TJtlJU UMA11A WUJNJJA1' , MAX' II , 1SUU---T Jii'JNT
MUCH LIKE FRENCH GIRLS ,
Max O'Bcll ' Tells All That Ho Knows
About American Women.
AND FINDS IT A DEEP SUBJECT ,
In Franco Husband nnil AVI To Kilter
tlio JHnliiK Itoom Together ,
AVIillo In Aincrlcit Mrs. Jon-
ntlinn LcadH the Way.
A man was one day complnlnlnR to a frlcml
Hint lie had been married twenty years with
out being ublo to understand his wlfo. "You
should not complain of that , " remarked the
friend , "I have been married to my wlfo two
years only and I now understand her per
fectly. "
The leaders of thought In Franco have long
go proclaimed that woman was the only
problem It was not given to man to solve ,
writes Max O'liell ' .In the New York Herald.
They have all tried and they have nil fulled.
They all acknowledge It , but they nro trying
Hill.
Indeed , the Interest that woman Inspires In
every Frenchman Is never exhausted. Par
odying Tcrrcnce , ho says to himself , "I am a
man , and all that concerns woman Interests
me. "
To the Anglo-Saxon mind this sometimes
appears a trlflo puerile , If not also ridiculous.
Hut to understand this feeling ono must re
member how n Frenchman Is brought up.
In England boys and girls meet and play
together : In America and Canada they sit
nluu by side on the snina benches at school ,
not only as children of tender age , but nt college -
lego and In the universities. They get accus
tomed to each other's company ; they sco
nothing strange in being In contact with each
other , mid this naturally tends to reduce the
interest or curiosity ono sex takes in the
other. But in Franco they nro apart , and the
ballroom is the only plaeo where they can
meet when they have attained the ago of
twenty.
A FJ.UTTnit AT SCHOOL.
When I wns a boy at school In Franco I
can well remember how wo boys felt on the
onbjcct. If wo heard that a young girl , the
Bister of some school fellow , was with her
mother In the common parlor to sco her
brother , why it created a perfect com
motion , a perfect rovolutiun In the whole
establishment. It was no use trying to keep
us in order. AVe would climb on llio top of
the scats or on the tables to endeavor to sco
something of her. even If it were only the top
of her hat or a bit of petticoat across the re
creation yard , at the very end of the school.
It was nn event. Many of us would even
immediately get inspired and compose verses
addressed to the unknown fair visitor. In
those poctlral effusions wo would Imagine the
I ] " young girl carried off by sonio miscreant and
h wo would lly to her rescue , suvo her and
| t throw ourselves at her feet to receive her
hand as our reward. Yes , wo would get
qulto poetical , or in plain English ( julto silly.
Wo could not Imngino that a woman was a
reasoning being with whom you can talk on
the topics of the day or have an ordinary con
versation on any ordinary subject. To us a
woman was a being with whom you can only
talk of love , or fall in love , or may bo for
whom you may die of love.
S.MAI.I. TALK.
This manner of training : i young man goes
n long way toward explaining the position of
a woman in Franco as well us her ways. It
explains why n French man and a French wo
man , when they converse together , seldom
can forget that ono is a man and the other u
woman. It mustinot provo that a French
woman must necessarily be , and Is , affected
in her relations with men , but she does not
feel as the American woman does , that a man
mid a woman can cnoy ] n teto-a-teto frco from
all the commonplace ( latteries and compli
ments that badly understood gallantry sug
gests. Many American ladies have miulo mo
forget , by tlio easiness of their manner and
the charm unit naturalness of their conversa
tion , that I was speaking with women , and
with lovely ones too. This I could never for
get in tlio presence of French ladles.
On account of this feeling and perhaps , also
of the difference which exists oetwccn the
education received by a man and that received
by a woman in France , the conversation will
always bo on some light topic literary , artis
tic , dramatic , social or other. Indeed ft would
f I bo most deplaco for a man to start n very se
rious subject of conversation with a French
jr ; . lady to whom ho had jfistbecn Introduced.
Ho would bo taken for a pedant or a man of
bad breeding. In America men and women
receive exactly the same education , and this
of course enlarges the circle of conversation
between the sexes. I shall always remember
a beautiful American girl not more than
twenty years of nso-to whom 1 was once
introduced as she was giving to a
lady sitting nuxt to her a most detailed des
cription of the latest bonnet invented in
Paris , and who , turning toward mo , asked
mo point blame if I had read M. Ernest Ken
an's "History of the Pcoplo of Israel. " I
had to confess that I hud not yet had time to
read it. But she laid , and she gnvo mo , with
out the remotest touch of affectation or ped
antry , a most Interesting ami learned umilysis
of that remarkable work. When 1 related
this incident to my friends in Franco they
exclaimed :
HKAUTT A .
"Wo imagine your fair American girl had n
pair of gold spectacles on 1"
"No , my dear fellows , " I said , "nothing of
the sort ; n beautiful girl dressed with the
most exquisite- taste and care , most womanly ;
no gold spectacles , no guy ; an American
woman , however learned she may bo , is a
Kouiid politician , and she knows that the best
thing she can make of herself Is n woman ,
nnd nho remains a woman. " If , In a French
drawing room , I were to remark to a lady
how clover n woman looked , she would prob
ably closely examine the woman's dress to
Hud out what I thought was wrong about it.
A French woman will seldom bo jealous of
another woman's cleverness : she will far
more readily forgive her this miulllicutlon
than beauty.
In many other respects I have of ten 'been
struck with the resomblnneo that exists be
tween French and American women. When
I took my ilrst walk on Broadway , Now
lorlf. on a line afternoon some two years and
a half ago , I w well remember how I exclaimed -
claimed : "Why. this is Paris nnd all the
ladles are Parislenncs 1" it struck mo as
being the same typo of face , the same ani
mation of features , the same bright
ness of the eyes , tlio same self-assurance ,
the same plumpness in women over thirty.
To my mind I was having a walk on my own
boulevards. The more I became acquainted
with American ladles the more forcibly this
resemblance struck mo. This was not u mere
Ilrst Impression. It bos been , nnd is still , a
deep conviction , BO that when I return to
New York from a Journey of some weeks In
the heart of the country I feel that 1 am re
turning home.
