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'L"S ft iiprrcnl. dnv for n
rtf t ride,'' H.uri tlm young
VI o matron us who poured
her hnsbaud h cuu'ju nt
breakfast, ".ind if you
enu't stay ut homo Irotu
husincfu J'm going to
tolunhnuo m lor Minin
ninii to cumo oul anil go riding with
UB."
iler husband couldn't stay, hut ho
would moot thoni ut tho Hiuldio and
Cycle dub rt fi o'clock for dinner,
thun t hoy could nil rido homo to
gothur oy moonlight.
Then tliocity guest cninu downstairs
ami smiling npologi.ud for being late,
tiictfnlly alluding to mtoh it comfortu
hlo hod, and to tho miotuiug iullucucc
of riir.il Htillnoir.
When the youug matron's husband,
who wai tho bluust-oyed, hlon lost
haired, milddst-iniunorod "ocnr" in
nil of natural lmtory, Ind gono, tho
city guest played with tho hiiby in tho
thu hammock and tho youug niutron
osotuscil hursolf to hold her regular
morning uesiiun villi tho cook. Hut,
in tho curly afternoon tho domestic
ninohmory was riinnm ; smoothly, tho
Imhy had hoou pi'r.imiiilntod o'T hy a
freckled faced nurHo who was "keep
in; Hto'idy company" w.tli a priv.uo at
Fort Sheridan, tho yoang initrou hud
telephoned for a umu, and tho city
guest was putting on her bk-yo.o
clothes.
"WVll rido to Olencoo and meet
him there, and thou coon to tc:iuo.
Tho roads aren't very good yor, hut u
will ho inn if you uou't mind rough
riding. J don'l, for it's inoro cxcit-
So. after oiling up and pumping up
and tightening up, thoy lolled out of
tho liulo towu into tho fresh, early
green of ttio country, with tho mead
ows (iiiii iioids on one huIo iiuiI tho lako
on tho other.
Tho roads north of tho city lio moro
or loss ncur tho lake, boi'tig, without
doubt, tho most attrnctivo to wheel
raoii, aud on lino Hundaya thoy are
traversed hy innny bioyolists. Dnriug
tho week there ato portions of thcao
roads which arc louuly and dcserto.l.
Whilopednlingthrongn a hit of woods,
with tho city guest fookiug into thorn
on eitnor Hide in pcari'li of violets, tho
young matron said, hiiddonly:
"My dear, isn't that a triimp lying
there hy that fallen treo ahead of uh?"
l'ho other lookod apprehensively at
tho indicated, buudlo of iluttcriog'tat
tors an I dibcovorod ono noso visible
nmong thorn such a rod, reil note a
(tulibly chin, three ragged black boots
aud ono ragged tun shoe.
"No," Hho Haid. hoppmg off in or
der to prevent thu collapse of her slow
moviug wheel, "it' two tramps, and
they'ro ivuwo thin tnoy aro in tho
iuuny paper.!. Tliorol I ku-iw you'd
go over if you didn't get olYl"
"Ltt's go haou," tremulously sug
gested tho young matron, pushing in
pevcial loosened hair-pins and raising
her tfnoel. Sho w.is n.'rvous and a lit
tle ps e, but hIio us'tod tho city guest
if her hat was on btraight. Toe city
guest was frightened, too, but sho hail
snob a happy faculty of disguisiug it
that alio hid tho reputation of bo.nij
unusiiilly bravo and re.idy in an oinor
geuov. "No, let'n go ou and make a rush
for it. Wo can pas so quickly they'll
uover kuow till wo'ro goae."
But tho i.isHntiln pirtof tho road
was narrow just whore tho wayfarers
were taking a siesta, aud would per
mit of only ouo girl passing at a time.
So tho pluu seemed hardly feasible, for
ueither of tho riders could nuiko up
her mind to go last.
Just thou there wan a movomont of
tho tatters, boots aud nose. Ouo of
tho men roso ou his elbow and stared.
ilia uoo was lus red than that 01 tho
other, bnt his emu was moro stuuoly.
