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THE STRIKE OF BURDOCK.
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' ' struck have Hurdock' "
'JSo you've you ,
Tobc Itowucr , wiping his greasy fingers
on hli Jeans trousers , nlre-ady plcntlfu'ly
smeared with grease nnd batter , stood look
ing In dismay nt the object of his ques
tion This wan n hugo dog , dirty white ,
llvtr-spotted , homely and solemn , who sat
bolt upright , Razlnt ? Into vacancy with n
contemptuous demeanor , while behind him
on the floor stood a plato containing his
breakfast , from which ho had turned 111
pcorn.
The man pushed back his battered
Rombrero nnd scratched his shock bend In
n puzzled way. Ho was a tall , powerful
young frontiersman , with keen blue even
nnd honest face , known all alone the ranqe
In southwest Kanpfts for his lioncsty , his
1 loyaltj to bis friends nnd his unerring nlm ,
the first two qualities beltiR less common
nmong his roinpnnlons than the last one.
In those days , If n "cow puncher" was a
Kood marksman , deft with his lasso and
with the horsemanship required of every ex
pert , IIP was icsncctcd , but If , too , he was
honest and loyal ho gained the allegiance
of the most depraved of his comrades an
allegiance hold In secret , perhaps , as the
cowboy docs not often speak sentiment.
"Well , I've stood my own cookln' ever
since I left the Cross Hall ranch , an' , though
| It's been pretty rocky. I'vegot along , but
- maybe It's be"n growing worse an' I've not i
noticed It , for If as nccomimvlntln' dog as
Ilurdock t.irns his back on It , It must bo I i
downright awful I think a mighty sight of I
that dug , for he's smart. If he ain't pretty ,
nn' 1 want to take good care of him , but If i ,
ho won't eat slap Jack ami bacon grease , ]
fixed up ns good ns I know how. what's ho
Koln1 to live on7 Kor there ain't a woman
this sldo of Cordwood , an' none of them
could lie hired to come over here since the ]
county scat fuss "
The dog , with apparent unconsciousness ,
Blared straight along his uoso nt the wall.
Ills breathing expressed , almost as plainly
ns speech , the feeling of one who had borne
much , but for whom the turning point was
reached , who had patiently endured Innumer
able Indignities , but who now , solemnly and
loftily , declared rebellion.
Thu man picked up the plate of batter
cnko and added It to the pile of unwashed
stone china on tin- greasy table , then com
prehensively swept hh eye over the loom.
.anything. We've been six weeks comln *
down Trom Dakota nn' It ms awful lono-
Bomp at the best , but since father's been
sick the nights out on the prnlrlo have been
ust dreadful If joii'll onlv heln me I'll
i work my fingers to the bone to pay vou "
i "Don't you talk nbout pay , " answered
Tobe , who was noiselessly unharnessing the
tired horses. "In the days before I made
my stake at cattle raisin' I've knew what
It was to bo poor and lonc'somo , an' what
I do fer ycu an' vour pap nln't goln' to
hurt me. I'll let jou take my bunk fcr
your father an' fix up n shake down fcr
you , where von kin watch him. an' 1 II
' sleep out here with Uurdock , ns I've done
many n night. "
j It was far Into-the.night . when he returned
from Cordwood with the doctor The lamp
burned dimly , but there1 was light enough
I for the men to tec the Interior of the dug
out. The old man turned and muttered
1 1.0 weakly that ho did not disturb his
( daughter , who , sitting on a box beside thp
| bed. with her head laid On his feet , slept
thp sleep or exhaustion , the long braid of
her light , sunburned hair dropping past
her thin , tanned chock to the Iloor. Ic- )
, fore nnd facing her sat Htirdock , blinking
nt her along his nose , In drowsy content.
It was a month Inter. The corn had com
menced to turn brown nnd mammoth stacks
of hay were being built heip and theie ou
the farms and ranches. Tobc sat In th
soft moonlight In his seat he-side the door
Ilurdock beside him The two carried 01
an Interesting conversation , Tobe talking It
i an undertone. Ilurdock replying by turning
| his head sideways and pricking up his ears
and occasionally sciaplng his tall bck am
forth over the ground Within n brlgh
lamp shone * on an Improved Interior , am
on the foim of the young woman , ns she
moved qnipllj about the loom , putting I
to lights. Her low song , a snatch of n
hymn that ho had hcaid at camp meetings
when he was a boy , lloatcd to Tobc's ears.
"Tlicit1 Is a fountain , Illlcd with blood ,
Drawn from linm.inurTs veins. "
And the room had changed beyond th
mere presence of a neat-handed woman
There were new chairs , a table , u chest o
drawcis , a bed , a stove , gaudy dishes be
hind the glass doors of a cupboaid all o
a criu'e ' newness , but still very splendid It
a countiy where the only freight , express
and mall lines were the wagon trains tha
branched out fiom the ? anta l"e trail , t
the outlying places where people were try
ing to build homes and communities. Nev
bedding , gay print curtains at the smal
windows , a few highly coloicd lithograph
> - or Tin ; STHIKI : .
