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PART III. OMAHA SUNDAY BEE
ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. 03EA1IA , SUNDAY MOHNIXGr , SEPTEMBER 27 , 189(1 ( TWENTY PAGES. BING-LI3 COPY FIVE CENTS.
Tomorrow is our exclusive showing of all that's new fromthe Paris and London marts prepared with assidu
ous care and exquisite taste every garment new and modeled after the highest European fashion It's our assort
ment of fall capes and jackets that makes our showing so attractive , and it's the little prices that cause the quick
selling Just at the beginning of the season shrewd shoppers after going the rounds come back to buy and in
form us that nowhere else can such a variety be found at such- moderate prices.
What isn't Tlie earliest There's no If you have
comer has test like
Rigltt looked elsewhere
the pick a trial.
we make * ' we're sure of
of the We're here
plums. to please you , your trade ,
Fluu pieced Astrakhan Capes
3IJ Inches lu length full sweep-
storm collar best of
Until } , '
Genuine Seal Skin Cloaks London
dye tt2 nnd a-1 In. In length
fitonn collar new sleeves well
made throughout $110.00 and
A new line Velour IMush Capes-
jet embroidered trimmed In
Martin and Thibet fur full sweep
stylish leTfMh : satin lined
Plnsh Capes-
trimmed \\lth Thibet fur jet
embroidered 22in. in length full
r
BWeep lined with satin $4.75 . . .
Flush Cape
32 hi. In length full sweep-
lined with satin edged with Mar
tin or Thibet fur
Capes of heavy navy blue cheviot
l\ox \ frout correct styles
lilted back a splendid 750
value nt fliL ' " J'
Double Capes full 120 inch sweep
velvet collar , cape trimmed with 2
inch band of cloth stitched silk finish-
prices S4.00 each nnd
Single Capes 110 inch sweep , capo
and collar trimmed with 2 inch band
of cloth , stitched all around with silk ,
colors black und dark brown $3.90 and
Double Cupes of black boucle cloth ,
trimmed with Thibet fur ,
Tul 1 sweep
and sturm collar
Elegant Kersey English box and lly
Jront capes , lined with Persian silk , Ask to
fastened with largo pearl buttons , now see
shades of navy nnd dark green them
Ladies9 Jackets
Fine Melton Jackets black
lined throughout , small sleeves , ;
*
storm collar , fastened
pearl buttons
Houclo Jackets ,
black box front coat brick , storm ' 7 SO
collar and new sleeves . -A -
Beaver Jackets
tan , trimmed with buttons and. braid ;
and boucle mixed , tan and brown
finished , velvet collar. . . . .
Black Hondo Jackets
lined throuchoul , trimmed with
bands of cloth -
Navy Boucld Jackets r
lined all thrpugl i trimmed with
Persian lamb braid at flu.50 ami . JJL f
1511 Douglas St. . EHS2CH
RECOLLECTIONS OF STEWART
The Famous Merchant Prince of Now York
: as a Friend aud Foe. ;
A CHARACTER STUDY OF THE MAN
/Veiimiliitniice li'ormoil During iv
Control - ! llli Llilltor llul-
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( Coi ) > right , U9G , the S. S. McClure Co. )
It was a good many ycais ago , no matter
how many , that a Cincinnati lawyer , noted
for his pcrslstenco nnd intensity and as
attending to the legal business of the
loeallty'for the then most famous of New
"York merchants , A. T. Stewart , called on
mo at the Cincinnati Commercial ofilco , and
'said ho had autlioilty from Mr. Stev.ait ,
swlilch' ho illsplajed , to demand of
mo the manuscript of a letter
from an oceasloml Nuw York
corespondent that appeared in the
.Commercial , in order thut ho might have
the proof In his bands upon which to begin
a crlmliul prosecution. The article , the
attorney stated , I must know was grossly
llbulous , aud he quickly added Mr. Stewart's
idea was not to mulc.it me , but to catch the
writer of the slander , whom ho was determined -
mined to hold personally responsible and
punish to the extreme of the law. Ten days
before this Intercut hit ; Interview I had been
absent Unco days from my olUeo In the
country , uiul had missed the copy of thu
Commercial containing the article of which
icomplalnt was made , and knew absolutely
'nothing about It.
