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SECRET SEW YEAR'S HISTORY
Soward's ' Private Secretary Now Reveals
Events Behind the Scones.
HOW WAR WITH JOHN BULL WAS AVERTED
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January 1 , 180:3 : , was not n liappy Now
Year's day in those dU-Unltcd Stales.
If tlio people had only known
Bui there , that's getting ahead of the
Story.
Now Year's day Is the anniversary of nn
event which marked the happy conclusion
of ono of tljo most fateful acts In the shift
ing , inoniciitons drama of the American re-
hellion. On this date , just thirty-one years
ago , thp curtain of night fell on the peaceful
, llnalutothii famous illploinatlc complication
known as the Trent allalr. which i-aino dun-
gorouslj near Involving Uncle Ham In a dis
cussion with John Hull at Imyonct's length.
lt sccno was Hoston hat-iior , with a pitifully
inslitnlnVanl tugboat dancing upon tlio bil
lows or an angry sea , which threatened mo
mentarily to swallow the audacious vessel
mid civw. On hoard was a passenger , a
mysterious young man , who dlrculod the
movements of the boat with commanding
assurance , but with no Intlmution of his pur
pose or destination.
Tin-strange voyager was K. 1) . Webster ,
now a distinguished Nobraskan. Ho was on a
H -cix-t mission of state , the delivery of Mason
and Slliloll loan agent of Oreat Hritaln , and
every precaution was taken to prevent the
news of the surrender from reaching Iho
Amurtcnn public unlll the following day.
Mr. Webster was the private secretary of
\VilIlnm 11. Howard , Lincoln's great secretary
" of state , and he has agi-eatstoreof secret war
* history that has never been published. Only
he Is not given to lightly airing his precious
knowledge. Ho has been caught In a reminiscent -
niscent mood over tlio Trout affair , however ,
und bo tells an Interesting tale of incidents
which wcro sacredly guarded from Iho
public.
Hut Ilrst a hit of history to make the story
clear to the younger generation.
In 1MI1 James M. Mason of Virginia and
John Slidell of Louisiana , who hint left the
United States senate to east their fortunes
with the confederacy were appointed eommis-
hloncrs to solicit the aid of Great Uritain
mid Franco in behalf of tlio south. On u
disinnl , rainy night in October they escaped
from Charleston on a blockade ruiinor. They
loft Havana for England on the Hrltish mail
Bteamer Trent. Captain Charles Wllltes of
the United States man-of-war San JniMnto ,
i-ctmiiiug from an unsuccessful cbaso of the
privateer Suinter , learned these facts ,
intercepted the Trent , took off tbe two com-
mlssloni'i-s and llieir secretaries and landed
them as prisoners of war ut Fort Warren in
Boston harbor.
Of coin-so John Hull went into an indig
nant , howling rage. Ho demanded the release -
lease of the prisoners and an apology.
To show that he meant business bo sent
troops to Canada and began preparations for
war. In addition to his formal demand ho
sent a little personal note to his minister at
Washington' directing him to allow the
United States just seven days to comply.
This note was not for publication , but an
evidence of good fuitb.
Equally of course the northern states were
filled with exultation over the capture made
by WHUes. Hoston banqucllcd him , the sec
retary of tin ) navy hailed him as a hero and
congress gave him a vote of thanks. Hut
Uncle Sam , the mythical embodiment of the
governing power , was troubled. He saw the
fearful danger of a war with Great Hritain.
Ho remembered that fifty years previously
lie undertook to "thrash" John Hull for In
sisting on his assumed right to search
American vessels. Ho thought it prudent
and consistent to surrender Mason and
Slidell. but in the inllamed condition of the
public mind at thai time thai was a danger
ous tiling to do.
John Hull's ultimatum reached Washing
ton on Thursday , December 10.
Undo Sam was in a dilemma. What was hole
lo v'o ?
Dut history records what he did do.
And now Colonel Webster reveals how ho
'did it.
Friday and Saturday passed without ac
tion. Sunday was distinctly quieter about
the big building devoted to affairs of state.
The swarm of clerks had melted into a strag
gling individual here and there , the hum of
a noisy surging public hail died away jute
the hollow echo of an occasional footfall in
those reverberating halls.
