THE RED CLOUD CHIEF. i r $ ABOUT LORD BYRON. HARD TO GET A LIKENESS OF HIM. Ou of 'the Latent Wik Drawn by Count It'Ortaf, and Here I Copy of It Italtier yunor Amon( Today' l'lc turf. ORT-RAITS of By ron arts numerous, wrltcH Mr. F. U. Sanborn lit Scrlb tier's Masalnu, but fow ot them Boom to havo been good llkencst.es. Oho of tho lutusL was drawn by Count D'Oisay at Genoa and declared b y him to bo an exact likeness, u full length, which was engraved for tho Now Monthly Magazine not Ions after Oyron'a death. Two accounts of his personal appearance and conversation at Genoa, shortly before ho sailed for Gito, arc curious and llttlo known. Ono of Uicuc, by an American tourist, a Virginian, in tho uprlng of 1823, Is tu!to exact, except that he understates Byron's height, which was live feet eight Inches. Ho says: "lie Is about flv foot six Inches high: his body Is small and his right leg shrunk, and nhout two Inches shorter than tho il her: his head Is boyond description line; West's likeness is pretty good; W Tiltt" rn fttfinf fmrwl T ft frit '.' of lillll s in tho least like him. Ills forehead U high, and smaller at tho top than below; tho llkcncssen nrc just the op posite. His hair, which had formerly hung in beautiful brown ringlets, Is beginning to turn gray, ho being, as he told us, thlrty-flvo ycara old. Ills eyes botwecn a light blue and gray, his noao atialght, but a little turned up; his heed perhaps too largo for his body. LORD BYRON. (From a sketch made by Count D'Orsay at Ocnua.) Ho flow from ono subject to nnother, and during an hour nnd a halt talked upon at least two huudred subjects sometimes with groat humor, laughing very heartily; at length, looking around, ho asked, with n quizzical ulr, which ot us was from "Old Vlglnla." I bowed assent; then followed a catechism, to which I occasionally edg ed In an answer. "Have you beon in England? Is Jefferson nlivo? Do you know Washington Irving? Ho Is de cidedly tho first English prosc-wrlter except Scott. Havo you read 'Brace brlflgo Hall'?" "No." "Well, If you choose, I'll lend It to you; hero It is. Havo you any American books to lond me? I am very desirous of reading tho 'Spy.' I Intend to visit America as soon ns I can arrango my affairs hero. Your morals aro much poorer than those ot England; those ot tho hlghor classes of England nro becoming very corrupt. There nro no old Englishmen no yeomen. Tho Eng lish havo lost everything good In their character." His manners ato most charming nnd fascinating and it he fa (as they say) a devil, ho Is cor talnly a merry ono nothing gloomy. Hla volco la' low, nnd at first sounds af fected." Tho other account is by an English clergyman, in tho autumn of 1S22, also at Genoa: "Tho first Impression mado upon mo was this that Byron bore tho least possible rcscmblanca to any bust, portrait, or profile that I had ever seen. That of Mr. Murray's, from which most of tho prints seem taken, Is not ono In which tho original can ho recognized at first sight perhaps owing to tho affected position nnd studied air whon ho eat for it. I never saw a countenance moro composed and still, or moro sweet and prepossessing than his appeared. Ills hair was be ginning to lose ltn glossiness, of which, It Is said, ho was onco so proud; nnd several gray hairs were soon in spito of hla anxiety to rcmovo them. A slight color occasionally crossed his chocks, und when I related an anecdote of a lady (Caroline Lamb) who said, 'I havo ofton been very foolish, but nev er wicked' at hearing this n blush stole over his fee?, and ho said, 'I be lieve hor.' Thero was nothing ec&cn trlc In hla manner; nothing bo.vond tha lovel of ordinary clovor men In hla remarks of stylo of conversation." Thla observer won a Mr. Johnson, and he wa6 accompanied in his call by Aaron Burr, tho American oxllo, who after ward la reported to havo given Byron tills valuablo cortlflcato, in , talking wltli an English merchant nt Gibral tar: "I nni no Judgo of his merits as a poet, but he Is overy way a gentle man." Blaquloro visited Byron nt Ge noa In April, 1323, and also mentions hla "fow whlto hairs," but odds: "Ills pyea retain all their penetrating bril liancy, and that volco, with which you were w imarofiaed nt Venice, has lost nothing ot Us lmpreaslve tono and flexible quality." Such was tho mem orable Englishman who died tot Groeec. 