UK£ SAM HOUSTON
>■-■
A BORDER HERO TO BE REMEM
BERED.
HAM DALE TUI VETERAN INDIAN
TIGHTER OF IIT-GONK DAY*.
A Monument %V1II Hoou Mark Ilia Lone
Southern llrnvo In tlie Itude Soil of
Central Alnhiunti—Some of 11 la llrtive
Deed**
O n E M O 8 T
among tlni brave
men who lived ou
the Southeastern
frontier during
the early y-ara
of the present
century, was
('apt,, after (Jen.
Samuel Dale, who
for muny years
hud can-led on a
trade with the
Crooks nnd t'lier
kco* of Georgia. Gen Dole, whose
bones rost 'ncuth the rmle soil of Cen
tra 1 Alabama, is to have is nama kept
(freon by a monument which will
bo placed In position in tha
early autumn. At the time
when Sam I)alo roamed tho plains of
the Mississippi Territory, which then
embraced Alabama, tho country wns
hsld by savage Indians. Chlcknsnws,
Choctaws, Chorokces uiul Museogucs or
Creeks all claimod tho country as their
hunting ground, and had done this
since the expedition of De Soto in
1540-2, that bold explorer having then
found them in possession. Tho cap
ture of Fort Mims, on Luke Tcusuw,
SWIMMING UNPEH PIFRICPI.TIKS. ;if|
near the Alabama river, by the ('reek*,
August .10, 1813, rivaled or rather sur
passed In atrocity the more recent Cus
ter raassucre, for bosldes the men
killed numbers of helpless women,
children and slaves wore scalped and
mutilated; or elso burned alive, the
whole number killed being more than
i BOO. . -V V
\ Sam Doje was of Irish descent, but
Was born in Rockbridge county, Vir
ginia, l,n the yenr 1772. His father was
well known in Virginia as an Indian
tighter, but in 1784 he removed with
his family to Ueorgia, where later the
son joined a company of soldiers to
light against the Indiana
In November, 1818, he was placed at
the head of a detachment for the pur
pose of driving back small parties of
the “Red Sticks,'1 as the Indians were
called from the color of their clubs,
and was one of the three heroes of the
onco famous “Canoe Fight" of Novem
ber 13, 1813, on the Alabama river, lu
this fight he and two mtunbera of his
command, Jeremiah Anstell and James
Ptpith—aided by a brave negro, named
Csesav, who rowed their oanoe—at
tacked a canoe containing nine Indians
and brained them all with their guns.
This fight took place near the mouth
of Rand on’s creek.
Having obtained possession of two
boats, a large anu a small one. Dale
Was having his men transferred from
the eastern to the western side of the
river, when a large canoe containing
eleven Indians was discovered descend
ing the stream. The Indians were
naked and gaudily painted, and their
ehief had adorned himself with a
dressed panther skin, which partially
oovered his head and hung down his
book, giving him a savage but impos
ing appearance. Tho greater number
of Dale’s men were already across the
river with the large boat, only himself
and about a dosen men remaining to
be transferred. They fired upon the
canoe from the bank, but the Indians
threw themselves down fiat in
the bottom, and thus several rounds
werfe exchanged without result.
Finally two of the braves jumped out
of the boat and, holding their guns
high out of the water, swam toward
shore on the side where tho smaller
" party of white men were, but beading
7|or a point which* was separated from
the whites by the month of the creek.
9mitli and Anstell pursued them and
the former shot one, but Anstell wore
buckskin legglns which, becoming
' heavy with water, broke the string
- which confined them at the waist and
tell to his feet, causing him to slip and
te .-tJi } ^ l Ss .r
m
WTO A COWARD’S HEART.
tall, thus the second Indian escaped in
the thick cano.
«r the ! western
I ehere mow pat out in to* laanr aonoe
' | With tho fotOntloVo- attacking th>
Indians, hut on getting near them bn
can in ulanuad at the odds und pul
bach again to shore.
