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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , JANUARY 0. 1887. TWELVE PAGES. 11
A MOTHER-IN-LAW'S ' APPEAL ,
A Brilliant Beautiful Poem by Ella
Wheeler Wilcor ,
MISS CLEVELAND AT HOME
1'rcMont I'hnsos of tlio Woman
Icm DnsIiliiK Girls In Style AVo-
innn'ft Civility { to AVoninn
Woman Who Arc Athletes.
Tlio Mother-ln-lmw.
ma mittltrracojr. . < n niotM
fiho was my dream's fulfilment and my joy ,
'I Ills lovely woman whom you call your WHO.
You sxrtc | < l nt jour play , ail Idle boy ,
Vbcn 1 first felt the stlrrlnBOf her fifo
Within my startled being. I was thrlllcit
With such Intensity of love. It filled
\crvunlvcrsflf Hut words mo vain
No iimn can comprehend Unit wild sweet
pain ,
You smiled In childhood's slumber while I
TUP agonies of labor ; ami the nights
1. weeping. o'er the little sufferer knelt ,
Vou , wnndcrltiKon through drrntnlanti's fair
delights , , , .
I'lting out your lengthening limbs and slept
and grew ,
Whllol , awake. sa\ed , tills dear wlfo for
you.
She was my heart's loved Idol , and my iirhle.
1 taught her all thosu graces which you
praise.
I dreamed of coming years , when at my slue
Shu should luiul lustre to my fading ilnys ,
aiiould cllnn to mo ( as bhu to you clings
The > oung' fi ult hanging to the withered
bough.
Hut lol tlio blossom was so fnlr n sight ,
1'ou plucked it tiom me tor your own dc-
llcht.
Well , you am woi thy of hcr-oh. thank ( Jed
And \ul 1 think jou do not rcnll/e. ,
How burning were the sniids o'er which 1 trod
To bear and rent this woman you so prize.
It was no easy thing to BOO her go
i\un : Into the aims of ono she worshipped so.
How strong , how vast , how awful seems the
Of this new love which nils a maiden's heart ,
I'oi ono who never boie a single hour
Of pain for her ; which tears her lite apart
Vrom all Its moorings , nnd controls her more
Than all the UPS the years have bold bofoio ;
"Which crowns n Hlrniigur with u kingly
eince
And give the ono who bore her second place.
Him loves mo still I and yet wore Heath to say ,
"Uhooso now between them' " you would bo
liprcholce.
( Jed meant U to be so It Is Ills wayBill -
Bill can you wonder. If while liejolco
Ju her content , this thought liuita like : i
knife
"No longer nccessniy to her life ? "
! My | ) loasuro In her joy Is bitter sweet ,
Your veiy goodness sometimes hints my
heait ,
Because for her life's drama seems complete
\ \ ithout the mother's oft-iopeated part.
Bn patient wltu me. She was minu so long
AVho now Is joins. One must Indeed bo
strong
To meet such loss without the least legrut ,
And so forgito me it my u > esaiu wot.
Miss Cleveland nt Home.
Lawn C. Ilolloway , in Brooklyn Maini *
y.ino : Within the past two years IWss
Cleveland has incieabed her possessions
in Holland Patent. and has added many
improvumunts to nor homo. Among the
additions were u largo library on tlio
Kceond lloor and several piuz/ns and halls
nbout the mansion , till increasing its ex-
toi lor as well as its interior appearance.
Jt is the homo of u litomry woman , u
person of real literary instincts. One
nees books , magazines , writing materials ,
fipcrolarics , and round tables forscribos ,
but no bign of sowing-basket , or cookery
intiuuals , or koys. However hharply the
visitor looks foe those signs of funimlii-
ity , bho sees thum not , neither does she
jiolo any preoccupation on the part ot
lUics Cleveliuul in household matters ,
mid yetsiio ia the mistress of a beautifully
oidoiciland exquisitely ncalhomu Mail-
time is important there , whore letters
como from till parts of the United States
on all imaginable subjects and from all
classes of people. The autograph luinlor
invades Us privacy , and the newspaper
reporter is a frequent visitor at the front
door Beyond Unit portal , however , ho
lees not come.Iiss ] \ Cleveland's homo
is her cahtlo , and its privacy is not in
vaded by any ono. Invited guests find it
u delightful place to visit , : uid the few
intimate fiiomls she has in Holland i'ut-
ent have a welcome always.
In the decpiations with which she is
Bin-rounded , in that blending of the old
and the now , wo find till that indicates a
rcnl homo. Her father's arm-chair and
Kpcrctary are in her library ; her mother's
easy chair is in her room ; the great inn
hogaiiy flidobcmrd is in tliu dining-room ,
mu ! the piano and parlor furnishings
once her mother's are now hor'.s.
"Miss Cleveland is now resuming her
old habits in her old homo and taking
up her old books , and studies , and old
life generally. She is very regular in her
habits. She bioukfasts at o , goc.s into
her libraiy nt ! ) , and spends the morning
there. At 1 o'clock bho dines , preferring
while in nor country homo to have n mill-
day dinner. The afternoon slip spends
in driving or walking , visiting with her
ii lends and guests. She is utturly defiant
of wiml and weather , driving in the rain
rather than not at all , and her solitary
figure at all MHISOIIS mounting the hills ,
dossing the meadows , and disappearing
oil in the woods , has bqcn Jong tannliar
to tlio lookors-oiit-of-window.s nlong the
village street or in the more scattore-l
farm-houses. Her visits arc mostly to
those whom she can servo in some way.
Her mother was very thoughtful tor the
} ioiir , and in this respect nor daughter
imitates her.
I'lmacs of tlio "Woiunu Irnliluin ,
From "Tim Higher Education of Wo
man , " by Mrs. E. Lynn Linton , in Popu
lir : Science Monthly : Of late years this
ipu'biiou ' of woman'rf work has passed
into iinolhcr phase , und the crux now is ,
not DO much how can they bo provided
with work adequately remunerated , but
how they can lit themselves for doing it
without damage to thuir hoiilth und those
interests of the race and society which
mo hound up with their wall-being. This
i- , the real ilifllcull.v , both of the higher
education and of the general clrouin-
htanoes Htirroiiiuling the self-support of
women , For the strain IA sm'oro , and
niubt bo. if they are to successfully com-
with men undeu lably the btroiiger.
both in mind nud body , in intellectual
p and slaying power , in tlio faculty
of origination , the capacity for .sustained
nllbrt , and in patient perseverance under
arduous and it may be dihtn.stofullabor.
Hut thu dream ana the cliiof endeavor of
women now is to do the same work amen
mon alone have hitherto done which
means that the weaker shall mine into
direct competition with the stronger the
result being Mirely a foroirone conclusion.
This is tlio natural consomicncu oi the
degradation by women themselves of
their own moro lilting work ; so that r.
female doctor , for the present , holds a
higher soeinl position than does the resi
dent governess , while a telegraph girl
may tiu a lady , but a bhop-girl pan not.