No.v, tho city guest hud a aocror. pas
sion f r all thiugs hislnonio, and sho
noticed with n thrill of quiok ploaMiro
that this godless man worn a bright
handkcrohiof about nis mok. Tins
ouc urtistio touoU iiist intlv trans
formed him from a ouuimon tramp to
something akin to tho sUgu brigand,
while the background of trees and
grass and yellow road diiupp-nriug
below the crest of a littlo lull in thu
distance uiado as efTeotivo n sotting as
she had over soou. Her four was nut
in this new emotion aud alio Iaugood,
oxolaiuuug uudor her breath to her
comoaniou:
"Oh, iHu't it pioluroRiiuoI"
Tuo young matron turned her heal
and lookod at tho oity guest's face,
her dread rising to terror wann sho
saw thu radian; ezuroseiou it wore.
Suddenly nIio was eeizod with tho tear
ful eouvictiiiu that tear had torn
IK.rsnly nnhin.'cd her triend's mind,
liiiriiig her in the bauds of a maniac
and ot tvo nmcriipninus villaim. hno
hul her lac'i in her bauds nud sunk
loivu liv tho now forgotteu bioyolo
mid wept quietly till sue heard thu
oico of her poor deranged friend
mingled in tho most cordial couvorso
with those ot thu twouinu; tiiuu nho
lilted her head and gazed ut them
ughiwt.
The three woro ezohanging friendly
remarks shout tho weather, after
which they luniotbly dwc.soJ bi-
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on Wheels.
cycles nnd their rcspeelivo inerils, in
spito of tho sliroudud intelligence con
cerning both the subject ami tho Kng
lich luuguago as displayed by two
thirds of tho party. Jlut uutortnu
ately tho eyes that accompanies the
reiJ, red noso wandered toward tho
young matron and dihoovorod Bavoral
vnluiblo rings on her email, biro
ll!ll)(l(.'.
"I'll tako thoso pnrty rings, lady,
don't got scared, but just hand uu
over, quiet like aud we'll bo movin'
ou."
I'lio city guest turned nharply
around at that. For in an instant sho
Hoped that the other man would inter
lore and nobly dissuade his friend
from his purpose. Jlut ho only
winked at her cordially and s.iid to tho
other:
It's" too risky, nin't it, Tobc'r"
Toba's only reply was to thrust into
his pocket tho glitteiitig thiims which
tho young matron had, with trem
bling reliof, drawn from her lingers
and given him; tho noU moment thoy
were both striding oft" through tho
wood.
Again that senseof advonturostiiau
Sated tho city guest with a desiro to
live up to l ho occasion.
"lou mustn't loio your rina that
way; got up and rido 'm lait as vou
cm unci; to Highland IVirK nnd 'tell
overynoiiy about it, aud I'll go ou to
Olencoo and do the same."
Her diroutions were nomowhat
vague, but tucro was nothing for tho
.yning uiatrnti to do but ubov them,
lor iMrv.tJ. tiio cilv guest had reached
the top ot tho little hill.
Jus then tho young matron saw tho
man who had boon telenhnnnd liimmn
ont nnd rido to town with them com
iug up on his wtieel rapidly. His bi
cycle stockmg3 wero ot biuh brilliant
aud romarkablo dosign that bhe rec
ognized him immediately. When they
were still some di.-tauco apart sho bo
gan her otory at tho very top of hor
voice.
"Don't gel off!" sho shouted warn
ingly ; "thero'a no timo to lose!"
Ilo was iuterestod nt once, nnd ho
was angrily excited when who had
finished.
"I'm goiug tho wrong way," ho said ;
"I II go buck nnd not let tho beusts
get away whilo you go on and get
nomo other fellow to nelp," and ho
was tearing swiftly along ov.r tho road
thoy had just come, wlnlu she, in her
turu, did as hIio was directed.
Just before reaching tho woods
whero tho encounter had taken ptaco
thu young man turuod oil' on a disused
wagon track skirling tho south side of
tho timber. Just whero tho road
ceased to become a road nt a grassy
meadow a man with a stubby chin
and a bright handkerohiof knotted bo
low it Htoppod out from among tho
trees.