'DICKENS AND HIS CAT. Sim l'ut Out tun Candle lli'cmm) Sin Vn I.onmonic Churles Dickens was a lover of ani mals, and, like nil true lovers, ho was likely to become the slave of his pets. Wlllluiulmi, a little whlto cat, was a favorlto with the entire housohold. hut showed an especial devotion to Its mas ter. She selected a corner of his study for her kittens, and r-ought them In from the kitchen ona by one. Mr. Dickens had them taken away again, but Wllllaiulna only brought them hack. Again they wero removed, but tho third time of their return she did not leave thorn In tho corner. Instead sho placed them at her masters feet, nnd taking her stand beside them looked Imploringly up at ldm. That settled tho question. Thereafter tho kittens belonged to tho study, and they mado themselves royally it home, swarming up tho curtains, playing about tho writing table and tcampor Ing behind tho book shelves Mont of tho family were given away; ono only remained, entirely deaf, and known, from her devotion to Dickens, as "tho master's cat." Tho little mvturo fol lowed him about llko a dog, and sat behind him while he wrote. Ono even ing Dickens watt reading by a small fa ble whereupon sat a lighted candle. As usual, the cat wns at his elbow. Siifl deuly the light went out. Dickens wan much Interested In his book and he relighted tho candle, giving th" cat a stroke as ho did so. Afterward ho re membered that puss had looked at him somewhat reproachfully while sho re ceived the caress. It was only when the light again became dim that he gut-wed at tho reason of her melancholy. Turn ing suddenly, ho found her dellberntuly putting out tho candle with her paw. nnd again sho looked at him appealing ly. Sho was lonesome; she wanted to bo petted, and this was her device for bringing It about. BARONESS DE HIRSCH. Shu I Carrying Out Her llniiliaiiil'ii I'luui of I'hlliuitliroplijr. Baroness do Illrscirs magnificent gift to tho Russian Hebrews or Amer ica has taken concrete shape lu tha way of tho plaus of the committee that has the funds in charge. Tho baron ess hay already given $2,000,000. ant also a promise to give more. Indeed, she has placed no limit to hor pros pective gifts. Tho money will bo ex pended In the building and mainte nance of a home for working Girls ntirf a great building for tho operation ot trade schools In which Hebrew boys may bo taught useful and scientific trades and professions. Work on tho working girls' homo will bo begun at once, and it is believed that It will bo ready for opening next August. It Is to bo nonsectnrlan, hut Jewish girls, of course, will bo given the preference. It la to bo educational In no wmso of tho word. It will bo purely a home. Girls going thero out of work will bo expected to help in the labors of tho houso, and girls who work will llnd there a comfortable homo for less mon ey than they can secure elsewhere. Tho trade pcliools building will cost $150,000. Tho new building will have every advantage and all equipments necessary for tho purpose for which It was created. The third branch of Baroness do Hlnsch's work is tho ame lioration of the condition of tho Jews In tho tenement districts, and Is really the most far reaching of tho directions in which the Hirsch funil Is to be ex pended. It Is proposed to handlo mat ters so that tho people of tho Ghetto will naturally niovo away Into frc3h air suburban residences. It is also proposed to build model tenement houses, with necessary sanitary con struction. Tho work Is to bo extended BARONESS DE HIRSCH. to other cities In tho United States, and tho poor Jews over nil tho country nro promised aid by tho men who have tho rich woman's millions at their dis posal. Baroness do Hirsch Is carrying out hor dead h-asband'a Ideas in these benefactions. An AntouUlied Hcot. Recently a parachutist gave several exhibitions of ids daring Bklll at Glas gow, Ono afternoon a strong wind carried his balloon