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MATHURIN.
A TALE OF PONTIAC.
UY aiM iiiT PAitKUt
< fVp > rlKht , 18H , l.y Olllcrt I'nrUT )
You may nenir Mntliurln's story from al
most nny tnlo teller In the province of
Quebec , whoreccry parish lias Its profc-
Blonnl raconteur , ami whore every man Is an
amateur. Hut jou will hoar.It . told with
most fitting Hjmpathy ami Imagination , at
the- beating of the nax. In the little \alloy
beside nalgrothe mountain That Is perhaps -
haps because of the woman who tells it
Ami when Antoinette Mormotte , who has a
voice llle a bird. Kings aeno or two of the
Bonn they call "Mnthurln , thn Master of the
Srhool , " to the beat of the hammers upon
the nax , the womin panic In their work
ami weep-In a silly sort of way , without
shame or reproof
lien ; arc two \erees of the song with which
Antoinette lined to play upon their senti
mental heartstrings
ronnnlPKoz-v oils Mnthurln ,
! . < mnltro ( Vocolo
Get alinablo liouio-cn-tniln ,
13il plnislr inffole ;
A tnblo. on tin gnl rcpns ,
Si hitiKiio nu tnrlt p.m
Sur la Kiiudrlule ,
Ohl uo.
Sur In gnuelrlolel
Anil lectour , pisse mol
Petto farlbolo ;
l.o wait-to mo Bert do lot ,
f'ommtdo liouisolo ;
i I'our rlmtsur lo t > omlro ennui ,
"t Jo Vorsllleiiiijourd'hitl
Hur 11 guidrlole ,
j ' i'f i tJhI guo ,
, * 'Stir III g.iudrlolol
' Itic Inlo'wns told to me In the little \allc-y
j one ? September morning. 1'ar and near one
I'ontlac what > ou rail a colonel , with
doron men what for , } ou link' To tr >
the patriots. They will tnn' them agalng
the wall and shoot them to death kill them
dcadl U'hen they come , the Cure ho Is no
In routine , non , not that day ; ho Is gun
to another village. The HiiKllsh soldier h
has the ten men drew up before the church
All tht > children and all the wives they
ciy and cry , and they feel so bad oh ! It I
a pity
"Hut the nngllsh soldier he say ho wll
march them off to Quebec , and everybody
Know that Is the end of the patriots
"All at once the colonel's horse it grow
\cr' wild , It raise up high and dance ou Its
hind feet and \olla' ho topple him o\e
baekwnids. and the horse fall on the colonc
ami smash him , It smash him KO ho go ti
die. Vcr' well , the colonel what docs ho do1
They lay him on the steps of the church
Then ho hay , 'IlrliiR mo a priest , quick , for
I go to die'1 Nobody answer The colone
he say , 'I havn a liuwlrrd lns all on my
mind ; they are on m > heart like a big hill
Hrlng to me the priest ' ho groan llko that
Nobody speak at first , then sonubody say
the priest Is not here Tlnd me a priest , '
say the rolontl , 'find me a priest1' Poi ho
link the priest will nut como because he
go to kill the patriots 'Urlng me a priest , '
lie say again , 'and all the men slnll go
free ! ' He sa > It over and oxer He Is all
smash to plena , but his head It Is all right
All at once the door of the church open
behind him what jou think ? Kvorbod's
heart It stin' still , for there Is Mathurln
dressed an the priest , with a lectio hov to
swing the censer. 1'vcrjbody say to hlm-
ANU \THUUIN 1'KAY ALL SAMN AS I'HIEST.
could * oehe ( swinging of the flail and the
laughter of .1 ripe tmnimcr was upon the
land Tlieie was a little Calvary down by
the riverside where the llax Haters used
to ha > their praKis In tin Intervals of their
work and It was Just at the foot of this
tint Angcle Uemvler. having Mulshed her
prayer put hn ro-siry In hei pocket , wljwd
her eyes with the hem of her pt.Ulco.il and
nald to me :
"Ah that poor Mathurln ! "
I could not guess at first why she npolio
so at the niomeiit , but presently It dawned
upon mo that she had been pruning for the
repojo of Malhutln'o soul , though he had
been at least a hundred > ears dead and
blio had never known him Hut tradition
and memory nro av , cet to her race , and
perhaps something In her own llfo that
day had recalled to her the apoci > phal
scripture according to Mathurln. Per sonic
ejf these stories and Irgend.s lie as near
to the heart of the race of Angelc as Job
or Isamh He to your lives and mine , purlmim
nearer because Angole and her inco arc
ckbcr to thr honest earth from which good
stories spring
"Ah that poor Mithurln1 I wipe my ejea
for him1" she said to me agiln.