Sei/ing this ncriod of quiet and freedom [
from interruption. Secretary Seward called
his conlldentlnl assistants about him and set
himself to the task of formulating a reply : 3to
Great Hritain. Mr. Soward's companions
that day wcro his son Frederick , then assis
tant secretary of state , Mr. Webster and sid
clerk. The young men brought books and
papers and hunted up references while their
chief scanned the records , weighed the argu
ments and Jotted down a draft of his pro
posed reply. od
l ito in the afternoon , Just as Mr. Seward
was concluding his paper , 1'resident Lincoln
came into tlio oflleo , accompanied by John
Hay , one of his secretaries. After the usual
greetings the president referred to UioTrent
affair and the secretary of state explained :
what ho had been doing. Lincoln expressed ;
n desire to know the contents of the pro
posed reply , and young Webster was directed
to read it to him. Tlio president listened < l
attentively , and at the conclusion of tlio
reading said :
"Keail It again , please , pauslmr a moment
at the end of utn
ovury second or third sen
tence. "
As the second reading progressed the pres
ident's facu relaxed and plainly Indicated 'Sed
feeling of relief. As the secretary neared
the end Lincoln drew a document from an
inside pocket , quietly sauntered to the 1111O .
place and threw It Into the llames without Oa
word of comment or explanation. The presi
dent then notllled Seward of a cabinet meet
ing and asked him to bring a copy of the dis
patch Just read.
Seward , with n feeling of resentment
clearly shown by bis volco and manner ,
asked if the president intended to submit
the dispatch to the cabinet furralillcation or
rejection. orw
Lincoln replied thai ho had accepted Sow
ard's conclusions as correct , and they would
bocarrlcd Into effect , but ho gently explained -
plained that ho ought , as a matter of ofllcial
roiirlc.sy , to amiounco his puiosi' | > to his cab
Inet and listen to suggestions as to details. ibbo
Soward's paper , coiihldurcd one of the
ablest niul most important in American state
craft , maintained that tbe confederate torn -
niisslonerH ami their papers were contraband
of Will-ami that Wilkes was right In capturing
them , but admitted that he should have
taken thoTrcnt Into port as a prize for ad
judication , As ho had failed lo do this , and
by leinoving Mason and Sldellhad constitut
ed himself a judge In the matter , lo approve-
his act would bo to sanction the "right of
loarch , " which had always been denied by
ho I'nlted States. Therefore thu com-
uUslouers would bo cheerfully delivered into
3ivut Britain and lluit IKIWCI- would bo for-
tver barred from reasserting thu right orof
icarch , Tills dispatch was discussed at ib -
met meetings on Wednesday ( is )
ind Thursday and after much opposition
ivrts heartily endorsed.
A delay of another day and the Hrltlsh
minister ' , noting on his orders , would have
: bis things and left Washington for
Ycara afterward , when John Hay was see-
retary of the legation at 1'arls and Colonel
Webster was consul at Bradford , Kng. , they
tnut In the gay French capital , and of course
they fell Into u reminiscent chut. Webster
iskod about the paper which Lincoln had so
unostentatiously destroyed on that nii-mora-
bio Sunday In Washington , Hay explained
that It was a dispatch Lincoln had prepared
In answer to Great Britain's demand , and
that It was directly oppuscd to the pn > | K > si-
tlons of Suwanl'b dispatch , An experi
mental draft of this document , in his own
tuuuhvrltliiff , was found by Hay
imong Lincoln's pa lions after bis
death Its chief prnpusal was to ar
bitrate the matters at Issue , or rin
tliu ulterimtlvo to carefully discuss the los
tions Involved and formulate a rule ing
upon both nations for similar cases In the ;
future.
Lliuoln's dispatch was novcr submitted I to
its cabinet. At the iustuut uf Urawiug the
ropy from his pocket Hint Sunday aflomoon ;
ho accepted Si-ward's proposition without
reserve , stink self nml pride without hesita
tion and clnngod the Impending course of
American history.
Then * was n historic mrfmcnt.
And tint's how near Uncle Snm panic to
having a third war with his Insular cousin
aeroits the way.
The next diPlcultywa to surrender Mason
and Slidell to Oreit Britain without raising
n storm of Itidlsnmiit protest and opposition
among the people of the north. The cabinet
aoreed that It would bo wise to do It se
cretly. When It was suggested that that
unpleasant duty naturally belonged to the
secretary of the navy ho said the affair could
not bo kept from the people.
Mr. Seward Insisted that It could and
should.
"If you think you can do It pcrhn ] > you
had better try it , " retorted the secretary of
the navy In a moment of Irritation.
Mr. Seward cheerfully accepted the trust ,
and the cabinet meeting was adjourned. '
The secretary of state was on friendly per
sonal terms with the British minister anil
the latter readily agreed to have n war ship
anchored off the coast of Capo Cod to receive
the commissioners. When thcso plans
had been imulo Mr. Seward called Webster
to his desk and asked howlonu it would take
him to get ready to leavtf Washington on a
secret mission of state.
"About llftceii minutes , " was the reply of
theyounp , , man.