rapidly away, and It was aomo tlmo before ho could mal.o a descent. He touched mother earth at a moorland spot near n farmhouse, ami an old man stood cIojo by staring In blank amazement. Ho had neon tho gaudily-dressed holng drop down from tho clouds. "What place Is this?" auk cd the parachutist, In an au'horltutlvo tono. Tho old man roverontly knelt down and clasped hla hands togothor, n.u'J hla volco trembled with fervent emotion as ho answered: "Good Lord, this In tho pariah o' Carnwaah "--Harper's Round Tabic. THEATRICAL TOPICS. CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE STAGE. Attnri nnd I.ohk ISaim-Stmt Tlioiplnni like It llton Whrn thrrt 4 No I'rullt I'rovlnrlitlMui In Jcw tork lor Itltlnr Star. FANCY that most actors llko to boast of a long run," says Frank L. Per ley, manager of tho II oh tout mii.h nnd "T h t S p o r 1 1 ng Dilution." "He doesn't enro wheth er It Is a financial ly successful run or not. If It Is not successful financially, It always Is ar tistically, and so on a long run the success Is bound to come In ono way or tho other. 'You had quite n run, didn't you?' I heard oao actor usk another. Tho actor of whom litis question had been asked had done the 'loads' In tt melodrama on a one-night stand route for several weeks. Every body in the club had said that tho show would only stay out for a week They wero mistaken, for it did stay out nearly four weeks. 'Oh, yen,' re plied tho 'lead;' 'It was a pretty long run-about a mile and a half. Wo would havo done tho town easily cross lots, as wt Intended, but tho sheriff was onto that game, and had a deputy In the field, so wo had to htlclc to the road and sprint. Wo caught tho last car of tho train, nnd I hopo that Iu tllana officer caught pneumonia. '1 here was no reason why he shouldn't have dono so. Wo gave him violent exer cise on a cold night.' " Tt is well known among people ot tho theaters that an Imitation of moon light is dlHleult. Tho electric light Is even less llko tho genuine thing than Is tho calcium. "Ono night," says Francis Wilson, "wo were playing an opera that required moonlight effect on a part of a dark stage. I heard our fctago manager rushing about. He de clared angrily that somebody In fiio l'.y gallery was to blamo for lighting a gas Jet, or else n window had been left open, nnd we were getting tho re flection from the street electric lamps suspended at tho Rldo of tho theater. Word was sent Upstairs to correct, all this. Tho reply came that overy win dow shutter wns closed and no gas Jet was lighted. WJicn tho act was over I walked on tho stage under tho objectionable light, and looking up ward saw that u particularly bright moon was pouring lLs rays through our skylight. The comment of the stage manager was: Tvo been about tho the ater twonty-threo years nnd havo "faked" stage moonlights In floods, yet I can't tell tho real thing when I aeo It!'" Auric Dagwell waa born In Utlcn, N. Y.. June 2G, 1875. Ah a child she displayed musical tnlcnt, making her appearance as a singer, In concert, nt tho age of twelve years. In 1S93 sho appoarcd in a series of operatic per formances given in her native city, and J 'A 'WiTTI AUR1E DAGWELL. Bustnlned difficult rolos bo successfully as to win thu approval of all the crltlc3. Following tholr advice sho decided tjj onter tho profession, and with that ond In view she went to Now York in tho following year, nnd studied under nv oral of tho best vocal tenchcrs. Her ambition, however, led her to ntudy too hard, and sho miccumbed to n so vero Illness, from which sho did not recover for ovor a year. In the fall of 189G sho returned to this city nnd, fall ing to obtain such engagement as would glvo acopo to her nbllity us a singer, sho began her professional ca reer upon tho dramatic stage, nnd has alnco played minor roles lu several dramatic companies. Her last engage ment was with "Naturo," during Its recent run nt tho Academy of Mimic, New York. In that production she as sumed tho rolo of Alice Woodfcrn, la which hor Blnglng ovoked most favor able comment, Miss Dagwell has a flno stngo presence, and Is endowed with a mezzo soprano