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A cj. P. y n V fctfG.' !i 1 '. MADAME LAUKIEK. THE WIFE OF THE PREMIER OF THE DOMINION. A Ocntlo ahtl AcconiplMhml Woman of ArUtnrrattn Antecedent llroml minded nml Sympntlictto nnil n Sourco of Orcit Strength to llor Huftbnml. K 3T ME. Laurlcr, wife of Wilfrid Laurlcr, jftr' too new premier of gryJZ Canada, is nn ad &. mirable ox.impio 01 tho best typo of French - Canadl a n gentlewoman. For many years sho has not only led In r ,3P" French society at tho capital during parliamentary sessions, but has fulfilled with gentle dignity all those other manifold social ofllces which fall to the lot of tho wlfo of him who leads his party. Somewhat younger than her .distinguished husband, Rime. Laurler is a handsome woman ml about 45, with (that typo of good looks which is ill portrayed by photograph. Delicate .(features, clear bluo eyes, silvery hair, n fre3li, girlish complexion in youth ful contrast to tho graying tresses, a quick French smile, with Hashing im pression of white teeth and sudden dimples that is Mme. Laurlcr as no 'camera ever can do her justice. As Mile. Zoo Lafontalne, of Montreal, '6ho who has become tho wlfo of a .premier was a noted beauty. As Mme. Wilfrid Laurler sho Is a noted chate .lainc and sweet helpmeet ono a3 .able as she is qulot and tasteful. Tho MADAME LAURIER. Laurler homo is at Arthabas Ravlllo, a small Quebec town, a quaint old house set In eight acres of land, where tho statesman has quiet for taking his rest, nnd Mme. Laurler opportunity for cul tivating tho plants and ilowers which comprlso ono of her chief joys. There aro no children in the Laurler house hold other than small guests who come, .sure of a wclcomo from the kindly two, who lovo all things young and beau tiful and good. When the Laurlors remove to the -capital, as they will, it noed3 must bo almost lilce going home. Every ses sion they have appeared there in com pany, and have grown as beloved -as they are admired of the people. With Mme. Laurler there is the same unaf lected friendliness, refinement of man ner and native courtesy that mark her husband. It seems almost as though these two, after a quarter of a cen tury of married life, had grown to bo one in all such external ways. But, In spite of Mme. Laurier's gentleness and forgetfuiness of self, thero is a purposo and a spirit In her make-up which Impresses those whom sho meets, and makes them feel that hero Is a woman who could suffer and be strong In any great crisis of life. Mme. Laur ler Is a devout Roman Catholic, but hroad-minded and sympathetic to all. Whatever burden of care and responsi bility comes to the first minister of the crown in Canada, ho is sure of near sympathy, and a wife to encourage, stimulate and strengthen him. Lesser virtue, pcrhnps, but one which appeals to the mind feminine, Is that Mme. Laurler knows how to dres3 becoming ly and well. JturlcKl a Ilirtl In Central l'ark. Detectives McGInlty and Savage, of tho park police, saw a woman bury something under a largo elm tree near the west drive In Central Park Sat urday. They thought sho was burying stolen treasures or jewels taken from some actress, bo when sho had finish ed Savage follo.ved her, while McGinty wont to diaJnter what sho had buried. Sho had erected a little mound over It and put a twig in tho mound to mark tho spot. When McGinty had removed tho sod and soil a long box tied with ribbons was revenled. "It's a Jowel box, sure," said McGin ty. - When ho opened the box he found n dead canary. Replacing tho dead bird In Its gravo, ho headed off Savage bo fore his Bldo partner had arrested the canary'B owner as a Jewel thief. New "York Sun. ., n They Scorch In I'L'lliMlelphla. "Scorchers" are taken very seriously Jn Philadelphia, Msgkitrate Jcrmon of that city having recently stated in tho enso of two audi offenders brought be fore him: "It is perhaps fortunate that no person was injured or property do siroyod an a result of their careloas riding, or they would havo been sub