"You will get ready at once- then and take
the next train for New York. " was the
onler.
Wobstcr received his Instructions mid
was cautioned above all things to guard the
object of his inhMnn from public knowledge.
Ho went to Now York , lingered about two
days , ostensibly "taking u rest , " and then
quietly slipped over to Boston. After study
ing the situation he conrluded to charter a
tug boat and slip down to Fort Warren
without excltinir suspicion.
A letter to the commandantof the Charles-
town navy yard got him a squad of marines ,
and at his request they were ihstruatod to
obey bis every command , shooting to kill If
ho ordnwl thttn to tire.
New Year's morning dawned.
The little tug took on its marines and hi
Its larder Webster stored a quantity of roast
turkey , wines and other good things of earth.
Thu boat puffed out into Boston harbor , ivud
then thocuptuin learned that ho was to inuko
for Fort Warren.
A letter to the commandant of the fort
brought forth the four prisoners , Wobstcr
simply Informed them Unit they wcro to be
removed from the fort. He explained that
he had orders to see that they carried away
no drawings of the fortifications or other
records that might bo of use to the enemy ,
but ho proposed to let their baggage go un-
searcbed If they would assure him on their
honor that they Inut no contraband papers
in their itossession.
All but Slidell readily gave the desired as
surance. That obstinate gentleman's be
longings had to bo searched , but without re
sult. The prisoners were then marched be
tween the marines to the boat landing.
During the proceedings in the fort the
wind had risen to a gale , and the tug tossed
and tipped at u frightful rate. Here Slidell
made another exhibition of himself , refusing
in profane and abusive kumuuge to go
aboard. He insisted that it was murderous
to make him' ship in a cockleshell in such a
storm. Webster retorted that ho himself
was a loyal citizen of the United States whoso
life was quite as precious as that of a rebel ,
and that ho had to take as many chances as
Slidell. Colonel Webster admits that he had
serious doubts about pulling through alive In
such a sea , but he had ; i duty that could not
bo evaded. Slidell refused to go aboard ,
despite repeated orders , and two marines
were ordered to curry him on. Ono grasped
him by the feet and another by the arm pits.
These marines were Yankees , and they
proposed to settle a little of their war ac
count at the expense of this confederate.
They ignored the plank which led from the
ground to the landing and boldly waded into
the water. The body of tlio man hanging
between them was dipped into the icy water
at every step. The day was bitterly cold ,
mul by tli- time Slidell escaped his torment
ors and reached the little cabin his clothing
was almost frozen stiff. His remarks tinged
the atmosphere to a cerulean hue , but it wa
Now Year's day. and bo was forgiven. s
Then the tug tinned its nose toward ! ' rov- :
Incotown , on Capo Cod , where a British man-
of-war , the Kinaldo , had been stationed to
receive the prisoners. After hours of buffet
ing , during nil of which the boat seemed in
imminent danger of being engulfed , the tti-
naldo was reached and received the four
southerners.
The warship , in obedience to imperative
orders , immediately weighed anchor and put
out to sea , in spite of the storm.
The tug put into Provincetown and was
unable to leave for four days.
Webster , on landing , telegraphed Secre
tary Seward : "Tho mission on which you
sent mo has been accomplished , " und ho took
the first train for Now York.
The world had no suspicion of this stirrjug
New Year's event until it read its morning
paper the next day.
And John Hull kept his hands off.
Colonel Webster was a voung man at the
time of tliut memorable New Year's trip ,
but , he has had
a distinguished career since
then. Ho spent his boyhood on u farm near
Huffalo , N. Y. , learned the printer's trade
In the ortlce of the Huffalo Express , and sub i-
sequently started an anil-slavery paper iit
Springvillo , N. Y. itd
When the republicans of Nebraska asked
Thin-low Weed to send them a man to pub
lish nn organ of the now party ho recom
mended Webster. Tlio young man landed in
Omaha in 18.V. ) , founded the Hepublican , the
second paper of that faith in the territory ,
and then called a mass meetlm * to organize
the republican party in Nebraska.
He repaid Weed by securing two of Ne
braska's delegates for Seward for president at ,
and in Iblil was called east to become the
hitler's private secretary , a position ho held
till the close of the war. His faithful sorvieo :
was then rewarded by appointment to the
lucrative consulship at llradford , England.
When congress made the consulship ,1.a
salaried position , cutting down the income
from &lTi,000 to olio-tenth that , sum , ho 10L
signed. In ISO" he was appointed deputy
surveyor of the port of Now York after
eight or nine other names had been rejected. ;
The following year ho was made collector : l.if
internal revenue for the Wall street ifs
trict , and ho made s10
a great light agumsl the
brokers and bankers , compelling them to
pay the war tax on all the capital employed
in their business , whether borrowed or not. '
Then for a time ho was a political writer 't.in
tlio Now York Times.
