charcoal , when a spark flow out and sot fire to her muslin dress. In her fright she ran into the court yard , vhuro her husband nnd his people were threshlmr barley. The barley uught fire from her , and was no sooner ibla/.o than the wind blow the sparks in ill directions , setting fire to the thatched roofs of the houses which stood in two eng rows forrnlnir the main street. All vas BO sudden nnJ people were so dumb- ounded that for a llttlo time they could lot oven call for help. Most of the heads of families were in the vineyards and heir help WIIH not available until they md been recalled by tlio alarm boll , rho old people nnd children in the muses hud not presence of mind enough o save themselves. In Hungary it has not rained for a eng tlmo and the wells contained no vntor , BO that nothing could bb done to ave oven a single house In all 109 mines . were destroyed nnd 131 families ire without a roof ubovo their bonds. 1'ho harvest was over nnd the corn in ho barns wascoiHtimod In the general conflagration , which wns n terrible spec- ado as night cnmo on. Ten bodies invo been found nnd some children are nlssing. Nearly everybody In the lolghborhood Is suffering from burns 'ccoived ' in rescue work. Parisian women , as in London , have nn insatiable mania for carrying or lend- 'ng by chain pug doga of nil degrees of .igliness , says tlio London Telegraph. Juring a ts'howor of rain ono wns scon walking along the Qual Jommapcs , where a number of workmen hnd just mished discharging a cargo of coal "rom a bargo. The lady held In ono liand an umbr'olln , with which she cnrc- ! ully protected from the least drop of wet in ugly .little dog with n eorgcous jluo rmbon round its neck. By her side trotted her daughter , a little girl about three years old , her shoes not so water proof us they might have been , who , de prived of the protection of the umbrella monopolized by the dog , wns rapidly getting drenched. As she was about to cross the bridge which' spans the canal ono of the coal heavers went up to her ind said : "Allow me , madam , to re- Hove you of your dog , so that you may carry your girl to the other side.1 The woman accepted the offer , but when the party arrived at the other end of the bridge the coal heaver throw the pug into the canal , telling its mistress at the same time : "That's a les son to you not to shelter a dog while your child is getting wot. " The woman screamed , and soon ncrowd _ 'collected to whom she pathetically narrated the as sassination of her pot. Two policemen at her instigation took the coal-h'oavor to the station , but the superintendent declined to formulate unychurgo against htm. All she could do , ho told h&r , was Lo bring a civil action for the value of the dog. An extraordinary comedy of errors has just made Itself public in connection with the workhouse administration in Franco. It starts from that familiar basis of a hundred plays nnd novels- two children who were changed in the nursery. Two girls , with names almost identical , wore placed by their mothers about the same tlmo in the institution called Enfants Asslstcs. Ten years ngo ono of them was taken homo by her supposed mother , given a dowry and married. Of course she was tlio wrong ono ; nnd the other , having jnst como out on the attainment of her majority , claims to have proved her substitute a changling. She demands the dowry , it seems , and may possibly put in a claim for the husband. It may prove a nice point of law whether she is entitled to both ; but it appears that every ono nil round has a claim for dam ages against everybody else , the public authorities the fairies who effected the change coining off the worst. The poor girl who has just emerged from the workhouse no doubt looks upon the comparatively parativoly comfortable and respectable circumstances to which her namesake has wrongfully succeeded much in the way as the claimant to an' earldom re gards that dizzy prospect of wealth and advancement. The situation reminds ono of Mr. Besanfs plot in "Tho Children dron of Gibeon , " and there are -great Glbertluii possibilities about it A panic occurred in n largo public school in the Frlcdonstrasso in Berlin. It seems that the children word pos sessed by the idea that the school house was haunted