A CHANCE FOB A KING.
DENMARK'S WEST INDIA POS
SESSIONS FOR SALE.
A Chana* for th* Multi-Mllllonalra to
•aenra a Kingdom of HU Own—Coaid
Form a Brand Naw Nation—Chanaa
to llaooma a fotantata.
E N M A R K offers
an opportunity to
three ambitious
men who possess
sufficient money to
obtain kingdoms.
Not very large ones,
to be sure, but annh
an the Islands of St.
Thomas, Santa Cruz
and St. John form.
These Islands IJcn
msrk offers for sale. She would prefer
to have the United Stales buy them, but
In case that proven Impossible, there
will be a chance for others to acquire
the property.
There Is little likelihood that Uncle
Ham will purchase these three sections
of the West Indies, so the Islands can
practically be fairly considered as In
the market. It will be no ordinary real
estate pure base, this bargain In Islands.
Cities, towns and villages are Included
In each Instance. The purchaser could
go there and he a king, or an earl, or a
baron, like those of the feudal days.
He might assume any title he liked
and there would he no one to gainsay
him.
He could hold court and knight his
friends; could build a navy, design his
own flag, arid, If he chose, call himself
a king and his island the kingdom of
amwn oi rouruo, iu 11 jiiuimmi r,uciH(
i with the approval of his subjects; lie
"could cruise about In one of his war
ships and be the recipient of all sorts of
honors that fall to royalty's lot. Per
haps, should he meet him, the Prince
of Wales might call him "dear old
chap," and thus add the capstone to
his monument of greatness.
This Is the second time these islands
have been on the bargain counter of
nations. Their first appearance In this
role was In 1868, when a proposition to
the United States to buy them was re
jected. The present offer to sell Is due
to the fact that Denmark is too poor
to afford colonial luxuries. It costs
$IS0,000 a year to maintain the govern
ment Of the Islands, and it has been
definitely declared that this expenditure
must cease. The people of Denmark
object to a European power securing
control of the Islands. Neither Is the
proposition to give them liberty regard
ed with favor, as following the forma
tion of a local government, the first
step taken by the Islanders would, It Is
believed, be a petition for an English
protectorate, as most of them are Brit
ish by birth, descent or sympathies.
Suppose a rich American should de
elde to buy one of the Islands — Bt.
Thomas, as that Is the largest and most
Important. After concluding the pur
chase from Denmark he would find him
self the possessor of an Island thirteen
miles long and four wide, of great scenic
beauty and containing a population of
13,000. He would only be 1,300 miles
from New York. His kingdom, or what
ever he might be pleased to call it,
would be found to lie directly In one
of the great arteries of ocean commerce,
and the harbor, at the head of which
his capital city, Charlotte Amalia, lies,
would shelter the largest navy In the
world.
If the new monarch cared to fortify
this harbor he could almost bid defi
ance to the world, for there Is no possi
bility of landing an Invading force at
any other point, as the island Is
thoroughly protected by reefs which
render navigation, even In a row
boat, extremely dangerous.
Thus, with fortifications at the en
trance to the harbor, a small and well
•rganlzed army and a liberal system of
government that would bind the people
to him, the transplanted potentate need
bow his head to none. What more al
luring prospect can be lmuginea ior
the citizen who longs for royal honors
and has heretofore found bis ambition
checked by Insurmountable barriers?
A H***utlfill l>e«fl.
gome one relates an Instance of one
•f the many noble deeds constantly
being performed by that modern hero—
^ the doctor:
' "You'd better ask the doctor for his
bill next time he comes," said a poor,
sick minister to his wife. "I dou’t
know when we can pay It, I’m sure,
Hsa made a good many visits, but I
hope he won’t have to eoine many times
, ,re." The old doctor was a grim
looking person, who said ns little as
possible, and spoke In the gruffest of
touts, but he hud kept his eyes open
and was not naif as unfetdlng as he
appeared
At the next visit the minister's wife
followed him out of the sick room ami
timidly made her request,
"Your bill?" said the doctor, glanrtng
atoned the kitchen, then down at his
boots.
