-1 THE AMERICAN i I i "i tusPBNSC or orrici SfcCKEwa. aU-rraaUaa HwHm Tat la Ik Trila f Oa ( Ilia rraa4a At tba br(1nnln( of try admlnia tratloa Washington fills up with pr ooa who dtlr icmi ofllca lthr In to atatea. In tht drprtiunta or In tbt foreign wrtlo. aayt Mr. lUrrton in tha Ladlra' Horn Journal. Many of theaa peraona h a limited pur, and aa tha ! pa on thla I i tauated, and luipatinca and lll-tempr coma In. Many of theaa peraona ara dervlna and well lilted to fill to Ofll cm they dealra. Hut It la Imponeible to find pUcft for all tba dcwrtlw and tba position of lha president la full of trial. Tba iuiHns and uncertainty tbat tba offlea-aeekcr auffera It Uluatrat ad by tba ca of a man from my own State, who thought be bad good reason to eipect an appointment from Tresl dent Garfield. After ba bad been weeks In Washington, and bad brought to bear all th tnfluenra ha could command, I met blm one day on tba street and asked blm how 'be waa getting along. Ills answer was: ''Very well, very well, but thera Is nothing focal yet" It was wonderfully expreslre, and hsa re mained In my memory as a type of the State of uncertainty which accompanies Office-seeking. "Nothing focal yet." but a bope tbat U bard to kill. There ara few offices at Washington the aalarles of which enable the In cumbent to save any money, and the average experience of thoa holding plarea In the departments, I am aure, U, If they would express It, that private business offers better returns and gives a better chance for advancement MarrU( by Wholaaala. A wholesale marriage ceremony was performed In Odd Fellows' ball at Hock essln, a few miles from Wilmington, pel., the other afternoon. Eight couples Of colored people were married alinul taneously by the Rev. William Jason, president of the State College for Col ored Students. The ceremony was wit nessed by more than 300 people. Ex plaining the clrcumstancea which brought tba about wedding Mr. Jason said: "God must know that when I vent among these people and tried to bring tbem to God they were a bad lot At first I did not get much encourage ment but after I had labored with them for several months I saw that even the hardest ones were touched. In nearly very Instance where a man and woman were living together no marriage cere mony bad been performed between tbem. I told tbem that It waa wrong and sinful; that It waa a violation of tb.e civil law and an offense against di vine law. That's why I performed this Wholesale marriage. At first they ob jected ; but when one couple who had been living together for four years con tented to let me marry them the others Cava In, and I hope In time that all the rest will follow In their footsteps." paltlmore American. fl .. , Waiting for a Rba A well-known member of the Illlnolf legislature has a little daughter who baa the making of a great financier In her. Ono day her father called her to him. "My dear," said he, "a man this morning offered papa his room full of gold It he would sell little brother. Now, that means gold enough to fill this room from floor to celling. If I sell little brother for that sum I shall be able to buy everything In the world you want Shall I sell him?" "No, papa," answered the little girl, prompt ly; and then, before her delighted father could embrace her for express ing so much unselfish affection, she went on: "Keep him till he's bigger. He'll be worth more then." King la EIU An Interesting book could be written telling the story of the African Kings, or rather great chiefs In exile. There la an Arabl In Ceylon, and Zobeir, who waa sent to Gibraltar. Then there Is Ja-Ja, whom the English dispatched to the West Indies (with a badly selected lot of wives, as be complained pathetic ally), and Behanxtn of Dahomey, who was lately Indebted to the French for a passage to Martinique. The English, too, have Zulu chiefs Interned at St Helena Gungunhana and Prempeh whose future place of residence is still to be decided. A ttMpltal F.lparlmaat. A hospital physician In Parts had a large number of charity patlenta under hla charge, all suffering from the same disease. To one-third of them he gave nothing to one-third he administered bread pills, and the other third he gave the regular remedies of his school. The beet results were bad with the bread pill patients, the net best with those who got nothing and the worst with those who were regularly medicated according to the books. Hosttl Selaaeaa. Of all scientific professions once al lied with theology, astronomy and med tctne have, perhaps, become most hostile. It waa a common priestly say Ing In the middle ages that where there were three doctors there were two atheists, and It haa been aptly pointed Out that In all the starry host of heav en thera Is not a planet or star called by the name of saint or angel i Tha Ertdano Thar. The last red rays of the setting eun lingered longingly upon the beauties 61 paradise complete. "Adam," faltered Eve, "am I the first girl you ever really loved?" He looked into her Uguld eyes and sighed. "How can you doubt met" he mur mured, somewhat reproachfully. Kaowa Evil Whan 6b Saea It, young woman of Stockton, Kan., Jrhb