Current WJwJW?J K 'i 'fr A ffoted Chinese Statesman. A"noted Chlnoso statesman recently 4chcndod by order of tho dowager om Ircsa becauso of his too llbornl views wan, well known In diplomatic circles nt" Washington, aa bo hud Borrod aa minister from his country to tho Ujlltcd States from 1880 to tho latter part of 1889. Ho was Chang Yon Hoon. Ills death occurred last July, 1)Ut tho outaldo world became awaro of tho fact only a few days slnco. Cliang was an nblo diplomat and -woll, thought of In ofllclal circles. Ho was. a pronounced antiquarian, and 'wUUo In this country made many vis it! to tho Metropolitan Museum of Art in'. Now York, whoro ho could study ila raro collection of prlcolcss antlqul tlfa. Especially on tho spoclmons from his natlvo land was he an au thority,' and his information In con nection with thorn was of great aid ta tho antiquarians of tho United Sthtca. A memento of his visit to this country is to bo found at tho CHANO YEN HOON. 'Metropolitan Museum of Art. It con stats of a hammered bronza vaso of tho Han dynaBty, and Is over 2,000 years old. This was prosontcd in 1897 while ho was roturning homo from Qucon Victoria's JubIloo.N Optra linger Arrested. Another American woman has boon subjected to tho ignominy of nrrcst and dotontlon by tho infamous Brlgado doe Moours. as that particular division of tho Parisian po lice are designated, which Is Intrusted with tho duty of putting into exc cutlon tho laws dealing with tho women of tho half world. Tho most rccont victim of tho Brlgado des Moours is May Garllck of Battl more, wlfo of tho Marquis do Foo Sho 1b now serious' ly 111 from tho ef May Oarliclc fects of tho brutal and vllo troatmont to which Bho was nubjoctod by tho police, who, insist 4ng that Bho was a notorious charac tor, arrested her and kopt her for eov orai uouru in rrisou until Rim wnn ddontlflod. Thon nho was roleasod with Uio Usual apologies. May Garllck prior to Iior unfortunate mnrrlaim was' ono of tho loading slngora of tho Castlo Squaro Opora company at tho American thcator lu Now York. Hor llUSband. Whn In nn Itnllnn rinanrtn.l tier aftor shamefully moltrcntlng hor, leaving hor without means, whoroupon uio roturnoa to tho onornt o Btnirn making her European debut at Monto uario. Dr, Edward A. Itoss, who has boon nt tho head of tho dopartmont of uconomlca and sociology in Stanford university ulnco 189.1, has just been elected ait nsBOclato mombor of the In- tUuto International -do Soclologlo at 'Varls, Thore arc only flvo other mem lier of this society in tho Uultod latcs. Miss Habby Jones. Daughter of Oov. Dan W, Jonos, Who Will Chrlston tho Monitor Arkansas at Nowport News, Va., Nov, io. A Spanish paper assorts that two descendants of Columbus, Manuel and Maria, Columbo, brother and Blstor, qre at presont Inmates of tho asylum for the homeless lu tho city of Cadiz. Jt la mid that documents In their pos WMlon lacoatcctably prove their defeat Topics j 'J n -K W U Gen. Frost Tosses Atuay. General D. M. Frost, ono of tho most distinguished cltlzons of St Louis, died suddenly at his homo in that city last week. His death was vory sudden, for, al though tho goncral was 77 years old, ho had been ro- markably healthy and had not com plained of any ill ness. Gen. Frost was nntlvn nt Maw York and a gradtt-acn' D' M- Froat ato of West Point In tho class of 1841. Ho had fought with distinction in tho Mexican war, and tho outbreak of tho civil war found him In St. Louis a prosperous lumber merchant. Ho took sides with tho confederacy and for two years served In that cause. Tho principal incident in his civil war ca reer was his defense of Camp Jackson In this city and his surrender In May, 18C1, to tho federal troops under Gon cral Lyon. Tho stato militia hw'. been ailed together for their annual drill and voro encamped under Fro3t on tho outskirts of tho town. Beforo they could find an opportunity active ly to express their sympathies with tho south they wcro captured by tho homo guards and tho Missouri volun teers. After tho closo of tho war Gcnornl Frost returned to St. Louis and settled