It was the Interior of a hillside dugout , with
deep cased , dingy windows , almost breast
high , with unplasteied walls of rough , lit own
sandstone , ceiling of unpinned cottcmvvood
plaults , between which sifted the dirt from
the sod thatch , and the floor of the tame
boards , greasy and dhty Opposite the
rusty cook stove and dlih-ladea table was. a
bed , with straw mattiess and lough , bio.vn
blankets , whllo a rude ( host , a btokon
backed wooden chair and a pluo box or two
comprised the seating capacity of the roofu
"Yes , Burdock. " ho afllimed. "my cookln's
rocky , but so's the rcs > t of our layout. I
wouldn't blame you. belli' u dog of aense. If
you'd null out an' go back to fiod's coun
try , where vou could seea woman now an'
then , an' cat her cooking' If there was one
in the country who'd work here I'd surely
biro her to come. "
Dm dock did not change his position , but
his straight , slender tall , hitherto lying
limp on the floor , scraped back and forth
on the boards , as though In commendation
of his speech This action , patiouiiliu ;
though It was , Tobe accepted as a conces-
Rlon. and , after a moment's thought , continued
tinued-
"Tell you whnt , Ditrdock , I'm going over
to Sadlei's today to sen about that hay
land and I'll tiv to find some man or hey
to conk fous , an' If I can't I'll think tip
Borne other plan. I'm not going to let you
ctatve. If F have to sell the ranch an' take
you hack to New York , to that boardln'
house of Delmonnvhosio. "
The Etin was slanting far past the meridian
when Hurdock met Tobo at the section
line , a half mile from homo. An Intcicst-
Ing expulsion pnssefise'd the dog fiom his
solemn face to the tip of hs ! tall. lie had
nnvor before , when left In charge , gone to
far , and Tobe decided at once that Interest
In the sueccta of his errand btought the
dog from the houso.
"It's no USD belli' cheerful , Ilurdock. " he
Bald , disconsolately. "I've been all over ,
lookln' for FOIUP womiin. man or boy to cook
for us. but the only ones that can cook are
off with a ( hicshlii1 gangs for the sum
mer. Ilit | I borrowed .Mis' Raddli-r'n cook
book , pceln' as she don't cook much but
salt pork and p'tntcos , nn' I'll lead up , un'
try to put In some trlmmln's aftei this. "
lint Ilurdock lefuscd to be caft down as
ho walked along beside his master , iimlably
vvngilug ; hi * tall As his hoiso tinned the
coiner around the clump of ( ottonwoods
that Bcieened the door of the dugout , a
dingy cmlgiant outtit met Tobn'o guzo ,
The wcathcilientcn wagon , miriy looking
liorfro , oven the battcicd pull hanging ut
tha back betola-ncd dilapidation. Near by ,
i BV on u block of wood beside HIP door Tobo's
I favoilto seal In the evi-nliiK , with Uiuloclc at
litb knee snt n woman. A better Judge of
fomliilnit.v than Tobp could not have told
\\licthor Hho was young or old her hugo
Billiboutiet concealing her fiice , und her limp
gown any youthfulncus of figure , as slip bat
with hen- hands In her l.ip and her head
diooplng , the picture of dejection
HUldnck vvall.i,0 Mialght to her sldo.
Another dog might have fawned ou her ,
but tills piece nf canine dignity stopped dl-
roelly In front of her and f.at down , gazing
nu her with much calm nnd file'iidly balls-
fuctloii. Tobo t-nt still foi a moment In
nFlotilHhniPiit , then springing to the ground
lie cinio lowaid bet and querle'd kindly :
"It tlii'ni any thine I Mu do for you ,
nia'nm1
At sound of his voice ( he girl , for euch
ho buvv flic wits aE soon : is HUO raised her
eyes , burst out crying ' '
"VcR , fli uhl yes. If vou only will , " FI
gobbed "Krttlicr's been n ! < k in Ihu w.igon j
for a woclc , , but vcstcul.iy ho went out of j
his heart , upd I've F.O ! It' stop , for I eir > u't j
drive and hold him i-t tlie wagon. Ho'e
ii lcep now , but he's been i-o bad tlmt I'm '
cfiald to be on the rojd n' r.o with him
Wo Imvcn't any inarcy , but U jou'll let us
stop ht'io till he's well \vo'l ! both work
nfteiwiird lo pay vou. "
lltirdorlc IlutiSiicd to tJin jiil'ii Hppcal with
Apparent IntcuiU and when heiolco died i
/tway In sobs ho ralwl sympathetic P.UV ,
for a liniuUhnko r. > n-med ijullo hurt ,
vhcil hit ! cider w nt ui < ! cUcod , j
"Why. > cs. Ml * * , * ' niiMvetod Tube , kindly.
