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. ESTABLISIIED JUNE 19 , 18fl. I OMAHA , SUNDAY , , . . . : . J
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18'1. 1rORNING 1tAno 31 1895-T'VENTY PAGES. SINGLE COpy "IVE O ] Nrl'S. .4
S SOME ASIATIC , SOFT SNAPSIn
Lifo or American Mininler nnd Consuls
in Japan and Oorea
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ONEROUS TMK or DRAWING SALARIES
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T Stork nld Oosllil Alolt Our RVrllcltn-
l tiveis , nt Orleltnl Court-AlucrIC4IIN
Who l"vo SetUI.t Thcro-
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Thu UIIoi&nrk.
llutonnrlu.
( Copyr1ghte. , 18 : , by Frnk a. carpenter. )
The preeent war has Increased the Im-
, ortanco of our mision to Corea That
' , country from now on will bo the wedge be.
tweon Japan , China and IUUII ! , and our
ilnlster there WIll be nn Importnt char-
act l. There Is t a large Alerlcnn coony'e :
now In Seoul. The Americans ale dong :
most of the mission work of the country and
tMro are a number of American omelal
. - connected with the govermcnt. The el-
mate Is a good orc , and the place Is 1 by no
means so black ' as It has been painted. You
remember what General laldemnn , the late
American minister to Slam , raid about It.
Io was nsltd whether he wished a reap-
- . olntment to Slam , or whether 11 would
) not prefer to go to Coren. 10 replIed :
"If I were told that I must go to Slam or
to lades , I would , I suppose , answer that I
would g to Slam , but I the command was
that I must go to Hades or Corea I cer-
. ? tainly would not cheese Corea. "
AN ASIATIC SOFT SNAP.
General Haldeman had evidently not been
to Corca. The minister there has I much
batter posItIon than our minIster at Dangkok.
lie has better quarters , : and Corea Is one cf
the few countrIes In which Uncle Sam owns
his own house. The king , I think , donate
the land and the home of ! the American : mln-
Isler Is a commodious , one-story buIlding , covering -
4. ering considerable ground , and decidedly comfortable -
fortable , though I was told that It was
slightly unhealthy , and that the secretary of
t the legaton who had last lived In I hall
- nearly diEd of fever In consequence. ThIs Is
nothIng , however , for a comul or a diplomat
lS to" which witness the numbr of consuls
. who dIe every administration at Vera Cruz
trm yellow fever , and the others who are
taken oft by miasma In other countries of the
world. A few repairs would make the lega- ,
Uon buildings In Seoul all right , and our I
minister has somethIng lke five acres Inside
the brIck ' walls which surround his home. He
bas another one-tory building whIch forms
his omce. The king has given him a guard .
> of soldiers , and he has f'o times as many
servants as he ever hnt ) In AmerIca. When
bo goes abut the city he Is "tote" along
In a sedan chair by four men , and hIs officialsa
stand nt the gale and are ready to open It
whenever ho comes Into his yard. The place
pays $7,600 a year , and thIs on a sliver basis
Is equal to $15,000. There Is a reading room ,
: ' whIch Is kept up by the missionaries and other
foreIgners , within a stono's throw of the lega-
ton , where AmerIcan and English perIodicals
and newspapers come every month , and a lit- .
ld , further up the same street there Is a club I I
housol where one can , If ho wiI , get a Vermouth - i
mouth or a Manhattan cocktail , and can amuse i '
I himsel with ' billiards In company with play- I
ers from dozen dIfferent parts of the world. ,
C MINISTER J. B. SILL. . I ,
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I think our mInIster spends the ( greater
part of his time In the readIng room. The ! .
fact Is , I never saw him In the club , antI I I
don't know that he frequents it. He II
, itI
I moro of a student than a club man . ami I
, I hIs life has been spent In teachIng . school .
Ho Is now 63 , and he was born near But
. falo HIs father died when ho was 11 , and i ,
ho had to look out for hImself. He got an I I
. education , and In some way dried to 1lch- I
Igan. le was for a time the superintendent t
, , of the Jetrolt schools , and then for ten
years was the head of I female t"a
. i 4 . For some years ho was connected with the :
UnIversIty of Michigan , and ho went fresh ;
from school work to Corea During hIs
youth ho bad distinguished himself as a
. farmer , beIng the champion ralr ant
binder of the neighborhood In which he
) ivcd , and when ho was appointed w/lch minIster -
Ister to Corea be concluded that he would
benefIt the country by ImprovIng Its stock :
He bought a bull and several cows In Call -
fornIa , ami took them over wIth him on the
steamer. I don't know whether ho expected' i
them to go along as a part of hIs personal
erects , but I was told In Yokohama , Japan I ,
II at when ho arrived there the steam
ship company charged him $ see for extra
baggage. At any rate , he took his cat
tie to Corea , and was surprised to fin ii
there a better grade of beef than that
which ho had carrIed over 6.000 miles of sea I.
lie la rewarded , however , by having good
milk and butter , though In caio ho remaIns
In the country not moro than three year I ,
the extra baggage bill wIll make his eofeo
. , . cost from this Iem alone about $1 a day. eI
. ' was In Seoul at the time Mr. Silt arrived , and
ri , .1 called at the legation only a few hour
f . afterward. An absolutely naked Corean boy
, . was swinging 01 the gate , and I found the
( bouep turned upside down wah the mlnlster'a
effects. During my sty the mllster was
presented to tIle king his majely gIving
mo the honor of an audience the santo dal ( .
Mr. Sill made . I very good Impression , and
hIs majesty told him that ho was glad Iho
, president had soot such n distnguihed
sbolar to represent him In Corea. The king
spoke at thla ' time In the highest terms of I
3)r. I N. Alien , the secretary of the logy
ton , who hnll acted as minister during the I
interim , and Who , by the way , has done
more for America and AmerIcan Interests In I
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Cora titan any other forolgner.
TiE KING'S QLOSIST RmND.
Pro Allen Is today the most powerful foreigner -
/ eigner In the country. lie Is a modest , iia -
tiring young man of about 40 year of a \ a ,
. . who was sent out tt Asia as a missionary
' doctor and who , after spending a short tin \ yo
In China , wont to Corea At this time the
missionarIes were held In low esteem by the
Corenns , and they were working hard to get
a , foothold About twelve or thirteen year
ago a great rebellion occurred , In which
Rim Ok Klum and ether seized the kIng ,
, and In which the conspIrators nearly kIlled
one of the klnss family , Prince Mln Yen ig
' 1k. 10 was almost cut to Pieces wit it
; swords , and , bla life was. desplrc of , wits in
' . " 1r , Allen watt called } In. lie appreciated the
. sItuation. lie know that he would bo I
charged wIth 1.lln" the Ilrlnco I bo taut lu
to cure hIm , and that the 11rlnco's chances
of life and death bung upon a hair. I ) r.
AIIen , bowovor. concluded to risk It on his
O'n ski and Prince ll Yong Ik's vial ! : .
lIe sewed UII his wounds all nursed him for
da ) ' . . Inch by Inch and atom ly atol he I
drew the prmnqe away from the grave , and
finally inaae him a wel man. This gaVe
Dr , MIen a great reputation throughout thl
whole land. 10 wa called In to prescribe
for tie Corean nobles , and during the ) 'eaa
of his mInIon II Corea be actully tttrn ill ,
In to the mission funds over 5,000 a year
which ho gtt front his o'hldo itractico. 'Che
1dpg and queen look his advice on mallY
matters of foreIgn volley , and \ hen the ( t ) '
ent theIr embassy Washington he wont :
along 18 theIr confidential Id\'b r. le i :
, . , atayell with them for seine lmo In Washing-
tOi , winning friend v\'ct'ywlere , anti aUc r-
t , war < went back to Corea 1 our secretary of
' iegftUOfl. Today when any matrr , of lute reeL .
eeL to forehner II to ho carried t hrolgh ]
. .n CCrea , Ur. Alien II al\lya altpValCtl to.
aJP <
Through hhl the missionarIes have tutu ud
access to the beat canes of the countr i .
and their work Is not confined 10 the coolie " ; ,
a I la tn a large extent In China. Ur. I
lon has lot bee I connected with the Ils- :
abuts lu al ) oleial way for ) 'ears , and III l !