MESALLIANCES.
After a short Union stillcloser resemblance
between the women of the two countries will
strike a Frenchman most forcibly. It is the
sumo subtlety , the same suppleness of mind ,
the same wonderful adaptability. Place a
little French milliner In a good drawing room
for nn hour nnd at the end of that tlmo she
will behave , talk and walk llko any lady In
the room. Suppose an American , married to
n woman much below his status In society , is
elected president of the United States ; 1 believe -
liovo at the end of u week this wlfo of his
would do the honors of the white house with
the ease and grace of a high bonr lady.
In Englund It Is Just the contrary. Of
course , pxul society Is good society every
where. The ladles of the English aristocracy
nro perfect queens , but the English woman
who wns not born n lady will seldom become
n lady , and I bellevo tins Is why mesalliances
arc more scarce in England than In America ,
nnd csnediilly In Franco. I could mime many
Englishmen , standing at the head of their
professions , who cannot produce their
wives In society because these
women have not been able to
ralso themselves un to the level of their hus
bands' station In wo. The English woman
has no faculty for lilting herself for a higher
position than the ono shu was born In. Like
the rabbit , Blio will always taste of the cab
bage she fed on , I nm bound to add that this
is perhaps a quality and proves the truthful
ness of her character. , , ,
In Franco the mesalliance , though not rel
ished by parents , Is not feared so much.
because they know the young woman Will
observe nnd study and very soon lit herself
Tor her now position. , , ,
And whileon this subject of mesalliance ,
why not try to destroy uu absurd prejudice j
that exUts In almost every country on the
subject of Franco I
lllK notltorol ? .
It Is , I believe , the flrnl conviction of for-
clgncrs that Frenchmen marry for money-
thai Is to say , that all Frenchmen marry for
money. As a rule the foreigners , discussing
these matters , have a wonderful faculty for
generalization. The fact that they often done
no U not to be denied , nnd the explanation ol
It is this : Wo have In Franco n number of
men belonging to n class almost unknown It :
other countries small Ixmrgeols , of genteel
breeding and habits , but relatively poor , who
occupy posts In the administration olllccs.
Their name is legion nnd their salary some
thing like 100 or fXX ) . These men have nu
appearance to keep , and unless n wlfo brings
them enough to at least double their income
they cannot marry. Thcso young men nro
often sought after by parents for their
daughters , because they are steady , cul
tured , gentlemanly nnd occupy nn
honorable pos } , which brings them n
pension for their old ago. With the wife's
dowry the couple can easily get along nnd
lead a peaceful , uneventful nnd happy jog
trot life , which Is the great aim of the ma-
Jorlty of the French people. Hut on the
other hand there Is no country whore you
will see so many cases of mesalliance ns in
Franco. Indeed , it is n most common thing
for a young Frenchman of good family to fall
In love with a girl of much lower station In
life than his , to court her nt Ilrst with only
the idea of killing time , to soon discover that
the girl is highly respectable and to finally
marry her. French parents frown on this
sort of thing nnd do their best to discourage
It , but rather than cross thclrsou's love they
give their consent and trust to the adapta
bility of French women of which I was speak
ing Just now to raise herself to her husband's
level and make a Wlfo ho will never bo
ashamed of.
The Frenchman is the slave of his woman
kind , but not in the same way ns the Ameri
can Is. The Frenchman Is brought up by his
mother nnd remains under her sway till she
dies. When ho marries his wife leads him by
the nosennd wliciil > csilu.slic , has a daughter ,
on whom ho generally dotes , this lady soon
Joins the other two in ruling this easy-going ,
good-humored man.
WOMANLY TACT.
The American , I believe , will lavish ntten-
tentlon and luxury on his wlfonnd daughters ,
but he will save them the trouble of being
mixed up in his affairs. His business is his ,
his ofllcc private. His womankind is the sun
nnd glory of his life whoso company ho will
hasten to cnjov as soon us ho can throw away
the cares of his business. InFrancoa wife isa
pnrtncrn cashier who takes carcof tho. money ,
an adviser on stocks nnd speculations. In
the mercantile class , she is both cashier and
bookkeeper. Enter a shop in France , Purls
Included , and behind "Pay Hero" you will
sco madam smiling all over as she pockets
the money for the linn. When I say she is n
partner , I might safely have said that she Is
the active partner and by far the shrewder of
the two. She brings to bear her native sup
pleness , her fascinating little ways , her per
suasive manners , nnd many n customer whom
her husband wns allowing to go away without
n purchase has been brought back by the
wife nnd Induced to part with Ills-cash In the
shop. Last summer I arrived in Paris on my
way homo from Germany to spend a few days
visiting the exposition. I ono day went into
n shop on the Boulevard to buy u white hat.
Tlio new fashioned hat , the only one which
the husband showed me , was narrow
brimmed , and I declined to buy any. I was
just going to leave , when the wife , who from
the back parlor had listened to my conversa
tion with her husband , stepped in nnd said :
"But , Adolph , why do you let monsieur go ?
Perhaps ho does not cnro to follow the fash-
Ion. Wo have a few white broad-brimmed
hots left from last year that wo can let mon
sieur have a bon compto. They aroup stairs ;
go and fetch them. " And , Mire cnouglithcro
was ono which lilted nnd pleased me , and I
left In that shop a little sum of twenty-live
franco which the husband was going to let
mo take elsewhere , but which the wile man
aged to secure for the firm.
IICAI. H.UTIXnSS.
No ono who has lived in Franco has failed
to bo struck with the intelligence of the
women , and there exist few Frenchmen who
do not readily admit how intellectually in-
ferJor they are to their country women ,
chiefly among the middle nnd lower middle
classes. And this is not duo to any special
training , for the education received by ihe >
women of this class is of the most limited
kind ; how to read , wrjto and reckon and their
education is ilnishcd. Shrewdness is Inborn
in them , and a peculiar talent for ( retting a
hundred cents' worth for every dollar they
spend. How to make a house look pretty nnd
attractive with small outlay ; how to make n
dress or turn out n bonnet with a few knickknacks -
knacks ; how to make a savory dish out of n
remnant of beef , mutton and meal , all this is
n science not to bo despised when n husband
in receipt of a ? oOO salary wants to make n
good dinner and sco his wlfo look pretty. No
doubt the aristocratic inhabitants of Mayfiur
and Bcljjravia , in London , nnd the Four Hun
dred ( with-capital letters ) of New York , may
think all this very smalt and these French
people very uninteresting. They can , per
haps , hardly imagine that such people live.