"Yes. air," said the woman. "Mr.
Aries wanted me to ask you for It,
though we can't pay It just now. We'll
pay It as soou as
"Well, here It la," said the doctor.
And he took out tits pocket booh and
handed the astonished woman a f|t>
greenback, and waa out of doors before
w aba could any thank you.
ths Klet>S I IsM at *««.
A white electric light of one sandle
power can he seen el sea at a distance
ef one quarter of a tulle on a dark,
fleer eight, and one utile cm a rainy
night. In an eaaept legally clear
auaoephere a while light of l.i candle
power eaa plainly vlalble at a distant*
ef threw mites, ends eaa of IT I candle
pgesr was sees si Ive mils*
SALVE IS LEGAL TENDER.
All Adana F.ngagflcl In an Indnatr?
Which la fcrallar.
Adams, a small town among the bills
of Jefferson county, this state, is fre
quently styled the "salve town," says
the New York Herald. It makes salve,
lives on salve, speculates In salve and
corners the salve market when It wants
to. This product is pill up In two sizes
In round tin boxes, one size selling at 60
cents and the other at 25 cents.
When money Is scarce these boxes of
salvo pass as legal tender In the vill
age. One of the large lioxes will pur
chase one-fourth dozen of three-for-a
quartsr cigars and entitle you to a
small box as change, or will buy drinks
at the local bars, or will pass as one
"ante” In a "50-rent limit game.”
There are probably more than 100
different brands of salve made In
Adams. There Is a salve for rheum a*
tls, salve for eczema, salve for tan and
sunburn, salve for scratches and
bruises, salve for consumption, and so
through a long catalogue of ailments, a
separate and distinct salvo for ea''h
complaint or group of diseases. H. O.
Ilrown was the first to make a success
of the business, and his neighbors and
then the entire population of the town
decided to try their hands. These new
manufacturers started In honorably,
however. They all met In conference,
and a plan was perfected to prevent
4'iriHfimK coviifwiiiion
An organization was perfected, to bo
known as the Balvemakers* Protective
league, and the agreement provided for
the allotment of a certain number of
diseases and ailments to each manufac
turer, Thus, one salvcrnakcr was per
mitted lo make salve for the healing of
burns, scalds, tetter, itch and eczema;
another for wounds, bruises, cuts, sores
and ulcers, and another for croup, diph
theria, lumbago, Jaundice and rheuma
tism, The growth of the salve business
opened up a new field of employment
to the Idle persons ol Adams, which
they were not slow In taking advantage
of. All successful heuling remedies are
strongly Indorsed by testimonials from
those who have been cured or healed.
The Halvemakers’ league solved this
matter in a novel way. The manufac
turer of the salve for burns would him
self write, and have each member of ills
family write, testimonials for each of
the other members of the league, In ex
change for testimonials from such mem
bers and their families. This worked
well at first, but now there are regularly
employed testimonial writers, who earn
good sums writing for the league. These
testimonials are paid for according lo
merit, and are passed upon by an expert
duly chosen by the league for that pur
pose.
Digging for Cioltf•
An old man entered a leading hard
ware store In Washington the other day
and bought some blasting powder, says
the Washington Star. His white hulr
hung low upon his shoulders, his beard
drooped far down upon bis breast. He
looked like a veritable Rip Van Winkle
Just awakened from his slumbers. It Is
not often that he comes to town and
when he does he leaves us seon as his
supplies are purchased. Up In the
mountains the old tnan has a cabin
where be has lived alone for many
years, raising barely enough corn on the
rocky land he owns to sustain his exist
ence. For half a century he has been
digging far gold and from time to time
enough has been found In a little stream
11Im cnhln In nllrniil:iti< hln search.
Hut there has never been sufficient, tc
pay for opening up a tunnel and the
old man has been digging one for fifty
yearH. He works alone, for bo Is afraid
to confide his secret to any man. From
morning until night he digs, and when
a rock Is reached that has to be blasted
he buys all the powder that the money
he can raise will pay for and when that
Is gone must wait until another crop
can be raised to procure a new supply.