Rale, on the eastern shore, was s<
infuriated by their cowardice that he
sprang into the smaller boat, which
was on his side of the river, and called
for volunteers to go with him. All oi
the dozen men who were with him
btopped forward, but the canoe wan
very small, and could only hold three
persons besides the negro. Closer, who
was rowing. Smith and Anstcll were
the two who finally put off from shore
with him. When twenty yards off
from tho Indians they attempted to
lire, but Smith's gun was tho only one
that went off, tho priming of tho
others having been wet. The Indian
chief recognized Dale as the canoes
drew together, and called out to him.
“Now for it, Hig Sum!” that buing
the name by which Dale was well
known among the Indians from Ills
great size and daring.
Cicsur, at Dule's command, rowed his
boat close to tho Indian canoe, and
held them together with his hand, but
before they touched tho chief pointed
his gun at Anstell, who struck it parti
al ly aside with an oar, but was knocked
down by it. The Chief was about to
brain him when ids own skull was
split open by blows from the rifles of
Smith and Dale, ills brains being scat
tered over tlie boat. Dalo’s blow was
given with such force that his gun was
broken, and during tho rest of the
fight ho used only the barrel.
Anatoli, who was only a youth of 19,
now recovered his feet, and killed the
next two savages by blows from his
rifle, lie was nguin knocked down by
a blow from a tomahawk later in the
fight, and would have been killed, but
his assailant’s skull was split open by
a blow from Dale’s rifle.
When the fight was over eight In
dians lay dead in tho bottom of their
canoe and the ninth had fallen over
board when struck. Of the whites,
Anstell only wus hurt, he having sev
eral bruises on the head and arms.
The boat Itself was horrible to see,
being filled to the depth of several
inches with blood and spattered brains.
Hut General Dale was the hero of an
adventure still more remarkable, if
possible, than this, which happened a
few years previous. On returning
alone from an expedition, unconscious
of the neighborhood of any Indians,
and feeling quite thirsty, he stooped to
drink at a spring. As he did so two
Indians sprang upon him from the
hushes with a loud war-whoop and
struck at him with their tomahawks.
Though wounded, he succeeded In
drawing his knife, and, after a short
fight tor life, killed first one and then
the other of his assailants. He was
bleeding from five wounds when the
fight was over, but, binding them up as
best lis could, ho carefully hunted for
the trail of the savages.
Hav'-- lived so long upon the border
he is said to have possessed the skill
of an Indian in follow).. ■ a trail, and
to have felt somewhat the same delight
In trucking a foe. With the utmost
patience he pursued tho trial nine
miles, notwithstanding his wounds,
and was rewarded by finding a camp
fire, around which were sleeping three
. Indian warriors and a captured white
womun, whose hands were bound be
hind her. He succeeded in killing all
three of the Indians as they slept, and
was cutting the thongs which bound
the woman when he was attacked by
a fourth Indian, who had been conceal
ed by a log.
Overcome by his wounds and all he
had been through Dale fell, and would
have been killed had not the captive
woman, whom he had succeeded in
freeing, come up behind and split open
the skull of the Indian by a blow from
a tomahawk which she had picked up.
Ucn. Dale was engaged in many
other dangerous adventures which read
like a romance, and make us realize
that there were giants in those days
as well as of yore. When the times
were more settled ho represented his
county in tho Legislature of the State,
though even then (1830) so small was
the population that only ten votes
were cast in tho whole county. He
died in 1840 In tho interior of Ala
bama. The place is now known as
Dalevillc.
WHIMSICALITIES.
Laconia Proposal — “Cook?” Yes.”
“Piano?” “No." “Mine.”
There are only three grades of peo
ple in the world. None of them be
long to the iirst grade.
Suitor (persistently)—Why do you
keep me waiting so long? Remember
that you are growing older every min
ute.
There are men with natures so small
that, if there is anything in transmi
gration, they will probably reappear
as microbes.
Women are good because it comes
natural; men are never really good xm
til they have tried being bad and found
that it didn’t pay.