Ho ran for congress in Hrooklvn hi 1871) ) ,
and the Wall street brokers hired toughs tent
break up his meetings. Ho had an apparent
majority of y,10 ( ) , but was counted out.
Ho retired to his farm near HulTnlo , but In
187 ! ) was nmdosuporiuiemlent of immigration
at Ciistlu Garden by Governor Dlx. Ho re
signed In 1875 on account of poor health and
went to Nebraska to rough it on a raiu-h. but
In 1SST , at the request of General Gnrnelil ,
1'residcnt Hayes appointed him inspector of
Internal revenue. At various times ho had
headquarters at Omaha , Chicago , Now York
and Now Orleans.
When President Cleveland was elected tn
1NS4 ho promptly resigned and rolii-iid to bis
Nolnaska ranoh , Ho narrowly escaped being
sent to congress Ihreo years ago to fill oul an
unexplreil term. Ho was the Ilrst delegate
chosen by Nebraska to a national republican
convention , thai of 1SUO , ami he was a dele-
gat e-at-largo to tliii last convention. Ho lets
now giving his whole attention to stock rais
ing , and he has extensive herds roaming over
50tXM ) acres of Nebraska prairio.
FlIKl ) UL'NZI.VOEIt.
iliips mill TurliH In C'lili'iiRii ,
During the cold weather the Japs at work
on the World's fair building spend most of
their time clustered about u copper stove of
their own manufiictuio.
As soon as they warm up a peculiar small-
bowled metal pipe Is produced ami filled with
a rich-flavored , strong-odored tobacco. The
offoet of the narcotic soon shows lUelf-in the
rapid and graceful gestures of the smokers ,
as they begin swapping yarns. Every one of
them is an excellent pantumimUt , und their
gestures are so suggestive of the tenor of
their talk that a stranger can almost tell
what they are talking uboul , oven though
they are speaking their native tongue.
The Turks , contrary to the general cvpec-
tution , are standing the cold weather better
than any other workmen. There are tera
dozen Turks , and when ono of them Is asked
If the weather affects htm ho looks pityingly
at the shivering inquirer , shakes the folds of
his baggy trousers lor renly and returns st-
lejilly to his work. Further inquiry of the
foreman In charge developed the fact Unit
each \\orliiuan hud on three suits of clothes.
The "No. U" Wheeler & , Wilson is the only
lock-stitch machine made that will maintain
an even and perfect stitch at different speeds.
Sold by Geo. W. Lancaster & Co. , OH S. 10th
street.
ODD INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL
DiveraiCod Terrors of a Sail Across the
English Channel.
MIDNIGHT RIDE FROM DOVER TO CALAIS
A Clinptrr on tlio CiKtunt of "Tipping"
Homcllilnj ; About thn XrnrrU l.lvlnij
Hplutlve of Itiilirrt ltnrii Wiiko-
man's Wanderings. '
LONDON . Dec. 10. [ Special to Til F. Br.E. ]
I pray all of you who are to follow after In
European Jaunts never to cross the English
channel bolweeii Dover and Calais save by
day. It has always been my growsomo for
tune to make the passage by nlghl and In
storm.
It Is pleasant surely from the time our
train leaves the grim London housetops , all
the way hi the evening glo.-imiug through
the lovely shire of Kent ; but the voar ot the
sea is always louder upon the great stone
quays than the din of our fast night mall , as
we rush in upon quaint old Dover town.
A moment at the st.ition , and then we
envp along the docks and come alongside
the royal mull steamer : hustled out ot our
wheeled , half lighted cells and driven like
unwilling cattle down tlio slippery descent
and up over the gangway which seesaws
with desperate suggestions of danger ; and
are finally hauled aboard the reeking craft
like the faint-lioarted landlubbers we are.
"first class aft ! second class for'dl"
Sorting us like sheep , wo uro at last hud
dled abo.ird the "Foam" moat appropriate
name , for oven hero at the docks the sea is
so mild that Its spume Is dashed over us
Hie luirgage and continental mall are some-
he w taken on ; and while a great lurch from
which the steel-ribbed though diminutive
and shell-like craft only recovers to bo
hurled violently in another direction , our
steamer fairly began its ricocheting across
the channel.
Hehlnd us , nestled In ono of the most
charming ravines in all England Is ancient
Dover town , with Its lights winding away to
the westward and blinking from the sides of
thoelilT ; while the great Dover lighthouse
flames out , upon the channel and brings Into
weird outlines the stupendous castellated
fortifications upon mighty Dover Heights.