"Of ccnue you Iln : .lay You'll find It a
rocky place but Ii'rdo' Ic un' iao'1) ) do the
best vve kin by jou \\t d bceter move the i
old gentleman Intn ti ! Urnsc r enon IH wo 1
Kin , an' if you're not afri'd to sliv IKTO
alone with II irdo-k I'll tide over to Coid-
wonJ an' bring DoPln'er out , 'cma > b
It's typhoid ' 1
' \fi > il'l * ' flimwt'irJ iho gin 'If I can
Ed under a ; co once I'll not Lo s.'rald of
on the walls and bunches of tissue paper
( lowers , evidenced the woman's hand , as dlt :
the neatness , and the spiay of prairie ( lowers
in a medicine bottle on the window sill
The Invalid , thin and white-haired , lay on
Ms pillow In weak content.
"Yes , Uurdock' ! tald Tobe , "I call It next
to mlrac'lous that , the very day you struck
these folks nhould drive up , an' that she
should bo such a good cook Why , old boy
you're fattei than you've ever been In your
life , and' ns fei n.c , v hy I never dreamed
how comfert.iblo my money would make me
till she showed me how It might be spent
Here we were , qt , mls'rable as we'd evei
been , the poorest * Job of cow punehln' I'd
cvei had , an' me the richest ranchman In
the county , never Know-In' tliet 1 might have
clean towels , an' pie , an' plcters on the
walls , till she' camo. "
Ho glanced through thu open door. "Sho"
Blood at the table , mixing bread. Ho
watched hoi deftly moving hands and
comely face. < To him she was tlie most
beautiful , the most sacred thing In the
woild. Awkward and uneducated she might
have seemed to borne , but In his eyes she
was wopanhood apotheoslred. plorlfled
"Sho shan't do that sort of thing long , "
said he. " 11 pin't but two weeks till the
dav you Ivnow.-'THirdock. when the circuit
rider preaches at Sadler's tliet Is , If her
pap's able lo bo about then , an' the car-
pcntcia come fiom Cordwood In two weeks
more , an' we'll have a new house , with
room for all of us , an' fer flowers In the
window , an' a blid cage She's goln' to
have It Jubt like thotc folks had where she
worked In Mlnnesoty , an1 then it's her turn
to have hired gills , If I have to ship 'em
out from back east , An' to think , Tluidock ,
If they hadn't come on the day you stinck
you'd never let em come on the place.
You've been second wth | me now , for EOIIIU
tlmo , but I'll never forget what I ewe you ,
Uuidock , all the same"
The glr''s step sounded behind them and
she stood at Tube's side In an Instant ho
was on his feet and brought her n chair.
Ho did not offer lo touch her , but his evc'ry
attitude bespoke his rude adoration. He
leallzed her posl'Ion In his house n painful
OIIP , oven for that primitive neighborhood.
Theio was to bo nothing between them tlmt
all the county might not hear.
"I was Jest tellln' Ilurdock , honey , " said
Tobo , fondly , "how glad I was tliet you
came on the day ho struck fcr that was the
first tlmo ho over let.strangers como on the
plnco when I was gone. Hut I always will
believe thol ho knew , the mlnlt ho saw you ,
thet you would bo a deliverance an' a
heaven's blessing to both of us. '
r\nd liurdock , seated In front of the girl ,
gazing at her admiringly , solemnly proffered
his paw , In ratification of Tobo's statement.
now riiiu iioitMis AIIIJ TH.\IMI : ) .
Some' Arc IUoi-i > ilIiiKl.
. > Apt ami Otlifrx
> Nul Atiillnlilr ,
Thosu who have seen lire horses dashing
from their stalls to an oxaet spot where
thc < suspended harness may bo dropped
upon thorn , and , \rtlh'ft ' few deft manipula
tions , fastened ready for the Mart , have lit-
to | Idea of the patient and persistent ef
fort required to train the animals promptly
and unfailingly to do their part In securing
the one great point of dispatch
It Is marvelous io some observers , says
the Philadelphia Ledger , to note the preci
sion with which a horse responds to an
alarm , and , coming fiom the stall on a
Hot , ituiuh directly beneath the collar and
laees. that they may bo snapped on him
in lets than ten seconds' time. Then ho
H ready at the driver's call to dash out of
the haute and along the silent or crowded
Mic-ots , day or night , until ho has reached
the spot vvhetico an alarm comes
Quo "jaw" horses are bought from Iho
contractor at ? 1S9 e > ach They nro taken on
thirty days' trial and If they cannot bo
taught In that tlmo they are returned
Tim "green" horse , when , taken to the sta-
bios , hag not the fqjutest-Idea of the terror
In btoro for him , ana'only realties It when
led Into a largo rooux. iuid tied secure-b
it Is then that the employes of the stables
with gongs , old ejlbhpans , elc. . Introduce
his horscsblp to niorfciipJse In twenty sec-
onda than ho even heard In all his life be-
lout. When ho. rwovws from tha shock of
the loulblo din and stops kicking and
picnclne. ho Is led back to his stall. The
Himo'amoimt of noliJLjs repeated the next
'
day and the day afi'rvthat. . until the horse
disdainfully ignores il"efforts ) to upset his
uervous fevstcm , Aft r Uili * he Is Uugbt
10 come under the harness at the sound of
the gong and pull In single and double har
ness an engine , truck , cart , engineer's car
riage , and police patrol wagon. This li
i continued until the animal learns to do
thoroughly what Is roriulrod of him. It
usually takes but ten da.vs' cm nest work
on the part of the trainers to break a horse
In.
