Nebraska Newspapers

    GRACE II , fllTS THE SPOT
A Tow Timely Shots at Feminine Budoncss
on the Cars.
SAY , GIRLS , CAN SUCH THINGS BE ?
Ularvclnnn Vcmntlllty of the American Jlrl
\ > lfo JlnniiROinout Ulint Women
nro DoliiR ( lonnlpy > otei
nnd
The stone must bo thrown. I have waited
a long time for sorao ono else to throw it.
But the women wont nnd the men are too
poll to.
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Are the manners nnd conduct of women on
tbo street cars in Omnhn as courteous and
polite as that of the sterner sex ? Wo fear
not. The poor , hard-working conductors are
continually called to account and > vritton up
for not being more accommodating. The
dreadful men are often roasted onmasso for
daring to keen the seats they paid for and
allowing tbo ladles to stand. You will sea a
lady take the seat vacated for her , oft'ttmcs
by a tired looking man , without n "thank
you , " without oven a thankful look -take it
ns if It belonged to her by a natural law.
But worse thau that. Wo see women dally
on the open motor cars show n supreme
selfishness toward one nn other. If possible
the selfish ouo will secure the end of the sent
nnd when another wishes to cuter the same
scat , In plnra of moving over , which common
courtesy would dictate , will sit porloctly still
nnd lot tbo last unfortunate sister scramble
over their feet in frantic endeavor to uot n
footing aud keep lu bund tno dross trutn and
parasol , nnd may hap n parcel. Fotv ladles
but have surtorod this disagreeable experi
ence , and while one can hardly refrain from
a word of reproof , one must suffer in silence
or attract the attention of strangers and be
considered ill-bred. They seem to tnko it for
granted , lint come first choice.
What does the horrid man do when ho has
the end of Ihosoatl With v < Sry few excep
tions bo moves up or stops out , I'havo never
been obliged to stand in the street cars of
Omaha and n man retain his seat ; yet , I regret -
grot to Say it , I bavo scon women spread
their druperles and occupy the space of two
seats and ignore another's prcscuo * . The
men in Chicago and Now Yorlc city nil read
nowapapers , and are never known to sco
over the top of the page until they roach the
tight comer. In these cltioj u lady
can stand up uunotlced , If no un
fortunate ns to find no , scat.
But I am proud to say that the men of
" . , 'maho , as n rule , nre kind , obliging and
Xblllo to ttio fair 0on tbo motor cars.
* i shall any n word in defense of the oon-
iuctors. Do wo stop to think that the worlt ,
' ) [ the conductors on tbo open motors is no
> \lnccuroi Out In the hot sun , walking from
jeiit to scat , collecting faro , malting change ,
watching for passengers , looking out for tbo
email boy who will climb ou. It is small
wonder if tired nature sometimes assorts
itseli inn sour loon , or impatient manner.
Don't let UH bo so ready to condemn him ,
Just put yourself in his place in Imagina
tion. I uau to run n half-block ono day last ,
week to catch a motor car , and I confess I
had a cross word ready. But ono looK nt the
conductor convinced mo that ho was quite
voting nnd no.v at bis work and had not yet
lourncd to watoh corners and collect fores at
; ho same time , and I am glnd to say the
JTOSS word died on my lips , for his sorry
iwk showed that ho regretted ray little run.
Will the ladtos who persist in keeping the
end of the seat please "move up ! "
Will the ladies who toke n gentleman's
Taralod seat thank him by word or look , and
cultivate the art of being courteous , which
moans sometimes a little sclf-sicrlQco )
Don't lot the men out do us in true polllo-
DM * . GUACB II. .
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Of the manifold and marvellous ways of
woman fair , the "waysiest ways,1' as Annie
Slosson's old maid said , are'thobo of the
American girl in adapting her personality to
the peculiar phase of raodo she cnpncioutly
chooses to adopt. If she selects for her fash
ion plate some great master's famous paintIng -
Ing of a fair and stately grande dame of an *
clout lineage , says thprjtfow York Sun , 'this
girl , without n RramUut1itfrrwears" ho'"rust-
llng brocade and priceless Inco with a legal
( { race that the queens and daughters of
Queens , who Invented tbo mode , never Know.
If she dons n froclt of llowcr-spriggod cotton.
< lirdlcd with ribbon nnd crowned with a big
llnpping hut , falling In picturesque curves
ill out her face , n Dresden china shepherdess
\iulllnar at her inseparable companion
tfUtueito on the mnntol , no ono is less guile-
Jess and more worldly wlso and worn than
she. If she appropriates the waistcoat mas
culine aud the prosaic galluses of her brother
man , she gives to the ouo a fascinating slope
at tbo waist line and to the other an oa-
obnntlng curve nt the front never known to
suspenders since Adam out bis from a grupo-
vlno , and Wears both witn an easy nonchal
ance , a trig smartness , an air of ] olly good
comradeship toward him from whoso dress
rho bas filched them , which in turn changes ,
'vritb the changing of her raiment , to a ao-
idturo coy dinidonco , nn appoailiiK sweet
helplessness in keeping with the softly fall-
iufr , fluttering , frilled , moonshlny wblto
\hmgs in which ut lunch she does tbo urt-
less the sweetly simplosalntodornous&ollno.