But they do live , and live very happy lives ,
too. Audi will go so farm to say that hap
piness , real happiness , is chiefly found among
clerks of limited income. The husband ,
who for a whole year has put quietly
i > y a dollar every weekso , as to bo able to give
his dear wife a nice present at Christmas ,
gives her a far more valuable present than
the millionaire who orders Tiffany to send a
few diamond rings to his wife. That quiet little
tlo French couple whom you see ut the upper
circle of a theater , and who have saved the
money to enable them to come nnd hear such
i ploy , are happier than the occupants of the
boxes ou the Ilrst tier.
THE "mn.uox. "
In speaking of nations , I have always taken
much morointcrcstinobservingtho "million"
who differ in every country , than the "upper
ten" who are allko all over the world.
Pcoplo who have millions at their disposal
generally discover and adopt the same way of
living. People who only have a small Income
show their native Instincts in the intelligent
use of It. All these differ and these only are
worth studying unless you belong to the stalf
of n society paper. I nm proud to say Eng
land and America nro the only two countries
in the world wlicro the oflloinl organs of An
glo-Saxon snobbery can bo found.
The source of French happiness Is to bo
found in the thriftof the women from the best
middle class to peasantry. This thrift is also
: \\o \ \ source of French wealth. Wo have no
railway kings , no 611 kings , no silver kings ,
jut wo have no tenement houses , no unions ,
no work houses. Our lower classes do not
ape In ridiculous nttlre , the upiicr classes ,
either in their habits or dross. The wife of a
peasant or a mcchunlo wears a simple snowy
cap and a serge or cotton dress. The
wife of a shopkeeper docs not
wear any Jewelry , bccauso she
cannot afford to buy real stones , and hcrtasto
is too good to allow of her wearing anv falsa
ones. She is not ashamed of her husband's
occupation. She does not play the line lafly
while her husband Is nt work ; she saves him
Lho expense of a cashier or of un extra clerk
by helping him in his business. When the
shutters are up she enjoys lifo with him and
Is the companion of his pleasures as well ns
of his hardships. Club llfo Is unknown in
franco , except among the very upper classes.
Man nnd wlfo are constantly together and
franco is a nation of Darby and Joans.
A Quun.v.
Thcro Is , I believe , no country where men
and women go through llfo on such equal
terms as in Franco. In England and hero
iiRiiin I speak of the masses only the man
thinks himself u much superior being to the
woman. It Is the same In Ciermany. In
America I should feel Inclined to believe that
J woman looks down upon n man with n cer
tain amount of contempt. She receives nt his
hands attentions of all sorts , but I cannot
say that I have over discovered In her the
slightest trace of gratitude to man. Will you
Imvo a fair illustration of the position of
women In France , In England nnd In Amer
ica I Go to a hotel and watch the arrival of
couples in the dining room. In Franco you
will see them arrive together , walk abreast
toward the scat assigned to thorn , very often
arm in arm. In England you will sco John
Bull leading the way , followed by his meek
wlfo with her eyes cast down. In America
uchohl the dignillcd , nay , majestic entry of
Mrs. Jonathan , a queen going toward her
throne , and Jonathan behind.
An Absolute Ouro.
The OKIGINAL , AlllBTINE OINTMENT
is only put up In largo two-ounco tin boxes ,
md Is un absolute euro for all sores , burns ,
wounds , rlmpjHHl bunds and all skin eruptions I
Will positively euro all kinds of piles. Ask
Tor the OUIGINAL AHIET1NE OINT-
MENT. Sold , by Goodman Drug company at
5 cents per box by mall 0 eenfcj
The Georgetown college observatory has
ust received from an unknown donor the gift
) f fS.OOO to Iw devoted to the purchase of a
thirtctiu-liich equatorial tclescono.
A LITTLE HELL IN HOLLAND
Where Men , Women and Obildrcn Seldom
Draw a Sober Breath.
THE DRUNKENEST CITY ON EARTH
Horn With nn Inherent Thirst the In
habitant of Sclilcilnm Mnlccs tlio
Glu Ilottlc n Id To JJOIIB Com
panion.
A muddy canal lined with bulky boats with
tattered sails and painted in the most glar
Ing colors , red and blue and orange , n group
of windmills , poised like strange birds above
the rcd.tllcd roofs of the town , n blot of black
smoke dimming the sky above-such are the
first Impressions n stranger receives of the
great gin-producing center of the world
.Schiedam , writes a correspondent of the New
York Morning Journal.
Viewed at n distance the battered , dirty
houses , with grotesque gables nnd crooked
doorways that line the zigzag streets , are not
without picturesque interest to the travclci
nnd artist , but the Dutch themselves , for all
their fondness for the product of Its distiller
ies , have dubbed Schiedam "tho hell
of Holland , " nnd Its natives "Dutch devils. "
Thcso uncomplimentary appellations have
been justly earned by the Inhabitants of this
dingy town , who spend their own miserable
lives in manufacturing liquid misery for nil
parts of the globe , and the degrading effect
of gin on the human system is illustrated
hero In nil its phases.
A visit to Schcidani Is more effective and
convincing than all the temperance lectures
ono could listen to In n lifetime , nnd it
would bo n good move on the part of tlio
American champions of total abstinence were
they to import a family of "Dutch devils" as
horrible examples to lend n realism to their
discourses.
New York shelters some very diligent and
systematic drunkards. Chatham square on
Sunday morning displays highly interesting
specimens of human wrecks , but they are
mere tyros In their art compared with the sots
of Scheldam.
From the cradle to the grave the "Dutch
devil" hardly over draws a sober breath.
