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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
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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. -
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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.
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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"
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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-
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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." .
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