on his farm near tho city. Ono of his sons, R. Graham Frost, who died sovoral months ago, repre sented a Missouri district In congress. K.nebu Lincoln as a "Boy. Thoro was hold near Galcsburg, 111., rocontly, a colobratlon In honor of tho nlncty-flrst anniversary of tho birth of John T. Harnett, or Squlro Darnett, as ho Is gcnorally known. It took place at tho log homo west of Galos- burg, and mnny descendants from Knox and Warron counties wcro pres ent. A peculiar interest attaches to tho 11 fo of Mr. Barnott, for ho was ono of tho young men friends of Abraham Lincoln, who was a fow months his senior. Tho squlro Bays that Lincoln and ho wero ofton togothcr, and thatnlthough ho thought much of Lincoln, ho nover voted for him but onco, and that was when ho ran for tho legislature against Peter Cnrtwrlght Ho recalls many pleasant Incidents. Whon ho first bo camo acquainted with Lincoln tho lat- JOHN L. BARNETT. tor was ongaged with William Berry, aon of John Berry, In running a gro cery. Totocrs Afree on China. Tho ngrcomont between Great Brit ain and Germany on a common Chi- ncso policy Is accoptod by tho United Stntea nnd Russia as a pledge rather than aa a guldo to their own action, In responding our government simply assents to principles which it was tho first to formulate, namely, tho prin ciple of tho open door and tho prin ciple of tho preservation of Chlnoso territorial and ndmlulstratlvo entity. Undor tho circumstances an assump tion of leadership on the part of the two contracting powers would bo absurd, and wo havo only to reaffirm our own vlows without giving prom ises. 'Recet-Oed 25.000 Ter Jong. Two years ago Mine, Alva, a singer famous in Austra lia, volunteered to sing ono ovenlng nt Beudlgo boforo sonio nuns who wero about to go Into retreat. Sho Is now lntormod that a wealthy Au stralian, lu recog nition of hor kind ness, "as woll ns of hor magnificent Mmo. Alva. oudowmont aa n vocalist," hns loft her fl7C,000, which Is at tho rnto of $25,- 000 for ouch of thu sovon songs alio rendered. Mmo. Alva Is a Protestant, Illinois and Texas. Tho stato of Illinois hns 995,199 moro Inhabitants than It had In 1390. Its numerical gain is exceeded by Now York and Pennsylvania alone, and la barely exceeded by tho latter state. The porcontago of gain, being 20 per cent, la oqualud by that of no other largo atato, with tho exception of Tox- as. Tho Increase- in population in Illi nois botwoon 1880 and 1890 was 743,- 480, belng a little loss than 25 per cant. 6 he XOeeKly Panorama. j Woman Major. Tho only woman major in tho United States army is Mrs. Hollo L. Reynolds, of Santa Barbara, Cat. Mra. Reynolds is n natlvo of Massachasotts. When 14 years old sho romovod to tho west and nt tho opening of tho civil war, when her husband enlisted in tho Seventeenth Illinois, sho Joined him at Bird's Point, Mo., commencing a life of thrco years in tho camp and on tho field, helping the woundod and sick. Aftor tho battlo of Plttsburs Landing sho received her comlsslon ns major from Gov. Yates of Illlnola. Sho was at Vlcksburg, Mls3., whon Gen. Grant dared tho experiment of running tho batteries, and sho en tered that city with tho triumphant army. After the war sho studied medicine In Chicago and bocamo a practitioner. Later sho removed to Santa Barbara MRS. BELLE L. REYNOLDS. When trouble nroso in tho Philippines sho wont thoro ns a Rod Cross nurse. Sho has slnco returned home. ffegro 'Registrar of the treasury A colored man Is tho watchdog of tho nation's wealth and, with Secre tary Gago and Treasurer Roberts, forms a trlumvl- rato that controls the money stock of tho republic. Not a dollar can bo paid from tho federal treasury without the assent of theso two nnd tho negro, Judson W. Lyons, regis trar of the treas ury. Furthormoro Judson Lyons. tho namo of tho lattor must appear oa every bill and bond issued by the gov crnmont. Of courBo, ho cannot per sonally sign ovory noto Issued from tho bureau of printing and engraving, so his namo is cut into tho steel dies from which tho bills nro struck. But hla porsonal slgnaturo is required