occasionally takes a flyer after lihdown In male attire, writes "pieces" MAINE'S TALLEST MAN- raJata Maaaaa Wltaaat 14 He AW sua WW-fala. Tba tallest ma la the slats of Maine rides a bicycle, aays the Lewlatoa Jour sal. Ile a also general repairer of bi cycles for tb village of Phillips. The two facta may not especially be long together, but they Immediately answer a vsgua question tbat arises la tba mind of the reader. If tbe bicy cle geta discouraged at any time Maine's champion tall wheelman can do bla own doctoring. Mr. W. 1L Kelley, of rbllllps. Is a modest msn. Although be bss many accomplishments and In bis character of bead surgeon of the village repair shop, raa mend anything from a watch to a Jigger wagon, be doean't boast of hla acquirement. Hut aa to hla height be feela tbat be can aafely lay claim to being the champion giant of Maine. Many tall men have coma and aeen and braced shoulders and chalked with him on bis ahop door until the scratches of the Intertangled lines look Ilka a spider web. Out loftily above tbem all la the scratch mark of the towering man of the house. He never yet baa to look up to gaze Into the eyes of a man stand ing on his level except once when a cir cus brought a giant to town. The giant beard that there was a citizen out- side who was taller than he. So, by bis request Mr. Kelley waa passed In. Tbe circus giant stood on tbe vantage ground of an ascending slope, he wore a bearskin cap, high-heeled shoes, and bad bla shoulders padded elaborately. Hut even under the disguise the by standers could sea that he waa not a fair match for tba local Polyphemus, bad he stripped off his plumage and "come down off bla perch" on the em bankment. Mr. Kelley, dressed for the street, measures from the ground to the top of bis head six feet and ten Inches as near seven feet as any man In Maine has ever grown. He la symmetrical, too, weighing considerably over 200 pounds, yet without any superfluous flesh. Mr. Kelley Is a muscular man, and some feats of strength that be has per formed surprised even his townsmen. At a lining match not long ago the weight was a atone post weighing 225 pounds. Several alleged strong men had tackled It and had wiggled It along a few feet at a hitch. Mr. Kelley, how ever, grasped the iron link, affixed to the post and walked nearly 200 feet with the weight, finally tossing It carelessly a considerable distance. "I could have carried It further," said he, nonchal- ently, "but I thought 'twas tar enough for a sample." Mr. Kelley's workshop Is fully as In teresting at Ita owner. He Is a me chanical genius with a knack for fixing anything that may be brought to him, and he can make almost anything that he la requested to, whether be has ever aeen It before or not. For Instance, much of his machinery waa Improvised by htm. The little, two-horse power marine engine has been rigged up to drive a hand-saw that playa over two widely dissimilar wheels. The upper Is a bicycle wheel with ball bearings, the lower Is one of the wheels of a mowing machine, the combination working excellently. Mr. Kelley also has his grindstone rigged on ball bearings, and baa recently com pleted a sand-papering machine that Is exciting the admiration of all the neigh bors. Besides his general work of repairing Mr. Kelley is a painter, and It Is on rec ord that he painted the aide of one cot tage bouse In tbe village without using a ladder. All of the Phillips giant's shop appur tenances are suited to his height and the benches, horses and vices ara as long-legged at a giraffe. ralntar of Rarrlaon'i Portrait. J. Colin Forbes, who Is painting ex- President Harrison's portrait In In dianapolis, has for some years made his residence In New York, where the reputation he won with hla Gladstone portrait In 1890 has gained him many Important commissions in portrait- painting. Recently he haa had a atudlo la the Sherwood, where ha sought ref uge after the fire tbat completely burned him out In the Castle Hotel a year ago. In that fire Mr. Forbes lost his choicest possession, hla own por trait of his father. He Is a man of me dium height and rather slender physique, with black hair and beard. Cap and Cap-B,rr. The cups of the Assyrians closely re semble our saucers. Every nobleman and gentleman had hla own cup and cup-bearer, the latter of whom always accompanied him to a roast, carrying before htm tbe cup of gold, silver, crys tal or marble, which hla master useM only on state occasions. Saucers for cups were Introduced In the latter part of tbe eighteenth century, and at first treat ly ridiculed, the person who em ployed them being said not to be able to drink without having two cups. Perpetuating th 8pclt. There is a stringent law In Japan that when one camphor laurel Is cut down another must be planted in its place. The tree ia hardy and long lived, attaining to an enormous site. It la covered with a small leaf of a Tlvld color. The seed or berries grow In clusters, resembling tb black cur rant in six and appearance. The wood la employed for every purpose from cabinet making to shipbuilding. Ex change. Th Book of Book. I have heard preachers argue that in these times of wide