Ior well-paid intellectual work n good
education is naturally ot the lira necos-
elty , and the haw on which all the rest is
founded. \ \ herefoie , the higher cduca
tion has bocn organi/.ed more as u prae
tical eiiiipmcnt ] than as an outcome of
thi' purely intellectual des'ro ' of womci
to learn where they have nothing to gait
liy it. Tor all thU , many girl * go to Gir-
ton and Nownham who do not mean to
practically profit by their education
irirls who want toj escape from the nar
row limits of tlui homo , and who yoiirn
lifter the quasi-indcr < .mdcncQ of college
lite girls tu whom the unknown is cm-
phaticallv the magniiicent , and who do-
Biro novelty bcforo all things ; with the
rrmnant of the purely stti.lious Ihoso
, vho love learning for its own sake only ,
independent of gain , kudo ? , freedom , or
novelty. Hut thcso nro the women who
ivonhl hnvo studied as nnlenUv , and with
ess strain , in their own hemps ; who
ivonld have taken a longer time over
hplreducation , and would not have hull
iclr health nnd drained their vital ener
gies by doing it in two or three years
what should liavo taken five or six , who
voulil have gathered wil'i ' more dolibera-
on , not spurred by emulation nortlrivon
by competition ; and who , with energy
Bupnraddpd to their love of knowledge ,
would have made the Mrs. Somcrvilles
or Carolina Horschels , the Miss Uunipys
or Harriet Mnrtincaus , of history. Uut
such women arc not many ; voluntary de
votion , Irrespective ol self-interest , to art ,
literature , science , philosophy , being one
of the rarest accidents in the history of
women as , indeed , must needs bo if tlioy
nro to ftillill the natural functions of their
sex.
Three KlmlN of Olrl.
Icr eyes are like the stars which shine on
high.
Icr volcn Is llko the evening zephyr's fclch.
ler hands arc whitest marble tipped with
pearl ,
ler feet alas 1 Sho's a Chicago girl.
ler cheeks are llko the rose that blooms In
June ,
f cr eves are blue as skies at Mimmnr noon ,
ler chin It sots one's senses In u whirl ,
ler mouth alas 1 Siio'sati Ohio girl.
Her form Is geometrically correct ,
'ler nose Is held with dignity erect ,
ler hair Is short I never cared for curl ,
Her bpeech ahisl She Is a Boston girl.
Dnslilne GlrlH In Stylo.
Now i'ork Mail nnd Kvprcss : The
proper thing in girls tills year is dashing
nud straight and strong. She greets
mankind with nn impressive stare as she
strides along the .street with her chin in
the air , her shoulders well back and her
arms s yiiiging to and fro. This s-eason
settled it. The opera brought society
back , and the proper girl came romping
'ionic with Hashing eyes unit the ruddv
low of perfect health showing through
the nut-brown tan of thu summer's cam
paign. The clinging girl with tender
eyes , the romantic girl with the yearning
glare , the domestic girl with the purring
voice , the "btilliant" girl with the turgid
French , tlio smuggling girl with her art
ful smirk , and the girl who clung to the
skirts of mamma they are gone. They
wont away in a flutter with timorous
screams ut the snort of the ongiuu and
the rush of the burly world. Now they
como back , but they are not the same.
Instead , there's an army of loftj- , gay ,
intrepid , meddlesome , dashinggirls , who
swagger abroad with delicious fommiuo
audacity , and who have brought the
brco/o of the mountain top. the salty
llavor of the ocean's edge anil the buoy
ant air of the Herkshiro hill into the very
hmirt of dirty , dusty and stale Now York.
Of all the types that the town has scon
the girl of to-day , with her high-bred
look , her daring style nnd winsonio as
sumption of manliness , is far and away
the most fetching thing that the world at
largo can show.
Woman' ) ) Civility to Woman.
Buu"alo Courier : "Moyo up forward ,
please , and lot these ladies on ; there's
plenty of room inside , " shouted the con
ductor of a street-car last evening that
had halted at Niagara square and was
already packed with women ami little
folks returning from an afternoon's
Christmas shopping. There weio only
three or I'our mon on the seals at the for
ward end , and they continued to hold
them down until their journey was ended
"I'd like to know when one woman ever
made room for another , to say nothing
about amaii. " growled ono of them , evi
dently an old cynic , as ho fixed himself
moro lirinly in nisbuat and scowled at his
fellow-passengers. "If yon don't believe
it , " said ho , observing that ho had gained
the attention of tlio Aroundur. "just look
at thoio two over there in the center. "
Surely enough ho had cau'cfor his bitter-
net-s. The two women of whom ho had
spoken were content to appear oblivious
of the number of passengers hanging on
to the straps while they sat sideways and
gossiped , occupying four times as much
room as they were entitled to. And the
conductor continued to yell from the
platform : "Move up forward in the car
uud ruako room for thcso ladies. "
Unladylike ImclioB ,
Newark Sunday Call : "I do think some
women are perfect Jicnds. " This was not
tlio utterance , of a crusty old bachelor.
but a younp married woman Just returned
from a holiday shopping tour , and her remark
mark was directed at her own t > ov. She
said : "No man would dare to treat a
follow man as meanly as ono woman will
treat another at every opportunity.
Women expect and exact courtesy from
men , and stigmati/o an impolite man as
a brute , beast or hog , but thi'so hamo
women will bciiavo ton times worse to
their follow women than any man would
dare to treat another. Look at the way
women treat each other in the horse-cars.
Six women will manage to loll in a car in
such u manner as to keep one of their s < - , \
pineheil up into a quarter of : i yard
space on the extreme cdgti of the seal ,
and not ono of them would bo ladylike
enough to move an inch to make her
moro comtortablo I saw a woman knock
another woman's package troma counter
in a Broad street store yesterday and curl
her lip as she glanced at the package and
walked away. Would a man do that to
another man ? No , indeed. Ho would
restore the package to iUplacoand apoli-
gi/.o for his awkwardness. See how a
largo woman will sweep a little woman
away from in front of a counter when
she wants to nsaoh anything , nnd will
you over hear the slightest word of npol
ogy ? "
"Do you mean to say that all women
are rude to each other ? "
"No ; but 1 think : all women are natnr
ally tempted to bo Inconsiderate to each
other ; but some struggle against their
weakness while others am too rcl'mcd and
gcntlo to give way to small meanness. To
show how mean a woman can bo I will
toll you what 1 saw last week. A woman
with a child and innumurablo paokai'os
dropped the child's white cloak , and no-
fovo slio could stoop to pick it up a
woman wearing a $200 .sealskin .sacquo
deliberately wont out of her way to leave
the print of her muddy No. 7 rubber on
the delicate fabric of the cloak. 1 saw
tlio cruel smile on her face as she passed
me and I know that she intentionally
mined the child's garment. I should not
have blamed ( he other women if bhn had
torn the sealskin from the tit-mi's
dor.1) ) , "
. Cnn u Woman bo H Senator ?
