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INET MINISTERS LIVE.
rriUi-jr Wlmlnm'a Home I itin Hand
annirM, Nrrirtitrjr Prortnr'a tlio IjtwU
Bretvlnrj Miller's tha NmallrM, Mr.
ItlnlnoV llm Olilxtl.
Bnx'IaI Gorrcspundemv
Wahiiimiton, Nov. 7. All of tliormY
inet ftiinllic 11 ro now settled In their
homes for the winter. It may Ihj worth
our w hlli' to tnko a look nl tho houses
which nrc booh to hoconio centers of
oclnl activity In tlio nntloiml capital.
IIOMIC OP HKCUKTAItY lll.AINK.
All but two of thoehjhl cabinet ministers
rent tliclr houses hem. the exception!
belnjt Postmaster (lenernl Wunniiinker
nnd Secretary Tracy. The post muster
jreneriil hmutht the house of os-Sccrctary
Whitney, which was the social head
quarters of tho Clovolnntl administration,
and It was Whitney's mlvlco which In
duced Secretary Trncy to Invest In Wash
ington rent estate. Whitney inmlo con
idcrnhlo money hero, and, an ho and
Tracy are good friends, he urged his suc
cessor in office to follow In Ills footstoiw
in tho matter of homo buying as well.
It Is not likely Mr. Tracy will hate
reason to regret his Investment, ns I hear
ho has already been offered $7,000 mora
for ils I st-eet bouse than he paid for it
few months uro. Some bouses In
Washington nppear fated to run In tlio
cabinet groove. Tho Wanamaker homo,
on 1 street, was occupied by Secretary
Whitnpy, nnd beforo lilin by Secretary
Frellnghuysen, of whom Mr. Whitney
purchased. At least one cabinet minis
ter, nnd some old citizens Hay two, lived
in tho houso boforo FrcliiiKhurncn, First
tho homo of n modest navy ofllocr, tho
structure has gone through n process of
volution, one cabinet resident adding a
wing, another a story, and a third n ball
room addition, till It liuiowonoof tho
tost commodious houses in town. Mr.
Wanamaker paid $80,000 Tor .tho bouse,
and will inako money on it .and huvo his
rent ftvo If ha soils it art the end of his
terra of ofllce.
iiomk or moMCTavr wvindom.
Secretary TraoyV hcraao, which coat
him nbout $50,000, und on which ho has
iust expended .several .thousands more
s repairs and additions, was also tho
feoBtoof a former cabinut .oniccr. Mr.
Dickinson of Mlcldput .occupied it while
postmaster general nderCle.volund. Tho
house faces Farragat Square, .and Is in
tho most aristocratic vurtox .of llvo or
aix years age, modem fashion having
moved a little farther out. Secretary
Tracy lias added n story juid .otherwise
alarged the huMdhtg, maklng,it,one,of
tho most cowssoiKaas raaidencesjntthe
West Bad.
Secretary Bask, the jcm4 matured .and
popular heed of the agricultural , depart
seat, Hred ia a house whieh has already i
atartained a cabinet minister. .Robert'
T. Lincoln, now minister to England,
Jived there while la the war department
It km very cheerful home, surrounded
fcy a pUj bit of grouad au aUractloa
possessed by bat few homes in Washing-,
too. Though this U tlie city of raagulfl
eat dtstaacea, aad though there is root
enough la the present city and adjacent'
suburbs for a population of a miUioa
awufe, tho fad here is to cat the grouad
p into tots just large enough for the
houses which thar are to contain.
Gardens are rare ia Washington, and
Secretary Rusk was lucky in getting a
aouso BurroHBoeu uy one, small though
it k. Of cuurse, it would never do for
niu secretary or mrncuituro to live wita-
momm or aacaETAJHW -nuov and busc
osat'a aigit of fardea. gor landscape art
his proaiiaet. "Uaok Jerry," aa ha
laieftea ealted here, used the watering
M yuMr (adwHrloualv daring the bub-
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iawisiai Mii'M ii i ii iTifltfrnu iiniawi?