on tho registered bonds and" ho Is ofton eompollod to handle 5,000 of these In a day, tho average valuo of regis tered bonds Issued per day being ?5,- 000,000. Mr. Lyons Is tho successor of B. K. Bruce, also a negro, who died In 1898. Ho Is a Georgian nnd is 42 years of ago. Ho has taught school, studied law at Howard university, and prac ticed his profession at Augusta, Ga. LiKe Li Hung Chang. Tho accompanying picture Id not ono of LI Hung Chang, the ablo Chlnoso states man, although It bears a striking resomblan co to him. It Is that of tui Eski mo, discovered by tho Arctic explor er, A. J. Stone, nnd is reproduced from Tho World's Work. Ono enn seo In tho fnco of th picturo mnny oriental characteristics. The head Is Mongolian In Its cast and Chinese gullelessnesa and cunning are expressed In every fenture. Heroine of "PcKin. Miss Ceello Pnyon, tho Chicago por trait painter who shared with Mrs. and Miss Woodward of Evanaton tha long stcgo of Pekln, reached Chicago last week. Mls3 Paycn gives an Inter esting description of tho slego, which, she says was not bo black as was MISS CECILE PAYEN. painted, one of tho chief troubles of thoso within tho walls being tho thought of tho anxious ones nt homo. Sho was Just completing a portrait whon tho first scaro camo to tho lega tion, and aftor tho momontary excite ment had died away aho porsuaded her sitter to glvo hor another hour, in which nho comploted the picture. SI Forsaking Dy AMELIA CHAPTER L "Somo women are born to daughters-in-law, some achlovo daughters-in-law, and some ?-avo daughters-in-law thrust upon tf.em. I am of tho last category," Bald Gladys, in her whim sical way. "And really, Loulso, thero nro times when I am crushed by the wolght of tho unexpected boon." Mrs. Leonard looked indulgently at tho dainty creaturo reclining in on easy chair that would havo swallowed hor qulto hut for tho assertive naturo of tho gown that fell lu airy billows on footstool and floor. Mrs. Atherton wao always woll dressed, no a pretty woman should be. In hor flowing draperies of blue, matching tho color of her eyes, with blush roses at hor breast and In her rod golden hair, aho looked fair and young. Strangers would havo not her ago at seven nnd twenty, perhaps; but grim old Tlmo, for once giving no hint of his vicinity, was checking off tho minutes that must booh comploto her avowed seven and thirty years of llfo. "You know Harvey would marry somo day." "Not when ho waa a stripling undor twenty. You may say I needn't havo consented tq tho match. Well, all my llfo I had given him everything he cried for If ho cried long enough, so when ho wanted this now toy, aftor making myself nearly ill by opposing him, I yloldod, as usual. Beside, what could I do?" Bho added more serious ly. "Ho waa Infatuated with Helen. When a handsomo woman of twenty flvo resolves to capturo a boy of nlno tocn, It Is useless to try to offset her Influence. And thero waa "tho father." "You think ho helped matters on?" "Yes. A quack doctor of no social standing, swamped by debt and bur dened with flvo daughters, would uso any means to seo ono of thorn ad vantageously married. Ho of courso rogarded Harvey ns my heir, and oven thon he had a fine- situation. Rock vlllo has grown from a vlllago to a manufacturing town slnco I camo horo, and woll educnted young mon for sev eral years I had prlvato mastors for Harvey, as I dared not send him away to college find no difficulty In gaining positions of trust. Tho boy wa3 In advance of his ago; had I opposed him ho might havo boon persuadod Into a runaway match. Ho thought I would forgive him anything." "I'm afraid women aro not success ful in rearing boys." "I know they aro not We aro too Indulgent, too afraid of hurting our darlings, and In tho ond thoy become our mastors. Then, too, they aro so accustomed to being led by a woman that they surrender to the first design ing ono they meet, thinking her all aho scorns to be. Understand, I havo no fault to find with Helen in her relation to Harvey. Sho is a do voted wlfo and mother, exemplary In all hor ways. Sho helps