The old prospector will not live to
make many more trips to Washington
and It will probably never be known
whether the washings of free gold be
has secured from the stream came from
a vein In the mountain where be has
vainly spent his life or not.
I’utp Huntnfaa In MbIiii1*
Few people realize the extent of the
pulp business in Penobscot county,
Maine. Some little Idea may be formed
from the fact that the mills of Great
works, Howland and Montague furnish
a train load of pulp a day. This con
sists of from seventeen to twenty cars.
Penobscot county also has mills at
Orono, Brewer, Basin Mills and Lin
coln, In uddltiou to the three Included,
In sending the amount of pulp men
tioned. Still there ure croakers who,
Instoad of counting how many are
helped by this enterprise, sigh: "That
cuts off just so many large logs !u the
future."
I It ttu|iliMi «»f I mu* I > a»•!
The tilth e of Ch ampion of Kiuduml
was Instituted In the reign of Ittehald
II. tin the sovereign s cornual ton day
he rod* up to Westminster hall on a
white horse, proclaimed the title of th i
new1 monarch and, throwing down a
j gauntlet or Iron glove, challenged any
who dared dispute his right to the
j throue lo single tomtat,
le«<aod Mims.
Iceland moss Is « welt known lichen
found abundantly in Iceland. It la
I gathered tu large ijuantltles by the na
tives, deprived of Its bitterness by boll*
j tag In water, and then dried and r*
I dueed to powder. I* I* usually used
with flour and lullk. or mads Into • ■•k«*
and In times of great *« sntty It forms
almost their only article of food
4s ti Is Sow
He wae a slangy Harvard matt
And ohw a Wellesley meld
He said, "Just havw a seal ua uit,"
Aad promptly she obeyed
A GRAND ODD WOMAN.
THI DAUGHTER OF "OLD IRON
SIDES" AT EIGHTY.
*h« Warn* In III* 'Naith lhi> "U-«r«n
Horn Mannar,'* ttin Slurs anil strips* —
Ths Mot liar nf a Olaliratail raiallf—>
liar tinning Vaara.
ELIA T. 8. PAR
nell, the celebrated
and venerable wo
man who was
struck down by the
hand of a ruthless
assassin some
months ago, and
who for so mo
weeks past has oc
cupied a private
room In Trinity
Hospital, New York, should be regarded
as one of the most truly great women
of our time as well as one of the most
versatile and highly accomplished.
Della T. 8. Parnell just escaped being
born In Independence Hall, Philadel
phia, In 181ft. 8he was the daughter
of Admiral Btewart, familiarly known
as "Old Ironsides." Her mother was
a iudor of Boston, so that the subject
of our sketch Is descended from a
"royal line” through both parents.
Through her father's love for the sea
and fondness for change, she traveled
extensively. Her mother was her con
stant companion and her only Instructor
In early childhood. The ablest teach
irs were secured to develop her num*
But the self xacrlflclng mother (eared
a aecond marriage might not be con
ducive to the happlnexx of her children.
Thla waa the only reason why she did
i not encourage the suit of the earl of
Carlisle, and In Inter years had reason
! to regret her foolish stand. But the
disappointed earl wnx somewhat con
soled when he became convinced that
of her many suitors tha fair widow
gave him the preference, and the cele
brated pair became life-long frlenda.
The earl sought her council and advice
In affairs of atate, which he often com
municated to laird Palmerston, then
prime minister of Hngland.
At the time of the Mexican war she
advised the withdrawal of the Kngllsb
troops from Mexico. rthc la-came so
skilled In the affairs of state that aha
acquired the sobriquet of "Tbs Fair
Am liassadress."
About twenty years ago Della T. 8.