Objection Is often made to the pace at
which nro apparatus is drawn through the
streets , and probably these aio those who
would condemn as a waste of tlmo the
hours and davs spent In shortening to a
minimum the period needed to get an en
gine tinder way from the time the alarm
I sounds In the engine houso. The fireman's
reason in both cases Is the axiom that
"more may ho done In minute1 ? Just after
a lire has started than In hours after It has
gained headway. "
| The hoisca which draw the engines , trucks
i and carts seem to loam how much depends
| on them , and they strive their Utmost , pullIng -
Ing ti | ) nt a burning dwelling panting nnd
fiimost rca Ij to fall , after a run which la\cs
11 om exceedingly.
| It Is n hard life for the horses a1 * well as
I for the firemen , and the average llfo of n
i 1'orso In the fcrvlcc of the dcpaitme-nt Is
| fem > cara Some last only six months , oth
ers ten jears. Some of the animals aio
even more fortunate than this. There Is in
the cltj's stabler , at Twelfth and Wharton
streets , a noble old liorto named Dad. lie
( Is 21 years old , and has seen seventeen
jc.irs' active service , lie Is still In serv
ice , nnd willingly pulls a ho o cart to flrca
when the department Is shorthandcd. The
lot of a ( Ire horse Is not a happy one. HP
Is FO eaiofully stalled and gcts ItUo such
good condition that sharp clihngcs In the
weather play sad havoc with him. Ho Ins
to tush from a warm stall and plunge- out
Into the chill air of a winter's night and
rcce along until ho breaks Into a thorough
perspiration. Obliged to stand at a lire
giound , with the Icy wind Happing a blanket
around his body , It Is no wonder that ho
has to bo taken to the- hospital to recover
from a heavy cold. With falls nnd knocks
and kicks from unruly mates , his chances
for a long nnd hippy life in the derailment
nro lessened materially.
Till ! HOI hi : OP S > l'I3\VAltT.
Ill < > nnd Pull of ti KIIIIIIHIM .llcronn-
( IIIFirm. .
The business to which Hilton , Hughes &
Co. were the latest successors , was founded
by Alexander Tuinoy Stewart , seventy scars
ago , In a wooden tenement , at 283 Uroad-
way , between Chambers and Reado streets ,
relates the Now York Herald. Tito original
establishment was In one. room twenty by
twenty-two feet. The _ nc\t door neighbor
was the cclobiatcd Honafantl , whoso splen
did stock and euphonious poetiy made him
a favorite of the fashionable dames , of that
dcr.
dcr.Mr
Mr Stewart was the Junior member of tlio
original flrm , in point of ago , though the
btjle was A. T Stewart & To. Ills partner
was a Mr Chambers , to whom is given the
credit of training the > oung Irishman's ener
gies into the current of trade. Mr Stewart
was in point of fact , bred for a cleigyman ,
and when ho left Ttlnlty college , Dublin , and
came to America , all his Inclinations nero
toward n bcholar's life. He taught school
In Roosevelt street dining part of the four
or five aimless jcars he spent In New York
befoic heattalncd , to nib majoilty and came
In for Ills estate Ab ) 'c was embarking for
li eland to claim his patrimony , Chambers
askeil what he intended doing with hlb
mono : ' .
"Invest it here and live on the intcicst , "
Stow ait replied
"How much is there ? "
"About $10,000. "
"Well taKe your money to Belfast , buy
insertion and scallop trimmings , and jou'll
double vour money. "
"Nonsense , " the jouns man answered
"I know nothing of trade. I can't oven
buy a pair of glove's without' hftlp. "
Still , ho took Mr. Chambeis' advice. His
patrimony amounted to $5,000 , he found ,
but he Invested It as ho wab bid , and nib
purchase stocked the little shop at 2S3
Uroadvvay.