You are instantly plunged into the
plain , old fashioned misery of sea-sick
ness. You do not go indoors , for all
those nice people who must bo quite as
used to a channel boat as a ferry would
surely notice you were becoming ill. On the
other baud , all the terrors of thodeep and of
approaching physical helplessness are ro-
biiltnnt from your enforced acrobatic feats
UIKIII deck.
Uetwcon humiliation and possible death ,
in sheer desperation you cbooso disgrace.
Your hand is upon the cabin door , but seems
palsied. No , vou will seek the second class
cabin , "for'd. " They will bo less critical
there. Its door is but fifty feet away , but
where 'is ' braver pilgrimage than this ? It
seems an ago until you have been able to
throw yourself down the winding stairway
into the strange triangular cabin below.
-Ugh ! the odor of tno place , its subtle
dread and subtler qualms will always pos
sess you whenever your crossing of the En
glish channel returns as a hateful blot upon
your memory.
Under the stairway , from behind a cres
cent-shaped bar , two Tom Thumb like tiny
old boys , attired like men-of-war's men , arc
dispensing liquors and ales at n lively rate.
Every male In the cabin is smoking , some at
the same time munchimr food at the sloppy
lunch table , where the dishes click and slip
with n greasy grind with tlio lurching of the
vessel. Through the noxious vapors , and as
if far away and in an oppressive dream , you
see , at either side of the cabin and in tiers ,
each beyond and slightly higher than an
other , in amphitheatre form of arrangement ,
capacious bunks. Each is provided with a
leather-encased cushion , a sago-covered pil
low mid n sunken euspiilore ; and nearly all
of these bunks are occupied by men and
women in every imaginable attituUo of hu
man suffering , or of preparation against tor-
luring experience.
Over there is a party of Americans evi
dently an cntiro family. They are cursing
everything outside of America , and strug
gling with each other as their physical
convulsions increase. Beyond are several
friars in brown and gray , perhaps from some
of the French cloisters beyond Amiens ,
fortitude. Opposite are stolid commercial
travelers , silent Jews and Frenchmen full of
antics in their torture , with Frenchwomen ,
graceful and pretty oven in this most re
morselessly leveling of all human Ills , an
English channel sea-sickness.
Tlio horrible air and scenes of this cabin
force you with others back upon the deck ,
where the steamer's rail at ono side catches
you in its banging grip to hurl you to tlio
iron nutting embrace of the other. There is
no escape. All bravery , resolution and
supreme will power are of no avail. You
recall in uu ecstaoy of hopelessness that no
channel steamer was ever lost.
With this thought all possibility of
relief is abandoned. For a good hour every
aspiration and ambition of life is swept
away. You grovel and slide and slop as
limp as u strand of cold inaccont upon the
night mail steamer's deck ; for utter exhaus
tion has come.
But at last the bracing storm which has
whipped the channel into foum pounds new
life into you. The suit spray dashes into
your face and revives you. You crawl to
where 'the ' four grim wheelmen are , for In
tlio cutting wind there Is a faint odor of the
land. The chief wheelman comforts you
with :
"Doan't mind it , mon. The best there bo
doun't bo able to stand on their legs hereabout -
about P *
Away to the right is now seen the light at
the French capo of flriz Nez , Soon your
.steamer begins skirting the coast. Hero and
there are glintings and glimmerings of light
from the coastwise villages , where the lute"
revel or vigil Is being kept. The pier-heud
light ut Calais grows anil glows. Over the
looming quay , where the sea plays mad
havoc , is n continuous wreathing of Hush
ing phosphorescence. Speedily now your
steamer literally gallops Into port.
Hero at one side are the fantastic llshing-
cruft and the bellying "lighters. " At the
other , us the bedraggled passengers crowd to
the gangway opening , are rows of French
porters , bowing and scraping and chattering
glibly. The weird cressets lluro over the
picture strangely ; and a Ilavor of decaying ,
salty things , of half-digested Cognac mid of
penetrating gurllo is all over.
And what a din is there !
With a swash and a bump the foum is
finally made fast. Then the perilous mid 1-
night ascent to tho- docks , tlio keen-eyed
customs olllccrs , the skirmishes and more '
serious engagements with porters , the cries !
of the guards , the miserable entanglements
and wild-eyed sorties , and , linally , the mud
husto to the different trains for Purls ,
for Vienna and for Berlin. In half
an hour everything bus come to
rights ; you have with nn hundred "par-
dons ! " and -romereles ! " been hustled Into :
one carriage only to bo hustled out of this
into another ; and at last you are locked
tightly within one which lias got you safely
fora lilllo time.