"Wo seen her meet vou an' hero's
tho stutV that belongs to tho ladv. I
told Tobo it was too all-tiorv risky,
an' ho guessrs it is hissolf. So long,
mister, and ho ran rapidly into the
thick underbrush and dimppoMrod.
Dinner nt the Saddle and Cvelo
Club was a Mioeoss, nevertheless. Tho
young matron recovered hulllcieutly
to enjoy tho evening, but sho ubso"
lutol.v rolused to join in tho toist pro
posed by tho city guest: "To tho
(lout With tho Hindaua llandkercuiof.'
Washington Puthilndur.
Ton Stroirrly Kpk'raininnUc.
"Ejiigramtnatio sentences aro inter
esting, out thoro is suuh u thing as bo
iug too strongiy opiijratuuiatic," said
1 1. P. Jliruotr, of Louisville, at tho
Shorelmm. "I was goiug iuto Louis
villo from .Memjihis. On tho train was
a whito iiaired old lady, with whom
oluneo drew mo into conversation.
Wo becamo quito lnoudly, and sho
told mo that suo was goiug to visit her
sou, whom etio lia I not boon tor two or
three years. rlo had written a few
weeks ou ore, asking nor to visit him
at Louisville, naming a certain hotol.
Shu arranged her allairs as quickly as
possible and wonr. At the depot sho
wiw gruatly disappointed not to meet
her .ion, aud I accompanied hor to tho
hotel, it noing tho ouo I was in tho
habit of patrouiziug. I took her to
tho parlor aud volnutoored to llud her
sou. Tuo clerk had not eou him, bnt
gavo mo a letter for tho hi'ly. As soon
as suo read tho lirst lino sho faintod,
uhii i niirr.tniiy sent for a physician,
picking up tho letter. Thu tlrU pir.i
graph wa". .Mv Dear .Mother: lam
uow in tne iionitontiary.' I was
shocked, but read lurthor. Thu next
junu'ninu Mud : 4I uuvo a goo t posi
tion witn tuo o.mtrauow, and it isim
possioo to got away. Como ou to
Frankfort. J have already rented a
house tor us to nvo m ' "it look us
three Hours to bnug tho mother to
consciousness." Wasmugtou ritar,
.Mummy .Uauiirai-ltin-.
A mclhod of mummifying tho dead
by absorptiou of humidity and g.ises
alter tUo oody is placed iu the colllu
has iieuti dovisod by uu Italian named
Vorcelloni. Tho oody auoms to he
preserved us if in life, except that the
oolor is tho yellowish copper tint
peculiar to iJgyjitUn mummies.
OltDS OF WlflUOM.
Tho most preposterous thing iu life
is honesty in love.
In too many cases marringo is bin
plv a jiolito serfdom.
Truth is a virtue, bui a mighty awk
ward one iu a horso trndo.
Death is a fnuco without whieh life
would bo barely palatable.
Death is a whip, and with famous
jurcons it has n cracker on tho end.
Death i fo r,wift that it ovorlako'
everybody aud yet so slow that anyone
can catch it.
When a woman is mura-zed to be
married cho thinks that lifn has just
iicgttu lor tier.
Life is an oyr.tcr that very oftoti
turns out to bo bad just us we 3d
ready to eat it.
Kvory girl of sixtcon has contempt
fortlio patience old women havo for
their buhaud?.
Tho nllliio never eoekii tho man be-
, enuso it ean't j)it.h itn way through
tne crowd ot poiiiiuiunn
Homo inon nro k mean that thoy
havo to bo dead 11 long whilo before
they aro well spoken of.
A girl nl way n wornos moro about
thu lint on a man'ri coat boforo she
marries him than sho does afterward.
When a man is engaged to bo mnr
ried ho spends most of hid timo won
deriug if ho hasn't inndo n big mis
take. A monopoly is a good dcil like n
lmliv. A nmii is opposed to it on j;on
oral principles until ho has ono of hie
own.
Somo persons win " cortain K03i'nl
recognition by claiming to bu tired of
slrawberrioa whilo thoy nro yet high
priced.