"Tell mo all about him , won't you , Mine
Angtle1 want to IIIMI jou tell about It. '
I added , hastily for I saw that sbo would
d < .spite mo If I showed Ignniauie of Mathur
ln s stoiy Her vvmpith ) with Mathurln's
inunurj was nil bit hei pleasure at the
compliment ce.nvei'd In mv request wus alr.o
roil"Ah"
"Ah" It vas vcr' long tlmo ago > cs
Mj giaii-muddor she remember , dit Ma
thurln ver' v ell He Is not ver' big man ,
not so higgci us > > curs-elf Ho has a face
oh not vtr' handxnme not so more hand
some n.s } oum mm' Ills clothes thev hang
en him all loose his ball , If is all some
iiay ; and It blows about him head He Is
clean of the face no beard , no , nosing
like elit Hut his eye , oh , ni'ideu ' his eju'
It Is like i real which > ou blow In jour
Innd vvhev ! All blight Mj gran'mud-
eli-r she say 'Volla1 You can light jour
pipe- with 'he ejes of that m'sleu1' Slit
itnnvv Shf sav tliat M'slcu' Mathurln's ojen
thoj shine in the tlaik My Rran'fadder lit
fa\B 'ic not need anj lights on his carriole
when Mnthurln ride with him In the dark
' Vralment , It Is all vtr1 true what I It'll
> ou all the time If jou cut off Mathurln
at the chin all the way up , jou would sjy
tli- > top of him It Is a illicit All the way
down from ! his neck , If vou lut It stan' . oh
lu la Just no better as joursel' or my Jean
Jion' ' Ho Is a ver' good man Only ono Ind
ting he do Th.it Is vvhj I praj for him ,
that la why evcijbody piay for him enl >
one bad ting. Saprle" If I have onlj
ono ting to saj Clod have mercy for , I
tlnk dat vcr' good I do my penanto happj
Well dat Mathurln him use to teach the
school rho euro ho Is vcr' fond of him
All the leetla children , bovs ind girls , they
all Eiy , 'f"ist ban Mathurln1 He Is not
v.er' cross , non' He have no wife -no child ,
Jimt live by hlmsel' nil alone Hut he Is
ver' good friend * , with t-\eijbodj In I'onMae
WJun hi > go 'long the stiect evervhuly snj
'Mi , there go the good Mathurln'1 He laugh
ho tell Btorj , ho smoki ) a leetla , lie tal.e .1
lct\JIi \ whlto vvlno beiiln' the door that la
noting non'
'Ho hive In the parish five , ten twenty
rhlldri'ii all call Mathurln : ho Is gn.i-fadJer
with them jts So be go about with pluit >
of sugar and BtUKs of c.tiuH In his pocket
Ho never forget onto ! lu ago of evcrj lectln
child whlth tall him god-faddcr He have a
biatn that work llko i elmK Mj frnn-
faddei he say dat Mathurln have a machine
In bis head. Jt nnKi' the words , nnko the
thoughts , 111,11 o the flno eptcth llko the
Cum make the gran' poetrj oh > es'
"When the king of Knglan' go to all on
the thione. Mathurln write vei' nlco vtiso
to him And bje and hje there iomo to
Mathurln a letter volln dat Is a letter ! It
hnti miie , two , three twentj stalsf and the
king lu > .saj to Mathurln , 'Mcri.1 mllle fols
-M sliu' . You are \cr' polite , I thank jou I
will keep joiii versos to tell me dat my
Trench subject * arc all lo.val lll.e M
MaHiuiln. ' Hat Is vcr' nito , but ho Ic not
proud non' Ho wilte six vents for mv
KMII mudder lie-In1 iwt Is somethhiG H"
wiiit two vcreiN for the King of Kuglau' and
he wile six Mimes for mj gran'mudder , jcu
nee1 He go on so , dla week lint week , ill * ,
jcar dat > oar-all thp tlmt- .
"Wtll , bjc and bjo. thtro Is trouble li
1'onlluf. It Is ver1
srcat trouble. You hee
there Is a flrfht agal.ist the Mng of Knglau' .
and dat is too lad. It In no : Ills fault He
U vet' nice man It Is the bad nun who
make the IHWH for tin king In Quebec" " Well ,
cue day , all om the louutiy tverjbodj'
UKo him gun , and the Uetla bullets and
eay. J will light the aoldlcr of the king of
Knglnn' llko dtt ! Ycr' well , there were
tnrnty mtn In I'ontlac , ver1 nice men-you
nil ) find their nnines cut in a stone on the
tburch ; and then , three times as big , \on
ulll llnd Mathurln' * nari'e ! Ah , dat IE the
ting ! You see , dat rebellion jou Kngllsh
cull It we rail the Wnr of the 1'atrlot well
jou ran rail It what } ou line , quolle Jirfrr-
chrc1 The King of Unglan' anush blip
patriot war all to p'lt-ccs Then there are
Kn rui-n of the twenty come back to 1'onthi
v -r' orry They nre not nappy , nobndj
It hippy" All tuclr wives cry. nil thtir
cbll'Jrtn they ate afiald ! Some prodt [ > i > aj
vli t fools jou arc : others bay jou are no
good , but everybody In hla In-art U vir
lorry all the time ,
"Ver' well , bye ana bye there come to
self , vvhnt Is this' Mathnrln Is dressed ai
the prltst alt I that Is a sin' It Is a-
saprle' It Is what > ou call blaspheme"
"Tho English soldier he look up at Math'
urln ami saj , 'Ah1 n priest' ah , M'eleu li
Cure"
"Mathurln look down on him and sny
'M'aieu , it la foi jou to confess your sine
and to have the ofllcc of the church lint
first , as jou have promise Just now , joti
must give up these poor men who have light
for what they tlnk Is right You will let
them go five this moment1' 'Yes , sir , ' Fnld
the nngllxh colonel , 'thcv hliall go free
Only give me 'he help of the church at mj
last ! ' Mathurln turn to the other soldier ?
and BBJ 'Unloose the men. ' The colonel
nod his head and say 'Unloose the men '
Then the men sro unloose and they all go
avva > , for Mathurin tell them to go.