Then , certain of still being all wrong , the
train moves away from the docks weaving
ami swaying past whcro rcdshlrtcd French
boys play through long summer days on
golden sands ; past frowning battlements i ;
past quaint old rookeries of the seaport
town ; underneath the shadows of the great
Calais lighthouse ; past out-jutting roofs and
underneath overreaching oulcoaies and hood-
like arches ; until at lust , with a bump that
brings you to your feet , you ure within [
another raging din where trains are made up '
for all parts of the continent.
Hero porters with blue blouses anil rod-
riinmud caps , guards with gold lace and
Itching pulms , and guns d1 arm03 with bow
legs and Qulxotlo statcllncss again hustle
you ; tear your tickets from you ; throw your
baggiigoafteryoiijcommlsenitoyou ; wheedle
you ; take your pourlwlro and hurl you , as
from u catapult , into a carriage apartment ,
whcro sick in body and demented in mind .
you sink exhausted into perturbed sleep , as
the hour of 1 Is tolled from the ghostly
towers of the Calais churches , haunted by
dreams of Brobdlgnagian , gaudily dressed
guards continuing Intlnite tortures through :
compartment windows , supplemented
by invisible choruses "
of "Jo us
remercio"Purdonnez ! mot ! " ed
tu the staccato of the wheels upon tlio
rails ; ever nfter cardwl In the memory llko
unmo Infernal rcallMVTmi of n witch-walled
Walpurpls night. „ , ,
Ho "Tlppc > 7'lii , < I'nrtpr ,
There Is n great" flisttnctlon between
British "tipping" anil 'American "tipping'1
In Great Britain ! Your true Briton " " 'tips'
with something HUe yuconsciou * kindliness.
Wo Americans who travel In Europe bestow
our pralultlcfl largely , loosely , loudly , as
though we wcro eltl rjdefying criticism or
resenting potty brigandage.
Quite as striking a difference will lw found
in the disposition ofija ) ) British .serving people
ple In their acceptation oftips'1 from Briton
or foreigner. They rffliMi seem bullies to us ,
because ounnamicrajWses their antagonism
or cupidity , or both. But they nro veritable
InmbH to their own folk , and the English
man , who is the greatest of travelers In his
own country , will leave a shining trail of
gratitude and good will behind htm Ity the
judicious use of copper only , when wo per
force follow In perturbation and discomfort ,
thqugh we spangln our way with silver.
t have seen the English.sido of this fact
Illustrated on countless occasions. Only re
cently while waltimt for a London train at
the great Kugby station , a handsome , iwtly ,
venerable gentleman alighted from the car
riage of a train from Coventry. A porter
hastened to his assistance and conducted
whcro T stood. Then ho struggled with the
lugg.ige. There were altogether sixteen
parcels. Four were lingo leather handbags ,
eneh of the sl/e and1 weight of a murketablo
Limerick pig. They were all llually tidily
piled J alonesido the dlstlncruished traveler.
The hitter's hand went Into his pocket , whcro
there was apparently much coin , and surely ,
1 thought , it will reappear with at least a
shilling , possibly with a half crown. 1 could
not help seeing.lt was only n ha'penny.
But the bland and perfect grace
with which it was bestowed , and
the momentary , half-conscious look
of attention and sympathy which accom
panied it , wcro what tilled me with amaze
ment and admiration. The porter , still bow
ing from exert lon.itouched his cap with a glad
sort of humility , and suld "Thiinkco , sir ! " In
a tone of positive gratitude. In response to
my own ' thrlpcm-y bit. " and an inquiry who
the gentleman that "tipped with half pen
nies mlghtibo , the porter answered heartily :
' "Im ! W'y ccs the Karl of An' a
n worry line man eo is , sir. "
"What mi excellent courier ho would
make ! " 1 could not help saying.
"Doan't know as to that , sir ; " replied the
porter admiringly ; "but eo's a worry line
man , sir ; worry goodun toco's people. "
of Itolicrt Itnriio.
Ono of the sweetest lasses in iUl Scotland ,
ono of the best mothers and ono of the
sturdiest of fathers are dear friends of
mine at Dumfries , Scotland. The lassie is
.lean Armour Burns Brown. Her mother is
the daughter of the oldest and best-beloved
of Itobort Burns' sons , Hobort Burns , jr. ,
who was himself a true poet and a man of
profound intellectual attainment. This
mother and daughter nro the immortal
bard's nearest living relatives. The home is
modest and plain but rich in love , sentiment
and the most priceless of human sympathies ;
and 1 have long since come to love this truly
lovable Scottish homo for the manhood ,
womanhood and purity that dwell within it.