Tboso who attain miv excelleneo
conimoolv spend life iu ono common
pursuit, for excelloneo is not gained
upou easier term".
Tho uolilical orator is as jcnlouo of
a brasa baud 111 a preacher is of n
splendid choir, it is a stand-oil ns 1o
wild draws tho most j)coplc. The
b'oulh-West.
t'rljitilcd, lint Lively.
It is a well known fact that nature
makes panial amends for tho loss of
ono liioiilty by strengthening those
left to us. Tho loss of hight is lot
lowed by an extraordinary aontencss
of tho sonso of sound. Thero are
soveral blind raeu well known about
New York who thread tho crowded
sections of Uroadway with apparently
as much easo as thoo who can see.
Thoy go about fearlessly, ignoring tho
dangers of cablo cars, trucks nud
trolloyH without cvon tho assistance of
tho traditional dog, trusting wholly in
tho sound of tho stair on tho pave
mont.
Thero is u cripple who haunts tho
vicinity ol Seventy-first streot und
First avenue, propolliug himself on a
crude littlo board on wheols by moans
of his bauds. His withered limbs nro
twisted up bonenth him, usoioss from
birth. But his powortul arms tm;o too
placu of both legs nud feet. Ho can
roll along through tho crowded
thoroughfares, across tho atreots, and
dodgo tho trucks aud trums with
intouishing celerity nnd certuintv. Uo
is known to tho entire uoighbornood,
and ho is practically tho doss of tho
ward. Tcoplo soom to uavo inuon re
spect for his judgment on their various
otl'iirs, aud ho is consulted as often as
a Tammauy leader, tiometimes tho
street urchins attempt to tako liberties
with him. Thoy never do it twieo.
Ho has a way of suddenly hopping od
his board on his hinds, with a leap
liko that of a kaugaroo, aud grabbing
a boy by tho leg cud shaking all thu
com ago out of him, which has earned
him tuo respect of tho kuowiug ones.
lie can wnip a mau of twice hissizo
and weight. All ho wants in to got his
enemy within read), and it is dono.
Ucing high strung and qutok tempered,
his tlghtiug quulitios navo been fre
quently tested. Tho young roughs of
tho neighborhood aro in deadly fear
of thoso arms. Thero is not rauoh
sympathy wasted ou that cripple, vou
may readily imagine. New York
Herald.
TI10 Iiiiln.trimis Veliowhaiumer.
William . O'Neill, ot tho Pacific
vinogar factory, roticed a yudowniiu
mor inilustrioiislv at work ono oay ro
coutly on tuu siding of tho factory
buildiug. Mr. O'Neill watched tUo
bird for somo time, aud insido of an
hour it had cut a round nolo two or
threo inches in diameter turougn tho
inch planking. Mr. O'Noill is not a
mean man, aud if tho bird cared to
maito its honv in his viuugir faotury,
why, it was all r.,ht. Next day, how
over, ho noticoa that the yollowham
uter was engaged on uuother hole.
"It's for 11 baoK door," thoimht tho
owner of tho buildiug. But ufter it
had finished tho bacK door it oheer
fully went to work on tho other holoB,
probably for wiudows. By tho timo
thoro woro tifteen holes 111 the side of
tho Itiotory Mr. O'Noill couoiuded that
tuo yollowhamuier win taking libortioi
with his property. So ho obtained
permission rom tho Ghiof jj Police to
shoot it. For a whoTo duv tho olllcn
boy and Mr. O'Neill's brot'hor bnugeu
away without foisting tho littlo bird,
aud it w.is tin illy nojessary to umpioy
an export marksmau to bring it down.
Tho matKsman euarged tittv cents for
his services, and .Mr. O'Neill n,so lost
tho best part o a day nailing boar.is
over tho holes in tho planking. Port
laud Oreouiau.
l'lniuogiMpin in Wati'lics.
Tho now watch is to havo a phono
graph cylinder hidden away, uud ut
the uour aud at each quarter of an
hour a tiny voico will bo neard giving
you tho exact time. You will simply
touou a spring, hold tho watoh to your
ear, and tho little fairy on tho iaaide
will whisper the boar, ,
THEY Dim CROESUS.