ject lo tho act of Mann 31, 1800. ngaiiwt furioun racing and drjvlng, the penalty for which la a fine not exoeed ' Ing $600 nnd Imprisonment sot exceed ing fj.'a years." Tfee wen were hsld in ?830 ball fcr trial. THE ZEnOfJRAPH. A. Coamlneil Telegriiphlo nnd Type writing Apjrtn. Much interest has boon excited In this country by tho dotailed accounts of tho success In England of tho now ofllco Instrument called tho zerograph. ThlB dovlco Is virtually a typowrltor combined with a telegraphic apparatus. It Is, In fact, a telegraphic Instrument that, Instead of printing dote nnd dash es on a strip of paper, typowrltes a message on a sheet of letter paper at both ends of tho wiro simultaneously. Tho two mnchlncs aro Identical in every respect, and each can bo used either as a transmitter or a receiver. Tho operntor depresses tho keys, as In ordinary typewriting, and this causes a current from a local battery to dls engngo a balanced pendulum in both machines. Thero arc various automat ic dovlces for moving tho paper, ad justing tho nlignmont, inking tho let ters, etc. Tho fundamental prlnclplo of the machine Is that tho record Is printed at both ends of tho lino at prac tically the same moment. It differs further from other telegraph printing machines in that It prints on nn or dinary sheet of paper In lines and paragraphs. It does not require an experienced telegraph operator, but can bo used by any ono who typewrites. It can bo adopted In private ofllces, like tho telephone, and worked at all times of tho day or night without the Inter vention of telegraph officials. It Is au tomatic In its action, and delivers its messages whether thero is or is not some ono at tho receiving end. It dis penses entirely with clock ' work. It can bo worked on tho exchange sys tem. It combines, In fact, the func tions of typewriter, telegraph and tele phone. Its speed Is greatly In Its favor. Instead of the ordinary speed of 25 to 30 words a minute, 40 words Is to be tho normal speed of tho zerograph. If the machine comes anywhere near Jus tifying tho claims made for It, It will work a revolution In telegraphy, and It will not be long before every business office Is provided with Its zerograph In addition to Its telephono and type writers. A Fair Aftlrnnomcr. Another signal honor has been con ferred on Miss Dorothea Klumpke, the young California astronomer, in the invitation given her to accompany tho British expedition to Norway to ob serve tho eclipso of tho sun on August 9. Mls3 Klumpko Is only a year or two past thirty, yet her fame as an astronomer is even greater than that which the celebrated Maria Mitchell had achieved Jn maturer years. Sho waB born In San Francisco and edu cated in Goettingon, though not at the university, and later in Switzerland. She is a very pretty woman with charming manners. Even as n girl sho attracted attention for the thoroughness of her astronomical studies, and sho was but a few years out of her 'teens when she gained a prlzo of five thou sand francs offered by the Paris ob servatory for a treatlso on comets- An Ai-tUfa llrlilc-to-IIo. Miss Elizabeth Gardnor, who is soon to become tho wlfo of tho celebrated French artist, Bouguereau, has her self attained considerable celebrity as an artist, both In this country and in France. It Is nearly twenty-five years since she sent her first painting to the Paris Salon, and she was the first American woman to gain, as sho did in 1887, tho Salon medal. Miss Gard ner Is a native of New Hampshire and a woman of attractive personality. As nn art Btudcnt In Paris she was ono of Bouguereau's pupils and an intimate friend of his family. Tho artist-bridegroom Js now about seventy-two years old. A llennty Deported. Mrs. Paulino Reltel, young, pretty and vivacious, left her husband In Ge neva, Switzerland, and came to Amer ica to meet tho man sho really loved. Tho Ellis Island bureau of immigra tion detained her and she has been re turned to Europe Thus is shattered one of tho prettiest romances of the year. axtaews MRS. REITEL. Mrs. Reltef and her husband could not agree, and so they signed an agree ment to live free and Independent of ono another. Mrs. Reltel had a friend In Amorlca M. DIdoldo GIrand. son of n wealthy French distiller. Sho had mot M. Glraud In Gen ova and the young pooplo had fallen in love at onco. Now that she had left hor husband foiover, she roasonod, why should she mt fly to M. Glraud? And so she board ed the steamer, came o America, and, ulmcst within calling distance of tho young msn.