' Washington Post : There is no express
constitutional prohibition of such an elec
tion and such facrvioo ; nothing but tradi >
tion , proccdeiipo and inference could bo
quoted against it. If the legislature of
Illinois should eltct Mrs , Logan to the
senate , that body would probably , indeed
undoubtedly , admit her us a member
lint ; notwithstanding Mrs. Louan's un <
questionable tact , ability and long oxpcr
ionco , the legislature will probably not
follow thu suggestion of our corrospon-
pondcnt , and il is conceivable that she
might decline the otlico oven if it wore-
protlbred her. The presence of a woman
in the senate would bo an interesting ox
pcrlmcnt , Mrs. Logan possesses so wide
a knowledge of public atl'airs , such ni
c\tensivo ncquaintaiico'with public men
such readiness and force of expression
such positivonoss of purpose and sue !
gliruwduess , that she would assume a <
oucu a position entitled to high respect
Women Wlio nro Athletes.
Many people have long been at a lo s
to know whore the lady athletes learn
the art by which they earn a livelihood
hud by whom they are taught. A
York mofessor has n prnatc grmn.isiuiH
'n an rip-town "licet at which many of
; ho queens of the air arc instructed \ \ \ the
art of hanging by their toes and going
'hrough various other acts well known to
he frequenters of the circus and the
variety theater. A reporter for the Mail
and 1-Apress had a long talk with this
profcs'or. and was told how thcso nth-
etc' are taught. When the reporter on-
ered the studio ho found the professor
instructing two young women in trapc/o
maneuvres. The visitor was hulled Into
a private room , as it is against the rules
for any ono to bo present wnilo pupils
arc taking lcs ons. The rooms were uec-
orated with photographs of thu shining
lights of the profession whom the professor
ser had fitted for the business. After tlio
cs on was over the professor took the
icrlba through tlio different apartments.
"I am the only man In this city , " said
ho athlete , "who instructs ladles in the
art of performing on the trapo/.c , and I
'iavo just completed ti book in which lev-
, > laln all the tricks and the way in which
they are acquired. "
"I suppose a person must bo very
j-oung and supple at the start to make
anything like a good acrobat ? "
"That's where you are entirely wrong ,
sir. Any wonnn can bccomo a good per
former after a proper course of training ,
if she bo but healthy and not too stout.
It is all mechanical andean bo acquired
only by constant practice. I have ladies
como to mo who are anything but grace
ful , and by following my advice and sug
gestions closely they have become first-
class performers and are now earning
good salaries. Many fail became they
can't ' stand the hardsnip ItiMiparablo from
the first few days' practice. After Iho
initial lesson they invariably decline-
take the rest of tliecour.se . Mncpersons
out of every ten give it up after the first
lesson. If they would only Keep on the
pain would gradually disappear and they
would bo all right and never be similarly
troubled again. "
"What is the first lesson you give ? "
"Thu first lesson 1 give is to got iuv
money my retainer , as it wore. That is
also the lirst lesson they give mo Then
-4hoy are ready for the lirst lesson , which
con ii > ts of hanging ; by the hands and
swinging to and fro across the room , which
I have tliom do in order to satisfy mvsolf
of their strength. They generally swinjr
across twice and fall upon a feather boil.
Tlio next llgnre is to hang by the hands
from the bar. After they have gone to
far they take hold of the ropes and slide
up into a sitting position. After a few
moments' rest I make them get down by
reversing the motion.
"When I have progressed thus far I
teach them to hang bv by their knees.
Tliis is not quite so dllllcult as the pre
vious lesson. After they have gone
through this motion several times they
feel like going home. V\ lion a woman
lias gene as far as this without complain
ing mud1 it is pretty safe to say she will
succeed in the profession she has chosen.
Most of them think every miisclo in the
body has been severed. I have had pu
pils como to mo after an absence of a
week and tell mo they felt tins bars across
their backs. "
"How long docs it require a woman to
become prolicienti1"
"That depends entirely upon the pupil ,
but i generally tell what the pupil will
amount to as a performer after I have
given her two lessons. "
"Do you over lyivo any accident ? "
"Very seldom ; I alway look out for
them. Slim women generally make the
most scientific performers. "
MUSICiVlj AND I > \M\TIC. .
The " .Mlkndo" continues to draw great au
diences In Berlin.
Kdward Harrlgan's new plav will bo called
"McKooiiej's Visit , "
liuro Kindly considers "Tho Operetta Bal
let" his best invention.
he Klralfy Bios. , It Is said , have an
amusement cntcrpusc on hand lor next bum
mer in which 1,000 people will appear.
Miss Sarah Jewett has joined Miss Kate
Claxton's "Two . '
Oiph.iuv' company , whore
she will remain for tlio b.danco of tlio bu.i-
Il.
Il.The
The latest possip concerning tlio violinist ,
Sar.mtc , cicdlts him witli the contemplation
at an rally clay of an extended American
tour.
tour.Max
Max Hruch's dramatic oratorio of "Acini-
lens" had its lirst pel lormauco In this coun
try at the iccent Leiderkian/ concert In Now
Yoik.
It is said that Miss Van Zandt Is much
bolter , nnd has started lor Cannes , where she
will remain dining the mcatcr pnit of the
winter.
Miss Daisy iblddons , ot Washington , who
has been cnxaged by Lawrence Banctt lor
ne\t season's Booth company , IN agreat-
giauit-iUiinrhterot iho historical Sarah Sid-
dons.
The Franco-American asoncv announces
by circular letter that M. Dovle is not the"
iighttul owner of "Tho Maityr , " and that A.
M. I'almer is , having secured the right to
IJ'Iinaery's play last summer.
Mayo and Wilbon , authors of "Nordeck , "
h.uo'just completed adramati/atlon of Alex-
andei Dumas'romance , "Tho Three tluntds-
iiien. " Negotiations aiupoiidim : for lu caily
eaily production in Now Voik. Mr. Majo U
now lilling a two weeks' engjuemeiit in
Brooklyn.
Mr. Steele Mnckay has finished his play ,
"Amircliy , " which has been lead to anumtim'
or malingers , all oi whom liavo pronounced it
the strongest and most Intcie&tmir work or
the day. bovcral have olteied to produce It ,
but Mi. Mackajo prelers to let LcstaiVaI \ -
lack ha\c it for his theatre.
"The niouans"biought Mr. Paul Totter
Just 31,000 toi Its adaptation. Of that Mini
5'iW was 11 Id when ho delivered the manu
script to Mine. Modjeska ; an coital amount
on tlio first night ot the pprfonnance , andtlie
other S.WO will be paid when the play has i un
a mouth.
( ill lot to has no doubt that "Held by the
Knciny" will net him Sioa.ooo. It is piob.Uilu
that lie will not net again after this season.
