SOLDIERS' STOBIES.
ENTERTAINING REMINISCENCES
OF THE WAR.
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Three Short War Stories.
Brimful of funny anecdotes that bad
do cbestnutty flavor was the speech of
ieneraJ St Clair Mulholland at the
Second Corps banquet at the Shore
man), says the Washington Post. The
Irishman largely preponderated In
these anecdote, of which a couple of
apeeluuens from the memory of a guest
will be found below.
MeCook's regiment wti In front of
the enemy, and, expecting to make an
attack next morning, he mounted his
bone t ride down to the picket line
and examine the situation. With thla
purpose in view he called on a soldier
to accompany him, and the command
ing officer made a detail. MeCook wu
astonished when a little red-headed fel
low rode up to him and touched hla
cap, ready for thla service, for be was
a mere boy, weighing not more than
seventy-five pounds and looking acaree
ly bigger than the Sharp' rifle he car
ried. "You going with me?" asked Me
Cook. The lad saluted and replied in the
affirmative.
"We're going right to the front," aald
ithe officer. "Do you know that it ia
very dangerous?"
"Ye, your honor," aald the youth.
"Have you been under Are?" Inquired
the officer.
"I have, your honor.
"Do you suppose you have the back
bone lo keep up with me wherever I
or
"111 thry, air; that a why I'm sint, air.
An' if it'a heavy flrin' an' we're gut
among the bulleta and we're kilt you
won't be In h half a minlt before I
come a-tappin' at the window."
They went to the front.
The second atory was located at the
opitaL One of the cbaplaln'a regi
ment waa very badly wounded and
certain to die. But the chaplain waa
tired the chaplaina were often tired
In the army, you remember and ao he
went to bed, and be left special word
with Kergeant Joe that he waa to be
called if Barney showed signs of Im
mediate collapse. When he arose In
the morning he waa much surprised to
bear that Barney bad diet during the
night He upbraided the watcher with
not having roused him In time to ad
minister the last consolations to the
dying soldier.
"Well, to tell the truth, yer blghDess,
I didn't want to disturb you, an' you
"uldn't hev done nutliln' for him.
TVnthin could a-helped him. An' when
he come to die I condoled hira mysilf."
"In what way did you console bitn,
sergeant?"
' "TSl1: chaplain, I talked to him
gentle like, an' I Jill his hand an' I said
to h'.m, Barney,' says I, 'I'm afraid
.you're dyin.' my boy,' "
" 'I tiiink I am.' ways he.
' 'An' I expect you'll go below,' says I.
" 'I think I will,' says he.
"'Well, Barney, my boy, says I, 'you
ought to be glad you've got some place
to go to. "
On. Sickles rarely sits down to a
table with old soldiers without contrib
uting some valuable historical remin
iscence. At this same banquet he told
this story:
"It w as. I should rhluk, very early In
the winter of 'Cl-'H'J that, having swne
tiusinces with ("en. McClelltin, I walked
up one forenoon to bis headquarters In
Admiral Xemmes" house, opposite the
Arlington. The ma on duty said the
General waa engaged, and asked me to
wait. I took a seat, and shortly the
Secretary of War came In and Inquired
for the General. An officer came out
of the next room, said the General was
busy Just then, and asked the Secre
tary of War to take a seat and wait.
Mr. Cameron sat down and we fell Into
-on versa tlon. In a few minutes Mr.
Lincoln came in and inquired for Gen.
McClellan. The officer repeated what
he had said to ns. that the General was
very busy, and Mr. Lincoln would have
to wait. The President sat down wtb
n and saki, 'All right, I'll wait.' The
Secretary of War remarked that ihe
President ought 1u tunne way to have
.access! to one of his generate. Mneon
Dltrew one leg over the other, as If pre
wired for a long siege, and amid, -Oh,
no. It'a all right. My time Is of no spe
cial value, and the General ta engaged
"in attending to our business. I can
wait as well as not. And he fell Into
bis famous atory telling, showing rot
the, slightest Imiiaticnce at the neces-
uity of cooling his heels In the ante
room of a man who was a civilian lets
than a year Ix-fore, whom he had up
jpoiwted to office.
The Incident Illustrated." added Gen.
JWcklea, "two things first, that Mr. Lin
coln was one of The most unpretentious
of men. and second, that at that time
everybody- Including McClellan him
self, expected MH'lHliiu to put down
tbe rebellion."