thinking a man who keeps close to one book will nar row himself. It may be so with other books, but the minister who sticks close to the Bible has a wide knowledge of th whole range of history. It deals with all human experience. Bishop C W. Foss. BRIQAND LEVIES TAXES. Al lrrv th Fata mm4 Tf at profwrty. "Brigandage la atlll rampant la many rural dlatrlcta la Italy," aald Dr. Ravogll, th realdent Italian consul to i Cincinnati Enquirer reporter. "From id vices I receive occasionally I keep la touch with bom affairs and a letter from a friend In Trieste contains a reference to Tiburil. one of tbe most picturesque of these freebooter. Tlburxl ta about 48. At the beginning of bla career be waa aa bad aa other In th earn vocation In life. In 1S72 he waa caught, convicted of highway robbery and murder, and sentenced to Imprisonment for life. He escaped In 1ST! and took refuge in a wood, near Vlterbo. where he lived In security In spite of tbe seventeen warrants and i large reward for bla arrest. Th rea son of this security la simple enough. He waa good to th poor any peasant In need of help could alwaya get a gold coin from Tlburxl and he pun ished traitors. Consequently the peaa anta were ready to aaslst blm agalnat th police or government emlssarlea, and those who would willingly have given Information were afraid to do ao. After hla escape Tlburxl altered bla method of gaining a living. Ha caused It to be mad known to all th well- to-do people In the district that It they paid him an annual contribution he would not Interfere with tbem and would protect them from molestation by others. It waa considered advisable to agree and Tlburxl has been for years In receipt of a large Income, on man alone paying blm 150 a year. Crlma has considerably diminished in the dis trict; tb smaller fry dare not molest Tlburxi's proteges, for hs Is still a good shot with hla English repeating rifle. Tlburxl doea what the government can not do; he collecta taxes without trouble and he keeps down crime. It must not be supposed that he hides In tbe woods all day. He can walk about the whole district without fear of capture and he lives in good style. He goes to Rome lometlmea, presumably In disguise, and baa even been abroad. Will he ever b arrested? Time alone wilt tell." ONLY ONE LOVED HIM. Napolaon'i Fottar-Mothar Had a Traa Affeetloa for film. Masson statea In hla memoirs of Na poleon that the "Little Corporal" bit terly regretted that no woman bad ever really loved him. Even Mme. Wale wska married as soon as Napoleon waa ent to St Helena, proving conclusively that her course of action was prompted by the love of her country, and not for any tenderness that she may have felt for the great general. Nevertheless, If Napoleon was a failure as a "lover and husband," according to Masson be suc ceeded in retaining the adoration of hla foster-mother to the end. The deepest affection existed between Mammuccla Caterlna and her nursling. She -ame to Paris to see him crowned emperor, and when told by Napoleon to ask him for any favor, begged that she might be Introduced to the pope. The old lady ao amused his holiness with ac counts of her "garcon," aa she waa wont to call the emperor, that he forgot in her society the difficulties of the situa tion. Mammuccla Caterlna nearly died of grief when she heard of her garcon'a downfall. And nothing could be more forcible than the terms with which she denounced Marie Louise for not follow ing Napoleon Into exile. Mammuccla Caterlna, despite her great age, was preparalng to go and comfort her gar con at St. Helena when she died. Dur ing his prosperity Napoleon heaped favors upon her and her family. To day her descendants bear the title of barons and aro received In the best society of Paris. Their family nam la Saverlas. Would Be Interacting. "I dunno," said the gripman of th cable car, aa he toyed Impatiently with the brake. "I dunno about It. after all." "About what" Inquired the talkative passenger. "About this new woman business. I'd hate to aee them doing tbe work that men are drawing salaries for at the present time. But Just out o' curi osity I'd be willing to give up my situa tion." "You'd like to see how the experi ment would work, eh?" "Yea. I'd like to see Just what a lady gripman would do or say If she was sixteen minutes behindhand on the trip, with a car full of passengers to un load, and a lady passenger was to stand with on foot on the step, taking her Urn to give her friend a recipe to make raspberry jam." Washington Star. Net Likely ta Pay th Debt. An east ender, who haa a alx-year-old boy, waa surprised by a somewhat re markable question which the youngster fired at him a few evenings ago. "Papa," he said, "do you think this has been a good winter for ice down In the bad place?" The father looked at the serious lit tle face and checked the impulse to laugh. "My dear boy," he gravely remark ed, "why do you want to know?" "Cause," the youngster replied, " 'cause Johnnie White said that when they cut this winter's ice down there he'd pay me that nickel he borrowed last week." Cleveland. Plain Dealer. Deapondeney, Almost all men of great and stirring deeds have