voice of excel lent quality. Sho shows tho effect of careful vocal training, and sings with remarkable ease. Sho Is studious and ambitious, and la full of pronilso for tho futura. "The provincialism of tho New York dramatic critics," says tho cruel Bea ton Transcript, "Is llttlo less than ap palling. Wo do not expect thorn to know what happens boyond tho con lilies of their llttlo Isle, but wo havo been foolhaidy enough to think they might remember their own Insular 'metropolitan' events for u few years. Hero is the Commercial-Advertiser referring to the 'new play frojn tho French,' In which 'Mrs. Potter has evi dently failed lu Iondnn,' when In point of fuct this 'new play from tho French' has been acted all over the t'nlted States, not even excepting New York city. It is Dumas' 'Franclilon.' and the very version recently brought out by Mrs. Potter wan originally acted lu this country nearly live years ago. with the author's 'full consent and approval,' us tho programs wero explicit enough to Mate. It was acted In Boston, Chica go, Kansas City, l)ener, Minneapolis. Now York, and many other cities, and on Its production at tho Fourteenth Street theater was reviewed by tho critic of this, very Commercial-Advertiser to the oMoat of half a column. And later Mrs. Potter returned to Now York and gave the same play again at the Herald Square theater In April, l.suri. Verily, could thero bo anything moro Insular than tho insularity ot these Now Yorkers?" An Interesting feature In connection with tho pitidiictltiu of "Tho Sporting Ductless" Is the appearance of Mario Chapman, who in tho rolo of Mary Aylmer Is having her first stage ap pearance. Miss Chapman was "dis covered" by Frank Perley lu ono of tho Now York schools of acting, and tho leading artists of tho company havo slnco then taken tho deepest In terest In her work, and till unite in the opinion that hers Is a uaine to keep MARIE CHAPMAN, well lu mind ns ono certain to bo heard of in connection with great things be foro many years. Dramatists who write about famous Frenchmen nro euro to havo their troubles unless they stick to facts. Their descendants shy at pootlc II cense. Tho present repreaentntlvcB of tho families of Alfred do Mussct, no cording to tho Paris correspoudont of tho New Yok Sun, provented tho per formance of a play which concerned thorn, and now Paul Doroulodo, who, In liis new play, "Tho Death of Gen. Lu Hoche," mado tho hero dlo by pois on, has aroused tho wrath of tho prcs sent family, who liavo produced docu mentn to piovo that their ancestor died of consumption. Tho play wn8 nctod lately at tho Porto St. Martin theater, land hlf.tory is said to bo on tho side of the uesccntluata. An actress who has lately triumphed In London in un American, Fay Davlu. Sho la now tli3 principal actress In GcorRo Alcxunder'a company at tho St. James theater, and ffho has bcon re markably successful In a number ol roles slnco sho first gained recognition 'ns tho Amorlcan girl In "Tho Squire of Dames." Plncro Is said to havo had her In mind In writing tho rolo nho portrayed In "Tho Princess and the Butterfly." Daniel Frohman, In nn Interview reported In a Boston news paper, praisea Mlbs Davis with quite unusual warmth nnd enthusiasm for an observer of thlnfea theatrical gen erally so calm. Ho 13 an unphllosophleat man who permits hla dinner to coot while ho medltate-i upon where ho shall obtain hli auppijr. A RRITISU TAINTER. ONE GOOD EXAMPLE AMERICANS. FOR Vh Dukit of llottuiitilr Throw Olt thtt I Inert I Hour lu Orilur to rv 111 nimiUlpnllljr m It Mrir--Nit All llUtli Nlft'l1 HE Dukn of Dev onshire has been a busy man over JWcii'U since no oniereit VrLfrl English public life, ,QkjnJHK& ""d ho Iiiih great y&&i&'J lauded o(tiliM which require con stant attention. When ho was hi- tcntly asked to stand for mayor of Eastbourne, tliero was no lack of ex cellent excuses for declining tho nom ination. Ho was lord president of tho council In tho ministry of the day nnd the leader ot the llbeial unionists, who had sereded fioni Iflr. Gladstone's homo rulo party, nnd lu addition to his political duties lie was overwhelm ed with