The business begun thus in a measure
by chance by a young man who "know-
nothing of trade" speedily became the ruling
passion of Mr. Stewart's life All his latent
energies , all the Inherited shrewdness of bis
Scotch-Irish ancestry and .ill their Indomi
table energy came to hlH aid Ho became
known as ono of the shrew dost bargain-
makers In the city. His resources exceeded
all the limits of conventional trade. He
was dating , far-sighted , alert , ,
The little shop soon rivaled its fashion
able neighbor. Honefantl's. It outgrew the
original limited loom. Tlie first removal
was across the sticct to 202 Uroadvvay
Three new stores had boon erected between
Waircn and Chambers streets Hentljack
Wcems took the corner store. Fountain &
Co. moved In next , and Sd-wart took the
third Hvcn these enlarged fjuarters were
only thirty feet deep , and the two uppoi
Iloorsvoro occupied by families.
In this place Stewart remained until 1S32 ,
when lie moved down to n two-story btorc
between Murray and Warren streets , at
527 Hroadvvay. His business hero increased
so rapidly that he soon had to enlarge It by
: aklng the upper" stories and adding two
more , besides deepening the building by
: hlrty feet. Other additions wore made
'rom time to tlmo , until In 1SI8 .Mr. Stew
art removed to the famous coiner of liioad-
vvay and Chnmbers street.
This site Is historic Washington hall ,
which was a sort of club to the young
swells sixty years ago , stood at the corner.
Mr. Stewart bought the building and ground
of John Coster for $60,000. Ho also becurcd
two adjoining lots nnd put up a now bulld-
ii(5. ( The total cost was $300.000. nnd the
young man was considered a "plunger. "
The ictall business remained at Cham-
icrs street until 1802 , when the down-
own building was abandoned to the vvhole-
sale trade and the retail was moved up
o the Tenth street corner. In which Hll-
on. Hughes & Co. have Jus't failed.
This latter establishment was regarded as
: ho wonder of Its day. Thcro was nothing
in Ionilon or I'm Is to equal It for size or
nagnlflccnce. The building was valued at
! .1,000,000. The ground Is leasehold prop
erty , being part of the old Randall farm ,
icld under Sailors' Snug Harbor loabes.
It was in the panic of 1SS7 that Mr. Stew
ard changed from a rich merchant to a mer
chant piince He was considered to bo
vvoith a tound million before ; after the
luiry was over and the country was un-
conscioubly diiftlng Into the civil war , his
fortune was estimated at $20,000,000. To ac-
complHih this seeming a mliaclo all his won-
Icrful talents wore put faith to the utmost.
Stewart , as a contempoiancous writer put
t , W.IR as lively In the crash of commercial
Clements ns a stormy pctral In a hurilcano ,
lo bought and sold right and loft , and no
ono divined the logic of his actions until all
was over , when It was seen tlmt liujind al-
vva > s bought cheap and soldjfdcar/ was
related as a marvel of the times that
hroughout the panic Stewart retailed } 5,000
worth of goods a day.
The cioakcrs predicted that the civil war "
would "do for" Stowart. It made him even
richer and richer , till his $20,000,000 of 16CO [
were nearly , If not eiulto , doubled. Ills
oreslght had divined the great demand the
government would bo under for blankets , iv
clothes and other materials In his line
When the tlmo came to buy It was found
hat only Stewart could meet the demand. i
Io made many millions In Ills government
contracts , jet escaped the scandal of cxtor-
1cm that attached to many other con trac '
ers.
ers.Mr. . Stewart was an ardent unionist nnd
n unreserved supporter of General Grant ,
'he latter rewarded him with a tender
f the portfolio of the treasury , which the
uiTchant would only have been too glad to
ccopt Hut It was soon discovered that :
aider a law of 178'J ho was not. by reason
f his business an an Importer and vcsbd .
wner. competent to hold the place. Gen-
ral Grant , with characteristic large-ness of
pirit. proposed to have the law sot aside ,
ml Mr. Stewart wont so far ns to under- ;
ako to have his business put Into the hands .
f trustees. Hut congress rebelled nnd Mr.
atewart remained a merchant in luce
The close of Iho war and the decade fol-
ovvlng saw the fullness of Mr Stewart's
ttlnments In commerce Ho was then the
Ichrst man la America and the active con-
rolling brail of the largest business. lie
led In 187G , and his last years were do-
otcd quite much to the expenditure of his
ealth as tlie accumulation of more. i
Theories of euro may be discussed at
ength by phvslclans , but tno suut'ms want
ulck relief , and Ono Mlnuto Oough Cure .