When n girl Is said to bo charming it does
not Imply that she is endowed with more
than her share of good looks , or oven that
she is moderately pretty. She mnv bo posi
tively ugly ns regards form nnd feature , yet
bo possessed of n grace or manner that makes
her lovublo und altogether worth the win
ning , A girl may bu agreeable or the re
verse , according to the way she permits bor-
tolt to act. Tact and politeness may bo cul
tivated until she becomes a pleasing nud do-
ligbtful companion , but n churmlng woman
is born , not made. There is a fascination In
her very imperfections that renders her irro-
tlatlblo. One nod of tbo head from ono so
endowed is wortb a torrent of imitation from
others , pcibaps more beautiful , but ladling
that subtle something tbnt is felt but cannot
bo described
Tbo charming clrl makes friends with no
effort on her part , and , moreover , she Keeps
them , oven though they may not always ap
prove of her actions or commend her ways ,
yet she is so Irresistible tunt sbo can retain
their good will without halt trying , while
bor loss fortunate sUtor Is continually striv
ing to please and making n lamentable fall-
jU'o more often than u glittering success.
'this charm of manner , however , is a danger-
. .its possession , forunless the woman so
rtUlod bos excellent | morals to back it , she
m work more harm iu a day than can bo
undone In a year. *
A Now York newspaper recentlv asKed
It * readers to clve their vlovvs on "How .to
Manage n Wife , " nnd offeicd n prize for the
reply that should seem the best. Dr. ( Jharlos
F. Dconih , tin ) eminent dlviuo. was the suc
cessful contestant , und lioio Is thn reply
that was given the prize ; " 'Manugol'
What Is that ! Does It moan to control ) Wo
manage u horse. Wo use our suponur human
Intellect to control nnd auldu tils superior
physical Hlrcimth HO us to obtain the best
results. But u wife is not n l.or.-us Where
two pcnoiiH nro well married , the wile is
superior f > her husband in ns ninny respects
ns he Is superior to her In others , "if buppi-
ni'&s is to be the lesult of the union the tlrst
business of tbo biubandh to uunuiio himself
to us to korp himself nlwayu bis wlfu'uro-
* pcntul ( friend , always her tender lover ,
always her equal partner , always her supe
rior protector. This will npiva.arllv stimu
late thn wife to be ulwuys nn anVcticmato
sweetheart , always u thrifty housewife ,
always a confiding ward. And tin * will so
react upon tbo husband that his love for bis
wife will LTOW so as to mnko it cusy for tbo
husbuud , with all hi3 faults , to boar with all
the infirmities of bin 'one nud only' wife. "
What would bo tbo surprise of the Paris
ian academy of inventors who tit In olemn
conclave on the results of other pcoplo'a IB-
penultv to jo mi ibat the C. M. Wustover of
Now YorK , who snmo yoam ngo invented n
cart for carrying din out of mines nnd tun-
ncls , to Uie uroat saving of animal labor , Is u
woman. Under Ibe Impression that iho was
it man , they have conferred upon her
the title of Jviomuro d'Houneur , with
n flrt-cln.i . diploma aud big gold modal.
Alt Ibis Ml Oynthlu Wostover found In a
large ofllclal-lnoklnt ; envelope that came to
her uddroineu to O , M. Westovor , esq. , bays
the Now York World.
U U a question If , when the members of tbo
Frouch board discover tholr mUtaue ,
thewill Hpproclatu tuu humor of
tbclr situation. They will probably only
wonder nnow nt the versatility ot the Amor *
lean womnn.
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Mr * . William O. WhHnoy , wlfo of the PX
secretary of the navy , has been spending
most of the tlmo since her rotuin Irom
Europe nt Newport , Mr . Whitney Is n
beautiful woman. Fnrlhrrinnrn she Is tal
ented as well. SIM tnko' giual ilcliubt In
brintflng up her children , llndj time to give
them that motherly attention Hint so few
womqn In society doom necessary to devote
to their offspring , and In addition she makes
opportunity to visit her friends , gives grnnt
dinner parties , rends nnd writes , nnd nlso
tries to ndvnnco her husband's Interests.
Mrs. Whltnov is one of the women who nro
helping to make their husbands famous.
Her home nt Newport Is ono ot the most
beautiful In that charming city by the sea.
*
Mrs. PottT Palmer , in nn elaborate arti
cle in the Ladles' Homo Journal for July ,
states that the oxhlblt In the woman's build
ing will Illustrate the history of fomnlo de
velopment from the tlmo of the cliff dwell
ers , through the middle nires. wnen. though
her mind was undiclpllncd , her delicacy of
touch wns tnndo useful in copying the elab
orate MSS. o ! the dav and in mnklr.R the
rich Illustrations that ticcompany them in
booKsof poetry , in textile fabrics , wonderful
embroideries , drawn work , rare incos nnd
famous tapestries ,
It mav Interest both 'women who love , nnd
tVioso who dospl o it , to know that the word
"gossip" which in our days has taken on nn
Ignoble meaning. Is derived from the Anglo-
Saxon "God slob , " which was the word for
the two ideas of "God" nnd "relation" or
"nlllnity. " Tbo original word was applied
to a sponsor in bnpti m. then to n friend or
intimntowho was privileged to tnllc over
whatever came to his mind.
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Few women have nspirod to the management -
mont und control of n dally political paper ,
but Mrs. Frank T. Lynch , wife of the re
cently dcconsed editor of the Lenvonxvorth
Standard , has taken the active business nnd
editorial management of tbo paper which her
husband built up and catted. She isn young
woman with two children , thn daughter of n
family of journalists , from which she seems
to have inherited instincts of the true , re
fined newspaper character , together with n
keen Insight Into passing affairs and fine per-
reutlons ns to the obligations of her now
offlo * .