Gillette's lirht ambition was in the direction of
tragedy , and his best work under Barnov
Mapauley , at tlio Louisville theatre , was In
serious charpctPis. Ho was anxious at that
tlmo to play Othello.
Dion Boiiploaull , who Is now In Boston.has
canceled all the dates made for him by Mur-
cusMa > Priiiid ( Jinnies Frolinmn. lie has
wilttcn this to some of tlio company who nut
in Now Yoikelty. Mr. Boncleaiilt Intends
to pioduco his no\v play In the last week In
Januaiy in Boston with a company of Mi
own selection.
This is a hard winter for figurantes. Kor
the. first tlmo in many years tlieio Is not a
snpctaclo at any of the Now York theatres.
J < ot over n doion of them ha\o found any
employment within the last six- months , and
there aio huniheds of women In the metropo
lis who have no other means of o.irnmg
their bread.
Klla Wcalheisby , ono of the shapeliest fig
ures that over tied the bmlcsiiuo stage , and
lor long the llto of "Kvaugoliue. " is steadily
tailing , and It is teaicd that she will not out
last the winter. Her husband , Mr. Nat U.
( inodwln , Isat her bedside when his duties
wrmit. They occupy a fiat In the Hiitlaml.
Two of her sisters , ot the Bijou company , aio
with them.
William A.Mestajcr new play will satlrl/e
the tobogganing ciae. In one scene u slldo
starts from the loft of the btage.tui pint' In the
center , going oil at the rhilit wing. There Is
no doubt nf Meatavpr'spipaelly to jnoduco
original effects. The "I'ullman I'aluco Car"
jnmlilu ot laughable nonsense was a\ery
daring piece of woilr , ai'd it was a long time
before Mostajor could t-ct any one to listen
to his statement ot the po lblmles In It.
Both Henry Abbey and Oustava Amherg
want tlio New York academy of music. Man
ager AmtHirg wantb a three years lease , and
nzrcps to pay 850,000 a year rental , Messrs.
Abbey and Schocffol want five years control ,
and prouosn to pay 540,000 a year the first tw o
years , S ,000 the no\ ( two , and S50.000 the
hfth year , The academy dhectors will not
meet to act on the. offers until a majority ot
tlio stockholders bhall have had their say in
writing about It. Manager Amberu's pro
ject Is to make the academy on uii-town
Herman theater lor comedy , tragedy and
light operas. Two bundled and titty of the
best beats are to bo sold nlchtly to subscrib
ers of the German Theater society , which
guarantees an annual subscription of 550,000.
Mesjrs. Abbey and bchoolTel want to cliungo
the academy to a theater run on thu same
plan as the Kevr Tork grand opera house , at
uopular prices ,
GEN , SHERMAN ON LOGAN ,
"Old Tecumssb" Once More Talks About
the Deacl SoldierSenntor.
Some I'd I nts Aliout Dlalr , Logan ,
Terry , McClornnml , nnil
Otlicri Interesting
Cliat nnd Cos-tip.
"Onth" in Cincinnati Knquiror : In my
conversation with ( Jencral Sherman , a
few days ago , 1 asked )
"How do you compare the men you
have spoken of , say 'ferry , Logan and
Hlnlrt"
"I should think , from general understanding -
standing , that Terry was tlio mot dis
creet of those three men ; that if you sent
him away out of your sight n long dis
tance to do anything lie would probably
keep in mind Ills orders , without any deflection -
flection , Logan , I think , was somewhat
better as n corps commander than Blair.
Ho was not so finely made tip as Blair
not so much of a worldly nature and phi
losopher , but ho had a dogged persever
ance and ambition which not only length
ened out and enlarged his military life ,
but it kept him from indulgences which
overcame other men. "
"Logan was a proud man , wasn't he ? "
"Logan's pride was a valuable pnit of his
character. Ho never let himself down in
his own respect nor in that of his equals
ami of the soldiers. Frank Blair had
moro humor and poetry about him than
Logan , lie had thiiiKing faculties which
ho exorcised moro often than Logan. 1
now speak of the time of war. Blair
would take a practical joke if it turned
roughly against himself ; ho would laugh
with the rest. Yon hardly over could get
Logan to laugh at a joke , the point of
which was turned upon himsolf. Ho had
not much humor and was a liltio grim.
Ho was in the most agreeable state of
mind wiiun ho had lighting to do. "
I'OUTIl'UXS IN WAI ! ,
"General , you speak of Logan return
ing to make speeches in the north. "
"Well , Blair did the same thing. That
was one thing wo old army ollicer.s did
not like. 1'ci haps xvo did not understand
the political necessities which ran parallel
with the military campaign ; but I thought ,
when a man came into the military ser
vice , that ho should give his full and only
devotion to it. Those mon , whenever
there was nothing to do they were both
brave and wanted to bo present when
there was fighting would bo away oil'in
our rear , in Missouri or Illinois or some
where , makimr political speeches. "
"General , how do you acco'int ' for
Illalr going into the democratic lines ;
and Logan , though he was a democrat ,
too. going right over to the republicans1' ) *
"Well"said Gen. Sherman , "if I had
boon asked in the midst of the war which
of those mon would become a republican
and which a democrat , I would have said
that Krank Blair would be thu radical
and Logan be tlip reactionary. Yet they
took just thaopuosito courses "
"M-vy it not liavo been that each felt
the influence of his own state1" !
"Yes , there may have been .something
in that , but 1 suppose , from what I have
since scon , that their corrsrs weio
natural enough. Blair had been brought
up in a slave state and was indillbrent as
to what becnino of tlio ncgto. Logan
had been hrdught up in a free stale , and
ho had not the ihtorost in the evslave-
lioldeis tliatlilnir had , who lived among
them. Besides , Logan had a positive
nature and Blair a .somewhat lloxibio and
worldly ono. AVhen Logan got mad ho
staid mad. Iougla = , his great preceptor
in politics , came to him and said : 'Those
men have thrown oil' all reserve and
principle and are going to destroy their
country , and you "must stand by your
country. ' When' Douglas said that to
Logan it was enough. But over Air.
Blair thprc was prob.ibly no such para
mount inlliieuco. Blair had been a
statesman to himself in Missouri. As the
war advanced , Loznn , who gave his
temperament with his sword , not to bu-
licvo that the whole south was a
I'.vitr or A III.ACK OOXSPIUACY
to destroy the American name and na
tion. It made him madder and madder.
When Douglas sold , and Lincoln .said the
same. * There are no longer any political
lines except those who are for their gov-
ernmunt or against it , ' that settled
Logan. He wont for the government. "
"Gen. Sherman , did you know Stephen
A. Douglas personally "
"I never did. Nor did T know any
thing to speak of about Logan until I saw
him somewhere ahotit 1'ort Henry in
1802. If ho had been much of a politician
I did not know it or notice it. Ho was a
fresh quantity to me. Blair , of course ,
I know more about , as I had lived in St.