Ma Told the Confederates,
'fne Rev. lather Thomas Ewing
Sherman, of St. Louis, has lieen con
ducting a mission In St. Patrick's
Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. On one
afternoon he tendered a reception to
awventy veterans of the civil war, and
la conversation told tbem this story:
"Dortag the war he was a 'camp fol
lower,' going In when about three years
old and remaining with his father. Gen.
William T Sherman, until the clone of
the struggle. At Blao River, on the
inarch from Atlanta to the sea, a Con
federate m tent under a nag of truce
to Rberman's headquarters. Arriving,
a found the general absent, but young
Tsnsaas waa there aad Inclined to be
communicative when taken upon the
knee of the Confederate.
Drawn into conversation be bluntly
remarked: "Why, father tan whip you
fellows every time." On being inter
rogated as to how and why he could
whip them the boy proceeded to give
detailed Information. "Father has 50,-
ooft men and so many cannon; just so
many foot and ao many horse soldiers.
He baa Just exactly so many men, foot
and horse, and so many cannon at an
other place " JThe boy did not neglect
to stafe tha"t the Northern troops were
well off for provisions, and bow and
where they could get them when they
wanted them. -
General Sherman, after the Confeder
ate's departure, learned, of the conver
sation. "Why, said he, "you young
traitor. There la nothing for it but
that you must be court-martialed, and
you will probably be shot." The boy
was not shot, but he waa told of the
rules and uuges of armed forces when
at "rr-
An Incident at the Front,
One night when the sentinels bad
been warned to be unusually aler. a
the enemy were In force only a mile
away. The soldier on post No. 4, wbich
was directly In front of a small clear
ing in the farem, suddenly called out
for the corporal of the guard. The
order was to avoid firing If possible,
u the men behind the breastworks
were worn out with marching. Tiiere
waa a full moon and she threw such a
lighj jwn Into the iea:jjig rhat tbe
mallear object couid be dlsVloguU:'ied
by the sentinel. As ha looked and lis
tened a Confederate In the uniform of
a captadn stepped into the clearing In
full view. The sentinel rifted bis mus
ket and opened his lips to cry out, be
lieving Chat the enemy was moving
down on our Unea, but ooietliing In the
demeanor or" the lone figure made Mm
pause. After a moment he simply call
ed for the corporal of the guard.
It waa a strange sight we saw three
or four of us as we stood on post No
4. The Confederate came walking
slowly down upon us, an open letUr In
bis left hand his right ca-elesiy
swinging. We knew him for a slep
walker the instant we got eyea on him.
His movements seemed to be jjde by
machinery, and the carriage of head
and Shoulders waa not rhsvt of a man
wake. He came straight down upon
us. head erect and eyes wide open, but
looking neither to the right nor to the
left We stood astfde to lt Mm pass
and bis left hand towbed a buxdi and
the letter was torn from bis fingers
and picked irp by the Corporal. I: vas
a wife's letter her n iMband -a wife's let
ter to her soldier-captain In he field.
The man before us belonged to the
Tenth Alabama, and the letter was
written from an Ala lie ma plantation
"Don't towh him." whispered the
Corporal, as we fell in be-Wnd the som
nambullat.
He walked down our left-front the
width of two regiments and back again.
One of our party went ahead ro wills
per to the sentinels, and they stood in
awe as the midnight visitor pa -teed
down and returned. Hla gaze was al
ways the seine straight before Mm.
and he neither Increased nor slackened
bis pace. By and by he came back to
post No. 4, and there he stopped for live
minutes and eemed to be thinking.
We stood close to Uim, but no man
made a sound. We noted the color of
hair and eyes the fresh scar on Ms
cheek a finger missing from his left
hand. Of a sudden the man started up
and walked on, heading straight for the
Confederate lines. We stood and watch
ed him across the glade and Into the
darkness of the woods and then turned
away.
"I feel that God will bring you home
to me again," s.iid the letter which the
bimh had torn from his hand.
At 9 o'clock next morning we were
fiercely attacked, but after a bbly
conflict the enemy were driven back.
When we went out to succor the wound
ed and bury the dead we found the
Captain aimost among the first of the
dead. Three bullets had struck him In
the brenst s he dashed forward at the
head of his company. In his brwwt
pocket we placed the letter which
loving band had traced, and we gave
Mm a grave of bis own sod mark.-d it
that his friends m-lglrt know flie fcjxsi
when war was no more. Better for the
loving wife bad we made blm prisoner
as be fame walking among us that
night, tbut bad we done ao he might not
have died a soldier's death.