Purnell advised her son. Charles Htew
art Parnell, to enter Irish politics. Tbo
undeveloped statesman did ao. and was
elected to parliament. How he be
came the ldoll/.ed leader of the Irish
people the "Uncrowned King" Is
still fresh In our memories, although
we may forget that It was through the
power and patriotism of hla mother
and sister* that Influenced public opin
ion In hla favor In this country. The
late Irish lender had frequently re
marked: "That the women of his fam
ily possessed all the genius."
Fanny Parnell, the poetess, dlsd dur
In if Hip hnlirhf t\t I hr* ntflfullnri ititrnft
time after the Ladles' Land League had
been organized, in which tho "silent
women" of Ireland became enrolled
from Maine to California. They de
manded from their Kngllsh foes home
rule for Ireland, and for the first time
patriotism and self-sacrifice of the
working women of Ireland became gen
erally manifest. Hands were organized
and led by Della T. H. Parnell, and her
two daughters, who showed they were
worthy of so great a mother. From
the time of the Land League movement
Della T. H. Parnell worked with an en
ergy that was superhuman to place Ire
land "among the nations"- when tho
"epitaph" of llobert Km met would be
written and the tomb of the "subllmest
patriot" no longer remain "unln
scrlbed."
When Charles B. Parnell was arrested
and thrown Into prison, his patrlotlo
but then aged mother temporarily lost
her equilibrium by the shock. She
speculated In Wall street with her own
cupltal, where she hud hitherto been
successful In her ventures, determined,
If possible, to supply her family with
funds for the "agitation" and to help
develop "Irish Industries," and, above
all, to make her son financially inde
pendent, that ho might carry on bla
gigantic work with freeuom and liberal
ity. Hut bla Imprisonment rendered
her temporarily unfit for business. She
lost $20,000 |U Wall street! All the
ready capital she possessed! After
which she mortgaged every acre of
ground she owned - and lost again!
Then came the death of the gentle
poetess, Fanny Parnell, the "Parnell
DARK DAYS FOR BURNS.
Vila llslr»(l for F>trmlii|—An UnforB*
mil* < liolro.
As It la always darkest before the
dawn, the year which waa the most
i critical In Hums' life, and which was
; destined to give lilt th to tils bettsr for
tune, opened with peculiar and unmit
igated dreariness, says the Fortnightly
i Itevlew. The Kilmarnock edition of
1788 appeared while the poet was
"skulking from covert to oovert” to ,
avoid the Jail, with which Jssn Ar
mour's father threatened him; Its
raison d’etre was the earning of sufd
i dent money to pay his passage to Ja
maica. Having "pocketed, all expenses
[ deducted, nearly 20 pouuda," Hums
took a Anal farewell of hla friends. In
deed—
"My cheat waa on my way to Green
ock when a letter from Mr. Blacklock
(of ICdlnburgb) to a friend of mins
overthrew all my schemes by opening
up now prospects to my poetic ambi
tion."
Hla fame was, In fact, spreading rap
idly. Farm laborers and servant girls
expended their hurdly earned wages
on the purchase of his poems, and the
I name of "The Ayrshire Plowman" be
gun to he noised among members of
; wealthier and more cultivated circles.
! The first person to extend him the right
; hmul of fellowship was DugttWl Htew
| art; the second was Mr*. Dunlop. Their
' friendship came with all the charm* of
I a novelty, which Is yot not strange, hut
| supplies a long-felt though Jndeflnsbl*
j need, while, In the latter case, Burna*
proud rind Independent soul was gratl
! fled liy the knowledge that the obllga
j tton was not all on his side, but that
Mrs. Dunlop and her friends had reaann
i to be Indebted to the poet's spells.
After two winters spent In Edin
burgh, which seem to have given the
! poet more disappointment and disgust
1 than gratlfleatlon, llurn* married "hi*
! Jean," and settled at Ellisland, an up
land farm on the Dnlswlnton estate, sis
; miles from Dumfries. To this Ellisland
period, I. e , from 1788 to 1791, most of
the unpublished letters to Mrs, Dunlop
belong. They are chiefly Interesting as
Indicating Burns’ real view* on hi* ex
cise post and his dlstHstc to farming.