"nvcrjimdj Iser' afraid becos of what
Mathurln do Mathurln ho Ray to the soldiers
Lift him up and bring him In the church '
Thtj bring him up to the stops of the altar
Mnthurln look at the man for a while and It
seem a If he cannot speak to him , but the
colonel aj 'I have give jou my word
Olvo tie comfort of the church before 1
die' He Is In vcr' great pain , so Madmrln
ho turn 'roun' to everjbody dat stan1 by
and tell them to saj the prajers for the
pick nverybody get him down on his kneta
and say the prajor ; everjbody say
" 'Loid. have mercy Spare him , oh lord ,
deliver him oh Lord , from Thy wrath ' And
Mathurln he pray all the same as the pi lest ,
vtr' soft and gentle. He pray on and on.
and the face of the Kngllxh soldier It pot
ver' quiet and still , and the tear drop down
his cheek And just as Mathurln saj at the
last dat his , s.lns they are forgive , he die
Then Mathui'in. as he go awav to take off
his robes , he sajto himself. 'Miserere mel
Delia miserere mel Dens" '
"So dat Is the ting that Muthuiln do to
save the patriots from the bullets Ver'
well , then men thej go frie , and when the
governor at Quebec ho hear the truth ho
say It H all right Also the English soldier
die In peace and happy lecos he tlnk hla
sins nre forgive Hut then there Is Math-
uiln and his alii to pretend he Is a prlcat"
The Cure ho come back and there Is a great
trouble'
"Mathurln Iser' ijulet and still No-
HATHU1UN IN HIS SCHOOL
body como near him In his house , nonody
go near to the school Hut ho hit alone nil
diy In him school and ho vvoik on the black-
boar' and ho write on the slate , hut theio lane
no thlld como beers' the euro forbid any one
to speak to Mathurln Not till the no\t
Sundajthei < the ture send word for Ma
thurln to como to the chuith Mathurln
como to the stepi. of the altar , then the cmo
s-xy to him
' 'Matlu.rln jou have sin n great sin
If It was two hundred jears ago jou would
bo put to dentil for dat' Mathurln ho snj
ver' soft 'Dat Is no matter , I am icadj to
din now 1 did It to save the fathcis of
the thlldein and the husbands of the
vvlxes. 1 uiil It to make a poor sinner happy
as ho go from the world. The aln In
ir.lno ! '
"Then thu Cure ho say , 'Tho men nro
fret ) Unit Is good , the wives have their hus-
bancln and the chlldern their fathers Alt > o
the mm who confess his alns the Rngllah
soldier-to whom jou say the words of a
prlcut of God , ho Is foiglvo The Spirit of
Clod It was upon him when ho die , betos'
jou speak In the name of the church. Hut
fur you , blatphemcr , who take upon you the
holy thing jou shall suffer ! 'For ' penance
all jour life jou hhull teach a child no
moie ! '
"Ah1 M lt > Otiro ho Knon dat IB the
grea'eit penance for the poor .Mathurln !
Then he eet him other tings to do , and every
Sunday foa whole jc.ir Mathurln come on
his luiii'i" nil the way ti ) the church , but the
Cure * ay , 'Not jet jou forgive. ' At the
end of the ) ear Muthurin he look to thin ,
so white , jcm can blow him through , Uvery
day h go to him school and write on the
blackboar' and niPiK on the slate and call
the roll of thi ) sihool , Hut there In no
aiuv.c.for there Is no child Hut all
the time the whus of the men dat have
save , nud the chlldijra , they pray lor him.
And bjo and bje all the village they pray
for him , they are so sorry.
"It Is so for two years , and then they
say that Mnthurln he go to die. ll\ > cannot
come on hid knees to the church , and the
men whose life ho sa\e , they come to the
Cure and ask him to take the penance from
Mathurln.