III give It to them. A safe euro for chtlfi
ren. U U "tho only harmless remedy that I si
reduces Immediate retulti. " | tl
BITS OF FEMININE'COSSIP.
p
Tow American women arc acquainted vjth
i the fact that Slgnora Iil.az , thevvlfp of Oeti-
cral I'orflrlo Diaz of Mexico , resides n portion
tion of each jcar in1iat Is pronounrcil by
ninny people the finest olllrlal resilience on
' tills continent Tlie Castle of Chapiiltepec-
Is the "white houso" of the nation , and
j lies two miles from the City of Mexico. It
Is occupied by thoj family during the rainy
I j summer season. The- approach lies along
, the famous 1'aseo lie la llefortnn , the mag-
j nlllcGiit boulevard Jald out by the Ill-fated
I .Maximilian and his now mentally deranged
I ( liiecn tlie impress Carlottn. The 1'aseo ,
with the succeeding streets of Snn Knuiclsto
and Avenlda .luarcv , eonnect rhapiiltepcc
with the national pnlacc on the 1'larn Major ,
thtco mlk's distant In the city. The vvall < j
of the looms of state In Chapnllepuc ai j
hung In woven Rllki bearing the coat of arms
of the Republic of Mexico. heavily hand-
Inworked with the same material , and nil
the other tapistries are of the Illiest quality ,
the same costly rule rtppljlng to the general
furnishings of both residences of the presl-
dent. At Chapultcpec many of the pieces
of furniture In list' have come down from
more than three centuries ago , while each
succeeding administration dm I tip that time
has added dome touch or othci to ( lie palace ;
home of the Mexican ruler There aie pi ice.
UBS paintings from the royal galleries of
Spain and liuropc ; furniture with Its pp-irl
mo-sales and gold and copper Inlaying , eost-
Ing fabulous bums ; nigs from the Orient ,
biought o\er In the tally days of regal
bplcndor , an.l many t ° "s of the finest of
Italian nml native sculpture In statuary
nnd massive inns of finely grained marble
nml nlibaster. Yet the general uriaiige-
iiiLiit of It all Is most skillful and the fur
lilshlngs exceedingly will distributed Slg-
uoia Diaz Is very proud of these ait treas
ures , and was qulto lesuntful when the late
Mr Jay Gould offend the Mexican KO\em
inent close to $10,000,000 In Mexican silver
as a southern resoit for himself and family.
Of course the offer was piomptb declined.
"Tell mi > oitr Ideal , " I nskeil or my tall
nnd romantic ft lend , busy at his law
"Kroni jour Imposing height you have
looked down In the eves of BO many pretty
Kills I know jou have found > cur Ideal , anil
wn.it jon to write me of her. "
"My ideals , " he replied , "nre ever chang
ing "When I look back over a t > hoit
period , Including a number ol
case of misplaced affection , and
consider the gills who ha\e been
the recipient of my love , I realise
that I lm\e adored women whoso characters
ns well as whoso personal charms were
vastly different.
"In the .language of n distinguished
friend. ' 1 ha\e done as I tl'lnk every prop-
01 ly i eared soiithcin gentleman should do ,
nnd I lm\e paid almost every woman with
v.hom I lia\o associated to any extent the
comtesy and compliment of a proposal. '
So I feel that 1 am not altogether Ignoiant
of this question A man who lb not in love
never has an Ideal. All women aie to him
the same. A requisite then to ideality Is
ferocious and Idiotic affection , since one
woman Is as good as another , and this affec
tion Is the lesnlt of association and of a
ceitnin weakness In man's mentil makeup
I l.ave. in a mild and manlj vv.iy , veneiated
petticoats Imlisetlminatelj , but have nt last
determined to make mv own Ideal , since I
think it is possible Such a tiling would Le
plinburo nnallojcd Sevcial of my Ideals
have caused me considerable -vexation of
spirit , for they v.ero popular women , nnd
other men's Ideals , too This is not pleas
ant. Now , 1 intend to be philosophical , and
my Ideal shall be a woman to whom no
other man on earth would pay e\en passing
attention Constant association would Idealize
even n woman of this kind , and the si
lence of the fearful heart nuttcrings , caused
by quick and never ceasing transitions from
sleepy , Imppy , stupid love to violent , fren
zied , crinibon Jealousy. Yes , the absence of
this would leitnlnly ( make llfo one eternal ,
Einlling restful spring- "
At the Spa this .season there is a notice
able absence of hats'among the women
This is due to the attempt made In many
v\a > s by the Inhabitants of the village ami
those who cater to the slimmer visitors to
icstore the former charm and Informality
to the Spa injuied by its long occnpaniy
of undesirable elements A request was
sent this , season to the cottagers urging
thes.0 Influential summer residents to re
establish the fashion of going ban-headed
to the hotel concerts and for the moiuing
nnd evening walks and touts of the shops
Many acquiesced , und as a result the streets
are filled with woman strolling about with
out hats using a parasol by day , but In the
evening protected only by the coiffure. The
fashion extends to the ble > clists , and v omen
awheel glide up and down the shaded
avenues of the town destitute of the in
other places inevitable cap.