Ho imbibes gin with his mother's milk , nnd
is auparcntly born With nn inherited thirst
for tlio pellucid fluid that killed his fore
fathers nnd will some day kill him.
As soon ns ho can walls ho begins to smoke
cigars , and it is not infrequent in the streets
of Schiedam to sco children of llvo'or six
years of age sucking contentedly on huge ci
gars ns they play about the gutters. I have
seen a group of little girls singing in a circle
ou the highway , and cacli nibs had n small
bottle of beer or gin In her hand which she
furtively sipped at intervals with evident
relish.
Beer is rather a luxury here , however , be
cause it costs 2 cents n glass and is too Weak
to promote hilarity , whllo a largo bottle of
gin can bo purchased , containing several
ainlablo drinks , for n little more than 18 cents.
The hedges and gutters in the suburbs of
the town display astonishing collections of
empty brown-stono bottles deposited by ine
briates who have wandered there to enjoy
themselves in their quiet way.
The average "Dutch devil" prefers to do
his drinking alone , without any amiable
friend to help him. His idea of pleasure is
to buy a bottle of gin , wander out into the
country and quietly drink himself hit * * a
state of somnolent imbecility by the road
side.
Weddings in Schiedam nro infrequent oc
currences , and are generally considered ns
rather unnecessary in the community. When-
0110 does take place the bride and groom and
guests can bo seen arm in arm stretched in a
single line across the street , stumbling along
in a delighted stale Of incapacity and singing
nt the top of their voices.
When the Schiedam boy has become prop
erly permeated with gin , ho goes to work in
the distilleries where his favorite beverage is
produced. There are at present 220 manufac
tories of this popular intoxicant , and work
men nro allowed by their employer forty
drinks a day. An attempt was made to cur
tail this allowance , but the men rebelled and
refused to work without this daily stimulus ,
and over since their demand has been grati-
lled. A drink of gin there means about as
much as could bo contained in the average
champagne glass , so you can imagine the
amount each workman consumes in these 200
odd distilleries.
As Schiedam gin Is almost pure alcohol , It
is no wonder the town is so llllcd with horri
ble specimens of humanity , ghostly creatures
that hobble about the winding streets , shiver
ing as with a palsy or waving their shrunken
arms or uttering hearse cries like wounded
animals.
The forty drinks n day form only a part of
the liquor consumed by the "Dutch devil ; "
that is merely his allowance which ho takes
as regularly as ho does his meals. ' After
work Is over ho spends his evenings in fur
ther soaking his system In nlchol , often as
sisted in the performance by his wife and the
entire family. The accumulation of liquor
during the day , however , soon begins to take
effect and ho fulls asleep in the roadside , In
Lho gutter and sometimes in the canal , Just
wlicro ho happens to bo at the timo.
Frequently ho does not wake up from his
comatose state , and thus gives his family
another excuse to resort to the brown stone
bottle to drown their sorrows.
It might bo thougnt that working contin
ually in the sickening atmosphere of n sin
distillery , the laborers would acquire a dis
gust for this unsavory fluid , but on the con
trary their thirst becomes insatiable from the
moment they enter the employ of n gin mill.
And it is u thirst that no other liquor seems
a quench , each drink creating a desire for
another until the unfortunate is willing to
sell the clothes on his back to keep up the
supply.
The effect of Geneva or Schiedam on the
system differs from any other liquor. Even
the vodka of Hussia , that flcry fluid that
corrodes the throat llko sulphuric acid , Is not
so rapid in rousing the devil in a man or
woman.
A confirmed Holland gin drunkard , up to n
certain point , docs not stagger at all. Ho is
juiet , nnd will talk to you rationally , though
ds very blood Is alcohol. Then suddenly no
vill bo taken with a frenzy nnd rave and
icream and light with any ono who falls in
its way. In u few moments ho is all quiet
again and subdued , his brain apparently
clear , nnd ho goes about his business as if
lothlng had happened. All this tlmo ho haslet
lot staggered , nor given any signs of in-
oxleatidn except this momentary tit of mad
ness.
I had an illustration of this ono morning
whllo sipping some cabbage soup inn tiny
nvcrn. The proprietor was a little man with
nild oycs nnd n soft voice , who entertained
no very intelligently with a description of
ho town and its inhabitants. There was
lothing In his voice or manner to lead one to
suppose that ho had been drinking.
In the midst of our talk the landlord's
laughter , n round nnd rosy Dutch girl , cn-
crcd the room to wait on n new Arrival.
Suddenly the little man left mo and with n
scream Hung himself upon his daughter ,
striking her with both lists. She turned to
remonstrate , when , still screaming , ho
opened the door and thing her Into the street.
The wlfo next appeared and she was
struck in the face aim flung out in the same
nanner. The frenzy seemed to give the little
nnkecpor a wonderful strength , for when n
jurly friend of his Interfered ho was flung
icadlong through the doorway after the
women.
Ho looked at mo ns if hesitating whether to
: reat mo in the same manner , but evidently
changed his mind. I was particularly inter
ested Just then la studying u cobweb on the
wall and kept very still.
Finding the room clear of every ono but
me , his manner suddenly changed , ho wns
igain the uilld-oycd , quiet little man who a
'cw moments ago had inquired If the soup
, vas in my liking , Thcro was no sign of In-
oxlcutlon In his voice or manner and ho di
rected mo to the nearest distillery as clearly
as If ho had not tasted a drop of Geneva that
day.Tho
The wonderful transforming fluid that Dr.
Jckyll employed must have been nothing less
than n brown bottle of Schiedam's famous
and Infamous product. Certainly there la no
lecosslty t < j resort to black maglo to Invoke
sutiin when a few cents' worth of Geneva will
summon up n whole legion of devils of every
shape and form.
A peep Into some of the homes at Schiedam
jives 0110 an Idea what misery really is.
1'hey are not so dirty as the tenements of
New York , as the Dutch hou .ewlfr InhorlU
u uertrlu insanity from her unccstors for
s-rubbing , e\erything sentbb.ible. She ex
) > cnds more water on 4ho stones In front o
her door than on the faces of her children
nnd tolls for hours ovW > brick floor whllo
her rags scarcely comWiFhcr nakedness.