-was-arrested-and detained undor tho Immigration laws. M. Glraud came to tho board office to plead for tho womnn ho loves. She entreated tho board most pitifully for her liberty, but tho officials wore ob durate. - Mm F fflW Wf Iff ABOUT MRS. BRYAN. WIFE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. Eha I nn Up to I):ite Woman In E-ery Itcupect A Deep Thinker, lint Norer thrlm Greatly Attached to thn Homo Circle. A, HE lo ono who will Iia 41m mnaf trmtl. J W$$$il I ,tlr I101"8011 ,n tU0 &$'?&W I J TTnltivl Rtntos and tho next mistress of tho White- Houso." That Is how tho chairman of tho Salem colobratlon ceremonies intro duced Mrs. William Jennings Bryan to tho residents of Mr. Bryan's birthplace tho other evening. Of course ho only meant It as a sort of a compliment, ho being a republican addressing a non partisan meeting. Wives of presidential nomtnecB aro not usually presented to audiences gathered to hoar tho nomlnco speak. But this wasn't n purely political meet ing. It was a town doing honor to nn ex-townsman whoso namo will bo on every tongue for four months, perhaps a futuro president. Every ono wanted to seo tho woman whom thnt man de lights to honor. Tho situation might have embarrassod any woman. Mrs. Bryan rose from tho seat beside her husband nnd took a step forward. As sho turned to tho right sho bowed to tho friends grouped behind her on tho platform. With a Blight motion sho faced the big crowd that covered tho green common. As a cheer travclod over the crowd tho young woman's eyes smiled a bit. Her face whitened a ehado from Intensity of feeling, nnd with another bow to the chairman Mrs. Bryan sank into her seat again. Of course Mrs. Bryan is young. They were engaged when sho was nineteen and ho twenty. It was not, however. until four years later that they were married. Then thoro was a little house ready for them In an Illinois town, and for this first home of their married life the Bryans have a great affection. A deep attachmeul to "whatever spot has been callod "homo" seems to bo a Bryan characteristic. Their Lincoln (Nob.) household con sists of Mrs. Bryan's father, who has suffered a great affliction In tho loss of his sight The three children, Ruth, Grace and William J., aro all wide awake school children. Grace attends a kindergarten. Mrs. Bryan believes in the system, and, Indeed, is an ad vocate of all practical education. If she had sufficient time, her inclinations aro such that practical educational movements would receive her active support. Outside of school, tho mother keeps an eye on tho children's studies. A while ago ono of tho children hadn't receivod tho desired percentage in one study, and Mrs. Bryan ruled that until tho necessary rating was reached tho girl should not be allowed out. Tho homo life of tho Bryans Is not at all complex. Thero Is always ono ser vant, sometimes two. .Mrs. Bryan has assistance with tho family sowing and the making of tho children's dresses. Sho Is tho head of a well-ordered house hold, In which sho takes prido and which sho Intends at all times shall bo tho most attractive spot in the world to her husband and children. Tho Bryans enjoy music. Since aer marriage Mrs. Bryan has not kept up her music, and now deponds on others to play whllo sho listens, either to the piano In her own homo or to tho play ers that visit Lincoln. In addition to political and sociologi cal matters, Mrs. Bryan Is thoroughly posted on all current ovonts. She roads from preferonco thoeo magazines handling tlmoly