Bingo—What's the matter with your
clothes, Bobbie? Bobbie (meekly)—I
fell down on my way from school.
Bingo—Who licked?
“Silence gives consent, you know,”
he urged gently. “Does it?” she re
plied, waking from a reverie. "Then I
advise you to propose to a deaf mute.”
Travers—I want you to come arynnd
every week to crease my trousers.
Tailor—When shall I come around to
collect my bill. Travers—Every day,
if you like.
“Why don’t Hanks marry that Miss
Perkins? lie’s in love with her, and
she s only too anxious to get married. ”
“He can’t. He has a five years’ lease
of his bachelor apartments, and they
don’t take ladies in the building.”
Visitor -(after the introduction)—
“Ah! You are the famous Dr. Twinley
I have heard so much about. Are vou
still in active practice, doetor?” Rev.
Dr. Twinley—“Oh, no; that is my
brother who practices. I preach.”
THE TABU AND HOME.
EXPERIMENTS WITH CLOVER
AS A FERTILIZER.;
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UrrnMipoilug Without Fermentation—
On# Woman'e War of Railing
Foultry— Humble Foot
Farm Notoa, Etc.
Clover ai a Fertilizer.
I have boon for a number of yean
oxporiinontlng some on clover ns a
fertilizer. I have at dlfTorent times
plowed dowh groen clover, expecting
great results from it, but always was
disappointed In my expectations The
plowing down of green clover in June
i think is a mistake, says a writer in
tho Ohio Farmer. It Is not the right
thing to do. My soli Is a light sand
very sensitive to manure, but the
turning under of green clover does
but little good. I find that in a short
timo after turning undor it com
mences to heat, and fermentation
takes place, and through the process
of fermentation all of tho saccharine
substance in tho clover is turned into
acid and thoroby lost, and in some
soils tho acids would become a dam
age. 1 finally concluded to try an ex
periment of putting tho groen clover
through the process of decomposition
without fermentation to such un ex
tent as to destroy its saccharine pro
perties.
I had a six-acre Hold, tho soil of
which was light sand, and in its prim
itive stato was covered with whortle
berry brush and water. The native
fertility had been about exhausted,
and there wns but little to begin with,
liut I got it into clover with a fair
Btand, but short. It would have cut
about three-fourths of a ton per acre.
I had boon burnttig lime and had a
quantity of slacked lime and ashes,
Which 1 put upon the clover at the
rate of about sovonty bushels per acre.
Tho lime and ashes were about equal
in proportion, and were spread from
the wagon. I plowed it down, har
rowed it, and rolled It down with a
heavy roller. This was done in June.
In August I cross-plowed it and
could soo very plainly where the
rlovor, lime and ashes were. I gave
It a thorough cultivation and sowed It
to wheat about tho first of September.
Tho next harvest I had the biggest
crop of straw 1 ever saw grow out of
the ground. It was higher than an
ordinary man’s head and stood thick
on the ground. The wheat went
thirty-eight bushels per acre, and of
n good quality. From previous ex
porlonco I am satisfied that if I had
plowed tho clover down without the
lime and ashes, I would not have got
more than ten or twelve bushols per
aero; or if 1 had put the lime and
ashos on without the clover I would
not have got any more. The clover,
lime and ashos together were what
produced the crop. Lime is a neutral
izer. It neutralizes the aoids in the
decomposition of tho clover, and the
soil absorbed all the fertilizing prop,
erties in tho clover and made a plant
food for the wheat
From tho above facts and reason^
I think tho plowing down of any green
crop—corn, oats or buckwheat—is of
but little use as a fertilizer unless
lime is used in their decomposition. I
have boon experimenting in the way
of mowing down tho clover in June
nnd covering it up with a heavy coat
of straw as soon as the wheat is
threshed, the success of which I will
roport soon.
lUmiule oot.