by the spirit of a former teacher who had committed suicide- many years ngo , says Dunlap's cable news service. At noon a girl of the first class .became hysterical and ran into the main hall crying out that the ghost was choking her. All the pupils caught the nervous crisis and rushed from all the class rooms , catching frantically at their throats and yelling out that the ghost wns attacking them. The teachers were powerless to restrain the terrified chil dren and the staircases were soon strewn with them , toppling over each other. Fortunately the exits were umplo and nil gained the street with slight injur ies. The school building is being watched by the police in order to find out the cuuso of the fright. A curious case itbout doctors' fees has just boon decided at Liverpool nssizei before Mr. Justice Smith , says tho. Lon don Daily Nows. Dr. Day sued Mr , Lamb , a tenant farmer for Jt303 Cs. Mr Lamb declared the charge excessive , nnd ho paid 180 5s into court. Hnro is nn "Item" in Mr. Day's bill : "Long conversation with Mrs. Sykes on behalf of Mrs. Lamb with regard to the use of some qunck remedy which she recom mended nnd I declined , 10s Cd. " Half n guinea for gossiping with Mrs , Sykes about his patient. Mrs. Lamb I You needn't have done it , observed cross examining coun sel plaintively. There was nlso un entry of 7s. Od. for "writing a letter to a specialist" about his patient , Mrs. Lamb. "Worse than an attorney ; ho would only charge Cs. 8. , " remarked Mr. Justlco Smith nmld loud laughter. Several medical witnesses said that Dr. Day's charges were , under the circumstances , too hitrh. The jury found a verdict for Mr. Lamb. Dr. Day is to receive only the balance- the 180 5s. nftor the de fendant's costs have been taxed. At Assons , In the canton of Vaud , Switzerland , September I ) of the present year , while- some grave diggers were re moving the contents of a grave from a low , wet portion of a cemetery , a coffin , which contained the remains of a woman , was found to be full to overflowIng - Ing with crisp , curly black hair. The couln wns of wood and lay the under most of three , all in ono grave. As soon as the first two hud boon removed the workmen noticed thnt the clay on the lid of the under coffin , as well as the cracks In the lid nnd sides , wns matted with hair which boomed to bo pushing out' through the t-rncks. On removing the lid n moat remarkable sight mot their gazo. There wns the whole figure of the corpse , exhibiting the oycs , mouth , cars nnd every part , every square inch of the body being covered with the long , curly hair. Ex posed to the air fora few minutestho contents of the coffin bncnmo a shapeless mass of hair , ono hand nnd the great too of the right foot only retaining their shape. Another mysterious drama of love nnd death has occurred at Pcrlgncux , Franco. Oho other day , in the after noon , a young roan , seventeen yonrs of ngo , the son of n merchant in the place mentioned , and a young womnn of twenty , daughter of n reputable citizen residing close by , loft their homes about the snmo hour , and nothing moro was seen of thorn until the evening , when their lifeless bodies were discovered lying side by side under a tree some dis- tnnco from the town. The two were in love , but despaired of receiving the as sent of their relntlvcs to marry. Neither ho nor she desired to live except - copt in honorable wedlock , and ns this seemed to bo beyond their power they resolved to die voluntnrily. The couple - plo nccordingly ngrccd to meet on Sunday afternoon in the fields under n tree. Each drank a small phial of mor phine , nnd to mnko the result moro cer tain the man fired a pistol shot through the woman's head and then did the satno to himself. Tlio empty phials were found by their sides , and also a revel ver. Reports have reached this city of a romnrkablo excitement prevailing at lUttenborg , says Dunlap's cnblo from 'ionnn , A young girl in that town do- clarcs that she lias witnessed a mani festation of the Virgin Mary in a tree , : iml , exhorted by the oxciteu people , has gene with her foster-mother to Marburg in order to demand permission of the : vrchbishop for the people to witness the miracle unaor the troo. Seven gond- iirmcs have already been posted