There were Imd times In the eighteenth
as In the nineteenth century; and In a
letter of March 26, 1789, we hear Burna
raising the farmers’ customary com
plaint:
"Madam, I had two plan* of life be
fore ms—the excise and farming. I
thought by the glimmering of my own
prudence the excise wo* the most sllgl- |
ble scheme, but all my great frlenda,
and particularly you, were decidedly,
and therefore decided me, for farming.
My master, Mr, Miller, out of a real,
though mistaken benevolence, sought
me Industriously out to set me In this
farm, a* he said, to give me a leaas
which would make me comfortable and
easy. * • * I was a stranger to th*
country, the farm, the soil, and so ven
tured on a bargain that, Instead of be
ing comfortable, Is and will be a very
hard bargain, If at all practicable. I
am sorry to tell you this, madam, hut
It Is a damning truth.”
In Csrucs*.
We found Caracas to be a Bpanlsb
Amerlcun city of the first class, with a
suggestion of the boulevards, and
Venezuela a country that possessed a
history of her own nnd an academy of
wise men and artlsta and a Pantheon
for her heroes. I suppose wo should
have known that this was so before we
visited Venezuela, but as we did not we
felt as though we were discovering a
new country for ourselves. It was In
teresting to And statues of men, of
whom none of us had ever beard, and
I who were distinguished for something
else than military successes, men who
had made discoveries In science and
medicine and who had written learned
books; to And the latest devices for
comfort of a civilized community and
with them the records of a fleroe strug
gle for Independence, a long period of
disorganization, where tbs church bad
the master hand, and then a rapid ad
vance In the habits and customs of en
lightened nations. There are the moat
curious combinations and contrasts,
showing on one aide a pride of country
and an eagerness to emulate the cus
toms of stable governments, and on the
other hand evidences of the southern
hot-blooded temperament and dislike of
restraint. Harper’s Magazine.
Itatttl AiilK’ II*.t«U 1'ut to (/««.
One curious fact about an ant Is that
the grip of Its Jaws or mandible* Is
| retained for hours or even days after
! death. Knowing this fact has enabled
| the Indians of Brazil to put the heads
j of dead ants to use lu their simple sur
I gery. The sides of a wound are drawn
! together and the necessary number of
I large ants are held with their heads
> to the ridge directly over the gash;
when their jaw* come together on the
! plan* wh«4rt< ihw *kif| tut* bwa htpurnt*
! ml the Irmet'I'B li' .nl la ptiuheU off nu4
li ft fliitHluR to ihe aatrered akin, whl< h
I hoy holt! topothi'r until the won ml la
j perfeutly healail .St, loiuia lt<-pnblla.
U»tioprtio t»H4 fur tuami U nmon.
,- v il anil monogram futi i urn a notion
of tba MNtoal unm it a yi.tup miini,
Mill • I in i fUftl ahlta or
tlellvitoly tinted fun I* erle- ted. utnt
th* gay iwala aro arranged niton It with
ohat mate may be If mo)„mrama art
hoarded, It la three that tim-orala lu
4ti*ml of the aa* ImpitanlaiM. A 'trip '
fan n*»«ua the nmr4 of a winter Jour'
Bay, b«4 bolUa on II* atluha Iba pratly
linpriaia altb arblvh all brat «laaa ho
tala bow atamp their at*||M«t>, If a
Kurepeen trip baa beea undertaken to
Btiiob tba batlar, aa that Ineuiew eieom*
akip anti other eReellte Inaipata
To present a further apiead wf aear
lot ferae ail tb« avbool children IB anew,
Mo, bad io »ulmil lo a bath of oar*
knitted walar the other eteniag.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VII., FEB 16—THE GREAT
HELPER—LUKE 7s2-l6.