The poor homes of Schiedam nro empty
Thcro ore n bed and an Iron pot , but the llro
is seldom visible. Dry and smoked Hsh and
dry bread , washed dt > wn by the omnipresent
Geneva , make up the meals that nro uartakci
of four or flvo times a-day , each member of
the family helping himself when ho feels In
cl I n e l.
A more ragged set rot scarecrows than the
"Dutch devil1' ' It would bo hard to imagine
At night they flutter along the streets like
uncouth birds , uttering hearse cries when
they meet , ni if their 'throats were corroded
from tlio libations itnben during tlio day.
Screams nro heard proceeding from manj
dark houses along the way , nnd now nnd then
a doorway is ( lung opert tind n dark form Is
pushed stumbling Into the road , wlicro It lies
groaning heavily.
No use to stop and render assistance , or the
Good Samaritan will find himself treated In
the same way. Tlio best thing for the stranger
to do is to hurry to his inn. bury hlmsclj
under the mountainous Dutch feather-bed
and try to forget In sleep that Schiedam ex
ists , nnd leave the next morning convlncct
that the hell of Holland is part of his dreams
and "Dutch devils" Its Infernal Inhabitants.
SI XV VI , . 1HITIKS.
C. B. Nolan was ushlng for shark on the
Port Tampa dock and caught the largest flsh
over caught on the gulf coast. The flsh
weighs IMS pounds and measures 0 feet in
length and 8 feet in circumference Just back
of the gills.
The London zoological society posscses n
white peacock. The bird preserves the
markings which distinguish the species , par
ticularly the largo oye-liko spots on the tall
feathers. The effect of these spots Is re
markable. They are exactly like the pattern
on n damask tablecloth.
Similar county , Georgia , I * scourged with
millions of ( leas , from the attacks of which
small animals and chickens are said to bo
dying by hundreds. The ( lea is of the Mexi
can variety , brought hero by the hundreds of
Texas and Mexican horses scallcred over the
country of late years.
nln the village blacksmith's shop at Audlom ,
Cheshire , hard by the blacksmith's bellows ,
a robin has built its nest In n ledge close to
the spot where the horses nro shod , nnd is
now sitting upon its eggs. Neither the tre
mendous din of the hammers nor the flying
sparks from the anvil appear to disturb the
bird.
bird.Mr.
Mr. E. nice , postmaster at Carl. In. ,
vouches for the following : William F. Snod-
grass of that place has n hen that has
adopted a litter of seven pigs , although their
mother is with them. She has stayed with
them for a week. She clucks nnd scratches
for them and tries to brood them and acts
toward them as she would toward chickens.
A remarkable occurrence Is reported by a
native Japancso newspaper. Scientists as
sign its cause to vacuum duo to atmospheric
changes , whllo the villagers think it to bo the
work or devils. The circumstances nro as
follows : A man suddenly falls down while
walking In the open air or In a house , when a
slit in the flesh from ono Inch to ono inch nnd
it half in length and about an inch in depth
is found , the place principally attacked being
the legs. At the tlmo not much pain is felt ,
but half an hour afterward the pain increases
ns the blood begins to flow. The wounds are
said to bo very difilcult to cure.
Thcro is a mine Just nbovo Howardsvlllo ,
Colo. , that is a curiosity to tenderfoot and a
source of profit to the saloonmcn bee-hives
near by. It Is nn ice mine , nnd the Ice is as
clear and pure as that to bo obtained from the
purest lake. The claim is owned by the Nei-
? olds , who , in the caVly 'days ' , ran a tunnel
through the frozen ground and struck a spring
beyond. As the water flows out of the tun
nel it freezes , and the tunnel Is now filled
nearly to the roof witlr- the ice. It has long
supplied all the saloons of Howardsvillo with
cc , and , as it never thaws , winter or summer ,
; ho place is uu objective point for curiosity
seekers. -
" Pht McGrath of Woodford , Ky. , posesses a
. cmarkable cat. It was born with only three
cgs , and as soon as the kitten became largo
enough to leave its mother , Pat constructed a
ivoodeii leg nnd successfully adjusted it to the
ittlo stump that crew , out where pussy's
'ourth leg ought to have been. Pussy now
.rots along on four legs with ns much ease
md comfort apparently as. though the wooden
imb had been placed , thqrn by nature. But
icro is the wondcrfuljpart of the story : In
stead of killing rats and mice with her claws ,
is cats usually do , pussy has learned to use
icr club leg for this purpose , and it is said to
jo a very amusing sight to see her run up to a
rat and knock him into insensibility with her
wooden leg.
An engine driver on one of the Scotch lines
cports that ho has noticed that certain
mwks of the merlin or "stono falcon" species
nako use of the passing of the trains for
edutory purposes. They fly close behind
.ho train , near the ground , partly hidden by
the smoke , but carefully watching for the
small birds which , frightened by the train as
t rushes roaring past , lly up in bowilnered
ihoals ; the merlins then , whllo the little
jirds nro thinking more of the train than Of
urking foes , swoop on them from the am-
jush of the smoke and strike them down
with cast. If they miss , they return to the
wako of the carnages and resume their flight
md their hunt. They can , it seems , easily
cecp pace with an express train , and outstrip
t when they please.
A novel method of ridding steamboats of
odents has been successfully tested nt Pitts-
burg. The youngest son of the captain of a
ivcr steamer was some time ago presented
vith n pair of spotted snakes , which , as they
vero perfectly harmlcs , were deposited in
the hull of the boat until they could bo con-
cnicntly housed. A few days ago a great
commotion was uotlccd among the ratswhich
always infest steamboats and barges in great
lumbers , nnd hundreds of them were ob-
ervcd scampering ashore on the handspring
md stern lines. The evacuation continued
.11 night , and in the morning the captain
omul both snakes dead , having been literally
orn to pieces by the Infuriated animals , bu
lot ono of the latter was found on the boat.
I31VIETIES.