I said to thn lawyer ; "This Is n mystery
to me. I never hoard of u slander about Mr ,
Btcwart , and have no lecollvcllon of the
publication icferrcd to. " At once I was
confronted with the number of the Com-
'mcrchil that had eluded me , and read with
Rurpilso and legrrt a story of Mr. Stewart ,
assailing his private chat actor and his busi
ness methods. Thu correspondent was dis
posed to bo brave In writing forbidden
things , or those on the dangerous edges of
\ propriety , because ho bel loved that jour
nalism demanded that of him , and ho had
expected mo to road and revlso before
printing , and it had by one of the familiar
Vfatulltles , escaped u'l supervision except the
proof render , and criticism was not lu the
line of his duty ,
U was a sliange story. To cay that It
was romantic or picturesque would bo an
.unwarranted expression , for it was ua-
. seemly , gross aud Indefensible.
POnUCATlON INOEFE.S'b'lULn.
I salil at once to Mr. Stcwurt'a representa
tive that there was no defensu for the publi
cation , and whatever could be done In the
way of reparation should to done , that I
recognized thu responsibility upon me as
publisher , but doubted whether the specific
demand for thu manuscript could bo com
plied with , as there was no uile at the ofilco
that piTscnod it bejond a week , aud the
libel had been printed more thun that time.
"I would see. " Mr , Stewart's lawyer sr-ld
"Mr. Stewait wants the manuscript.1'
Upon Investigation It was ascertained that
the manuscript hail been sent In a wagon of
waste scraps to the paper mill ,
Letters from Mr. Stewart's personal
friends , one lu particular from John Shlllto ,
Ufo leading iliy goods merchant in Cin
cinnati , denounced the story as MSP In
every tcntc. and duo couipliutty was ijlvou
these communications with appropriate cdl
tqrUI expretiilpu
There came ha k from Mr Stewart , In
response to the statement that the maau
script had gouo to the paper mill , that ho
- tbat manuscript and did not want' '
anything else. Ho was then informed
that the manuscript had been ground up
In the paper mill and WAS In the vat of
pulp before he had demanded It , or I had
knowledge of Its existence. Ho must ask
for somnthlng possible.
Again the message , came from A. T.
Stewart & Co. : "Air. Stewart simply de
mands that manuscript. " I had told the
truth about it , and ( hat was all that I
could do except wait.
Another western editor , one of distinction
In St. Louis , had , nlso published the libel ,
aud was as bllssfujly and ridiculously Igno
rant nbout It as I was In my criminality , and
he being In New jVorltf. was immensely as
tonished to find" hlmaclt under arrejt , and
ho passed a long ) night In amazement In
Ludlow street jail , during v-hleh It Is a
tradition ho spent his time in pronouncing
uncomplimentary language about New York
letter writers , and merchants , and even
managing editors , and indeed he did not
feel happy about the newspaper business.
Walking down Broadway ono afternoon
some months after this , having taken passage -
sago \\ltli a party of : frleijila for Cincin
nati that night , I met aXmcrcaant from that
city , Lowlfl C. Hopkins , nowof Brooklyn ,
and he said with an air4 of-'concern ho was
sorry that I was "in such'n scrape hero. "
HOT AKTUlt HALSTBAU.
"Scrape , what scrape" 1' "Why the Slow-
art case. " "What , nbaut { hat ? " "Why , "
said Mr , Hopkins , ' ! have Just scon Mr.