"Tho Cure say 'Walt till next Sunday'
So next Sunday Mathurln Is carry to the
church he h too weak to walk on his
knees. The Cure he stnn' at the altar and
ho read a letter from the pope , which say
tint Mathurln his penance Is over and he
Is forgive ; dat the pope himself pray for
Mathurln , to nave his soul" "
"So Mathurln all at once he stan' up and
his face It smile and smite , and ho stretch
out his arms as If they arc on a cross , and
he saj , 'Lord. I am ready to go' nnd he fall
down Hut the Cure catch him as ho fall ,
nnd Mathurln say. 'The children lot them
come to mo that I may teach them before
I die ! ' And all the children In the ehurclJ
they come close to him , and ho sit up and
smile at them , and he say
" 'It Is the class In 'rlthmotle How
much Ls three times four' ' And them all
answer. 'Three times four Is twelve' And
ho sav ' .May the twelve Apostles pray for
me' Then he ask , 'Class In geogrnphj-
how far Is It roun' the world'1 And they
answer , Twcntv-fonr thousand miles' He
sav. 'Ocod It Is not so far to Oed ! .The
school Is over all the time. ' he say , and that
Is onlj all of poor Mathurln Ho Is dead
"When the Cure lay him-down , after ho
mnko the sign upon him , he kiss his face
nnd say 'Mathurln , now jou arc a priest
unto God1' "
That was Angele Ttouvlcr's story of Ma-
tburlii , the master of the school , foi whom
the women nnd the children pray In the
palish of Pontlac though the school has
been dismissed these hundred jears.
TAM : or \ Ticr.u.
Klnil AVorils iind I'nHorlimiHi-
\V T ' t Ni'lt'NN.
lion , the plinte , that great , gaunt , lenn ,
ojnl Hengnl tlgor nt the Zoological park ,
ins recently distinguished hlmscU In n
nannrr both romnrknble nnd sagacious , rc-
atts the Washington Post. Since the pirate
was tnkcn from his nntlvc Jungle , where his
thief occupation In llfo consisted In proving
iltnself to bo nn nctlve member of the man-
cater species , his opportunities for dining
> n succulent steaks of the genus homo have
iecn reduced to a minimum bj the Iron
jars of the cage , which ttinflncH him and
ils nmbltlon Hen has never taken kindly
o captivity , nnd long brooding over his mls-
ortune made him morose and sullen to n
degree that rendered him decidedly uncom
panionable.
Unusual nnd extraordinary efforts were
nnde for months bj the keepers to sweeten
ho disposition of the pirate , but Kind words
mil choice porterhouse steaks never pleased
ilm In n surly and ungrateful manner he
icccpted what ho got , and kored his thanks
n the vicious manner habitual to him.
\ftcr months of earnest effort by the kecp-
rs to make friends with the plrnte , the nt-
empt wns pracllcnlly abandoned , although
hey treated the man-enter with < ns much
ellcatc attention ns ever.
A few dajs ago one of the keepers went
o the cage to eee If Hen was behaving him-
elf , and ho was struck almost dumb by the
hanged expression on the face of the brute
"ho vicious , dogged appearance so common
o the pirate was absent , nnd In Its plate
hero was an oxprebslon o ! perfect satlsfac-
on. and a gleam of subdued triumph Hashed
rom his usually fierce ejes. Hen was sit
ing on his haunches , gazing through the
mrs of his cage to the elk paddock across
10 creek.
"Hen , how do you feel todaj ? " bald the
coper to him.
The pirate , for the first known time , gave
ils tall n friendly swish , and actually
linked bis cjcs In a kindly manner , and
ion , as If remembering his situation , again
csumeil his old surly appearance. Ignored
it keeper , and prostrated himself for n
ecp
The keeper quickly Informed his associates
f the changed manner of the pirate , nnd all
ondered. At flivit It was suggested that
Jen was sick , hml a toothache , or had Bwnl-
owed a green apple , but his. cxcl-lloht ap-
ctlte snowed these conclusions to bo Incor-
ect. That daj' , as ho docs every dajhe
te five pounds of moat moro than the noulo
on aid In the adjoining cage After much
ellberatlon It was detoimined to keep n
" ( f ujc on me pirate , and to note- his ap-
earanco for the next two or three dajs
1110 follow Ins day Hen nccmcd nervous
ml moro than usually Irritable , and he
row- more mirly as the hours came anil
ent. At night , when It became lime for
Im to go to bed , his conduct was ns ugh
s his surroundings would permit The ue\
ay the reverse happened , nnd ono of tin' '
eepcis sold ho would make an nllldivlt thai
c s.iw the pirate laugh Ho was almost
ontlo for an hour The raj story of the
hanging moods of the pirate betamc
reator. and after consultation It wan do-
Hied that Hen should not ho left alo.io for
minute , and his every aetlon should be
atched The keeper kept close wntth all
Ight. but discovered nothing When tin
un began to climb up from the horizon the
irate left Ms sleeping apartment ami
oalthlly made his way to his cage , and
lose to the Iron bars. Presently the keepei
opt watching as If his life depended on the
esuit. In a few minutes the pirate got up ,
ocked carefully about as if to sco If any
no was obfiuving him , and , appaicntly Hat-
slled that the eoant was clear , ho began
owlj to walk about the cage with his nose
lose to the Iron bars Presently the keeper
aw him s ck his great torguo through the
al and ulll It pick up a grain of corn that
ait boon , with some others dropped by the
mil who fed the fowls Hen next lay down
1111 his face near the bars , the grain of corn
Irtctlj in front of him Ho was evldentlj
altlnij for something to happen , nnd ho
Id not have to wait long.