\ 'worI hi el I.ractcal and diplomat 10
, t . . ; rAther Ihan religIous. lie II a man of 111gb ]
.k ' .W , educatIon. - a born dlplotit and Ihoroughly I
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. emclent II every respect.
- MIIOAN OENilll.S IN COHEA.
" Tller are A n\mber pf : nerIC-11 ) cei 11.
Jited ; 'll tbl Corcan GO\crnuwnt , , - al
t . Clarence Oreathpuso I ltO for 'lgn , Idvi.or
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: I . the kin ; , Mil hi . , lUtJIU' consults III on
, It l.t"rl of , lurel&n' Vlcy. ! _ His r .aliy ; II I 0I I
a magnificent establishment , with numerous
ser vants . lie spends a great deal of his time
Inma the palace , and he Is connected wIth
many of the modern reforms. Not long ago
the king gave him I rank and I believe he
has now the right to wear a gold button
under his ear. lie Is D CalIfornia .an , who
was at one time owner of the I xamlner , nod
who went to Japan some years ago as con-
sui general to Yoltohlm . lie Is n fine
law'er , a man of geol education , and one of
the best story toilers In public \o. General
Wiiam McF. Dye , who rent over to Corea
to reorganho the army some year ago . Is
a\o.
stl In the ervlce of the king lie took
11art In the late war In thIs country and then
went to Igypt wItO ! he served with great
dltncton In the arr ' of the khedive , . lie
has now been In Coren about eight years ,
anll during that time hIs beard and haIr have
bo como as white as snow Another American
counected with the army Is Colonel F. J.
N. Nfenstead , who aIded In drIlling the
tr oops , and who Is now at the head of
the klng's ImperIal school lie Is a brIght
fear llow . and , like tbo other AmerIcans who
arl connected wIth his majesty , seems to
ho willing to walt for his salary without
\ery much fuss about its non-payment. I
suppose ) this matter lIas been changed now ,
and the foreign loan which the king has
malle , or Is trying to make , will enable all
of the official alary debts to be promptly
pall , " 'hen I was In Corea , however , the
Itng owed the American officIals about
$60,000 , and nearly every foreigner In hIs
ser\lce was front one month to a year be-
hlndhlnd.HE
HE BLUFFED TiE KING.
The only American who was paid up
pr omptly at this time was the klng's electricIan -
tricIan , Mr. Thomas W. Power , a young
Washington man , who was just about com-
pletng the putting of an electric light plant
Into the palace. Ills majesty Is very much
afraid of assassination. lie has two great
palace cites , each of which contains between
fvo hundred and a thou and acres of b\lli-
Ings , and which are about two miles apart.
M r. Power had put two thousand Incandes-
cent lights Into these palace , and hundreds
of them are kept blazing from 5 o'clock In
the evening until 6 o'clock In th moring.
Hs majesty does:1 'f his business at night ,
a nd ho never lec In the dark lIe goes
almost crazy U \ , ydosn't have light , and
his situation Is really 'so dangerous that he
ca n't afford to do without It.
The light plant which bas been put In Is. .
ono of the finest In the ' east I came from '
A merica , and was 'so ' well put up by Mr.
Power that one of the dancIng girls could
h ave run it. The Coreans In fact , hall
heen managing the machinery for several
weelts , and the officials thought that thc
lght was complete . and those to whom the
king had banded the money for Mr. Power
held It back and refused to gl\e It to him
10 protested and waited for a few days
They showed no sIgns of paying his alary
u ntil , at last , one nIght when the kIng was
In i the midst of his state business with hIs ;
omclals about hm : , the light went out. :
Couriers were at once dispatched to the
plant , and the Coreans In charge were
asl.ed what ' was the matter. They could
not tell , They pointed to the machInery. '
I was runnIng beautifully ! , but there was
no light. Mr. Power I was told , had merely
disconnected the dynamo by taking out
a hidden screw , which left the wheels run-
ning as usual , but which produced no light.
The ling was enraged at his ofcials , but
not at Mr. Power. He knew nothing about
the raliry having been kept back , but ho I
imply told the high 'Corean noble who had L
charge of thIs department that If the light
Was not at once prodbced his head would be
vc hopped off. This would also necessitate the I
cuting off of other heads , and within an hour
M r. Power's money was In hIs hand , and be I
had a lot of Corean nobles on theIr knees I
about him , begging hIm to use his magic and
brIng back the light to the kIng. lIe held of
for I time , but-was fnaly perua'ded , and
havIng turned the Coreans out of the lIght .
plant he Inserted the screw , and , presto ! Ihl
palace blaze wIth the rays of electricity .
There was no trouble after this about Mr
Power's salary , and he steadily grew In In-
ui uence. He had harge or the klng's armory ;
and repaired Gatng guns. lie was about
to build an electrIc railroad from Seoul to
the t han rIver when the present rebelion
broke out and everythIng stopped.
TIlE MISSIONARIES.
There Is a large colony of missionarIes In
Seoul , and there are missIonary stations a t
the t leading seaports of the country. The
feld Is taken up almost entirely by tbe
PresbyterIans and Methodists , and both ]
churches are doing excellent work. In ad-
diton to these the French Catholics and
the t Church of England hnvo a number of
missIonaries , and ho Methodists have a
Corean school or college . under the charge
of f the 11ev. I P. Appenzelier . I paId some
atenton to missIon work durln21 the tour
which I made through Japan , China and
Corea last summer. I found the mission
arIes hlrd-worklng. earnest men , and they :
are tItling a vast deal of good , though the
masses upon whom they have to work are
so many and the missionaries are so few that
there t Is not as rapid progre . ! as might b
otherwIse. Thcre are mission stations , scat
tered throughout the Chinese empire , and ;
here are now 1,296 mIssionarIes at worlt In
that t country. They claIm that they ,
have 40,000 ChInese wbo are regular
communicants and the Increase has been
rapid within late years. I Is elgbty-slx
years since Protestant missions were starte d
In China , and the chief work has ben
done during the lust thlrty.fve years , at
the beginnIng of which there were only sIx
communicants One , of the frIends of the
mision claims that If the same advanc e
continues durIng : the next thirty-five years
there will be 26,000,000 I'rotestant communicants -
cants In ChIna and a ChristIan communiy
of 100,000,000 people. As for me , I very
much doubt thIs estimate. There Is a great' '
mission work going on In Japan , and Japan
Is the ( Ilradlso of tbe missIonary lie Is I
allowed to do as ho Illeases , and the people
are more easIly converted , Some of the
best work of the iniseicnaries ts Ihrough ,
their hospials , whIch are very much nee.led 1. I
and which are now 110roughly uppreclated
by the Aslatlca. The work In this line has
been Impro\lng every year , anti the man
who tells you that the missionaries are not
doIng anything In Asia has not , as a rule ,
been Inside of a "misionary's house nor
looked at all Into the real work which they
are attempting to accomplsh ,
OUR DIPLOMATS IN JAPAN.
Japan II now cOJIlered ; quite as 'desltble
a country by our d\IJlaUc agents au Eni ; .
land or the continent. The aalarles of tbo
consuls are high and our diplomats li re
lve
much better In Japan titan they do In I
Europe. Nearly every one of them has a
large establishment , with plenty of servants , ,
and they are , as a rule , of a higher grade
than those appoInted 10 the big cities of
Europe. The consul general at Yokohama I.
ono of the nb'est len who has ever been
sent abroad In that capacity. Ills name Is
Nicholas , Melvor and ho Is an Iowa man
of about O years of age . lie Is a fine lay .
yer , and Is a graduate of Yale cohieg 0 .
lnckl'l \ Ith cOllon sense and a man of ;
business abilIty , he Is making a very su C .
ceuful consul s neril , The vIce consul general u -
oral Is Mr. George H. Seldmore , who hl ; ;
been for years connecte1 whim the servIce ,
and who hos considerable diplomatc abllit .