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I.ntu Fashion ? > < > tni.
Some of tbo romnanti of organdie make
Inexpensive a'ld charming blouse waists.
The distinguishing mark of n raal Parisian
toilet is n touch of black , deftly added.
Delicate blue gauze fans are painted with
apple blossoms , about which gem-sot butter
flies hover.
Flower girdles , resembling the children's
"daisy chains , " uro worn with diaphanous
ball crowns.
The po.-kotlojs skirt is rapidly oomlnsc into
favor with wo-non who dUliko to have tholr
puckcls picked.
Many modish whlto wool gowns display
sleeves of green velvet , that baing tbo only
bit of color lu the toilet.
Yellow Is a particularly favorite color this
summer , nnd , if carefully chosen , suits
blondes and hrunottos alike ,
Even the loveliest rose * ore completely
thrown in the shade by the many colored
greens of their slender stems.
Ultrn fashionables swine from their wrists
fluffy bas ot tulle and ribbon which conceal
tiuy pocket mirrors of frosted gold.
A Inlllo crepe do chino fichu Is brought
nbout tbo soft white shouldow of the sum
mer lass nnd secured with jeweled pins.
The now grenadines , with silk stripes In
delicate tlp.ls , nro particularly suitable for
afternoon toilnts ror this sultry season.
Russian colors promi-o to bo the popular
tints for early autumn , and thev are emer
alds , a dull blue , a deep rod , nnd bluck.
If you nre bent nn being qulto up
to date in tbo matter of mllllnorv , have a
Donnot and lace cap to match for grand oc
casions.
A neglige sacquo for morning Is of
white cblnn silk , opaned front over silk
blouse , trimmed with jabots of soft rnallno
lace , wir.b bows of rlbboa at the bait und
throat.
For ruchlngs of silk , which act ns a foot
frill upon tbo summer cowns , cau do nil and
rose pink is an exquisite combination. Thu
effect is very prottv when worn ut the bottom
tom of : i black grenadine.
Dclnmos are particularly pretty this year
nnd run tbo muslins very close for llritS
favwltoi : Tticru is""only one objection " to
tholhT When they got oven u little soiled
tlmir beauty is almost gone.
Some ot the newest gowns designed for
women who are weary of the monotony of
shciitb skirts have deep Spanish flounces
added to the bollsbaped skirts , which are
not lined ana nro mndo without a petticoat.
Worth has brought out some vorv beauti
ful walking dresses In short length , and n
leading English modiste affirms that the very
smartest people nro not wearing dresses so
long as last year , either for morning or uvan-
Ing.
Low-nocked bodices of many summer
dancing dresses are trimmed with Hecamler
folds , draped berthas and long.dalnty scarfs
of petit point , silk not festooned ncrons the
top at the back and carried in brotollos down
the front.
Although the largo picture-hats are in high
VORUC , boincr eminently becoming to many
women , the small wreathed capotes have oy
no means disappeared , nnd for delicate ,
piquant facoi no other style could possibly
bo moro suitablo.
Some pretty gowns are made of thin whlto
stuff with embroidered bands. Ono with
bands with little pi me rosoj scattered over
them was made over n silk undordross , pink
In color. Thacuffs , collar , bolt and skirt bor
der all wore embroidered.
Striking among the novelties for country
wear nro the toilets of ntiro whlto , from thu
tip of the snowy parasol to the shoes of white
linen or ooze leather , which nro worn with
w bite silk stockings , nnd poop out from the
laco-edgod rufilos of xvhitu sur.ih petticoats.
Tartan knit stockings ure fashionable for
men this summon Worn with gray kalcKor-
bookcrs thev are very effective. The good
knitter will find it very interesting work to
knit a pair of those gorgeous tioso from the
directions which oomo puullshod with the
wool.
Ono ot the favorite sliKs of tbo soaion Is
changeable taffeta , which is largely u.iod.not
only for entire costumes und for foundations
for airy dresses of grenadine , mull , batiste ,
organdie und luce ; but for dust cloaks , neg
lige jackets , hammock robes , pcrollnes , para
sol * und petticoats ,
The most comfortablo-looklns tennis
dresses for wear these dog-day tlnioi nro
formed of Hue linor.-lawn in pale-gray shades.
The suits nro made with full easy sleeves ,
simple Hkirts with machino-stltctaod hems ,
nnd an Eton jacket open over a loose blouse
of whlto mull or dotted batiste.
Lartro patterned cashmere foulards are
among the uhlo things of tbo noason. Tboy
are obtainable only in n few swell shops , and
then only in pattern dresses of n hlgh-nrlcod
quality of Hllic , They comn in the softest
combinations or In darnm colors , artistically
mlnglpd , nnd are nlxvays pleasing.
An Erglhh piper describes n kind of
stltcherv used tor sofa pillows and piano
spreads that Is called pouinnduur work. Fig
ured liica bavin ? loaves and ( lowers in tbo
design Is stretched over satin nnd the figures
nro outlined with metal cord nnd delicately
veined. The plain lace is then cut uwuy be
tween the llgurcs. '
Hoart'shap- purses are boiiiK sold. They
uro biriall , made of red leather , nnd tbo entire
side U covered with a gold monogram. At
tached to the summer gill's chutclalno is u
honrt-slmped case of openwork geld. Into
thin "tin slip ) the brizlit red pur e which , it
need not bo said , is much heavier when she
first trips abroad than whan she returns.