OoMen T«ill "Thuf Ulorlfl«t«l Clod. Hag
ing m UrMt I'ruphiit IIm Corn*
Among IV* —f.itk* YllO -JNU K*l«
Ing th. Il««<l,
UK L.BMON FOR
today conma th. .««•
ond month of th,
great Ualllean rnln
iMtry Ghrl.t and hi,
A poet lex. Midaum
mer. A. D. 28.
Place., ('up'iiiMom
and Naln. Tllicrlus
I'm our emperor,
Pontlua Pilate gov
ernor. Jean* now
thirty-two yi ni* old.
John the Itaptl.t
hi III held a prlaouer
hy ll.rod at c.atle Macharu*. Incited hy
the trlhonna and New* giver* of Pagan
dom the Ignorant people believed that th,
trlliiini'H and herald* were telling th,
truth. They could not ecu that they war,
the mouthpiece, of th. Pagan Monarch,
who dreaded the overthrow of their »ya
tem of government m in tarred from tha
tcaching* of Je.it*. lie taught eipiallty.
They laught Inequality. Vet the peopl,
believed the tribune* and liegan to < .amor
fur the execution of tha Radio.nu r Tha
text of loduy'a Icxhoii I* a* follow.:
2. And a certain centurion’* aervant,
who wiih dear uulo him, wa* .leg, and
ready lo die
3, And when he haul'd of Jo.ua, he «ent
Utllo him the elder* of the Jew*, he
aoeehlug him lltal he would com. and In al
hi* aervant.
4 And when they came to ,|e*ua, they
beaought him Inaiunlly, Maying That ha
wa* worthy foi whom he ehould do thlat
t. For he lovoth our nation, and he hath
built o* a Hynagogiie.
6. Then Je*UH went with them. And
when lie wiih now led far from the hnu««.
Ilia centurion edit friend* to him, Maying
unto him, leird, trouble not thy»elf: for I
am not worthy that thou ahouldat anier
under my roof:
7. When fore neither thought I tny.elf
worthy lo come unto dice; but any In a
word, and my *ervarit ahull he healed.
8. For I niao am a man ael under au
thority, having under me MOldler., and I
gay uulo one, do, and he goeth; and to
anolher. Come, and he coineth; and ta
my aervant, l>o ild*. and he doeth it.
6. When Jean* heard theae thing* lit
marvelled at him, and turned him about,
and Raid unto llie people that followed
him, I have riot found mo great faith, no,
not In l«rae|.
10. And they that were aetit, returning
to the hnu*e, found the aervant whola that
hail been *lck.
lit AHU 'W |wn II"
that he went Into n city called Nuln; and
many of hla dladplea went with him, and
much people,
12. Now when he cam* nigh |o the gate
of the city, behold, there waa a dead man
carried out, the only eon of hla mother,
and ahe waa a widow: and mueh people of
the olty wae with her.
12. And when the l,ord paw her, he had
compassion on her, and aald unto her,
Weep not,
14. And he came and touched the bier:
and they that hare him stood still And
he aald, Young man, I say unto thea,
Arise.
1$. And he that wua dead aal up, and
began to apeak. And he delivered him to
hie mother.
16. And there came a fear on all: and
they glorified God, saying, That a great
prophet la risen up among ua; and That
God had vlalled hla people.
Dock of apace forbids the Introduction of
all explanatory notes from today's le»
aon, Tha moat Important ones are as fol
lows:
6. "Then Jeaua went with them," aa ho
would answer any call of help. But moro
than thla, the plea of the Jewlah delega
tion showed that thla centurion had faith,
and waa prepared to receive larger spirit
ual blessings. "To him that hath shall
he given,” "He wua worthy" In thla sense,
not In the aenae that Ills gifts deserved the
blessing asked. Ho he fell himself, "1 am
not worthy." Hla humility was as great
as hla fallh. The I wo naturally abldo
together In the same soul.
7. "Bay In a word,” showing the un
usual greatness of the centurion’a fallh.
The centurion'a faith was "an Invisible
highway for the saving eagles of Hie great
Imperator."— I.ange.