At Osaka and 1logo. the great commercial
centers of western Japan , the United Stab :
Is represtnted by Enoch J , Smihers , who
bas been connerted , wih our dIplomat Ic
service for I qutahter of a century , dod who
did good work nt Shanghai and TlenT.i
Jt Nagasaki wo have W. I. AbercrombIe ,
a rIch Amerlcln , who lies emma of the floe at t
houses In the far east , and who Is a man bt r
culture apd braIns.
TUe i OTJN A' TOK1O
The constLsjtpQyer , Ilue to do only wlb
the business Intreetv of the
bUllnes Intersls country and
wlh the further.lg of American trade A il
nlaleu connected \Ith Ih" war are left Al i
the legaton at 'Cokltl , and tlII In a
bettor condlt l today tan It tl\ been for I
) " 'lr. . The mlD"ter II : Ir. Edwn ! nun , a
relative of SeiJltor Thurman and a man '
well fitted to Ileal wIth tle ( Jlpanelq ire m
lila rsldtnco of many years In the countr V.
10 speaks the Jil'nneae I' well al hp del
l utlhh , and lee has an intimate person al
trjcndabll with the greatest of tbt JallDee
ltate.nien , 'Ie ' I. I big , broad-'houldere
rud.beaded man of about 45. lIe II a ( ito fI I
ough American , and ho bas tM nerve to
demand and the diplomacy to secure the bst
resuls for our people In the tar east. In
the past the Germans and the English have
systematcaly bulldozed Japan Into giving
contract and favors to them , at the expense
of the United States , but under time present
reglmo we are likely to get our own share of
ever"thlng , and It will take more than the
n\'erago diplomat , either Japanese or Euro-
pean , to pull the wool over Edwin Dun's red
ey ebrows . The position of minister to Japan
la now worth about $35,000 I year In slh'er.
The minister has n fine , modern homc In
Toklo , ali ho lIves within I stone's throw of
bal a dozen Japanese nobles ali princes.
In additIon to Mr. Dun , the legatIon consist
of I secretary , a young man named lerod ,
, vlho Is as bright as a dollar and who did
good service In Corca before he cane to
Japan : of Dr. Whiner , who has for years
been the Interpreter of the legton and who
sit ealts Japanese hike a native , and also of
L'entenant Michael O'Urlen , tlO military at-
tache ,
In my next letter I will treat 'of our dip-
lo mats In China , and of other foreigners In
A sia . foreigers
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Lfl'JEt ( ES.
Farmer Oatcake , who , with his good wife ,
Mandy , Is on a brief visit lo Ills daughter-In-
law In Buffalo , relates the Express , looked
o\er the newspapers Saturday In an endeavor
to find a church ) service on the following
d ( lay whIch he might attend with hope of
securIng spiritual satisfaction . le soon L
gleaned that the following scriptural subjets I
woull be dIscussed from varIous city pul-
p its :
"Is the ( Triby Craze Dying Out ? "
"I lzslmmols against Ccmrbett , "
" 110w the Pastor Spends His Vacation . "
"Shoull OUt Daughters Marry Foreign I
Noblemen ? "
"High Sleeves and Theater llats. "
"The Gold Brick Saloon. " '
"Canal Street 01 Saturday Night. "
"Wordsworth and thee Lake School of Poetry -
etry , " ,
"The LInd Congress. "
"Rights of Motormen. "
Farmer Oatcake gave It up . after awhie I
and laid town the paper , raying wIth a
sigh : "Laws sakes , Mandy ! I do beleve
that the gospel and the scheme of salvaton
have gone clear out of fashIon. "
The following story Is told In , the Epworth
Era of the Rev. H S. TItrall , one of the
pioneers of Methcdlsm In Texas : In company -
pany with a number of itinerants who were ,
on theIr way to conference , Dr. Thral stoPted l
to spend the night with an old farmer. I I
was the custom then to settle the bill at t
night , so that they might rise about 3 o'cloclt
In i the mornIng , ride a good way before
breakfast , and Ito by In the heat of the day
D r. Thrll , acting as spokesman of , the party ,
raid to the old farmer after supper : "We are
a company of Methodist preachers going to
conference , I you will get the family to -
gHher we wi have prayers with you. " Aler
prayers one by one settled his bill. Dr :
T hrall's turn came and he asked for hIs bill , . .
The old farmer replied : " ' 'el , pa'son , I
charged the rert 25 cents , but beln" as you
rayed for us so good . I won't' charge you
but 20 cents. " The brethren had the laugh
on Dr. Titrahi.
The Rev Mr. Psalmjones was' not fe2hing as
well as usual , the church was cold , and some
of the bg ! boys near the door undertook to
enlven matters by coughing In chorus Ind
throwIng In now and then a startling Imita-
ton t of a sneeze.
The preacher stood It patiently ' a few rain :
utes , says the Chicago Tribune . and the n :
paused In hIs dIscourse long enough to say :
"If I hear any more of that noIse back
there , young men , Il walk you out of this
building one by one or all In a bunch , I
ain't very particular which. I've bad deal
Ings i with fellows of your strIpe dozens of
tmes , and I know how to manage 'em. Now
you quiet down mighty quick or th re'l be
trouble. "
A deathlke stIllness pervaded the church
Ho waited a moment to let It take effect.
"I know Im a little dry this mornIng ,
brethren , " bo said , "but Im n'ot so dry that
anybody ca , rattle me. The text says In I
the third place , " etc. .
The Hope ( Idaho ) Examiner explains how
several young fellows of that communiy
unwjlngly ) got what they were most In need
of : "A book for the gay : just what you
want : sent securely sealed for 60c. " Sai ( -
oral of our young bloods who were caught
by thIs offer receIved a small pocket bible
for their money. I was "just what they
wanted , " or , at least , what they nerded , and
they couldn't say they were cheated.
Many stories Ire told of the great frost
Oreat Britain . One comes from Glat Bin -
gow , where , says the New Age , an aged
clergman with a cold church and very :
small congregation touched a chord In every
heart by praying , with great frankness everid
spontaneity : " 0 Lord , I we had studied
our own comfort , we would not have been :
here thIs mornIng. "
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cON ? % ? [ IJtII MTIEP4 ;
The engagement of Miss JulIa Stevenson : ,
daughter of VIce President Stevenson , ad
MartIn D. Hardin , son of Watt p. Hardin ,
candidate for the democratc nomination for
governor of Kentucky , Is announced. Young
Hardin li a student In the theological sea : I.
laray at Danvilie .
The engagement Is announcith In VenIce ! ,
Italy , of MIss Edith Dronson , only dnughtlr ;
of Mrs. Arthur Dronson , whl haH resided
many year abroad , to Count Hoshno Iucelal t 1 ,
a lieutenant In the Italian navy Mrs. Broi 11-
son Is a daughter of Commodore De ICay , and t
a sister of Mrs. RIchard Watson Gilder of
New York.
A Missouri legislator turned the tIde of
battle against the ( bacllelor tax bill with this
unassailable argument : ' "Mr. Speaker , statl C-
tIcs show that timers are more men than (
women , In the Unit d States Therefore , I
a woman Is In old maid at the ae c 35 , I
,
merely goes to prove that ' alto ian't. a
ruster I"
Mile. Letza Bonaparte Wye was marrIed
In France. February 23 last , to M. Arlatde
Dergase du PeUt-Thouars , an ensign In the
-I'rench navy . The brlde's first name Is tbe I
asne al that of her ancestor , the mother 0'I
Napoleon I. Hlr father Is the famous naval
officer and engineer who obtaln'e from the
I.e
Colombian government the concession fo the
cuttIng of tle Panama canal
A rumor of more than passing interest tu
Waahlngton socIety Is being circulated wih
a good del I of persistence to the effect that
Vliam C. Whitney , ox-secretary of the
navy , and Miss Joanna Davld&e of New York ,
are to * b married In June next Alhough )
the statement Is not authoritatively made , it
Is credited In circles usually well informe
MIss DavIdge belong to the old soulbcrn :
family of that name , and lu well known In
New York aa well as In Washington , where
Limo has relatives.