Corn color 's ' one of the moit recherche
shades this summer for youne and old. The
baniUoico bonnet of our out has 11 jot crown
nnd bonier of line jjt balls instinu on tbo
hulr. wlilfasjiirf of llpni-biuo chlfTon fast
ened with n rhiuostotio buuklo to the narrow
point In front and drawn in folds to tbo
back of the brim , with Jotted autumnal ami
blue algrotti ) In front aud bluck velvet
airings.
It U very hard to distinguish many of the
night rebus /ron ) tbo tea uowni. They come
in soft , Hhear material brightened with a bit
of color nnd trimmed with falls of luoa. The
sleeves are no fnshtouod that they would da
credit to many n reception irown. Tboy nro
made of nalnxonk , or ucrordlnn-pat | d silit ,
with lone , Hewing sleeves. Palo yellow la
at present thu fashionable shade.
What Women Are Dome.
Mrs. Lease appears to bo from year to
year.
Business women in Buffalo bavo formed a
club. They boenn with n inemonr < htji of
seventy five. Among other provision * l nnn
that n class shall bo opened In aiiv aubjoiit of
onncntlon on request of ton members.
Madame Snlnfaro li the only modprn
Italian woman whoso mime U realty well-
known in the advanced circlet nf Pnrli ami
London. Although sholsnvnunu n-omnn ,
she tins donn much to nmoltorato the condi
tion of her fellow .tr.vwoman . , nnd Slenor
Crlspl nolds her la iho grcatbit ostecm and
respect.
Mrs. Frlck. the wifn of the Cnrncglo mnnn-
per at Homestead , is the ilnucbtornt. n Mns-
s it'husotts guntlomin. Her father was Asn
P. Chllds. whn. oativccn 18W nnd 13 : , was
engaged In the wholes-lie shoo business in
Plttsburp , millnir : his purchases In Boston ,
whore ho nnd nls brother , Harvey Cbllus ,
wero-wnll known.
A Bath lady who has brought up n family
of seventeen children , ton ot whom nre liv
ing , hns decided to adopt n poor little orphan ,
who is having a rather hard tlmo of it in the
world.
Mine. Caniot , wlfo of the president of
Frnnco , is the nntlthotls in physical anil
mental attractiveness of the preceding mis
tress of the Elvsco , Mmo. Orovy. for whereas
the latter was a plain nndtprnctical old lady ,
devoid of the graces which the French de
mand of women In otllclnl station. Mmo.
Cnrnot Is ns charming ns she Is clover.
A Philadelphia authoress , Miss Laura N.
Ford , has purchased ton noros of land on ono
of the highest summit * of the Green Moun-
tnliis. In the noartof a wilderness , where she
proposes to clear the forest pioneer fashion ,
and to found a summer colony. Sbo bus
christened tbo place Uoino , because of tbo
seven mountain pinnacles that tower
above It.
The council of the Uoyal Geographical so
ciety In England hns 'determined to udmlt
xvoincn us members. Two medals have boon
granted by this society to women , ono to
Lady Franklin in eommomotntion of her
husband's discoveries , and the other , moro
justly , to , M-s. Marv Somorvlllo us a recogni
tion of her valuable contributions to geographical
graphical sclenco ,
There mo now twenty-one law llrms In the
United States composed of husbnnds nnd
wives , and there are about 20U American
women who practice law la the courts or
manage legal publications. Miss Phoebe
Cousins was the first woman admitted to the
Washington university nt St , Louis , nnd
she bus noiv practiced with her father for
twenty-ono years. Several women make
large Incomes by the law.
Orocon hns a girl mall carrier , Miss
Minnie Woston. n bravo spirited nnd beauti
ful girl , just out of her teens. Her route is
through n rough and lonely country whore
wild ooasts frequently dispute passage with
her , aud tramp sometimes appear , only to bo
warned away by the flash of her revolver.
She rides u'smiill. lithe pony , nnd covers
the route four or live times each woolc.
Women in California ere earning n liveli
hood by raising flower bulbs und seeds for
marlcot. Ono women who wont into the busi
ness eight years ngo , with little capital ex
cept courage , hns been so successful that
now she fills orders from well known eastern
florists , and occasionally has a call from Eu
rope and Australia. Many worann about
San Francisco send to tbo city dully hampers
ofyild flowers and ferns gathered In neigh
boring canons.
At a recent drawing room In Buckingham
palace , London , Mrs. Cntlln , wife ot the
United States consul nt Munich , were , bv
the queen's especial permission , n hlgn
nccUod gown. Although this mav seem
trivial to us , it is a matter of tremendous Ira-
port to our fair cousins across the pond. The
court etiquette has always demanded the
decollete coitumo , nud while some few have
raised tboir voices in mild protest , it hu
over been rigorously observed. It tuitos ono
of our broad iniudod American women to
waive aside custom and don a gowu just
suited to hor'tasto.i.
KnnciiH In Jowulry.
Engagement oups and saucers continue to
be one of the caprices of fashion.
A bronze galleon , with sails spread and a
man at the helm , hns a chronometer sot in
the center of the sail.
Silver jardinieres for the table are of
pierced worK or nro delicately ornamented
with garlands in relief.
A largo Egyptian shaped vase-simple and
severe in outline , with solid handles Hue
wings , is ono of the novelties.