Bumble foot in poultry Is the same
thing as a stone bruise on a boy's
foot The fowl troublod with it has a
swelling on the bottom of the foot
which is very painful and finally
breaks and suppurates freely. Very
frequently it permanently cripples the
a!llictod fowl unless it Is carefully
treated. Tho probable cause of this
disease is from a bruise received from
jumping from some elevation and a
prolific oause Is having the perches
too high. When the lameness that
precedes the visible swelling shows
Itself tho fowl should be watched and
as soon as the swelling becomes soft
it should be carefully opened with a
very sharp knifo and tho fowl con
fined on a floor coverod with soft litter
until the lameness disappears. Tho
lighter breeds are not subject to this
diseaso.
American-Grown Tea.
Forty of fifty years ago an attempt
was made to introduce the tea plant
into this country. Some were im
ported and planted in the upland
regions of North and South Carolina.
The trees or shrubs grew, and were
found hardy, but the enterprise never
paid, or rather cotton paid so much
better that it occupied all the atten
tion of the planters. Now cotton is
under a cloud, and these old toa plan
tations are coming to the front again.
They yield a much better, stronger
tea than wo can or do import from
China. Apparently the Chinese keep
the best for themselves and send us
only tho poorest We hope to hear
that this industry is growing until the
time comes when this country will be
independent of China and Japan for
its'tea supply. —American Cultivator.
My Exjit'rjpiict* in Poultry,
If you will allow me spacer 1 will
givo my experience in the poultry
line. I am a lover of chickens and I
think in my fiock of sixty hens I
havo all colors, from snow white to
jet black and all sizes. My hon house
is 14x16 foot with strips on the out
side. which makes it perfectly tight
and warm in winter. 1 have eggs all
winter. This is the way I manage:
First, I see to the cleanliness of all
surroundings by keeping all of the
nests and walls whitened and nests
filled with fresh straw. I use straw
because it is the best thing I have
convenient. My nests are all movables
and five in a row. When I sot a hen
I remove her first and make her a
fresh nest, then I put her eggs in and
let her go on at her will. I alwaja
I*-1 *<M» to Mttt
f hed will set iie
tiny hed will sei better If you do not
try to movo her. The first thing I do
after she hatches Is to remove her
nest and burn It This I do at In
to* I tove m
the tosr twtae
After all
*, huoket of
It
tervals in the wl
hens setting; I
a week of the
is cleaned I .
slacked llmo op.
evenly with ito
thing is their.
the dronnlnrr# -- f#l
signs of sicknosibteM&rfc tor* easg*
detected by experience The wku*
part turns yellow in dtogrst ximmm
and If All/vwxwi .._r1""*
♦ll'soon
!«• sign
and if allowed to contir
bo os green as grass. __ _
is when I begin and 1 tMd«m )u£*
any serious casea My (*medy i- rJ|
pepper ana salsoda. i s ™
of salsoda in two gallopil
pint
»*»•«■ and
, r .— a““«*e*i waser ana
le‘.them toy ethtr to
drink. I buy my' redK&J « tto
grocer’s by the poumli*. J soak ell of
rL*C1T ?f^read n*< «**•«’ •ftps
from the table. chopped fl*a Aver
night and thicken wj{b Mr* . meal
with four tablespoon#*! pepper tp
gallon, and give it inttoiierulBg be
foro I turn them out: | have tried
several remedies but tikis is tbs best
one I know. It is splendid for Mute
chickons, a spoonrul 1* their feed
twice a week. I never keep my bead
0 yv0ar& a# 1 thln* yousg hem lay
the best; old hons ftccuntiUts tso
much fat to lay 'well For wmto
layers early pullets are tto best
hatched the first of April. I Mango
“y..cocke,;ol» every tprtag. Kite four
with my sixty hensend my «fn hatch
splendid. My^cKtoto7^
range. —Journal
iaI °*Stri(rtd>*ra
Sheop for WUr tgotoj. T«v
Wherever sheep —~ tsstiirsd the
require Borne elevaUop of Around or
which to feed and sloop, tvj. n n,
doubt a relie of UmM when shoe
were the prey of n*u.'vup animal
and sought elovufed ptem that the
might more easily dUodrntaeir eoo.n
at a distance. On h‘
th(
grass Is sweeter ana rlsL.. ti... it
on wetter lowlabds. *>n the latte
aside from the poorer <faalltrof the
naftt.llPA nhann Saa liakl! *
pastura sheep pro UaWaTte' eo*trac
diseases in thSlr fsof. * This oftei
loses to the 8h<M more than h
can gain from tto abundant pastur
on low. wet land-- By khaptng on ole
vated places sheep drop -
where it enriches what 5*"~ng|nr»U‘
the poorest soil. V '
straw
farm Notat. \>
Good manors for kif \ni
and boxes for grain.