All Japanese matches arp arranged by g : o-
bet 'eenl or famiy friends after the I rench
fashion , but theIr arrangements are not ca in-
rled out unless agreeable to time young fol k .
A Japane marrIage la legalized allpir by 1
withdrawing tha wife's name from the ( ml-
tidal register of her family and \lnelns It
on that of the husband Even thIs \ forma ty
was not until recently necessary WeddIngs
are celebrated generally In the evening , o8 elm
Las much a with UI after the Chrlatan :
formula often by the nath' ceremonial of
holding a two'ipouted sakI cup to the hi Ps
alternately of brIde and groom. Ipl
alernately _ _ _ . _ _ _
I10uln After Ilo-Elsoilun.
Con\mentng \ on the result of the electi oil
of time day belore , wri s N04h Brdok , Ip tht
Century , LIncoln said , with great Iolemnly : ;
"I .hould be the verlelt shallow aitl cc If.
1.
conceited blockhead upon the footstool , If , jn
my discharge of the duties bat ( are put upon '
mo In thl , place , I 40uld hope to Get ala og
without the wisdom that cornea trol Oed ,
& ; : d pot from men. " ; "
ald lu' .
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lu'I
IN I TIE FIEtDWI . ; BISMARCI
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Recolections or the IronOnnco\lor , \ in lbs
Pranco-Pruia { ± i ; War.
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ONE or TIE WORLDS ! GREAT MEN
, ' . . .
The Jut heroin FIge , tan Urrolc 1 llch
Slwlchet I ) ' 11Im'1r ' .tc"d-rect.
Ilg Allrlc , Ji I , or-l'hn
8imcridismm'w !
j
Dsmarck Is a man wtti a record so moco
mentous and a characibl ad potential that
the I Interest In his p r UaIY Increases
throughout the world. 1ii '
- iUI birthday has become -
como a festival that far surpasses In popular -
lar estmaton and politiCal sigmuiflcunco that
of the whoaBI.hls
oIn emperer , who ' \aBI.hls creation . Ow-
Ilg to associated . circumtnnoes It has be-
como known to many Ulat I had In the
course of events of extreme interest glimpses
of this builder of an empire , and I am asked
, to tel the story once more.
There Is sOle reason for title , for when
thinking t of my adventures oil the edge of
the mIlItary collision of ( Prance and Germany
n early a quarter of a century flO , I find
there are new lght on the : landscape of
history. Persons cr middle or old age know
ag
w ell what a change there Ii In novels , belo
tween readings many years separatell The i
real stories arc found ! nolo less changeable , .
than the fancied ones ' , when , after the cx-
perlence of decades , 'wo luteic _ them up and L
hell them to the eye and the sky.
I Those who were arouml Dsmarcli when I I I
Iw him are nil gonchl , KIng WiIam , , '
hie t crown prince , the red prince , Field I
Marshal Molte , Phi SherIdan : and of the I
Vast host of the Invaders or , France , glitter. .
' glter-
Ing l under helmet splices and bayonets those i
hon . eslck legions who Iccepld their fate so )
bra\ely , myriads are moilerlng In the dust
Indecd , the bones of more than a complete i
army corps were added to the sol of Frammee
One empIre had fallen ant another had risen
The French emperor end hits son and all the
F leld Marshals of Fran ethe last , was Can
'
robert-are In' theIr grays. The tale Is toll I
of thel all. $ -
The present emperor of 'Germany was a
school boy when his fatlter.lirank the French
.he
wIne at W1asemburg . . 'In .Ithe mIdst of a
bloody field , sayIng : .Tho wine' .of France ,
gentemen , is ' red. " Thldrs , and Gambeta ,
and Jules Favro are g ne. ' There Is a new
generate of soldiers In the republic 01 :
I.'rnce and the empire , of Germany. The
men born since Sedan , wi ) fght the battle :
or the next war There remains alone In his
grndeur the one Incomparable figure who
towered above all the mei of his time. There
Is I still active the mep in . that conceIved I
and constructed the German empire ; the man
to whom kings and prlnes ald fell mar
shals and army corps ) vere the lnstruments S
wlh whIch the map ofrope , was torn and SI I
changed. The young emperor in the flush r
day of his too early andiprematuro ; imperial
Ism i turned agaInst ( item treat man of Germany -
many to assert the royal and ImperIal pre
rogatve , but he could notcffac& the giant of
hIs i , race and age , and UI ; 'yourg man on Uie
tbrone has had . the good fortune to become
r econ 1le" to the old statesman , and . to - ' hay a
his tardy ' ! mag respectfihhy rebeied , , .
HAD DONE HJ JVOR ; ,
The relations of Bimuarcir.and WIIn arc
an object lessqn % almowlug - low ru.chgeater :
Is i manhood ' ( liner ' , glow In a sertrg : rg
his personal moqarch created Jor
hIm by Dsmarcl ! ; to diplace , the Iron Chan-
celor iilmnseifwho . waithb ; architect of , he
splendid 'edllce of Germln.unly , the young ,
emperor displayed not ' 8f 'nglh , blt weak :
ness , vanity and folly. 'j Bismarck hImself
had undue concern f r. pQaltlQn . _ He , had
done hIs work , and It sb ; ter 'to ' have live c _
to see hIs Immediate ssor retred die :
comlted , the emporor's , 'own policy ' nfrulUul ii
amI embarrassments jnqltipltcd , . ' while 1tiu
! .e
chancellor of the day iiltpled a pigrImage
to the man who .persoaiflea the dlmnlty . . the
' '
glory and ' the power 'of'1the germalY he
made one nation , are : the people and the
prInces had been shnttrpd Into - a ' swarm of :
sovereignties and kingd9xns . and dukedoms
klngd9qs
for centurIes. ,
There has been a fel , eort by ( le Gem
man court to claim fori Freerlik'yho dim -
appears between the WiLam-thmc honor
and renown of unitIng Germany , .and . there
have been scraps of pap4shown.'ak.aIteg : : d
evidence that the bialli"6f the MaUon won 'C
In the royal fantily. OpQ'needs'onlr Jo look
at Bismarck's pltotogrppb ' and . compare It
With one of FrederIc\ l o see how I Is"
Frederick's face Is thnt of an admrabhe ! cit I.
' aarlr cil.
'
zen , and ito was a s'o\.lo'r \ of good' ataturm a ,
who hnd a tOlerably cOfr t Iden 'f his own
limitations , and rcl'd upon Blumenthal , but
was restive becaus , l nlghly iliUmuminate fl
o Ihlmlnated
shadow of Blsmarclc , 4s ) the , actual head of r
the German people , a" , over conrt and
camp. } _
'll proof or the \ryly. \ I " grat . , qualities of
the dead empror was In ,11 constant permit
sian he gave Bismari iloti Mohtketo ' mat :
Dlsmarcl Ind olke
mal-
' ago affairs of state antI time movement of
armies according to' thelr'\\1 and wisdom ,
and the old man was usually content to bl m
consulted and to consent . . tb t wal the better
way to recognize the royal prerogatjve . It
allowed great men to gro\v. , The young ma I
want to absorb all leat es and would
even appropriate Dlslatck , Ii hIs old age.
DSMAICK AT THE FRONT.