Stewart. I had baucht him a pair of
horses in Kentucky ' . .andhe asked about
friends In Cincinnati. ! told him among
other things , and ( his humorously , that
his friend Halstcad , Vfaa hero ! Ills eyes
flashed and ho asked with great Interest
whcro you wcio stopping , nnd I told him
I did not know , Ihen ho said very angrily ,
'I phall find out and have that man lu
prison this night. Ho Is mistaken if ho
thinks I have done with him. ' Then Iio
railed a boy and said , 'biing mo a Jouinal
of Commerce ! , ' and scanned ( he hotel ar
rivals , but was nuioh disappointed in not
( Iinline your name. "
Having made all arrangements to go west
that night , and , not being captutcd by the
police. 1 did so , and In a few weeks was in
Now York again. My first errand was to
the olllcii of Judge Henry Hilton , and I v.as
tdiowu Into his room , uhcro he wn study-
hit ; my card with a puzzled look. Ho
au courtcciu and asked me to take a chair.
Hut I said my business might be transacted
In n moment. I eatd : "You arc Mr.
Stewart's legal adviser , arc you not ? " The
answer was in the anltraatlvc , and I hastened
to say that when I woa In New York a
few weeks before Mr. Stewart had sought
to find mo and had been unable to do BO.
Of course his lawyer knew what the case
was. I need not go Into that , 1 y.antea
U settled , particularly did not want to be
sought and not found , I would be In New
York five days , was at Ihn Fifth Avenue
hotel , breakfasted at 9 and dined at 5:30 : ,
The judge ( milled grimly , looked at his
wntrh , and Uas a quarter after eleven ,
Ho said , "Will you call again about 1
o'clock , any time from 1 to 2 ? " I made
the cngagoii'cut and was on time. The *
judgu plrKcd up his hat aud said : "Mr.
Stewaitlekcs to see you and we will walk
over at once , " Judge Hilton's ofllco was
Just across the corner of the City Hall park
from Htu.vart's Chambeia street store , I
nald tn the judge I did not wish to go and
be Ecolded by Mr , Stewart and Instructed
about tlio crimes of newspapers , and the
judge nald ; "Mr , Stewart docs not wish to
see > ou for that purpose. He wants to be
acquainted with > ou. He Is pleased because
jou called In such a way. If > ou had known
him all jour life aud pla > ed to get his good
opinion , jou could not have- done It better. "
INTKUVICVVlXa STnWAUT.
In two in mutes we were pasting Into the
central room of three ia\tlloncd \ | off from
the main body of the Chambers street s'torr
and the second story overlooking the park
und IlioaiU\f ; > - , I was at the cu tilng of u
clouded plats * door , lu the pref-enco qf Mr
S'ewart , a slender iusi ) nl > o\e the a\crage
height , xvhe re hair was thinned but still
candy , with a keen fare and twinkling ejes
Ha hid the look of an ancient professor
turned man of th world after hU life's
work was done. He was very neatly dressed
in a well cut brown suit , and In his shirt
front wcro llttlo plain white bone buttons.
The roam contained only the desks and
chairs for business. There was on the Moor
next to the west partition a long tin box
that had been painted a dull , bluish color ,
and that had handles and was considerably
battered to the extent of marring the paint ,
and on It was , In white letters"Alexander
T. Stewart. "
As I entered Mr. Stewart's ofllcc he was
giving directions , evidently to the head of a
department , and continuing his attention to
business , and Judge Hilton and I watted.
As my eye roved and then rested on the tall
and slender man the Judge nodded. Mr.
Stewart stepped toward us when he hod
finished his order. We were Introduced and
his first words did not quite accord with
Judge Hilton's expectations , for Mr. Stow art
said with a brief smile that was not all a
smile , "You western editors deal terribly
with us hero , It seems , sometimes , and I
cannot but wonder why I should bo person
ally maligned and assailed. I do not know
what I have done to provoke It. Can yon
tell me how to account for It ? I am gratified
that you have come. It Is what I did not
expect , but why am I an object of such
strange Interest to newspapers in the dis
tance ? "
I answered : "Mr. Stewart , the fact , I bc-
llcvo IH , that the public arc Interested be
cause you are reserved , nnd the writers of
thu loiters full of gossip about you have no
idea that they are striking a private citizen.