The farmer is farUtsst frOm |
who has nothing tc/telL •' •!
Well rotted and fasd "*W| dro
duces the quickest results. m
In planning the orojk oon^Mer the
market as well as tbs orop. j
Learn as much aa you ca4 sad Im.
prove on what you already k,
Or > advantage iq cuttle;
ding is that the manure
handle.
Farming is one
so as to make it paya
profit is another. &
Cross breeding is tha iMjcfaiw Up of
two well established tesLh .»/ j.
rarely successful. , T
It is poor economy to, movi^qo i^n
to give the boys a ehano% “Mins jnu
want them to loaf. *
One advantage with a dlvciwi^ 0(
crops is that the farmer Is mors lads*
pendent of the season. \
Whenever you use a scrub tiro
are grading down, depredating the
value of your own stock.
One advantage with t|
is that it puts the mlllt aad,
business on a cash basis.
For garden and orchard oulkui^
gentle horse and one thpft goas ws^i. Js
almost indispenslble in doing food
work. ”
Clover is a natural restorative, h«m
it is a good plan to rotate in olonCZ
frequently as possible. 'This It
the cheapest plans of buitdtug up.
There is roally no best tuns to
unless it is when the stock it
ready to market; waiting for tha 1
market is too much like
Homo Hintk '
Green tea will revive rusty
laee and render it as good as new* i.
While cleaning up bedrooms fb*
closet doors should be kept clflMd to
“PH, ■
'jofttaa
keep the dual out.
Tarnuhed gold embrstdsry jany W.
cleansed with a brush dipped t»
banted and pulverized rook alnm.
■. Clean straw mattings
furniture with salt ud water,
tag the water often, tasked
way they will not turn yellow.
The durability and brightness
oilcloth are increased by n ooat Uf £
varnish semi-annually, or by rubbik*:
over with kerosene once n month. ^1
Well dried, clean corn husks maki
a very good wholesome hod, the beei
bed next to wool or ham But they
are altogether too hard for pillows.
Although china for table nee cannot
be mended, as yet—there Is no ce
ment that will hold in hot Water yet
china for decoration can bo n testy
mended with a little china oemfaV
A good quality of scrim - with M#
broidered ferns scattered over it
makes a pretty dressing-table oover
or scarf. The edge ean ha hem
stitched, and then have'a laee ^ frill
sewed around it.
Smother fire with carpeta eta;
water will often spread burning oil
and increase danger. Before passing
through smoko take a full breath and
then stoop low, but if carbonic gas is
suspected walk erect.—Prof. B.
Wilder. ’
Melt a pound of white castile soap
over the Are with a little water.
When melted perfume slightly with
any one of the extracts, and stir in
half a cupful of common oatmeal.
Use this preparation when washing
your hands and you will bo surprised
at tbe improvement in their appear
ance
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RUIN ANo DESOLATION FOL
pp;*#!4T9 occupants.
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f BriH T ",T1rWlw '■§ J»fc>
tlous.
MID ALL THE
genuine sympathy
of the American
people for the
Blaine family, the
people of Wash
ington seem to
view the family
misfortunes in
only one light.
Had the Blaines
never moved into
the Seward mansion, they say,
Walker Blaine and Emmons Illuine
and Alice Blaine-Coppinger would still
be alive. The house has had many
tenants in its day. None of them have
ever had any luck. Death, desolation
and ruin seem to follow those who
even enter its portals.