under the tree In order to'kcop away the people - plo , who are anxious to got close to it in the hope of being able to see the mani- 'cstatlon. A sad story of the laying on nnd the rubbing in of affliction comes from Paris. Said a follow traveler to a shootlst" returning by train with a bag of partridges : "Lot mo carry your game in my big ovorcont pockets ; the octroi officials wont notice it and you will escape paying duty. " The [ friendly accommodation wns gladly accepted , but on arrival at Purls , nlasl the kind friend had disappeared , together with the feathered outcome ofr'lo sport. " Out raged in his sportsmanlike feelings , the victim laid a complaint before the police nnd ns a result is to bo prosecuted for defrauding the octroi ! The originals of the certificates of cures effected by the usn of Ayro's sarsaparilln are kept on file at the ofllco of the J. C. Aver company , Lowell. Mass. Probably no simi lar establishment In tlio world can exhibit such n mass of valuable and convincing tes timony. Marked Interest is now shown by eastern people , in the settlement of Oregon and Washington , particularly that region adjacent to Puget Sound. The reason for this is the almost unlimited resources that have lately been opened up , nnd the surpris ing growth of Portlnnd , Taconm , Seattle nnd other cities and towns along Puget Sound. The Union Pacific on account of its fast time , short line , through Pullman palace sleepers , free reclining chair cars , olognnt dining cars , and free Pullman colonist sleepers , from the Missouri river , is the favorite route to this region , and tickets via this line should always bo asked for. For complete Information relative to this remarkable section , time of trains , rates , pamphlets , etc. , call on your near est ticket agent or address the under signed. E. L. LOMAX , General Passenger Agent , , Omaha , Nob. 1002. Sixteenth and Fnrnam streets is the now Rock Island ticket ofllco. Tick ets to all points cast at lowest rates. The Empress of Jnpnn. At excessive heights above all Japan- cso women , the invisible empress , till within recent years , wns enthroned like n goddess , says a writer in Harpers' Magazine. But she , the sovereign , has descended llttlo bv little from her em pyrean ; she shows hoi self at present , she receives , she speaks , nnd she even lunches with the tips of her lips , it is true. She has abandoned her magnifi cent camnils strewn with strange bin- Ions , her wide bend-dress that looked like nn idol's , and her enormous fans ; she sends , alas ! to Paris or London for her corsets , her dresses , and her bon nets. nets.Five Five years have passed over the chrys anthemums since , on ono of these vor.y rare solemnities , where a few privileged ones nro admitted to her presence , I had the honor of seeing her in her gardens. She was ideally charming , passing like a fairy among her parterres , flowered in profusion with the sad flowers of au tumn ; then coming to sit beneath her canopy of violent cropon ( the imperial color ) in the hieratic stiffness of her robjjs , tinted like the wings of n hum ming bird. All the delicious quaint pa geantry with which she the nsurrounded herself gave her the charm of an unreal creature. Upon her painted lips hov- oiod a ceremonial smile , disdainful and vague. Beneath the powder her exquis ite face preserved an impenetrable ex pression , nnd notwithstanding the grace of her greeting , ono felt her offended by our presence , which according to the now customs she was forced to tolerate she , the only empress , Invisible of yore like a religious myth. Mrs. M. ScuaonberRer , Beaver Dam , Wls. , writes : "Wo have used Dr. Thomas' Elec tric Oil In our family for coughs , cold , croup und rheumatism. It cures every tlmo. ' ' Washington und Oregon. This now empire of the northwest is attracting universal attention nnd the reason for this is the almost unlimited resources that have recently boon opened and the surprising growth of this region. Largo agricultural areas ; vast forests and immense deposits of precious metals nro to bo found in Oregon and Welling ton , nnd by reason of tlio varied natural resources of the country this section offers uncqunled opportunities for the investment of capital nnd location of in