They look upon you not as a person , but
as an Institution , and they have no mure
notion of slandering you and Imrtlng a man's
feelings than they would have of being
offensive to the city hall hero In objecting
to its architecture. "
Mr , Stewart said that was a now view of
the matter and ho could not consent to It.
"I am a person , " ho said , "and they publish
these unaccountable things , utterly remote
from truth , as there are many who knpw
as Judge Hilton knows. How such things
go about and are fitted to such special occa
sions and find ways Into the newspapers I
cannot understand. Now the story that was
printed In St. Louis and Cincinnati was a
total surpilse. I cannot Imagine Its origin. "
Judge Hilton laughed , and said it "had
no origin , " und the subject was passed. Mr.
Stewart asked In a kindly way several per
sonal questions , and then whether I would
bo In the city over the following Sunday.
INV1TKD TO DINI3. '
"I do not want to put you In jail , " said
ho , "I want you to dine with me , " and when
I nal-1 my engagements took mo out of
town on Saturday , ho said : "Then re
member that I want you to dine with mo
when you come again. I give lij ( II fan I-r at
my house every Sunday evening at 7 o'clock ,
and when jou are in New York on Sundays
send me your card the day before , and dine ,
with me. " J '
He then asked whether I was acquainted
with people In Lexington , Ky , , and men
tioned that he had. an Interest In Lexington ,
and once had visited the place , because
before the war It was the city of all the
country of Its rlzo that WJB the best mar
ket for the finest women's dresses.
As I was going ho came up.to me quickly
and put the finger of his right hand on my
right shoulder , and I noticed they were
long fingers , and he said Impressively : "I
\\ant you to believe me and I would that
all who know me or care to hear of me
should know that which I now say , that
I lia\e reached that time in life and that
accumulation of fortune that I care far
more for the good opinion of people than
for all the money 1 can make. 1 am a
much older man than jour elf , and you
will allow me for that reason and by rea
son of the rorcumstances that bring ua
together , tq give jou an you arc in a po
sition from which your words go a long
waj-b-to gl\e you a few words of advice
Have a care how > ou uae your power and
say a good \\ord for a poor devil as often
as > ou can " 1 < | te his precise words ,
STEWART AS HOST
I accepted Mr Stewart's invitation to din
cer and repeatedly dined with him In tla ,
magnificent marble home. Ho was a gra
cious host , plain , neat , simple In manner ,
with a volco that came from his throat
and always was composed. The table was
long and glittered with splendors. In the
center was a golden dish of flowers resting
on golden sphinxes.
Mrs7 Stewart was brilliantly dressed , as It
was her husliand's pride and delight to
sco her , and wearing jexrels that would
bo distinguished In any court of Kurope- ,
( lashing from her throat and ears and hands
and" corsage , and the contrast between her
ladlant figure and his severe costume was
a pleasure to him. She was no more dis
posed to bo gorgeous in her raiment than
ho was , but as a good wife It was a
pleasure to please his fancy. I remember
an emerald pin she wore , superb , great
and brilliant , bigger and brighter than I
ever saw , except in'the Jewels of the Saxon
queens InMie green vault at Dresden.
Those who hove written unhandsomely of
her apnearanco and convocation aud man
ners never saw her , I am cure , for she was u
kindly , refined and dignified ladj' , and her
bow and smile of forgiveness to a gentle
man who sat on her right on one occasion
nnd rose to escort her from , the table as
cho retired , and trampled and tore her
dress , were charmlng , "and such a dress as
had been torn ! - It was a marvel from
Lyons and Paris , nnd there must have been
a Jiang In the heart of' the lady when the
delicate tlssuo crackled ajid gave way In
n great rent.