topics and evonts. both foreign and domestic; things that make history and would Intere&t Mr. Bryan. What she raada is thoroughly digested. Besides U1I3 sho fiuds timo to read what orltles j!ae as "tho" ff MRS. W. J. BRYAN. works of fiction of tho year, it Ib an American, Nathaniel Hawthorne, whoso delicacy, accuracy of expression and ovory chnrnctorlstlo most appeal to hor. Mrs. Bryan doesn't enro for fads, such as hypnotism, palm rending and throsophy. But sho does find out what each monns, and has taken nn cspcclnl Interest In studying tho different re ligions nnd creeds of tho world. If thoro is ono thing absent frtm Mrs. Bryan's composition it is egotism. It may bo hnrd for eastern pooplo to un stnnd Mrs. Bryan's Ideas. It Isn't what Is coming to h'er In tho ovont of tho success of tho freo-sllvor tlckot, It Is what the people, tho great multitude, will gain by it that 1b in hor mind. It Is Imposslblo to know tho Bryane and not realize this. Even women who don't agrco with tho Ideas on which Mr. Bryan stands admit that Mrs. Bryan believes cntiroly in thom nnd their Justice. That Is ono thing that can't bo gainsaid. As for all tho glory turning her head, sho 1b preclsoly tho samo level-headed woman bIio always hns been. Thoeo who would naturally crlticlso her hardest aro first to con fess It, COL. MCMICHAEL. Tho niitlnguliilioil Editor of the I'htln ilelphla North American. Colonel Clayton McMichacl, Is tho proprietor of tho Philadelphia North American, and ono of tho leading jour nalists in tho country. His career has been that of n soldier and newspaper man. When only 17 ho enlisted nnd was soon promoted a lieutenant of the United States Infantry. After a brief 1 sorvico on tho frontier ho wns trans ferred to tho Army of tho Potomac, and boro a part in all Its engagements as aid on the stall of General Blrney, nnd later with General Hancock. Ho was twice wounded In battlo, nnd was bro vcttcd for personal bravery. Ho haa been In chargo of tho North American, since 18G5. President Grant in 1872 tendered him tho assistant secretary ship of the Interior, which ho declined. Colonel McMichacl wont to Vienna as United States commissioner to tho ex position of 1873. President Arthur mado him marshal of the District of Columbia In 1882. Ho resigned when Mr. Cloveland became president. Ho haa ver been a dovoted Grand Army man, and was ono of that organization's earliest members. Ho has been a lead ing and public spirited citizen of Phlla EDITOR McMICHAEL. delphla and straight forward republic an at all times. Cnuie for (Iratllmle. "Times aregetting harder and harder. I find it more difllcult ovory day to sup port my family," said a seedy looking man to Hoatetter McGinnls on a Dnllas street car. "What is your business?" "I am a tailor." "You ought to bo thankful that times aro as good ns they are, and that wo aro not living back In the days of Adam and Eve." h'hu l a lln.y Woman. Mrs. Elizabeth Sownrd Is tho proprie tor nnd editor of tho Stillwater (Mleh.) Mossongcr. Sho la also a blllpoator, and ia aaid to bo the only woman in tho oountry who follows that oeoupatlon BISHOP ABE GRANT. THENEORO PHILOSOPHER AND HIS WORK. 111 Kemnrknliln View Ooncernlnir tho Settlement of tho Itnco 1'rnlilem Horn n HIavf, Sel(tnni;ht nnil self Mniln. HE recent session of tho Now York Conforcnco of tho 0Wr$J African M. E. S il m) churoh introduced Bishop Abraham Qrant to ihuctaU- crn states na nn ac tive worker in tho solution of tho raco problom. HIb opin ions are romnrk nblo as coming from a negro. "Tho black man," ho said in tho con ference, "stnrtwl, thirty yoars ago, two hundred nnd forty-six ycare behind tho whlto man. Though with opportunity and with education ho 1b gaining, he haa no right to claim Intolloctunl equal ity with tho whito man; ho Iibb no right to say that his opinions are as well-founded nnd that his thoughts aro as valuable aB these of tho men who wcro his ownerB thirty years ago. Tho negro Is bolstoroue, noisy, and im pulsive in notion, like a child. It 1b