Note Ahont War.
On Jan. 1, the armies of t
world Included 4.'Mt,(m men.
The first war of profane history was
bout a woman Helen, of Troy.
The total cost of our navy during the
civil war, lWJl-ftf., was $3Vl.(),m.
On July 1, lHir.. there were ail.fNW
men serving In the navies of the world
After the great battle of Cannae,
52,312 dead men were found on the
field.
Great Britain now owns C.'ZVl can
nous; Kratice, 8,2'K), and Germany,
5,920.
During our great civil war (il..'ii2 men
on the Union side were killed outright
In battle,
'i he largest Krupp guns have a range
of seventeen miles, and tire two shot
a minute.
Hwltjserland has a population of leas
than 3,,', and a standing array
of 130,010.
In time of war France recksas on
putting on! 870 men to every 1.0W of
her population.
The war of the lovers waa the seventh
religious war of France, waged be
tween the years 1570 and 1578.
HI nee Napoleon "died Uke a raged
llou In his exile home" 6.000,000 French
men have perished la the wan of that
country
When Germany ' warred agaluat
France In J870 71. she put 1.038,000
trvop la the Held. In the same war
tlio French employed 710,000 men.
EDUCATIONALCOLUMN
NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND
THEIR MANAGEMENT.
Connty Institute for the loxl or
Schools an Well as for Teachers
How to Teach Geography Seat
Work for Older Clamea.
The Connty Institute
Borne eighteen years ago a prominent
rlty superintendent said to the writer:
Don't vou think the comity Institute
has about bad its day? Could not the
time be spent more profitably In some
other way?" The speaker addd.
When yoii lake ln5 consideration that
there are about 300 teachers in this
county, with average wages of 110 a
week, a total of $3,000, and the cost for
nstrnctors and ball of at least $300
more, or a grand total of $3,300 for a
week's work aMnsytute, Is It worth
the money theway the tnstitufe is con
ducted?" The questions were put In all
leriousness, and added to them were
tome sharp criticisms as to the meth-
ds pursued in the work of the Insti
tute, which indicated that the speaker
believed that a considerable amount of
time was consumed In speeches and
lectures that gave the teachers too lit
tle to carry home to their school-rooms.
Moat people will agree as to the value
of the social features of the Institute,
the waking up that a lively Institute
gives, and all that. But the arousing
of enthusiasm la not the whole work of
the Institute.
Primarily the Institute is supposed to
be for the good of the schools. Teach
ers are expected to reap benefits from
the Instruction given and be able to do
better work in the schools because of
this Instruction. Is this object always
secured.' Is It usually secured! If not
the efficiency of the Institute may be
questioned.
Home one has said that every teacher
ought to go to the Institute with the
purpose of taking something borne wlto
him. That Is well; but It Is quite as
necessary that something be given at
the institute that may be taken borne,
not by one or a few, but by all. Is this
always, or usually the case? It la
rranted tbst many valuable and help
ful lectures are given at Institute, but
should they not all be helpful? Is not
this the obioct of the institute? If
there are some who hsve so expands
and absorbed that they can take In no
more let them give out to the less for
tunate, and It will do good to both.
School glr! esays and flowery ora
Hons when not loiiching on matters
educational are botb out of place In
the county institute for teachers.
How often have we seen teachers
enjoy the enthusiasm and the Jokes -f
the man on the platform, and return to
their homes at the close of the ween
asking themselves why the blanks In
their note-books were so extensive and
why they recalled so little that would
make tbelr school-room work easier and
more effective.
Institutes that do not give the prac-
tlial work and help needed by the
teachers, especially the young and inex
lerienced, are not well conducted, how
ever nne tne music or entertaining
the Jertures. They do not make ade-
Uate return for the money expended.
The plan of dividing the institute
into sections, adapting the work to the
want and nieds of the teachers eonsM-
lutiti'X the section. Is an Improvement
on the general lecture plan which was
at one time wholly In vogue. i
i'he Informal meeting of teacher
Hlone for an hour for discussion Iwfore
the regular sessions, ought to win mow
favor In some sections of the 8tate. It
Is not only popular In the western part
of Pennsylvania, but also nseftil In
drawing out the opinion arid stigges
tlons of such as are too diffident to
express themselves before a large -on
vetitlon.
The Institute is for the teacher and
through the teacher for the school.--
Educational News.
Teacher' - Icllln,."