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firm tnmWmk wMM
aaLaaawr Jjji lpaBaaamLBaaaal "T Lal li
mer, though a secret of that part of
Massachusetts avenue Is that, while Mr,
Itusk Is nn authority on wheat, corn,
pumpkins, sugar cano nnd spring chick
ens, lie does not know one Mower from
another
A fouith hottsa whleh has In its day
harbored cabinet milliliters Is one of tho
most famotm houses In Washington tlio
old Howard teslilcnco, which Secretary
lllaluo has leased for n term of ten years
with prlvllrgo of purchase. It Is indeed
a house with a history, associated with
two or three tragedies and long a center
of public Interest, Mr. Illalno'n work
men lum reclaimed It from tlio rats,
mold and decay, ii'id made of It nn nl
tractlvo though old fashloiiod dwelling.
Tho wall have been strengthened and
windows have been cut in to admit light
and air, No uliiiuges havu been made In
tho general plan, and tho Interior,
though beautifully decorated in the
highest and most modern stylo of tho
art, has tho low ceilings nnd wldo central
hall of fifty years ago. Though old it Is
a dwelling very well adapted for enter
taining, always n point to ho considered
In Washington houses.
This old house Is adapted to entertain
Ing, hccaufo It ha u broad hull, with
library on one Ride and uveptloii loom
on the other, n wide mn I reuse and a
diawlng room on the second Hour, ex
tending nun mm the whole width of the
front. Dining the coming winter the
Hlulnes will have u great deal of com
pany, among I heir expected guests being
Kinmuns' wife, late MIhh McCormick,
the Chicago belies. Tho old walls will
bo wltuuwcHof ga.ver scenes than they
have ImlU'ld since the days of Webster
and Clay, for even then the houso was
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IIOMK OP ATTOHNKY OKNKIIAI. MILLER
ANII 8KCRKTARY I'ROCTOK.
occupied by cabinet ministers nnd other
leaders in politics atulBoclcty. Mr Hlaiue
pays $3.B00 n year for tho premises,
which contain servants' quarters con
necting Htublo with houso in tho old
stylo. Ho has spent $5,000 In repairs,
and probably would havo no dilllculty
In sub-letting at a good profit. The
house Is very deslrablo, for tho reason
that it is situated within a stono's throw
of tho Whito House, and, of courso, in
tho very heart of tlo city. Wlion ho
left Washington, after tho death of Gar
field, Mr. Dlalno did not expect to re
turn, and ho leased his own houso.
Another famous houso is that occupied
by Secretary Noble and family. In it
Edwin M. Stanton lived, nnd after him,
In order, Dr. Hammond, surgeon gen
eral of tho army; Charles Astor Drin
Btead, an unfortunato scion of tho rich
Astor family, and Den Hnllidny, of over
land express famo. It is u plain old
house, which faces Franklin square, and
has plenty of air and sunshlno. For
thirty years it has been one of tho best
known dwellings in tho capital, nnd dur
ing Halliday's occupancy it was tho
scono of many social triumphs, Halli
day's houso Is said to havo been more
richly furnished than any houso of Its
tlmo in tlio city. "
Attorney Gonornl MillerliiuH'iQtint1
est houso In tho cabinut circle, !i ough a
very good sized ono it is. Wr.Hiillerla
not by any means a rich nmn, and the
KOXEaoraaoRXTART noble and post-
AlABTKR iOENERAL WANAMAKER.
loss of $17,000 a few years ago In ono of
Russell Harrison s unsuccessful ventures
iu Montana lias uuado it necessary for
him to count the oost of tilings. A cab
inet offloox cannot iiso on Ids salary, but
Mr. aad Mrs. Miller ace seriously making
an effort to (Come as near to it as they
can. Mr. Miller's 1iousecosts him $1,200
a year.
The largest house in the .cabinet circle
Is occupied by Secretary Proctor, not fnr
from Miller's. It contains about thirty
rooms, und tlia secretary of -jir pnvs
something like W.000uyear for it, Hy
long odds the handsomest of the cabinet
louses, both inside and out, is tliai of
Secretary 'Wlndoni, it is a beautiful
stone front house on Massachusetts ave
nue, along which aristocratic tlwrough
fare no fewer than four of tlie president's
secretaries liavo their domicile. Tlie
Windom houso isowned by Capt. George
U'lnon. itroprietor of the largest pension
agency business In Washington. The
building of artistic houses is a fad of his,
und he lias already erected a couplo of
dor.en of tho prettiest houses in tho capi
tal. Froni tils tenant, tlio secretary of
thu treasury, ho cots a check tho 13th of
acji month forCHO.CO.