HIS.'FmST SUCCESS.
Once Mr. Stewart did met the honor to
place mo at dinner .Immediately on his
right and wo had much conversation. He
told mo the atory of'hie ; first success In
New York. He had a patrimony of $10,000
and when ho was about to Ball a Delfast
man just returned from this country told
him that It ho wanted fo double his money
It was easily donu by ; Investing in Irish
laces , as they sold surprisingly high In
America In comparlofin with the Delfast
figure. Mr , Stewart-had no thought of
being a merchant. lip had been carefully
educated and was prepared to bo a teacher
of an academy or professor lu a college.
His Belfast friend happened to know what
luces had been selling for in New York ,
and Stowrrt carefully compared them wllh
thu manufacturers' rates aud put all his
money into them , with a good deal of mis
giving , for he knew nothing of dry goods ,
On his arrival In the city of his future
homo ho rented a small store , No. 257
Droadway , now the location of the Mer
chants' Exchange National bank , and made
an adjustment of rates , charging hero In
all cases { 1 for what he had In Belfast
paid 1 shilling. Ills stock of laces was
soon exhausted , and he had quadrupled
and more his money , J
His first customer , a ladjf , bought a con
siderable lot , and to the day of his death
the order was that If she called at his store
ho was to be sent for to wait on her per
sonally , {
SOME AGED NECTAR.
Invariably at hla dinners there was a
glass all around of Jolunliiburger Schloss ,
and when ho was In Oxjxiigtou ho bought
the last barrel of "olJ ( crcfw" whisky , the
most famous of the- productions of Ken
tucky , and the barrel bad , -when ho re
ferred to It twenty-two yeans ago , dwindled
to half a barrel. If therp Is a jug of It auy-
wluro It U worth 1C to I Jn gold or silver
of any whisky that exist * , .If a gallon of it
could bo found and ccrtllled bejoml doubt
and sold at auction lu Kentucky , It would
buy a pig patch of blue' grata land ,
Mr. Stewart was of the opinion that ho
had the last of that nectar , and It stood at
par with the Johanlslnirper. He was very
interested In his table talk , and addressed
the servants lu French , of .which ho had an
easy command , and after dinner as the
company walked Into the great hall where
stood one of the most imposing clocks in
the world , a globe swinging an a pendulum ,
thu host would signal with a alight gesture
a servant to turn on the cas In the noble
art gallery , the walla of which were adorned
with the choicest works of the great modern
Misses9 Jackets.
Children's Jackets in boucle , black and
red , or black and green , mixed
trimmed in bands of cloth und
pearl buttons ages -1 to 11
The latest styles In Children's nnd
Misses' Jackets In brown und tan
and tlin new mixed goods with
now Hh'i'ves aufl collars trimmed
with buttons [ and braltl iiuvs 4 to
1(5 ( yea is
Some for ? .IK , ? S.0 , ? l.)0 ! ) and $5.00.
Children' IOIIK Cloaks
in Boticle navy and brtfwn nnd red
ipij t'oHnvn new sleeves buttons-
braid and fur trimmed uses S 10
and l2-$8.no , $7.00 nnd
Loii } ; Clonks In line beavers
Kersey and novelty all wool mlxod
Koods trimmed with cloth and buttons
ages 0 to 14 at $0.00 , $5.00 and
Good Cloaks for Children
lu mixed jiopds and plain beavers
made with capes and storm collars-
some trimmed others plain all sizes
prices at $ .T2o , ? t:2o ! : uil > . .itt > . . ,
painters , whoso portraits still look down
from the cornice upon the billiard tables , ns
If wondering what has bccomo of their
priceless productions.