Moncure D. Conway anti I , In the lattu 'r
days of JUly , 1870 , lefL Paris to join later ;
French army at , .Metz , where the Emperor
Napoleon was with the man French army : ,
awaiting the overwhelming masses of Ge : r-
many. Conway was d'verled ' enroute when
told that wo would be arrested If wo attempted t-
tempted to locate ours lves with the French
troops. I pushed on , and saw the ' condltlc in
of the French army was unsatisfactory , and
wrote the truth abut It In a letter of 3,600 )
words , which Was dropped In the , postothii ye
at Metz and confiscated , . was always son y
about losing that letter
leter , or ; rather , that others
lost I , and I failed to , get the reputation for
prophetc lore It would have gIven nme
The ) olce were so active lt Metz that I
proceeded .to S.rashurg , and time ppl o were
after me there before I had succeeded In
washing my tee at tie hotel , My' pasprt ji ,
furnIshed by MInister Washmhurrm wIth mar
Wlslurn wih many
ribbon , and much wax and' his wonderful
signature , preserv4 toe from prIson and at
last saved my life , but hat Is Inother etor .
I met Conway at Str burg , where ho had : i
wandered from Nancy , and found him In' '
lho ( act of writing ofmy m'rterlous dleap.
pearance. We my r )
\e engaged 10' 1ieet In Bathe ,
just over the River RhIne , ab dId so , seiec . :
lag the hotel cc ( the VhIte Crs In Dlsle as
the place to get . together . We had ( p pa s
through France and Swltze ! , tP pasl hld
business that kept u. apart for a few days ,
We met as agreed ail1 o dQ so had Iran :
ferred ourselves from Jench to German te r-
Germany rltory , front , the army , , of Fratmce , to . that of
Moving north throug im Dadcn , the roads
lined wIth walnut tr.ee8 and cherry trees and
time vineyards Ilurple qn green wIth grapes ,
geen
the great red sandstop eJ ) spire of the catlm :
dral of Slrauburg ato04 nJnat the ' eatern :
sky for so many hours It seemed lS If It
might be folowln lS ; W. thought there
were signs of , " got 1WI&lu on tIme horIzon ,
but that wal a u\tako'j Jrhere was ' fiimtIi im
enough , but too far tor pur Ightng
were In Daden whel e 1eteatat McMali' ' Dim
McMilon
by the crown prince tpok place , and arrived
at Carlsuho on the.daj aier the frat of the
wounded amid prisoners g t there from ( lie
battlefield of 's\'eenttt . -
Wo boarded at Mabelm I mllr1 traIn ,
armed with papers fro ; ' ' he war lnlater oE
Uaden , and } took POSICIIO' , of I coupe , where
\o had cigars and wrlfll material , cakes of
chocolalQand loaves ' r ; breed , ald paled
nine' bQurl at a ratrcad ( pros8lng ' " where
Thomas Nat was lrpJ4 example of \al.
lag fqr piker trains l gq ahea , W" made
the 'u qualntlnce of unny , of < troops , and
I found I ) silk hat the only one In the army ,
a dlatnctOn not distinctly agreeable , We
got at Katsenlauteru 1 bottle QI beverage
supposed t9 be whIte \blae , bylJt.'waa .ho
moat scathing Irsndf J ever saw and 81 I
could no , be dIluted . qno'Jgtm to ' .uew "the
everlastng flames ( lust were In I , we were
at last glad } to give I away.
At Ilorqbtmrg-not the watering place ( r
thou e 'eat commecial city-we were ronle.l
out of our coupe , and curiously enough got
beds In 1 hotel Just at nightfall. I wes not
much of a hOlse , but had a roof on It. The
tr oops were marching through time mUhly
street all nigltt and there
stoffi ll nlgl Was a German
ofcer giving everybody orders who hail Ihe
most harh and Ilrldenl anti , horribly dicta4s
torlil singing and rapIng voice I ever hearl !
tow was not armed and ho escaped. The king ,
wlh Molke and smarck , had been there
' two da'f ahead oC us , and the lan who spoke
'I nglh , said :
A TIGER EYE
"It you see two tall men , one with aide
whiskers amid tlO other a clean shaven , sharp :
face , both wearing long blue overcoats , and a
hlggr man thnn either of thOl , II a witite
whie
coat and a thundering big sword anti spurs ,
anti an eye like a tiger-anti you don't see
luch but eyes when he looks at "ou-why
the party Is the king , 10lke ali iilsmtmmmrck . "
Wo pushed on , evaded the officers at the
fronter atl entered " 'rnce In defiance of
explcit orders , and Just beyoll the bouldary
struck a very French \'lnge , St. \oll , and
there were tIme three great len sure enough ,
the kIng at a oconl'story window of time
pstomco and Molko at the hotel de Paris ,
where we were allowed to sit ' lit the barroom
ath sleep on benches , the billiard table or
the foor , as we might select
Wo ' were In the street In front of the pcst-
omco' and concluded to bow to the king , I
had smashed lY silk lust and was wearing a
Scotch cap , ali Conway hall a quilted cloth
It at. The
weather was hot and our noses
were burned-Indeed , almost baked 'Ye
lel were a qUEer looking pair , amid , as we
puled oft our headgear and saluted William he
eked surprised , as wel he might , aud ale
leased , whIch was another matter , and gave
us a flute bow. ' The correct word for a royal
bow always that , It Is gracious. Wihliamn
gracous. Wiiam
thought wo were French.
A big man came stalkIng along with a
whlo cap . and a , Whlo moustache , and a
cavalry saber II a steel scabbard : his trousers :
were In his bets , a 11 he were sptmrs Ills '
face was sunburned untl scarlet , amud he
ant
walted with a slow , long trhle. He wa
ceremoniously saluted . At first I did not
think of Bismnarclc . He was harly so hugo
as I had conceive Dsmarck to 11e . and he
WIS wholly unattended . I hall expected to see
some pomp and elrcup1stance about the chan-
c eilor. Ills car , with , a characteristic curve or
much use to cnrlcaturlsts , gave mo a hint.
I was the ear made prominent In ParIsian
cartoons when It was exaggerated In a thou-
sand windows : antI ' as he glanced our way I
aught t time fierce eye , the famous tiger eye ,
and asked an officer standing nigh I the man
was Bismnrmrck . The answer was , wlh a loot )
of wonder that one should ask , , "Surely. "
Conway and I looked at the king In . the i
window and the chancelor on the sidewalk , ,
shlewalt '
but did not In.d any one ready to Introduce i
U S. We were just ' movIng away when Ds-
marck came up and 'addressed us. ills keen L
o bservation had told him WI were fresh arrIvals -
rIvals and neither Prench nor German , ant ]
he I was curious and asked those abJut him
what the dlnl ( persons were supposed to m
mean , A member of the staff saId we were
American editors , and upon that hInt ho came
up and spoke , and said he was glad tt see i
us , and referred to "the mIllions of men of
our bled In your ' countrx , " atd ho thought
wel of ha\lng hlsfory authentically prepared I
on the spot. He Invite us to g to thc I < ng's
headquarters and get something to cat , and
told mo I ouhl not buy a horse and that oncS hl
haul tie influence In the army , not even enough
to aid mo to buy a horso.
IN MAJOR'S UNIFORM.
I said , In respoBO to his Invitation to eat t
with the kIng , timat.t could not keel up wih
' .Is majesty without a horse , and the lips of :
.ho chancellor smiled , hmutdmIa ! ; cyes dId not ,
)
10' ske , ' , no marked accent ,
p too ' much pfect'Engllsh care : , "Ih just a ltle
lIe could consistently say be bad no in I -
fluence In the army , because the divisions :
among time PruBslans arc clear and positive ,
and the one element that domlnntes Is the
' llarY' ) arIstocracy. When the fight WIS
won nhd there was - an empire to , organize , a i
treaty to make : n indemnity to fix , the
great business of the state to perform , the
power of Dismarclc was overbearing , except
as to Moltke's miiary' precautions. But In
the midst of military operations he was Major :
I3ismarclc , away from hIs regIment on detached -
tached duty , In' attendance on the kIng , and
prouder of his nJ jor's uniform and spurs and
saber than of hIs 'portfolio.