Presently the watching keeper noticed
ireo largo ordinary rats leave the nntulopo
ouse and slowly make their way toward the
nth tlmt leadb to the fowl jard The rats
ere In search of food , and the'y found some
lalns of. eoin that hud been spilled. In
enrolling for moro they made their way to
ho front of the pirate's cage A moment
ater one of the rats discovered the grain
imlcr Hen's nose. Ho cautiously made for
t , and Just as ho was about to secure the
orn. snap went the Jaws of the plruto. and
ml lat went on n vojago of illbcoverj down
ho Kient throat of the man-eater. The cap-
ire and destruction of the rat had been
so iiultk ami noiseless that his two tom-
panloim VMTO Ignorant of It A moment
later rat No a
approached the coveted eorn
and disappeared through the name channel
hlo piedeccbsor had gone. In less than two
minutes the third rat shared the barno fate
The keeper rubbed hlu ojes nnd pinched hlm-
telf lo make certain that ho was awake.
Hen waited for half an hour for moio rats
to eome , nnd , IIH If convinced that his day's
fun was ended , ho got up nnd walked mound
wearing the same contented expression on
his fate that eanvasback duck gives to an
epleiire. and It was the same expitbslon
that had Ilrst attiacted the attention of Iho
keeper. The mjstery was explained Since
then the keepers nio careful to bee that no
corn Is scattered near the pirate's tago for
they do not want him to eat rats.
H is not necessary to call n doctor for a
cut or bruise ; get Salvation Oil , only 25 cts
wvvi-un 'i < M ni'cii roii I\HTII.
At Iii-iiNt , tin.liiiilliir Mmlc Hold to
SIIKK < 'H < That.
The Janitor had conducted her through
the building , and she seemed not altogether
displeased with some of the apartments ,
saj s the Washington Star.
"I hope , " she said , "that none of the people
ple here keep dogs "
"Pome of them do , " replied thu truthful
emploje.
"Are there any children ? ' *
"Them ain't nny ute of Insist In' on folks
belli' born growcd up"
"The style of the decorations doesn't
exactly please me. "
"Thej'ro all brand new , and Prn afraid
thu landlord wouldn't change 'em. "
"Does an j body In the building play the
piano ? "
"No , ma'am. Hut two or three people Is
' "
learnln'
"That's too bad. I dislike noises. It's a
very nice place In many respects Hut dogs
bark , iind children cry , and pianos jangle ,
und I'm very particular about decorations"
"Well , ma'am , there's only ono thing 1
"
can say
"What Is that ? "
"You can't expect to rent heaven for JGO
a mouth , "
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character which was to como forth In the
woman.
An Interesting story Is told of Christina
at this time. Her mother , Marie Leonora ,
who was very careful of her complexion ,
had her nutdu bring to her dresnlng room
bottles of dew that she might bathe her
face In It In an ovll hour when poor
Clirlstlna'H tongue was burning with thirst
she discovered the bottle of dew and eagerly
drained every drop. After this each day
the bottle was emptied and Christina no
longer thirsty. The maids were accused
of indulging their complexions and a gcn >
eral unsettled condition ensued lint one
day little Christina was caught In thu act
and a sound flogging was administered by
the mother and another drouth prevailed.
This Hogging only added to tin- many
disagreeable memories whlcn Christina over
cherished of her mother , who never foi gave
her for being a girl. Her more generous
father , whose heart was quite as much set
upon a eon and heir , soon recovered from
his disappointment and lavished affection
upon her
Christina from being a homely child grow
to be a handsome woman , notwithstanding
thu misfortune of ono shoulder being lower
than the other ; but this defect was micccss-
fully concealed by high sleeves , which first
set the fashion which has been so largely
patronized On hearing mild In the Cathollo
church , ' -Ho that morrleth doeth well , but
ho tint does not doeth bettei , " she at once
announced that this was the icllglon for
her and nt no time of her llfo would she
bo persuaded to break hei vow.
This qiecn gae to Sweden the first entire
peace she had enjo > ed foi elglitj-seven
> eais In the face of opposition of church
and state she bestowed upon Germany ono
of the gieutest blessings she IIUH to be
thankful foi by terminating the thirty
> eais' war.
" * * I cannot dismiss this matter
without deprecating the tendency , so con
spicuously Dpotallvo among us to degrade
marrlago to the level of commerce , " writes
Hev Charles II l > arUiurst , 1) I ) , In the
Novmnbor Ladles' Homo Journal. "IhlH Is
not denying that there nro material consld-
eratlom that In this matter , as in all othcra ,
requlro to bo rcspecttd. A poor joung nun
many Ing a poor joung gin , with only the
prospect that their llfu will become moro
and moro complicated as tlmo goes on , Is
a fool. 1 have had affectionate- couplet ) wait
upon mo to be married and then ask mo lo
tniHt them for the marriage fee. I think
that wo who nro clergymen ought to refuse
to mniry applicants who cannot Hhou to our
satisfaction that thcro U no likelihood that
either they or their passible orfspilng will
ever come upon the tovui Nor , on the
other hand , does my objection Ho against
any amount of contingent assets with which
either or both of the contracting parties
may thunco to bo endowed. My only con
tention Is that In every marriage not es
sentially unholy the basal element Is love ,
and that marrlagm which arc 'arranged , '
marriages which mean , first of all , an af
fair of perquisite * or a baiter In commod
ities , are a distinct Infraction upon the
spirit of the so von tli. commandment. The
voluminous displays with which vvu know
fiilch unions to lut ) sometimes celebrated
or.ly aggravate the > niUchlof , and operate
to teach our joung people In all conditions
of llfo tlmt marrlueu may bo reduced to a
species of tralllc , differing from the deal
ings on the stock on produce exchange only
In so nio of the uletallH with which the
bargain U consummated , Smh examples
are distinctly alien lo the cutlru genius of
thu Institution of uiirrlago , "
Victor Hugo's 'granddaughter Jeanne- .