dustries thnt are not surpassed by the older sections of the United States. The Union Pacific on account of its fast tlmo , through Pullman sleepers nnd dinIng - Ing cars , free reclining chair cars and free colonist slcopors from the Missouri river , is conceded to bo the fnvorito route for persons going to olthor Wash ington or Oregon. For pamphlets fully descriptive of the nbovo named states , or for rates , time of trains or nny information pertaining to the Union Pacific , call on or address your nearesttickot ugont or the under signed , who will most cheerfully furnish nny information that may bo doslreii , A. P. Douol , city ticket ugont , 1302 Far- naius treot , Omnhn , Neb Dr.DIrnoy. nosonnd thr oat Dcebldg yiENlTIES (1HI1E ( TEA MffN When Propjrly Mad it IB a Gorgeous Piece of Ferninlho Finery. low ROUGH MINER'S ' RESPECT WOMEN , Chivalry In nt a Prcm'um , In Camp When .Wlvcif tir Mothers nro There GosRlpVbout tlio 1'nlu Sex. People in gonornl have curious lilons if n ton gown , nnd a peculiar and mis- akcn hnblt of confusinp this Important .nd olcfjant bit of feminine finery with 11 manner of loose nnd flapping maltnco powns , dressing gowns nnd ill-shnpon , ll-flttlnc wrappers , which a womnn ihould allow herself to wear only In the nnctlty of her ojvn npartment , Bays the w York Sun. The tea gown proper s , in itswny , as olognntnsiidlnnor gown , leh in material , costly in decoration , inrefully fitted , and exquisitely com- > lncd us to colors ; it la supposed to bo vorn nt the twilight hour In the rngrnnco of the steaming cup that iheers when parlors nro bright with ady visitors ; when men drop in inform- lly and ai-o nt their brightest and best , vhcn the lights glow faintly through oscato shades over dainty service nnd dcllcato china , and fair woman is fulrost ind most Irresistible. Stiff , rustling rocadosnnd heavy velvets enter Einto tsconstruction , but BO arranged nnd fitted that it adapts Itself readily to the pretty unconventional attitudes a wo man drops into in tlio elcony liollow chairs of the tea room , or the double rocker in the library , or may bo on the luxurious dlvnns , plied high with bright soft pillows. These now gowns seem to bo moro closely fitted and loss juggostlvo of comfort and somnolence oven than these scon last yearnnd while loose In front are fitted smoothly In the back and at the side in Princess fashion. One gown in golden bronxo bonEulino , , vith a conorous trnln , has a front of .omon surahwrought with gold and bor dered with bronze velvet ribbon. It hangs very straight and smooth in front , and has a train of considerable length. Full bengallno sleeves are puffed to the el bow , and fall over deep gold cults , nnd a high colar faced with lemon color rolls buck from n gold neckband. Another gown , in an uncommon nnd beautiful shade of green , has a loose front of cream China silk , embroidered at the bottom ivnd laced down with a Swiss girdle of black velvet. Point ( to Voniso sleeves : ind deep collar finish , -which Is very stylish and pretty In every way. You can't ' go wrong If you duplicate It. Still moro elaborate and loss sug- _ cstivo of its purnos.o Is a tea gown of striped cream satin and crepe do chine. The sash cncirot ing the slender waist is of pink and green satin ribbon , bound round and round , to bo tied at one side in the late pretty device affected by slim women , and the yoke and armlets of beautiful silver embroidery. The sleeves are of cream chiffon , and the atmosphere of the whole is decidedly of the French , Frenchy. Of the two tea jackets which follow nnd nro worn by some ladies in preference to the gowns , one is of pale blue nun's veiling , with white China sllu lot in front and baclc , overlaid with cas cades of Valenciennes lace , and the other of violet bongnlino , with a paler violet pouf in front and a gold decoration. Stories or Ilernlinrrtt , Bornhardt'a little Bohomo for apply ing a live snake to her bared breast In * the death scene of "Cleopatra" excites n laugh in the city which has become quite used to being fooled by her on the production of each trosh play , sn.ve a Paris letter to the Savannah News. When Bornhardt puts her genius nt the service of "her churlantry the result is such glorious and unique hum bugging as only