When he told me lust I could not buy a I
horse he said It was because horses were
wanted for army use , but I might gn to see
the quartermaster general , whose name I do
not remember , but I was PolIsh. I vb s
when I died permission to say that he told :
mo I might go on the horse business wih ]
hIs good will that he said ho had no army In .
fuence" I did not get a horse and that was
the reason I could not continue with the
army on to Sedan and Paris 'Vhen the war
was over many years and Dsmarek walked
In hIs garden In Berlin he still was booted
and spurred and when ho
\ appeared for the
last time In\ the ImperIal parlament I was
with spur on lila ' heels-affecting , wIth al ]
his formidable 'greatness , to bo rather a
soldier than' ' a atatesman.
AT GRAVELOrE.
The next time I saw him after St Avoid ,
three miles within the France of that day ,
was In the streets of Pont.a-Mousron , a con
siderable French town on the losele , nine I.
teen miles south of Mets I bad , sUbsequent
to time declaration of war , passed through the
town under the French fag , and there I ws
again wIth the Germans Dsmart ! walked
about /ione and unconcerned , and the Frencb t
stood In group \ and pointed hIm out , naming
hIm In b rp ; hlsslng whispers , showing both m
anger nOd aWe. lie might easIly have been
assassinated , but seemed to have no fears ,
and In his grasp the saber , upon the hit of m
which ho rested hIs I f hand , would hay C
been I mighty weapon Next I saw him on
the battlefield of .
battelell GravcloUe during the en t-
gagement .
Headquarters was on a lull , The horses of
the staff were held by mrdcrlies . There won
three carriages , the ' '
king's , Dsmarlt's nnd
iIoitke's , four horses each , handled by pot I-
tlions wearing silk hate wlh blaclt oi -
cloth , and the king had a blaelt servant . oi-
\
hal , caddie hones , Dismarcl was lying Al
the ground , on which a blanket was spread I ,
and ho hat ! I French knapsack for a I10w ,
and I strip of French shelter tent spiked
down . protecting his head from the win 1.
Ills attitude was one of fatigue and , I
thought , dejection . His eyes were closed ,
but ho was not asleep. The
thunders
not thunder of the
battle were shaking the itllls.
There were dismal clouds
rising from burn-
time villages and whirlpools of
Ihe'lagea pearly vapor
from the artler-lte fat white cloud is
from bursting sheila , blue masses of troopa I
moving majestically 'through tie umolte and
dust-long and entangled , hashes of
fashe fianme-
fame-
galloping her es'l with and wihout rider 5 ,
lute phantoms , appearing anti dlsalpelrlng ,
There wal the noise of a cyclone , the tremor ,
of an earthquake and amazing pyrotechnics ,
and time odor from time dead horses killed on
flue same ground two days before . and the
blood of the men that had soalted tie hol
ground was dreadful.
WILLIAM "SWORE IN DUTCH "
The ' king and Moltko stood near each othe r .
Time kilss brplher drew a plan of the batt he
batte
on the back .of ' a letter for Mr. Conway , A
staff officer came out of Ibo cloud , and Ihe
wi ole party , except time carriage drivers and
servants , trotted into the gloom , Sheridan ' 5
burly figure nIgh Illsmarck's burlier one ,
and I had no horse and no one to tell me
where to go Sheridan told me Ihey got Into
trouble , and that Wilam "swore In Dutch , "
and wanted to pUlh on Into greater 'danger ;
titan I was delrable he should en ounte r .
The next day Conway and Archlbah 1'orleK
and my elf wandered over the battlefield to- I
Gelhcr-I orles wlh a stud splendid ly
capanisoned-arud when separated from my
companlonl , standIng beside time main road
from Paris to Metz , beyond-Ihat Is to lay
east-the village from which the battle WR
n/med , though , like the village of Waterloo ,
It t 1 not the central scene of the Igbtng ,
f 6aw four men riding toward Oravelote ,
returning from time advanced German front ,
whIch looked eatward , a the Germans wore
between the ( French army and Ilrls ,
I was ' scraping time bloody mud from my
shoes with a ' pllnter from a Lmbardy p h'
lar , that % bad been ahatef d by a shell , " J 1
. 1
I recognized Dsmarck and Sheridan with
two orderlies . I had seen Sherilan on the
batelel , but Ilall not spoken to him , anll I
ho did not know that I was near , when I
Interruptell the Intense conversation going on
between lsmarck and his guest. Sheridan
'Ind ' joIned Dsmarck the night before anti
hnll arrived on the field In the Chancellor's
ca rriage .
My remark was 10 say "General Sherllan , "
As ho looked } imp keenly I pulled off my
Sc etch cap and saluted nccordln to the best
or my ability , anll the general uttered my
umawi imme with an exclamaton of surprise and
wantcd to kmmow 'imat I was doing timere , amid
Ice tohil hmlitm it vas an mntresting part of the
co umimtry nhtl that vits wity I was stopimiimg
th ere. Ihlsmmmarck nodded to mite , evideittly re-
mn etmtberimmg ( ito Ammierican editor , anti inugited
at otir exciittnge of Ammuericanienma until lmeas
do ubled up ii : iris saddle , lie clearly was
en joying thto lesson in time Ammiericami vernacmi.
m r. Then Shierltiami , im : response to my solid.
lo tion that hme wommlti tell mue the imews , stated
( It o sittiatioli imi twenty words , and 'uvitim a
la ugh at mty rermmark timat I had seem : time
fig ht , but did mmot ummciorstrmnd It , ( ito general
an ti time cimancehior rode away westvaril ,
Timat. night as Conway and I were toiling
al eng time read to l'omut-n-Mousron , wlmere we
ke pt a room-anti time road was dusky , and
th e bits of woods and ( Ito villages of stone
hmo mises 'ith tiled roofs Itati a simulator look-
tit ere was a clatter of itorsos amid jinghimmg of
lta rness , and , with six lancers in front and
si x in time rear , imismarek's carriage swept by
mit time rate of about twelve tuiles an itotir ,
an ti I saw timat ( Ito big moan topped wlthm a
w lmlto cap was tlto citrinceilor , and time stotmt
( fl it stmmahler figure tltat of time fatuous germ.
or al. 'flint % as the last I saw of the great
imi nn of Gernmany stud imis generation. Danube
w as driven into Motz , amtm.i the king was
g oing with Moltko and l3istnarclc and time
cr oan prince nor Paris.
Years after I talked over with Shtericlan our
E uropean expenietices , and told lmimn I lund
g reat umotlon whterm ito anti Bisniarck Passeti
( I tat. mmlglmt after time day succeeding time battle
- August 19 , ISTO-on tlto way between Gorzo
a nti I'ont.a.Motmsson in lmi cariage , the
s' hteels htummmimuiitg , I hat ? thought of giving
im irti an Anmenlcam : yell anti asleing for ii ride.
li e said : S
"Wlt' did you not ? We would have takemi
y ou in. " ' : " '
I said : "Do you titink Dlsnrnrelc womtiti
ht ttvo vicketi up a coulmio of strangers tltorm
a ntI there ? " "No doubt lie wotilti , " said
S heridan , "there were two empty seaty. "
I was sorry always 1 did not give them all
A mnerican "good evening , " anyltow , but it
w as getting dark anti the sttrroundings were I
d ubious , and I was not smtro that it was tuot
( i to king's ' carriage or ? mloltice's until I html
id entified the 'htito cap mmd Siteridan's out-
li nes , atitl I was not qtmito equal to ackliug
t he Icing or ( ho field uttarsital for a ride. I
m ay say' , however , titat time German officeri
w ere aiways polite , and tIme htiglter thmo rank :
t ile greater and kindlier timoir courtesy.
MURAT IIALSTEAD.
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JIEX1tLOIti ,
New York Truth ,
T his ivory casket , jewel set ,
That grantlina cherished to the last ,
I n satit : , sweet with : migmonette ,
Contuins time treasures of her past.
S ite was a famomms belle when young-
For sIte herself has told me so-
A nti when her wedding chimes were rung
Full many a Imeart was wrung with woo.