Yorli Herald ,
Varm was the day the drowsy air
Scarce moved the colors' folds ; nnd when
At "fifthly" Chaplain Mllitalro
Took fresh hold of his text , the men
Cursed their hot uniforms and then
Icsumcd their stolid , hopeless stare.
The colonel vainly tried to keep
Himself nwuko , as on the sermon sped ;
And whllo the soldiers swore , not loud but
deep ,
Bosldo his father's nodding head
The colonel's baby popped up his head
and said
"Tentlon , battalion 1 by platoons , go sleep ! "
There are persons now In hell who might
uivo been in heaven with half the trouble.
It does not look exactly right that ministers
hould take their vacation right In the height
f fly tlmo.
There's n silver lining to every cloud , but
hero wouldn't bo long If New York aldermen
vor got to heaven. , ,
Stiff back scats nnfl'ftmr part sermons assist
nutcrlully In keopingup. , the attendance at
Sunday huso ball gamoai ,
Teacher "And no'tt" , 'children , you have
iciml the story of. , Antmins. What lesson
hould wo learn froniOiisifatol" Tomnnuy
'Never to got caught. "
A little girl In the Bnitdny school at Qulncy ,
Mass. , when asked what -a missionary was ,
opllcrt : "A missionary Is a man who eomo
round to get our mohoy.v
"I toll you , George , if there was less money
n the world there would bo moro religion.1'
'That may bo ; but the collections would
all off. "
The best sermons are not always those
vhlch nro preached from Scriptural texts ,
It is fortunate that charity covers a multt-
uilo of sins , for in these days there is a mul-
ludo to cover. ' " '
"My husband attended the revival meeting
nd has got religion. " "Is ho a bomi lido
onvcrtl" "O. yes. " "Then I suppose ho
vill go out of the ice business. "
Mrs. Van Twlllor ( who mistakes Dr. Jovial
or n physlclal ) And where do you practice ,
lector ? Hoy. Dr. Jovial Ah , madam , I do
lot practice ; I only preach.
A Minneapolis clergyman Is delivering n
cries of lectures on "Heaven and Hell. " Ac-
ordlng to the papers up there tlio two places
ire only a few inllos apart and tire usually rc
erred to as the "Twin Cities. "
Friend How did you como to know Scud-
Icr so well I Is ho a member of your church J
lev. Knotcm ( of Chicago ) - You , but that has
lothlng to do with It , Ho get iao to marry
him now and then ,
_
Judges others by hlnT lf-Tho Justice who
Us alone ou the bench ,
INDEPENDENCE DAY ,
The Magnificent Celebration of the Last
Anniversary nt Athens.
CHANCELLOR MANATT. IN GREECE.
Tlio Generous Position Taken by the
United States In tlio "Holy
The Worship
ol' Ijord Byron.
ATiinx , April 15. [ Special to Titr. Br.n. ]
Slxty-nlno years ago today dates the new
dawn of old Greece. On the 25th of March ,
1821 , ( old style ) , the Archbishop Gcrmnnos
gave the word of revolt by raising the
standard of tlio cross at the monastery of
Laura , near Kulavryta , in Achuia. So nt
least runs the legend of the Holy Struggle.ns
the Greeks delight to call It ; and whether
fact or fiction , it has fixed the date of their
Independence day.
Perhaps I cannot chose n better moment for
giving you n gllmpso of now Greece ; for I nm
sure our countrymen must have n fellow-
feeling for a people who have .their own
"Fourth of July" and know how to celebrate
it.
it.Of
Of the Holy Struggle itself , waged like
our own through seven long years , volumes
would not tell the story ; but It Is pleasant to
remember that our countrymen , then in the
honeymoon of their own young liberty , lent
voice and heart and hand to the Greek cause.
Henry Clay was their champion In congress ;
Samuel G. Howe wns with them In camp and
council ; Stuyvcsnnt brought over nnd dis
tributed cargoes of food , given by himself nnd
the generous merchants of New York. It Is
pleasant , too , to have a demonstration that
GltUECE IS XOT U.VOltATErUL.
It has been my good fortune already to
welcome hero the sons of two of these Amer
ican Phllhcllcncs and to see the name of
Howe honored very much as wo revere the
name of La Fayctto at homo. Dr. Howe rose
to the rank of surgeon-In-chlof of the Greek
fleet , and It was his hand that dressed the
death wound of the hero Kuralskakls when
ho fell in the flush of victory. Nor was his
Phllhcllcnism the mere fancy of nn
impassioned youth , for nearly forty
years later ho came back to
assist Crete In her ineffectual struggle.
No wonder royal decorations nnd popular
honors waited upon him , and that his son vis
iting Greece so many years after the father's
death should bo received almost as a national
guest. The historian Finlay. an Englishman
whoso pen is too often dipped in gall , makes
this of Howo's
acknowledgement phil
anthropic services as the almoner of Ameri
can bounty : "The amount of provisions and
clothing sent from America was very great.
Cargo after cargo arrived at Pores , nnd fortu
nately there was then in Greece an American
Philhelleno capable , from his knowledge of
the people and from his energy , honor and
humanity , of making the distribution with
promptitude and equity. Dr. Howe requires
no praise from the feeble pen of the writer of
this history , but his early efforts in the cause
of liberty and humanity in Greece deserve to
bo remembered even though their greatness
bo eclipsed by his more mature labors nt home.
Ho found nblo coadjutors in several of his
countrymen who were guided by his counsels.