8. "For 1 also,” like Jesus, but in
another sphere, "am a man set under au
thority." He had power, Indeed, hut It
waa authorized and delegated power, pow
er derived from Ihe powers above him,
such as the tribunes or chief captalna
(Acta 21: 31) of the legion. "Mark the
, centurion'a conception of the position of
Jesua, aa authorized, and therefore au
' thorltatlve."- Morlson. Dr. Horton ren
ders thla phrase as referring to the au
thority that la upon him, ‘T am vested
with authority," "authority la put upon
me." "I say unto one, Oo, nnd he goeth.”
My word la all powerful In the ranks
which 1 command. Military service de
mands Instant, unquestioning obedience.
Tne centurion believes that Jeaua has auch
power over the unseen forces, over dis
eases. over angels and spirits.
#. "Jeaua . . . marvelled." He was
filled with admiration at the centurion'a
fallh. No such faith had been manifested
before anywhere, and now 11 appeared
not In u Jew, but a Gentile. Only on one1
other oocaslon la It aald that Jeaua mar*
1 veiled, and that wua at the want of faith
where 11 was expected (Mark 6: 6). In
the reiiort of Matthew (8: 11-13) follow*
an earnest warning to the Jews, and com
fort to the Gentiles, baaed on thla fact.
10. “Found (he servant whole." r« stored
to health. The nutliorliailve word had
gone forth, ua the centurion had expected.
14. "Touched the bier," of wickerwork.—
Kdershelm "II was carried above Ihe
heads of Hie bearers," and so easily
touched "Touching the hler was a sign
to tile bearers to atop, which (hey at
once dhl."— F. W, lllce, D. D. "Young
mail arise*' Thla was the wortl
of ixiwer, which recalled the aoul to lh«
tiody. like the voice Itmt OH Ihe lesuIIcc
tloii day all llie di ad shall hear and
obey
Ik "lie delivered him," lietler a* K, I*,
lie save him To his mother " Mhe hod
lost him, and Jeans save him bach, inada
a present of him, as It war*.
W. 'And there tain* a fear on all. A
reverential awe, not tenor, hut a sense of
voiainnltr In the presence of one wha
was a me**<’ii|f*r front Ood, and had such
power to *nfore* his words 'A ureal
prophal l* risen up aniouu l»* * They .ltd
not say that he was the Messiah, tut
certainly he ram* from <1011. amt what
he shoo hi say atsoit himself must oa
true ' tlod hath vtan, V hts p, nle,"
I toms near to leach. to help, to deliver
them
THh AUlHtma.
t'rl’io I* said to hat* written llotdo
SUH 1 'rusts* lu all months
t'owpvr retjulrsd thr*« dap* for tha
prudnet ion of ' John tltlpU '*
Motley look ttla year* to writ* TIM
•lie* of the Hutch Hc.tuldlc'
ileurg* Kilot la aaid I* hat* wrllton
" Middhsmareh" In four mom ha
i:u*eii« Mu* r*uolr*d *i*htwn month*
la prod tie* tb« Wsttletiod J*w.“
II••thorn* spettl from *u wuntha 10
• year In Hr* yomposlilan of oorh of hi*
rowMMvM
\ \ ' s
MID). FANNIE HTKWAHT PARNELL
erous talents, and mother and daughter
resided for a term of year* In foreign
lands to facilitate the studies. Especi
ally In Greek and I/Ktln she excelled,
speaking French, Spanish, Italian and
German very fluently at an early age,
writing In all four prose and poetry.
She studied the dances of different
nations under the famous Mme. Vestrla,
and became a charming dauseitse, while
at the same time she mastered harmony
and composition In music. A rare so
prano voice, flexible and sympathetic,
led her to sing the songs of all nations.
Her general knowledge Is not to be
wondered at when it Is known that
from her Infancy the child was a pro
! found student with wonderful applies
1 tlon.