prlvato business and with so cial engagements. liiKtc.nl ot refusing tho nomination ho accepted It, al though Eastbourne was not it great English town llko Birmingham, whero Mr. Chamberlain worked out as mayor new principles of municipal policy; nor llko Shelllold, whero another titled landowner nnd mayor, tho Duko of Norfolk, received and entertained the queen during thu Jubllco year. No reputation wtus to bo mado lu that fcea sldo resort, us there was lu Loudon when Lord Rosebery accepted the chairmanship of the county council, and plunged Into municipal politics. Tho mayoralty was merely another tax upon tho time nnd patience ot a busy man. Tho Duko ot Dovtmshlro to garded It as a public duty to take, tho oflluo when tho corporation urged him to become mayor. Ho was willing to sacrifice his leisure and convcnlonco In DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, urfcr to fulfil a public obliga tion. Americans of wealth and social position nro sometimes reproached for imitating English dress and manners, and becoming dudes. If they would copy a small portion of tho English nobility in willingness to devoto tholr tlmo and energy to local government, they would follow an example that Is worthy of high commendation. Thero aro a great many (nlas, near ly all aro) black sheep among the lords, but thero Is a titled class in England noted for Intelligence, indus try and public spirit. The dukes and lords tnko their full share in tho drudg ery of local Government. As mayors ot cities and members of town nnd county councils they glvo up many hours in tho week to public work, and their aervlco Is always without finan cial rewnrd. They Bot un example which rich merchants nnd actlvo busi ness men aro ashamed to disregard. EngrosEcd na they mny bo with their prlvato business, they find time for at tending council and committee meet ings and for promoting tho ends of good government, This Is tho nccrct ot tho efficiency and success of local government in England and Scotland, whero tho municipalities arc gradually acquiring all the public monopolies. Tho men of education, wealth and lu lluenco, instead of leaving politicians to govern their towns and countlea badly, look after this public business themselves. They regard It as a pub lic duty, and dlschargo It at serloun ln convcnlonco and from high motives. In America this duty Is shirked and local government Is not what It ought to be. It eceins galling Hint wo should hnvo to look to England, tho country nbovo till others whoso Jealousy lias been excited by our great progress in other directions, but truth Is tiuth and wo must tako our medicine. Jtmalttn In Munchiirlu. According to tho latest ndvls tho position ot tho Russian subjects who have gono to Manchuria lu connection with tho construction of tho Chlneso Eaatorn railroad, la seriously threaten ed, not only by tho Hurighus brigands, but by a certain number of Chlneso who nro" Irrccanclllnblo adversaries of all civilizing Innovations, and who re gard tho Russians ns enemies. The RuB.dan military authorities havo con sequently sent a strong detachment composed of a battalion of GOO Cos sacks with artillery to the station of Poltavkaya lu order that this force may defend tho entry Into Siberian territory against all aggressors, and may even enter Manchuria If it lie comes necessary to protect Russian subjects in that region. Hungry Oeriuau Doctor. Gorman doctors at tho Moscow con crosa mado themselves noticed nnd un popular by getting together at recep tions and making an organized rush for tho buffet, whoro they Btaycd, not allowing any one elso to get at the refreshments. HOW TO EXAMINE A WATCH. The Wny to Arrclit lu ln Mrrhiinlmn, To ono who has never studlod tho mechanism of u watch, Us mainspring or tho tialamo wheel Is n moro jiluco ot metal, lie may havo looked at tho fnco of tho watch and while tio udmlroa (ho motions of Its hands nnd the tlmo It keeps ho mny havo wondorml in Idlo amazement as to tho character ot U' machinery which Is concealed within, sayH Harper's Round Table. Tako It to pieces .and show him each part sep arately ho will rccognl.o neither design