Thousands of Greek families , and many mem
bers of the clergy and the legislature , were re
lieved from severe privations by the food and
clothing sent across the Atlantic. Indeed it
may bo said without exaggeration that these
supplies prevented a largo part of the popula
tion from perishing before the battle of Nuv-
nrin. "
In an elementary school the other day I was
delighted to hear little girls of six to eight
years reading
Till ! STOnY OP WASHINGTON
Baslgkton is the best the Greek alphabet
can do for the great name and then rehears
ing it con amore. And one of the most dis
tinguished of living Greek publicists nnd
and scholars a man who has represented his
country at Washington nnd other capitals
has spoken feelingly to me of the obligations
of Greece to America. Wo are in fact the
only people whoso friendship for Greece is of
necessity disinterested , for wo have no chest
nuts in the llro of continental politics. The
Greeks nro often called the Yankees of the
Levant ; and , amusingly enough , the man
who imagines ho knows Greece best , after six
weeks in America last summer , fired a part
ing broadside at us , us no better than the
Greeks. I refer to Mahaffy , who has long
since pronounced the * last Judgment oir the
Greeks , both ancient and modern , and now ,
on six weeks' acquaintance , advertises his
opinion that wo are on the same high road to
the devil. And nil , forsooth , because the
Greeks and wo both' preach and practice uni
versal education 1 For one , I am no pessimist
about Greece , and believe my own country is
still salvnble. Like all the modern world wo
ewe n debt to old Greece that can bo mcas-
ircd only in terms of civilisation Itself ; and
: o new Greece wo nro still moro bound by the
.lie memory of kindred struggles nnd by com-
non aspirations. All of which makes mo
.hink that n glimpse of a Greek Independence
Day may not bo unwelcome to American
readers.
Llko most things in Greece , it begins the
day before. Last night the Hill of the Nymphs
now the seat of the National observatory
was splendid with pyrotechnics. As my windows
dews overlook that and nil the other glories
of Athens. I could take it all in from my easy
chair ; and I assure you the blazing rockets lit
up a scene that would bo
HAND TO MATCH IN XEDUASKA.
For the Hill of the Nymphs is but a bow
shot from the Acropolis , and by night Sala-
uiis looms weird and picturesuuo In the back
ground. Fulling asleep to this rockety lulla-
> y , I woke to the reveille of cannon a him-
Ircd nnd ono guns ushering in "tho day wo
celebrate. " The city was a flutter of flags
everywhere the white cross of Greece , whllo
from the three principal hotels on the Square
of the Constitution floated our own "red ,
vhlto and blue. " At an early hour the
squares were thronged , nnd soon the
streets leading from the palace to the
cathedral were but lanes between long
Ines of troops , nnd through these nt 10 , es
corted by two squadrons of cavalry in dark
green uniform and mounted on those short
locked steeds which always recall their an
cient prototypes on the frlozo of the Purthc-
1011 , the royal family drove to the cathedral
vhoro nil the dignitaries of the church and
state were already gathered with as many
icoplo as the great edifice could hold. Hero
vns observed the central function of the day
a solemn to douni magnificently chanted by
ho metropolitan and his highest clergy with
ho usual assistance. The occasion recalled
vividly the historian's account of the sccno
hat followed
TUP. OAI'ITL'LATIOX OF KAI.AMATA ,
"On April 5 , 1821 , the Greeks sang their
first thanks to God for victory. The ccromo-
ly was performed on tha banks of the torrent
lint flows by Kalamuta. Twenty-four priests
iniciated and 5,000 armed men stood around ,
tfovor was a solcm servlco of the orthodox
church celebrated with greater fervor , never
lid hearts overflow with slncerer devotion to
icaven , nor with wanner gratitude to their
church and their God. Patriotic tears poured
lown the checks of rude warriors , and ruth-
ess brigands sobbed like children. "
From that day to this the anniversary of
Ircck Indopendcnco has been In reality a
hanksglvitig day , as Indeed the holy struggle
vas primarily a conflict of religions. The
iross remarks the unusual solemnity of the
u-escnt commemoration , and the cause Is
summed up In thogreetingthat is said to have
wen the only ono exchanged as friend met
friend today. "God grant that next year wo
nay celebrate this day of liberty with our
irothors , the liberated Cretans. " It is a sub-
cct on which I am not free to spent , but the
vholo Hellenic race seems profoundly stirred
by the sorrows of Crete to the oldest ( laugh
er of Greece , daughter most heroic and most
vorthy to bo free. " That the stricken Isle
nay soon provo the kindling point of n Euro-
iciin conflagration , there is much reason to
cur. Today the Cretan refugees , who have
hronged Athens and Piraeus for months
ist , and who are always plcturosquo and
iftcn ninjoatto llguros , attracted unusual ut-
enUon ; less , however , than a few Sundays
Incownen 2,000 of them we're gathered in
ho ancient stadium to debate their cause ,
vhllo half Athens thronged the steep amphl-
hrutro of enclosing hills whoiico the old
Athenians were wont to watch the Puna-
hcnaio contests. And now these refugees
Imvo sel/ed the occasion to Inaugurate an
organ of their cause , which they call the
voicn or TUB orritKssnn.
The to deum endednnd It was happily
unlike some of the endless cathedral June-
, tlons I have witnessed , notably n roynl wed
ding wlicro guests stood ou their feet three
hours nnd a half. The royal progress nnd
the military pageant were repeated nnd the
great congregation broke up. In the evening
the king gnvo a great dinner In honor of the
surviving heroes of the war , and tonight the
palace and public buildings are illuminated ,
and from the Acropolis rookots are ascending
that momently relieve the Pnrthenan llko u
clear-cut , creamy cameo against the back
ground of darkness.
I should mention also the special commemo
rations by the clubs , particularly that of the
"Syllogos Byron" tins afternoon with music ,
speeches and poems among them an ode to
"Byron , the Haul of the Greek Revolution. "
And In this connection I should say that after
nil our Amcrlcun Phllhellenes occupy but a
secondary place in Greek estimation. To say
nothing of other European nllles , Byron Is
their Idol. The Syllogos bearing his name is
one of the ugents mid evidences of this cult
and the Greeks have raised statues
In his honor. Tlio story of hfa
mournful death at Mesolonghl Is well
known , and his Quixotic devotion to the
Greek cause Is beyond a doubt : but , with nil
his poetic appreciation of old Greece and his
genuine passion for liberty , It is hardly less
clear that disappointment and ambition were
influential motives. Indeed , ono of his
biographers insists that in his Greek adven
ture ho was playing for a crown. Certainly
ho would have mrulc uklng to llro the Hellenic
imagination , n very
MUTEOIt AMONG MOX.UICIIS.