It is rather a pretty fancy with women of
fashion who are devoted to bicycling to give
names to their wheels. These names are
engtaved upon a silver plate and attached
to some part of the bicycle.
Miss Virginia Fair started the fad , and the
pretty title "Heet Wing" Is the noin do
cycle bv which sh alwajs refers to her
pet steed. One of her Hist orders for the
day may not ba In the exact words , "saddle
and bildlo Fleet Wins. " but very like It
Nearly all her days begin with a spin on her
wheel.
Lad > bird Is the title bestowed by another
devoted jouns cyclist ou her yollov,1
machine.
Considering the amount of work necessary
on the part of the cycler , "Uolco far Nlunte , "
Is rather a misnomer yet It Is the nnmo engraved -
graved upon the embossed sliver plato which
adorns Miss Klslc Clews' bicycle The name
Is pictty , however , if not appropriate. Miss
Clews , by the way , Is In England , and a let
ter received by one of her young friends
about cycling matters gives the Information
mation that the English girl prefcis a motto
tor her wheel lather than a name * .
An Kngllfdi magazine , Indeed , is offering
prices for the most sutlablo mottoes for
bicyclers , and the list Is now a long and
Interesting one.
Picso and poetry nio both ransacked for
quotations. 1'erhaps one of the best Is the
couplet :
"Tinn , turn , my vvhoel ! What Is begun
At daybreak must .it dink bo clone. "
Among other mottoes are the following :
"Up with me , up with mo Into the clouds. "
"hot im cat-t oft the foolish Hun
That blinl ua to the earth und tlHti
Ami t.ilce a blrd'H eye vluvv. "
"Push un , keep moving"
It was the tact and genuine kindliness of
Dolly Mnd'Bon ' that made her one of the
most prominent of American women. Hov-
nal episodes mentioned In Mr. Goodwin's
"Life of Dolly Madison" are significant of
this. On oni occasion two old ladles from
ho country arrived at the white house
while the family were still at bieakfust
To the surprise at the rural visitors , the
oman they had come to see appeared In a
stuff dress of dark gray , protected by a
largo hoiiBcwiff ly white apron , and with
linen kerchief pinned about her neck
Her simplicity of manner and uttlro com
pletely swept away their awe and before
Icpartlng ono of them found courage to ask
1'erhaps you wouldn't mind If 1 kUsed vuu
Just to tell the folks about ! "
The only surviving grcat-great-grand-
laughter of General' Israel I'utnam Is Mrs
Mary riunam Sliairc , who lives In the llt-
lo village of I'oinfrrt. Conn. She Is now
i4 years old and her grandmother was fien-
jral Putnam's daughter. It is In I'omfret
.hat the celebrated I'utnam'a wolf's den Is
ocatecl ,
After giving the experiment a thorough
rial , a London hairdu'sser has discovered
.hat woircn bar burn are not a ( success.
iVIUle they are really gieater adepts In the
irt of bha\lng than , men , they are looked
ipon with dlbfavor'by women with hus-
jands who patronize barbers , and besides
ho men themselvpa feel a little safer In
mvlng a mascullneii barber ply the razor
the vlcljilty of i their jugular veins As
ar as conversational powers are concerned
here Is no difference between a male and
female barber
The ell ) of St 1'aUl ' , .Minn has the new
st woman of all. She Is Mrs S V Root ,
.nil the has been , appointed to the police
one. Decorated with a bright and shining
tar , she ran now arrest a man as well as
be ppJlceiaan on the beat adjoining hern.
Her appointment Is no purrlo however ,
when nil the Mory Is told.Mrs . Hoot Is
prominent In philanthropic work -not as n
kid gloved member ( if n board of ladj man
agers but ns a vvoiker active In rescuing
PI rant human footstep and turning It In the
right direction To forward the good work
"ho had In hand , the appointment to the
pollro foice was consideicd expedient Tim
tunvor made the appointment and Mrs.
Root will be accountable- the chief of
police She thinks , as soon as It Is generally
known that she lias police powci , she will
be tiealcd with more consideration by the
elnss of people with whom she comes In
contact.
In olden tlme It was the custom for
women In give their sweethearts handker
chiefs with their Initials embroidered with
the fair donor's hair , or linger rings or
wntch chains made from hair. Such fash
ions have died out , savs n writer In the
Cincinnati inquirer , hut the- fashion for
embiolderlng handkerchiefs with hair has
been revived. Tor embroidering pill poses
the hair should bo soaked In boiling water
befnio tihlng to miiko it soft and pliable , BO"
that it can he threaded in a fine iiredlo
nnd used llkp silk. Ono method Is to lap
down seven ] stinnds of hair and sew or
couch It tylth line -silk Feather stitching
Is often done with hnlr , and with a little
practice Is vcrj effective1 In figure om-
broldcij hair Is used for the eyebiows and
e-j clashes , making the figure much more
natuinl looking.