It has not eeemcd to me that the large
ness of mind of Mr. Stewart has had ade
quate recognition. His mills abroad and at
homo providing goods for his enormous
sales were of an extent and variety almost
Incredible. Ills plan for works of benevo
lence undertaken in his lifetime with the
most sincere desire , I think I know , to mani
fest Ills sense of obligation for the golden
reign of prosperity ho had the genius to
organize and make fruitful those broad
plans generously conceived were such dis
appointments so far as he had attempted to
carry them out , that ho did not make for
them In tho'Vnd the abundant provision he
for years proposed to give them.
Misfortune has lowered upon the house ho
founded , but whatever other moaning It
has. It proves that In these changeful times
the gift of mastery the founder had could
not be assumed when ho was gone. There
were able and sagacious men to whom it
has been easy and popular to bo unjust and
unsparing , but behind the seemingly sud
den ruin that brings once more the fame
of Alexander T. Stewart and the name of
his friend and constant counsellor. Henry
Hilton , before the public beyond the dust
of the downfall Is the truth that there
wcro none to "lift again the wand of magic
power , and the lost clew regain. " At least ,
at last ono may say of the great merchant :
"Pcaco to his ashes" In the cathedral that
Is his monument. MUUAT HALSTEAD.
nOSSIP ABOUT .VOTI2I1 rHOl'LIJ.
Senor I'alma , the head of the Cuban junta
and the representative of fieo Ouba In Now
York , is a little man , with iron-gray hair ,
a closely-cropped llttlo gray mustache , n
brown , wrinkled face , a defective left eye
und a pronounced Spanish accc > nt. Ho wears
a black flock coat and n llttlo Hat derby hat
of the year 1SOO. His private olilco Is In
New street , nnd IH a llttlo room about ten
feet long find six wide , lighted by ono win
dow at the end. The only furniture In the
room Is a rollcr-.top oak desk , a swinging
olilco chair , another chair for a visitor and n
table.
When General M. C. Butler of South Carolina
lina was In Cleveland the other day attending
the exorcises of Perry's victory day , a Cleve
land man said to Jihn : "I suppose you've
burled all belligerent animosities , senator ? "
"yes , " replied the general , "ten thousand
fathoms deepJiflon't even harbor resent
ment agalqst Qri'KK's battery. The fact Is ,
whllo I was jijannlnu to shoot off Gregg's
head he got a , little the'start of me by shootIng -
Ing off my footv 5o $ the honors were easy
as far , at least V8 intention goes. No , sir ;
I'm a union man now , In every fibre that's
left to me. "
A remarkable anil versatile journalist has
just passed nway at Melbourne In the person
of Mr. Julian Thomas , popularly known as
"Tho Vagabond , " a pen name ho had " borne
for tbp last twenty years. A native "of Vir
ginia , ho fought on the confederate side
during the civil war. lie subsequently went
through the Franeu German war as the cor
respondent of a Now York Journal. He was
an eye-witness of the horrors of the com
mune , und narrowly escaped being shot as a
communist when Marshal MacMahon'H troops
fought their way Into tlio naming city of
Paris.
When Young Chief , a prominent member
of the Uniatllla tribe , in Oregon , goes away
for his annual vacation he in granted the
freedom of the state by the following notlcu
to whom It may concern1 "Young Chief has
permission to visit Wallowa and Kin round
ing country , with various other Indians , to
be away sixty days. Ho Is a good , law-
abiding man and very friendly toward
whites H any of his crowd are boisterous
or violate any law. If reported to ine. I will
have the matter rectified. Any favor shown
Wrappers Waists
Print Wrappers
dni-k colors ,
thrco yard skirts
Fleooed Lined Wrnppo.-s
well uiudo , nicely trimmed , line fl P)0
oplWa $1.76 mid JL
Now Full Skirts
Cropon cireets , till wool mixtures , every
skirt a model of btylo , etc
beat lining and binding $0.00 and
A complete" ! ino of box coat suits blacks
mid ntsvv full mixtures full skirts per-
calincdand velveteen bound , borne
trimmed in braid and others
with buttons and braid $12.50 , $9.00.