had their seasons of dis couragement and doubt All life Is a tni.tla and llnnhts and rilfflMilHaa seem to be the necessary concomitants 01 III ana progress. nei, j. w. lyeii, George Eliot' Memorial. George Eliot's memorial at Nun eaton, her native place, Is a steam fir engine named after her. Her admirers, who do not like the association with a fire extinguisher, wish to substitute a free public library in her name. EFFICACY Or TWO BIO TOES. t VeraBMt Ma a mra prelaa la aad Aalaael rerallarly. Tba little town of Jacksonville, Vt, s receiving a great deal of attention it present becaus of tbe wonderful leallng powers which one of Ita Inhabl anta Is said to possess, but If tb testl oony of well known and reliable people ia worth anything at all, Jacksonville will not be allowed to enjoy thla fame any longer without a rival, aaya the Springfield I'nlon. Wllliamstown has also a man who claims to have been given a gift of healing, but he doea not ask any on to tak hla word for It He refers to many people, whom he aays be haa cured, for substantiation of what he clalma he can do. He does not pretend to accomplish so many dif ferent wonderful cures as tbe Jackson ville Newell, but confines his powers to healing sprains In human beings and horses. He doea assert, however, that he stand unrivaled in curing these things, and he is backed up by several people In town whose testimonials can not be disregarded. The name of this man la Alfred Seney, and he resides at Wllliamstown Sta tion, that part of the village In which the depot of the Fitcbburg railed company Is located. He usea no In struments In effecting his cures, gives no medicine and asks no questions, further than the pointing out of tbe afflicted part Tbe secrets of bis suc cess are hla two big toes and three words which he utters In prayer, and which he refuses to make public, since his power would be taken away If be did ao. He rubs these toes on the af flicted spot, repeata tbe short prayer and the cure is accomplished. He does not claim tb power of making tbe blind see, the deaf hear and everybody tbat Is afflicted well but he doea make tbe assertion that he can affect within a day or two a cure upon all sprains, no matter In what part of the body tbey may be. Hla two wonderful big toes appear to have strange powera. Should he meet with a railroad accident and lose both of his feet, or even on of them, he would bo compelled to with draw his assertion, for without these big toes be could do nothing. This power, Mr. Seney says, haa been evident for a long time, but he did not put It to use for several years after he became aware that he waa endowed with It. He is a Frenchman by birth, having been born in Canada, thirty six miles east of Montreal, fifty-nine yeara ago. He lived there until twenty-seven years ago, when he came to North Adams, where he lived nine years. He then came to this town, where he has resided ever since, liv ing at present on Elm street, or in what Is better known as "French row." While In North Adams he effected a cure up on a prominent merchant there of the name of Smith, who had sustained a bad sprain by falling,, while returning from his store. Mr. Seney was one of his customers at the time and the mer chant happened to hear of the great powers which the toes of his cus tomers' foot contained, so he sent for him and asked him to manifest what he could do. The merchant sat In a chair at the time, with his sprained ankle on another chair, suffering great pain, and though he had no faith In the cure, he knew rt could do no harm to allow the Frenchman to go through with the treatment Great was his surprise to find a decided relief when tb big toe of Seney touched his ankle. The next day he put on his boots and walked to the store, a distance of a quarter of a mile. Th Tora of Napolaon'a Fortunes If there be a time when the turn oi Napoleon's fortunes Is evident It is the spring of 1808. Between the determina tion to complete hla system of com mercial offense in western Europe and the contempt which he entertained for the Spanish throne, he fell into a dead ly snare that of despising Spanish na tionality. With the first manifestation ot national sentiment In Spain began tb process which ended in his over throw: 8pain, Prussia, and Austria suc cessively became aware that a dynasty la not a nation, that energy, high prin ciple, and organizing power reside after all in the people. This consciousness once awakened, the longing for unity grew to be a passion with them aa it had been with France; their dynasties became the ministers Of the popular will, the forces of modern life were set free, and the overthrow of Napo leonic Imperialism became only a mat ter of time. A New Antlaaptlo. A new antiseptic has been discovered In Germany. In general us it is called antinounln. One part of th substance In from 1,500 to 2,000 parts of soapsuds is destructive to all the common para sites injurious to plants. It destroys all bacteria. Yeast used in brewing re mains fresh for a long time when treat ed with it and can endure a solution as strong as 5 per cent ot the substance. 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