PROPERTY OWNERS WHO WON'T
SELL AT ANY PRICE.
Sunn' I'miuiiM Coltairri - Ori'tiiunt-.
l'lr:nl I.. tn Mlllloiuilrr fur Nel(;i
lior (icnr,-c Xiuiilcrlillt iiiiiMHIiit 1Iim
of Vti'tittti Al;il(i, on.Tn In V11I11.
Hpecl.il Loiter.
W"'N John f).
Iloekcfeller bought
those miles .iiotind
Tarrytown, placing
lil tltlea ocr tho
country that ruiiB
along the most ).lc
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tLS" .. ' nhitined placing a
i-- , ..ir... fence around it nil
and Inelojlng nil
In ono beautiful pnrk. So largo did he
plan It that, out driving, ho eoiild drivu
ten miles straight nhead without go
lug off his own cstuted.
In getting so vital 11 piece of prop
erty together tunny n stream had 10 lie
ciouscd, many inounUiltiH climbed,
and much surveying done. Acres upon
.icres woro added, us Mr. Rockefeller
found new outlying pleeen of property
(hut pleased him. At length, driving
over IiIk lands, he found hiuuclf hi pus-
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his neighbor, whose land dips dowu In
flexion of bo many miles of property to a valley Just there, making the old
that ho needed no more. "Hero I Rhall , ,nnn'H farmhouse a verltablo spying
place my house," he said, "and the ground.
fnM filmA1 X,C"a fr ",I,C8 nVm' "' Allstin Corbln bought his Immense
farther than wo can see or walk or ronntrv catalc morn crnftl, . .,, mQbt
drive It shall be like a baronial es- n.iiiica,,. ,now how to. For months
tate Into whoso dcntliH tho owner can ' bofore ,l0 bllu ,)Is ,0I1S0 ,,0 hni, f,(,
i"1"11'- ""l enns no access ui ,
the strnnger."
When the surveyors set out to place
the boundaries of tho big fence the
were amazed to find a small piece of
property that was not In tho plnns. It
consisted of a small strip of land run
ning back about forty rods Into Mr.
Rockefeller's domains. Upon the lit
tle plot stood a slmplo frnmo house,
untenanted, whilo around tho door
Jtrayed a few lonesomo chickens.
The surveyors reported this to Mr.
Rockefeller. "Purchase tho pleco of
property," ordered tie.
When the Rockefeller agents np
proaclied the timnll houre they found
in old man nut by the door feeding bin
hens. "I doan't think us I want ter
fell," said he, reflectively glancing over
tho spreading acres beyond. "Fact Is,
I liko ter havo n nice neighbor like
that. I'm contented hore, doln' chores
for the neighbors nn' working out win
ters. No, I doan't want ter sell."
"Ono of thoso obstinate old fel
lows," ejaculated tho agent. "Leavo
him alone. He'll come around."
Hut tho man did not como around
fast enough. Mennwhllo Mr. Rockefel
ler wanted to build that fence. Tho
little plot stood next tho best water
chanco on tho place. A beautiful little
river cascades Into a ravine back of
the plot. "Buy at any price," ordered
the millionaire. But the agent held
out
All summer the ninn worked out do
ing ehorei". and when winter came he
lumped up, only going out to do odd
Jobs. Spring dawned, and with It caue
the agent. The old miin by this time
was ugly. "You can't lmv that thur
house fur Icrh than $50,000," said he,
"and cash 11 1 Unit."
"I'll pay it." Mid the agent. "I will
he here tomorrow with the money nnd
ii lawyer."
Next morning came the agent, the
laws or and the money. Hut wlmn th-
approached tho hoimi thoy taw some
thing had gone wrong. Tho chlekein
were tunning wildly In all directions,
the windows weto broken and the deoi
hung mournfully upon ono hinge. As
thoy stopped to gnze nt the strange
sight n wildly disheveled figure came
rushing around the houre crying:
'.Money, inoncj ! Where's tho mnnej 7
Let tne eat It! Let me e-.t It!" It was
the poor fellow, gono sialic, raving
mad with Joy nt the proqiect of Midden
wealth. Three months ui'terwurd he
died In tho madhouse!