On the huge boulder that nestles at the
foot of Mount Monadnock. and almost under
Its veiy shadow on the shoreof the beauti
ful \Vachusett lake In Prince ton , XIa s. ,
theio has been inivcd the following in
scription : "Upon this rock. May 2 , 1G7C.
was made the agreement for the lelcase of
Mrs Maiy Rowlatidson of Lancaster , be-
tvv < en the Indians and John Hoar of Con
cord King i'iilllp was with the Indians but
refused his consent"
The rock Is about twelve feet high nnd
thn toniaiue and legend that cliMcT about
It nre well authenticated , some of the tno.it
stirring scenes of the Indian wais belli' ?
enacted there 'lliu place Is known ns "H -
demptlon Hock , " leeching Its name fiom
the fact tin : on this lock John lloar n
well known cltl/.en of Concord , concluded
negotiations vilh the Imllnrs for the ic-
Icasc of Mrs Mirv. Howlandson who had
been taken captive thiee months before by
King I'hlllp
The famous Indian chieftnln , with 1 " 00
braves had carried terror Into the towns of
that region by his massaoies and depieda-
tlons At the destruction of Lancns ci a
few women were snared by the Indians ,
among them being Mrs. Howlandson , the
wife of the parish minister.
The record of her wandr'lngs and subse
quent release were duly wiltten out by her
in n book published In 1CS2 by Samuel Green ,
In Cambridge. The volume had unusual
popularity , going through twenty editions
Tl-e early Issues says the Boston Globe ,
me now exceedingly rare
Mrs Howlatidson's release fmm lier c-ip
tor , Qnaiinopln , was purchased by Mi. Hoar
for a pint of rum
Sixteen > ears ago Mr George F. Hoar of
Worcester , a descendant of John Iloai , pur
chased the half acio of land on which "Re
demption Hock" is located and placed upon
it the Inscription mentioned above.
Kx-Quccn nniina of Samoa Is now in
Ilerlin on a visit to the exhibition , accom
panied bj her husband , who was formerly
nn clllccr in the German nrmy They aro'
said to be an ideally happy couple Her ex-
majesty ias dropped her queenly title and
travels as , a simple German frail.
An old lady In Hrussels who recently cele
brated her 100th birthday relates th.it when
Napoleon passed through her native village
of rumway In 1S10 n peasant having fallen
on his knees to ask a favor , the emperor
said : "Get up , and never kneel except to
God ! "
Contrary to whnt might bo Imagined the
perquisites nnd "vails" of domestic servants
In rojal employ are very small , the late
prince consort having some fjrti jc.ago
effected sweeping reforms In connection with
the royal household which put n stop to
t
the ( lagranl abuses which up to that tlmo
had cost j/iiny / thousands of pounds every
year to the privy purse of the sovereign
Indeed , from a financial point of view , there
Is no doubt that a groom , n coachman , a
footman or a gamekeeper would be Infinitely
better off In the service of a nobleman or
some rich commoner than in a monarch's
Cei tain 'it is , at any rate , that no servant ,
either of the queen or of the prince of
Wales , has ever enjoyed so laige an Income
as that footman of the carl of Xoithbiook
who some time ago testified under oath
hv a court of law that althougn his regular
wages amounted to but $390 annually , jet
that ho received from $2.000 to $2 500 more
a jcar in the shape of tips from the call's
guests , whom he was called upon to servo
during their stay at Stratton.
Paris newspapers are telllnir the woca of
ono of the young women from Cincinnati
This woman was shopping in the usual
extravagant style of the American when
she discovered that she had been lobbed of
her purse The thought flashed through
her mind that she had left her check at a
tailway station In her purse , and , hastily
excusing hciself , she chartered a cab to
take her to the depot Upon her arrival
before the baggage master she narrowly
escaped airest for tijlnj ; to get the same
tiunk twice ; the thief had foresctallcd her
Reluming to her hotel In no very happy
mood there were several articles In the
trunk of sentimental value , to say nothing
of jewelry the last insult was added to the
Injury by the receipt of a note -from the
robber , In which she was cautioned In the
most polite language to bo more careful
when gallant strangers weio In her vicinity
An hour later the trunk was sent to her
liy the icgular delivery , with everything
of value abstracted. It must be said for
: ho pickpocket that he did not keep anything
that he could not make use of ,
All women of the Protestant Kplscopal
diocese of Michigan have been dcclnied
eligible to vote for \estrymen In pailsh
elections Twenty five other dioceses and s
four missionary JtiilsdlctloiiH of the nplsco-
ial church have for some tlmo allowed
women to vote for vcstrjmen.
WING TO THE SUCCESS
OF THE GORHAM MAN
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MANY IMITATORS HAVE
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& ALSO TO BE "SILVER.
SMITHS , " WHEREAS WHAT
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