Silver bowls for flowers have Irregular
edges nud are lighter on ono sldo than tbo
other , like broken eggshells.
Ice pitchers huvo frosted surfaces with re
pousse bands. The shapes ore cylindrical.
SplraLflutos make another variety.
3--Anow soap ruck is n stnfidard with grace- '
fill narrow chased bands in all sorts nf
Greek fret design , in which an oval cake of
soap is hold.
o
This Is to testify tnat 1 nnvo tested the
medical properties of Dr. J. B. Moore's Tree
of Life remedy to my entire satisfaction , und
can most heartily recommend it to the suf
fering nnd alUicted everywhere , to bo ah
claimed for it in thu above statement. La&t
spring I was suft'oi ing , from loss of appetite ,
constipation , etc. , originating from kidney
nud liver trouble , ana Ihr.d not used ono bat
tle of this great life remedy until I was
greatly relieved. My wife , also , being nt n
very critical stage in life , was suffering
much at timo3 , and by the use of this remedy
has boon saved from much suffering and pos
sibly from premature death. Our youngest
son's health for several years ba < < been very
delicate. lie contracted some lung trouble
by tliking cold with measles , whloh produced
preat nervous debility and occasional bleed-
me of the lungs ; ho hns used some four bottles
tles of Tree of Life , und feels und look * as
though now life had been given him. If you
areufllictod , try it.
GHO. MILLKII Pros. Elder.
Box ( VI , Carlisle , Iowa.
For sale oy all druggl'
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I'HoiT.K r < tiit.jiii Aiioar.
Abram W. Smith , candidate for governor
on the republican ticket in Kansas , is almost
a giant In slat uro , and. Is possessed of the
most robust health.
Massachusetts has four livlngox-govornors
who were born in 1818 Boutwoll , Claflln ,
HI co nnd Butler.
Candidate Weaver has received a silver
nan with which no will uigu a free coinage
bill when ho becomes president. Thus so
much silver Is retired permanently from cir
culation.
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Mr. Henry M. Stanley has become so an
gered by the flippant allusions in the Ameri
can newspapers to his Into canvass that ho
declares ho will never sot foot in the United
States ngnln. Hero's long ilfo to Mr. Stan
ley's excellent temper.
"Boas" Shopbord lives In baronial state in
his o'wn castle among his mines and haclou-
das near liatopllas , Mox. , where the degen
erate descendants of the Moutozumas looU
upon him as n glnat of energy nnd progress.
He looks but little older than bo did ten
yoam ago and retains all of hU remarkable
vitality.
Carl Soli n rz is said to bo at work upon sev
eral speeches to bo delivered in the np-
proaublng o.impulcn. Ho cannot apealc ex
temporaneously nnd It Is necessary for him
to write out and commit to memory nil his
addresses , butns u result they gam lu force
nnd elegance of diction.
In October of last year Mr , Gladstone con
tributed an article to tbo Nineteenth Cuntury
on the political outlook in Great Britain , in
the courao of which ho predicted that the
Salisbury government would BOOH bu over
thrown , nnd that the opposition majority In
the elections would bo about 40 , which is
but six in excess of the actual majority ob
tained ,
"Tho old William , " said Prince Bumarck
recently , ' was not , it Is true , u grout a tales-
man , but he was a man of mature and sound
judgment , lie would never net without con
sulting ouo or moro of his counselors. Then
he was u perfect gentleman. I was deeply
attached to him. The Emperor Frederick
was n noble man. Ho was 'not perhaps n
man of great strength , yet ho was ono of con-
sldordblu perception , discretion nml tact. Ho
wus n sharp sword with a short blade. "
Sam Small bas reached that stage In his
congressional canvass which necessitates
curding tbo Atlanta newspapers. Ho posts
n rortuln statement as "a total , graceless and
malicious misrepresentation , " und thu author
'thereof ' ns "a cowardly lout who ( s beneath
the distinction of a drubbing or the contempt
of a kicking. " Kov. Samuel Is a post
graduate In the art of political bUcii-
Cuardlsm.
Wutkln James , the aged stepfather of Ex
plorer Henry M. Stanley , is one of the
uiikors ut Homestead. Mr. James Is a
Welshman a IK ; married Stanley's mother
some years after tha African horn was born.
Ho Is u gray haired man of nbout 70 years of
nge , and speaks English with a' strong
Cambrian uccenu Stanley's mother , who
was Mr. James' first wife , died many years
ago. and the old inlllvvorker has since twice
married.
I
A LTlion cf T BIrds Slaughtered An-
nn
THE FRINGE OFMVALES' BIG PIIEASANTRY
int : > Mititu Smin'KBljiit in ItrnrlMK the King
of lllrd * "O.uno" 1'nrnts Arc
liitalii.MMl'jiliMsloiml 1'imcli-
IIIR Not ! ' Vtiry imncerniu.
rfri
tCr/r/nM | / l 13J2 ftMflar } / / Ti. M'nhemin. }
UiNiii'itY , EUK , , July US. [ Uorrwpouilonco
ot THIS 13cn. : | b'rctn any point at conslu > ra-
Uoii the English pho.isunt Is the most splon
did. bird ilint reaches the English market ,
Somebody , porhnps nn Irishman , has called
. .itthe sncrod Ibis of Gronl Britain. " It Is
cortninly nil but worshiped. The Idolatry Is
nn expensive ono : for It surely coats EUK-
latiii , Ireland u d Scotland raoro than n
million pounds sterling to roar , to shoot and
flnully oat such pheasants as annually comate
to the pun.