I lift the lid and scan them o'er-
Dear souvenirs-with reverent- gaze
I t is like opening the door
of grandma's heart in otimer days.
I f eaclm could toil its own sweet taiel
But all are silent miow as she ,
A nd darkness shrouda the narrow vale.
'Twixt metmiory atid mystery ,
Here is time chain' that 'rommnd her throat
\Vas fastened at the king's , command ;
s flOiO Ia'the letter grandpmm..vr0te. 'r i
When he leSOtiht her for hep hand ]
h ere Is tile locket1 pierced , hitt chalibeil
To save him from the British gun ,
Mimi here a glove worn when she danced
The minuet with Washington.
Icmo'tv no morn ; I only know
She loved each one as some old friend.
A nd that , because she willed it so ,
i , too. shall guard thmem to the end.
S he gave no gold _ mine or me ,
But left Instead a heavy debt
O f love that keeps her mpniory
As fragrant as the mignonette.
_ *
JWL1UJOUS ,
11ev. Dr. McCurdy has resigned the poe -
( orate of tue Southwestern Presbyteria a
c hiurchm of Philadelphia , amid toward the latte r
p art. of June wIll start on a trip around th a
world.
TIme archbislmop of York recently srnt. a
l atter to the English clergy asking ( Item I 0
a bstain from tobacco during Lent and pracC :
( ice other forms of self-denial , At the aam C
t ime it was announced that ( Ito archblsho p
would go abroad for a longer vacation thai tm
usual.
The Rev. Henry lierriek , who had tim C
distinction of being the oldeat graduate C ,
Yale college , riled a few days ago at. Nort it
Woodstock at the ago of 92 , lIe was a dl L-
rect descendant of ( ho Rev. James Pierpn1
one of the early ministers of the New Have r
colony , anti one of the founders of Yale col L-
l oge. The Rev , Mr. llerriek was a membe r
° the class of 1822.
It is generally accepted as p/fac that Jame is
Kemp was time first man cnv rteh 'by tlt e
Salvation army In the Unrted States. IIh
was widely known by limo sobriquet of "Aa h
Barrel Jimmy , " thmrougim lila havIng bee d
picked out of an ash barrel whIle drunk an i
t aken to the police station , where , the nea , t
day , lie joined the Salvation army. Fror n
time ranks Kemp rose to to captain , wIde ti
title lie held until imis deatim , which ocourre ml
l Boston on Monday ,
11ev. Lila Frost Sprague Is probably ti : 0
first woman vhmo Imas ever been coiled to ut : t
as lien minIsterial Itusband's assistant , utci
she , in timat capacity , recetitiy preached Itt r
first sermon. Time trustees of time Second Ut : I-
tanian chmurcim of Stun FrancIsco , of wimiclm 1,1 : r ,
Sprague Is pastor , elected his vifo as his 0 : 1-
flciai assIstant about two weeks ago , Mrfl
Sprague Is a regularly ordained minister an fl
a graduate of tIme same theologIcal school Is
her husband.
Rev. CalvIn Latimrop , a noted Metimodli St
dIvht , celebrated imis ihlit Lmirtitduy it
Somerville , N. Y , , on Wednesday , The agc : d
ciergymnan Itad many thrilling. expeniemmcos In
his earlier life , which , gathered togetltm : r
and put In book form , would mnako unusual ! iy
interesting reading , lie was a ' 49cr , or iii
was engaged in dIgging gold when cmi at
preaching , lie has also twice experlenc ( d
ahmipwreck.Viten a young man Mr. Lathrc up
had a remarkably sveet voice , and his aini ii-
lag helped make many converts.
n Is autitonitatively ataed % by gentlem tn
who participated In tIme conference that tI me
visit of Archbishop Ireland of 01 , Paul to
tew York during last fall's campaign , an id
which provoked thto McQuaid ll ade , wt 55
purely a business visit. Time St. Paul wtC. .
late was iml financial straits , and wemmt ca st
to raise means to meet pressing ctbiig a.
( ions , At a conference , of titirty repr 0-
sentative citizens of New York it was d e.
cided to bond time property of tIme are : Ii-
diocese for $400,000 , and all time bonds hue' ' no
since been placed ,
Tite 'wilt of Rev , SebastIan B , Smith 0 ,
Paterson , N. J , . bequeathing $50,000 to $ GC
OOO gives one.fourthi of ( ito estate to Setu ) n
hail college , South Orange ; one-eighth to .
Mary's asylum , one-eighth to El , Josepit ' a
chmmrch , oime-eigimth to St. Joseph's ttosititr ii ,
and one.elgimtii to St. Vincent's abbe y ,
Iatrobe , l'a , To most of these bequests son cue
omm4Itlomm is attached. Fatiter Ilinitir was a
tIOLd canonist anti ecclesIastical lawyer , am d
for a elton period counsel for the' pnIe ta
of time I.incoin dIocese in their cormest ( wi tim
Usltop ! Bontcun : ,
A Baptist clergyman of Grand Rapid Is ,
Michi , , has perfected artd Pabcfmted arm I 0-
dbviduai coirutmmtmnton serv4ce. . f consists of
a pyramid of timnee disks attacimed to a cc tm'
tral standard. Time disks have apertur ci
into which seventy.five tIny cups simsp ed
like graimes repose , each itoltilng a apoont ui
of vine , At tii top of ( tie standard Is a
ring and swivel , A long handle with it
book at ( lie cud Is used In pasbng he
standard , The hook fits iii the ring at t hi
top , anti by turning . $ tte dicks arourmtl I ho
flhled cups are aiways eaaiiy reached , As
rapidly as use4 Ibis. gup are Iav ted , a miii
tmere 1. ap alts4rn ( tq catcim 4njppijj , , S
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T ILE TERROR OF ROYALTY I
E uropean Courts Dreal lbs Visit of' Pcrla'L ! ' 4
Maroh ,
W IL MAKE A TOUR JUST TIlE SMIE
( ) nlgbmmni Table Mmmnamers of Nnurcl-himm nn&
Ills Soummewiimt lmimlmirrasnimig Notluimi
of IitIIlmmL'tte-lmtet Ahottt
time Simiuhi ,
"Thto shah is coimmmmmg againi Good I.ord ,
de liver usi" Sitcim is time litommy of time courts.
of Europe , For it is ammrtotmmmcetl that Nasr-
oil -Din , time kimmg of klmmga , will soomu start on.
a teem' of Etmroie , , taidrmg itt tIme lurlricipal
ca pitals amid mmiomiarclms , anti llttim5e limto tims.
sut nimner gaieties of ( 'aria. To say titat the.
iie ws causes corustenilation is to ltmt time ctisG'
to o imtiltily. It Is a reign of terror , The ,
co mnimmg of ( Ito lint ! wilt imave tmiucht imoiltical5
si gnificance. Of that , according to time l'bmila-
de ilmitia Tltmmes , there Is mme doubt , Ami&
ium ereiy on titat score It is mmerhiops vell that ,
It o is to cormme. Affairs are iii a bati way ia
P ersia , There is widespread discontent with
tht o mthmrthm's rtmle , baseti clmIcily on tue ahlega-
( I on that Ito is stmbservietmt to Europeamm in- '
il uetmces , Of this discontcmmt tlto liniests armS
tim e cimief lironioters. Imttieed , time witoio.
imr iestlmooti of tite ctmmpiro is Itostile to ( ho.
sh ah , amttl its imostillty is scarcely tlisgtmlscd ,
Before lie canto to ( lie thromie the i'riest. '
ii' ere aII.powerful , In state' as velI as irs
ch ttrchm , btit lie lois greatly dlmtmimmlslmc,1 theIo-
p owem antI largely freed tIre civil govern.
mmt emmt frorm : their comutroi. For timis they Imate.
hi nt Onti also for his irmtroductiorm of vanloue.