the boulevard could appreciate , but for which they love her for Parisians will not soon forgot how Bornhnrdt advertised one place by going to a horse fair , buying two splendid horses for her son , returning to Paris after midnight and stabling the animals , for luck of other accommodations , in her mngniflciontly fitted studio. Next morning all Paris was ngog. "How could you allow such wanton de struction ? " "Ah , " said the Borhhardt , her eyes alight with maternal devotion , "how could I deny Maurice anythingV" Nor has Paris yet done talking of how she posed as an angel at Maurice's wed ding , a ray of light sifted through stained glass falling softly on her up lifted face as she knelt at the altar wrapped in religious ccstacy. This was almost as good un ndvertlsment as the news which not so very long ago startled all Prance Bornhardt had become In- snnj. No , said monslours , the journalists anddrnmaticcriticsyou have deceived us too often ; this time wo positively refuse to believe one syllable. M. of Figaro was especially firm in his posi tion. By the great gods ho had sworn , and ho would stand by his onth , that Bornhnrdt's name should never again appear in typo which ho controlled. But private information came to him from sources deemed incorruptible , nnd ho was brought to call on Bornhardt to see with his own eyes. In her boudoir , with lights turned down , she kept him waitIng - Ing , and then bounced into the apart ment like one of her own tiger cats and leaned against the man tel , hair dishevelled , fitco haggard , feat ures blank and unintelligent , fingers trembling. Her complexion was ghastly , her eyes wandering. Not a word did she answer to his * questions , but "mum bled to herself in undertones. After a llttlo she dropped to the floor and lay staring into the fire , babbling. M. wis convinced. NGxt day ho came out with a lamentation ; n great light had gene out ; Bornhnrdt had had her faults ; but it would bo Iqn'g ere they looked on her like again. " , This wan the moment for which Born hnrdt had been waiting. In two hours n curd from her was in every newspaper olllco in the city. She was not insane : she could not linn'cinahow suchncana.'d started ; her head hail never been elenror , as she hoped to convince the public by production of , ' , n which she should oprfn the week following. But none of h'6r recent perform ances have equalled a somowhal earlier achievement. There nro gossips who still laugh as they re member how , after her marriage with Unmahi , the rumor got about Paris that , owing to domestic duties , Bornhnrdi would bo unable to finish her senMm. Fashion writers who visited Worth dis covered thnt in good truth Bornhardt had ordered u complete outfit of now stage dresses designed with the view o hiding her llguro , It became the fatmion . to go and see the actress in these gowns. Bets were up as to how many moro nights she would play , whan bijddonly without warning , uu the interest ronchcc its climax , the special wnrdrobo wiu thrown abide. Bornhardt laughed anr Pui'Ia laughed with her as it saw how well it had been foolod. There in only one Bcrnhnrdt She ii unique , unapproachable. But with al ' her quaeko'ry Paris remembers to her credit that eho elncoroly loved Dnmiiln. 51io pulled him out of the gutter , and , n eplte of much , at the end she mourned ihu. How Miners Ilcipcot Women. Mr. W. O. Tonkin of Silver City , N. I , , a mining export and engineer , wns nt the Midland in Kansas City the other day. Mr. Tonkin hits spent a number of years In the western wilds and has mot lie American minor in almost nil of his many phosca , says the Journal. In the course of u conversation with a group of rlends vostcrclny the question of the in- jorn gmlnntry of the American citizen 0 the fair sex became tlio topic under discussion. One gentleman remarked that a Indy could truvol all over the United States ilono nnd suitor 10 inconvenience or an- noynnco so long as her conduct did not render her liable to the approaches ol .ho . masher. Ho mentioned the play of 'Tho Danitcs , " where a group of miners are waiting the arrival of the low school teacher on the Htngo. They itivo bricks , broomsticks , baskets , in cans and other "weopins" to make ifo pleasant for him. The coach drives