Louis.
"How ciune Howard to give up the
command of the army to Logan again in
the lubt month of the war'/ "
"Why , the government sent for How
ard to como to Washington and orguni/.o
the Kiccdmen's bureau to lake , care of
tlio great number of blacks who had fol
lowed the army , and tor whom some
thing had to be done "
"Did Logan , that you know of retain
any of his ho-itilily to the negroes after
lie became a war democrat' "
' 1 think not. There Logan's political
experience and acumen helped him out.
Ho was so iletormincd to whip tlio south
that he would make use of blacks or
whites. "
"Did ho IIKO Mr. Lincoln , ns far as you
know ? "
"i'os ; ho had the greatest admiration
for him. Toward the close of his life ho
often talked of Lincoln witli veneration.
Logan never accused Lincoln of dis
couraging his armies and gonor'ilsii n
order that ho might bnvo a chance to
emancipate the slaves. 1 have been
reading General MeLlellan's book , ami
that is the main point ho insists upon
that Lincoln's administration did not
want him to fiiieceod in restoring the
union lost slavery bo pr.soverad , I have
read it all , " said bhnrman , "and I cannot
agree with MeClollan. I think that at
any time during 1803 Mr. Lincoln would
have
ACCKlTl'.l ) Sr.AVEUV AGAIN
if ho could get the union back. Ho prob
ably would have made some such ar
rangement about it as the government
made concerning the slave trade in the
constitution , when they hxoil a year beyond -
yond which it should not go on. I moan
the African blavd trade. As 180J advanced
toward the aultinin.Mr. Lincoln saw that
ho would Imyu to cut oil' the head of
shivery to got tlio union back , 1 don't
bulievo ho had uuv intention to prolong
thu war. Yut that it was a long war was
perhaps all the hotter in the sequel , for
wo did got J'iil' of slavery absolutely.
Logan had no grudges or theories of that
kind to deter liiiji from taking his place
in the republican party at the close of the
war. His chief griovunco was what wo
have boon talking aboiit that ho had
dtino his duty , met with no backset , madu
no mibtale , and yet the regular army
men kept him out of command of the
army ol the Tennessee. "
"When did ho show a better spirit
toward you ,
"After I became the general of the
army nnd went to live at /diington
city. I then desired , in limps of peace ,
to make all the soldiers fool good-
natured. George Corkhill gave a dinner
to mo ono night nt Chamberlain's , in
Washington , and Logan nroso after the
dinner and paid mo a warm , earnest
compliment. From that time forward
there was nothing loft to explain. Ho
and I became very intimate. The last
time 1 saw him was in the very next room
to whore we notv sit , I hail n novel about
the John Brown raid and the assassina
tion of Mr. Lincoln , which hud been sent
to inn , nud Logan came through Iho
liext door , having taken the room next tome
mo , and I showed him this book. Ho
told mo thcro was a similar book pub
lished by Ids publisher , and ho asked me
If I would road it if ho would send mo a
copyIt was something llko a novel ,
Iho burden of the book was to show how
long nnd cruel had been the olvll war ,
and yet nt the conclusion of it. or soon
after that , most of the pursotis who made
that conflict were
! K ii > iMi ovin : run I'nu.ic W : TIXUS : ,
That was Logan's feelings to the clo e.
lie thought that the fitness of things was
violated by seeing the cabinet and gov
ernment in the hands of public ene
mies. "
"General , what do you think of the
Grand Army of the Hepublic which
Logan helped toorganixo ? "
"Ve.s , Logan , I think , was tlm lirst gen
eral commander of it. I think it is a use
ful organisation. Apart trom preserving
thu skeleton of the army , nnd therefore
patriotic- spirit in all our btates and
towns , U is niisoful assistance to benovo-
lonce. 1 often go to some town and a
man presents himself for charity. 1 only
have to inquire who arc members here of
the Grand Army , when one or two of
them come forward and toll mo the exact
character of that man ; whether l.o de
serves somothiugor whether ho wa * n dis
charged vagrant and impostor. I sco no
Ilium biieh an organi/ation can do.1
"Was Logan anything of a topograph
ical student in the war , examining his
maps ? "
"No , not a bit of that. As 1 have said
before , Logan saw e\orythlng ho was in
contact with. Ho was not a book man
until the latter part of his life. For the
hist tin uo or four years he has been a
hard .student , and 1 believe that was ono
of the things which broke his health
down , lie tell that , with his enlarged
career , ho miibt inform himself By the
time he died he was a much broader , bel
ter man than when we lirst know him. "
"General , what kind of a man was
General MeUlonmnil , who was Logan's
lirst division commander ! "
"A very brave man , but of u suspi
cious and jealous disposition. Iiu was
my superior at Arkansas Post , when we
went there from Vieksburg. Grant
rather opposed that expedition until ho
saw it was only meant to protect his Hank.
Ho wasdibposed to consider it a move
ment toward Iho west , instead ol toward
his btcadv objective , the east. I think
General McClurnnml is an ollico-lioldor
under the present administration pur-
haps ono of the Mormon commissioners. "
"Who published that letter of Grant
saying that Logan had the presidential
bee ? Did it como out of the army
ai chives , too ? "
"No ; I guess Wabhburno must have let
it out , I- red Grant thinks so. And I
don't think it should have been pub
lished. "
"What could have been Washburn's
animus ? "
"I don't know. "
Gen. Sherman said Logan's only per-
ver.se habit , which lie afterward suuduod ,
was hard swearing John A. llawlins
was a hard swearer , and had a good deal
of inllucnco over Logan. While a good
stall'olliccr , Uuwlius was a fierce , rough
man.
1 asked Gen. Sherman if Logan had
been given an Illinois regiment higher
up in priority than Grant if IKS might not
have been the Grant of the war. The
general thought not , as so many kinds of
plans and presciences were required to
emelopo the rebellion and close it out.
baid 1 : "General Sherman , what do
you think of Logan & book ? "
"It is verinteresting. . Ho worked
hard to establish his decided views of I he
oiigm of the rebellion , and showed a
gi cad dual of rcboaicli. "
"Do yon think you did well in a finan
cial point of view to publish your own
memoirs so cm l > ? "
"I didn't make as much money as it
was supposed 1 would , hut 1 am glad 1
published my book. It rather led oil' and
drew the firu of other uctor.s on Loth sides
of the war , until it became the fashion to
make similar books. I don't rcgict it at
all. Uoforo Grant died ho came to tlio
conclusion thai my book was about right.
I shall stand by thi ) second revised edition
of it any way. '
L2UUCATIONAU
country contain 18,000
female stuilcntb.
Tlioliist Slticilan unlvei&ity has recently
been opened at Tomsk.
The gymnasium at Bowdoln college , cost-
hit : bin.OUO , Is completed.
In Ibb'J ' Urn census showed that 154,573 of
0111 2'47,710 teachers \\rro women.