bo caviBo ho Is ns yot but a child of civi lization. Children proud In tho con sciousness of new nnd growing ldcaB are not always discreet and modest. "Tho thing for us to do Is not to mnko a great outcry over what wo aro going to do and over our rights na wo seo them, but to mnko a cold-blooded cstlmato of our actual progress In tho last threo decades. Mnko It ns small as you can, it is still a tremendous BISHOP ABRAHAM GRANT, D. D. thing. Where forty years ago there was tho morality only of tho animal with habits of llfo but llttlo bettor, thero aro now Christian homes. Homes whero tho floors nro scoured as clean nnd the tins on tho wnll aro as bright and tho houso is as whlto aB In any homo In the country. Thoso aro tho things that count! Let ub tako our stand on that. Education, little as we may havo had, has dono this for us. Let us get moro of it. And after 24G years wo will bo able to talk with tho whito man at our own vnluatton." Bishop Grant has the personality necessary for tho support of views so much at variance with tho general sentiment in his race. Tho audience beforo which ho advances these Ideas Is made up of men and women acutely sensltlvo to every point of their infe riority in public opinion and public treatment. Yet when tho bishop rises beforo them, six feet tall and over, mas sively built, and with a voice pitched for open air camp meetings In tho southern plno woodsfl they cannot re sist him. There is a muttered mur mur of "Amen" and "Right, thank God!" beforo ho reaches his tenth sen tence. After ho has been talking fif teen minutes his every climax starts an uproar of vociferous approbation. When UiIb applause falls him, after some unusually frank admission or de mand, tho bishop leans forward over his desk, strikes it a mighty blow with his fist and ohouts, "Am I right? Do you hear mo?" And the approbation comes. Sometimes ho uses this orator ical trick In the middle of a burst of applauso. His cry rings out above everything, and excites tho congrega tion to uncontrollablo enthusiasm. Ho entered tho ministry in Jackson ville, served four years there, and then persuaded Gov. Drew to build a church for him in Talnhassce. Both in Flor ida and Texas, whero ho went later, Mr. Grant had tho full confldenco and corporation of tho civil authorities. Gov. Irclnnd of Texas at many times utilized tho bishop's influence to quiet sace disturbances. At ono timo Bishop Grant qamo botween a regiment of militia and a mob of negroos on tho very verge of a conflict and persuaded his peoplo to disperse In peace. His power as a public speaker was shown during tho prohibition campaign in Texas. Bishop Grant attracted tre mendous crowds of peoplo from both races, nrespectlvo of their views on the subject of prohibition. In 1888 ho was elected bishop, and was assigned to tho district comprising Texas, Louisiana, California, Washing ton, and Oregon. In 1892 ho was trans ferred to Georgia and Alabama, and two years later added Florida to his field. Tho work broke down his health, and last summer the church sent him on a vacation trip to Europa. Ho preached in Wesley's church in Lon don, and addreasod many meetings in Europe and on the continent. Last March, whllo at tho Florida con ference, Bishop Grant was visited by hla formor master. Lieut. Raulerson was bent and broken, nnd very poor. Ho had to borrow money from the bishop until his Mex ican war pension money oame. Tfco pension, incidentally, had been ob- vM$ I 1--S"l III 1 s-'-S'V'&ks. Viip mummmtfmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmu mm. talncd with tho aid of the former nlavo. Tho old mnetor refused tho Jlohop'a offer of support during the rest of Ills llfo, but begged with tears In hla cyos that when tho ond enmo that tho bishop ohould pronoli his funori'l ser mon. Hn Didn't VAf. A young man got on a Broadwnjr cnblo car tho othor day and raodrstly took a seat near th front door. Ho wna droaeed well In a light oult of very email chock and woro a nllk four-ln-hand to match. By ono of