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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. Wo all know that there is
no moro fascinating reading for the idle
and cultivated than stories in which
titles abound.
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