If the vnst nrcas of valuable enclosed land
comprised in { 'Qiitlemen'a soiUu and parked
demesne * of tha nobillly. which are almost
solely devoted to runs and coverts for puoas-
nnts , should bo talfon into account , and any
thing lllco a fair rental for those bo added to
the actual current sums expanded , the out
lay upon this bird nlono would annually
reach millions upon millions or dollar * , and
bo found to cxecrd nil other forms of outlay
by British sportsmon'comblncd.
Indeed , the nhcasnnt Is an Interesting bird
In nil its relations to Ufa upon the proat
EueHsn estates In Its oxtraorcllnury per
sonal beauty ; in the Immemorial worry of
keepers and prov of poachers ; In its occupy
ing . { rout attention ftotn titled sportsmen
than do all other game birds of Britain ; and ,
nbavp all , from Its superb and matchless
place among the delicacies of the tablo.
Every ono has heard how Sidney Smith , and
ho w is no mean epicure , asserted that ho
icnow of no purely earthly joy equal to roust
pheasant with rich gravy , chipped potatoes
ailU broad sauco. For nn American's under
standing , it may truly bo said that , the pheas
ant Is our turkey , partridge and quail In ono
ample and dolioious frame.
The " > iiurliuH " Cniro lit Great Itrlt.iln.
The limitations of shootine In Great
Britain undoubtedly add much , from tbo
sportsman standpoint , to the deep British in
terest at all times In these splendid birds. It
is almost Inconceivable to nn American how
universally the ' 'sportnmii" crnzo prevails
in England , Ireland and Scotland , and
how every aero of land and rod of
sboro , outstdo of and distinct from nil
other uses to which it may bo put , is
sportman's property , yielding extraordi
nary returns in rentals for the "shooting"
and "UshiiiR" rights ulone. On a former
occasion I demon-stratoi that tno exercise of
these rights and. piivlloges annually cost
British sportsmen tno enormous sum of
li,000UO ( ) or $30.000rfou in American money.
This vast expenditure Is almost wholly
confined to whatever. pleasure may ho got
in poking about moots , other waste thojgh
thoroughly cuardedtraets and tenant farm-
era' lields for snipe'quall and grouse , caper
cailzie and dccr.-t pheasants , then , while
they may eventually coma to the tables of
the vulgar tradesmen ! and literary folk , are
realty the game birds of too British aris
tocracy. and of Ihei landed aristocracy at
that. They ere f6und onl.vr within the
grounds of gouticmons' seats and lordly de
mesnes , save xvhoro as in pheasant farms ,
they are exclusively ? bred to Increase the
number upon ( ho estates. All the conditions
of their existence in the first place , their
broedlntr , their increase and , retention are
necessarily alone lound within the walled in
parks of the country1 ccntry and nobility.
And the snort found -in thotr annual de
struction Is so absolutely ( exclusive that they
con only reach the common mortals' table , at
from a crown to a nuiuea a brace , "by way of
the ubiquitous poacher's not or after "com-
ilig to the guns" of tbo rich' , tbo titled and
the groat.
A .Million Pheasants Stuuchtoroil Annually.
Every British nobleman's , estate and
every UlnpINh , Irish or Scottish gentleman's
country seat , is in paint of fact to a njroator
or loss degree a Dhcasantry , and the increase
and protection of this ouo game bird nro para
mount to all other duties or pleasures.
From every accessible moans of information ,
I believe that fully 1,000,01)0 ) pheasants are
unnuallv slaughtered in the Uniied King
dom. Of these over 100.000 reach the Lon
don market stalls alone ; and this number
represents only those which have legiti
mately com' ) from the "battues" or ' 'shoots"
ID October , November and curly December ,
nnd do not take into account tbo heavy an
nual drafts by poachers upon the rich and
well stooKcd preserves.
Necessarily great pains are annually taken
to keep up the pheasant supplies. There are
some professional * brooders. There estab
lishments are distinctively Known as game
farms. From these pheasant eggs , chicKs
and adults are often supplied by the hun
dreds and thousands to the more aristocratic
estates , although n nobleman or gentleman
greatly loses in caste arnonp aristocratic
sportsmen if bo is known to lack the abilltv
of Keeping his own preserves bountifully
supplied through the profilolency and cun
ning of his own gamekeeper.
Tbo nrln co of Wales U by no moans first
among the breeders , nnd yet on his estate of
Saudringham nnd the adjoining property
of Castle nislngham , which ho has
leased for sporting purposes , as many
as from 7,000 to 8,000 pheasants are annually
provided bv his royal highness for his sports
men friends. In two or three of tbo dukerics ,
nnd on other largo estates as well , Immense
pains and expanse are given to Insure abund
ant supplies of the bird of Colchis.
Vnst ( JuuutltluH of BlrilH Killed lit Ono "Itiit-
tnr. "
Tbo Killing of from 2,000 to 4,000 birds atone
ono "battue" has often been recorded , and it
Is well known that 0,500 were shot during
ono season at Elvcdon , in Norfolk , which
has un area of 17,000 acres. There are other
frame inrms , as tbov are called , In other
parts of Knrlnud , and there is at least ono
Lugo pueasnntry in Scotland , on the larquls
of Alfsa's estate in Ayrshire.