Wai.teb Weluian.
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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
OF MPKS AND PUFFERS.
QOS0IP BY THE LATE DM. MOTT CON
CERNING 8MOKERS AND SMOKING.
DniiRrnt nf Ilia Wecil, ami Homo nf the
I'lilillo t'cupln Who Trnipt Tlmm l'rr.
Iilciit. Hlatoamrn, Autliorn nutl IMItor
at the Slirlnn Home (loml Ail Ire,
lHxclal Corrrioii(lciic.
Nitw York, Nov. 7. "It In n curious
thing," said tho lalu Dr. Aloxander Molt
a short timu bcfoio Ills fatal Illness car
ried ono of thu best nil round Now York
ers to tho other shore, "that wo doctors
rarely agico on thu subject of tobacco.
Hecauso nicotine is tho active principle
or tlio weed, is poisonous in Its Isolated
form, tho Inference litis been hiomlly
(irnwu uiai inu man who smoues or
chuws must bo injuriously directed, The
expert jnco of mankind, however, does
not ccnllrm tho conclusion, Ask any
consumer to statu distinctly what kind
of pleasure or kind of injury tho dally
uuo of tobacco produces, or why ho con
Unties the indulgence, and not ono In a
hundred can glvo you n satisfactory an
swer. Who over heard n man say ho en
joyed Hiuokiug when ho couldn't sco the
smoke, or attributed his 'shako' In the
morning to thosmokuof the night ho
Tore? "Another point worth noting," contin
ued tlie doctor, "Is that geographical lati
tude and constitution havo much to do
witli the popular habit. In New ling
laud, for instance, there is a largo and
conscientious body of men and women
who would suppress tho use of tobacco
If they could by legislative enactment,
while from the cosmopolitan city of Now
York southward, ono is brought in con
tact with tho habit In Its moat offensive
forms. Chief among these Is the cigar
ette. It is but a short tlmo ngo that a
physician was suddenly summoned to
attend ono of tho brightest young men
In tlio metropolis. Whllo saying good
by to his hosts ono evening ho dropped
like a log, and then followed a succession
of spasms, jerks and uncontrollable mus
cular motions that lasted for nearly three
weeks, Tho doctor had all he could do
to savo thu young man's lifo, and It will
bo mouths boforo ho recovers anything
llko his former health. Inquiry devel
oped tlio fact that on tho day of the at
tack ho had smoked forty of the poison
ous pests. Now, if tlio nicotine stains so
often seen on tho lingers of n cigarette
smoker can so easily discolor tho outside,
what must bo thu effect on the more deli
cate membranes of tlio throat, lungs and
blood vessels. Tlio truth is, more Insidi
ous harm is dono to tho system by tho
indiscriminate and habitual smoking of
cigarettes than by tho uso of bad liquor.
"Tliis brings out another thought.
Thoro is danger in being miscellaneously
polite. Among tho patients of a friend
of mino is a gentleman who Is threat
ened with tho loss of his arm from
jwlson which ho is supposed to havo
absorbed by handling a clear after it
had been returned to him by a stranger
who liau borrowed it for a light. Tho
latter was probably engaged in some
business in which poisonous substances
are used, and, neglecting to wash his
fingers, had unconsciously loft a trace of
tho poison that produced tho disaster.
If smokers could see the filth that sur
rounds nine-tenths of tho men and wo
men who manipulate tho weed, their
careless and unclean habits, and observe
tho nasty fingers and sometimes lips
that put on tho finishing touches of a so
called Regalia, there would bo a larger
demand for cigar holders, and instead
of biting beforo lighting, they would uso
u knifo to clip tho folded end.