tho poor and goes regularly to church. Sho Is moral as well, as a copy book, nnd has a trlto saying for cvory emergency. Sho was tho cornerstone of her shlftlo33 father's household, and Is kind enough to wish to bo tho cntlro foundation of mine." "That la where tho troublo begins?" "Naturally, Phebe Tofallnson has kopt my house ever since I had ono to keep, and resents Interference. I uphold my old servant. Holen thinks mo weak, frivolous and extravagant. Sh has porsuaded- Harvey that I am a more, butterfly, unable to manage my own affairs. You know I am nothing of tho kind; yet every day finds mo yielding to some now encroachment. Having admitted the noso of tho camol I must mnko room for tho whole body, and bo crushed to the wall unless 1 fight for footing. I am not bravo, and rather than fight, I glvo way; but tho tlmo Is at hand when I must assert myself or become u cipher. And I dread it." "Nover mind, dear. If they go too far, como to New York. You must do so without fear now death has ro moved tho chlof cause of your Qulxotlo exile." Mrs. Atherton sat erect In her chair and looked cautiously about tho room. "I can hardly realize I am really froo rrom mat Haunting terror," aho said In a lowered tone. "If our deliverance had only como beforo Harvey's en gagement everything might have boon altorcd." "Ho doca not suspect?" "Oh, no! How should ho? Phebo and I aro tho only ones who know. But you can see how many considera tions forced mo to countenance tho marriage, aud not drive tho boy to ex tremcs, lest worso should bofall." "I think you wcro wise, Gladys. Yet, slnco Harvoy really is married, ho needs you no longer. You have lived In thin quiet town long enough. As you no longer ontorUln, you must find Rockvlllo vory dull." "Helen docs not euro for company,' said Gladys, npologotlcally. "Hor health was precarious last winter, and now thnt baby has como sho dlsVkca to havo tho routlno of tho hous ills turbed. Sho receives only side door callers, her sisters and tholr friends I whom she entertains In her own apart uienta nt any hour of tho day or oven lng, Harvoy sooms satisfied with tho Boclety she provides, and has lost In terest in his old associates. So I'm obliged to 'flock by myself.'" Mrs. Loonard laughed and roso to BO. i "WelL try It for a few montbn all Others j$ DUGHEMIN & 5 longer. Then, If mattors do not chango como to tho city. .Your money will enablo you to llvo In good style there, and enter socloty. It la your money, Gladys," sho added significantly. 'Never forcct that. Consider well be foro you mako further sacrifices to an overstrained sense of duty. You should nover have so immolated yourself had I known your Intention in time." Mrs. Atherton did not answer as sho walked with her frlond to tho door, encountering on tho threshold a tall, hnndsomo young woman about to en ter. "Can you see mo now, mother?" the newcomer asked, when Mrs. Leonard had taken hor departure "I havo a little matter of business to discuss with you." Gladys hated business. Sho looked ruefully at hor son's wlfo aa with a great rustling of crisp skirts sho took a scat at a small onyx table by tho window and produced a numbor of neatly folded bills and rccolpts, with a brand new account book whoso pages wero headed by various names in scribed In tho plainest of writing, and followed by beautifully shaped figures. Even on a check Gladys detested llgurcs. "Harvey and I wero talking over household matters last night, mother," began Helen, In tho concise tones that so well matched her clear cut person ality, "and decided that In future it would bo best for us you and me to oxamlno tho tradesmen's long-drawn accounts every quarter." 'Why?" asked Gladys, evidently disturbed by tho suggestion. "I havo perfect faith In tho peoplo I deal with." 'I know you have; too much, per haps. Our bills last quarter wero very high." "Thero wcro additional persons In tho houno. Baby Harvoy brought hla own court with him," said Gladys, smiling. "However, I have no objec tion to you taking tho accounts of Tomllnson. I nover meddled with such matters In my life." 