The llaivaid legacy fiom 11'rlce Oieen-
leal , of Boston , Is likely to amount to SOOO-
000.
Itipon college is lmni > y In the completion
ot the Knowles * endowment ol s O.OOO ,
which has all just been paid in.
Tlio inerage S'daiy of tlm K'hool tcacheis
ot St. Louis isiWiUo. Only twonty-ftK le-
colvo S'J.000. Of the 1,101 teaehcis , 1,000 rc-
ccliolcss than SW-Ojieryeiu.
Professor ( iuorge N. M.uduii has seemed
Sli-.OOO In Coloindn within a tew weeks
toward a permanent endow iiment tor Color
ado college at Coloiado Springs.
Tlio faculty at Obeilln Includes lorl\-.se\on
Diott'ssois. Over one-halt ot Iho Mudi-nts
aio trom Ohio , ( ' ! . There aie 101 fumi III-
luoK fiom New Yoik eighty , and Irom
Michigan sltsix. .
The piesidoni of tlio government unl\er-
slty at 1'oklo speaks earnestly in icgaid to
the better education ol women , and advises
that schools for Ibis pmpusu bo established
in eential poitlons ol the cmpiru.
In Wellington , .South Afilca , a school pit-
teincd alter Ml. llohoke , nud called liiigin1-
not .somlimij. was founded thiiteen > eius
aRe by the Dutch Kuloimcd chinch. The
pilnclpal Is Mi.ss M. L. Ciimmlngs , of Woi-
cestur , and tlio school has'J' 0 pupils.
Kuiopean ami .lauancsn leained men are
hi wotlv eiidiiavoilug to lepreseut the 6,000
clmiaeteis of the Japanese laii uagn by the
lettei.-i of the Unman alphabet. A Jnimuoau
Latin dictionary has bcou finished , mm oilier
books tu > laimiicsu-Knglisli will follow.
Pilnciual Sir William Muir , of the mil-
\oisltyoC Kdliibuigh , has announced that
arrangements lm\o been completed for con
ferring a special schoolmasters diploma , nnd
that legiilatlons luvo bten adopted for the
eiaiitlugoC Hut same.
In I'rupsiulu Ib78 Iho nvoiago salniy of a
schoolmaster was ii' l 1'4-t per annum , In Her
Iiu jiJ.'is. ( ; ! In Fiance tlm primary schoolteacher -
teacher must rise through n seiles ot gi.idcs ,
to each of which a h.xed salary Is attached ,
\aiylng tiom &v to Wi tor a man , and Horn
i a to i'M lor a woimin.
By the will of fins. Carolina A. Wood ,
widow of tlio lute Caleb Wood and founder
oi tlio Wood Memoiial church in C'ambiidge ,
Mass. , Wollesluy college guts S',0,000 : Jliitei
college SiiS.OCO ; Avon Pl.ico home , at Cam-
lirlilKis , 32.r 00 : tlio American boaid of tor-
uigii missionsi.1,000 and a fund for the estab
lishment of a homo in CambiUgo foi a'cd
women , Si5,000 ,
Tlieio is a gumlng sentiment in educa
tional circles In tavor oi'art Instiiietlon in
public schools. Not only should tlio princi
ples of drawlmr and perspective bo taught ,
hut their piuctlcal application to Hclencf.
manulactiues and mechanics. Jndustiial
ait Is becoming an Indispensable factor In
commeice. In luct , It Is netting to bo as es
sential tu know how to draw as to lead and
Wlitf.
CONNUJJI.UjITlKS.
F. W , Kciinlc , of San Fianclsco , Fays
that elty hasuOOjoung women who ant heli-
eese-s to SMW.ooo or moro each , and till uro un
man led ,
Aptatlotlclan claims thorn Is one divorce
to every lour and u halt marriages. It Is tlio
half mairlago that ufeounts fur the dhorco
emy time , Tlio halt hurried are wholly
A Sw Us law compels every new ly-marrled
couplu to plant trees shortly uftcr the ceie-
moiiy of marriage , Thu uinu and wceic
ing willow uru prcscilbcd , but the birch Is
allowed as being prospect ! vely useful.
In Society Daughter ; "Mamma. Mr.
Blank proposed to mo last night. " Mother ;
"Has he any money , daughter ? " Daughter :
"Only Sl.Mwayear.manima. " Mother ; "Well ,
daughter , handle him caretiilly till
Po sibly you can pick up sonietlilnrt bettor
during the w tutor. "
Tlio death of General Lo.an Is said to have
postponed the mnrrlazoot hNson , John A.
Wan , jr. , with KdVth , datuhtrrotC.il.
Andrews , nf Youngstown , ( ) . , one of the
wealthiest mon in the Mate. Hut as this
evpiit was not to occur till spun ? , the delay
1,111 hardly bo very long.
HONI3V ron run
Polonaises trimmed with fur aio coming in
votcnc.
The hit of the fashionable JOUUR woman
Is of glo sy beaver.
Kvetilng mantles arc appropriately trimmed
With feather bauds.
The attempt to rnUvo the old-tlmo boa is
only partially sueeesstid.
Sealskin Is tun or used for trimming , . 'at
for whole garment ? , caps and bonnet * .
Children's coats and frocks are as often
made w Ith full gathered as pleated skirts.
Plush and \el\et , with dots of contrasting
color , are much used for millinery purposes.
Open embroidery Is used by some dress
makers on wool frool.j that nro tiimmed witli
binds of fur
The newest fur collars aielu Ihosquaio
sailor shiipe , with strings to tie or clasps to
ivsten them In front.
Palo blue and 1050 pink cnshmcio , dimmed
with moss iireou plush , make pietty party
flocks for young girls.
Silver thicadcd cinpo worn over stilln and
combined with phtsh tor the bed Ice , Is the
favorite ball gown of the season ,
Theioaioas many wnva of nsliiK fur as a
diess accessory for warmth or oiiiament as
there are different kinds ot Ims.
The wealing of wool mateilals on all occa
sions by chlldiPti has gieatly diminished the
use of silken stulfs lor thuir best frociis.
( Jlosav be.i\er hats are worn by jotuig
ladles with dtossy afternoon toilets as well
as with tnlloi-mndu suits In tlm motnlng.
Laige plaids In vanishing cirects ofbluo
and biovMi are combined with golden In own
plush lor joung .girls' and little ehddien'b
trocKs.
The poetess who can make "roist beef"
ihjmu with \ezelablos" Is the kind of a
poetess the woild Is waiting to crown us
queen
A boleiu hat of tlailc blue astiakhan Is
trimmed with n cluster of loops of lalllo ilb-
bon ot the same tint , among which aiutwo
jollovv wings.
( Jlidles ill Jet , tuby , peail , crystal and
cashmere bends , coiicspoudlm ; to thotilm-
ming of tlio gowns , are wotn with tea gowns
and leeeptlon toilets.