"There are, doubtless, cases," contin
ued the doctor, "iu wldch cancerous af
fections of tho lips and .malignant dis
eases of tho stomach are traceable to the
abuso of tobacco, but I have found few
among tho records, compared with the
extraordinary number of people in pub
lic and private lifo who use the weed,
that illustrate tho idcaof petmoncnt in
jury to persons in general good health,
any mora than would result from the in
troduction into tlte system of other dele
terious substances. Fancy jour1 Herman
philosophor working out his problems
without his pipe!"
Tnko somo of tho best known of our
own people, especially those engaged in
intellectual work; tlie majority arogreat
smokers, James Gordon Dennett is ad
dicted to cigars and cigarettes, and I
happen to know, can use up a pile of
them during a night. Charles A. Dana
Is an admirer of the brier root. Pulit
zer, Joe Howard, Wlllio Wintcrand Stil
aon Hutchlns are exceptionally abstem
ious, for most newspaper men smoko
pipes. Tho night editors And in ihcm
their chief solace. Senator Sherman
smokes tho best Havanos, but his broth
er Tecumseli enjoys a dry smoko.
Judgo William D. Kelley, tho pig Iron
protectionist of Pennsylvania, indulged
In tho habit for two generations. Gen.
Grant, ns wo all know, smoked inces
santly, and is pointed out as an example
of the ovil; yet he says in his memoirs
that ho tried for years after leaving West
Point to acquire tlio habit beforo ho was
successful.
Chauncey Depow formerly could get
away with twenty or thirty cigars a day:
now, his after dinner cigar is a luxury.
Qrover Cleveland enjoys smoking while
at work, nnd If you happen to meet him
on his travels, ten chances to ono but it
will bo in n Emoking car or on the smok
ers' sido of a ferryboat. Rob Ingersoll is
a famous patron of good cigars, but
many of tho reverend gentlemen who
occasionally handle him without gloves
could smoko htm out of house and homo.
"Randolph, of Roanoke," when he
went abroad, carried a barrclful of Pow
hatan clay pipeo and corncob pipes with
cane stems. Henry A. Wlso was an In
veterate chower of tobacco, nnd in his
own homo n devoteo of tho pipo. Alex
ander II. Stephens, of Georgia, would go
to bed smoking, and Ills long stemmed
pipe was his first companion in tho morn
ing. Andrew Jnckeon was famous for
his corncob pipes, und Chief Justico
Marshall for his snuff box and excellent
Maccaboy; whllo tho records toll us that
tho two Adamses, father and son, Clay
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and Webster, Calhoun, Denton, and In
fact nearly all tho early great lights of
tho republic, were addicted to tho uso of
tobacco in ono form or another. Sta
tistics show that tho majority of our
present legislators, ntato and national,
havo tho tobacco apputito, and that its
Increaio during each succeeding genera
tion U something for tho consideration
of thu philosopher and philanthropist.
Actors, as a rule, are great smokers of
cigars, although falwin Booth prefers u
pipe. The lato John McCullough possi
bly added to hii accumulation of brain
trouble, by tho excessive uso of tobacco.
Illllv Florence, on IiIh return from n
European trip, Is always Biiro to havo a
lot of handsomely carved p!oH as souve
nirs for Ills friends. The lato I. A.
Sothcrn (Lotd Dundreary) smoked like a
chimney, hut John T. Raymond waa ex
ceptionally virtuous In this respect. Tlio
ladies of tho dramatic profession princi
pally affect cigarettes, but, on tho sly,
many of them do not disdain it fragrant
cigar, Thu habit is becoming prevalent
among the fast young girls iu the femalu
colleges, and oven fashionable Vassar
might many n tnlu unfold If its solemn
walls could roveal tho secrets of tho
frollcmimo Inmates.
Wo nil know how Isaac Newton lost
his sweetheart, becuuso In a fit of al
stracllon ho used her finger to stop his
pipo: and whoever has read "Tho Cricket
on tho Hearth" will easily rccogulio a
smoker in Charles Dickens, when, speak
ing of Dot, ho Rays: "Sho was out mid
out tho very best filler of nplpo. I should
say, In the four quarters of the glole.