Not all Eiich talon have no tragle nn
ending, fpon the very border of IJIIt
inorc, (ieorgc Vanderblll's North Cnro
linn, estate, thero dwells 11 farmer, wit,
ruddy, and contented, knowing ns he
doea that tho owner of Hlltmore would
give u eoolnillllon' any day to ot t
him.
IUltmnrit Ih so planned that its hor
de ni end upon ptrennts, in forest!, nt'd
upon large adjoining estates of gentle
men. Hill Nyo'a place touehca Ullt
moro upon ono end. 'i'hebc people nev-
AlOWTCTl CM(T
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MILLION TO
1 GEORGE V4NDIH0ILT.
or nnnoy the owner of Hlltmore, and
he does not feel that ho baa any ter
iltorlnl boundaries. ICxrept for this
one farmer!
This old man sold his estate to
Gcorgo Vauderbllt, hut carefully
marked off ono r.ectlon of It for him
self. Ho did not soil milto all he
owned. There was still a narrow strip
left. Upon this he moved his little
farm house nnd stubbornly refused to
budge. Uvery year immense sums
hnvo been offered him to sell the ll'tle
farmhouse und live elsewhere. Hut
there he lives, placidly smoking his
pipe, tilling his two or three neres, and
enjoying tho shooting and fishing of
f,n.inrH nin,. nrol,I1(i ...1,1. MlPir nnutR
tucked In boots saying to tho fanners
around, "Wall. I guess I'd liko to buy
a atrip of that land o yourn!"
"Think o' sott ling hereabouts?" the
farmers would auk.
"Wnll, ye es, If you don't hold your
land too high."
And ho his crafty ngents got hold of
many and many n hundred ncrcs nt
the regulnr mnrket price.
But thero was ono old farmer In the
Interior of tho forest land who paid
nothing, but sawed wood. When the
make-hcllevo farmers approached him.
ho nnswered:
"I guess I won't sell Just ylt. In the
spring this hero wnnd'll nil bo gone.
Then I'll sell tho ploeo tor ye."
"Wo'vo got him cinched," said the
wise ccontfl. "That wood Is good for
only this season's chopping."
Mennwhllo they bought up enmmh
land to make a handsome park, nnd
began to turn stono for a house; but
In tho spring tho old man thought dif
ferently about moving.
"Ouess I've thought better of it," he
chuckled.
Tho Ground was broken, tho stono
carted, and tho mansion completed.
Then came tho stocking of so great an
estate.
"My boy," Corbln used to sny to his
young friends, "ray boy, do you eco
those grouse running around, and can
you hear the quail? My boy, in a lew
years I'll have liner shooting thru1.
""rcEferd has got os I1I3 place."
A startled squawk of tho wild fowl
iroko tho Htlllnes?. A stamping of
"nine In the woods told that n disturb
ing element wa:i at baud. Through
he elegantly planned park camo Hie
ild matt, with n gun on his uhouldet
ind U'.i dora ttt his heels.
"Where are you going?" dcmaurled
Mr. Corbln.
"(Suing home," replied tho old man,
ueonlcally,
"I'll see about that,' said Corbln.
A IrtMcr was called in, and tho law
vns lead; but the closest application
otild find no hindrnuco lo n man In
'caching bin own property. "A man !
initio! to a gangplank to his own
labltat." was the ultimatum; and thry
iottld get no further.
That man still holds tho urnnnrt.v.
He has an lika his grandchildren will
sell for millions.
There is n well known story that
Levi P. Morton, with his Jersey pi?i
ind his Aldeiuey eowt,, would dc.trb
like to purchase a sum: hit of prop
erty that lies next to his; but the own
er holds on, for peculiar reasons, lb
wants to be "next Hie rose." lio Li a
politician of local repute, nnd tho privi
lege of saying that ho Uvea next fr
Morton Is worth twenty votes lo him.