In ICnglaiiil glnce kid gloves aio supeiscd-
iiiR those nt pean do Suede tor lull dress. It
is oven announced that whlto kid gloves are
to bo lestoicd to favor.
Bold color combinations , such as sky blue
and mauve , scat let and pale blue , heliotrope
and orange , aiu madu to liatciniztt In Into
Krencli evening toilets.
The Russian bang , nearly straight , and
only sllghtl ) cm led under at the ends. Is the
accepted arrangement of the fiont hair ot
little people and joung girls.
Some bonnets have the. trimming so high
ami vvlib so pionoimced outlines Hint they
lesemble the helmels worn by the Hessians
\\hoMiuendeied at Vorktovvn.
Some young ladies In a western town have
oru'auUcd a "hiiL'glnirelub. " No hoiioiary
mumbcishlp for us. Wo want to bo an active
mumbci ot that chit ) , or nothing.
At Ptitcrson a woman swallowed hrr arllfi-
cial teeth , last week ; but her mouth Is said
to bn so bg ! that shu could swallow her own
nead it the paint on her face wouldn't gug
hci.
Tailors' are making costumes exceedingly
plain. Vests of velvet , cloth or plush , or
plastrons braided In militniv stvle , are the
embellishments permitted in the sevcio stjle
at tucbPiit Inogue. .
' 'Do you knovv , Kealherwaite , Maud
Smjthu plays poker \eiy well , indeed ; sajs
it is her fnuuitogamo. " " .Jiulgini : lioui her
wealth of hustle. I should hay hei lavoiitu
game was backgammon. "
"Mr. Lichthcad , " said Johnny , "my sister
treats you hetter'n she docs me. " "Docs
she , JoliinnV" ' asked Light head wilha laugh.
"Wh > do > 'ou think so1.1" "Well , 1 lieaid
liei tell ma she iravo jou lots of tally , but slm
iiovoruivos mu nuy.
Vfbts of fur aio novel adjunct to walking
jackets. Thov lit smoothly and convey no
idea ol clumsiness ns would bo Imagined.
Shoit sealskin mantles with sling sleeves
lia\o vests or tur. Astiakhan Is used this
season as a dimming1 lorbu.tlskln.
Jersevs aie still woin. but they have
scaicelyany tesemblanco to those fonneily
in vogue. They aio now made to lit the
limiie poMeetly , and have all tlio scams ai-
r.iuged with whalebones like a dress bodice.
Man } ot them are elaborately trimmed.
A shoil mantle ot golden biovvn plush Is
trimmed with ilch gold nud hioim > passe-
menteile. in flout thu tiimmlnir , widen tei-
minates In square ends , is hnislicd with a
coiresponding fillgo ) , as aio also the sides. A
bolder of sable completes this reclieiciiu ( 'HI-
inent.
A lat woman Piifprod a crowded street car ,
nnd , bel/mg a sliap , stood on a uentlejiian's
toes. AS soon .is lie could extricate Idmsell
ho uroso nud ollercd her his teat. "You aiu
veiy kind , sir , " she said , "Not at nil ,
madam , " he lupiied , "It's not kindness , it's
self-defense. "
Senlstiiii jackets are made to fit the ligino
peifectly. They aio dnuhlo breasted nnd
have high military collars. One icceiitly
noted had toiloiso shell buttons. The seal
skin tint , to be woin with H , was trimmed
with bovvHot blown ribbon held In position
b > a toiloise shell ornament coriesponding
to the jacket.
"I'hogient tiotiblo with you , John , K'Sald
nl.idy tolnii husband , who was siillerlng
Irom Uut directs of the nlu'bt bofoie. > ou pan-
not say'Xo. ' Leaiu to nay'No , ' .John , nnd
you will have fewer heiidaclics. Can i on let
me have a little money this moinlngV"
"No , " sahl John , w Illi apparent ease.
Alight lilting mantle ot black iihuh has
long Jionls v\ ltd Ibruo Hat plaits. The back
has loiind basques , lined with blue ( ov , over
\\hlehlrdl two plaits ICIch pas ementeile
ornaments loim tlm collar and two points In
iiotit , at thu side of the plaits , nud also a
point In the ceiitin ol the back. The visllu
sleeves aio also lined with the blue fox tiir.
Country bildo ( In rostauiunt ) : "Vou do
the oiderln' John ; nilthing that'll suit
you Ml suit mo. " ( iroom ( studying the bill
offnio ) : "Well , hovv'll roast liiikey. niw
oy.steiH , corn beet and iMbba e , Icocii'aman'
mince pin suit > on ? " Country hihlo : "Kust
into , John ; omy have "cm biing the mince
plo hot. "
Champolieaii was dlnlnir with n few
filomlH. When desseit was placed on the
table nil his guests joined in complimenting
him on the excellence nf hi ? wine.And
ict"cilcd Mine. U , ; Intent ou maintaining
the family leptitatlon lor bhindeilng , "do
you knovv that \volin\o by no means given
you the brut wvi ImvoV"
Shoes for dancing mo cut low and am or
namented with thu smallest bows , They
should hoof the same color as tlio commit ) .
Kmbioldou I shoes me not "good form. "
Kor ceremonial occasions In Iho day time
and Informal evening paitles shoes with
high flouts fastened with metal buttons or
olsn tied rc worn. The color or the leather
niiuit bo In keeping with the color of the cos
tume ,
An Knglieli female wiltei has madu the
htaitling discovery that bigamists aid nearly
nil men. True , UUP ; but than , on the oilier
hind , It should bo remembered that ne.irly
all i > olvniidrists nro women. So It ! as broAd
ns it U long.
All through life
You'll Unit this rule ,
Woman's a kicker ,
So's a mule.
Tobojrcnu suits are the order of the day.
They are exceedingly \atled In color , and ate-
suited to every style ot womanly nnd manly
beauty. Llttlo eiilldien weir these plctur-
p nuo costumes for their morning nlrliiR
when the snow Is on the ground and tlionlr
nlprtlni : anil eager. Otui noticed on Fifth
avenue , worn by n hnely child of no years
with golden locks , was white , striped with
sky blue. The little fellow seemed uncon
scious otcold , and Ids costume was most be
coming.
There are only twcl\p missionaries labor
ing among 8,000,000 of Siamese.
The additions to the Christian diuretics of
Japan nio about lUo hundred pur month.
About tluco bundled ptdyRnmlstn am
under Indictment nnd .iw.iltlnt ; trial In Utah
nnd Idaho.
r Fiji has In Its population 103,000 adherents
of Methodism. loXX ( > of Komanlsm , and not
one of heathenism ,
Kour hundred converted .lows nro clergy
men III tlm Chinch of Knglniid , tluuo of
whom have nscn to the rank of bishop.
Thu number of candidates lor the ministry
of the 1'plscnpnl chinch in the United States
Is rm a smaller number than nt nuj tlmo
slncu lbC > 8.