On all estates of avarapo area the head
gamekeeper will bo allowed a half dozen
Keepers to assist him In breeding and caring
for tbo game and in protecting it from in
roads of poachers. Often tbo number of
under game kcenors will bo Increased by
drawing , at certain seasons , upon the under
foresters , so thafwhoro from 2,000 to 4,000
pheasants may bo required for the autumnal
guns of milord's ' sportsmen guests , with the
wives und cnildron of/ the helpers who. may
live in cottages within the demesne walla , u
score of persons will bo employed in tbo
brooding and caring for pheasants upou ouo
estate alone. > j
Usually tbbso blrfla , which have escaped
both the poacher's ,110,1 , * and the sportsmen's
guns are ullowrd . to , .run wild during the
winter ; earo principally bolng-tnUeii to uoop
their runs and covortif.clear of too great ob-
btructlona bv snow.'iq have their haunts oc
casionally provided. With dry-straw or loaves ,
and to keep their drjnklng wells or water
troughs open nnd , ctalr of refuse , mid that
they are well fed with oats and corn. On
Borne estates iturinfr'Oblobor and NovemDor
a certain number uVo1 caught , taken to the
aviary or phoasautjfw'tuolr ' wings regularly
clipped ever ? two ' or throe weeks , and they
nro thus kept and fed durlnir the winter to
provide the required egg supply during tbo
spring months , the Kcarcltr of eggs being ono
of tbo most serious drawbacks In pheasant
breeding ,
Usually , however , tbo old birds are not
"taken up'1 until the lint of February. Then
they are systematically "starved" by non-
feeding for about a weak , when large "lliruro
4" traps are set near tbclr haunts. Then
trails of oats nre Hoatlered Uatwooii. The
pnnaiants readily follow those to the traps
which are sprung by airings In tbo hands ot
tbo keeper * , any duilccd number being thus
easily secured.
< > r t CureTukoitoftlie lllriU In Winter.
These birds are takoti to tbo uvliirlas
which the keeper. * , uuioug whom I tiuvo
Irieads calliuff "areas. "
many good , Insist on
Tuetonro sltuplv largo wooded spaces In tbo
demesne grounds , enclosed by fences of wlro
nettlntr , boruotlmos twelve feet burn. Tbo
wings of lUo birdi ore constantly
tllp ! ; d or they would escape ;
but brooders Hud the labor ro-
tu.rod ] los rostly than n who netting cover-
in , : 'or such necessarily largo tracts. These
nvlarles nro provided with mock coverts of
bnrk nnd bench , with nesting places and
wntcrlnir trough * , whllo some are secured
ngnlnst vermin oy curved iron bases to the
enclosing noltlng charged wtih electricity
which causes death to all rodents attempting
nn entrance.
The pheasants begin laying by April , mid
they lay verv much like the ordlnniy hen.
Eicli can bo counted on to furnish from
twenty to thirty eggs. Those are dally care
fully gathered not only from the nests In the
nvlnrles , but from those of the unlmprisoncrt
birds. The latter is not n dlfllcult task for
the keepers ; for it Is n singular fact notwith
standing the pheasants' wild nature they
nest-most freely in shrub clumps along tbo
oagosof walKs'and drives. The keepers toll
me they love tbu sound nnd sense of com
panionship , thoiigh themselves wonderfully
secretive and sly.
And hero iho element of pouching Is
ridiculously observable. From April to
Juno pheasants' eggf are worth from JCt to
Jt oor hundred , or from 20 to 123 cents each.
A regular scr.imblo for them Is begun , nnd
this season provides ono of the richest
of the noichor's harvests. It Is n
well known fact that ono half of the
pheasants' opgs exposed for sale at
the shopkeepers nro stolon. Export
poacchora know every haunt of the phoasnuU
upoa the demesnes as well as the keepers.
They are often ahead of the latlor at the
ncsls of iho unlmprisoncd birds. Not only
this , but keepers themselves do not scruple
to surreptitiously dispose of milord's supply ,
or help themselves from the neighboring
demesnes.
Lust , spring I rode to Stourbrldgo with Sir
Oflloy . Our mission was to secure
llftv dozen pheasants' eggs which wo nccom-
pllshcd.
"Probably one-half of thorn , " ho said ,
"cnmofroin my grounds. Iho other half are
doubtless from several adjoining properties.
But , " no said dryly , "tnn poaching keeps the
'
breed well crossed'l"
How riicitsuut Chicks nro Hatched.
But the phoisant hen is not n good mother.
Foster mothers must bo provided. Domestic
"setting hens" nrelhoroforo bouchtupfrom
the peasantry roundabout in scores at from
IS pence and 2 smlllngs each. The hatchery ,
always excellently walled und protected
from vormhi often still more expensively
than thu nvlnrios where the nesting is going
on , consists of a long series of arched com
partments with sliding doors which descend
and close the hen in tlghtlv , leaving several
apertures for light and air. The ben is re
moved from the nest dally , fed und watered ,
often given n run in thn wet grass , or her
brna t feathers othorwlso dampened to
Insure creator heat to the eggs , und care
fully put back ou her own nest , preat
care being taiton that it is not fouled or
the eggs misplaced , nnd that all vermin bo
eradicated. At ttio und of three weeks tbo
pheasant chicks have hatched. The hen Is
now placed in n conical , hand-made rush or
willow coop , with frno inpress and ogress lor
tha brood , which is closed in at night nnd lot
out nt 4 o'clock every morning. They are
fed burd-bollod chopped eggs , mixed with
oat and corn meal , a sort of food the chief
material of which Is boiled and dried horso-
ilesh and ground biscuit and oyster-shells.