This remark is frequently heard, that
a teacher should never tell her pupils
anything they can possibly find out
for themselves. It seems to me this
must be taken with two consideration
In mind, two exceptions probably.
There are two times or places when
the teacher should tell a thing. One is
when the pupil has done all be can do,
has gone as far as he can go, when
the tf-acher has gotten him to see all
he can see from questioning alone.
Then without any more worry and fuss
a teacher should explain or "tell.
The other time when It Is wise that
teacher should "tell" Is when the time
necessary for the development of
certain point could be better spent on
some ot her.
I have seen a teacher spend fifteen
minutes In working out a point when
neither the point nor the discipline
gained was worth the time spent In
getting It, when it would have leen
better for the pupils If the teacher had
told the point as soon as he found It
waa not known, then moved to some
thing else of more worth and let the
pupil acquire his discipline by work
Ing out facts that are important. Cer
tainly no teacher needs look far for
these.
This means, of course, that tbe teach
er must be able to discriminate be
tween facta In their relative value to
the life of the child. If the child's ca
psclty were not limited and If the time
element were also not limited then the
advice never to tell the pupil anything
be can find out for himself might he
good. But these two facts are fatally
against It. -
Honietimes a teacher asks questions
on a hard point and finally succeeds
In reaching It. Probably two or three
pupils giv It, and usually In about the
same language used by the teacher,
this difficult point ia left and another
hurriedly taken up. If after Ihe chll
drra hare given It, the teacher were to
But tbe facts la bar own way, state It
differently from tba children, and give
an illustration, if possible, the point
would be more clear and more Interest
ing and for tbese reasons better remem
bered. To be sure, the teacher's re
stating points may easily le carried to
the extreme, and frequently is, never
theless the use of thla in the proier
place adds to the clearness and Inter
est to the point When the teacher
puts the point In clearer or more elegant
English, while not a direct "telling" of
the point, she seta before the children
a better standard of expression than
they are able to give.
It seems to me that those facts that
need to be known partially, but have
slight concern with the true life of the
child may be told and let the great
stress of discipline be forgotten In the
mastery of those others that are vitally
connected with the child's larger life.
The teacher should be constantly on
the watch for those facts and that pe
culiar training that will put tbe child
most completely In harmony with the
varied Interests of tbe complex civill
ration of which he Is a part. Indiana
School Journal. " i mm
Beat Work for Older Claaaes, "S,
As the children become accustomed '
study of books, they need less varied
material for expression and are able
to endure longer periods of work In the
same lines. Tbe seat work for these
classes will be chiefly confined to study
of books, drawing, and arithmetic. Re
production of the history, goography,
nd arithmetic, drawing maps of de
signs and Illustrations of tbe thought
expressed In the reading or general les
sons will afford all necessary practice
and sufficient variety. To these may
be added the sewing and sloyd. and
t..: drawing associated with them.
Great care should be taken to link this
t work to the various lessons of the
day, making It afford practice In the
line where the children need more
drill, and demanding the exercise of
his different powers. The reproduction
of the history lesson, for instance, may
be In the form of simple narration or
n letter form, or the child may Im
agine himself as the chief actor In tbe
scenes which he describes. The de
scription of plants may be written In
full or represented by drawing. The
map aa well as the deacriptiou and let
ter should record what tbe child learns
In geography. Do not forget to allow
some period for silent reading. In which
tbe child learns for himself what books
have to give and prepares to tell others
what he learns.
In all work at the seats. Insist upon
attention and diligence, with no waste
of materials or of time, prompt action
without dawdling, and Independent
work without copying or Interfering
with one's neighbors. Make every les
son tell In right habits of work. Way-
marks for Teachers. Silver, Bnrdett
Hints en Teaching- Geography.
1. Rely on maps and outlines, not on
tbe text-book.
2. Assign the lessons by topics, not
by pages: In assigning map lessons, do
so without having a map before you.
3. Kncourage pupils to ssk questions,
and furnish examples within their own
exoertence of the subject under con
sideration.
r. I.et each pupil give in his own
language all the InforiuNtiou be has
secured on the subject.
5. At the close of a recitation have
the pupils tell what has been brought
out during the lesson.
. Kmphasir.e all new facts, ami on-
nect them with the former lessons.
7. Insist, that each pupil keep a note
iMHlk.
H. Talk as little during the lesson as
possible: let the subject le unfolded by
the pupils.
ft. Make your questions and answers
ns vou would in conversation; eschew
the lecture sry!'' of teaching.