'That Is really nothing to bo proud of, mother," replied Helen, with a deprecating smile. "As for Mrs. Tom- llnoon, how do wo know sho Is not in leaguo with tho tradesfolk? Such cases aro not unusual." 'I would aopner suspect myself than Phebo," said Gladys, her soft voice hardening. "Sho has been in the fam ily for over thirty years." 'And so, if sho takes what she con- alders her commission, regards her self safe. Really, mother " "Oh, Helen, I wish you wouldn't call me that!" cried Gladys, who found her daughter-in-law's manner unusual ly irritating. "Why, how elso should I address you?" asked Helen, compressing her full red lips. "By my namo, Gladys, or Madam Gladys, if you like. Harvey always called mo so beforo his marriage." "A mother should not bo ashamed of the proudest of all titles. I havo been taught to venerate my elders." Gladys was an amlablo woman, but she had a pretty one's vanity. At this allusion to hor seniority over tho speaker sho lost her temper. "Don't bo absurd!" sho retorted. Thero Is no common senso reason why a woman of your ago should ven erate ono of mine. Whon you call mo mothor you mako us both appear ri dlculous. Ono should regard the fit ness of things." "What shall I call you then?" Helen steadily repeated. "Anything but that. Mrs. Atherton will do It you roally decline my previ ous suggestion," said Gladys, carolcss ly. Sho wns warming to the fray, and folt some pride In her new found cour age "And now I must ask you to excuso me. I ride at three." Helen methodically replaced hor pa pcrs In tho account book. "Shall you havo . tlmo to attend to this matter" whon you return, Mrs, Atherton?" sho coldly asked. Gladys almost flinched; tho deliber ate utterance of her name scorned llko a doucho of cold water. Beforo Bho had tlmo to rally hor forces tho door was thrown open with tho abrupt movomont that indicates a perturbed spirit, and a clumsily made woman of fifty, with keen, gray eyes and a shrewd, plain face, entered. "Now, now, now, Mrs. Harvoy, what aro you worrying tho mlstrcsa about?" sho asked, In a deep voice roughened .by a provincial burr. "She's not to bo troubled with business." "Plsobo, bo quiet! I'm ashamed of you!" cried Gladys, looking oven moro disturbed thnn Helon, now covered with nngry confusion. "My eon's wife la nt liberty to do as sho pleasea In theso matters." "I'm not saying otherways; she's welcomo to all you havo, no doubt; It's hor that complains of tho leaks, not me; but If she wants to atop them, I'll show her whoro to begin. Fruit out of season, nnd wine nnd cordials, soon count up to a pretty penny. "You aro Insolent," said Helen, with dlfllculty controlling hor anger. "You must be awaro that what I Bond to my father most of It would othorwlso bo wasted Is for distribution among his poor patlwa." CHAPTER II. Phebo grunted dlsbolievlngly, but at an lmpcratlvo sign from Mrs. Ather ton loft tho room. "You illl, I am sure, pardon Phobo'i freedom ot speech, Helen; sho regards herself as a privileged person," saia Gladys, apologetically. "So far aa t am concerned, I feel indebted to you for becoming my almoner. Indeed, i am perfectly satisfied with things as thoy are In all ways. Phebo keeps tho establishment aa I desiro It to he kept and must bo left alone. I shall not moddlo with her province and I advlso you not to do so.' You have scon how sho resenta Interference." "Then you will not look at tho ac counts?" asked Helen. Sho had com pletely rocovorod her self poise, and was again calmly assertive No. You really must excuso me." "Very well. I am sorry you consider my well meant ofTor Interference. Do not forget that I acted on my bus. band's suggestion." K "I havo no doubt your intentions wcro of tho best, I admit, too. that been used to luxury all my llfo. I liko it, and I can afford it That, I think, covers tho question." Sho roso, Indicating that tho inter view was at an end; but Helon had still something to Bay, and being a resoluto young woman, proceeded to Bay It "And do you owo nothing to your eon and to his Bona after him?" sho slowly asked. "My dear