Several men nro now required for their care ;
and for tbrco months the entire collection of
coops is changed daily like a camp to now
ground , and each day a trifle nearer the
coverts or forest. The food Is gradually
changed to outs nnd cracked raw corn ; tbo
moment the young bird show signs of
skulking they nro removed from the amnestic
hen mothers and coops to tbo aviaries , and la
July they are sat at liberty within the
grounds and forest of the do in 03 no.
However great may be the care In the
breeding of pheasants , not over ono-half of
the chicks come snfoly to maturity. Then the
preserves are ready for depletion by poach
ing in its various forms. Not only do the
birds sulfcr in diminution from tbo profes
sional poacher , but milord's pheasants prove
nn irresistible tomptntion to every tenant
nnd cotter living round about the demesnes ,
as well as to many whoso interests should
moke them their protectors ; while on many
estates much of tbo poaching attributed to
genuine poachers is done by the employes
themselves.
Grout i : tuUH ! Kmploy tin Army of Dion.
On great estates trora twenty to fifty men
nro Qipployed. There are the "agent" and
his dorks. The bailiff , who looks after tbo
homo farm and cattle , has his helpers.
Thcrd nre the head forester and perhaps a
dozen under foresters , all of whose bird and
fuL"I
gamekeeper and bin several undorkecpcrs.
There are a master Bawyor.und throe orfour ,
men engaged in cutting timber nud posts
from forest trees nnd repairing gates , walls
und fences. The head gardner has several
assistants. There are painters , glaziers ,
carpenters , etc. , all of whom are familiar
witn the castle and surrounding grounds.
And on some demesnes ; you will Und n half
dozen lodge keepers nnd their families. All
of these poorly paid folu love n pheasant
otter it comes from the oven , pot or grill as
well as do the aristocracy , nnd they all know
how to got them without Dothoring the vil
lage marketman.
Professional poaching is a far less danger
ous pursuit than It la usually considered.
During the shooting season nil sorts of vil
lage hangers-on are i pressed into service as
"beaters" and to curry and flllunmo.bags. It
is nn easy thing during the excitement -
citoment to hide a generous portion
of tbo game at convenient points
from which it Is taken under cover of
night. Clnmor nnd fright nlso break up the
ructts or coveys into detached files of phcas-
nntswhicb retreat as high as possible among
the branches of larch and fir , when the
poachers con easily take them from their
rousts nt night by band. Other methods are
smudging or smoking them into hulf Insensi
bility nna knocking them from their parches
with clubs ; corn kernels into which short
bristles are inserted are greedily devoured
and the birds run choking to tbo hedges , to
be easily taken by band ; while an Ingenious
and successful device is to lit a gamecock
with artificial spurs uud stealthily place him
alongside a covert , when .the pugnacious
pheasant cock instantly responds to the
gamecock's crowing challenge , when three
or four brace of the valuuolo birds are easily
taken.
How rucHlvo Jllrils Aru Driron Illicit.
Pheasant shooting usually begins the latter
part of Oolober and closes with the final
Christmas "battue. "
Notwithstanding high walls , gentleness of
keepers and nil possible preventives , many
pheasants leave the demesne ; , seeking the
outer hedges and bog grasses , whore they
fall n prey to the snares of tenants und nuns
of the poachers. Therefore a few days be
fore pheasant shooting begins all the outsldo
help nt the castle starts In n circle miles from
the demesne and , concentrating toward the
same , shout and "boat" with a torrlllu hulla-
buloo , thus driving many bacK within the
preserves. Then milord and his friends ,
drosscd as for Milpo shooting on tbo moors ,
and provided each with two 'doublod-bar-
reled , broeeb-loadlng , center-fire fowling
nieces of No. 1" bore , a man for roloudlng
nud another for carrying cartridges , begin
the blaughtor. Tbo sportsmen are stationed
In advance nt the edges of open places. Tbo
pnraekeepor , wdo Is u sort of master of core-
monlot , brings bin assistants or "beaters"
Into line behind. Then they move forward ,
perhaps ton yards apart , the keeper , who
knows ovorv b.ish , hedge , copse or tree , di
recting the "boatois" la every movement.
In nn Instant the preserve is n perfect bod-
lorn nf veil * nud explosions. The men yell ,
"Hl-yl-'i-II" ns tboy "boat" the bushes , calling -
ing , ns thu startled birds ( lash from copse to
copse , "Uock to the rlKhll" "UocK above I"
"To the loft , cock ) " "Hl-yi-i-ll cock ,
cock , cockl Ulgbt ahead , cock I" while tbo
doath'dcnling guns answer with such rutild-
ity that they often got too wnnh to be held
in the sportsmen's bands. This goes on oil
day , with nn hour foralunchofstownnd beer
ota. when the "boaters" uro furnished n lib
eral amount of bread , chooso'and boor ; and
their assistants , who follow the hunters with
carU nnd donkeys , by night have often gath
ered un from 500 to 1,0(10 ( slau htorod birds
These uro nhtppcd direct to London dealers
who provide hampers and tag , and pav for
the birds from four to six shilllnes per brace.
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of Washington will furnish this big flag
staff ns wnll as two or three others of the
largest that nro required ut the exposition.
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