10. Haveplenty of reference book.
use them freely, and encourage jour
pupils to consult them.
11. Hold this always before your
mind: you are to teach your pupils to
study a country in the light of its ad
vantages as an a!ode for man.
12. Begin every, lesson with a review
of the preceding lesson. Frequently
have this review a written exercise.
13. Have progressive maps made, to
be filled in as the lesson proceeds.
14. Encourage Individual work; as
sign subject to different pupils to be
reported on at the next lesson. hx.
Not Necessarily Irish.
The Scotch are not far behind the
Irish in the matter of bulls. A minis
ter in Arran is said to have made the
following announcement from his pul
nit: "My friends, there will be no
Ixrd's day here next Sabbath; It's the
sacrament owre at Klltnory, and I'll
be there. A Paisley man, in discuss
ing the right of women to practice
medicine, In a letter to a newspaper
of bis place asked this pointed que
tlon: "Why snould not women be
freely allowed to become medlcti
men?"' "I'm afraid you'll be late a
tbe party," said an old English lady
to her stylish granddaughter, who re
plied: , "Ob, no, dear grandma; don'
you know that In our fashionable se
nobody ever goes to a party till every
body la there?"
Come to Htay.
Than bicycle riding no form of ex
erclse is more attractive, and when
It is Indulged in with a knowledge of
tbe limits of endurance no exercise Is
likely to prove more healthful. But
thousands, of young people and a good
many older ones who think they are
strengthening themselves by exercise
are really wrecking their nervous sya
terns by over-exertion and over-train
Ing. All this may be trusted to rlgh
Itself In time, .for tbe bicycle has come
to stay. But In tbe meantime, those
who cannot learn except by their own
experience will go on ruining their
health by Indulging In the amusement
to excess.
WEDDED TO A ROYAL RAKE.
Few royal personages in Europe de
serve more sympathy than the queen
of the Belgians, whose husband's esca
pades with stage celebrities and others
bave nearly driven hla wife insane.
King Leopold is 60 years of age. but
shows little algn of abating tbe scan
dalous behavior which baa made bis
name a by word for years. At one time
THE QfEE Of BEt.OIl'M.
his excesses In Ixudon landed him in a
police court, and his moat gracious
majesty bad considerable difficulty In
aplag the punishment so often dealt
out to plebeian royaterers a month In
Jail. Hla scandalous doings bave caus
ed untold grief to his wife, whose
tastes and bablta are of a domesticated
character. Her majesty has made ev
ery effort to wean him from his un
seemly waya, but has met with little
or no success.
Don't for the Hamaser Oirl.
Hon't giggle.
Don't listen to scandal.
Don't defy public opinion.
Don't play on tbe hotel piano.
Don't believe everything you hear.
Don'tsleepall day and dance all night.
Don't form lifelong frlendablps In
three days.
Don't have "heart talks" with every
man you know.
Don't read "Harry's" letters aloud to
your girl friends.
Don't go rowing with the young man
who tips the boat.
Don't refuse to marry a good man If
you get the chance.
Don't tell your admirers all the se
crets of your girl friends.
Don't become engaged to more than
two men at the same time.
Don't put on your bathing suit unless
you're going Into the water.
Don't join sailing parties unless you
(an stand a little rough weather.
Don't snub your mother or maiden
aunt in public. It doesn't look well.
Don't try to protect your complexion.
(iive the sun and fresh air an Inning.
Don't sing, unless nature has given
yon a voice which will not cause others
pain.
Don't trust thp gentleman who has
married unhappily and wishes to tell
you all about It.
Don't forget that half an hour of ex
ercise in the open air is worth more
than all the nerve Ionics in Ihe market.
Don't forget that the summer hotel
veranda Is thp happy hunting ground
of the most merciless gossips on earth.
Don't waste too much sympathy on
"poor George, working away in the
hot city." tieorge Is getting along very
nicely.
Don't make your willing slaves fas
ten your shoeslrtugs more than sevpn
times In tbe course of one day. The
novelty wears off. New York World.
Monkey t kin Card Casea.
Professor Garner Is not the only man
who has found a new use for the mon
key. The up-to-date Jeweler is fully
equal In this respect. The jeweler, to
1 sure, has turned the inoukev to dec
orative rather than philological ac
count, but the service to the world at
large Is still very great. This Is at
om-e apparent when It Is stated that all
the newest card cases are of monkey
skin. They are ornamented with an
applied decoration of enameled silver,
patterned after the early spring flow
ers. The blooms are life size nnd as
like the original as possible, both In
form and color. The effect Is very pret
ty, as the flowers lie uhjii their leather
background as gracefully as If a care
less hand had Hung them there.