They ure not rich people thcso ; not oven
folk of moderate means ; but th uro Is a true
nobility in their everylno and lofty inde
pendence which lionottjitho memory of the
bard whoso fatno bestowed no little honor
upon them. Some ' tytio conceived the
idea of constructing , u duplicate of
the "Burns cottage" at Ayr , in
whic'.i the poet Wfls born , for ex
hibition at the Worldf-J fair. This was all
well enough. Then some fertile mind devoid
of sensitiveness or sentiment further con
ceived. This little faniily must bo corralled ,
lassooed and herded UVjUio "Burns cottage"
to bo catalogued , labeled and gazed at , like
a Kull'ir bund , a two-headed calf , or the
wild Australian ohltdYon , by millions of
World's fair visitors. , , , ' A United Stutcs
consul in Scotland has just broke the hilari
ous news of what was1 'expected of them to
these reputable descendants of Kobcrt Burns
in Dumfries ; and thrf 'gentle but dignified
reply he has rceeiveiOj'ill undoubtedly bo
omitted from his forthcoming consulate
memoirs , to bo cutltleekitUif ts in. the Mists of
Auld Reekie. " ' ' '
While on the subjcqt , qt Burns and his
descendants , it is , also an interesting fact
that the Ellisland farm Homo of Kobcrt
Burns bus Just been thrown open to the
public. This house on the bunks of the
songful Kith , about six miles north of Dum
fries , is standing as sturdily today us when
its strong walls were completed by Robert
Burn's own hands. If there is to bo a
"Burns cottage" at the World's fair , this is
the ono which should bo copied , or at least
those having the matter in charge should
recognize the truth that its representation
would injjiiitoly inorocmplmtically memorize
"fuir Coila's bard" than a prototype
of the Aycr cottage wherein ho was born.
This Nith-sido cottage is hallowed by a
myriad sacred memories of Burns. Ho built
It while singing many a lusty song to his
absent love and wife. When done It was to
his honest eyes fairer than any place in
Britain To it ho brought his adored Jeua
"preecsc.1 by a peasant-girl carrying the
family Bible and a bowl of suit. " The most
of his children were born within its walls.
It was the ono ISdcn o ( . labor , love and song
that the poet and his wife over knew.
There are hundreds of visible relics still at
the Ellislund cottage of the poet's own
handiwork. Ho was the great , the immortal
Burns , more for bis life within this humble
home than for all else of earthly accomplish
ment ; for hero were produced , unions ; scores
of minor poems , his most ecstatic achieve
ment , "Turn o' "
Shunter , written In a day
and denominated by Alexander Smith "sinco
Bruce fought Bunnockburn , the best single
day's work done in Scotland , " his magnifi
cent battle piece , "The Song of Death , " his
wonderful satire , "Tho Kirk's Alarm , " his
matchless embodiment of connubial affection
"John Anderson , My Jo , " "O , Bluw Ye
Westlin1 Winds , " his "Address to the Nlth , "
"On Seeing a Wounded Hare , " that grand
"Address to the Shade of Thomson , " "Of a'
the Airl-3 the Winds can Bluw , " and that
divinest of all his odes , "To Mary In
Heaven. " Eixuu L. WAKUMAN.
A Pittsburgcr who spent a part of last
snmmer In England tells an incident which
sadly disturbed { bo rcllirious peace of a
parish in I'enzunce , suys the 1'ittsburg
Chronicle.
A maiden lady --C that town owned a parrot
which somehow acquired the disagreeable
habit of observing ut frequent Intervals ;
"I wish the old lady would die. "
This annoyed the bird's owner , who spoke
to her curate about it.
"I think wo can rectify the matter , " re
plied the good man. "I also have a parrot
and ho is a righteous bird , having been
brought up in the way ho should go. I will
lend you my parrot ifml I trust his Inllu-
cnco will reform tliiit depraved bird of
yours. " " 'I '
The curate's purrofWrts placed in the sumo
room with the wicked ufii ) ami as soon as the
two had become iicciiNtomcd to each other
the bad bird remarked' ) ! '
"I wish the old lad > ; ! uldino. "
Whereupon the clergyman's bird rolled up
his eyas and in solcimraecents added :
" \Vo beseech Thee Q tpar us , good Lord ! "
The story got out in the parish and for
several Sundays it wajflikcessury to omit the
litany at the church services ,
" .Mr. Ferguson , " sittiHtlio minister , "you
are on your death bed. "
"Yes , " assented thd ftk man.
"You are about to face the great hereafter.