father has ofton told mo that he Is but tho stew ard of his children's property; aa all ho has will ono day bo theirs, ho owes It to them to limit his expenses as much as possible. Have you no such realization of a plain duty?" Gladys stood for a moment as If petrified; then hor outraged fecllug3 found vent In a stinging reply. I was not awaro that Doctor Blako ever had n dollar ho could honestly call hla own," sho said with unmis takable contempt Helen turned scarlet Her angor Bcemcd nlmost to suftocato her. She put her hand to her throat, which throbbed violently. Gladys shrank from hor flerco look, terrified at tho demon sho had stirred. But tho poor doctor's daughter had learned Belf- mastery In a trying school, and after one stormy moment was horsolf again. 'I thank you for your kind and char itable thought, madam," sho said calmly, and with a bow left tho room, leaving her conqueror to enduro what was worso than tho pangs of defeat tho consciousness that sho had not acted with the generosity which usual ly characterized her every action. Standing at tho drawing room win dow half an hour afterward, with her baby Is hor arms, Helen saw Gladys gallop off, followed by a groom In un assuming livery. Sho disapproved of this groom as alio disapproved of the housekeeper and Gladys' own maid. Thoy wcro all unnecessary luxuries. To tho debt-hauntod doctor's daughter lavish expenditure seemed almost wicked tho moro so that ono day tho monoy which mado It posslblo would belong by right to her children. Sho stood looking discontentedly Into tho fair garden, now rioting in roses, waiting for Harvey's appear ance. Every day found her at tills window, ready to greet him with a Bmllo while ho was still at a distance, and with hor baby in her arms, her beautiful eyes glowing with wifely love and motherly pride, sho mado a pic turo fair enough to Justify young Athorton's Infatuation for her. Sho waa his world, and had been ever slnco her slow glanco sought and lingered on him two years before, prematurely kindling tho dormant Arcs of hla na ture. From that moment all things In earth and heaven wero as naught to him when compared with his peerless Helen. (To ho continued.) EYEBROWS AND LASHES. Lone Sweeping Kjelnnlies l'rotoct tha Eye from bust. It Is upon record that groat beauties In ancient days devoted much time to tho caro of tho eyelash and brow. Somo beauties do so nowadays, but many a girl who has a pretty eyo could enhance Its attractiveness by a Httlo caro. Long, sweeping eyelashes havo been admired by poets and lovers from tlmo immemorial nnd thero is certainly something protty In tho long eyolaBh sweeping down on a fair check. Not only does it add to tho expression, but it Is a creator safe guard to tho eyo from dust and dan gerous flying particles. If the tips of tho lashes bo trimmed occasionally and a little vasollno or olive oil bo put upon hem each night, tho growth will bo aided very much. And then about tho oyobrow how often women aro neglectful about It! Shnkespearo tolls us how tho lover has writ a "woeful ballad to his mistress' eyebrow," but loycra in olden days wero moro appre ciative of thlu feature than they aro today. Eyebrows differ with every In dividual, but if nature has not been careful to provldo ono with thoso of perfect form, much can bo done to holp matters. Tho lyetrow should extond slightly boyonfi. tho orlflco of tho oyo at each end. Toward tho tompV It should terminate In a mero 11& and It should be slightly bioador &t tho other end. Upon the peculiar arch and tho breadth of tho eyebrow much de pends. Dellcato features reqtilro a dellcnto brow, whllo a fnco that is strong in character requires a bolder ono. Nover pull hairs out ot tho brow, but rather try, by caroful brushing, to train them to grow ns thoy Bbould. A very littlo oil mny bo used on the eyebrows to etlmulnto tholr growth, but bo careful not to uso It often or It may mako thorn grow bushy. Tho ycing king of Italy, like his queen, is very fond of nnulc. In thla respect he Is said to bo unlquo among the princes ot Us 'houso ot ftavoy.