One Multi-Mtlllonslre' Wife.
Mrs. Krneger, wife of President
Krtieger of the Transvaal, who is an
extremely homely woman, does nearly
all her own housework, cooking meals,
making her own bed and always tak
ing a hand In Ihe family washing.
When her husband has "state guests"
to dinner the good lady will trnat tbe
task of waiting on the table to no one,
and donning a white apron she per
forms the office of butler. Her hus
band has a private fortune of $25,000,
000, but It's "Aunty" Krneger' s boast
that they live on their "coffee money"
a perquisite of $2,000 a year allowed
tbem by the government.
Haved Money sad Lost Credit.
Aa amusing Incident occurred at a
fashionable wedding In this city. One
friend, who determined to save her
money and credit at the same time,
T'-
took a broken earring to a ramoua jew.
eler of State street and ordered tht
little stone to be set as a scarf pin foi
the groom. Aa she eagerly remarked:
"It does me no good, and coming from
sucb a famous establishment they art
sure to prize it and think I paid a lot
of money. When the package waa re
turned from tbe shop the wedding
guest failed to examine ber proposed
present and merely dispatched It, with
her card and compliments. Imagine
her disgust when strolling through tba
rooms where the bridal gifts were dis
played to find a dozen people about bet
offering and each one smiling. For a
moment she hesitated, then pressed
forward, and lol there was tbe predoua
white satin covered box bearing tbe
prized name, It Is true, but, alas! below,
"From the repairing department;" and
even worse Than all. resting on the blue
cotton beside the pin waj an oljj, broken
bit of earring, "returned by the cof
scientious firm. Chicago Chronicle. ,
Japs Refo'ai Their Dross. "J
The Emnress of Japan has discarded
the picturesque costume of ber coun-
. V 1
try. Her majesty s wararooe ia maun
In Paris, and she has a decided prefer
ence for tight-fitting, small-waleted
gowns. The royal example Is followed
hv the ladles of the court, and state
functions no longer present their fersa-
er polychromatic appearance. It Is a
curious coincidence that the discaraoa
Jsnsnese costume combines all the
latest Ideas on dress reform embodied
by Its apostles here and In Europe.
Parta Her Hair on the Side,
Fiuffv hsnits. and even tbe coquet-
H.h waves that so graciously conceal
the Imperfections of an ugly forehead,
are. aa well as the girl that wears
ihm out of date. Tbe mannish gin
Is at the height of the fashion, and aha
Is astounding thousands of her pnav
mer sisters by parting her hair at tBs
side.
Absolute severity and simplicity la
tbe motto of the new halrressiag
Twist or coll or braid or do w ha teres
yon will with your back hair, ao long
as the result Is modest and lnconspio
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uous, but under no circumstances must
you venture to Impart a feminine curl
to the front locks.
Royal W heel women.
Nearly all the members of the royal
family of England are cyclists. Princess
Victoria of Wales, the Duchess of Fife,
Princess lAulse, the Marchioness of
Lome and Prim-ess Henry of Batten
berg nil ride and are enthusiasts. The
Queen of Italy had her first bicycle
lessons last summer, but Is already au
exert. She required only twelve les
sons to lufiime proficient.
Whit Women Are Holng.
During the absence of three mouths
of Rev. Mr. Cochrane of the Unitarian
Church at Bar Harbor, Maine, his wife
will attend to all his ministerial duties.
Three different books have recently
been devoted to Joan of Arc and a
fourth is coming. Mrs. Ollphant is
writing a history of the maid for "Tbe
Heroes of the Nations" series.
Mrs. Frances Eleanor Trollope baa
Just published the life and letters of
Mrs. Frances Trollope, her mother-ln-law,
who wrote a Issik on American
customs and manners that gave greet
offense.
Miss Gladstone, daughter of the ex
prdemler, who has recently accepted
the presidency of the Cambridge Worn-,
en's Mber.il Club, made her first ap
pearance recently nt a largely attended
miHtlng. i
There Is a womnn dentist in New,
York who Is fast attaining popularity
and fortune. Khe Is a German by)
birth, nnd has a large clientele among
the singers and other musicians of bet
own nationality In the city.
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