those ro mnrknblo coincidences nobody will nt tetnpt to explain n lady of maturo ago and sour vlBUgo got on at tho next corner and't&ok a seat next td tho young man. nnd her elntlipa worn off tho samo piece. Everybody excopt tho woman scorned to think it a funny thing; Bho looked aB mad ns a wet hen. When tho conductor camo niong nnd nskod tho young man If ho paid for two, glancing at the lady, tho young man blushed and said ho didn't, whllo everybody olso laughed. Whereupon tho woman jumped up In wrath that tho conductor tried In vain to fathom, and shouted: "Stop tho car! I won't Btay hero nnd bo Insulted!" The young man stood tho merriment for a block, and then ho qult--Nov York Correspondent In Pittsburg Dispatch. Put Out 11 Tiro xti Milk. Pollco and firemen havo been per plexed for six wcoks by tho fires that hnvo frequently occurred in letter box es In tho vestibules of npartmont hous es. There wns another such flro early ono morning this week In a six-story npartmont houso wherein twonty-threo families livo. A milkman wns ontcr ing tho vestlbulo when a fiarao shot out of a letter box. It 1b no reflection on tho milk to say It will put out a flro, Just as water will. Without a mo mont'B hesitation thlB milkman raised tho can ho carried and omptled tho milk Into tho burning letter box. Then ho alarmed tho Janitor nnd as.it In a flro alarm. Tho firemen found A stream of warm milk trickling from tho vcfltl bulo, but tho flro had been checked. A few bucketstul of water extinguished It. Tho damago wan but $G0, but polico and firemen nro extremely anxious to learn who Imperiled all those lives. -New York World. Vociihulary. of Ono Wnnl. "I shall never forgot my flrat visit to Madrid," said a woman to tho Now York Sun man. "I was tho only member ber of our party who know nny Spanish, and I know but one word, that ono bo lng 'lccho' milk but by means of ges tures wo managed to get along until breakfast wns Borvcd. Then, as luck would havo It, tho maid brought my coffee without any milk, and also as luck would havo It, I promptly, forgot tho ono word or Spanish that I know, and which of all wordB was tho one most wanted at that moment This 'timo neither gesture nor yelling were of any avail, bo at last, in desperation, I seized a pleco of pnper and a pencil and drow a picturo of a cow. Where upon tho maid tripped off and camo bnck with threo tickets to tho bull fight." It ThU ainrrlDRe Legal? An odd caso has coma up in San Francisco with regard to the legality of a certain marriage. Two Callforn ians, an undo and a nelco, wishing to marry found that the state law for bade it within such relationship. There fore, after consulting lawyers thoy went aboard a tug which carried them out to sea boyond tho jurisdiction of tho etato, and there they woro mado man and wlfo. According to California law tho legality of a marrigao depends upon tho law of tho placo where the marrlago Is contracted. It now remains to bo determined' whother any statuto of tho United States covers the case, since, if tho vessel was of American register, tho marrlago took placo with in tho jurisdiction of tho Unitod States. To the lole by Italloon. Tho Swedish arctic explorer, Dr. S. A. Andrec, is about to essay a trip to DR. ANDREE. tho north pole by balloon. Ho will start from Spitzbergen in the peculiar balloon built by a Mr. Eckholm. It Is directed by a sail adjustable so that its shitting action bear3 upon several retarding points below, which aro pro vided by ropes to which aro attached weights or ballast which drag upon tho lco or Is managed by the aid of boats if tho sea is crossed. The working of this elaborate apparatus In an Import ant feat, as It is likely to become de rangod through galea or heavy snow. The balloon was built iu Paris and will carry' throo passengers with provla ons and stores for four months. At this season of tho year thqre will bo no darknoss to bo encountered and the In trepid voyngara will hnvo a free and uninterrupted vblua of nil roia3 pjs3 od over." . b.gb j