E tmropean reformmts atiti his tmegotiatiomms with
hi trropean Imoivers. So far , indeed , hums their'
e ntmtity toward htitn tirc'ceedetl timat they pov'
ot mmlt front time ritual of tite mmtostptes time kitut-
h elm , or prayer , for time slmtmhm , nail thiy have
a ctually aitiiotiiiced ( Ito ttppearamtco of tlo.
'l' weitlt ( ltnamn , This latter pensotmnge is the
io ngexpecteti rrmahtib , \loiinmutmtietitumm rmues.
sh alt , wimo is to sweep mill urmhieiie'c'rs fromm
ti me taco of ( lie earth rimud immalce hue true faith5
mi niversal. lie hmts : arisen , they sa" , mit So- .
ri mara , neat' litugtitd : , attd is lcmtow'n to rmmc'n ns ,
M ohair llatiji Mirza Ilasuart Sitirazi. All thmo.
p riests avow allegiance to htirmm , artd so do.
mt uaimy of ( Ito civil dignitaries of the Pershars
c ourt , irtcludimtg evemt the niittister of war ,
cI'
I' ninco NaIb-cs.St.mItarmehi , wimo is tlte shah's.
tl mirI son. Nor is it. wiilmout onmimmous Inmport
tc t hat ( lie appenrautce of tltis ijmaitdi foIlowe.
c hose upon time iroelammintion of tIme Russian.
c zat' as eimmperor of central Asia mmii his for' .
mm ml recogmmition of Mohmamnmnedammisrn as tIme.
e stallisitcli rehigiomm of thuat lontiomm of his.
nd ealmtm. it would be only amiothmer such prtra- .
d ox as Itistory teermis witim for time czar , tue.
itti ead of time Greek churchm , to be declared aisu-
ti to calipim of Isiniti ,
MEMOIUES OF' A FORMER TOUR. I
.iertain It. is , at army rate , that tIme itussia *
g ovenimmtmermt. is itm close synmpatity amid actIve.
a lliaiico with tIme I'ersiaim priests iii their om-
I ) OOttiofl to time sitaim. And time cittef object of'
N asr-ed-Ditt' almprcrmcItirrg visit to Europe is ,
fig rst , to sea witat aid and comfort he can
g et frormm England , Germnany and Austria fo-
t ime itiaintertance of tis tlmrone ; utid , second.
f alhltmg thrttt , to ninko the best terms lie can
w ith Russia. On these grounds alone titers.
w ould be no objection to lmitm coining , for Bag.
l and htas set out to btuiid a railroad tlmroug
Palestine and Syria to India , or to time Pet' ,
sh ian gulf at ( ho least , anud It is therefore.
h ighly desirable 'tq. get omm the clOsest possible , . . ,
t erms of fniem'tdahiip with tbo's'mrali. And thai
e nd coultl.far botterbe eectec1.by'luavIn bins
u onto , to 'England ( harm by sending any umumbea- '
o f ambassadors to htimn at Teheran , Th .
t rottblo is , however , that lie. comtica miot meroiy
a s an Important Political personage , but. aa .
ta nest offensive IndivIdual personage as well'
a nd it is In tluls latter capacIty that he has.
l iterally striclcemm withm disrumay and liorror4he'
c ourts of Europe , where 'his last 'visitation La. ,
o nly too well remembered. , .
Ills first visit to Europe was made in 187L
a nd his second in 1879. lIe comue again IrS
1 889 , antI it was thmen observed that hula moor- .
m mers had not 1cm time least Immiproved. lie stIlt
It I nsisted , for exanmlmlo , omt tlmrowlng under the.
t able lila Iultttcs ntmd otimer dIshtos as fast a.
i to got through with their contents. Perhapi.
t hat is limo approved Persian table etiqmmette ,
But in a sumptuously furnished European
palace , witlm china as fragile as eggsltchla
a nd wortlt Its weightt let gold , it is , to sa
t ire least , rather trylmig , At hIs first dtnnor
time guest of Queen Victoria , In 1889 , It. Is.
s aid , imetlmmrs destroyed $1,000 worthu of rare
chtiuma. At all subsequent nueais a rmumnber of'
waiters \vere kept standing behind him to.
snatch up imis plates time mnormment lie seemne.
done with tlmeni , or at least to ( nice th'enl
from hmiru hand before lie could tlmrow timen
uimder tlmo table. lIven despite timeae precautions -
tions Ito broke several timings , ammd hmit aomo
of tIme other guests on the feet anti shial.
'ltt ( lie dishes. '
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WiLLING TO SIIAI1E IllS PLEASURES.
On one occasion tire abtob was seated at.
table next 'to one of time most stately an
dignified royal princesses of Europe. I-Ia.
was helped to some asparagus , cooked In at.
peculiarly delicious manner. Picking imp s.
stalk imt his fingers , lie sucked the end of th ' .
with evident delight. Then turning to imis.
fair rtelghmbar , ime exclaimed , "Ba ! Imal Iiow
good it isl" and threat time same stalk into.
Iter mouth for her Also to taste.
Nor was hula conversation loss embarrass. .
lag than lila table manners. TalkIng with
noblmamr ' of great , distinction , lie auddenl
asked :
"Is thtot your wife over ( lucre ? " "
"Yea , your majesty , "
"But she i old and myrily.Vimy don't yota.
get rid of iter anml take a mmciv one , one o !
titeso young and pretty womerm ? "
As lie peke in a tone perfectly audihulo ta.
time lady under diseussion , and indeed to ,
most of tito company In tite roommi , time pen-
sotlon lmroduceti may best be left to tho.
ImaginatIon , Nor was th scene less em-
barrtmsaing wimen tlte shah one evening op.
imnoacimed one of ( Ito royal pnincesos ansi
began to pat and pincim imcr piummip shoulders ,
sayIng : "AIm , you are time lclnd of wonmarm Z'
hike ! You are riot all bones ! I will get rhi'
of one of amy wives and take you In iiu'
placol"
The shah Is , however , as a matter of fact , ,
it particularly turntable eruil kind.imearteii mnan. .
For this ho hmnu been noted since lmis boyhood -
hood , It Is a matter of umutlmentlc record that.
time shah on a certaIn occasIon was about to'
set forth out a tour tlirouglt his domulnion,5
attended by all hula count and a vast 'roti ,
nue , all of whom were actually on iie roan ,
when hue found his pet cat ' fast' ' aSleep on
the Identical fur mnamute wlttcli he wialted to'
wear , wimereupomi lie cat im4nm dowum to wait
until imusa shuould of its own accord wake up' ,
and leave its couclm ; and that not coining to'
P555 for some time , ( lie court and retirnas
vero dismIssed for time day anti them atari
postponed until time morrow , when , he It ob.
served , the simaim's attendants took good care
titat no cat again should use time mmmttntle t'
bed.
a _ _ _ . _ _ _
row Jtlmiet QI Actor ,
New York Recorder : A gentleman
qualmitance of mine said to me recently : '
"I met a man on Broadway this aftem'no0m
ivimo Was 0 great New York fayonito in the'
entertainment line a few years ago.
, "lie , looked rather dowitcact , arid I askedi.
'VImemo have you been for time pact e
years ? '
, 'Ohm , Hew York doesn't want me aa' '
mmtore , ' hue said bitterly , 'it's the cruelesi ,
city on limo face of the earth in Its trea
mmmerit of its anmusement favonitesi
" 'No mmiatter how big a hull you amay lmaV'
ummade hero year after year if ypu fall to'
suit 'em once your past success counts u
utothuitmg ,
" 'U Ismm't c In Boston , Philadelphia op
Chicago , nor in Europe ,
" 'I was forced out of hmore ; so , like lhr.
itlghmwayman of old , I lock to the road ,
" 'hut unlIke theurm , I didn't acqumire mons
but lost it amid now I sun a Ferris witsel.
rmctorl'
' 'Vm'lmat kind of arm actor lo hiatt' I askst
in amuozemermt ,
" 'Oh , I appear in tb oontinupus p" . .
frnian es , replied tie ,
"Armci tIme deAtmitinu streak , 'sue as a ver $ '
good one. " - .
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