When so lofty a reason restrain. a
man, It Is a mean politician that would
seek to tempt.
At Lenox, upou ono of tho lovely
hillsides heading up to October Moun
tain, the Harry Whitney country plan
there statute a little shanty.wlth a cobble-stone
foundation, nnd a single
sprawny tree growing alongside. 0:
each plde of it end great estates. Mnn
and many a time hnvo tho owners of
1 he property on each sldo tried to bit
of the old woman who owna It; but
she, poor thing, keeps a thln-sldcd row
ind selhi her milk to the neighbors and
holds on. At tlrst she wauled 3,000.
now rdu refurca $-.".000. Hut sho la old.
nnd cannot liu fonvcr. Then her lit
tle placo w-IU be bought 'heap fioin
her son. who urg,.'s her to sell.
Such a 10 a few of tho tales of mm
who. having errut estates, want on.
little pjiot besides; and such l.i the tab
of man's cupidity that these owner
poor and Fiifferlng for necessities!, br
their poverty and hardtihipr, suro tba
a gold mine will open at their feet it
they tan only wait Inn;? enough for it.
ALHKUr (JAMtCKON
A COMING SINGEH.
An lltlnnl Yoiinc VI 0111. in VocalUl with
llrillliinl rrnpin'l.
. taprlnglleld. III., Letter.)
Miss Hefsle O'Hrlen, who Is now
dudylng music under the great Mmr
Marihesl nt Paris, Is progressing ad
mirably. In musical circles abroad this
young lady Is now regarded an a com
ing ptar of the first magnitude. Shi
speaks of herself in a letter of receni
dale an follows: "Last week, after ?
month's vacation, 1 resumed my musi
cal studies with Mnie. Marches!. Mj
voice Is in excellent condition, und ltc
improvement is moro apparent now
than at nny time previous. Rlnco I be
gnn studying with Marehesl I have
gone through somo very dlfucult work
the madame requiring her pupils to un
dcrsUiiid 'time' perfectly and to dellu
thoroughly the vocal sentiment nnd ex
pression of selections, eo that 0110 mu."
necessarily spend timo and labor In
translating and acquiring the full BC-nse
of each study In progress." Mis
O'Rrlen'd voice is of wonderful quality
and of n compass little short of three
octaves, from lower 13 to high D flat.
Her tonea are superb in quality and are
warmly sympathetic, and she has good
dramatic ability. Sho Is a pretty girl,
with dark brown hair und dark blue
eyes, Is very earnest and determined,
and, with all tho applause that she ha?
receive Is modest nnd unassuming
This jouthful vocalist Is nt the presen,
time not quite IS years of ngo. Sh
was born in this city In October. 187S
and hi tl" daughter of Mr. nnd Mrp
Dennis O'Hrlen, old and rospectcd resl
Irnts of tho capital city. When hut 10
viars of ago Miss O'Hrlen need to ac
company her sister, who is organist
.it St. Agnes' church In Springfield, to
choir rchcareal, nnd, without tho no
tice of anyone, the child sans with tbo
BESSI13 O'BRIEN,
choir. Later nt homo sho would stag
thin dltucult classical music with the
feeling and expression of nn older per
son nnd with a dramatic forco which
'Itilte anton'.shed her friends. Sho noon
becamu a regular irenibcr of tho choir,
and two years later was Its principal
soloist. MIbb O'Hrlen mitdo her flrat
Stent Impression when sho sang a sole
in St. Jarlath'B church In Chicago
about eighteen months ngo, on which
occasion sho surprised those who werr
fortunate enough to hear her by th
great power and beauty of hor voice.
I.11111I1111 anil the (trratrr New York.
A recent census makes the population
ot tho administrative district of Lon
don, L-12UU2 and of tho suburban belt
of tho metropolis l,7no,l2l, making n
total of 0,177,013. Tho population of
Gic.Ucr New York Is estimated nt about
0,100,000; Its area is 353 3-1 Bqunro
miles. Tho nearly twice ns mnny n.
habitants of Greater London are spread
out over 68S1-3 miles.
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