All \Vool \ Black fcorsc Dresses
Waibts uii ltSUirts well nimlc full
Skirt Walsln trimmed In Hraid
him will bo appreciated. Ho respects the
whites and asks that they respect him. "
The enthusiastic reception accorded to the
lord chief justice In the United States re
calls the fact that one of the greatest lord
chancellors of England was born In New
England. Copley , the painter , was resident
In America with his family during the war
of the American Independence. At the con
clusion of that war Copley decided to con
tinue a British subject In prcfercnco to be
coming a citizen of the United States and
returned to England with his family , which
Included a son , born In America , afterward
the celebrated Sir John Copley , who wan
master of the rolls and subsequently , as
Lord Lyndhurst , lord chancellor of England.
William H. Vloget , who was the first white
child born In San Francisco , has a picture
of the Bite of that city painted by his father
In 1S37. In that year the father , Captain
John J , Vioget , master of a French ship
lying In San Francisco bay , uaa induced
by the Mexican authorities to surrey the sur
rounding hills and lay out the town of Yerba
Duma. Ho npcnt his leisure moments In
making a water-color picture of the place
It shows only two small , old-fashioned
houses standing white and alone on what
Is now Clay street. The captain's wife was
the only woman present ut the talslng of
the American flag nt San Francisco.
8 , J , Ulsoy. a veteran of the Mexican and
civil wnrs , who for the past decade has lived
at the coldlcrs' homo In Lcavonworth , Kan. ,
and for the best part of a lifetime has be
lieved himself alone in the world , was re
joiced the other day when a brother who ho
thought had been killed in the war found
him and offered him a homo , 11 o mid Ills
father and two brothers had enlisted In the
Mexican war. Ho hnd helped to bury the
father and ono hi other after n battle , and
ho had heard that thn other brother also was
killed. After the civil war ho lived only for
himself and brought up at the tolilltre'
homo ; but the brother who had not been
killed married , tolled and prospered nt Hll-
llard Station , 0. , and t last came to Leaven-
\\ortli.
Apropos of the fifty-ninth anniversary of
the reign of Queen Victoria , the Nouvelle
Itovuo Internationale publlohes a letter of
J'rlnco Chailes do Solms , ono of the numer
ous jmltors for Iho hand of the young queen.
The jirinco relates that it had been decided
that ho should go to London and pay lliu
addresses to the neleo of William IV , when
thu quren of Hanover Riiddcnly opposed the
project. This was In 1838. "You know , "
she said to the prince , "that the king of
Hanover la the nearest bclr to the HrllUh
crown. As It has already happened that for
want of a direct heir the third or fourth
brother lias ascended thn throne I do not
see any reason why It should not happen In
the present case. The > oung queen Is In
delicate health and If ehu has no children
thu king of Hanover Is certain to reign in
England. "
Captain William Thomas Cullcn , who has
just died at Crlsflcld , MJ , , in Ilia C3tli year ,
commanded the revenue cutter James Much-
anon In Apt II , 1S8I. Tbo vessnl was stji-
tloned at Washington , and was loaded with
powder for Fortress Monroe. Ho proposed
to liia crew , who vcro , competed of Vir
ginians , and llko himself sympathizers with
the south , to run past Forlrosa Monroe and
deliver the ponder to Iho confedciatc au
thorities. Ills proposition being favorably
received , the Huchanan galled to HUUmond ,
and Captain Cullen presented the vessel and
her cargo to the confederates , and Oil *
powder was made up Into tartrlclp-.s whkh
were used at the first battle of ( lull Hun
It Is slated that without this powder the
confederates would hate been thcrt of rv.i
munition at the great eiifcaKGraent t'uptalu
Cullcn solved the oonfedriate cailfo through
out the war In the Commissary departnen
Speed ami safety are the watchwords <
the age. One Mlnu'o ' ( ctigh Cure u < *
speedily , safely and tiovcr falls Anthu j
bronchitis , coughi nfl colds are cured by it
LA HO It A.VII I.VUUSTHV.