To sco her put that chubby little finger
in the howl, und then blow down the
pipo to clear the tube, and when she had
dono bo. affect to think that thero really
was something In the tube, and blown
dozen times and hold It to her eyo llko a
telescope, with a most provoking twist
in her capital littlo faco, as sho looked
down it, was quitu n brilliant thing. As
to the tobacco, sho was perfect mistress
of tlio subject: and thu lighting of tho
pipo with n wisp of pajwr, when tho
Carrier had it In his mouth going so
very near Ids nose, and yet not Bcorch
lug it was Art, high Art."
Tlio habits of famous authors in re
spect to tho uso of tobacco aro interest
ing. Milton never wont to lied without
Ills pipe nnd a glass of water Shako
spearo did not smoke, nor did Goctho,
Shelley, Wordsworth, Keats. Addison
had n plo In his mouth at all hours.
After his dally dinner, Hobbcs smoked
until nfter nightfall. Carlylo was a
steady smoker for years. Tennyson lias
"pulled" at his pipo for nearly half a
century. Sir Walter Scott smoked In
his carriage and regularly after dinner
nnd loved a short clay pipo. Byron
wrote about "sublimo tobacco." but In
dulged In its uso only moderately.
Douglas Jerrold, Thackeray, Bayard
Taylor, Lord Lytton, Lord Houghton
and Campboll worked whllo pulling ci
gars or pipes. Neither Washington
Irving nor Dryant used tlio weed in any
way. Colcridgo, when cured of his
opium habit, took to snuff, nnd Prcscott,
tho historian, when limited by his physi
cian to ono cigar a day. drovo nil over
Purls to buy tho biggest ono ho could
find.
Pursuing tho subject furthor from a
professional point of vlow, tho writer
asked Professor Mott what In his judg
ment wcro tho best means of avoiding
injury from tho oxecssivo uso of the
weed?
"I should urgo tlio smoker." bo re
plied, "to observo two conditions. First,
tho quality of the tobacco, and second, if
pipes nro used, thu quality of the pipe
and Its stem. Nicotino takes its name
from JennNlcot, who introduced tobacco
into France In 1QG0, nnd in its poisonous
power is scarcely inferior to prussio acid
Somo tobaccos contain about 3 per cent,
others fl, nnd some nearly 7. It Is rare,
however, that n hundred pounds of the
dry leaf yishls more than seven jiounds
of nicotino. In smoking a hundred
grains of tobacco, therefore, say a quar
ter of an ounco, it Is possible to draw
into tho mouth two grains or moroof the
most subtle of poisons, but tho proportion
will vary with tlie variety, tho rapidity
of smoking, tho length of the pipe, tho
material of which it is mndo, nnd other
circumstances.
"In most oriental countries whero
smoking is a constant habit, tho natives
use long stemmed pipes in which tlio
Jeaf burns slowly, added to which is a
bowl containing perfumed water, or
other liquid, through which tlio smoke
passes, leaving behind a part of its pois
onous vapor. Tlio reservoirs of some of
tlio German pipes nro death traps, be
causo thoy retain tho grosser portions of
tho tobacco, whllo tho cigar discharges
directly Into "tho mouth nil that results
from tho combustion of tho weed. You
will understand, therefore that a good
pipo should bo porous, like tho Powha
tan clay or corncob, with a.i ample
bowl that permits frequent cleaning, nnd
with a long Btcm of absorbent quality
that will tako up thu gummy-liko refuse
of thu burned tobacco and tho worst of
tho poisonous elements of tho nicotino.
Besides, n short pipe which discharges
its fumes dircctlv Into thn in nn.i .
trils is injurious to tlio sight.
"As to tho qualities of tobacco, these
dopend on tho honesty of tho manufac
turer. Turkish is of courso reckoned tlte
best. The pure American, when una
dulterated with sumac leaves, straw, tea.
mullein nnd scores of other substances
that aro employed to Increase bulk or
add to tho flavor, will rank noxt: but
such a innss of filthy stuff is now Insing
foisted on the community nnd sold by
the aid of chnnnos ami other nrts of the
advertiser that It is well nigh Impossible
to detect tlie falso from the true. I do
not pretend to be a connoisseur In these
matters, however." concluded the doc
tor, "and what 1 havo mcntlnnrwi ,.r,.
simply thu facts familiar to all physicians
who have studied tlio subject.
r. U. Ult rONTAINR
oir uumes iicciur, jxow calami s roro
most scientist, has been deploring what
he describes ns "tho perfect athletic
mania which I ins nrlsnn in tlin An..
tralias." To bo a hero In tho colonies
now, ho oays, you must excel, not in
brnln work, but In tho training of tlio
muscles of tho arms and legs.