The Blaines have lived there ever
since their return to Washington with
the Harrison administration. When
they moved in the superstitiously in
clined shook their heads and said that
James G. Blaine had been none too
fortunate of late years to tempt ill
fortune by living in a house with a
blight upon it.
This house, known as the Seward
mansion, although it was built years
before Mr. Seward lived in it, stands !
in Lafayette square, and is seen and
noted by visitors to Washington almost
as much as the White House itself. It
is a house with no pretension to ele
gance in its exterior. It stands even
with the sidewalk, and the grounds,
which are ample and beautiful, are at
the sides and at the rear. It is three
stories and a half high, and gives an
impression of gloom, although the
,architecture is severe and simple rather
than gloomy.
The first occupant of this house was
Secretary Spencer, and' soon after he
THE SEWARD MANSION*
moved into it his son, a Lieutenant in
the navy, was hanged at sea for taking
part in au alleged mutiny. During
President Buchanan’s administration
the Washington club occupied it.
Pliilop Barton Key, the district attor
ney of the District of Columbia in those
days, was a member of this clnb. He
spent there the . earlier hours of that
afternoon in which Gen. Sickles shot
him, and went out of the club house to
die within an hour. After this the
elub did nqt.st^y there long and it was
vacant for a time. Secretary Seward
was the next to live in it. And on
April 14, 1863, Louis Payne forced his
way into one of its bedchambers where
the secretary was lying ill and stabbed
him nearly to death. For four years
after this the war department kept a
patrol there day and night, and this
did not add to the reputation of the
house.
Following Secretary Seward, Secre
tary Belknap was the tenant, and he
had hardly got..his household settled
Aftnre when his wife died quite unex
pectedly. The government tenanted
the house next with the officers the
commissary general, which were there
nhtil the new building of the War de
partment was done. During their oc
enpancy three clerks died suddenly.
Aftet- this the house was empty for
'acme time. In the latter part of 1889
the Blaines moved in and began to en
tertain brilliantly. They remodeled
t^e house throughout, destroying the
old lines of the rooms and furnishing
and adorning so that the house, which
had been as simple and severe ' on the
iaaide as it is on the outside, was trans
formed into a mansion.
The Blaines have fared no bet
.tar than the other tenants. A
•hort time after they got every
thing in order Walker Blaine,
rthe Secretary’s eldest son, died. Just
A Week before he attended a reception
ftaen by Mrs. John R. McLean;. He
h|pk cold and was attacked by the
mp, with the result already! told.
*w*ry one was surprised, at the f rapid
Progress of the disease, although he
*js in a weakened physical condition
PV the illness attending a broken
and subsequently from ^alhrial
He was a notably ’ brilliant
man and the idol of his father.
. -J» 35 years old, having been
™Jh M Augusta. At Yale college
brilliant record, aud al
“?°% A|iiK as-he entered the prae
he made an argument he
Jm-Alabeaia Claims commission
watch p«s4 hhih at once in the front*
h|i"»ther entered Presi
Garnei^fM jfil^inet, Walker was
made Assist^)
Upon hie fatlwph
retired* end hela. ^
tion until March,% “
made Examiner of
department, a 'fioel
was pe_*lfarly fitted
knowledge of iQternatioAt^ iewt
Leas than thrta weeks
SncifTVarYmsine’s ltd death before
the UccreBry was again bowed to
earLh b> t$ban. On the 3d of Febru
ary Mrs. Alice Coppinger, his eldest
hter, passed away also, The
M bat'd in the minds of many by
trafMjr mf the following'
ftlM Washington homo of Sec
ShR' Mitt ; Coppinger had
db^tho^e time, and while the
jh— »<4 unexpected it was a terrl
disejim |
tlie fntin.
the Secondary. With hiir.
he ■’ stood his wife, James
ja -h.. Misses Ilattie and
fcwqevdpdCoL Coppinger.
latsat his head and
M Me Mmt ffiiughter died.