Are you not nfraid to iHe } You huvoi wasted
your life. What defd'tyf yours can your
children look back on when you are gone anil
contemplate with satisfaction ? "
"You forgot , " suld.Uiu-siok man , with us
much indignation as ho could muster , "that I
once colored a meerschaum pipe without
burning it. "
* *
A country minister in Now York state
finding the lire in tho' parlor had gone out
asked his wife to bring in something dry
with which to reliiflit It. The good woman
went to the burn and pulled from a barrel an
armful of her husband's old sermons ,
"Ten IWads to 1'crditlon from Ogdcns-
burg , " ( N. Y. ) Is the title of a series of ser
mons under course of delivery in that town.
Nobody is talking of the opposition line in
the same way.
"Is Miss Hinoto a good singer ? " "She
must bo. Every other girl in the choir seems
to dlsllko her. "
"Do you approve of cfiureh bells ! " "Yes ,
if they don't tlirt hi the church Itself , "
Dyspepsia's victims find prompt and per
manent relluf In Hood's iSursuparillu , which
tones the stomach and creates an appetite.
A * dinnl passes through the Atlantic rablo
Inill-lUOof a sevoml ,
An attempt with electric omnibuses Is to
bo made. In London. The cost is estimated
iitnponcon mile , ns against a pence for
horse ixjwer.
A drying tiouto for lumber lias been
erected at Ottawa In which electricity Is
the heating power. TIili l < the first estab
lishment of the kind in the world.
A man In Columbus , O. . has patented an
electrical device Intended to automatically
lower and raUo railroad gates at grade
crossings at the approach and nfter the
passing of trains. The apparatus Is expected
to supplant llagmen and gatetendcr.s.
Electricity , where unrotardoil by ntmos-
pherli' Influences , travels at the rate of 23S-
0N ( ) miles a second , Along a wire It Is , of
course , vastly slower ; a perceptible ported of
time Is occupied by the electric current In
sending telegrams over long distances.
I'robably the smallest electric light in
stallation In the world Is to bo found In the
Httlo village1 of Bremen , near Dormbach , in
Thurlngia. It comprises u single are light
Installed In tie ] church , the lamp being op'er-
ntcd when required by n small dynamo
arranged in the village mill and driven by
the mill wheel.
A discussion Is being carried on in relation
to the tulephoiio cable connecting England
and Franco as to whether It Is moro econom
ical to carry on conversation over the line in
English or In French. The toll is about $2
for thrco minutes' use , and consequently the
relative rapidity of the two languages enters
us an Important factor. At present the
Frenchmen seem to have the better of the
controversy.
At a recent meeting ot the American
Street Hallway association a report was pre
sented from a committee which hud been
appointed to aswtain the relative cost of
oporatlon of horse , cable , and electric street
railways. A comparison of a typical cable
with a typical electric- lines , of about the
same capacity and located In the sumo city ,
gave some interesting , though perhaps not
wholly conclusive , llgurcs. Comparing cost
of construction with returns. It appeared
that each dollar invested In the electric road
carried moro than a dollar Invested
in the eablo road in the ratio
of 4 to 0. It appeared furthermore
that SD per cent of the electric roads report
ing had earned dividends of from 5 to 1" per
cent certainly a very encouraging show.iug.
Unlike the Dutch Process
No Alkalies
OK
Other Chemicals
are used In tlio
preparation of
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.rliicli it absnliitetv
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tlia strength of Cocoa tnlxout
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Sugar , nnd is far moro eco
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\ rilKOKJiA Is ilio lutUKt soiiHution aiming
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ailthlcuit. llor complexion Is so huatitlful ono
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Mmo. Viilo bin plnc-oil Jji : Frnolilu In Ihu mar-
ot. Tlio woman of tbu world limy imvo the
bonollt of bur bvcrut mill becoinu us beautiful
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girls a unil irmrr'od la
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This offer will continue after January 1st , 1890.
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NOTICE Whut some of the dealers of Omaha [ who are handling PALM LEAP
TOBACCO ] any : OMAHA , Oct. 28 , 1892.
To whom It may concern Wo Iho undersipnod dealers of Omaha , are handling
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lump wo have over handled. When sold to n customer ho will call for It ag-ajn.
The deal connected with it ia n square ono , and the host wo huvo pvor suon. Fur
ther , wo cheerfully recommend it to any dealer who will taka an interest in show *
Int : it.
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R. Costello , r UB N. 10th St. Fen Kro"o & Pahl , 17th and Clark St
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M. F. Titnms , 223 N. 13th St .1. P. .lorpo , l.'Wl N. I'.lth St
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W. D. Edwards & Co. , 3Gth & Farnam Chns.IIiiix , 811 N. < Mth St. S. Omaha. 1
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