9, 1889
HERE IS A GOOD GOOSE 8TORV
Flower Deitrorefl, Chlrken Killed. Milk
t)rt, hiiiI it Srlimil Depopulate,!.
Mrs. John Waller, rho II vm nn the Crm
cent hill road, bought n gray kiwIimk Of the
fcnmlo Rentier somo tlmo ngo nnd plncod It In
hor small back yard. During It ndnlonront
period tho gosling twhavod lUolf well, but re
ccutly, when it davnlopcd Into n full grown
gooo, the spirit of mloclilof entered It mm
It Is n well known fact thnt a gwro tins a
great tasto for grass, nnd Mrs Waller's I nek
ynrd wn soon swept rlcnn of vegotntlim Tliv
owner clipped tho gooxo's wlngx to prevent lt
flying, nnd fed It with bran nnd meal Hut
ono night It gotnut Into tlio front yard, nU hnlf
tho gnus, nud destroyed nil thu Mower lli
A syiiipnthlzliii; nulghlior told Mrs Waller
tho find butter kill tho goosn, hut she could
not mnko up her mind to do no She lovod
tho goose In splto of Its wnyunrdiioss, nnd
tlio conflttud It ngnln Iu tho back ynrd Two
days lator tier 4-yonr-old girl, wliilo plnying
hi tho Iwiek ynnl, wan attacked und received
sovcrnl sovoro blown In the face from the
slurp bill nf tho goosu Tills decided Mrs
Wnliu," Tho gooso must dlo. Her 14-venr
old boy Jim captured It nnd attempted to cut
Its bond off with nn nxu, but tho gooxo man
ngoj to escno, nnd It wing feather having
grown out nirnln It flr over tlio foneo nnd
out of stght
This, It u-h thought, would Ira tbo Inst of
tho gooHO, but IU had nn niroctlou for tho
nclghlKirhood of Its youth nnd returned to
plngtio thu (kmiIo. Iu ono night It dovostatod
Ihreo front yards, nnd whon tho Indignant
owner of ono of them on tho following morn
ing detected thu goosu In Its work of vnudnl
ism thu bird gnvo n squawk nnd flew nct-oxs
a common to n plnco of safety Tho afternoon
of tho snmo day it colored tho dairy shod of
Pat Welch nnd overturned ennt containing
nt lonxt fifty gallons nf milk. (?ioof Welch's
children saw tho gooso nud attempted to
drive U nwny, but It flow nt tho child so
llcrculy thnt tho latter fled In terror
Tho lost outrngo committed by tbo goose
aroused tho neighborhood, and tho pooplo de
termined that It should bo exterminated.
Thoy hunted for it individually nnd collect
ivory A mnn named Washburn saw it enter
his back yard and gnvo chase, Tho gooso
did not fly, but confined Itself to running.
Thoro wns mothod In its flight. It wanted to
hnvo fun with Washburn. Tho rotroat led
across n ditch four foot doop, and Washburn
In his haste stumbled Into it, spraining his an
klo so sovcroly that ho Is still unablo to walk
without crutches. Ho says that when bo fell
In tho gooso camo back to tbo ditch nnd
looked at him.
In tho (pilot suburb whoro Mrs. Waller's
gooso niado It habitat tho good pooplo on
washday wcro In tho habit of hanging out
their clothes on a lino In thu back yard to
dry At least thoy did so until tho gooso
concluded that tho custom should bo broken
up, and Invested Itsolf with plenary powers
to accomplish that purpose. It pulled nil tho
clothosoir tbo lino In ono yard, dinggod them
In tho dirt, nnd tore somo of thorn to ribbons.