But his real service to the Greek cause was
rendered not ns a civil or military chieftain ;
in both capacities ho was conspicuously out
of his clement. It was in his proper charac
ter as poet that ho made himself the benefac
tor of Greece , and his brief three months'
service in the revolution , closing with mourn
ful death at Mesolonghl on April 111 , 1821 , was
chiefly useful as attesting the sincerity of the
poet and awakening a new enthusiasm for
the Greek cause in Europe and America.
Hence the Syllogus did well today in direct-
fiig attention to Byron as the bard of the
revolution. Ono scarcely realizes , except
upon the spot , how much ho has done to
idealize nnd glorify for the modern world
these sncrcd places of old renown. His lines
haunt the memory us ono looks out from the
acropolis upon Sulamls nnd Morea's bills , as
ho stands on the plam of Marathon , as ho
climbs 'Sanium's ' ' '
marbl d steep' or 'Phylo's
rocky brow. ' Even the well-read classical
scholar flnds himself quoting Byron many
times In the presence of the holy places of
Greece , whllo reminiscences of the old Greek
poets recur infrequently ; for the Greek poets
were not given to the interpretation of nature.
And so I conceive that it Is to Byron , the
poet , that Greece is chiefly Indebted. In
practical effective service at the hour of need
Dr. Howe outdid him. Tlio pri
vate means and the English loan
which Byron provided or promoted'
were , in the judgment of history , largely
squandered or misapplied ;
Tlin nCNEFACI'lON'S Or AMEH1CA
in Dr. Howe's bauds wore wisely nnd effect
ively administered and ( in the words of the
historian already quoted ) "prevented a largo
part of the population from perishing. "
It Is also interesting to remark on such
day how the Greek revolutionary names per
sist , I have already mentioned Kalakatrasts
as marshal of the day , and a Botsaris rode in
the king's suito. What American school-boy
has not declaimed Fitz-Grecno Hitlleck's
splendid poem on the death of Marco Boz-
zaris , the suUoto chief , with his ringing bat
tle-shout :
Strike till the last armed foe expires ,
Strike tor your altars and your tires.
Strike for tlio gieon graves of your hires ,
God and your native hum !
The poem immortalized the poet as well ns
the hero , and ono is pleased to liml the heroic
name still borne by a member of King
George's court. For a month past Cupodls-
trias has been my table-companion ; ho is the
present head of the family of the martyred
president of the Greek Republic. Last week
1 assisted at'a state funeral ; the cathedral
was thronged even as today and king and
princes were among the mourners. The
grand old man , whoso dead face still bore tlio
stamp of strengthand majesty as ho was car
ried m the open collln through the streets ,
was a university professor of flfty years' ser
vice and ho bore the heroic nnnio of SouUjos.
Remembering how wo stono' our own
prophets , one could rejoice in the evidence
that Greece has laurels for learning
as well as for valor and patriotism.
In contrast with our own 'glorious Fourth of
July , ' one is struck with the quietness of this
anniversary. Even cannon and rocket are
less noisy than with ns and of young America
with his everlasting firecracker there is not
even a suggestion. I think wo usually con
ceive the modem Greek as an excitable and
peppery character , and the news columns of
the Athenian dailies abound-in incidents that
go to justify the impression. I might oven
mention recent episodes in the chamber of
deputies which would match the liveliest
pranks of our lawmakers at Lincoln. But
nowhere in Europe or America have I observed
such
rnnrccT onmin AND nnconu.M
as characterize the Athenian populace. They
are not only not noisy , they are undemonstra
tive. His majesty , with his courtly caval
cades , proceeds from palace to cathedral be
tween two multitudinous lines of soldiers and
subjects , all respectful and eager spectators ,
but there Is hardly a zcto. I recall an anni
versary of Scden in Leipzig , when old Em
peror Williamwith , Von Moltko nnd Bismarck ,
Crown Prince Frederick and the Saxon king ,
made a similar progress , mid the very heav
ens wcro torn with tcrrillo Hochs ; and I
smile at the common view of the phlegmatic
Teuton nnd the peppery Greek. Indeed , to
day's demonstration , as well us greater
demonstrations last October when our royal
wedding drew to Athens half the royalties of
Europe , goes far to show that the modern
Greek in the moss possesses much of that
statuesque repose , that golden moderation
which old Greek philosophy inculcated as an
ideal , however little the old Greek demos
may have exemplified it in facts.
As I close these observations on my flrst In
dependence day in Greece , it Is with but ono
regret. To make the day perfect our fleet
now lying at Corfu should have been anchored
in the Piraeus , and the big guns of young
America should have thundered their re
sponse to the little morning-guns of free
Greece. That would have made a rovelllo to
wuko the old Persians sleeping now these
four nnd twenty centuries under the waves of
Salamis. IIIVINO J. MANATT.
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Gun cotton , or , us wo call It , pyroxylin ,
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Rlycorlne , BIXJ-H n doctor in the Now York
Star. Dissolved In other It makes that
wonderful compound wo cull collodion.
In thla Hlmpo it is employed to protect
raw or injured mirfaces , dries rapidly ,
in fact , almost IIH fast us it is employed ,
nnd leaves behind u line. oliiHtlo , nrti-
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ugahiHt mleroues nnd disease germs.
Mixed with caiitlmridcs , collodion innkos
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"Hut of oven greater value Is nitro
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cases of nervous disturbances of the
human body. Thus it has been used and
nnd given wonderful relief in nervous
iiHthma , hiccoughs , headaches and simi
lar disorders. It lias repeatedly cut
short an attack of tlio chills and fever ,
and so eminent an authority as Dr. Hob-
erls Uartholow recommends it in cer
tain forms o.f Dright's dlbcasu , and alt-o
for that most miserable of earthly ail
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Mockingbird & Parrot
Cages.
417 South 16th Btroot. Omnlin , Neb ,
GILBERT BROTHERS ,
Taxidermists
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ICtli Street , Oimilm ,
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Mtna BRIE MEDICAL CO. , OUFFALO. N. Y.
DR. GLUCK ,
Eye and Kar ,
Ilarker Block , 15th nnd Knrnnin. Telephone W > .
DR. R. M. HOWE ,
Treats Diseases of Eye , Ear , Nose & Throat
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