nor adaptation nor re lation between them; but put them together, act them to work, point out tho offices of each spring, wheel nnd cog, explain their movements, and then show hi in tho rn suit. Now he perceives that It Is nil ono design that notwithstanding tho number of parts, their diverse forma and various unices and tho agents con cerned, tho whole piece Is of ono thought, the expression ot onn Idea. Ho now rightly conc'iules that whoa tho mainspring waa fastened and tem pered Its relation to all tho other parta must hnvo been considered, Unit tho cogs on this wheel nrc cut and regulated-adaptedto tho ratcliots on that; nnd his Una! conclusion wilt bo that sucli it peco of mectiunlsiu could not havo been produced by chanco; for tho adaptation of tho parts Is such as to show It to bo according to design nnd obedient to tho will of ono Intelligence. FROM CLEAVER TO PULPIT. London uth)r Orator Arouiml- Kn- IIiikUkiii In thu i:t So much success was won In Nevr York by Henry V.irloy, ono ot Lon don's most noted ovnngellBta, that when tho tlmo enmo for him to rotura to his native land ho was induced to postpono tils depnrturo tor a fow days. On his nrrlv.il In tho cant ho was ro colved with only a modcrato degree of warmth, but his first public appear ance allowed clearly that no ordinary man wns tho ex-butchor. After that every meeting was crowded to tho doors. It wan hard to ossoclato tha simple, earnest man In blacka man with a masalvo head and face and a resonant volco not unliko that of Dr. Chftuncoy M. Dopow with tho whltr1 apron and block ot a butcher's abop.i But Mr. Varley Is not ashamed of hla trade, nnd boasts that when ho cut roasts and steaks and chopa bo cut them honestly and earned a compe tence through fair dealing. After hln conversion Mr. Varley felt a call to preach, and finding himself successful In moving men, ho built a handsome church, nnd slnco then ho lias been actlvo In evangelistic work In England and Australia. Mr. Varloy'u charm as an orator is that ot direct ness and simplicity. Ho possesses fluency ot speech quite un-English, llko Spurgeon, with whom ho worked ftir many yeait;, and Qladstono and a few, very fow, other English orators. His words come without tho drawl which makes so many English speak ers tedious. Ho Indulges In no "hl falutin" and wins men by tho power ot his logic, for to him rollgton la logic rather than sentiment. Here la a sampln of his talk: "When I was In Liverpool," ho said, "a worklngmnn said to mo: 'Oh, Blr, you put down Uio brend of life bo Uiat a worklngmnn can easily pick It up again.' And that Is what I want to do tonight. "Steam was not nn Invention. It was a discovery. Steam waa alwayn In tho world, only our forefathora did not know it. Tnko your railroad do pots. Tho carriages stand Idly In tho depot and they will stand thoro if your magnificent englno Is not backed In and connection is mado with tho cars. When that connection ifl mad you can enter tho car and go as far as tho engine. If men stay in the de pot and do not identify Uiemselveti with tho englno and tho train thoy will never reach tho place which thejr say they aro bound to. And thoy have REV. HENRY VARLEY. . only themselves to blame. God docs not condemn you becauco you nro a nlntior wo aro nil sinners. Ho docs condemn you because you aro an unbe. Hover. Some pcoplo talk about tholr moral excellence. Think of a mor ally excellent sinner. What nonsense! It I am a Rlnnor I cannot bo morally oxcollcnt. Ood docs not waut a great company of Improved Blnnora In hoav en. Thoy would begin to Bin oa aoou r they got there." A Ilitllrt Hrt In Ool.l. Perhaps ono ot tho most peculiar presents ever mado by u bridegroom to hlfl bride, Bays London Skotch, was that tit Maurlco Gilford to Miss Thon old on the occasion or their marriage last week. It was Uie bullet which wan extracted from the wound In his phouldcr which causod tho loss of hla arm. Tho gold in which tho bullet was set wa3 Cug from a graveyard In Matateloland, fil waa faahloned in tho chnpo ot t ua v,.headod serpent, tho heads nupportlng liw. Tilasllo, tha whole making a very unique armlet. I; Mik,m