Tlipre Is a town In Massachusetts Elm-
wooil-of < WO Inhabitants with only ono min
ister nnd one chinch , nnd so It bus been for
thirty je.irs.
In the northwest provinces of India. In
cluding Oudl , thcto nro It.mxi.OOO Hindoos
nnd Mohammedans ctondcd Into an np.-a ot
HVi.UU square miles.
Tlm .lows of Plttsburc ateconshlprlng the
1 1 no-it I on of holding religions soivlcos on
SundiDF , nnd a convention wilt bo held In n
few weeks lo takudclliilUi action ,
Sou'iftt women of the imperial palnco nt
Peklu have bccomo Intoicstetl In the Now
Testament , nnd mectlnus for gospel teaching
nic held within the palacu wall ? .
The hired UPW hna bpcomo a thhiRof the
pait to the chinches of Cambridge , Mass. ,
lnpliidliiK ( 'luN's church. St. John's , St.
.lamps' St. PotPi'snmlSt. Philip's ,
The Kucllsli Baptist Mission at Caniproons ,
hiiNlugpomu uiitler tlio authority oC the
( ieiiimn government , has been tuiichascd by
the IJaslu Missionary society foi S10.000.
A binss tablet to the memory of the late
Piesldeiit Aitlutr is to bo placed hi St. John's
Episcopal chinch In Wnsluugton , under the
window placed theio by him as a memorial
to his wile
The niirient chinch of St. Bartholomew ,
West Smith-Hold. In which llognrth was bnp-
tled , nnd of whlcli Milton was a parlshoncr ,
has just been reopened after extensive striic-
tmal icpairs ,
Within tlio last three months there hnvo
sailed fiom thu United Stntos for foieign
mission fields ulnty-iilno men nud women
Home fui Africa , some for India , eome for
China and Japan , some for Slam , etc
FIftj years a.-o Iho Fiji Islnnders wore a
r.ico of Itoico cannibals. Now tlieio Is not ono
ol thum who is a piofessliiK pagnu. It Is
btnted that our of n native population ot
about ll'J.OOO ncirly JOO.iXX ) uiompiiibers of :
thoclulstlan chnrcb.
The NPW York Methodist Protestant con-
fcrcnco reports Indebtedness of WS.SU on
elmrch piopertv , valued nt Sl.V'.SWO ; the
Plttsbmgh eoufpreiico lepoits Ii Indebted
ness nt S'il.Uit , nil a total valuation oC
. .7 1,0 ? , ' ) ; the Mai viand eonfeiimco has all 111-
( ieltedness ) ot Si .b. on piopcily valued at
'H.VJ.oS'J.
The south Afilcan mission among the
Bnsutos , west of Natal , Is tiio larcest uniJor
the care ot this Hocletv. It bus sixteen sta
tions and twenty-tlueo Ficuch mls.slonnries ,
wlthfoity-foin otitst.itlons.maimed byUUna-
live helpets. Thu most lemaiknblo event of
the.ve.u In tliatiegiou Is thu uutlio abandon
ment by the Basutoclduls and people ot nil
u oof stioug diluk.
The Second Adventlbts claim an actual
elnneh mt-mbeislilp In Amiriea ol tl,0fi7 ! ; In
foicit'ii fields , 1.01S ; j\ing [ a total of aj..1 ! ! ,
an increase ot 'iMi'i actual meinbcishlpovor
last vear. Ot tlio 2'-,7ir membeis there nro
no less than f'i.fil" nctunllj engaged in
spreading theli diielilnes , ulllici nsmluislorfl ,
bible woikuis , eolpoiteuis , canvassers , or
homo
A lirnnklvn man lias willten nboni ; en
titled "A roitnUht in M.MVCII. " Jfhols
likutlio majoiily of Ituiokljn men , lie will
be in big luck II he mniiages to sneak Into
heaven , even fora fnitniuht.
One lady niecth anotlioi , uholiasjiist lost
her lather , promenading Filth avenue ,
dressed in colors. "Whin ? Vou nro not In
immiaitig1. " ' "For so distant a relative ? "
"Yom fnther n distant relative' . " ' 'Certainly ;
he lived In Chicago. "
Captious deacon : "Our people desiroox-
temporu sermons , and yet you ppislst In
using notes. " FnmKiiIni ; pastoi : "My dear
hiother as 1 never have nuy notes In my
poekutbook to use , you shouhl not object to
my using notes In tin ) pulpit. "
" 1 Just diopped in , " she said , ns she on-
teied thu broker's office , "tosuo how my lit
tle speculation In oil was coming on. " "Bad
nows. " was tlio cmt reply. "But tlm Lord
will take enic of the widows nnd the father
less. " "Peilmps ho might In wheat , ma'am ,
but oil has dropped Irom fc ( ) to t'/J , and you
must put up moiu margin or bu closed out. "
A ( ilnsgow draper , who was narrating his
uxpeiloiico during liis Hist visit to JOngland ,
said lie stepped into nn Episcopal elmrch in
tlio middle of liui service , just fo see what
they did. " 1 liadna been well sealed , " ho
Hiild , "when the mlnlstei , awn at the Ithcr
end piled out ; "Lord , preserve us alll" and
then a'tlio folk about IUP cried : 'Lord pro-
borvn us alll' 'Pieseivo ns1 ! nays I , 'Did ye
iiuverhuo n mail IraoOlesea nloie' " "
Thoothci day lte.v. K. ( ' . Joliiison , rector of
the Kiilscopal chinch of BiiMol , Conn. , tiled
to walk on a slipperv sidevvallc nnd narrowly
missed falling. As ho was pawing the air to
Keep on his feet , a big lalhoail man came
nlnng nud lemaikctl , with ngrln : " ( iuesti
Miothcr drink will just 'bout ti-tch you. " Mr.
JolniKon stialghteiicd up nud Iniiulied , with
Revere dleiiTty : "What's that , sir ? "
" 'Mother drluk'll 'bout li'teh > ou , " icplled
Iho sympatliUing railroad man. And ho
vv a I Iced oil , leaving tbu astonished clorjjymnu
fitmlnjr alter him.
Boston Record. A man Isn't ' to blame
if ho is young. And "that reminds mo , "
apropos , that the artists say that Mr.
Chase , the artist , whoso exhibition made
an impression hero , was betrothed in his
early youlh. lie Is very absent-mindoil
now , egregiously BO , Ihoiigh ho Is far
from old. Ono duy two or three ladies
visited his .studio in Now York nud looked
at liln now pictures. When they were
gone ho said to a brother artist who wo
in the room :
"U scums to mo I hnvo seen ono of those
ladies 8omnwlim ( ! before , the small oii'o ,
rather pretty. "
" \ \ hy , don't you rcmombery" returned
his frimul , " Unit's the girl yon was engaged -
gaged to befomyou went to Holland , "
akes and Sells
These Goods.
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