who , It will be remembered , was divorced
from Alphonao DuAirtet'H BOII a year ago , In
purchasing some lialidsomo eowns In > lovv
of her marriage to the eon of the late Dr
Charcot. Ono of her richest gonnn IB of
black velvet , with panels on cither side of
the front breadth , completely covered with
Bhluuncrliig co'juo'a feathers. The bodice U
almost cr.tlrcly covered with similar feath
ers , which Is relieved with a > eke of Hus-
slan lace There Is a deep border of mas-
slvo feather trimming around thu bottom
of the skirt. Of course , the slieves and
ceinturo arc ofclvct The brilliant hues
of the rainbow will fade Into insignificance
beside the effulgent rajs from this gown
when seen under an electric light.
The Archduchess Marie Dorothea , the
flnuceo of the Duke d'Orleans , among other
beautiful wedding gifts , will receive a pres
ent of four magnificent gowns , which have
been especially manufactured at L > ons by
the order of the ladles of the Orleanist
party. One Is a whlto duchcsso satin , with
ornamentation of rich Hours do Hi , with
silver stamens and pistils , another govvr. Is
n black duchcsse satin , the brocade being
of roses and spra > s of larkspur , beautifully
shaded In the natural colors. The gown ,
which will pet oft her beauty to the best
advantage , will bo a rich \el\ct. the shade
being "vln do Bordeaux " with great depth
of tone Tor the fourth one thp ladles
decided upon a groundwork of manse biochp
satin , embroidered with t-prajs of carnations
nnd half-blown roses of Mnrechal Nell , eli
pink and jacqueminot.
Some recent Investigations and results un
dcrtaken by scientists ha\e a certain slgnlfl
canro to women In these rushing da > s It
has been discovered that fatigue engenders
a poison which Is not only recognized , but
classifiable. U Is of the same nature ( is
"curare , " Into which the Indians used to
dip their arrows with such dradly effect. I !
the blood of a fatigued animal Is Injettoc
Into another that Is fresh and unthed. the
latter speedily fihows all the t > > mptoms of
grcnt weariness When this poison Is cie.i-
ted more rapidly than the blood . -an cany
It off or when we grow so tired that we do
not lest out before beginning again , the s > stern -
tern feels the strain severely. "Died from
overwork. " under this now Intelligence.
should read "Died from an c\cess of fatigue
poison. "
The moet conspicuous woman before east
ern society Just now Is undoubtedly Miss
Beatrix. Iloyt , the woman golf champion of
America. That ono Is able to do something
better than anybody elho In Notth America
Is , Indeed , a distinction \\orth boasting
about Miss Ilojt Is the daughter uf Air
and Mrs William S Ilo > t , and Rr.indd.iugh-
tcr of Chief Justice Salmon I' ' "hnso. Miss
Ho > t Is learning the prlco of fame It Is
said that since her \lctoiy on ( he golf 11'iUs
of the Madison Golf rlub < iho li is had at
lea-it fifty rcquoats for peiralsslon to " > vrlte
her up" Miss Hojt treats her oonsplculty
as a Joke , nnd thinks "It Is all right Jolly. "
The Dana Natural History society of Al
bany , N Y , was organised as far back as
1SGS , and It Is composed of women whnso
object Is to cultivate an Interest In thn
study of nature An excellent library has
liccn gathered together b > the membcrH , and
many rare and valuable epeclmenj form n
flno museum , of which the association maybe
bo proud. Scientific meetings are held once
n month , except during the cummer , nnd
social meetings arc held whenever the "X-
ccutlvo committee d6tcrmlnca Men may bo
elected honorary members but they can
have no voice In the business meetings , and
can attend the session * ) only by Invitation
from the president Mtes Mary I'roctor of
this city has been Invited to lectuic for
them next Wednesday evening on "Ihn
Flowers of the Sun "
' club called "The
A Chicago woir-an's ,
Daughters of the Sun , " hus taken up a
course of study of every country the sun
Bhlnos on. They go Into the details of
geology , meteorology , astronomy , history ,
Clitics , literature and art In each land under
consideration Mrs Mary HmorHon Haven
Is president of the organization , which In
now 15 years old , being the llrtt womau'R
club on the West Sldo In Chicago. The
Is limited to thirty
A young woman of the upper clans In Otr-
many has to work against tbo fixed 14cr
uf the pasting generation If she can K
for the poor and do regular elmnty woik
like that done by the churches tu-r pa
rents cannot rseo what moro nhe could aik
to fill her tlnii ) In themldillo ( Imstjca It
IB somewhat Icua difficult to net a start ,
and a number of women have already Le-
como prominent for the progress they ha\t
made In the ease of nil of them It Is nut
what Is often called emancipation that t'icj
want They do not cnre to be allowed to
do evcrjthlng tliat men do , the } only want
nn opportunity to use Intelligently what fac
ulties they have , to divide the field with
n.on , dclng that for which they ma > be
most fit.