The iron and steel workero loot fifteen
lodges and gained forty-five during the year.
One-sixth of the total wage payments lu
the United States goes to railroad employes.
Plymouth has followed the example of
Glasgow , Huddersflold and other British ,
cities and municipalized Its street railways.
Fares have been reduced to 2 cents , hours
of labor cut to eight a day , and still the
profit Is largo enough to pay the interest
and create a sinking fuud ,
Chicago trades unionists have sent two of
their members to ascertain and report oa
the industrial condition of
silver-using Mexico
ice , and the Denver tiadcs unionists have
sent two membcis to see that the Chicago-
men arc not corrupted by Urltlsh gold.
The Cambria steel works at Johnstown ,
Pa. , after a shut-down of nlno days , resumed
Aork last weelc , giving employment to 3,000
men. Other reports during the week an
nounced the opening of Industries to the
extent that a total of IG.OOO men , previously
Idle , were given employment.
The official British Labor Gazette reports
trade In Canada dull last spring. Now South
Wales is ripped up by strikes , the iron
.voikers and miners and tlioovorkors hav
ing gone out for better wages. In Victoria
and South Australia there Is no demand for
labor.
I'icsident nompcrs has ROUO to Dallas ,
Tex. , on a mission that may result In an
amalmagatlon of the national order of rail
way cnglncciH with the American Federa
tion of Labor. With the engineers In the
fedtiatlon , Mr. Gompcis is confident a long
step will have been taken. In the fusion of
nil other railway ordeis.
"Wo are trying on Intuicstlng experiment
In our town , " un > s a .Strunton man In the
AVashlngton Times. "It Is a municipal em
ployment bureau , whcro both appllcanta
for employment and persons In need of
help In their homes or business may regis
ter their wants without charge , The new
dcpaitmcut entails not ono cent of extra.
expense upon the clly , except the trilling :
cost of a registry book. The hut can Is lit
charge and under the control of the pollco
department , und all the labor connected
with It Is done by olllcers already on the
pay roll of the municipality , Thus the
hchcmo will not involve the employment oC
extra help. "
. _ _
A \ 'TV Mctiil In Di'iiiiiiul.
French Inventions frequently call Into use
natural pioducts which had previously pos
sessed no practical value , says the Ilioolilyn
Cltlzon. This l illustrated by the rare
metal , thorium , discovered by the great
thcmlnt , Ucrezllus , eaily In the present cen
tury. When burned the metal milts a light
moru brilliant than that of burning magne
sium , but until the recent Invention of In
candescent gut ! burners , In which the llamo
is cneabed in a metallic mantle , no use won
discovered for it , Upon experimenting with
various substances It was foip.id that the
oxldo of thorium , called thorla , makes the
best mantle for suih burners , and a demand
being thus created for It , the value of thorla
suddenly sprang flora almost nothing up to
$209 $ per pound. Then u search began for
now sources from which thorla could bo ob
tained , and tills search Is not jet finished.
Originally tlio new metal was found only
In certain rare minerals In Norway , Re
cently It lion been discovered that thu min
eral "inouazlto" contains a liberal quantity
of thorla , and mOiiRzlto ! s found in North
Carolina , Canada and llrazll. The prlco of
thorla lit now much lower than It was at
first , althvugh It xtlll commands } 1G or | 20
am ) even uior * per pound , the prlco lluctu-
ttlug with the supply.
Kill.i.n'i. Mull.
Mr. IMIson , the great Inventor , receive *
muny aruuslue letter * Nut lout ; ego he wa
s'ortliU by an epistle from a joung lady
. sU . { If he co Ul Inti'iu an clcclrlo con-
luvi ! . t1 at would en ble her to tea th
ft"c t' i.rr future husband ,