At the age of 17 Della T. S. Parnell
1 made her debut in Washington. A
fair girl, with eyes of deep sea blue, a
tall supple figure, full, but classic In
proportion, and universally pronounced
"beautiful." Charming In manner
and conversation, generous, bright and
Joyous and amiable—"a daughter of the
morning,” said the astrologlsts, "and
who would soon become the reigning
belle of Washington."
She was the leader In all Innocent
sports, entertainments and charitable
enterprises. At this time Mr. John
Parnell came from Ireland to visit
America, and proceeded to Washington,
where, by his fine presence, elegant
bearing and charm of manner—to say
nothing of his "blarney"—be wooed
and won the Incomparable Della Tudor
Stewart, losing no time In transporting
his fair and gifted bride to his grand
and romantic borne at Avondale,
County Wicklow, Ireland.
One year after the maternal duties of
Della T. S. Parnell began, and contin
ued for over twenty years. In which
time she bore eleven children .John
Howard Parnell, now a member of Par
liament. being th« oldest; Charles Htew
; art Parnell, who lived one year too
long; Emily, Henry, Fanny. Anna,
Theodosia, and olhers.
Mrs. Della T. S. Parnell had a house
In Dublin, where she resided during the
Dublin season, when the Irish capital
was known as "Delightful Dublin.”
She also had a “salon" In Paris, and
FANNY ISABEL PARNELL IN 1870.
communion," the "Pstrnell-O’Shea
scandal," the death of the “Irish
leader" and the disaster of the Land
League movement, and the hopes of the
; IrlHh people hopelessly blasted, It
seemed, for all time.
'I'he Parnell family were now In com
parative poverty, ruin and Ignominy,
and the aged mother In sorrow and woe.
During the administration of General
Harrlsou the venerable woman was
voted a pension of |150 every three
months, with which she has endeavored
to pity off some of her creditors, econo
mising greatly to do so.
She prides herself upon her latent for
cooking, and can make forty different
kinds of soups. She also excels In nee
dlework, dressmaking and tapestry.
Tills great woman claims that she
rendered very valuable services lit help
ing to elect Grover Cleveland to his llrst
1 term, when the scales Intrely turned In
tits favor, for she Is an orator of rare
ability, perfect delivery, elegant In ex
pression, and she knew how to use It
for Cleveland.
The daughter of "llld Ironsides” I*
now in her xotb year, Hhe ran sew
and rend without glasses, and Is still
deeply interested in the world's politics,
Her daughters and sons wish her to
lain them in either England or Ireland,
j toil her heart Is In America, and she
I wishes to die under (Its Htsrs and
| Utrlpes. M present she contemplates a
visit lo England and Ireland, but from
| the Trinity Hospital she will J«>io
I friends In Trenton
S|'U*«fi*tl 1 h*if VVliUSi,
Two tramp* in a neighboring town
i hit upon a novel plan to get some whis
ky They went Into n saloon With a
gallon )ttg and had it Hied with liquor
end offered a dollar In payment. Of
mures the bartender refused to no
se pt the money and emptied the liquor
hark Into the barrel and the tramps
took Iks )ug and departed, loiter they
wars seen to hr ah the ear them vesoel
over a atone and equeese rut over a
pint et liquor from the sponge# which
had two* p'a< < i »n I he |#*lde.
MII* I'.VH.NKI.U I.N IIN.
wri often un hoiturtnl (trail of Kapo
lit mol timpraaa Ku«<*ula Tbo
nlabi ah* belli her "anion" It wad
crowded by the calabrltloa of ICuropo.
ThU remarkable woman waa a manual
that attra«t«xl to her aid* tb« n«'i and
powerful, an4 waa fonaiiUra.l on* of tbo
Uw brilliant women. a van la »*arta,
who abort* ptr-eiceltenie aa a bo»t»*a*.
After lha death of bar buabau4 tb*
faatluallon widow ha4 many anltora,
amoan whom waa tbo earl of L'arltala,
than bird lieutenant of Ira!au4. "Tour
atta«b*4 t'arliele." bo alwaya aimed
blmaalt whan b* a rata to tb# boauilfttl
widow.