Mrs Arthur lloutllller Is ono of the
flnU woman In America to enter upon thi.
making of book plates She has done qulti
n number of armorial designs , the tlrs
which she completed being a gift to her bus
band , and was a fac-slmlle of the coat o
aims of the Ix > Houtllller family. She ha
made several for the libraries of gentle
men In New York , and this Is the Urn
Instance of a Cincinnati woman undertaking
this branch of art In England ro > al womci
frequently pay Jli.BOO for a book plate by u
leading artist.
Stories of celebrated beauties are clrcti
latcd long after the beauty has become enl
a iciiiembrance , and are often ns Interestln
as anecdotes of great geniuses They ar
quite as likely to show the frailty of buinn
nature "My uncle John , " relates a relativ
of ono of the people Interested In this storj
"was a childhood htorj of the bcautlfi
Miss Kmll > Schomberg of Philadelphia Sh
wad a wonderful ! ) beautiful woman. I ha\
seen painted poi traits of her , and nothln
uald In praise of her beaut } could bo to
strong M } uncle as .1 } oung man went t
Paris to study his profession , and comln
home brought with him n } oung Spanlan
with whom he had become acquainted. 1
wa > at a ball when the Spinlaid wat. firs
Intiodiiced to Miss Schombcrg < > he was on
of her ov > ii most appreciative admlicrs am
lecelvcd as her due the compliments uf th
} oung foreigner , which were made in th
effusive mannci of his country 'HiIng } ou
filend to call , John , ' she said gracious ! }
tapping my uncle on the shoulder with .
fan. 'llosa\s I'm beautiful Dut oven jon
who ! MVO Known mo so long , do not apnrecl
ntu in } chief beauty Come tomorrow at 1
o'clock , nnd s > ce If I am not right ' Th
} oung mtn were oij. hand prompt ! } The
servant ushered them Into the reccptloi
room , where the } oung beauty mt The
meaning of her twmctvhnt enigmatical re
mail ; was madn plain. The joung uoinai
did not rise to receive hei guests , and as
they approached they cnvv two small bare
fret re ting upon the deep sapphire blue
velvet fushlou , which btought out more
fully tholr delicate beauty. 'Jhe skin was
HKo c\pulsito whlto satin , and the nails
llko polished sea shells They vvuo very
beautiful my uncle oild absolutely , \ < th-
out blemish Only a woman inordinate ! }
\aln iotild have given such an unconven
tional exhibition , but at least thcro > vas
e'.cuso for the vinlty. "
A etory of self-contiol under what are
supposed to bo the most tilng circum
stances to which n woman can be subjected
conies from Covlngton. Kv. At a recent
Fiinor.il there of a man v. hose circle of
fi lends was Riilllclent to fill his residence
with mourners , a } oung woman , -u paid
member of a choir of u largo Cincinnati
I'hurch , wns present to lender a song , fehe
blood In the hall , near the atalruay , anil
, va singing without musical accompaniment ,
ilonc , and In full view of many of the
isEi-mbly Suddenly fiom somewhere
hopped n ( Inv mousii on the open boo ! > she
told In her hand. Not a moilon by the
binder ho'iajcd Its presence. It rolled from
tliu look to thu floor , nnd , unwnvcrlng , her
strong notes filled the loom to the hint line
it the last ( Uanin of the hmn She sat
lown , nnd only then showed that nho had
jvor seen the little creature by Instinctively
Ira v , Ins her Hklits closely about her feet
is her glinco sought the floor It was a
nnr-.clloiiH exhibition of self-control or con-
.entratlon of thought. Which ?
The Lewis Avenue Congregational church
if llrookbn will receive Into Its membership
ttr nnd Mrs. John Dudley Dubc. two natives
From Kululnnd They came hero last Juno
'rom Nntal , and nro both Btudylng In the
Jnlon MIrHlonary 1 raining Institute , Ilrook-
yn Mm Nubo Is taking n general course
it Iimtrucilon , und hoforo returning to her
frlciui homo Intends to learn the domestic
utH of towliiK , dritujiiialclng , millinery and
'ook'iJE , and also something of medicine
? llii hat. f auret volte , which she Is cultl-
.iltlng. and U of great asxlitanco to her IIUH-
jand In winging for the audiences before
A tilth ho Rpoiil 8 and whom ho ondeavorn to
ntoroKt in mliv'iionary work In his native
and MIK Dube , uhoiio maiden name was Noku
ela Millma , was the daughter of parents
ivho had embraced Christianity In the mix
ilon station In Natal , and had naturally
ibaadoned the native Zulu but ( or a fume
house and heathen costumes for civilized
modes of living Her grandfather obtained
his favorite wlfo , who was the daughter of
a neighboring chief , b } pa } Ing 100 cattle for
her , and Mrs Dubo's grandmother was pur 1
chased for ten cattle , she being of humble ,
birth "ono of the peopleMr Dubo has
been In this country before , having spent
five } ears at Oberlln university His heiltli
failed and he returned to hl native Hnd.