U» ,• to Governor’*
jNb tMM awnth She became ill
* dMfpa, and while yet suffering
the news ei the death of her
brethei. Welker, prostrated
r milled. Her grief
great that H undoubtedly was ■
of the development of the
“ t killed her—congestion of
Mn Qappinger was thirty
left three children. To
o|Ne the Secretary trana-;
love he had given, his
yeagtoid
thi'sg l|ttl<
fen** all
daughter.
Another
to i tithe thi
was the ami
son James O
fortune that has helped
great man’s life unhappy
tal difficulty between hia
Jr., and the latter’s wife.
WhKe the ft her aald as little about
the putter4 a possible, it is certain
tha^hp felt OMiorniv of it keenly.
Ttuaeamt the crushing misfortune
of am, m the death of Emmons Blaine.
It o^ochrae |ad 'ho direct connection'
Blaine mansion, bat it was'
at his father resigned his,
wltp
there
and decided to re-enter the
Presidential nomination,
have given up the house
an4 if Washington report is
will be torn down within the
yearn and -replaced by one
tantial.
OCIETY SCANDAL.
tt® Staade Aflstr, Wfclcli Is Jnbt Now
«%>' | »U» Of Paris.
Parisia* faahiaeeireles has boon’
somewhat startled of Into by the Ml- i
nouncement of the divorce of Colette
Lipmann, the eldest daughter of Alex
andre Damns, after • union of some
twelve years’ standing, which was pro- 1
sumably a happy one. It. Lipmann ;
was particularly devoted to hia illus
trious father-in-law. When, several
years ago,(the irascible painter Jac
quet sent to the anneal Water Color
exhibition a picture representing the
dramatist in the costume and with this'
accessories of a Jewish vender of bric
a-brac at an Eastern bazaar, calling
his work “A Jew Merchant,” In re
venge for the sale by Dumas of hia
large painting, “First at the Rendez
vous,” it was M. Lipmann who took:
the matter up with considerable
energy. He assailed the offensive
work with liis cane, smashing the
glass wherewith it waa covered, and ■
considerably damaging the frame.
Jacquet was turned out of tha Water
Color society in consequence uf hia
libellous work—wftat became of that
once notorious picture remains a mys
tery. ,
It is true that the divorce has been
pronounced in favor of Mme! Lipmann,
showing that her husband was the er
ring party, but I rather imagine that
there were faults on both sides. For
the lady has always been lookdd upon
as a decidedly fast and flirtatious per
sonage, of unspotted reputation be it
understood, but always given to flirt
ing outrageously with some one or an
other of the many admirers that her
father's celebrity and her own wit and
vivacity drew around her. , <
Some few years ago M. Dumas qoar- ^
relied seriously and irretrievably with v
an elderly married hjdy ®vho had been
his stanchgiriend «>r many years, to
whose elegant and hospitable home
both he and his family had always been
made welcome. The quarrel took rise
in one of Mme. Colette’s flirtations, the
hero of which was an assiduous fre
quenter of the drawing room of Mme.
X-, the old friend of M. Dumas.
To that lady M. Dumas addressed the j
rather unjustifiable request that she
would close her doors in future against
the young man in question. But that
Mme. X-positively refused to do.
“His mother,” quoth she, “is one of my
oldest and most intimate friends, and !
I have known the young gen
tleman in question from his boy
hood. 1 cannot refuse to invite
MME. UPMAXX.
him to my houso simply because
pays a certain amount -of attention
Mom. Lipmann. Had you\Jt!a
try, M. Dumas, to controlwour <
tor instead of asking' mefto strike'" ,
name of the son of my old friend frou
my visiting list?” Thereupon Duma
staged exceedingly wroth, and told
Mme. X-that she gnat choose be-L
tween his f riaaddtlp JmA herV-qUain-|
“““ **“ " guest. The
and the |
Spoken to ]
f lively,
heiress I
stive, to I