up and a neat , trim young lady gets lown. The miners drop their weapons sheepishly , smooth their heads and , tiklng in their uncouth appearance , sneak away. "That reminds mo , " romnrkod Mr. 1'onkln , "of an instance in a mining camp that illustrates the veneration vith which these rough men regard n voman. A low months after my mar- -Ingo I was sent through Lin coln county , N. M. , to survey seine in I M oral Innds for a railroad com inny. My wife wanted to go with mo , .1 was a camp-out expedition nnd a case of 'roughing it' and no mistake. I Innlly consented to her going with mo , ind wo sot out with an ambulance , cook- ng outflt , etc. , across the plains , 150 miles from any railroad and into the icart of the wilderness. "One day a terrific rain sot in nnd continued all night. In the storm I Obt my bearings and wandered about .mill 8 o'clock at night , when I saw n iglit. I drove towards it , and came up .o . a small minor's cabin. I got down , cuockcd at the door and was admitted. 1 stated my case and asked for shelter. " 'Come right In , stranger , and .wel come , ' was my nnswer , "I glanced around tlio ono room and saw four roughly dressed minors. The oorn had no Moor and only an open flro- ' ilnco , over which their'frugal meals were cooked. A few necessary articles completed the entire furniture of the cabin. 'My wife is with mo , ' I paid , and is out in the wntron now. ' 'Here , boys , bundle out o'this and help the stranger in with his things. Bo lively , iow , ' said the spokesman , pulling off "iis hat and squaring things about. "They helped us in with our goods , jot a roaring flro to going and then ormlng a line near tlio leader , said : Yec kindly welcome , mura. .Wo ain't got much to offer , but yer can take the anch. Mo an' my matcs'll ' roost out side. Jess make yorsolf ut home an' ' don't mind us. ' "They were standing uncovered all -his time , and when the speech was ended died out of their cabin and stayed out all night in the rain , in spite of the earnest protests of my wife and myself. Those great aig-hearted , rough men vacated ihoir aomo for a lady nnd would not lot us re munerate them In any wny. 'We don't ' see no wlmmon folks in theot > dlggins' the lender said 'an' wo feels proud to know yor boon here. "What wo done ain't nothin's to talk about and we'd lick a moan skunk which wouldn't do like wise for a lady. ' " Attraution ofthc Foreign Suitor. Ono reason why American girls wish to marry abroad is that foreigners have as a rule , a certain enamel of manner which is very attractive to women , writes Mrs. John Sherwood In Harper's Bazaar. The hand kissing , the flattery , the def erential manner , all these are the most agreeable beginnings of an acquaint ance. It is , to an idle girl , a great pleasure to find am an who has al | his Say to devote to her. The European man has made a study of how to amuse himself all d ny long , nnd no doubt ho has picked up education nnd much that is very agreea ble along with this effort to got rid of time. The American man has had no such difficulty in disposlngof the golden hours ; ho has worked hard to mnko his living ; ho nns hnd a terrific struggle for it , and his love making has been a thing apart , an interlude in the busy life. IIo has had no time to enamel - amol himself with foreign mannors.nnd to an idle nnd n selfish girl ho is far less agreeable than a man who can take her to picture galleries , to races , tothoBols , to dine , who knows all about dress makers , their prices , their degrco of style , and their costumes. A European man is a gazette , u newspaper amongst other things , and ho Is full of delightful anecdote. Ho knows all the gossip about the Prlnco of "Wales , about Lady Agatha , and the Duchess of No where ; ho is selfish in every thing else , but ho is not selfish in this. Ho does try to make himself amusing and agreeable , and to do him justice ho generally succeeds. If ho goes to theater or opera with a party of ladies - dies , ho knows the history and It is apt to bo a piquant ono of every primn donna , every tenor , every basso. Ho re members what happened at Nice two winters ago , and ho 1ms an amusing story about the Grand Duchess of Pirn- pornlclcel. 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