That was four jears ago , nnd during that
time , until he started for America In Mny ,
Mr Dubo has been engaged In teaching and
preaching.
What most struck a Gorman woman of
the upper class on her first visit to thin
country was not the social but Intellectual
freedom hero. Miss von Cranncli. the
daughter of theIlaron \on franach. and
a member of one of the best known families
of Gorman } , Is ono of the few who ,
through the permission of the national min
ister of education and the consent of theT"
professors , hao been allowed to attend
courses In several of the universities , and
one also of the few among the women In
the court class of society who have deter
mined to prepare themselves for cffci'tlvo
work for the people Our social frcvdom.
Miss von Cninaih said , Is much less
than she had Imagined It Actual Ne-w York ;
was not at all the Amerlcavof hei dreams.
One class IriH strict conventions here , aa
the same- class has ovcrwhero Hut what
lm has found Is what tlie more Intelligent
women of Germany In it he } ounier genera-
Hen most wont for tliemselvca , freedom
of thought and encouragement to think In
Germany the women who are listened let
seriously on any subject are few Tlie >
exceptional ones , those who b } sheer ability
have , won the first places foi Intellect In
society , arc treated In conversation aa
equals but the ordinary woman it Intelli
gence nnd ambition to Know something how
ever high her social rank , Is cither Ignored
or tieatet ] with pollto condescension , as a
ehllil. If bbc attempts to express Ideas about
politics or soclct } "Here" Miss von Cra-
n.ich tsald , "cvorbod } who wants to thlnlc
Is encouraged to talk nbout her thoughts ,
however uninformed they may be , nnd thus
helped to mature them America Is n good
de-nl lool.cd to as an oxnmpli- } the wom < n
who nro tilng for a changeIn Germiii } ,
nnd Miss von Cranaeh's .vcar hero his for
Its objects to find out first , how the most
Intellectual women In this coiintr ) Invci
been educated and , second how they spi nil
tholr lives after they mo educated I'hei
flut answer of u good mtiny Is ' Ihev are
not educated at .til , " but the icply shown
a fnlluio to undcistaml what the Gi rinan
women are locHng for which Is not m < .s-
garlly the higher education strict ! } o >
called but thei opportunities and the power
of doing something In the world
Iho ptiitr-mcnt of a re-cent ointor th.it
Paris Is the queen of queens , In fashion .it
Icnet has had n little setback by the fu t
that the tioaaiau of the Princess liolenn
of Montenegro was made cntlrel } In Vi
enna The biidal train , twelveynids of
whlto brocade , was adorned Its entlto length
with marguerites done In silver The cou
turier suggested ornngo blr onu ? for iblj
decoration , but the prlnerss out of compli
ment for Qutun .Maiguetlto , chose the flow
ers of that name It Is noldom th.it sen I-
ment Is allowed to enter Into the arrange
ments of rojalty but there wcro several ad
juncts lo this wedding out of the ordinary.
The queen of Ital } furnished all the lai e for
( ho bridal veil It was the properly of Ca-
tcrlna Cornaro , who wart queen of Cjprnu
and Jerusalem In the ) fifteenth centiny 'I ho
bamo queen gave the brldo a beautiful bl-
cclo mnclo of aluminum and mounted lu
Ijold and precious stones
Queen Victoria hus two hohblcn whUh
ho puisnes even now , depplto he-r feeble
ness Ono U musle the other languages.
\H a young jirlncenu her majesty was noted
or her Hvvtot volco and her excellent loueli
pen Iho piano It In not all oxnggcratlnn
o nay that In both thran rcwpccts she VVUH
nero than mi cxtraoidlnarlly good miiHl-
lan Though rheumatism prevents hep
ilalng now , she utlll retains her love for
harmony , nnd enjoys nothing moro than a
ttlet musical ovcnlng At least half a
O4rn IJureipoan langiiagcii havci been niaa-
crcd by the queen , and she bus luke-n prlclo
l o In obtaining close knowledge of certain
loriimn ellnlicla H IH we'll known , too ,
hat within recent ycnrs her majesty h.ri
ucceodcd In acquiring moro than rncr *
cqualntanco with Hindustani.
The National Society of the Daughtera
f the Involution hus recently pre'ne-nlcil
Im Kato ItobliiKon of Carthage N Y
vlth a handsome gold upoon Mrs Kob-
iion , who ) H 67 jtars old , is one. of the
00 women now living whoso fatlit'rn
u tbo Revolutionary war ,