A second jnrd was served In a similar man
ner, and a third was attacked, when n patty
of Indignant women rescued tho clothes and
drove tho gooso away
A reward of f 10 was offered for tho capture
of tho gooso, dead or alive. It wot subse
quently raised to (30, but this gooso bad more
Uvea than Snnrloyow. It was shot at a dozen
times, but was novor touched. It seemed to
scorn its pursuers, it waa novcr in any baste
to got away from tbem, and tantalised them
by keeping In light, but Just out of reach.
All tho small boys were after tbat gooso, and
many of the men Joined them In tho chase.
The man Welch, whose dairy bad been
entered, shot' at the gooso and killed his
neighbor's calf, which was feeding in a back
lot It cost him (18 to pay for tbo calf.
Immunity mado tbo gooso bolder It at
tacked tho poultry yards, and In n wook
slaughtered more than a scoro of young
chickens. Its beak was against all upocles of
man and boast. It had no respect oven for
its own kind, and killed a half dozen gos
lings. A small public school with a young woman
in cbargo Is taught about a quarter of a mile
beyond Mrs. Waller's houso. It is attended
chiefly by small children. Tbo other morn
ing tbo gooso flow In at an open window of
tbo school building. It perched on tho back
of a desk and took a philosophical Mirvcy of
tbo room and Its lumates. All recognized
tho terror7 of tho neighborhood. Tho tcachor
seized a ruler and threw It at tho gooso. The
gooso flow at bor and gavo her a long scratch
across tho forehead. Tbo children in affright
ran out of tbo room and the teacher followed,
leaving tho gooso monarch of all It surveyed.
Tbo alarm was given, and somo men returned
to capturo tbo intruder. Tho gooso wns gouo,
but what asceuo of desolation I Tlio floor
was covered with books. Most of tbom bad
their leaves torn out. Nearly all tho win
dows wero broken. Whllo thoy wero looking
at tho ruin tho gooso flow by tho window
with a squawk. Two hours later It Docked
to donth a littlo pet pug dog which bad in
cautiously nnudored out of tho house.
This completes Its outrages to date, but
others aro expected. Louisville Cor. Chicago
Tribune,
A airl's Art Woilc
St. Louis has another prodigy, says a letter
from that city, and sho may bo soon at any
hour duriug the day dressed In a brown
blouso skirt. Jumper Jacket and a littlo round
hat, frescoing tho walls of tho southern hotel.
Her name is Carrie Moyers, and sho resides
with hor father at 100 South Fourth street.
Though only 15 years of age, Carrie has, un
aided, designed and executed tho frescoing
for a largo number of tho flnost rooms iu the
hotel, and Is reirnriln.1 hv Imp nmnlnvaM .
able and accomplished fresco artist Sho is
wnwM ... I ... . ...
,u, y. u.ij uiiu graoeiui, aiso exceedingly
thy. Under tho protecting presence of her
father tho escorted tbo reporter to hor studio,
whero all sized canvases of as many different
SUbioctu trracod thn wnIL l i.h,nnih ,....
slon. Luscious bunches of fruits and flowers
uung dosiuo ana over meadow and wood
scenes, and an old fiuhlnnml nniArmin ni
and dripping, contrasted with landscapes and
portraits, all executed with romarkablo skill
v,urrio u not omy an artist, buq Is also a must
clan, and has scattered around her room a
number of Instruments, which she plays Just
to whllo away tlio tlmo. A bass llddlo occu
pies ono corner and an organ another. On
thu center table lay a fluto and a piccolo and
on tho organ n violin. She plays ail of them
well. Chicago Times.
lied Italu.
itod rain fell recently in the province of
Lubin, Russian Poland. Tho shower lasted
for about ten rafnutca. The peasants, who
tuUtook tbo red liquid for blood, became
ponlo stricken and crowded the churches,
where they wore quieted by the priests. Sev
eral bottles of tho red rain won sent to
chemist In Warsaw for mlcroscoplo oxaml
nation. For several days after the thower
all tbo surface water In Lubln win of a dark
pink color. Exchaugo.
it Is reported In Paris that tho Princess da
Bagan lias sold her famous Itembraudts to
tha Chicago Art museum for JCW.UXJ, The
portraits represent three of tho physicians
who nro prominent tlguroa Iu Rembrandt's
Anatomy," tbo great picture tn the cMlrrv
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